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POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of September 1, 2005

Pooling and Servicing Agreement

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

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Title: POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of September 1, 2005
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/11/2005

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

                          Dated as of September 1, 2005
, Parties: first horizon asset securities inc. ,          first horizon home loan corporation
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                       FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC.

 

                                    Depositor

 

                       FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION

 

                                 Master Servicer

 

                                        and

 

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK

 

                                     Trustee

 

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                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

                          Dated as of September 1, 2005

 

            -----------------------------------------------------

 

         FIRST HORIZON ALTERNATIVE MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2005-FA8

 

             MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FA8

 

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                                 TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS........................................................6

 

ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES....41

   SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.................................41

   SECTION 2.2 Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans..................45

   SECTION 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer;  

       Covenants of the Seller...............................................47

   SECTION 2.4 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to the

      Mortgage Loans........................................................49

   SECTION 2.5 Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with

      Substitutions.........................................................49

   SECTION 2.6 Execution and Delivery of Certificates.......................50

   SECTION 2.7 REMIC Matters................................................50

   SECTION 2.8 Covenants of the Master Servicer.............................55

 

ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS..................56

   SECTION 3.1 Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans....................56

   SECTION 3.2 Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Servicers....57

   SECTION 3.3 Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the

      Master Servicer.......................................................58

   SECTION 3.4 Trustee to Act as Master Servicer............................58

   SECTION 3.5 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate Account;

      Distribution Account..................................................58

   SECTION 3.6 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow

      Accounts..............................................................62

   SECTION 3.7 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the

      Mortgage Loans........................................................62

   SECTION 3.8 Permitted Withdrawals from the Certificate Account and

      Distribution Account..................................................63

   SECTION 3.9 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance; Maintenance of Primary

      Insurance Policies....................................................64

   SECTION 3.10 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements...66

   SECTION 3.11 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Repurchase of

      Certain Mortgage Loans................................................67

   SECTION 3.12 Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.............70

   SECTION 3.13 Documents Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer

      to be Held for the Trustee............................................71

   SECTION 3.14 Master Servicing Compensation...............................71

   SECTION 3.15 Access to Certain Documentation.............................72

   SECTION 3.16 Annual Statement as to Compliance...........................72

   SECTION 3.17 Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement;

      Financial Statements..................................................72

   SECTION 3.18 Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds..............73

 

ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES BY THE MASTER SERVICER................73

   SECTION 4.1 Advances.....................................................73

   SECTION 4.2 Priorities of Distribution...................................74

 

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   SECTION 4.3 Method of Distribution.......................................85

   SECTION 4.4 Allocation of Losses.........................................86

   SECTION 4.5 Reserved.....................................................88

   SECTION 4.6 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.....................88

   SECTION 4.7 Corridor Reserve Fund........................................90

   SECTION 4.8 Separate Interest Trust......................................91

   SECTION 4.9 Determination of Pass-Through Rates for LIBOR Certificates...92

 

ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES..................................................94

   SECTION 5.1 The Certificates.............................................94

   SECTION 5.2 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of

      Certificates..........................................................95

   SECTION 5.3 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...........100

   SECTION 5.4 Persons Deemed Owners.......................................100

   SECTION 5.5 Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses...101

   SECTION 5.6 Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................101

 

ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER...........................101

   SECTION 6.1 Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master

      Servicer.............................................................101

   SECTION 6.2 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master

      Servicer.............................................................101

   SECTION 6.3 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer

      and Others...........................................................102

   SECTION 6.4 Limitation on Resignation of Master Servicer................102

 

ARTICLE VII DEFAULT........................................................103

   SECTION 7.1 Events of Default...........................................103

   SECTION 7.2 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor....................105

   SECTION 7.3 Notification to Certificateholders..........................106

 

ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE........................................106

   SECTION 8.1 Duties of Trustee...........................................106

   SECTION 8.2 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.......................108

   SECTION 8.3 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.......110

   SECTION 8.4 Trustee May Own Certificates................................110

   SECTION 8.5 Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................................110

   SECTION 8.6 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee........................111

   SECTION 8.7 Resignation and Removal of Trustee..........................111

   SECTION 8.8 Successor Trustee...........................................112

   SECTION 8.9 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee..........................112

   SECTION 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee..............112

   SECTION 8.11 Tax Matters................................................114

   SECTION 8.12 Periodic Filings...........................................116

 

ARTICLE IX TERMINATION.....................................................116

   SECTION 9.1 Termination upon Liquidation

               or Purchase of all Mortgage Loans...........................116

   SECTION 9.2 Final Distribution on the Certificates......................117

   SECTION 9.3 Additional Termination Requirements.........................118

 

ARTICLE X [RESERVED].......................................................119

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS........................................119

   SECTION 11.1 Amendment..................................................119

 

 

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   SECTION 11.2 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.....................120

   SECTION 11.3 Governing Law..............................................120

   SECTION 11.4 Intention of Parties.......................................121

   SECTION 11.5 Notices....................................................121

   SECTION 11.6 Severability of Provisions.................................122

   SECTION 11.7 Assignment.................................................122

   SECTION 11.8 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.................123

   SECTION 11.9 Inspection and Audit Rights................................123

   SECTION 11.10 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.................124

   SECTION 11.11 Limitations on Actions; No Proceedings....................124

   SECTION 11.12 Acknowledgment of Seller..................................124

 

 

                                    SCHEDULES

 

Schedule I:     Mortgage Loan Schedule                                     S-I-1

Schedule II:    Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer     S-II-1

Schedule III:   Form of Monthly Master Servicer Report                   S-III-1

 

 

                                    EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A-1:    Form of Senior Certificate                                 A-1-1

Exhibit A-2:    Form of Senior Certificate/Class I-A-PO/Class II-A-PO

Certificate     A-2-1

Exhibit B:      Form of Subordinated Certificate                             B-1

Exhibit C:      Form of Residual Certificate                                 C-1

Exhibit D:      Form of Reverse of Certificates                              D-1

Exhibit E:      Form of Initial Certification                                E-1

Exhibit F:      Form of Delay Delivery Certification                         F-1

Exhibit G:      Form of Subsequent Certification of Custodian                G-1

Exhibit H:      Transfer Affidavit                                           H-1

Exhibit I:      Form of Transferor Certificate                               I-1

Exhibit J:      Form of Investment Letter [Non-Rule 144A]                    J-1

Exhibit K:      Form of Rule 144A Letter                                     K-1

Exhibit L:      Request for Release (for Trustee)                            L-1

Exhibit M:      Request for Release (Mortgage Loan)                          M-1

Exhibit N:      Principal Balance Schedules                                  N-1

 

 

 

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      THIS POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2005, among

FIRST HORIZON ASSET SECURITIES INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the

"Depositor"), FIRST HORIZON HOME LOAN CORPORATION, a Kansas corporation, as

master servicer (the "Master Servicer"), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a banking

corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, as trustee (the

"Trustee").

 

                                 WITNESSETH THAT

 

      In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties

hereto agree as follows:

 

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

      The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to

the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for federal income

tax purposes will consist of three separate REMICs, each having assets as

provided herein. The Certificates will represent the entire beneficial ownership

interest in the Trust Fund. The Regular Certificates will represent "regular

interests" in the Upper REMIC. The Class I-A-R Certificates will represent the

residual interests in the Lower REMIC, Middle REMIC and Upper REMIC, as

described in Section 2.7. The "latest possible maturity date" for federal income

tax purposes of all REMIC regular interests created hereby will be the Latest

Possible Maturity Date.

 

      The following table sets forth characteristics of the Certificates,

together with the minimum denominations and integral multiples in excess thereof

in which such Classes shall be issuable (except that one Certificate of each

Class of Certificates may be issued in a different amount and, in addition, one

Residual Certificate representing the Tax Matters Person Certificate may be

issued in a different amount):

 

 

 

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                  Initial Class                                      Integral

     Class          Certificate      Pass-Through       Minimum       Multiples in

  Designation         Balance            Rate        Denominations   Excess Minimum

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  Class I-A-1        $100,000,000.00    5.500%          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-2        $4,705,000.00      5.500%          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-3        $34,834,000.00     5.500%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-4        $43,346,000.00     5.500%          $ 500,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-5        $8,000,000.00      5.125%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-6        $73,692,000.00   variable(1)       $   25,000       $    1,000

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    Class I-A-7             (2)         variable(3)       $ 500,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-8        $6,350,000.00      5.500%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-9        $6,894,000.00      5.500%          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-10       $6,654,000.00      5.500%          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-11       $20,000,000.00   variable(4)       $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-12       $5,000,000.00      5.500%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-13            (5)         variable(6)       $ 500,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-14       $96,047,000.00     5.500%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-15        $4,770,000.00      5.500%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-16       $1,000,000.00      5.500%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-17       $2,630,000.00      5.500%          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-18       $53,841,000.00     5.500%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-19       $5,755,000.00      5.500%          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-20       $26,545,845.00     5.500%          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-21       $ 547,155.00       6.000%          $    1,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-22            (7)           6.000%          $ 500,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-PO       $2,053,829.87         (8)          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class I-A-R        $      100.00       5.500%          $      100         N/A

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  Class II-A-1       $17,198,000.00     5.000%          $   25,000       $    1,000

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  Class II-A-PO       $   28,326.95          (8)          $   25,000       $    1,000

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   Class B-1         $10,876,000.00   variable(9)       $ 100,000       $    1,000

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   Class B-2         $4,351,000.00    variable(9)       $ 100,000       $    1,000

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   Class B-3         $2,719,000.00    variable(9)       $ 100,000       $    1,000

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   Class B-4         $2,719,000.00    variable(9)       $ 100,000       $    1,000

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   Class B-5         $1,904,000.00    variable(9)       $ 100,000       $    1,000

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   Class B-6         $1,359,870.08    variable(9)       $ 100,000       $    1,000

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(1) The Pass-Through Rate with respect to any Distribution Date for the Class

I-A-6 Certificates is the per annum rate equal to (a) 4.350% with respect to the

first Distribution Date, and (b) thereafter, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus 0.650%

and (ii) 5.500%, subject to a minimum rate of 0.650%.

 

(2) The Class I-A-7 Certificates are notional amount certificates and will

accrue interest during each Interest Accrual Period on a Notional Amount equal

to the Class Certificate Balance of the Class I-A-6 Certificates. The initial

Notional Amount of the Class I-A-7 Certificates will be $73,692,000.

 

(3) The Pass-Through Rate with respect to any Distribution Date for the Class

I-A-7 Certificates is the per annum rate equal to (a) 1.150% with respect to the

first Distribution Date, and (b) thereafter, the lesser of (i) 4.850% minus

LIBOR and (ii) 4.850%, subject to a minimum rate of 0.000%.

 

(4) The Pass-Through Rate with respect to any Distribution Date for the Class

I-A-11 Certificates is the per annum rate equal to (a) 4.480% with respect to

the first Distribution Date, and (b) thereafter, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus

0.650% and (ii) 5.500%, subject to a minimum rate of 0.650%.

 

(5) The Class I-A-13 Certificates are Notional Amount Certificates and will

accrue interest during each Interest Accrual Period on a Notional Amount equal

to the Class Certificate Balance of the Class I-A-11 Certificates. The initial

Notional Amount of the Class I-A-13 Certificates will be $20,000,000.

 

(6) The Pass-Through Rate with respect to any Distribution Date for the Class

I-A-13 Certificates is the per annum rate equal to (a) 1.020% with respect to

the first Distribution Date, and (b) thereafter, the lesser of (i) 4.850% minus

LIBOR and (ii) 4.850%, subject to a minimum rate of 0.000%.

 

(7) The Class I-A-22 Certificates are Notional Amount Certificates and will

accrue interest during each Interest Accrual Period on a Notional Amount equal

to the product of (a) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class I-A-21

Certificates and (b) 0.830483. The initial Notional Amount of the Class I-A-22

Certificates will be $454,403.

 

(8) The Class I-A-PO and Class II-A-PO Certificates are Principal Only

Certificates and will not accrue interest.

 

(9) The Pass-Through Rate on each Class of Subordinated Certificates is variable

and will be equal to the weighted average of the Designated Mortgage Pool Rates,

weighted on the basis of the Group Subordinate Amount for each Mortgage Pool.

The initial Pass-Through Rate on each Class of Subordinated Certificates for the

first Interest Accrual Period will be 5.483% per annum.

 

 

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Accretion Directed            The Class I-A-6, Class I-A-8, Class I-A-11, Class

Certificates..............    I-A-15, Class I-A-16, Class I-A-17, Class I-A-18

                             and Class I-A-19 Certificates.

Accrual Certificates......    The Class I-A-9, Class I-A-19 and Class I-A-20

                             Certificates.

Accrual Components........    None.

Book-Entry Certificates...    All Classes of Certificates other than the

                             Physical Certificates.

Certificate Group.........    With respect to Pool I, the Group I Senior

                             Certificates, and with respect to Pool II, the

                             Group II Senior Certificates.   The Subordinated

                             Certificates correspond to both of the Mortgage

                             Pools.

COFI Certificates.........    None.

Component Certificates....    None.

Components................    None.

Delay Certificates........    All interest-bearing Classes of Certificates other

                              than the Non-Delay Certificates, if any.

ERISA-Restricted              The Residual Certificates, Private Certificates

Certificates..............    and Certificates of any Class that no longer

                             satisfy the applicable rating requirement of the

                             Underwriters' Exemption.

Floating Rate Certificates    The Class I-A-6 and Class I-A-11 Certificates.

Group I Senior Certificates   The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3, Class

                              I-A-4, Class I-A-5, Class I-A-6, Class I-A-7, Class

                             I-A-8, Class I-A-9, Class I-A-10, Class I-A-11,

                             Class I-A-12, Class I-A-13, Class I-A-14, Class

                             I-A-15, Class I-A-16, Class I-A-17, Class I-A-18,

                             Class I-A-19, Class I-A-20, Class I-A-21, Class

                             I-A-22, Class I-A-PO and Class I-A-R Certificates.

Group II Senior Certificates The Class II-A-1 and Class II-A-PO Certificates.

Inverse Floating Rate

Certificates..............    The Class I-A-7 and Class I-A-13 Certificates.

LIBOR Certificates........    The Class I-A-6, Class I-A-7, Class I-A-11 and

                             Class I-A-13 Certificates.

NAS Certificates..........    The Class I-A-4 and Class I-A-10 Certificates.

Non-Delay Certificates....    The LIBOR Certificates.

Notional Amount Certificates The Class I-A-7 and Class I-A-13 Certificates.

Offered Certificates......    All Classes of Certificates other than the Private

                             Certificates.

Physical Certificates.....    The Private Certificates and the Residual

                             Certificates.

Planned Principal Classes.    The Class I-A-12, Class I-A-14, Class I-A-17,

                             Class I-A-18, Class I-A-19 and Class I-A-20

                             Certificates.

Principal Only Certificates   The Class I-A-PO and Class II-A-PO Certificates.

Private Certificates......    The Class I-A-PO, Class II-A-PO, Class B-4, Class

                             B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.

 

 

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Rating Agencies...........    S&P and Moody's; except that, for purposes of the

                             Class B-1, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6

                             Certificates, S&P shall be the sole Rating Agency.

Regular Certificates......    All Classes of Certificates, other than the

                             Residual Certificates.

Residual Certificates.....    The Class I-A-R Certificates.

 

Retail/Lottery Certificates   None.

Scheduled Certificates....    None.

Senior Certificates.......    The Group I Senior Certificates and Group II

                             Senior Certificates, collectively.

Senior Support Mezzanine

Certificates..............    The Class I-A-2 and Class I-A-10 Certificates.

Subordinated Certificates.    The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4,

                             Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.

Super Senior Certificates.    The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-4 and Class I-A-14

                             Certificates.

Support Classes...........    The Class I-A-9 Certificates.

Targeted Principal Classes    The Class I-A-6, Class I-A-8, Class I-A-11, Class

                              I-A-15 and Class I-A-16 Certificates.

Underwriter...............    Credit Suisse First Boston LLC

 

 

      With respect to any of the foregoing designations as to which the

corresponding reference is "None," all defined terms and provisions herein

relating solely to such designations shall be of no force or effect, and any

calculations herein incorporating references to such designations shall be

interpreted without reference to such designations and amounts. Defined terms

and provisions herein relating to statistical rating agencies not designated

above as Rating Agencies shall be of no force or effect.

 

 

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                                   ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

 

      Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless

the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

 

      Accretion   Directed   Certificates:    As   specified   in   the   Preliminary

Statement.

