Servicing Agreement between Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. and EMC Mortgage Corporation (March 1, 2007)
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This agreement, dated March 1, 2007, is between Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. (the Owner) and EMC Mortgage Corporation (the Servicer). It sets out the terms for EMC to manage, service, and control a portfolio of mortgage loans owned by Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. The agreement details the responsibilities of the Servicer, including loan administration, collection, escrow management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. It also outlines account management, reporting requirements, and standards for servicing practices. The agreement is effective as of the stated date and includes several exhibits specifying procedures and reporting formats.
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EXHIBIT H-1 ______________________________________________________________________________ STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC. Owner and EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Servicer SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of March 1, 2007 ______________________________________________________________________________
EXHIBITS Exhibit A Mortgage Loan Schedule Exhibit B Custodial Account Letter Agreement Exhibit C Escrow Account Letter Agreement Exhibit D Form of Request for Release Exhibit E Reporting Data for Monthly Report Exhibit F Reporting Data for Defaulted Loans Exhibit G Form of Owner Certification Exhibit H Summary of Regulation AB Servicing Criteria Exhibit I Summary of Applicable Regulation AB Requirements Exhibit J Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance Exhibit K Reporting Data for Realized Losses and Gains
THIS IS A SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2007, and is executed between Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. (the "Owner") and EMC Mortgage Corporation (the "Servicer"). W I T N E S S E T H : WHEREAS, the Owner is the owner of the Mortgage Loans; WHEREAS, the Owner and the Servicer wish to prescribe the permanent management, servicing and control of the Mortgage Loans; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Owner and the Servicer agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Section 1.01. Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meaning specified in this Article: Accepted Servicing Practices: The procedures, including prudent collection and loan administration procedures, and the standard of care (i) employed by prudent mortgage servicers which service mortgage loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related Mortgage Properties are located or (ii) in accordance with the Fannie Mae Guide or Freddie Mac Guide, subject to any variances negotiated with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and subject to the express provisions of this Agreement. Such standard of care shall not be lower than that the Servicer customarily employs and exercises in servicing and administering similar mortgage loans for its own account and shall be in full compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. Adjustment Date: As to each ARM Loan, the date on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note. Agreement: This Servicing Agreement including all exhibits hereto, amendments hereof and supplements hereto. ARM Loans: First lien, conventional, 1-4 family residential Mortgage Loans with interest rates which adjust from time to time in accordance with the related Index and are subject to Periodic Rate Caps and Lifetime Rate Caps and which may permit conversion to fixed interest rates. Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a legal holiday in the States of Maryland, Minnesota, New York or the jurisdiction in which the Servicer conducts its servicing activities, or (iii) a day on which banks in the States of Maryland, Minnesota, New York or the jurisdiction in which the Servicer conducts its servicing activities are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of the Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto. Commission or SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission. Condemnation Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents. Custodial Account: One or more demand account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 4.04 which shall be entitled "EMC Custodial Account in trust for SAMI II, Owner of Whole Loan Mortgages and various Mortgagors" established at a Qualified Depository, each of which accounts shall be held by such Qualified Depository in a fiduciary capacity, separate and apart from its funds and general assets. Custodian: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or such other custodian as Owner shall designate. Cut-off Date: The open of business on March 1, 2007. Delinquent: As defined in the related pooling and servicing agreement. Depositor: The depositor, as such term is defined in Regulation AB, with respect to any Pass-Through Transfer. Determination Date: The 15th day (or if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 15th day) of the month of the Remittance Date. Due Date: Each day on which payments of principal and interest are required to be paid in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note, exclusive of any days of grace. Due Period: With respect to each Remittance Date, the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month of such Remittance Date and ending on the first day of the month of the Remittance Date. Escrow Account: The separate trust account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 4.06 which shall be entitled "EMC Escrow Account, in trust for SAMI II, Owner of Whole Loan Mortgages and various Mortgagors" and shall be established at a Qualified Depository, each of which accounts shall in no event contain funds in excess of the FDIC insurance limits. Escrow Payments: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges, mortgage insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges, and any other payments required to be escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee pursuant to the Mortgage or any other document. Event of Default: Any one of the conditions or circumstances enumerated in Section 9.01. Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Fannie Mae: Fannie Mae, or any successor thereto. Fannie Mae Guide: The Fannie Mae Selling Guide and the Fannie Mae Servicing Guide and all amendments or additions thereto. Fidelity Bond: A fidelity bond to be maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.12. FIRREA: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended from time to time. Freddie Mac: Freddie Mac, or any successor thereto. Freddie Mac Guide: The Freddie Mac Selling Guide and the Freddie Mac Servicing Guide and all amendments or additions thereto. Full Principal Prepayment: A Principal Prepayment made by a Mortgagor of the entire principal balance of a Mortgage Loan. GAAP: Generally accepted accounting procedures, consistently applied. HUD: The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or any successor. Index: With respect to each ARM Loan, on the related Adjustment Date, the index used to determine the Mortgage Interest Rate on each such ARM Loan. Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property. Lifetime Rate Cap: With respect to each ARM Loan, the maximum Mortgage Interest Rate over the term of such Mortgage Loan, as specified in the related Mortgage Note. Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds, received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage Loan, trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, other than amounts received following the acquisition of an REO Property pursuant to Section 4.13. Margin: With respect to each ARM Loan, the fixed percentage amount set forth in each related Mortgage Note which is added to the Index in order to determine the related Mortgage Interest Rate. Master Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor thereto designated by the Owner. Monthly Advance: The aggregate of the advances made by the Servicer on any Remittance Date pursuant to Section 5.03. Monthly Payment: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest thereon which is payable by the related Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Note. Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument securing a Mortgage Note which creates a first lien on an unsubordinated estate in fee simple in real property securing the Mortgage Note. Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate at which interest accrues on any Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note, and in the case of an ARM Loan, as adjusted from time to time on each Adjustment Date for such Mortgage Loan to equal the Index for such Mortgage Loan plus the Margin for such Mortgage Loan, and subject to the limitations on such interest rate imposed by the Periodic Rate Cap and the Lifetime Rate Cap. Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan described herein and as further identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes without limitation the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds, and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan. Mortgage Loan Documents: The original mortgage loan legal documents held by the Custodian. Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest remitted to the Owner, which shall be equal to the related Mortgage Interest Rate minus the Servicing Fee Rate. Mortgage Loan Schedule: The schedule of Mortgage Loans attached hereto as Exhibit A, such schedule being acceptable to the Owner and the Servicer. Mortgage Note: The note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor secured by a Mortgage. Mortgaged Property: The underlying real property securing repayment of a Mortgage Note. Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note. Net Liquidation Proceeds: As to any Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds net of unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Servicing Fees and Monthly Advances and expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of the Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgaged Property. Nonrecoverable Advance: Any advance previously made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.03 or any Servicing Advance proposed to be made by the Servicer in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property which, in the good faith judgment of the Servicer, may not be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein. The determination by the Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance, or that a proposed advance may constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer delivered to the Owner and detailing the reasons for such determination. Officer's Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President or by the Treasurer or the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of the Servicer, and delivered to the Owner as required by this Agreement. Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of the party on behalf of whom the opinion is being given, reasonably acceptable to the Owner. Owner: Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. ("SAMI II"), its successors in interest and assigns (including the Trustee in connection with a Pass-Through Transfer). Partial Principal Prepayment: A Principal Prepayment by a Mortgagor of a partial principal balance of a Mortgage Loan. Pass-Through Transfer: Any transaction involving either (1) a sale or other transfer of some or all of the Mortgage Loans directly or indirectly to an issuing entity in connection with an issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated mortgage-backed securities or (2) an issuance of publicly offered or privately placed, rated or unrated securities, the payments on which are determined primarily by reference to one or more portfolios of residential mortgage loans consisting, in whole or in part, of some or all of the Mortgage Loans. Periodic Rate Cap: With respect to each ARM Loan, the maximum increase or decrease in the Mortgage Interest Rate on any Adjustment Date. Permitted Investments: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities: (i) direct obligations of, and obligations the timely payment of which are fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America; (ii) (a) demand or time deposits, federal funds or bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (including any Trustee or the Master Servicer) and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper and/or the short-term deposit rating and/or the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposits of such depository institution or trust company at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment are rated in one of the two highest rating categories by each Rating Agency and (b) any other demand or time deposit or certificate of deposit that is fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (iii) repurchase obligations with respect to (a) any security described in clause (i) above or (b) any other security issued or guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii)(a) above; (iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation (including any Trustee or the Master Servicer) incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof that are rated in one of the two highest rating categories by each Rating Agency at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment; provided, however, that securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Permitted Investments to the extent that investments therein will cause the then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation and held as Permitted Investments to exceed 10% of the aggregate outstanding principal balances and amounts of all the Permitted Investments; (v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more than one year after the date of issuance thereof) which are rated in one of the two highest rating categories by each Rating Agency at the time of such investment; (vi) any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment as may be acceptable to each Rating Agency; and (vii) any money market funds the collateral of which consists of obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America (which may include repurchase obligations secured by collateral described in clause (i)) and other securities (including money market or common trust funds for which any Trustee or the Master Servicer or any affiliate thereof acts as a manager or an advisor) and which money market funds are rated in one of the two highest rating categories by each Rating Agency; provided, however, that no instrument or security shall be a Permitted Investment if such instrument or security evidences a right to receive only interest payments with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument or if such security provides for payment of both principal and interest with a yield to maturity in excess of 120% of the yield to maturity at par. Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. Prepayment Charge: Any prepayment premium, penalty or charge payable by a Mortgagor in connection with any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note. Prepayment Interest Excess: With respect to any Remittance Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring between the first day of the calendar month in which such Remittance Date occurs and the Determination Date of the calendar month in which such Remittance Date occurs, an amount equal to interest (to the extent received) at the applicable Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate on the amount of such Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the first day of the calendar month in which such Remittance Date occurs and ending on the last date through which interest is collected from the related Mortgagor. Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Remittance Date, for each such Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring between the first day of the related Prepayment Period and the last day of the calendar month preceding the month in which such Remittance Date occurs, an amount equal to interest (to be paid by the Servicer out of its own funds without reimbursement therefor) at the applicable Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate on the amount of such Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the date on which the prepayment is applied and ending on the last day of the calendar month preceding such Remittance Date. Prepayment Period: As to any Remittance Date, (a) in the case of Full Principal Prepayments, the period commencing on the 16th day of the month prior to the month in which the related Remittance Date occurs and ending on the 15th day of the month in which such Remittance Date occurs, and (b) in the case of Partial Principal Prepayments or other recoveries, the preceding calendar month. Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy: Each primary policy of mortgage insurance, or any replacement policy therefor obtained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.08. Prime Rate: The prime rate of U.S. money center banks as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal. Principal Prepayment: Any payment or other recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan full or partial which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date, including any Prepayment Charge and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. Qualified Appraiser: An appraiser, duly appointed by the Servicer, who had no interest, direct or indirect in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan, which appraiser and the appraisal made by such appraiser both satisfy the requirements of Title XI of FIRREA and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all as in effect on the date the Mortgage Loan was originated. Qualified Depository: (a) The Custodian, (b) a depository, the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC and the short term debt ratings and the long term deposit ratings of which are rated in one of the two highest rating categories by either of Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc., or (c) a depository, the short-term debt obligations, or other short-term deposits of which are rated at least 'A-2' and the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least 'AA-' by Standard & Poor's Ratings Service, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies Inc. Qualified Insurer: An insurance company duly qualified as such under the laws of the states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, duly authorized and licensed in such states to transact the applicable insurance business and to write the insurance provided, approved as an insurer by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Rating Agency: Standard & Poor's Ratings Service, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies Inc., and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Realized Loss: With respect to each Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a Servicing Modification during the calendar month immediately preceding the related distribution date of the related trust, the sum of (a) the total amount of interest and principal which is forgiven with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and (b) the amount of any Servicing Advances made by the Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan which are reimbursable from the related trust by the Servicer with respect to that Servicing Modification. Reconstitution Agreement: Any agreement involving any Pass-Through Transfer or Whole Loan Transfer. Regulation AB: Subpart ###-###-#### - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§ ###-###-#### ###-###-####, as amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time. REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code. REMIC Provisions: The provisions of the Federal income tax law relating to a REMIC, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations, rulings or pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time. Remittance Date: The Remittance Date shall be the 20th day of any month, or if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day immediately preceding such 20th day. REO Disposition: The final sale by the Servicer of any REO Property. REO Disposition Proceeds: Amounts received by the Servicer in connection with a related REO Disposition. REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer on behalf of the Owner as described in Section 4.13. SAMI II: Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. Sarbanes Certification: A certification required pursuant to The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations or amendments thereof by the Commission's staff). Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Securities Administrator: The securities administrator with respect to any Pass-Through Transfer. Servicer: EMC Mortgage Corporation, or any of its successors in interest or any successor under this Agreement appointed as herein provided. Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket" costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations relating to each Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, the cost of (a) the preservation, restoration and protection of the Mortgaged Property, (b) any enforcement, administrative or judicial proceedings, or any legal work or advice specifically related to servicing the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to, foreclosures, bankruptcies, condemnations, drug seizures, elections, foreclosures by subordinate or superior lienholders, and other legal actions incidental to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (provided that such expenses are reasonable and that the Servicer specifies the Mortgage Loan(s) to which such expenses relate), (c) the management and liquidation of the Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in full or partial satisfaction of the Mortgage, (d) taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rates and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property, and Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy premiums and fire and hazard insurance coverage and (e) compliance with the obligations under Section 4.08. Servicing Criteria: As of any date of determination, the "servicing criteria" set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, or any amendments thereto, a summary of the requirements of which as of the date hereof is attached hereto as Exhibit H for convenience of reference only. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of Exhibit H and the text of Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, the text of Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB shall control (or those Servicing Criteria otherwise mutually agreed to by the Owner, the Servicer and any Person that will be responsible for signing any Sarbanes Certification with respect to a Pass-Through Transfer in response to evolving interpretations of Regulation AB and incorporated into a revised Exhibit H). Servicing Fee: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the amount of the annual servicing fee the Owner shall pay to the Servicer, which shall, for a period of one full month, be equal to one-twelfth of the product of (a) the applicable Servicing Fee Rate and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan. Such fee shall be payable monthly, computed on the basis of the same principal amount and period respecting which any related interest payment on a Mortgage Loan is computed. The obligation of the Owner to pay the Servicing Fee is limited to, and the Servicing Fee is payable from the interest portion of such Monthly Payment collected by the Servicer or as otherwise provided under Section 4.05. Servicing Fee Rate: The Servicing Fee Rate shall be a rate per annum equal to 0.375%. Servicing File: The documents, records and other items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents relating to such Mortgage Loan as are in, or as may from time to time come into, the Servicer's possession. Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished by the Servicer to the Owner upon request, as such list may from time to time be amended. Servicing Modification: Any modification of a Mortgage Loan which is effected by the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan as of any date of determination, (i) the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan after giving effect to payments of principal due and received or for which a Monthly Advance has been made, minus (ii) all amounts previously distributed to the Owner with respect to the Mortgage Loan representing Principal Prepayments. Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as "servicing" is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Servicer or a Subservicer. Subservicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Servicer or any Subservicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Subservicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material servicing functions required to be performed by the Servicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB. Trustee: The Person appointed as trustee in connection with any Pass-Through Transfer. Whole Loan Transfer: The sale or transfer of some or all of the ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans by the Owner to one or more third parties in whole loan or participation format, which third party may be Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. ARTICLE II SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS; POSSESSION OF SERVICING FILES; BOOKS AND RECORDS; DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS Section 2.01. Servicing of Mortgage Loans. The Servicer does hereby agree to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The rights of the Owner to receive payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be as set forth in this Agreement. Section 2.02. Maintenance of Servicing Files. The Servicer shall maintain a Servicing File consisting of all documents necessary to service the Mortgage Loans. The possession of each Servicing File by the Servicer is for the sole purpose of servicing the Mortgage Loan, and such retention and possession by the Servicer is in a custodial capacity only. The Servicer acknowledges that the ownership of each Mortgage Loan, including the Note, the Mortgage, all other Mortgage Loan Documents and all rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising therefrom or in connection therewith, has been vested in the Owner. All rights arising out of the Mortgage Loans including, but not limited to, all funds received on or in connection with the Mortgage Loans and all records or documents with respect to the Mortgage Loans prepared by or which come into the possession of the Servicer shall be received and held by the Servicer in trust for the exclusive benefit of the Owner as the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. Any portion of the related Servicing Files retained by the Servicer shall be appropriately identified in the Servicer's computer system to clearly reflect the ownership of the related Mortgage Loans by the Owner. The Servicer shall release its custody of the contents of the related Servicing Files only in accordance with written instructions of the Owner, except when such release is required as incidental to the Servicer's servicing of the Mortgage Loans, such written instructions shall not be required. Section 2.03. Books and Records. The Servicer shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books and records for the Mortgage Loans which shall be appropriately identified in the Servicer's computer system to clearly reflect the ownership of the Mortgage Loan by the Owner. In particular, the Servicer shall maintain in its possession, available for inspection by the Owner, or its designee and shall deliver to the Owner upon demand, evidence of compliance with all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, and requirements of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, as applicable, including but not limited to documentation as to the method used in determining the applicability of the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, to the Mortgaged Property, documentation evidencing insurance coverage and eligibility of any condominium project for approval by Fannie Mae and periodic inspection reports as required by Section 4.13. To the extent that original documents are not required for purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, documents maintained by the Servicer may be in the form of microfilm or microfiche or such other reliable means of recreating original documents, including but not limited to, optical imagery techniques so long as the Servicer complies with the requirements of the Fannie Mae Guide. The Servicer shall maintain with respect to each Mortgage Loan and shall make available for inspection by any Owner or its designee the related Servicing File (or copies thereof) during the time the Owner retains ownership of a Mortgage Loan and thereafter in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Section 2.04. Transfer of Mortgage Loans. No transfer of a Mortgage Loan may be made unless such transfer is in compliance with the terms hereof. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be under no obligation to deal with any person with respect to this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan unless a notice of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan has been delivered to the Servicer in accordance with this Section 2.04. The Owner may, subject to the terms of this Agreement, sell and transfer one or more of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Sections 10.02 and 11.12, provided, however, that the transferee will not be deemed to be an Owner hereunder binding upon the Servicer unless such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and an assignment and assumption of this Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Servicer. The Owner shall advise the Servicer in writing of the transfer. Upon receipt of notice of the permitted transfer, the Servicer shall mark its books and records to reflect the ownership of the Mortgage Loans of such assignee, and shall release the previous Owner from its obligations hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans sold or transferred. Section 2.05. Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents. The Servicer shall forward to the Custodian on behalf of the Owner original documents evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of any Mortgage Loan entered into in accordance with Section 4.01 or 6.01 within 4 week(s) of their execution; provided, however, that the Servicer shall provide the Custodian on behalf of the Owner with a certified true copy of any such document submitted for recordation within 4 week(s) after its execution, and shall provide the original of any document submitted for recordation or a copy of such document certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the original within 180 days of its execution. If delivery is not completed within 180 days solely due to delays in making such delivery by reason of the fact that such documents shall not have been returned by the appropriate recording office, the Servicer shall continue to use its best efforts to effect delivery as soon as possible thereafter. From time to time the Servicer may have a need for Mortgage Loan Documents to be released by the Custodian. If the Servicer shall require any of the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Servicer shall notify the Custodian in writing of such request in the form of the request for release attached hereto as Exhibit D. The Custodian shall deliver to the Servicer within five (5) Business Days, any requested Mortgage Loan Document previously delivered to the Custodian, provided that such documentation is promptly returned to the Custodian when the Servicer no longer requires possession of the document, and provided that during the time that any such documentation is held by the Servicer, such possession is in trust for the benefit of the Owner. ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SERVICER The Servicer represents, warrants and covenants to the Owner that as of the date hereof or as of such date specifically provided herein: (a) The Servicer is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of its organization and is qualified to transact business in, is in good standing under the laws of, and possesses all licenses necessary for the conduct of its business in, each state in which any Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise exempt or not required under applicable law to effect such qualification or license and no demand for such qualification or license has been made upon the Servicer by any such state, and in any event the Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each such State to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of each Mortgage Loan and the servicing of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; (b) The Servicer has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to conduct its business as presently conducted, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms subject to bankruptcy laws and other similar laws of general application affecting rights of creditors and subject to the application of the rules of equity, including those respecting the availability of specific performance; (c) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby, or the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement will conflict with any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Servicer's articles of incorporation or by-laws or materially conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any legal restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Servicer is now a party or by which it is bound, or constitute a default or result in an acceleration under any of the foregoing, or result in the material violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Servicer or its property is subject; (d) There is no litigation pending or, to the Servicer's knowledge, threatened with respect to the Servicer which is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement, or which is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Servicer; (e) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of or compliance by the Servicer with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except for consents, approvals, authorizations and orders which have been obtained; (f) The Servicer is an approved seller/servicer of residential mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Servicer is in good standing to service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and no event has occurred which would make the Servicer unable to comply with eligibility requirements or which would require notification to either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac; (g) As of the date of each Pass-Through Transfer, and except as has been otherwise disclosed to the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor, or disclosed in any public filing: (1) no default or servicing related performance trigger has occurred as to any other Pass-Through Transfer due to any act or failure to act of the Servicer; (2) no material noncompliance with applicable servicing criteria as to any other Pass-Through Transfer has occurred, been disclosed or reported by the Servicer; (3) the Servicer has not been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage loan Pass-Through Transfer, either due to a servicing default or to application of a servicing performance test or trigger; (4) no material changes to the Servicer's servicing policies and procedures for similar loans have occurred in the preceding three years; (5) there are no aspects