 

      Accretion Termination Date: For each class of Accrual Certificates, the

earlier of (x) the Cross-over Date and (y) the Distribution Date on which the

Class Certificate Balances of each Class of Accretion Directed Certificates has

been reduced to zero.

 

      Accrual Amount: For each Distribution Date through the Accretion

Termination Date and the Accrual Certificates, an amount equal to the sum of (a)

Accrued Certificate Interest in respect of the Accrual Certificates in

accordance with clause (i) of Section 4.2(a), and (b) amounts allocable to the

Accrual Certificates in accordance with clause (ii) of Section 4.2(a), in each

case on such Distribution Date.

 

      Accrual Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Accrued Certificate Interest: For any Class of Certificates entitled to

distributions of interest for any Distribution Date, the interest accrued during

the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate on the

Class Certificate Balance (or Notional Amount, in the case of the Notional

Amount Certificates) of such Class of Certificates immediately prior to such

Distribution Date, less such Class' share of any Net Interest Shortfall,

allocable among the outstanding Classes of Senior Certificates of the related

Certificate Group based on the Accrued Certificate Interest otherwise

distributable thereto, and allocable to the Subordinated Certificates based on

interest accrued on their related Apportioned Principal Balances.

 

      Adjusted Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per

annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the Master Servicing Fee Rate.

 

      Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the

per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the related Expense Fee Rate.

 

      Advance: The payment required to be made by the Master Servicer with

respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.1, the amount of any such

payment being equal to the aggregate of payments of principal and interest (net

of the Master Servicing Fee and net of any net income in the case of any REO

Property) on the Mortgage Loans that were due on the related Due Date and not

received as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, less the

aggregate amount of any such delinquent payments that the Master Servicer has

determined would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance if advanced.

 

      Agreement:   This Pooling and Servicing   Agreement and all   amendments or

supplements hereto.

 

      Allocable Share: With respect to any Class of Subordinated Certificates on

any Distribution Date, such Class' pro rata share (based on the Class

Certificate Balance of each Class entitled thereto) of each of the components of

 

 

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the Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount for each Mortgage Pool; provided that,

solely for purposes of this definition, the applicable Subordinated Optimal

Principal Amount for each Mortgage Pool will be reduced by the amounts required

to be distributed to the related Class PO Certificates in respect of the

applicable Class PO Deferred Amount on such Distribution Date, and any such

reduction in the applicable Subordinate Optimal Principal Amount for each

Mortgage Pool shall reduce the amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (1), (4),

(2), (3) and (5) of the definition thereof, in that order, and the Class

Certificate Balances of each Class of Subordinated Certificates will be reduced

by such amounts in reverse order of priority until the respective Class

Certificate Balances of each Class of Subordinated Certificates has been reduced

to zero; provided further, that, except as provided in this Agreement, no

Subordinated Certificates (other than the Class of Subordinated Certificates

with the highest priority of distribution) shall be entitled on any Distribution

Date to receive distributions pursuant to clauses (2), (3) and (5) of the

definition of Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount unless the Class Prepayment

Distribution Trigger for such Class is satisfied for such Distribution Date.

 

      Alternative Title Product: Any one of the following: (i) Lien Protection

Insurance issued by Integrated Loan Services or ATM Corporation of America, (ii)

a Mortgage Lien Report issued by EPN Solutions/ACRAnet, (iii) a Property Plus

Report issued by Rapid Refinance Service through SharperLending.com, or (iv)

such other alternative title insurance product that the Seller utilizes in

connection with its then current underwriting criteria.

 

      Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution Date, the

aggregate amount held in the applicable subaccount of the Certificate Account at

the close of business on the related Determination Date on account of (i)

Principal Prepayments on the related Mortgage Pool received after the related

Prepayment Period and Liquidation Proceeds in respect of the related Mortgage

Pool received in the month of such Distribution Date and (ii) all Scheduled

Payments in the related Mortgage Pool due after the related Due Date.

 

      Apportioned Principal Balance: For any Class of Subordinated Certificates

and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Class Certificate Balance of

such Class immediately prior to that Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction,

the numerator of which is the applicable Group Subordinate Amount for such

Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the sum of the Group

Subordinate Amounts for such Distribution Date.

 

      Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised Value of

the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect to a Mortgage Loan

other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a) the value of the

Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination

of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the

time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; (ii) with respect to a

Refinancing Mortgage Loan other than a Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan,

the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of

the origination of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan; and (iii) with respect to a

Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan, (a) if the loan-to-value ratio with

respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at the time of the origination thereof was

 

 

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90% or less, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made

at the time of the origination of the Original Mortgage Loan and (b) if the

loan-to-value ratio with respect to the Original Mortgage Loan at the time of

the origination thereof was greater than 90%, the value of the Mortgaged

Property based upon the appraisal (which may be a drive-by appraisal) made at

the time of the origination of such Streamlined Documentation Mortgage Loan.

 

      Available Funds: For each Mortgage Pool, with respect to any Distribution

Date, an amount equal to the sum of:

 

      (a)    all scheduled installments of interest, net of the Master Servicing

            Fee, the Trustee Fee and any amounts due to First Horizon in respect

            of the Retained Yield on such Distribution Date, and all scheduled

            installments of principal due in respect of the Mortgage Loans in

            such Mortgage Pool on the Due Date in the month in which the

            Distribution Date occurs and received before the related

            Determination Date, together with any Advances in respect thereof;

 

      (b)    all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and Unanticipated

            Recoveries received in respect of the Mortgage Loans in such

            Mortgage Pool during the calendar month before the Distribution

            Date, which in each case is net of unreimbursed expenses incurred in

            connection with a liquidation or foreclosure and unreimbursed

             Advances, if any;

 

      (c)    all Principal Prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans

            in such Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment Period, plus

            interest received thereon, net of any Prepayment Interest Excess;

 

      (d)    any Compensating Interest in respect of Principal Prepayments in

            Full received in respect of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool

            during the related Prepayment Period (or, in the case of the first

            Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date); and

 

      (e)    any Substitution Adjustment Amount or the Purchase Price for any

            Deleted Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool or a Mortgage

            Loan in the related Mortgage Pool repurchased by the Seller or the

            Master Servicer as of such Distribution Date, reduced by amounts in

            reimbursement for Advances previously made and other amounts that

            the Master Servicer is entitled to be reimbursed for out of the

            Certificate Account pursuant to this Agreement.

 

      Bankruptcy   Code:   The United States   Bankruptcy   Reform Act of 1978, as

amended.

 

      Bankruptcy   Coverage   Termination Date: The date on which the Bankruptcy

Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.

 

      Bankruptcy Loss: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Deficient Valuation

or Debt Service Reduction; provided, however, that a Bankruptcy Loss shall not

be deemed a Bankruptcy Loss hereunder so long as the Master Servicer has

notified the Trustee in writing that the Master Servicer is diligently pursuing

any remedies that may exist in connection with the related Mortgage Loan and

either (A) the related Mortgage Loan is not in default with regard to payments

due thereunder or (B) delinquent payments of principal and interest under the

 

 

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related Mortgage Loan and any related escrow payments in respect of such

Mortgage Loan are being advanced on a current basis by the Master Servicer, in

either case without giving effect to any Debt Service Reduction or Deficient

Valuation.

 

      Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount: As of any Determination Date, the

Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount shall equal the Initial Bankruptcy Coverage

Amount as reduced by (i) the aggregate amount of Bankruptcy Losses allocated to

the Certificates since the Cut-off Date and (ii) any permissible reductions in

the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount as evidenced by a letter of each Rating

Agency to the Trustee to the effect that any such reduction will not result in a

downgrading of the then current ratings assigned to the Classes of Certificates

rated by it. As of any Distribution Date on or after the Cross-over Date, the

Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount will be zero.

 

      Blanket    Mortgage:    The    mortgage   or    mortgages    encumbering    the

Cooperative Property.

 

      Book-Entry Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day

on which banking institutions in the City of Dallas, or the State of Texas or

the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located are

authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

 

      Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Trustee in

substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.

 

      Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts created and

maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.5 with a depository

institution in the name of the Master Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee on

behalf of Certificateholders and designated "First Horizon Home Loan Corporation

in trust for the registered holders of First Horizon Asset Securities Inc.

Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-FA8."

 

      Certificate Group:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Certificate   Owner:   With   respect   to   a   Book-Entry   Certificate,   the

Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.

 

      Certificate   Principal   Balance:   With respect to any Certificate and as

of any   Distribution   Date, the Certificate   Principal   Balance on the date of

the initial issuance of such Certificate, as reduced by:

 

      (a)    all amounts distributed on previous Distribution Dates on such

            Certificate on account of principal,

 

      (b)    the principal portion of all Realized Losses previously allocated to

            such Certificate, and

 

      (c)    in the case of a Subordinated Certificate, such Certificate's pro

            rata share, if any, of the Subordinated Certificate Writedown Amount

            for previous Distribution Dates.

 

 

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      Certificate   Register:   The register   maintained pursuant to Section 5.2

hereof.

 

      Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate is

registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose of

giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the

name of the Depositor or the Seller or any affiliate or agent of the Depositor

or the Seller shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest

evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the

requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has

been obtained; provided, however, that if any such Person (including the

Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of

Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes

of any provision hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates

of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The

Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor or

any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are registered

in the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.

 

      Class: All Certificates bearing the same class designation as set forth in

the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Class I-A-6 Corridor Contract: The transaction evidenced by that certain

Confirmation between CSFB and the Corridor Contract Counterparty with a Trade

Date of September 7, 2005 and a reference number of 53080434N, which

Confirmation has been assigned by CSFB to the Corridor Contract Administrator

pursuant to a Novation Transaction dated as of September 30, 2005.

 

      Class I-A-6 Corridor Contract Administration Agreement: The Class I-A-6

Corridor Contract Administration Agreement dated as of September 30, 2005 by and

among CSFB, the Corridor Contract Administrator and the Trustee.

 

      Class I-A-6 Corridor Contract Termination Date:   The Distribution Date

occurring in September 2010.

 

      Class I-A-6 Yield Supplement Amount: For any Distribution Date on or prior

to the Class I-A-6 Corridor Contract Termination date on which the LIBOR exceeds

4.850%, an amount equal to interest for the related Interest Accrual Period on

the lesser of (a) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class I-A-6 Certificates

immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (b) the Class I-A-6 Corridor

Contract Notional Balance for such Distribution Date at a rate equal to the

excess of (i) the lesser of LIBOR and 8.850% over (ii) 4.850%.

 

      Class I-A-11 Corridor Contract: The transaction evidenced by that certain

Confirmation between CSFB and the Corridor Contract Counterparty with a Trade

Date of September 22, 2005 and a reference number of 53082709N, which

Confirmation has been assigned by CSFB to the Corridor Contract Administrator

pursuant to a Novation Transaction dated as of September 30, 2005.

 

      Class I-A-11 Corridor Contract Administration Agreement: The Class I-A-11

Corridor Contract Administration Agreement dated as of September 30, 2005 by and

among CSFB, the Corridor Contract Administrator and the Trustee.

 

 

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      Class I-A-11 Corridor Contract Termination Date:   The Distribution Date

occurring in December 2010.

 

      Class I-A-11 Yield Supplement Amount: For any Distribution Date on or

prior to the Class I-A-11 Corridor Contract Termination date on which the LIBOR

exceeds 4.850%, an amount equal to interest for the related Interest Accrual

Period on the lesser of (a) the Class Certificate Balance of the Class I-A-11

Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (b) the Class

I-A-11 Corridor Contract Notional Balance for such Distribution Date at a rate

equal to the excess of (i) the lesser of LIBOR and 8.850% over (ii) 4.850%.

 

      Class I-A-PO Deferred Amount: With respect to the Class I-A-PO

Certificates and any Distribution Date through the Cross-over Date, the sum of

(1) the Class I-A-PO Percentage of the principal portion of Non-Excess Losses on

a Discount Mortgage Loan in Pool I allocated to the Class I-A-PO Certificates on

such date, and (2) all amounts previously allocated to the Class I-A-PO

Certificates in respect of such losses and not distributed to the Class I-A-PO

Certificates on prior Distribution Dates.

 

      Class I-A-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to any Discount Mortgage Loan in

Pool I, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (5.50% - Adjusted Net

Mortgage Rate) divided by 5.50%, and (b) with respect to any Non-Discount

Mortgage Loan in Pool I, 0%.

 

      Class II-A-PO Deferred Amount: With respect to the Class II-A-PO

Certificates and any Distribution Date through the Cross-over Date, the sum of

(1) the Class II-A-PO Percentage of the principal portion of Non-Excess Losses

on a Discount Mortgage Loan in Pool II allocated to the Class II-A-PO

Certificates on such date, and (2) all amounts previously allocated to the Class

II-A-PO Certificates in respect of such losses and not distributed to the Class

II-A-PO Certificates on prior Distribution Dates.

 

      Class II-A-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to any Discount Mortgage Loan

in Pool II, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (5.00% - Adjusted

Net Mortgage Rate) divided by 5.00%, and (b) with respect to any Non-Discount

Mortgage Loan in Pool II, 0%.

 

      Class Certificate Balance: With respect to any Class of Certificates and

as of any Distribution Date the aggregate of the Certificate Principal Balances

of all Certificates of such Class as of such date, plus the amount of any

Unanticipated Recoveries added to the Class Certificate Balance of such Class of

Certificates pursuant to Section 4.2(j).

 

      Class PO Certificates:   The Class I-A-PO and Class II-A-PO Certificates.

 

      Class PO Deferred Amount: (a) With respect to the Class I-A-PO

Certificates, the Class I-A-PO Deferred Amount; and (b) with respect to the

Class II-A-PO Certificates, the Class II-A-PO Deferred Amount.

 

      Class PO Deferred Payment Writedown Amount: For any Distribution Date and

any Class of Principal Only Certificates, the amount, if any, distributed on

such date in respect of the related Class PO Deferred Amount pursuant to Section

4.2(a)(iv) herein. The Subordinated Certificate Writedown Amount and the Class

PO Deferred Payment Writedown Amount will be allocated to the Classes of

Subordinated Certificates in inverse order of priority, until the Class

Certificate Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero.

 

 

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      Class PO Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Distribution

Date and any Class of Principal Only Certificates, an amount equal to the sum

of:

 

            (1) the applicable PO Percentage of all Scheduled Payments of

      principal due on each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool on the

      first day of the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, as specified

      in the amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto, after

      adjustment for previous principal prepayments and the principal portion of

      Debt Service Reductions after the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount has been

      reduced to zero, but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule

      by reason of any other bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium

      or similar waiver or grace period;

 

            (2) the applicable PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of

      each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool which was the subject of a

      Principal Prepayment in Full received by the Master Servicer during the

      related Prepayment Period;

 

            (3) the applicable PO Percentage of the sum of (a) all partial

      Principal Prepayments for each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool

      received by the Master Servicer during the related Prepayment Period and

      (b) all Unanticipated Recoveries in respect of each Mortgage Loan in the

      related Mortgage Pool received by the Master Servicer during the calendar

      month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

            (4) the applicable PO Percentage of the sum of (a) the net

      Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal on each Mortgage Loan in the

      related Mortgage Pool which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the

      related Prepayment Period, other than Mortgage Loans described in clause

      (b), and (b) the principal balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related

      Mortgage Pool that was purchased by a private mortgage insurer during the

      related Prepayment Period as an alternative to paying a claim under the

      related mortgage insurance policy; and

 

            (5) the applicable PO Percentage, of the sum of (a) the Stated

      Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool which

      was repurchased by the Seller in connection with such Distribution Date,

      and (b) the difference, if any, between the Stated Principal Balance of a

      Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool that has been replaced by the

      Seller with a Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement in

      connection with such Distribution Date and the Stated Principal Balance of

      such Substitute Mortgage Loan.

 

      For purposes of clauses (2) and (5) above, the Stated Principal Balance of

a Mortgage Loan will be reduced by the amount of any Deficient Valuation that

occurred prior to the reduction of the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount to zero.

 

      Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger: For a Class of Subordinated

Certificates (other than the Class of Subordinated Certificates with the highest

priority of distribution), a trigger that is satisfied on any Distribution Date

 

 

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on which a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the

aggregate of the Class Certificate Balance of such Class and each Class

subordinate thereto, if any, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Pool

Principal Balance for both Mortgage Pools with respect to such Distribution

Date, equals or exceeds such percentage calculated as of the Closing Date.

 

      Closing Date:   September 30, 2005.

 

      Code:   The Internal   Revenue Code of 1986,   including   any   successor or

amendatory provisions.

 

      COFI:   Not applicable.

 

      COFI Certificates:   Not applicable.

 

      Compensating Interest: As to any Distribution Date and any Principal

Prepayment in respect of a Mortgage Loan that is received during the period from

the sixteenth day of the month (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date,

from the Cut-off Date) prior to the month of such Distribution Date through the

last day of such month, an additional payment to the related Mortgage Pool made

by the Master Servicer, to the extent funds are available from the Master

Servicing Fee, equal to the amount of interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate

for that Mortgage Loan from the date of the prepayment to the related Due Date;

provided that the aggregate of all such payments as to the Mortgage Loans in a

Mortgage Pool shall not exceed 0.0083% of the Pool Principal Balance of such

Mortgage Pool as of the related Determination Date, and provided further that if

a partial Principal Prepayment is applied on or after the first day of the month

following the month of receipt, no additional payment is required for such

Principal Prepayment.

 

      Component:   Not applicable.

 

      Component Balance:   Not applicable.

 

      Component Certificates:   Not applicable.

 

      Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or an acceptable

leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements constituting the

Cooperative Property and which governs the Cooperative Property, which

Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing Corporation under

Section 216 of the Code.

 

      Coop Shares:   Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.

 

      Cooperative   Loan:   Any   Mortgage   Loan   secured   by Coop   Shares   and a

Proprietary Lease.

 

      Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements owned by the

Cooperative Corporation, including the allocation of individual dwelling units

to the holders of the Coop Shares of the Cooperative Corporation.

 

      Cooperative   Unit: A single   family   dwelling   located in a   Cooperative

Property.

 

 

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      Corporate Trust Office: The designated office of the Trustee in the State

of New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business with

respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the

execution of this Agreement is located at The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay

Street, 8W, New York, New York 10286 (Attn: Corporate Trust Mortgage-Backed

Securities Group, First Horizon Asset Securities Inc. Series 2005-FA8),

facsimile no. (212) 815-3986, and which is the address to which notices to and

correspondence with the Trustee should be directed.

 

       Corresponding Classes: As to any Middle REMIC Interest identified in

Section 2.7, the Class or Classes that are identified in Section 2.7 as

corresponding to such Middle REMIC interest.

 

      Corresponding Classes of Middle REMIC Interests: As to any Lower REMIC

Interest identified in Section 2.7, the Middle REMIC Interest or Middle REMIC

Interests that are identified in Section 2.7 corresponding to such Lower REMIC

Interest.

 

      Corridor Contract: The Class I-A-6 Corridor Contract or the Class I-A-11

Corridor Contract, as the context may require.

 

      Corridor Contract Account: Has the meaning specified in the applicable

Corridor Contract Administration Agreement.

 

      Corridor Contract Administrator: The Bank of New York and its successors

and permitted assigns under the applicable Corridor Contract Administration

Agreement.

 

      Corridor Contract Administration Agreement: The Class I-A-6 Corridor

Contract Administration Agreement or the Class I-A-11 Corridor Contract

Administration Agreement, as the context may require.

 

      Corridor Contract Counterparty:   Credit Suisse First Boston

International and its successors and permitted assigns.

 

      Corridor Contract Termination Date:   The Class I-A-6 Corridor Contract

Termination Date or the Class I-A-11 Corridor Contract Termination Date, as

the context may require.

 

      Corridor Reserve Fund:   A fund created as part of the Separate Interest

Trust pursuant to Section 4.7(a) of this Agreement.

 

      Cross-over   Date: The Distribution   Date on which the Class   Certificate

Balance of each Class of Subordinated Certificates has been reduced to zero.

 

      CSFB:   Credit Suisse First Boston Management LLC.

 

      Custodial   Agreement:   The Custodial Agreement dated as of September 30,

2005 by and among the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Custodian.

 

      Custodian:    First   Tennessee   Bank   National   Association,   a   national

banking   association,   and its successors and assigns,   as custodian under the

Custodial Agreement.

 

 

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      Cut-off Date:   September 1, 2005.

 

      Cut-off   Date   Pool    Principal    Balance:    With   respect   to   Pool   I,

$525,800,682.53, and with respect to Pool II, $18,019,444.37.

 

      Cut-off Date   Principal   Balance:   As to any Mortgage   Loan,   the Stated

Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date.

 

      Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by

a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in

the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan which became final and

non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation or

any reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal.

 

      Defective Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan which is required to be

repurchased pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3.

 

      Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a

court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than

the then-outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in

the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any Scheduled Payment that

results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction

results from an order of such court which is final and non-appealable in a

proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

      Definitive   Certificates:    Any   Certificate   evidenced   by   a   Physical

Certificate   and any   Certificate   issued in lieu of a Book-Entry   Certificate

pursuant to Section 5.2(e).

 

      Delay Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans for which all or a

portion of a related Mortgage File is not delivered to the Trustee on the

Closing Date. The number of Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans shall not exceed 25%

of the aggregate number of Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date.

 

      Deleted Mortgage Loan:   As defined in Section 2.3(b) hereof.

 

      Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on

the face thereof as the "Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate" or the

Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof.

 

      Depositor:    First    Horizon    Asset    Securities    Inc.,    a    Delaware

corporation, or its successor in interest.

 

      Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company,

the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the Book-Entry

Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as

defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of

New York.

 

 

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      Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial

institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects

book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

 

      Designated Mortgage Pool Rates: With respect to Pool I, 5.50%, and with

respect to Pool II, 5.00%.

 

      Determination Date: As to any Distribution Date, the earlier of (i) the

third Business Day after the 15th day of each month, and (ii) the second

Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date.

 

      Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool I with an Adjusted Net

Mortgage Rate of less than 5.50% and any Mortgage Loan in Pool II with an

Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of less than 5.00%.

 

      Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained

by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.5 in the name of the Trustee for the

benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "The Bank of New York, in trust

for registered Holders of First Horizon Asset Securities Inc. Mortgage

Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-FA8." Funds in the Distribution Account

shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set

forth in this Agreement.

 

      Distribution Account Deposit Date: As to any Distribution Date, 1:30 p.m.

Central time on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.

 

      Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the initial

issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the

next succeeding Business Day, commencing in October 2005.

 

      Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the first day of the

month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.

 

      Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a

federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company the

short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository

institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of a holding

company, the debt obligations of such holding company) have the highest

short-term ratings of each Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on

deposit therein, or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository institution or

trust company in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC or the SAIF (to the

limits established by the FDIC or the SAIF, as applicable) and the uninsured

deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an

Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the

Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a

perfected first priority security interest against any collateral (which shall

be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to

claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution or

trust company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or

 

 

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accounts maintained with (a) the trust department of a federal or state

chartered depository institution or (b) a trust company, acting in its fiduciary

capacity or (iv) any other account acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible

Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this

definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee.

 

      ERISA:   The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

      ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: With respect to any ERISA-Restricted

Certificate, a best efforts or firm commitment underwriting or private placement

that meets the requirements of the Underwriters' Exemption.

 

      ERISA-Restricted Certificate: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Escrow Account: The Eligible Account or Accounts established and

maintained pursuant to Section 3.6(a) hereof.

 

      Event of Default:   As defined in Section 7.1 hereof.

 

      Excess Loss: The amount of any (i) Fraud Loss realized after the Fraud

Loss Coverage Termination Date, (ii) Special Hazard Loss realized after the

Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date or (iii) Deficient Valuation realized

after the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date.

 

      Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount,

if any, by which the sum of any Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and/or

Unanticipated Recoveries in respect of such Mortgage Loan received in the

calendar month in which such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan,

net of any amounts previously reimbursed to the Master Servicer as

Nonrecoverable Advance(s) with respect to such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section

3.8(a)(iii), exceeds (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated

Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month in which such Mortgage Loan became

a Liquidated Mortgage Loan plus (ii) accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate from

the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed)

to Certificateholders up to the Due Date applicable to the Distribution Date

immediately following the calendar month during which such liquidation occurred.

 

      Expense   Fee Rate:   As to each   Mortgage   Loan,   the sum of the   related

Master Servicing Fee Rate and the Trustee Fee Rate.

 

      FDIC:   The   Federal   Deposit   Insurance   Corporation,   or any   successor

thereto.

 

      FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate

instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the

Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.

 

      FIRREA: The Financial   Institutions   Reform,   Recovery,   and Enforcement

Act of 1989.

 

      First Horizon: First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, a Kansas corporation

and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of First Horizon National Corporation, a

Tennessee corporation.

 

 

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      Fitch: Fitch Ratings and its successors and/or assigns. If Fitch is

designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of

Section 11.5(b) the address for notices to Fitch shall be Fitch, Inc., One State

Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Residential Mortgage

Surveillance Group, or such other address as Fitch may hereafter furnish to the

Depositor and the Master Servicer.

 

      FNMA: The Federal National Mortgage Association, a federally chartered and

privately owned corporation organized and existing under the Federal National

Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any successor thereto.

 

      Fraud Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a Fraud Loss has

occurred.

 

      Fraud Losses: Realized Losses on Mortgage Loans as to which a loss is

sustained by reason of a default arising from fraud, dishonesty or

misrepresentation in connection with the related Mortgage Loan, including a loss

by reason of the denial of coverage under any related Primary Insurance Policy

because of such fraud, dishonesty or misrepresentation.

 

      Fraud Loss Coverage Amount: As of the Closing Date, $10,876,402. As of any

Distribution Date from the first anniversary of the Cut-off Date and prior to

the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Coverage Amount will

equal $5,438,201 minus the aggregate amount of Fraud Losses that would have been

allocated to the Subordinated Certificates in the absence of the Loss Allocation

Limitation since the Cut-off Date. As of any Distribution Date on or after the

earlier of the Cross-over Date or the fifth anniversary, the Fraud Loss Coverage

Amount shall be zero.

 

      Fraud Loss Coverage Termination Date: The date on which the Fraud Loss

Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.

 

      FTBNA:   First Tennessee Bank National   Association,   a national   banking

association.

 

      Group I Senior Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Group   II   Senior    Certificates:    As   specified   in   the    Preliminary

Statement.

 

      Group Subordinate Amount: For a Mortgage Pool and any Distribution Date,

the excess of (a) the Pool Principal Balance of such Mortgage Pool for the

immediately preceding Distribution Date, over (b) the aggregate Class

Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates of the related Certificate Group

immediately prior to that Distribution Date.

 

      Indirect Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial

institution or other Person that clears through or maintains a custodial

relationship with a Depository Participant.

 

      Initial Bankruptcy Coverage Amount:   $150,000.

 

      Initial Component Balance:   Not applicable.

 

      Initial LIBOR Rate: With respect to the calculation of the initial

Pass-Through Rate for the Class I-A-6 and Class I-A-7 Certificates, 3.70% per

annum; and with respect to the calculation of the initial Pass-Through Rate for

the Class I-A-11 and Class I-A-13 Certificates, 3.83% per annum.

 

 

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      Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust

Fund, any insurance policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto in

effect, including any replacement policy or policies for any Insurance Policies.

 

      Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by an insurer pursuant to any Insurance

Policy, in each case other than any amount included in such Insurance Proceeds

in respect of Insured Expenses.

 

      Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other

insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

 

      Interest Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Delay Certificates

and any Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month of such

Distribution Date. With respect to any Non-Delay Certificates and any

Distribution Date, the one month period commencing on the 25th day of the month

preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the

24th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

 

      Latest Possible Maturity Date: As to the Group I Senior Certificates, each

Class of Subordinated Certificates, and each Lower REMIC Interest and each

Middle REMIC Interest, the Distribution Date following the third anniversary of

the scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in Pool I having the latest

scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date. As to the Group II Senior

Certificates, the Distribution Date following the third anniversary of the

scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in Pool II having the latest

scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date.

 

      Lender PMI Mortgage Loan:   Not applicable.

 

      LIBOR:   The London   interbank   offered rate for one month United   States

dollar deposits calculated in the manner described in Section 4.9.

 

      LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in London, England and The City

of New York are open and conducting transactions in foreign currency and

exchange.

 

      LIBOR Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      LIBOR Determination Date: For the LIBOR Certificates, the second LIBOR

Business Day immediately preceding the commencement of each Interest Accrual

Period for each LIBOR Certificate.

 

      Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a

defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated in the

calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and as to which the

Master Servicer has determined (in accordance with this Agreement) that it has

received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the liquidation of

such Mortgage Loan, including the final disposition of an REO Property.

 

 

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      Liquidation Proceeds: All cash amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds and

Unanticipated Recoveries, received in connection with the partial or complete

liquidation of defaulted Mortgage Loans, whether through trustee's sale,

foreclosure sale or otherwise or amounts received in connection with any

condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds

received in connection with an REO Property, less the sum of related

unreimbursed Master Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and Advances.

 

      Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and as of any date

of determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of

which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date of

determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related

Mortgaged Property.

 

      Loss Allocation Limitation:   As defined in Section 4.4(h).

 

      Lost   Mortgage   Note:   Any   Mortgage   Note,   the   original   of which was

permanently lost or destroyed and has not been replaced.

 

      Lower REMIC: The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Trust Fund

but excluding the Retained Yield, the Middle REMIC Interests, the Lower REMIC

Interests, the RL Interest, the RM Interest, the RU Interest and the Separate

Interest Trust.

 

      Lower REMIC Interests: The REMIC regular interests, within the meaning of

the REMIC Provisions, issued by the Lower REMIC as set forth in Section 2.7.

 

      Maintenance: With respect to any Cooperative Unit, the rent paid by the

Mortgagor to the Cooperative Corporation pursuant to the Proprietary Lease.

 

      Majority in Interest: As to any Class of Regular Certificates, the Holders

of Certificates of such Class evidencing, in the aggregate, at least 51% of the

Percentage Interests evidenced by all Certificates of such Class.

 

      Master Servicer: First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, a Kansas

corporation, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as master servicer

hereunder.

 

      Master Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, 1:30 p.m.

Central time on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date.

 

      Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date,

an amount payable out of each full payment of interest received on such Mortgage

Loan and equal to one-twelfth of the Master Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the

Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the month

of such Distribution Date (prior to giving effect to any Scheduled Payments due

on such Mortgage Loan on such Due Date), subject to reduction as provided in

Section 3.14.

 

      Master Servicing Fee Rate: For each Mortgage Loan a per annum rate equal

to 0.371%.

 

      MERS:   Mortgage   Electronic   Registration   Systems,   Inc., a corporation

organized   and   existing   under   the   laws of the   State of   Delaware,   or any

successor thereto.

 

 

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      MERS Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan   registered   with MERS on the MERS

System.

 

      MERS(R) System: The system of recording transfers of mortgages

electronically maintained by MERS.

 

      Middle REMIC: The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Lower REMIC

Interests.

 

      Middle REMIC Interests: The REMIC regular interests, within the meaning of

the REMIC Provisions, issued by the Middle REMIC as set forth in Section 2.7.

 

      MIN:   The Mortgage Identification Number for any MERS Mortgage Loan.

 

      MLPA:   The Mortgage   Loan Purchase   Agreement   dated as of September 30,

2005,   by and between   First   Horizon Home Loan   Corporation,   as seller,   and

First   Horizon   Asset   Securities   Inc.,   as   purchaser,   as   related   to   the

transfer, sale and conveyance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

      MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee,

solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors

and assigns.

 

      Monthly   Statement:   The statement   delivered to the   Certificateholders

pursuant to Section 4.6.

 

      Moody's:   Moody's   Investors   Service,   Inc. and its   successors   and/or

assigns.   If   Moody's   is   designated   as a Rating   Agency in the   Preliminary

Statement,   for purposes of Section 11.5(b) the address for notices to Moody's

shall be Moody's   Investors   Service,   Inc., 99 Church   Street,   New York, New

York 10007,   Attention:   Residential   Pass-Through   Monitoring,   or such other

address as   Moody's   may   hereafter   furnish   to the   Depositor   or the Master

Servicer.

 

      Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first

lien on an estate in fee simple or leasehold interest in real property securing

a Mortgage Note.

 

      Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.1(b) hereof

pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered

to the Trustee to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.