of the Servicer's financial condition that could have a material adverse impact on the performance by the Servicer of its obligations hereunder; (6) there are no legal proceedings pending, or known to be contemplated by governmental authorities, against the Servicer that could be material to investors in the securities issued in such Pass-Through Transfer; and (7) there are no affiliations, relationships or transactions relating to the Servicer of a type that are described under Item 1119 of Regulation AB; (h) If so requested by the Owner, the Master Servicer or any Depositor on any date, the Servicer shall, within five Business Days following such request, confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in clause (g) of this Article or, if any such representation and warranty is not accurate as of the date of such request, provide reasonably adequate disclosure of the pertinent facts, in writing, to the requesting party; (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, the Servicer shall (or shall cause each Subservicer) (i) immediately notify the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor in writing of (A) any material litigation or governmental proceedings pending against the Servicer or any Subservicer, (B) any affiliations or relationships that develop following the closing date of a Pass-Through Transfer between the Servicer or any Subservicer and any of the parties specified in clause (7) of paragraph (g) of this Article (and any other parties identified in writing by the requesting party) with respect to such Pass-Through Transfer, (C) any Event of Default under the terms of this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement, (D) any merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, and (E) the Company's entry into an agreement with a Subservicer to perform or assist in the performance of any of the Company's obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement and (ii) provide to the Owner and any Depositor a description of such proceedings, affiliations or relationships; (j) As a condition to the succession to the Servicer or any Subservicer as servicer or subservicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Servicer or such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Servicer or any Subservicer, the Servicer shall provide to the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor, at least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Owner, the Master Servicer and such Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Owner, the Master Servicer or any Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class of asset-backed securities; and (k) Servicer has delivered to the Owner and the Master Servicer financial statements of its parent, for its last two complete fiscal years. All such financial information fairly presents the pertinent results of operations and financial position for the period identified and has been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as set forth in the notes thereto. There has been no change in the servicing policies and procedures, business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Servicer since the date of the Servicer's financial information that would have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement. ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS Section 4.01. Servicer to Act as Servicer. The Servicer, as independent contract servicer, shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices (giving due consideration to the Owner's reliance on the Servicer), and shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration which the Servicer may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and with Accepted Servicing Practices and shall exercise the same care that it customarily employs for its own account. In addition, the Servicer shall furnish information regarding the borrower credit files related to such Mortgage Loan to credit reporting agencies in compliance with the provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the applicable implementing regulations. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices in compliance with the servicing provisions of the Fannie Mae Guide, which include, but are not limited to, provisions regarding the liquidation of Mortgage Loans, the collection of Mortgage Loan payments, the payment of taxes, insurance and other charges, the maintenance of hazard insurance with a Qualified Insurer, the maintenance of fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance, inspections, the restoration of Mortgaged Property, the maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, insurance claims, and title insurance, management of REO Property, permitted withdrawals with respect to REO Property, liquidation reports, and reports of foreclosures and abandonments of Mortgaged Property, the transfer of Mortgaged Property, the release of Mortgage Loan Documents, annual statements, and examination of records and facilities. In the event of any conflict, inconsistency or discrepancy between any of the servicing provisions of this Agreement and any of the servicing provisions of the Fannie Mae Guide, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and be binding upon the Owner and the Servicer. The Owner may, at its option, deliver powers-of-attorney to the Servicer sufficient to allow the Servicer as servicer to execute all documentation requiring execution on behalf of Owner with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, including satisfactions, partial releases, modifications and foreclosure documentation or, in the alternative, shall as promptly as reasonably possible, execute and return such documentation to the Servicer. Consistent with and in addition to the terms set forth in this Agreement, if a Mortgage Loan is in default or such default is reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer may also waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any mortgagor, including without limitation, to (1) capitalize any amounts owing on the Mortgage Loan by adding such amount to the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (2) defer such amounts to a later date or the final payment date of such Mortgage Loan, (3) extend the maturity of any such Mortgage Loan, (4) amend the related Mortgage Note to reduce the related Mortgage Rate with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (5) convert the Mortgage Rate on any Mortgage Loan from a fixed rate to an adjustable rate or vice versa, (6) with respect to a mortgage loan with an initial fixed rate period followed by an adjustable rate period, extend the fixed period and reduced the adjustable rate period, and/or (7) forgive the amount of any interest and principal owed by the related Mortgagor; provided that, in the Servicer's reasonable and prudent determination, such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence: (A) is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owner on a present value basis using reasonable assumptions (including taking into account any estimated Realized Loss that might result absent such action); and (B) does not amend the related Mortgage Note to extend the maturity thereof later than the date of the Latest Possible Maturity Date (as such term is defined in the related pooling and servicing agreement). In connection with any modification which is not in connection with a situation where the related Mortgagor is in default or such default is reasonably foreseeable, unless the Servicer has provided to the Owner a certification addressed to the Owner, based on the advice of counsel or certified public accountants that have a national reputation with respect to taxation of REMICs that a modification of such Mortgage Loan will not result in the imposition of taxes on or disqualify from REMIC status any of the REMICs and has obtained the prior written consent of the Owner, the Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any modification which may result in a Realized Loss of 20% or more of the outstanding principal balance of a Mortgage Loan, the Company shall present such proposed modification, together with any supporting documentation, to the Master Servicer for consideration and approval. In the event of any such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence which has been agreed to in writing by the Owner and which permits the deferral of interest or principal payments on any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall, on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Remittance Date in any month in which any such principal or interest payment has been deferred, deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds, in accordance with Section 4.04 and Section 5.03, the difference between (a) such month's principal and one month's interest at the related Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the amount paid by the Mortgagor. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for such advances to the same extent as for all other advances pursuant to Section 4.05. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall continue, and is hereby authorized and empowered, to prepare, execute and deliver, all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. In connection with any such Servicing Modification, the Servicer may reimburse itself from the related trust for any outstanding Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances at the time of the modification to the extent interest and principal is forgiven or Servicing Advances are reimbursed. Any such reimbursement shall occur during the same calendar month as the Servicing Modification, and any such reimbursement will be treated as a Realized Loss which will be incurred on the distribution date of the related trust related to the calendar month during which the Servicing Modification occurred. To the extent Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances or other amounts owed the Servicer are capitalized, the related Servicer may reimburse itself from such arrearages on a first priority basis. The Servicer shall perform all of its servicing responsibilities hereunder or may cause a subservicer to perform any such servicing responsibilities on its behalf, but the use by the Servicer of a subservicer shall not release the Servicer from any of its obligations hereunder and the Servicer shall remain responsible hereunder for all acts and omissions of each subservicer as fully as if such acts and omissions were those of the Servicer. Any such subservicer must be a Fannie Mae approved seller/servicer or a Freddie Mac seller/servicer in good standing and no event shall have occurred, including but not limited to, a change in insurance coverage, which would make it unable to comply with the eligibility requirements for lenders imposed by Fannie Mae or for seller/servicers by Freddie Mac, or which would require notification to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The Servicer shall pay all fees and expenses of each subservicer from its own funds, and a subservicer's fee shall not exceed the Servicing Fee. At the cost and expense of the Servicer, without any right of reimbursement from the Custodial Account, the Servicer shall be entitled to terminate the rights and responsibilities of a subservicer and arrange for any servicing responsibilities to be performed by a successor subservicer meeting the requirements in the preceding paragraph, provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent or prohibit the Servicer, at the Servicer's option, from electing to service the related Mortgage Loans itself. In the event that the Servicer's responsibilities and duties under this Agreement are terminated pursuant to Section 8.04, 9.01 or 10.01, and if requested to do so by the Owner, the Servicer shall at its own cost and expense terminate the rights and responsibilities of each subservicer effective as of the date of termination of the Servicer. The Servicer shall pay all fees, expenses or penalties necessary in order to terminate the rights and responsibilities of each subservicer from the Servicer's own funds without reimbursement from the Owner. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a subservicer or any reference herein to actions taken through a subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall not be relieved of its obligations to the Owner and shall be obligated to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with a subservicer for indemnification of the Servicer by the subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. Any subservicing agreement and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a subservicer shall be deemed to be between such subservicer and Servicer alone, and the Owner shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such Subservicer including no obligation, duty or liability of Owner to pay such subservicer's fees and expenses. For purposes of distributions and advances by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received a payment on a Mortgage Loan when a subservicer has received such payment. Section 4.02. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments. Continuously from the date hereof until the date each Mortgage Loan ceases to be subject to this Agreement, the Servicer will proceed with diligence to collect all payments due under each Mortgage Loan when the same shall become due and payable and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Further, the Servicer will take reasonable care in ascertaining and estimating annual ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, fire and hazard insurance premiums, mortgage insurance premiums, and all other charges that, as provided in the Mortgage, will become due and payable to the end that the installments payable by the Mortgagors will be sufficient to pay such charges as and when they become due and payable. The Servicer shall not waive any Prepayment Charge unless: (i) the enforceability thereof shall have been limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally, (ii) the enforcement thereof is illegal, or any local, state or federal agency has threatened legal action if the prepayment penalty is enforced, (iii) the mortgage debt has been accelerated in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment or (iv) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan. If a Prepayment Charge (exclusive of any Prepayment Charges with regards to the Group II Mortgage Loans, but inclusive of any Prepayment Charges with regards to the Group I Mortgage Loans) is waived, but does not meet the standards described above, then the Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge by remitting such amount to the Owner by the Remittance Date. Section 4.03. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the procedures that the Servicer would use in servicing loans for its own account and the requirements of the Fannie Mae Guide, to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 4.01. In determining the delinquency status of any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will apply the definition of Delinquent as such term is defined under the related pooling and servicing agreement. The Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to realize upon defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as will maximize the receipt of principal and interest by the Owner, taking into account, among other things, the timing of foreclosure proceedings. The foregoing is subject to the provisions that, in any case in which Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage, the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds toward the restoration of such property unless it shall determine in its discretion (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan to the Owner after reimbursement to itself for such expenses, and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable by the Servicer through Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds from the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 4.05. The Servicer shall be responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings or functions as Servicing Advances; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor as provided in Section 4.05. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in connection with a foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in the event the Servicer has reasonable cause to believe that a Mortgaged Property is contaminated by hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, or if the Owner otherwise requests an environmental inspection or review of such Mortgaged Property, such an inspection or review is to be conducted by a qualified inspector. Upon completion of the inspection, the Servicer shall promptly provide the Owner with a written report of the environmental inspection. After reviewing the environmental inspection report, the Owner shall determine how the Servicer shall proceed with respect to the Mortgaged Property. Section 4.04. Establishment of Custodial Accounts; Deposits in Custodial Accounts. The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts. Each Custodial Account shall be established with a Qualified Depository. To the extent such funds are not deposited in a Custodial Account, such funds may be invested in Permitted Investments for the benefit of the Owner (with any income earned thereon for the benefit of the Servicer). Custodial Accounts will be reconciled within 45 days after bank statement cutoff date. Funds deposited in the Custodial Account may be drawn on by the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.05. The creation of any Custodial Account shall be evidenced by a letter agreement in the form shown in Exhibit B hereto. The original of such letter agreement shall be furnished to the Owner upon request. The Servicer acknowledges and agrees that the Servicer shall bear any losses incurred with respect to Permitted Investments. The amount of any such losses shall be immediately deposited by the Servicer in the