 

      Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time

amended by the Master Servicer to reflect the addition of Substitute Mortgage

Loans and the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions of

this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and from

time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as Schedule I, setting

forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

 

            (A)    the loan number;

 

            (B)    the Mortgagor's name and the street address of the Mortgaged

                  Property, including the zip code;

 

            (C)    the maturity date;

 

 

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            (D)    the original principal balance;

 

            (E)    the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

 

            (F)    the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;

 

            (G)    the Scheduled Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

 

            (H)    the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;

 

            (I)    a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time

                   of origination was represented to be owner-occupied;

 

            (J)    a code indicating whether the residential dwelling is either

                  (a) a detached single family dwelling (b) a dwelling in a de

                  minimis PUD, (c) a condominium unit or PUD (other than a de

                  minimis PUD), (d) a two-to-four unit residential property or

                  (e) a Cooperative Unit;

 

            (K)    the Mortgage Rate;

 

            (L)    the purpose for the Mortgage Loan;

 

            (M)    the type of documentation program pursuant to which the

                  Mortgage Loan was originated;

 

            (N)    the Master Servicing Fee for the Mortgage Loan; and

 

            (O)    a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Mortgage

                  Loan.

 

      Such schedule shall also set forth the total of the amounts described

under (4) and (5) above for all of the Mortgage Loans.

 

      Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the

Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time are held as a

part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the mortgage loans so held

being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or

other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

      Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of

indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.

 

      Mortgage Pool:   Any of Pool I or Pool II.

 

      Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note from

time to time, net of any insurance premium charged by the mortgagee to obtain or

maintain any Primary Insurance Policy.

 

 

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      Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan,

which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan, is the related Coop Shares and

Proprietary Lease.

 

      Mortgagor:   The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.

 

      NAS Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      NAS Distribution Percentage: 0% through the Distribution Date in September

2010; 30% of the applicable NAS Percentage thereafter through the Distribution

Date in September 2011; 40% of the applicable NAS Percentage thereafter through

the Distribution Date in September 2012; 60% of the applicable NAS Percentage

thereafter through the Distribution Date in September 2013; 80% of the

applicable NAS Percentage thereafter through the Distribution Date in September

2014; and 100% of the applicable NAS Percentage thereafter.

 

      NAS Percentage: 0% through the Distribution Date in September 2010, and

for any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (x) 100% and (y) the

percentage obtained by dividing (1) the Class Certificate Balance of the NAS

Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by (2) the Pool

Principal Balance for Pool I (excluding the PO Percentage of the Discount

Mortgage Loans in Pool I) immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

 

      NAS Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, the total of

the amounts described in clauses (1) through (5) of the definition of Senior

Optimal Principal Amount for Pool I for such date (determined without the

application of the related Senior Percentage and Senior Prepayment Percentage)

multiplied by the NAS Distribution Percentage for such date.

 

      National Cost of Funds Index: The National Monthly Median Cost of Funds

Ratio to SAIF-Insured Institutions published by the Office of Thrift

Supervision.

 

      Net Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Pool,

the sum of (a) the amount of interest which would otherwise have been received

for any Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool that was the subject of (x) a Relief

Act Reduction or (y) a Special Hazard Loss, Fraud Loss, or Deficient Valuation,

after the exhaustion of the respective amounts of coverage for those types of

losses provided by the Subordinated Certificates; and (b) any Net Prepayment

Interest Shortfalls in respect of such Mortgage Pool.

 

      Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls: As to any Distribution Date and each

Mortgage Pool, the amount by which the aggregate of Prepayment Interest

Shortfalls in respect of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool during the

related Prepayment Period exceeds an amount equal to the Compensating Interest

paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans, if any, for such Distribution Date.

 

      Non-Class I-A-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to a Discount Mortgage Loan

in Pool I, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to the Adjusted Net

Mortgage Rate divided by 5.50%, and (b) with respect to each Non-Discount

Mortgage Loan in Pool I, 100%.

 

      Non-Class II-A-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to a Discount Mortgage Loan

in Pool II, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to the Adjusted Net

Mortgage Rate divided by 5.00%, and (b) with respect to each Non-Discount

Mortgage Loan in Pool II, 100%.

 

 

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      Non-Delay Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Non-Discount Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool I with an Adjusted

Net Mortgage Rate that is equal to or greater than 5.50% per annum and any

Mortgage Loan in Pool II with an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate that is equal to or

greater than 5.00% per annum.

 

      Non-Excess Loss:   Any Realized Loss other than an Excess Loss.

 

      Non-PO Percentage: (a) With respect to Pool I, the Non-Class I-A-PO

Percentage, and (b) with respect to Pool II, the Non-Class II-A-PO Percentage.

 

      Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or

proposed to be made by the Master Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of

the Master Servicer, will not be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer

from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.

 

      Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided pursuant to

Section 9.2 to the effect that final distribution on any of the Certificates

shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.

 

      Notional Amount:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Notional Amount Component: Not applicable.

 

      Notional    Amount    Certificates:    As   specified   in   the    Preliminary

Statement.

 

      Offered Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Officer's Certificate: A Certificate (i) signed by the Chairman of the

Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Managing Director, a

Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the

Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant

Secretaries of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or (ii), if provided for in

this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and delivered

to the Depositor and the Trustee, as the case may be, as required by this

Agreement.

 

      Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for

the Depositor or the Master Servicer, including, in-house counsel, reasonably

acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to the

interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (i) in

fact be independent of the Depositor and the Master Servicer, (ii) not have any

direct financial interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or in any

affiliate of either, and (iii) not be connected with the Depositor or the Master

Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner,

director or person performing similar functions.

 

      Optional Termination: The termination of the trust created hereunder in

connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 9.1(a)

hereof.

 

 

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      Original Group Subordinate Amount: With respect to a Mortgage Pool, the

related Group Subordinate Amount as of the Closing Date.

 

      Original Mortgage Loan: The Mortgage Loan refinanced in connection with

the origination of a Refinancing Mortgage Loan.

 

      OTS:   The Office of Thrift Supervision.

 

      Outside Reference Date:   Not applicable.

 

      Outstanding:   With   respect   to   the   Certificates   as of   any   date   of

determination,   all Certificates   theretofore executed and authenticated under

this Agreement except:

 

      (a)    Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the

            Trustee for cancellation; and

 

      (b)    Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other

            Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee

            pursuant to this Agreement.

 

      Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with a

Stated Principal Balance greater than zero which was not the subject of a

Principal Prepayment in Full prior to such Due Date and which did not become a

Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.

 

      Ownership Interest: As to any Residual Certificate, any ownership interest

in such Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder

thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or

beneficial.

 

      Pass-Through Rate: For any interest bearing Class of Certificates, the per

annum rate set forth or calculated in the manner described in the Preliminary

Statement.

 

      Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest

evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class,

such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the

percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the

aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.

 

      Permitted   Investments:   At any time,   any one or more of the   following

obligations and securities:

 

            (i)    obligations of the United States or any agency thereof,

                   provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and

                  credit of the United States;

 

            (ii)   general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state

                  of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the

                  highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency;

 

            (iii) commercial or finance company paper which is then receiving

                  the highest commercial or finance company paper rating of each

                   Rating Agency;

 

 

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            (iv)   certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers'

                  acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust

                  company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of

                  any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination

                  by federal and/or state banking authorities, provided that the

                  commercial paper and/or long term unsecured debt obligations

                  of such depository institution or trust company (or in the

                  case of the principal depository institution in a holding

                  company system, the commercial paper or long-term unsecured

                  debt obligations of such holding company, but only if Moody's

                  is not a Rating Agency) are then rated one of the two highest

                  long-term and/or the highest short-term ratings of each Rating

                  Agency for such securities;

 

            (v)    demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by

                  any bank or trust company or savings institution to the extent

                  that such deposits are fully insured by the FDIC and receiving

                  the highest short-term debt rating of each Rating Agency;

 

            (vi)   guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank,

                  insurance company or other corporation and receiving the

                  highest short-term debt rating of each Rating Agency and

                  containing, at the time of the issuance of such agreements,

                  such terms and conditions as will not result in the

                  downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the

                  Certificates by either Rating Agency;

 

            (vii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described

                  in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into

                  with a depository institution or trust company (acting as

                  principal) described in clause (iv) above;

 

            (viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or

                  instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the

                  face amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount

                  issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the

                  United States or any state thereof which, at the time of such

                  investment, have one of the two highest ratings of each Rating

                  Agency (except if the Rating Agency is Moody's or S&P, such

                  rating shall be the highest commercial paper rating of Moody's

                  or S&P, as applicable, for any such securities);

 

            (ix)   units of a taxable money-market portfolio having the highest

                  rating assigned by each Rating Agency (except if Fitch is a

                   Rating Agency and has not rated the portfolio, the highest

                  rating assigned by Moody's) and restricted to obligations

                  issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or

                  entities whose obligations are backed by the full faith and

                  credit of the United States of America and repurchase

                  agreements collateralized by such obligations; and

 

            (x)    such other investments bearing interest or sold at a discount

                   acceptable to each Rating Agency as will not result in the

 

 

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                  downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the

                  Certificates by either Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed

                  writing delivered by each Rating Agency;

 

provided that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such

instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect to

the obligations underlying such instrument.

 

      Permitted Transferee: Any person other than (i) the United States, any

State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any

of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any

agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization

(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in section 521 of the Code)

which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax

imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any

excess inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(l) of the Code) with respect to

any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives

described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an "electing large

partnership" as defined in section 775 of the Code, (vi) a Person that is not

(a) a citizen or resident of the United States, (b) a corporation, partnership,

or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States,

any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (c) an estate whose income from

sources without the United States is includible in gross income for United

States federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct

of a trade or business within the United States or (d) a trust if a court within

the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the

administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have the

authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, unless such Person

has furnished the transferor and the Trustee with a duly completed Internal

Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or any applicable successor form, and (vii) any

other Person so designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel

that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such

Person may cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at

any time that the Certificates are outstanding; provided, however, that if a

person is classified as a partnership under the Code, such person shall only be

a Permitted Transferee if all of its beneficial owners are described in

subclauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) of clause (vi) and the governing documents of

such person prohibits a transfer of any interest in such person to any person

described in clause (vi). The terms "United States," "State" and "International

Organization" shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or

successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of

the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof for these

purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of

the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors

is not selected by such government unit.

 

      Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,

association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or

government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

      Physical Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Planned Balance: With respect a Planned Principal Class and a Distribution

Date, the aggregate principal balance for such Planned Principal Class for such

Distribution Date as reflected in the Principal Balance Schedules.

 

 

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      Planned Principal Classes:   As Specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      PO Percentage: (a) With respect to Pool I, the Class I-A-PO Percentage,

and (b) with respect to Pool II, the Class II-A-PO Percentage.

 

      Pool I: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage

Loan Schedule as being included in Pool I.

 

      Pool II: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage

Loan Schedule as being included in Pool II.

 

      Pool Principal Balance: For a Mortgage Pool, with respect to any

Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the

Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool which were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on

the Due Date in the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, and for

the first Distribution Date, as of the Closing Date, less any Principal

Prepayments received on or after such Due Date and distributed to

Certificateholders on the prior Distribution Date.

 

      Prepayment Interest Excess: As to any Principal Prepayment received by the

Master Servicer from the first day through the fifteenth day of any calendar

month (other than the calendar month in which the Cut-off Date occurs), all

amounts paid by the related Mortgagor in respect of interest on such Principal

Prepayment. All Prepayment Interest Excess shall be paid to the Master Servicer

as additional master servicing compensation.

 

      Prepayment Interest Shortfall: As to any Distribution Date, Mortgage Loan

and Principal Prepayment received (a) during the period from the sixteenth day

of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or, in the case of

the first Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date) through the last day of such

month, in the case of a Principal Prepayment in Full, or (b) during the month

preceding the month of such Distribution Date, in the case of a partial

Principal Prepayment, the amount, if any, by which one month's interest at the

related Adjusted Mortgage Rate on such Principal Prepayment exceeds the amount

of interest actually paid by the Mortgagor in connection with such Principal

Prepayment.

 

      Prepayment Period: (a) With respect to any Principal Prepayments in Full

and any Distribution Date, the period from the sixteenth day of the month

preceding the month of such Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first

Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date) through the fifteenth day of the month

of such Distribution Date, and (b) with respect to any other Principal

Prepayments and any Distribution Date, the month preceding the month of such

Distribution Date.

 

      Primary Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage guaranty

insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

 

      Principal Balance Schedules: The schedules attached hereto as Exhibit N.

 

      Principal Only Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

 

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      Principal Prepayment: Any payment of principal by a Mortgagor on a

Mortgage Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not

accompanied by an amount representing scheduled interest due on any date or

dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial

Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Master Servicer in accordance with

the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

 

      Principal Prepayment in Full: Any Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor

of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan.

 

      Private Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Proprietary   Lease:   With   respect to any   Cooperative   Unit, a lease or

occupancy agreement between a Cooperative   Corporation and a holder of related

Coop Shares.

 

      PUD:   Planned Unit Development.

 

      Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be purchased

by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3 hereof or purchased at the option

of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11, an amount equal to the sum of

(i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan on the date of

such purchase, (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate (or

at the applicable Adjusted Mortgage Rate if the purchaser is the Master

Servicer) from the date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to

the Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed to

Certificateholders, and (iii) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust in

connection with the noncompliance of such Mortgage Loan with any specifically

applicable predatory or abusive lending law.

 

      Qualified Insurer: A mortgage guaranty insurance company duly qualified as

such under the laws of the state of its principal place of business and each

state having jurisdiction over such insurer in connection with the insurance

policy issued by such insurer, duly authorized and licensed in such states to

transact a mortgage guaranty insurance business in such states and to write the

insurance provided by the insurance policy issued by it, approved as a

FNMA-approved mortgage insurer and having a claims paying ability rating of at

least "AA" or equivalent rating by a nationally recognized statistical rating

organization. Any replacement insurer with respect to a Mortgage Loan must have

at least as high a claims paying ability rating as the insurer it replaces had

on the Closing Date.

 

      Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the Preliminary

Statement. If any such organization or a successor is no longer in existence,

"Rating Agency" shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating

organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the Depositor,

notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee. References herein to

a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such rating category

without giving effect to any modifiers.

 

      Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, an amount

(not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage

Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the Stated Principal

Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of such liquidation, plus

(ii) interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which

interest was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up

 

 

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to the Due Date in the month in which Liquidation Proceeds are required to be

distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan

from time to time, minus (iii) any Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds

and/or Unanticipated Recoveries received during the month in which such

liquidation occurred (or during the calendar month preceding the related

Distribution Date, as applicable), to the extent applied as recoveries of

interest at the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Liquidated

Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, other than a Liquidated

Mortgage Loan, which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, if the

principal amount due under the related Mortgage Note has been reduced, the

difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding

immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the

Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.

 

      Recognition Agreement: With respect to any Cooperative Loan, an agreement

between the Cooperative Corporation and the originator of such Mortgage Loan

which establishes the rights of such originator in the Cooperative Property.

 

      Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business

on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such

Distribution Date occurs.

 

       Reference Bank: A leading bank with an established place of business in

London engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international

Eurocurrency market, not controlled by, or under the common control with, the

Trustee.

 

      Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection with

the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.

 

      Regular Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Relief Act: The   Servicemembers   Civil   Relief Act or any similar   state

or local legislation or regulations.

 

      Relief Act Reductions: With respect to any Distribution Date and any

Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of interest

collectible thereon for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of

the application of the Relief Act, the amount, if any, by which interest

collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month is

less than interest accrued thereon for such month pursuant to the Mortgage Note.

 

       REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of

section 860D of the Code.

 

      REMIC Change of Law: Any proposed, temporary or final regulation, revenue

ruling, revenue procedure or other official announcement or interpretation

relating to REMICs and the REMIC Provisions issued after the Closing Date.

 

      REMIC Pool: Either of the Lower REMIC, Middle REMIC or Upper REMIC.

 

      REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to

real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A through

860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and

 

 

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regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time

to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.

 

      REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through

foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted

Mortgage Loan.

 

      Request for Release: The Request for Release submitted by the Master

Servicer to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibits L and M, as

appropriate.

 

      Required Coupon: With respect to Pool I, 5.875% per annum, and with

respect to Pool II, 5.375% per annum.

 

      Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any

insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under this

Agreement.

 

      Required   Recordation   States:   The   states   of   Florida,   Maryland   and

Mississippi.

 

      Residual Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee, any Vice

President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary,

any Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing

functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and

having direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also

to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of

such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

      Retail/Lottery Certificates:   Not Applicable.

 

      Retained Yield: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, (i) an

amount payable to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation out of each full payment

of interest received on such Mortgage Loan and equal to one-twelfth of the

Retained Yield Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage

Loan as of the Due Date in the month of such Distribution Date (prior to giving

effect to any Scheduled Payments due on such Mortgage Loan on such Due Date) and

(ii) each prepayment penalty received, if any.

 

      Retained Yield Rate: For any Non-Discount Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate

equal to the excess of (a) the applicable Mortgage Rate over (b) the Required

Coupon. For any Discount Mortgage Loan, 0%.

 

      RL Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within the meaning of the REMIC

Provisions, issued by the Lower REMIC, which shall be represented by the Class

I-A-R Certificate.

 

      RM Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within the meaning of the REMIC

Provisions, issued by the Middle REMIC, which shall be represented by the Class

I-A-R Certificate.

 

      RU Interest: The REMIC residual interest, within the meaning of the REMIC

Provisions, issued by the Upper REMIC, which shall be represented by the Class

I-A-R Certificate.

 

 

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      Scheduled Balances:   Not applicable.

 

      Scheduled Certificates:   Not applicable.

 

      Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due on

any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan which,

unless otherwise specified herein, shall give effect to any related Debt Service

Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects the amount of the monthly

payment due on such Mortgage Loan.

 

      Securities Act:   The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

      Security Agreement:      The   security    agreement    with   respect   to   a

Cooperative Loan.

 

      Seller: First Horizon Home Loan Corporation,   a Kansas corporation,   and

its   successors   and assigns,   in its capacity as seller of the Mortgage Loans

pursuant to the MLPA.

 

      Senior Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Senior Final Distribution Date: For each Certificate Group, the

Distribution Date on which the Class Certificate Balance of each Class of

related Senior Certificates has been reduced to zero.

 

      Senior Optimal Principal Amount: As to a Mortgage Pool and with respect to

each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of:

 

            (1) the related Senior Percentage of the applicable Non-PO

Percentage of all Scheduled Payments of principal due on each Mortgage Loan in

such Mortgage Pool on the first day of the month in which the Distribution Date

occurs, as specified in the amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto

after adjustment for previous principal prepayments and the principal portion of

Debt Service Reductions after the Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount has been

reduced to zero, but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by

reason of any other bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or

similar waiver or grace period;

 

             (2) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the applicable

Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in such

Mortgage Pool which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full received

by the Master Servicer during the applicable Prepayment Period;

 

            (3) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the applicable

Non-PO Percentage of the sum of (a) all partial Principal Prepayments in respect

of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool received during the applicable

Prepayment Period and (b) all Unanticipated Recoveries in respect of each

Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool received during the calendar month preceding

such Distribution Date;

 

            (4) the lesser of:

 

            (a)    the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (x) the

                  applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Liquidation Proceeds

                  allocable to principal on each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage

 

 

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                  Pool which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the

                  related Prepayment Period, other than Mortgage Loans described

                  in clause (y), and (y) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the

                  principal balance of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool

                  that was purchased by a private mortgage insurer during the

                  related Prepayment Period as an alternative to paying a claim

                  under the related Insurance Policy; and

 

            (b)(i) the related Senior Percentage of the sum of (x) the

                  applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance

                  of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool which became a

                   Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period,

                  other than Mortgage Loans described in clause (y), and (y) the

                  applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance

                  of each Mortgage Loan in such Mortgage Pool that was purchased

                  by a private mortgage insurer during the related Prepayment

                  Period as an alternative to paying a claim under the related

                  Insurance Policy minus (ii) the applicable Non-PO Percentage

                  of the related Senior Percentage of the principal portion of

                  the related Senior Percentage of the principal portion of

                  Excess Losses (other than Debt Service Reductions) for such

                  Mortgage Pool during the related Prepayment Period; and

 

            (5) the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a) the

applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage

Loan in such Mortgage Pool which was repurchased by the seller in connection

with such Distribution Date and (b) the difference, if any, between the

applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage

Loan in such Mortgage Pool that has been replaced by the seller with a

Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement in connection with such

Distribution Date and the Stated Principal Balance of such Substitute Mortgage

Loan.

 

      Senior Percentage: On any Distribution Date for a Certificate Group, the

lesser of 100% and the percentage (carried to six places rounded up) obtained by

dividing the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of all Classes of Senior

Certificates of such Certificate Group (other than the Notional Amount

Certificates and the Class PO Certificates) immediately preceding such

Distribution Date by the Pool Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Pool

(excluding the aggregate of the applicable PO Percentage of the principal

balance of each Discount Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool) for the

immediately preceding Distribution Date.

 

      Senior Prepayment Percentage: On any Distribution Date occurring during

the periods set forth below, and as to each Certificate Group, the Senior

Prepayment Percentages described below:

 

 

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Period (Dates Inclusive)     Senior Prepayment Percentage

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

October 2005 - September     100%

2010

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

October 2010 - September     the related Senior Percentage plus 70% of

2011                         the related Subordinated Percentage

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

October 2011 - September     the related Senior Percentage plus 60% of

2012                         the related Subordinated Percentage

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

October 2012 - September     the related Senior Percentage plus 40% of

2013                         the related Subordinated Percentage

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

October 2013 - September     the related Senior Percentage plus 20% of

2014                         the related Subordinated Percentage

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

October 2014 and thereafter the related Senior Percentage

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Senior Percentage for a Certificate

Group on any Distribution Date exceeds the initial Senior Percentage for that

Certificate Group, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Certificate Group

for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.

 

      In addition, no reduction of the Senior Prepayment Percentage for a

Certificate Group below the level in effect for the most recent prior period

specified in the table above shall be effective on any Distribution Date unless

both of the following step-down conditions are satisfied with respect to each

Mortgage Pool as of the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date:

 

            (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans in a

Mortgage Pool delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any

Mortgage Loans in foreclosure or subject to bankruptcy proceedings and Mortgage

Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property, including REO

Property, has been acquired by the Trust) does not exceed 50% of the related

Group Subordinate Amount as of such date; and

 

            (2) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans in each

Mortgage Pool do not exceed:

 

                   (a)    30% of the related Original Group Subordinate Amount if

                        such Distribution Date occurs between and including

                        October 2010 and September 2011;

 

                  (b)    35% of the related Original Group Subordinate Amount if

                        such Distribution Date occurs between and including

                        October 2011 and September 2012;

 

                  (c)    40% of the related Original Group Subordinate Amount if

                         such Distribution Date occurs between and including

                        October 2012 and September 2013;

 

 

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                  (d)    45% of the related Original Group Subordinate Amount if

                        such Distribution Date occurs between and including

                        October 2013 and September 2014; and

 

                  (e)    50% of the related Original Group Subordinate Amount if

                        such Distribution Date occurs during or after September

                        2014.

 

      Senior Support Mezzanine   Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary

Statement.

 

      Separate   Interest Trust: A trust created   pursuant to Section 4.8(a) of

this Agreement which is not an asset of any REMIC created hereunder.

 

      Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of

pocket" costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Master Servicer of

its servicing obligations, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the

preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any

expenses reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11 and any

enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the

management and liquidation of any REO Property and (iv) compliance with the

obligations under Section 3.9.

 

      Servicing Agreement: The servicing agreement, dated as of November 26,

2002 by and between First Horizon Asset Securities Inc. and its assigns, as

owner, and First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc., as servicer.

 

      Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or

responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose

name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to

the Trustee by the Master Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this

Agreement, as such list may from time to time be amended.

 

      Servicing Rights Transfer and Subservicing Agreement: The servicing rights

transfer and subservicing agreement, dated as of November 26, 2002, by and

between First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, as transferor and subservicer, and

First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc., as transferee and servicer.

 

      Special Hazard Coverage Termination Date: The date on which the Special

Hazard Loss Coverage Amount is reduced to zero.

 

      Special Hazard Loss: Any Realized Loss suffered by a Mortgaged Property on

account of direct physical loss but not including (i) any loss of a type covered

by a hazard insurance policy or a flood insurance policy required to be

maintained with respect to such Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 3.9 to

the extent of the amount of such loss covered thereby, or (ii) any loss caused

by or resulting from:

 

            (1) normal wear and tear;

 

            (2) fraud, conversion or other dishonest act on the part of the

Trustee, the Master Servicer or any of their agents or employees (without regard

to any portion of the loss not covered by any errors and omissions policy);

 

 

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            (3) errors in design, faulty workmanship or faulty materials, unless

the collapse of the property or a part thereof ensues and then only for the

ensuing loss;

 

             (4) nuclear or chemical reaction or nuclear radiation or radioactive

or chemical contamination, all whether controlled or uncontrolled, and whether

such loss be direct or indirect, proximate or remote or be in whole or in part

caused by, contributed to or aggravated by a peril covered by the definition of

the term "Special Hazard Loss";

 

            (5) hostile or warlike action in time of peace and war, including

action in hindering, combating or defending against an actual, impending or

expected attack:

 

            (i)    by any government or sovereign power, de jure or de facto, or

                  by any authority maintaining or using military, naval or air

                  forces;

 

            (ii)   by military, naval or air forces; or

 

             (iii) by an agent of any such government, power, authority or

                  forces;

 

            (6) any weapon of war employing nuclear fission, fusion or other

radioactive force, whether in time of peace or war; or

 

            (7) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurped power or

action taken by governmental authority in hindering, combating or defending

against such an occurrence, seizure or destruction under quarantine or customs

regulations, confiscation by order of any government or public authority or

risks of contraband or illegal transportation or trade.

 

      Special Hazard Loss Coverage   Amount:   Upon the initial   issuance of the

Certificates,   $5,438,201.   As of any   Distribution   Date,   the Special Hazard

Loss Coverage Amount will equal the greater of

 

            (a) 1.00% (or if greater than 1.00%, the highest percentage of

Mortgage Loans by principal balance secured by Mortgaged Properties in any

single California zip code) of the outstanding principal balance of all the

Mortgage Loans as of the related Determination Date; and

 

            (b) twice the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan

which has the largest outstanding principal balance as of the related

Determination Date,

 

less, in each case, the aggregate amount of Special Hazard Losses that would

have been previously allocated to the Subordinated Certificates in the absence

of the Loss Allocation Limitation. As of any Distribution Date on or after the

Cross-over Date, the Special Hazard Loss Coverage Amount will be zero.

 

      Special Hazard Mortgage Loan: A Liquidated Mortgage Loan as to which a

Special Hazard Loss has occurred.

 

      S&P: Standard & Poor's Corporation, a division of The McGraw-Hill

Companies, Inc., and its successors and/or assigns. If S&P is designated as a

Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 11.5(b) the

 

 

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address for notices to S&P shall be Standard & Poor's, 55 Water Street, 41st

Floor, New York, New York 10041, Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Monitoring, or

such other address as S&P may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Master

Servicer.

 

      Startup Day:   The Closing Date.

 

      Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the unpaid

principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date as specified in the

amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before any adjustment to

such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or similar waiver or

grace period) after giving effect to any previous partial Principal Prepayments

and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other than with respect to any

Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the payment of principal due on such Due Date

and irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor.

 

      Streamlined   Documentation   Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan   originated

pursuant   to the   Seller's   Streamlined   Loan   Documentation   Program   then in

effect.

 

      Subordinated Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Subordinated Certificate Writedown Amount: As of any Distribution Date,

the amount by which (a) the sum of the Class Certificate Balances of all of the

Certificates, after giving effect to the distribution of principal and the

allocation of Realized Losses in reduction of the Class Certificate Balances of

all of the Certificates on such Distribution Date, exceeds (b) the aggregate of

the Pool Principal Balances of both Mortgage Pools on the first day of the month

of such Distribution Date, less any Deficient Valuations occurring before the

Bankruptcy Loss Coverage Amount has been reduced to zero.

 

      Subordinated Optimal Principal Amount: With respect to each Mortgage Pool

and each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following (but in

no event greater than the aggregate Class Certificate Balances of the

Subordinated Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date):

 

            (1) the related Subordinated Percentage of the applicable Non-PO

Percentage of all Scheduled Payments of principal due on each outstanding

Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool on the first day of the month in

which the Distribution Date occurs, as specified in the amortization schedule at

the time applicable thereto, after adjustment for previous principal prepayments

and the principal portion of Debt Service Reductions after the Bankruptcy Loss

Coverage Amount has been reduced to zero, but before any adjustment to such

amortization schedule by reason of any other bankruptcy or similar proceeding or

any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period;

 

            (2) the related Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the applicable

Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the

related Mortgage Pool which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in Full

received by the Master Servicer during the related Prepayment Period;

 

 

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            (3) the related Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the applicable

Non-PO Percentage of the sum of (a) all partial Principal Prepayments received

in respect of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool during the related

Prepayment Period, (b) all Unanticipated Recoveries received in respect of each

Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool during the calendar month prior to

such Distribution Date, and (c) on the Senior Final Distribution Date, 100% of

any related Senior Optimal Principal Amount remaining undistributed on such

date;

 

             (4) the amount, if any, by which the sum of (a) the applicable

Non-PO Percentage of the net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal

received during the related Prepayment Period in respect of each Liquidated

Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool, other than Mortgage Loans described

in clause (b), and (b) the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the principal balance

of each Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool that was purchased by a

private mortgage insurer during the related Prepayment Period as an alternative

to paying a claim under the related Insurance Policy exceeds (c) the sum of the

amounts distributable to the Senior Certificateholders (other than the holders

of the Class PO Certificates) under clause (4) of the definition of applicable

Senior Optimal Principal Amount on such Distribution Date; and

 

            (5) the related Subordinated Prepayment Percentage of the sum of (a)

the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each

Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool which was repurchased by the seller

in connection with such Distribution Date and (b) the difference, if any,

between the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of each

Mortgage Loan in the related Mortgage Pool that has been replaced by the seller

with a Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement in connection with

such Distribution Date and the Stated Principal Balance of each such Substitute

Mortgage Loan.

 

      Subordinated    Percentage:    For   any    Distribution    Date    and    each

Certificate Group, 100% minus the related Senior Percentage.

 

      Subordinated   Prepayment   Percentage:   For any   Distribution   Date, 100%

minus the Senior Prepayment Percentage.

 

      Subservicer:   Any person to whom the Master   Servicer has contracted for

the   servicing of all or a portion of the Mortgage   Loans   pursuant to Section

3.2 hereof.

 

      Substitute Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller for a

Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, as confirmed

in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit L, (i) have a

Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the

Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not

more than 10% less than the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage

Loan; (ii) have an Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate not lower than the lower of (a)

the Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan or (b) 5.50% in the

case of a Deleted Mortgage Loan from Pool I, or 5.00% in the case of a Deleted

Mortgage Loan from Pool II, provided that the Master Servicing Fee for the

Substitute Mortgage Loan shall be equal to or greater than that of the Deleted

Mortgage Loan; (iii) be accruing interest at a rate no lower than and not more

than 1% per annum higher than, that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a

 

 

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Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have a

remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than

that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the

Deleted Mortgage Loan was a Cooperative Loan and (vii) comply with each

representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.

 

      Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term pursuant

to Section 2.3.

 

      Super Senior Certificates:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Support Classes:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Targeted Balance: With respect a Targeted Principal Class and a

Distribution Date, the aggregate principal balance for such Targeted Principal

Class for such Distribution Date as reflected in the Principal Balance

Schedules.

 

      Targeted Principal Classes:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Tax Matters   Person:   The person   designated as "tax matters   person" in

the manner   provided   under   Treasury   regulation ss.   1.860F-4(d)   and Treasury

regulation ss. 301.6231(a)(7)-1.   Initially, the Tax Matters Person shall be the

Trustee.

 

      Tax Matters   Person   Certificate:   The Class I-A-R   Certificates   with a

Denomination of $0.01.

 

      Transfer:   Any   direct or   indirect   transfer   or sale of any   Ownership

Interest in a Residual Certificate.

 

      Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of (i)

the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on or with respect

thereto after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in computing the

Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof; (ii) all of the Depositor's rights as

purchaser under the MLPA; (iii) the Certificate Account and the Distribution

Account and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions

of this Agreement; (iv) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been

acquired by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; and (v) all

proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing;

provided that the Trust Fund shall exclude the Retained Yield.

 

      Trustee: The Bank of New York and its successors and, if a successor

trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.

 

      Trustee Fee: As to any Distribution Date and a Mortgage Pool, an amount

equal to one-twelfth of the Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the applicable Pool

Principal Balance with respect to such Distribution Date.

 

      Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum rate

agreed upon in writing on or prior to the Closing Date by the Trustee and the

Depositor.

 

 

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      Two Times Test: A test that is satisfied with respect to a Certificate

Group and any Distribution Date if the related Senior Prepayment Percentage for

such Distribution Date is determined in accordance with clauses (ii) and (iii)

of the proviso in the definition of "Senior Prepayment Percentage."