Custodial Account, out of the Servicer's own funds, with no right to reimbursement therefor. The Servicer shall deposit in a mortgage clearing account on a daily basis, and in the Custodial Account or Accounts no later than two (2) Business Days after receipt and identification of funds and retain therein the following payments and collections: (i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments (exclusive of any Prepayment Charges with regards to the Group II Mortgage Loans, but inclusive of any Prepayment Charges with regards to the Group I Mortgage Loans), on the Mortgage Loans received after the Cut-off Date; (ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans adjusted to the related Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate received after the Cut-off Date; (iii) all Net Liquidation Proceeds received after the Cut-off Date; (iv) any net amounts received by the Servicer after the Cut-off Date in connection with any REO Property pursuant to Section 4.13; (v) all Insurance Proceeds received after the Cut-off Date including amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Sections 4.08 and 4.10, other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures, the loan documents or applicable law; (vi) all Condemnation Proceeds affecting any Mortgaged Property received after the Cut-off Date other than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures, the loan documents or applicable law; (vii) any Monthly Advances as provided in Section 5.03; (viii) any amounts received after the Cut-off Date and required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 6.02; and (ix) with respect to each full or partial Principal Prepayment received after the Cut-off Date, any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, to the extent of the Servicer's aggregate Servicing Fee received with respect to the related Due Period. The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Custodial Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges and assumption fees, to the extent permitted by Section 6.01, and all Prepayment Interest Excess need not be deposited by the Servicer in the Custodial Account. Section 4.05. Permitted Withdrawals From the Custodial Account. The Servicer may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Custodial Account for the following purposes: (i) to make payments to the Owner in the amounts and in the manner provided for in Section 5.01; (ii) to reimburse itself for Monthly Advances, the Servicer's right to reimburse itself pursuant to this subclause (ii) being limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent late collections (net of the related Servicing Fees) of principal and/or interest respecting which any such advance was made; (iii) to reimburse itself for unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Monthly Advances, the Servicer's right to reimburse itself pursuant to this subclause (iii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received after the Cut-off Date related to such Mortgage Loan; (iv) to pay to itself as servicing compensation (a) any interest earned on funds in the Custodial Account (all such interest to be withdrawn monthly not later than each Remittance Date) and (b) the Servicing Fee from that portion of any payment recovery attributable to interest on a particular Mortgage Loan; (v) to reimburse itself for any Nonrecoverable Advances or advances made in connection with any Servicing Modification pursuant to Section 4.01; (vi) to transfer funds to another Qualified Depository in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof; (vii) to reimburse itself as provided in Section 8.03 hereof; (viii) to remove funds inadvertently placed in the Custodial Account in error by the Servicer; and (ix) to clear and terminate the Custodial Account upon the termination of this Agreement. Section 4.06. Establishment of Escrow Accounts; Deposits in Escrow Accounts. The Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage Loan which constitute Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more Escrow Accounts. Each Escrow Account shall be established with a Qualified Depository. To the extent such funds are not deposited in an Escrow Account, such funds may be invested in Permitted Investments. Funds deposited in an Escrow Account may be drawn on by the Servicer in accordance with Section 4.07. The creation of any Escrow Account shall be evidenced by a letter agreement in the form shown in Exhibit C. The original of such letter agreement shall be furnished to the Owner upon request. The Servicer acknowledges and agrees that the Servicer shall bear any losses incurred with respect to Permitted Investments. The amount of any such losses shall be immediately deposited by the Servicer in the Escrow Account, as appropriate, out of the Servicer's own funds, with no right to reimbursement therefor. The Servicer shall deposit in a mortgage clearing account on a daily basis, and in the Escrow Account or Accounts no later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of funds and retain therein: (i) all Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage Loans, for the purpose of effecting timely payment of any items as are required under the terms of this Agreement; (ii) all Insurance Proceeds which are to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property; and (iii) all Servicing Advances for Mortgagors whose Escrow Payments are insufficient to cover escrow disbursements. The Servicer shall make withdrawals from an Escrow Account only to effect such payments as are required under this Agreement, and for such other purposes as shall be as set forth in and in accordance with Section 4.07. Except as provided in Section 4.07, the Servicer shall be entitled to retain any interest paid on funds deposited in an Escrow Account by the Qualified Depository. Section 4.07. Permitted Withdrawals From Escrow Account. Withdrawals from the Escrow Account may be made by the Servicer only: (i) to effect timely payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, fire and hazard insurance premiums, Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy premiums, if applicable, and comparable items; (ii) to reimburse Servicer for any Servicing Advance made by Servicer with respect to a related Mortgage Loan but only from amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which represent late payments or collections of Escrow Payments thereunder; (iii) to refund to the Mortgagor any funds as may be determined to be overages; (iv) for transfer to the Custodial Account in connection with an acquisition of REO Property; (v) for application to restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property; (vi) to pay to the Servicer, or to the Mortgagor to the extent required by law, any interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow Account; (vii) to pay to the Mortgagors or other parties Insurance Proceeds deposited in accordance with Section 4.06; (viii) to remove funds inadvertently placed in an Escrow Account in error by the Servicer; and (ix) to clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the termination of this Agreement. As part of its servicing duties, the Servicer shall pay to the Mortgagors interest on funds in an Escrow Account, to the extent required by law, and to the extent that interest earned on funds in the Escrow Account is insufficient, shall pay such interest from its own funds, without any reimbursement therefor. Section 4.08. Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges, Maintenance of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, Collections Thereunder. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall maintain accurate records reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes, assessments, water rates and other charges which are or may become a lien upon the Mortgaged Property and the status of Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy premiums and fire and hazard insurance coverage and shall obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such charges, including renewal premiums and shall effect payment thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and at a time appropriate for securing maximum discounts allowable, employing for such purpose deposits of the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account which shall have been estimated and accumulated by the Servicer in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as allowed under the terms of the Mortgage or applicable law. To the extent that the Mortgage does not provide for Escrow Payments, the Servicer shall determine that any such payments are made by the Mortgagor when due. The Servicer assumes full responsibility for the timely payment of all such bills and shall effect timely payments of all such bills irrespective of the Mortgagor's faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the Escrow Payments and shall make advances from its own funds to effect such payments. The Servicer will maintain in full force and