 

      Unanticipated Recovery:   As defined in Section 4.2(j).

 

      Undercollateralization Distribution:   As defined in Section 4.2(k).

 

      Undercollateralized Group: With respect to any Distribution Date, the

Senior Certificates of any Certificate Group (other than the Principal Only

Certificates) as to which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance thereof,

after giving effect to distributions pursuant to Section 4.2(a) on such date, is

greater than the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Pool Principal Balance of

the related Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date.

 

      Underwriters:   As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

      Underwriters'    Exemption:    An   individual    administrative    exemption

granted   by   the   U.S.   Department   of   Labor   to the   Underwriters   providing

exceptions   from   some of the   prohibited   transaction   rules   of   ERISA   with

respect to the initial   purchase,   the holding   and the   subsequent   resale by

employee   benefit plans in certificates   in pass-through   trusts having assets

and   meeting    conditions    described    therein,    as   amended   by   Prohibited

Transaction   Exemption   2000-58 (65 Fed. Reg.   67765,   November 13, 2000),   as

amended,   and Prohibited   Transaction   Exemption   2002-41 (67 Fed. Reg. 54487,

August 22, 2002), as amended (or any successor thereto),   or any substantially

similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of Labor.

 

      Upper REMIC: The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Middle REMIC

Interests.

 

      Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates

which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of determination, (a) 97%

of all Voting Rights will be allocated among all Holders of the Certificates,

other than the Notional Amount Certificates and the Class I-A-R Certificates, in

proportion to their then outstanding Class Certificate Balance; and (b) 2.0% of

all voting rights will be allocated among the Holders of the Notional Amount

Certificates, in proportion to their respective Notional Amounts; and (c) 1.0%

of all Voting Rights will be allocated to the Class I-A-R Certificates (such

Voting Rights to be allocated among the Holders of Certificates of such Class in

accordance with their respective Percentage Interests).

 

      Yield Supplement Amount: The Class I-A-6 Yield Supplement Amount or the

Class I-A-11 Yield Supplement Amount, as the context may require.

 

 

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                                   ARTICLE II

                          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

      SECTION 2.1 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.

 

(a)    The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby

      sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee

      for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without recourse, all the

      right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund

      together with (i) the Depositor's right to (A) require the Seller to cure

      any breach of a representation or warranty made by the Seller pursuant to

      the MLPA, or (B) repurchase or substitute for any affected Mortgage Loan

      in accordance herewith, and (ii) all right, title and interest of the

      Depositor in, to and under the Servicing Agreement, which right has been

      assigned to the Depositor pursuant to the MLPA.

 

(b)    In connection with the transfer and assignment set forth in clause (a)

      above, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the

      Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf (or, in the case of the Delay

      Delivery Mortgage Loans, will deliver or cause to be delivered to the

      Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf within thirty (30) days following

      the Closing Date) for the benefit of the Certificateholders the following

      documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned:

 

      (i)    (A) the original Mortgage Note endorsed by manual or facsimile

            signature in blank in the following form: "Pay to the order of

            ________________, without recourse," with all intervening

            endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the

            originator to the Person endorsing the Mortgage Note (each such

            endorsement being sufficient to transfer all right, title and

            interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder or assignee

            thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note); or

 

            (B) with respect to any Lost Mortgage Note, a lost note affidavit

            from the Seller stating that the original Mortgage Note was lost or

            destroyed, together with a copy of such Mortgage Note;

 

            (ii)   except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is

                  not a MERS Mortgage Loan, the original recorded Mortgage or a

                  copy of such Mortgage certified by the Seller as being a true

                  and complete copy of the Mortgage and in the case of each MERS

                  Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage, noting the presence of

                  the MIN of the Mortgage Loans and either language indicating

                  that the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan if the Mortgage Loan is a

                  MOM Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at

                  origination, the original Mortgage and the assignment thereof

                   to MERS, with evidence of recording indicated thereon, or a

                  copy of the Mortgage certified by the public recording office

                  in which such Mortgage has been recorded;

 

 

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            (iii) in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Mortgage

                  Loan, a duly executed assignment of the Mortgage in blank

                  (which may be included in a blanket assignment or

                  assignments), together with, except as provided below, all

                  interim recorded assignments of such mortgage (each such

                  assignment, when duly and validly completed, to be in

                  recordable form and sufficient to effect the assignment of and

                  transfer to the assignee thereof, under the Mortgage to which

                  the assignment relates); provided that, if the related

                  Mortgage has not been returned from the applicable public

                   recording office, such assignment of the Mortgage may exclude

                  the information to be provided by the recording office;

 

            (iv)   the original or copies of each assumption, modification,

                  written assurance or substitution agreement, if any;

 

            (v)    either the original or duplicate original title policy

                  (including all riders thereto) with respect to the related

                  Mortgaged Property, if available, provided that the title

                  policy (including all riders thereto) will be delivered as

                  soon as it becomes available, and if the title policy is not

                  available, and to the extent required pursuant to the second

                   paragraph below or otherwise in connection with the rating of

                  the Certificates, a written commitment or interim binder or

                  preliminary report of the title issued by the title insurance

                  or escrow company with respect to the Mortgaged Property or,

                  in lieu thereof, an Alternative Title Product, and

 

            (vi)   in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the originals of the

                  following documents or instruments:

 

                         1.     The Coop Shares, together with a stock power in o

                              blank;

 

                        2.     The executed Security Agreement;

 

                        3.     The executed Proprietary Lease;

 

                         4.     The executed Recognition Agreement;

 

                        5.     The executed UCC-1 financing statement with

                              evidence of recording thereon which have been

                              filed in all places required to perfect the

                              Seller's interest in the Coop Shares and the

                              Proprietary Lease; and

 

                        6.     Executed UCC-3 financing statements or other

                              appropriate UCC financing statements required by

                              state law, evidencing a complete and unbroken line

                              from the mortgagee to the Trustee with evidence of

                              recording thereon (or in a form suitable for

                              recordation).

 

 

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      In the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS

Mortgage Loan the Depositor cannot deliver (a) the original recorded Mortgage or

(b) all interim recorded assignments satisfying the requirements of clause (ii)

or (iii) above, respectively, concurrently with the execution and delivery

hereof because such document or documents have not been returned from the

applicable public recording office, the Depositor shall promptly deliver or

cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf such

original Mortgage or such interim assignment, as the case may be, with evidence

of recording indicated thereon upon receipt thereof from the public recording

office, or a copy thereof, certified, if appropriate, by the relevant recording

office, but in no event shall any such delivery of the original Mortgage and

each such interim assignment or a copy thereof, certified, if appropriate, by

the relevant recording office, be made later than one year following the Closing

Date; provided, however, in the event the Depositor is unable to deliver or

cause to be delivered by such date each Mortgage and each such interim

assignment by reason of the fact that any such documents have not been returned

by the appropriate recording office, or, in the case of each such interim

assignment, because the related Mortgage has not been returned by the

appropriate recording office, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be

delivered such documents to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf as

promptly as possible upon receipt thereof and, in any event, within 720 days

following the Closing Date. The Depositor shall forward or cause to be forwarded

to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf (a) from time to time additional

original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of a Mortgage Loan

and (b) any other documents required to be delivered by the Depositor or the

Master Servicer to the Trustee. In the event that the original Mortgage is not

delivered and in connection with the payment in full of the related Mortgage

Loan and the public recording office requires the presentation of a "lost

instruments affidavit and indemnity" or any equivalent document, because only a

copy of the Mortgage can be delivered with the instrument of satisfaction or

reconveyance, the Master Servicer shall execute and deliver or cause to be

executed and delivered such a document to the public recording office. In the

case where a public recording office retains the original recorded Mortgage or

in the case where a Mortgage is lost after recordation in a public recording

office, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or

the Custodian on its behalf a copy of such Mortgage certified by such public

recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original recorded

Mortgage.

 

      In addition, in the event that in connection with any Mortgage Loan the

Depositor cannot deliver or cause to be delivered the original or duplicate

original lender's title policy (together with all riders thereto), satisfying

the requirements of clause (v) above, concurrently with the execution and

delivery hereof because the related Mortgage has not been returned from the

applicable public recording office, the Depositor shall promptly deliver or

cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf such

original or duplicate original lender's title policy (together with all riders

thereto) upon receipt thereof from the applicable title insurer, but in no event

shall any such delivery of the original or duplicate original lender's title

policy be made later than one year following the Closing Date; provided,

however, in the event the Depositor is unable to deliver or cause to be

delivered by such date the original or duplicate original lender's title policy

(together with all riders thereto) because the related Mortgage has not been

returned by the appropriate recording office, the Depositor shall deliver or

cause to be delivered such documents to the Trustee or the Custodian on its

behalf as promptly as possible upon receipt thereof and, in any event, within

720 days following the Closing Date; provided further, however, that the

Depositor shall not be required to deliver an original or duplicate lender's

title policy (together with all riders thereto) if the Depositor delivers an

 

 

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Alternative Title Product in lieu thereof. Notwithstanding the preceding, in

connection with any Mortgage Loan for which either the original or duplicate

original title policy has not been delivered to the Trust, if at any time during

the term of this Agreement the parent company of the Seller does not have a long

term senior debt rating of A- or higher from S&P and A- or higher from Fitch (if

rated by Fitch), then the Depositor shall within 30 days deliver or cause to be

delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf (if it has not

previously done so) a written commitment or interim binder or preliminary report

of the title issued by the title insurance or escrow company with respect to the

Mortgaged Property.

 

      Subject to the immediately following sentence, as promptly as practicable

subsequent to such transfer and assignment, and in any event, within thirty (30)

days thereafter, the Master Servicer shall (i) complete each assignment of

Mortgage, as follows: "First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series

2005-FA8, The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the Certificates",

(ii) cause such assignment to be in proper form for recording in the appropriate

public office for real property records and (iii) cause to be delivered for

recording in the appropriate public office for real property records the

assignments of the Mortgages to the Trustee, except that, with respect to any

assignments of Mortgage as to which the Master Servicer has not received the

information required to prepare such assignment in recordable form, the Master

Servicer's obligation to do so and to deliver the same for such recording shall

be as soon as practicable after receipt of such information and in any event

within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing,

the Master Servicer need not cause to be recorded any assignment which relates

to a Mortgage Loan in any state other than the Required Recordation States.

 

      In the case of Mortgage Loans that have been prepaid in full as of the

Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents to the

Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf, will deposit in the Certificate Account

the portion of such payment that is required to be deposited in the Certificate

Account pursuant to Section 3.8 hereof.

 

      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, within thirty

days after the Closing Date, the Depositor shall either (i) deliver or cause to

be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf the Mortgage File as

required pursuant to this Section 2.1 for each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or

(ii) (A) substitute or cause to be substituted a Substitute Mortgage Loan for

the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan or (B) repurchase or cause to be repurchased

the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, which substitution or repurchase shall be

accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section

2.3 (treating each Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan as a Deleted Mortgage Loan for

purposes of such Section 2.3), provided, however, that if the Depositor fails to

deliver a Mortgage File for any Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan within the

thirty-day period provided in the prior sentence, the Depositor shall use its

best reasonable efforts to effect or cause to be effected a substitution, rather

than a repurchase of, such Deleted Mortgage Loan and provided further that the

cure period provided for in Section 2.2 or in Section 2.3 shall not apply to the

initial delivery of the Mortgage File for such Delay Delivery Mortgage Loan, but

rather the Depositor shall have five (5) Business Days to cure or cause to be

cured such failure to deliver. At the end of such thirty-day period, the Trustee

or the Custodian, on its behalf shall send a Delay Delivery Certification for

the Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans delivered during such thirty-day period in

 

 

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accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2. Notwithstanding anything to the

contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the Mortgage Loans in the Trust

Fund is or will be Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans.

 

            SECTION 2.2 Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.

 

      The Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, acknowledges

receipt of the documents identified in the Initial Certification in the form

annexed hereto as Exhibit E and declares that it or the Custodian holds and will

hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it or the Custodian, as

applicable, constituting the Mortgage Files, and that it or the Custodian, as

applicable, holds or will hold such other assets as are included in the Trust

Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future

Certificateholders. The Trustee acknowledges that the Custodian will maintain

possession of the Mortgage Notes in the State of Texas, unless otherwise

permitted by the Rating Agencies.

 

      The Trustee agrees to execute and deliver or to cause the Custodian to

execute and deliver on the Closing Date to the Depositor and the Master Servicer

an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E. Based on its

or the Custodian's review and examination, and only as to the documents

identified in such Initial Certification, the Custodian, on behalf of the

Trustee, acknowledges that such documents appear regular on their face and

relate to such Mortgage Loan. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodian shall be

under any duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents,

instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the same are

genuine, enforceable or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they

have actually been recorded in the real estate records or that they are other

than what they purport to be on their face.

 

      On or about the thirtieth (30th) day after the Closing Date, the Trustee

shall deliver or shall cause the Custodian to deliver to the Depositor and the

Master Servicer a Delay Delivery Certification in the form annexed hereto as

Exhibit F, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Notwithstanding

anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the Mortgage Loans

in the Trust Fund is or will be Delay Delivery Mortgage Loans.

 

      Not later than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver

or shall cause the Custodian to deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer

a Subsequent Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G, with any

applicable exceptions noted thereon.

 

      If, in the course of such review, the Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf

of the Trustee, finds any document constituting a part of a Mortgage File which

does not meet the requirements of Section 2.1, the Trustee shall list or shall

cause the Custodian to list such as an exception in the Subsequent

Certification; provided, however that neither the Trustee nor the Custodian

shall make any determination as to whether (i) any endorsement is sufficient to

transfer all right, title and interest of the party so endorsing, as noteholder

or assignee thereof, in and to that Mortgage Note or (ii) any assignment is in

recordable form or is sufficient to effect the assignment of and transfer to the

assignee thereof under the mortgage to which the assignment relates. The Seller

shall promptly correct or cure such defect within 90 days from the date it was

so notified of such defect and, if the Seller does not correct or cure such

 

 

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defect within such period, the Seller shall either (a) substitute for the

related Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be

accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section

2.3, or (b) purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee within 90 days from the

date the Seller was notified of such defect in writing at the Purchase Price of

such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall such substitution

or purchase occur more than 540 days from the Closing Date, except that if the

substitution or purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this provision is

required by reason of a delay in delivery of any documents by the appropriate

recording office, and there is a dispute between either the Master Servicer or

the Seller and the Trustee over the location or status of the recorded document,

then such substitution or purchase shall occur within 720 days from the Closing

Date. The Trustee shall deliver or shall cause the Custodian to deliver written

notice to each Rating Agency within 270 days from the Closing Date indicating

each Mortgage Loan (a) which has not been returned by the appropriate recording

office or (b) as to which there is a dispute as to location or status of such

Mortgage Loan. Such notice shall be delivered every 90 days thereafter until the

related Mortgage Loan is returned to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf.

Any such substitution pursuant to (a) above or purchase pursuant to (b) above

shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of

Counsel required by Section 2.5 hereof, if any, and any substitution pursuant to

(a) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee

of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit L. No substitution

is permitted to be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for

such month. The Purchase Price for any such Mortgage Loan shall be deposited by

the Seller in the Certificate Account on or prior to the Distribution Account

Deposit Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the month of

repurchase and, upon receipt of such deposit and certification with respect

thereto in the form of Exhibit M hereto, the Trustee shall cause the Custodian

to release the related Mortgage File to the Seller and shall execute and deliver

at the Seller's request such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by

the Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the

Seller, or a designee, the Trustee's interest in any Mortgage Loan released

pursuant hereto. If pursuant to the foregoing provisions the Seller repurchases

a Mortgage Loan that is a MERS Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall either

(i) cause MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in

recordable form to transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Seller and shall cause

such Mortgage to be removed from registration on the MERS(R) System in

accordance with MERS' rules and regulations or (ii) cause MERS to designate on

the MERS(R) System the Seller as the beneficial holder of such Mortgage Loan.

 

      The Trustee shall retain or shall cause the Custodian to retain possession

and custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the terms

and conditions set forth herein. The Master Servicer shall promptly deliver to

the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf, upon the execution or receipt

thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments constituting the

Mortgage File as come into the possession of the Master Servicer from time to

time.

 

      It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to

substitute for or to purchase any Mortgage Loan which does not meet the

requirements of Section 2.1 above shall constitute the sole remedy respecting

such defect available to the Trustee, the Depositor and any Certificateholder

against the Seller.

 

      The mortgage loans permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be included

in the Trust Fund are limited to (i) the Mortgage Loans (with respect to which

the Seller has made in the MLPA, among other representations and warranties, a

representation and warranty that no Mortgage Loan is a "high cost loan" as

 

 

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defined by the specific applicable local, state or federal predatory and abusive

lending laws, and (ii) Substitute Mortgage Loans (which, by definition as set

forth in this Agreement and referred to in the MLPA, are required to conform to,

among other representations and warranties, a representation and warranty of the

Seller set forth in the MLPA that no Substitute Mortgage Loan is a "high cost

loan" as defined by the specific applicable local, state or federal predatory

and abusive lending laws). It is therefore understood and agreed by the parties

hereto that it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the Trust

Fund that is a "high-cost loan" as defined by the specific applicable local,

state or federal predatory and abusive lending laws.

 

            SECTION 2.3 Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer;

      Covenants of the Seller.

 

      (a)    The Master Servicer hereby makes the representations and warranties

            set forth in Schedule II hereto and by this reference incorporated

            herein, to the Depositor and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, or

            if so specified therein, as of the Cut-off Date.

 

      (b)    Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a

            representation or warranty made pursuant to Schedule B to the MLPA

            that materially and adversely affects the interests of the

            Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such

            breach shall give prompt notice thereof to the other parties. The

            Seller hereby covenants that within 90 days of the earlier of its

            discovery or its receipt of written notice from any party of a

            breach of any representation or warranty made pursuant to Schedule B

            to the MLPA which materially and adversely affects the interests of

            the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such

            breach in all material respects, and if such breach is not so cured,

            shall, (i) if such 90-day period expires prior to the second

            anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a

            "Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and substitute in its

            place a Substitute Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the

            conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the

            affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the

            Purchase Price in the manner set forth below; provided, however,

            that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be

            effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Opinion of

            Counsel required by Section 2.5 hereof, if any, and any such

            substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to

            the additional delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian on its

            behalf of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit

            M and the Mortgage File for any such Substitute Mortgage Loan. The

            Seller shall promptly reimburse the Master Servicer and the Trustee

            for any expenses reasonably incurred by the Master Servicer or the

            Trustee in respect of enforcing the remedies for such breach. With

            respect to the representations and warranties described in this

            Section which are made to the best of the Seller's knowledge, if it

            is discovered by either the Depositor, the Seller or the Trustee

            that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate

 

 

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            and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of

             the related Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders

            therein, notwithstanding the Seller's lack of knowledge with respect

            to the substance of such representation or warranty, such inaccuracy

            shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation or

            warranty.

 

      With respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller shall

deliver to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf for the benefit of the

Certificateholders the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related assignment of

the Mortgage, and such other documents and agreements as are required by Section

2.1, with the Mortgage Note endorsed and the Mortgage assigned as required by

Section 2.1. No substitution is permitted to be made in any calendar month after

the Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments due with respect to

Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be part of the

Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller on the next succeeding

Distribution Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to

Certificateholders will include the monthly payment due on any Deleted Mortgage

Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to retain all

amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer

shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders

to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the

Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the

amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the

Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this

Agreement in all respects, and the Seller shall be deemed to have made with

respect to such Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of

substitution, the representations and warranties made pursuant to Schedule B to

the MLPA with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the

deposit to the Certificate Account of the amount required to be deposited

therein in connection with such substitution as described in the following

paragraph, the Trustee shall release or shall cause the Custodian to release the

Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders relating to such

Deleted Mortgage Loan to the Seller and shall execute and deliver at the

Seller's direction such instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by the

Seller, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest title in

the Seller, or its designee, the Trustee's interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan

substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.3.

 

      For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Substitute

Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will

determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all

such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the

aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans (after

application of the scheduled principal portion of the monthly payments due in

the month of substitution). The amount of such shortage (the "Substitution

Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to the aggregate of any unreimbursed

Advances with respect to such Deleted Mortgage Loans shall be deposited in the

Certificate Account by the Seller on or before the Distribution Account Deposit

Date for the Distribution Date in the month succeeding the calendar month during

which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or replaced

hereunder.

 

      In the event that the Seller shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the

Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited in the Certificate Account pursuant

to Section 3.5 on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date for the

Distribution Date in the month following the month during which the Seller

became obligated hereunder to repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon

such deposit of the Purchase Price, the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel

required by Section 2.5 and receipt of a Request for Release in the form of

 

 

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Exhibit M hereto, the Trustee shall release or shall cause the Custodian to

release the related Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders

to such Person, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver or shall cause the

Custodian to execute and deliver at such Person's direction such instruments of

transfer or assignment prepared by such Person, in each case without recourse,

as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee. It is understood and

agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of the Seller to cure,

repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is

continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting such

breach available to Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee on their

behalf.

 

      After giving effect to the sale of the Certificates by the Depositor to

the Underwriters, and thereafter, so long as any Certificates remain

outstanding, the Seller, its affiliates and agents, collectively, shall not

beneficially own Certificates the aggregate fair value of which would represent

90% or more of the beneficial interests in the Trust Fund.

 

      The representations and warranties made pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall

survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Trustee or the

Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

 

            SECTION 2.4 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor as to

      the Mortgage Loans.

 

      The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with respect

to each Mortgage Loan as of the date hereof or such other date set forth herein

that as of the Closing Date, and following the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to

it pursuant to the MLPA and immediately prior to the conveyance of the Mortgage

Loans by it to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.1(a) hereof, the Depositor had

good title to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no

offsets, defenses or counterclaims.

 

      It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set

forth in this Section 2.4 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the

Trustee. Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach of any of

the foregoing representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.4

(referred to herein as a "breach"), which breach materially and adversely

affects the interest of the Certificateholders, the party discovering such

breach shall give prompt written notice to the others and to each Rating Agency.

 

            SECTION 2.5 Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with

      Substitutions.

 

      (a)    Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no

            substitution pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 shall be made

            more than 90 days after the Closing Date unless the Depositor

            delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of

            Counsel shall not be at the expense of either the Trustee or the

            Trust Fund, addressed to the Trustee, to the effect that such

 

 

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            substitution will not (i) result in the imposition of the tax on

            "prohibited transactions" on the Trust Fund or contributions after

            the Startup Date, as defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of

            the Code, respectively, or (ii) cause any REMIC created hereunder to

            fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are

            outstanding.

 

      (b)    Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee

            that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage"

             within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party

            discovering such fact shall promptly (and in any event within five

            (5) Business Days of discovery) give written notice thereof to the

            other parties. In connection therewith, the Trustee shall require

            the Depositor to cause the Seller, pursuant to the MLPA and at the

            Seller's option, to either (i) substitute, if the conditions in

            Section 2.3(b) with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a

            Substitute Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii)

            repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of such

            discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a

            breach of representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 2.3.

            The Trustee shall reconvey or shall cause the Custodian to reconvey

            to the Seller the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in

            the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a

            Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty

            contained in Section 2.3.

 

            SECTION 2.6 Execution and Delivery of Certificates.

 

      The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust

Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has executed and

delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized

denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire ownership of the

Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights

referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the

Certificates and to perform the duties set forth in this Agreement to the best

of its ability, to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Certificates

may be adequately and effectively protected.

 

            SECTION 2.7 REMIC Matters.

 

      The Preliminary Statement sets forth the "latest possible maturity date"

for federal income tax purposes of all REMIC regular interests created hereby.

 

      The assets of the Lower REMIC shall be as set forth in the definition

thereof. Each interest identified in the first table below by a designation

beginning with "L" shall be a "regular interest" in the Lower REMIC and a Lower

REMIC Interest, and the RL Interest shall be the sole class of residual interest

in the Lower REMIC. The Lower REMIC Interests shall be uncertificated and shall

be held by the Trustee as assets of the Middle REMIC.

 

      The assets of the Middle REMIC shall be as set forth in the definition

thereof. Each interest identified in the second table below by a designation

beginning with "M" shall be a "regular interest" in the Middle REMIC and a

Middle REMIC Interest, and the RM Interest shall be the sole class of residual

interest in the Middle REMIC. The Middle REMIC Interests shall be uncertificated

and shall be held by the Trustee as assets of the Upper REMIC.

 

      The assets of the Upper REMIC shall be as set forth in the definition

thereof. The Regular Certificates shall represent "regular interests" in the

 

 

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Upper REMIC. The RU Interest shall be the sole class of residual interest in the

Upper REMIC. The Class I-A-R Certificate shall represent ownership of the RL

Interest, RM Interest and RU Interest.

 

      The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions for each REMIC

hereunder shall be the Closing Date. The Tax Matters Person with respect to each

REMIC hereunder shall be the Trustee and the Trustee shall hold the Tax Matters

Person Certificate. Each REMIC's taxable year shall be the calendar year and its

accounts shall be maintained using the accrual method.

 

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Lower REMIC     Lower REMIC

Interest or      Interest         Lower REMIC        Corresponding Class of

  Residual        Balance        Interest Rate      Middle REMIC Interests

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                   Interest      Principal

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

L-I-A-1       $     208,221.77        5.50%              (1)            (1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

L-I-A-2       $      23,135.75        5.50%              (1)            (1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

L-I-ZZZ       $523,515,495.14        5.50%              (1)            (1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

L-I-PO        $   2,053,829.87         N/A               (1)            (1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

RL            $           0.00         N/A               N/A            N/A

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

L-II-A-1      $       7,138.06        5.00%              (1)            (1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

L-II-A-2      $         793.12        5.00%              (1)            (1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

L-II-PO       $      28,326.95         N/A               (1)            (1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

L-II-ZZZ      $ 17,983,186.24         5.00%             (1)            (1)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total

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(1) The Lower REMIC Interest L-I-A-1, Lower REMIC Interest L-I-A-2 and Lower

REMIC Interest L-I-ZZZ shall be Corresponding Classes to these classes of Middle

REMIC Interests: M-I-A-1, M-I-A-1, M-I-A-3, M-I-A-4, M-I-A-5, M-I-A-6, M-I-A-8,

M-I-A-9, M-I-A-10, M-I-A-11, M-I-A-12, M-I-A-14, M-I-A-15, M-I-A-16, M-I-A-17,

M-I-A-18, M-I-A-19, M-I-A-20, M-I-A-21, M-I-A-RU, M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4,

M-B-5 and M-B-6 (provided that with respect to M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4, M-B-5

and M-B-6, such Lower REMIC Interests shall only correspond to the portion

supported by Pool I). The Lower REMIC Interest L-I-PO corresponds to the Middle

REMIC Interest M-I-PO. The Lower REMIC Interest L-II-A-1, Lower REMIC L-II-A-2

and Lower REMIC Interest L-II-ZZZ shall be Corresponding Classes to these

classes of Middle REMIC Interests: M-II-A-1, M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4, M-B-5

and M-B-6 (provided that with respect to M-B-1, M-B-2, M-B-3, M-B-4, M-B-5 and

M-B-6, such Lower REMIC Interests shall only correspond to the portion supported

by Pool II). The Lower REMIC Interest L-II-PO corresponds to the Middle REMIC

Interest M-I-PO.

 

      "L1 Interests" refers to the L-I-A-1 Lower REMIC Interest and the L-II-A-1

Lower REMIC Interests. "L2 Interests" refers to the L-I-A-2 Lower REMIC Interest

and the L-II-A-2 Lower REMIC Interest. "LZZZ Interests" refers to L-I-ZZZ Lower

REMIC Interest and L-II-ZZZ Lower REMIC Interest. "LPO Interests" refer to the

 

 

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L-I-PO Lower REMIC Interest and the L-II-PO Lower REMIC Interest. Each L1

Interest shall have a principal balance initially equal to 0.9% of the Group

Subordinate Amount of its corresponding Mortgage Pool. Each L2 Interest shall

have a principal balance initially equal to 0.1% of the Group Subordinate Amount

of its corresponding Mortgage Pool. The initial principal balance of each LZZZ

Interest shall equal the excess of the Pool Principal Balance of its

corresponding Mortgage Pool over the sum of (i) the initial principal balances

of the L1 Interests and L2 Interests corresponding to such Mortgage Pool, and

(ii) the portion of the LPO Interest attributable to the Discount Mortgage Loans

in the Mortgage Pool corresponding to such LZZZ Interest.

 

       Unless a Cross-over Situation (as defined below) exists, principal and

Realized Losses arising with respect to each Mortgage Pool shall be allocated

first to cause the L1 and L2 Interests corresponding to such Mortgage Pool to

equal 0.9% and 0.1% of the Group Subordinate Amount of such Mortgage Pool as of

such Distribution Date (after distributions of principal and allocation of

Realized Losses are made) and all excess principal and Realized Losses shall be

allocated to the LZZZ Interest corresponding to such Mortgage Pool. A L1, L2 or

LZZZ Interest that is allocated principal on any Distribution Date shall receive

such principal, and have its principal balance reduced by the amount of such

principal, on such Distribution Date. Similarly, a L1, L2 or LZZZ Interest that

is allocated a Realized Loss on any Distribution Date shall have its principal

balance reduced by the amount of such Realized Loss on such Distribution Date.

 

      A "Cross-over Situation" exists if on any Distribution Date (after taking

into account distributions of principal and allocations of Realized Losses on

such Distribution Date) the L1 and L2 Interests corresponding to any Mortgage

Pool are in the aggregate less than 1% of the Group Subordinate Amount of the

corresponding Mortgage Pool. If a Cross-over Situation exists on any

Distribution Date, and the weighted average interest rate of the outstanding L1

and L2 Interests is less than the Pass-Through Rate for any Class of Subordinate

Certificates for the following Distribution Date, a Principal Reallocation

Payment (as defined below) shall be made proportionately to the outstanding L1

Interests prior to any other distributions of principal from each such Mortgage

Pool so that the Calculation Rate equals the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of

Subordinate Certificates. If a Cross-over Situation exists on any Distribution

Date, and the weighted average rate of the outstanding L1 and L2 Interests is

greater than the Pass-Through Rate for any Class of Subordinate Certificates for

the following Distribution Date, a Principal Reallocation Payment shall be made

proportionately to the outstanding L2 Interests prior to any other distributions

of principal from each such Mortgage Pool so that the Calculation Rate equals

the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Subordinate Certificates. A "Principal

Reallocation Payment" is a distribution of the minimum amount of principal that

causes the Calculation Rate (as defined below) with respect to the outstanding

L1 and L2 Interests to equal the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Subordinate

Certificates. The "Calculation Rate" shall equal the product of (i) 10 and (ii)

the weighted average interest rate of the outstanding L1 and L2 Interests,

treating each L1 Interest as capped at zero or reduced by a fixed percentage of

100% of the interest accruing on such class. Principal Reallocation Payments

shall be made from principal received on the Mortgage Loans from a Mortgage Pool

and shall also consist of a proportionate allocation of Realized Losses from the

Mortgage Loans of a Mortgage Pool. For purposes of making Principal Reallocation

Payments, to the extent that the principal received during the applicable

collection period from the related Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools and related

 

 

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Realized Losses are insufficient to make the necessary reduction of principal,

then interest shall accrue on the LZZZ Interest (and be added to its principal

balance) of the related Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools to allow the necessary

Principal Reallocation Payment to be made. The Calculation Rate is designed to

always equal the Pass-Through Rate of each Class of Subordinated Certificates.

 

      If a Cross-over Situation exists, the aggregate principal balances of the

outstanding L1 and L2 Interests of all of the Mortgage Pools shall not be

reduced below one percent of the aggregate Pool Principal Balance of all of the

Mortgage Pools for the following Distribution Date in excess of the Senior

Certificates as of the related Distribution Date (after taking into account

distributions of principal and allocations of Realized Losses on such

Distribution Date). To the extent this limitation prevents the distribution of

principal to the L1 and L2 Interests of a Mortgage Pool and the related LZZZ

Interest has already been reduced to zero, such excess principal from such

Mortgage Pool shall be paid proportionately to the LZZZ Interests of the

Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools whose aggregate L1 and L2 Interests are less

than one percent of the related Group Subordinate Amount. Any such shortfall as

a result of the Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools receiving the extra payment

having a Designated Mortgage Pool Rate (as defined below) lower than the

Designated Mortgage Pool Rate of the Mortgage Pool or Mortgage Pools from which

the payment was reallocated shall be treated as a Realized Loss and if excess

arises as a result of the Mortgage Pool receiving the extra payment having a

Designated Mortgage Pool Rate higher than the Mortgage Pool from which the

payment was reallocated it shall reimburse the Middle REMIC for prior Realized

Losses.

 

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  Middle       Middle REMIC      Middle REMIC       Corresponding Class or

   REMIC

  Interest

or Residual Interest Balance    Interest Rate             Interest

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                   Interest      Principal

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-1       $100,000,000.00        5.50%             I-A-1          I-A-1

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-2      $   4,705,000.00         5.50%             I-A-2          I-A-2

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-3       $ 34,834,000.00        5.50%             I-A-3          I-A-3

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-4       $ 43,346,000.00        5.50%             I-A-4          I-A-4

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-5       $   8,000,000.00     5.46580281%      I-A-5, I-A-22      I-A-5

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-6       $ 73,692,000.00        5.50%          I-A-6, I-A-7      I-A-6

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-8       $   6,350,000.00        5.50%             I-A-8          I-A-8

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-9       $   6,894,000.00        5.50%             I-A-9          I-A-9

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-10      $   6,654,000.00        5.50%             I-A-10         I-A-10

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-11      $ 20,000,000.00        5.50%         I-A-11, I-A-13     I-A-11

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-12      $   5,000,000.00        5.50%             I-A-12         I-A-12

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Middle       Middle REMIC      Middle REMIC       Corresponding Class or

   REMIC

  Interest

or Residual Interest Balance    Interest Rate             Interest

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                    Interest      Principal

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-14      $ 96,047,000.00        5.50%             I-A-14         I-A-14

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-15      $   4,770,000.00        5.50%             I-A-15         I-A-15

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-16      $   1,000,000.00        5.50%             I-A-16         I-A-16

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-17      $   2,630,000.00        5.50%             I-A-17         I-A-17

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-18      $ 53,841,000.00        5.50%             I-A-18         I-A-18

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-19      $   5,755,000.00        5.50%             I-A-19         I-A-19

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-20      $ 26,545,845.00        5.50%             I-A-20         I-A-20

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-21      $     547,155.00        6.00%             I-A-21         I-A-21

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-A-RU      $         100.00        5.50%          RU Interest    RU Interest

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-I-PO        $   2,053,829.87         N/A               N/A            I-A-PO

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-II-A-1      $ 17,198,000.00        5.00%             II-A-1         II-A-1

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-II-PO       $       28,326.95         N/A               N/A          II-A-PO

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-B-1         $ 10,876,000.00         (1)               B-1            B-1

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-B-2         $   4,351,000.00         (1)               B-2            B-2

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-B-3         $   2,719,000.00         (1)               B-3            B-3

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-B-4         $   2,719,000.00         (1)               B-4            B-4

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-B-5         $   1,904,000.00         (1)                B-5            B-5

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

M-B-6         $   1,359,870.08         (1)               B-6            B-6

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

RM             $           0.00         N/A               N/A            N/A

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

(1) The Middle REMIC Interest Rate for the Middle REMIC Interest M-B-1, Middle

REMIC Interest M-B-2, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-3, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-4,

Middle REMIC Interest M-B-5, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-6 shall equal the

Calculation Rate as defined in this Section 2.7. The Pass-Through Rate on each

Class of Subordinated Certificates is variable and will be equal to the weighted

average of the Middle REMIC Interest Rates on Middle REMIC Interest M-B-1,

Middle REMIC Interest M-B-2, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-3, Middle REMIC Interest

M-B-4, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-5, Middle REMIC Interest M-B-6, weighted on the

basis of the principal balance of each such Middle REMIC Interest.

 

 

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      On each Distribution Date Available Funds shall be distributed with

respect to the Middle REMIC Interests in a manner such that:

 

      (a)    interest accrued, if any, on each Middle REMIC Interest is

            distributed with respect to each such Middle REMIC Interest in the

            same manner that Accrued Certificate Interest is distributed with

            respect to the Corresponding Class or Classes of Certificates

            pursuant to Section 4.2; and

 

      (b)    principal is distributed (and Realized Losses shall be allocated)

            with respect to each such Middle REMIC Interest in the same manner

            that principal is distributed (and Realized Losses is allocated)

            with respect to the Corresponding Class or Classes of Certificates

            pursuant to Section 4.2 and Section 4.4.

 

      The Class L-I-PO Interest shall be entitled to receive the Class PO

Principal Distribution Amount for Pool I.

 

      The Class L-II-PO Interest shall be entitled to receive the Class PO

Principal Distribution Amount for Pool II.

 

      The foregoing REMIC structure is intended to cause all of the cash from

the Mortgage Loans to flow through to the Upper REMIC as cash flow on a REMIC

regular interest, without creating any shortfall-actual or potential (other than

for credit losses) to any REMIC regular interest. To the extent that the

structure is believed to diverge from such intention the Trustee shall resolve

ambiguities to accomplish such result and shall to the extent necessary rectify

any drafting errors or seek clarification to the structure without

Certificateholder approval (but with guidance of counsel) to accomplish such

intention.

 

            SECTION 2.8 Covenants of the Master Servicer.

 

      The Master Servicer hereby covenants to the Depositor and the Trustee as

follows:

 

      (a)    the Master Servicer shall comply in the performance of its

            obligations under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and

            requirements of the insurer under each Required Insurance Policy;

            and

 

      (b)    no written information, certificate of an officer, statement

            furnished in writing or written report delivered to the Depositor,

            any affiliate of the Depositor or the Trustee and prepared by the

            Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement will contain any untrue

            statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact

            necessary to make such information, certificate, statement or report

            not misleading.

 

 

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                                  ARTICLE III

                 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS

 

            SECTION 3.1 Master Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.

 

      For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall

service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of (i)

the Servicing Rights Transfer and Subservicing Agreement, pursuant to which

First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc. engaged the Master Servicer to

subservice the Mortgage Loans, (ii) this Agreement and (iii) the customary and

usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage loan servicers; provided that if

there is a conflict between the terms of the Servicing Agreement and the

Servicing Rights Transfer and Subservicing Agreement, on the one hand, and this

Agreement, on the other hand, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. In

connection with such servicing and administration, the Master Servicer shall

have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Subservicers as

provided in Section 3.2 hereof, to do or cause to be done any and all things

that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such servicing and

administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject

to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the

Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other

instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged

Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only

in the manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to collect any Insurance

Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or

other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any

Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall not take any action that

is inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the

Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and interests of the

Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders under this Agreement. The

Master Servicer shall represent and protect the interests of the Trust Fund in

the same manner as it protects its own interests in mortgage loans in its own

portfolio in any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan, and

shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any Mortgage

Loan which would cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC

or result in the imposition of any tax under Section 860F(a) or Section 860G(d)

of the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master

Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Depositor and the Trustee, is

hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee, when the

Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute

and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or

any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of

partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with

respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties held

for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall prepare and

deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution

and delivery by either or both of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable

the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans to the extent

that the Master Servicer is not permitted to execute and deliver such documents

pursuant to the preceding sentence. Upon receipt of such documents, the

Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to

the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by

the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own

name or in the name of the Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or the

 

 

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Subservicer as the case may be, believes it appropriate in its best judgment to

register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the

registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver,

on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all

instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such

assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee

for the Trustee and its successors and assigns.

 

      In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master

Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the

purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged

Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from

related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.6, and further as

provided in Section 3.8. The costs incurred by the Master Servicer, if any, in

effecting the timely payments of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged

Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of

calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the

Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that

the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.

 

             SECTION 3.2 Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of

      Servicers.

 

      (a)    The Master Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage

            Loan by a Subservicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement;

            provided, however, that such subservicing arrangement and the terms

            of the related subservicing agreement must provide for the servicing

            of such Mortgage Loans in a manner consistent with the servicing

            arrangements contemplated hereunder. Unless the context otherwise

            requires, references in this Agreement to actions taken or to be

            taken by the Master Servicer in servicing the Mortgage Loans include

            actions taken or to be taken by a Subservicer on behalf of the

            Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the provisions of any subservicing

            agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to

            agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer and a

             Subservicer or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or

            otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to

            the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the

            servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance

            with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such

            obligation or liability by virtue of such subservicing agreements or

            arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Subservicer

            and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if

            the Master Servicer alone were servicing and administering the

            Mortgage Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant

            to the related subservicing agreement shall be performed as an agent

            of the Master Servicer with the same force and effect as if

            performed directly by the Master Servicer.

 

      (b)    For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed

            to have received any collections, recoveries or payments with

            respect to the Mortgage Loans that are received by a Subservicer

            regardless of whether such payments are remitted by the Subservicer

            to the Master Servicer.

 

 

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            SECTION 3.3 Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of

      the Master Servicer.

 

      The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the

Master Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a

designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer hereunder

and in connection with any such defaulted obligation to exercise the related

rights of the Master Servicer hereunder; provided that the Master Servicer shall

not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such

performance by the Depositor or its designee. Neither the Trustee nor the

Depositor shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure

to act by the Master Servicer nor shall the Trustee or the Depositor be

obligated to supervise the performance of the Master Servicer hereunder or

otherwise.

 

            SECTION 3.4 Trustee to Act as Master Servicer.

 

      In the event that the Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be

the Master Servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event of Default), the

Trustee or its successor shall thereupon assume all of the rights and

obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that the

Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the Master Servicer pursuant to

Section 3.9 hereof or any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer

hereunder), (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from doing so by

applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions of

Mortgage Loans hereunder including, but not limited to, repurchases or

substitutions of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3 hereof, (iv)

responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.3 or (v)

deemed to have made any representations and warranties of the Master Servicer

hereunder). Any such assumption shall be subject to Section 7.2 hereof. If the

Master Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the Master Servicer (including

by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee or its successor shall succeed

to any rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under each subservicing

agreement.

 

       The Master Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the expense

of the Master Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records

relating to each subservicing agreement or substitute subservicing agreement and

the Mortgage Loans then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts

collected or held by it and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly

and efficient transfer of the substitute subservicing agreement to the assuming

party.

 

            SECTION 3.5 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Certificate

      Account; Distribution Account.

 

      (a)    The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with

            the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage

             servicers to collect all payments called for under the terms and

            provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall

            be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of

            any related Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the

            foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any

            late payment charge or any prepayment charge or penalty interest in

 

 

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             connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) extend

            the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not

            greater than 180 days; provided, however, that the Master Servicer

            cannot extend the maturity of any such Mortgage Loan past the date

            on which the final payment is due on the latest maturing Mortgage

            Loan as of the Cut-off Date. In the event of any such arrangement,

            the Master Servicer shall make Advances on the related Mortgage Loan

            in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1 during the

            scheduled period in accordance with the amortization schedule of

            such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such

            arrangements. The Master Servicer shall not be required to institute

            or join in litigation with respect to collection of any payment

            (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any

             public or governmental authority with respect to a taking or

            condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision

            of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment

            is required is prohibited by applicable law.

 

      (b)    The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain the Certificate

            Account. The Certificate Account shall consist of two separate

            subaccounts, each of which shall relate to a particular Mortgage

             Pool. The Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited

            into the appropriate subaccount of the Certificate Account no later

            than two Business Days after receipt, except as otherwise

            specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections

            remitted by Subservicers or received by it in respect of the

            Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect

            of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the

            Cut-off Date) and the following amounts required to be deposited

            hereunder:

 

            (i)    all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans in

                  the related Mortgage Pool, including Principal Prepayments;

 

            (ii)   all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans in

                  the related Mortgage Pool, net of the related Master Servicing

                  Fee, any Prepayment Interest Excess and, for so long as First

                  Horizon is the Master Servicer, any Retained Yield;

 

            (iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds in respect of

                  the related Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool, other

                   than proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of

                  the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in

                  accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing

                  procedures;

 

             (iv)   any amount required to be deposited by the Master Servicer in

                  respect of the related Mortgage Pool pursuant to Section

                  3.5(c) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;

 

            (v)    any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer in

                  respect of the related Mortgage Pool pursuant to Sections

                  3.9(b) or 3.9(d);

 

 

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            (vi)   all Substitution Adjustment Amounts in respect of the related

                  Mortgage Pool;

 

            (vii) all Advances in respect of the related Mortgage Pool made by

                  the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.1; and

 

            (viii) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder in

                  respect of the related Mortgage Pool.

 

            In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to a

      buydown agreement, on each Due Date for such Mortgage Loan, in addition to

      the monthly payment remitted by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall

      cause funds to be deposited into the applicable subaccount of the

      Certificate Account in an amount required to cause an amount of interest

      to be paid with respect to such Mortgage Loan equal to the amount of

      interest that has accrued on such Mortgage Loan from the preceding Due

      Date at the related Adjusted Mortgage Rate on such date.

 

            The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master Servicer

      shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting

      the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of prepayment

      penalties, late payment charges, assumption fees or amounts attributable

       to reimbursements of Advances, if collected, need not be remitted by the

      Master Servicer. In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any

      amount not required to be remitted, it may at any time withdraw or direct

      the institution maintaining the Certificate Account to withdraw such

      amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary

      notwithstanding. Such withdrawal or direction may be accomplished by

      delivering written notice thereof to the Trustee or such other institution

      maintaining the Certificate Account which describes the amounts deposited

      in error in the Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall maintain

      adequate records with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this

      Section. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held in

      trust for the Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with

      Section 3.8.

 

      (c)    The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the

             Certificateholders, the Distribution Account. The Distribution

            Account shall consist of two separate subaccounts, each of which

            shall relate to a particular Mortgage Pool. The Trustee shall,

            promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and

            retain therein the following:

 

            (i)    the aggregate amount remitted by the Master Servicer to the

                  Trustee in respect of a Mortgage Pool pursuant to Section

                   3.8(a)(ix);

 

            (ii)   any amount deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to this

                  Section 3.5(c) in connection with any losses on Permitted

                  Investments; and

 

            (iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be

                  deposited in the Distribution Account.

 

 

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            In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount not

      required to be remitted, it may at any time direct the Trustee to withdraw

      such amount from the applicable subaccount of the Distribution Account,

      any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Such direction may

      be accomplished by delivering an Officer's Certificate to the Trustee

      which describes the amounts deposited in error in the Distribution

      Account. All funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by

      the Trustee in trust for the related Certificateholders until disbursed in

       accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section

      3.8. In no event shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from

      the Distribution Account at the direction of the Master Servicer.

 

            (iv)   The institutions at which the Certificate Account and the

                  Distribution Account are maintained shall invest funds as

                  directed by the Master Servicer in Permitted Investments which

                  in both cases shall mature not later than (i) in the case of

                  the Certificate Account, the second Business Day next

                  preceding the related Distribution Account Deposit Date

                  (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of

                   the institution that maintains such account, then such

                  Permitted Investment shall mature not later than the Business

                  Day next preceding such Distribution Account Deposit Date) and

                  (ii) in the case of the Distribution Account, the Business Day

                  next preceding the Distribution Date (except that if such

                  Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that

                  maintains such fund or account, then such Permitted Investment

                  shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and, in

                  each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its

                  maturity. If the Master Servicer does not provide such prior

                  written investment direction, the funds in such accounts will

                  be held uninvested. All such Permitted Investments shall be

                  made in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the

                   Certificateholders. All income and gain net of any losses

                  realized from any such investment of funds on deposit in the

                  Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the Master

                  Servicer as servicing compensation and all income and gain net

                  of any losses realized from any such investment of funds on

                  deposit in the Distribution Account shall be for the benefit

                  of the Trustee. The amount of any Realized Losses in the

                  Certificate Account in respect of any such investments shall

                  promptly be deposited by the Master Servicer in the

                  Certificate Account and the amount of any Realized Losses in

                   the Distribution Account in respect of any such investments

                  shall promptly be deposited by the Trustee into the

                  Distribution Account. All reinvestment income earned on

                  amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account shall be for

                  the benefit of the Trustee. The Trustee in its fiduciary

                  capacity shall not be liable for the amount of any loss

                  incurred in respect of any investment or lack of investment of

                  funds held in the Certificate Account and made in accordance

                  with this Section 3.5.

 

            (v)    The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the

                  Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed

                  change of the location of the Certificate Account prior to any

 

 

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                  change thereof. The Trustee shall give notice to the Master

                   Servicer, the Seller, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of

                  any proposed change of the location of the Distribution

                  Account prior to any change thereof.

 

            SECTION 3.6 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;

      Escrow Accounts.

 

      (a)    To the extent required by the related Mortgage Note and not

            violative of current law, the Master Servicer shall establish and

            maintain one or more accounts (each, an "Escrow Account") and

            deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or

            advances by the Master Servicer) for the payment of taxes,

            assessments, hazard insurance premiums or comparable items for the

            account o