effect Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies issued by a Qualified Insurer with respect to each Mortgage Loan for which such coverage is herein required. Such coverage will be maintained until the ratio of the current outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan to the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property, based on the most recent appraisal of the Mortgaged Property performed by a Qualified Appraiser, such appraisal to be included in the Servicing File, is reduced to an amount for which Fannie Mae no longer requires such insurance to be maintained. The Servicer will not cancel or refuse to renew any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that is required to be kept in force under this Agreement unless a replacement Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy for such canceled or nonrenewed policy is obtained from and maintained with a Qualified Insurer. The Servicer shall not take any action which would result in noncoverage under any applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Servicer would have been covered thereunder. In connection with any assumption or substitution agreement entered into or to be entered into pursuant to Section 6.01, the Servicer shall promptly notify the insurer under the related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any, of such assumption or substitution of liability in accordance with the terms of such policy and shall take all actions which may be required by such insurer as a condition to the continuation of coverage under the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy. If such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy is terminated as a result of such assumption or substitution of liability, the Servicer shall obtain a replacement Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy as provided above. In connection with its activities as servicer, the Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself and the Owner, claims to the insurer under any Private Mortgage Insurance Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy and, in this regard, to take such action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy respecting a defaulted Mortgage Loan. Pursuant to Section 4.04, any amounts collected by the Servicer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05. Section 4.09. Transfer of Accounts. The Servicer may transfer the Custodial Account or the Escrow Account to a different Qualified Depository from time to time. The Servicer shall notify the Owner of any such transfer within 15 Business Days of transfer. If any one of the investment ratings of a Qualified Depository holding funds or Eligible Investments in the Custodial Account or Escrow Account is downgraded by the issuing rating agency, the Servicer shall, within three (3) Business Days of receipt of notice of the downgrading, transfer all such accounts, funds and Permitted Investments to a different Qualified Depository in accordance with this Agreement. Section 4.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance. The Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each Mortgage Loan fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage as is customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located in an amount which is equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (ii) the greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, and (b) the percentage such that the proceeds thereof shall be sufficient to prevent the Mortgagor and/or the Mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. If the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as being a special flood hazard area that has federally-mandated flood insurance requirements, the Servicer will cause to be maintained a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration with a generally acceptable insurance carrier, in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (iii) the maximum amount of insurance which is available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended. The Servicer shall also maintain on the REO Property, fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount which is at least equal to the maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such property, liability insurance and, to the extent required and available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended, flood insurance in an amount as provided above. Any amounts collected by the Servicer under any such policies other than amounts to be deposited in the Escrow Account and applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or REO Property, or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures, shall be deposited in the Custodial Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.05. It is understood and agreed that no other additional insurance need be required by the Servicer or the Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loans, other than pursuant to the Fannie Mae Guide or such applicable state or federal laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. All such policies shall be endorsed with standard mortgagee clauses with loss payable to the Servicer and its successors and/or assigns and shall provide for at least thirty days prior written notice of any cancellation, reduction in the amount or material change in coverage to the Servicer. The Servicer shall not interfere with the Mortgagor's freedom of choice in selecting either his insurance carrier or agent, provided, however, that the Servicer shall not accept any such insurance policies from insurance companies unless such companies currently reflect a General Policy Rating in Best's Key Rating Guide currently acceptable to Fannie Mae and are licensed to do business in the state wherein the property subject to the policy is located. Section 4.11 Maintenance of Mortgage Impairment Insurance Policy. In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a mortgage impairment or blanket policy issued by an issuer that has a Best rating of A:VI insuring against hazard losses on all of Mortgaged Properties securing the Mortgage Loans, then, to the extent such policy provides coverage in an amount equal to the amount required pursuant to Section 4.10 and otherwise complies with all other requirements of Section 4.10, the Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in Section 4.10, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy complying with Section 4.10, and there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Custodial Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of the Owner, claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy. Upon request of the Owner, the Servicer shall cause to be delivered to the Owner a certified true copy of such policy and a statement from the insurer thereunder that such policy shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Owner. Section 4.12. Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance. The Servicer shall maintain, at its own expense, a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy, with broad coverage with responsible companies that would meet the requirements of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on all officers, employees or other persons acting in any capacity with regard to the Mortgage Loans and who handle funds, money, documents and papers relating to the Mortgage Loans. The Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance shall be in the form of the Mortgage Banker's Blanket Bond and shall protect and insure the Servicer against losses, including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and negligent acts of such persons. Such Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance shall also protect and insure the Servicer against losses in connection with the failure to maintain any insurance policies required pursuant to this Agreement and the release or satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan without having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured thereby. No provision of this Section 4.12 requiring the Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance shall diminish or relieve the Servicer from its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The minimum coverage under any such Fidelity Bond and insurance policy shall be at least equal to the corresponding amounts required by Fannie Mae in the Fannie Mae Guide or by Freddie Mac in the Freddie Mac Guide. The Servicer shall, upon request of Owner, deliver to the Owner a certificate from the surety and the insurer as to the existence of the Fidelity Bond and errors and omissions insurance policy and shall obtain a statement from the surety and the insurer that such Fidelity Bond or insurance policy shall in no event be terminated or materially modified without thirty days prior written notice to the Owner. The Servicer shall notify the Owner within five Business Days of receipt of notice that such Fidelity Bond or insurance policy will be, or has been, materially modified or terminated. The Owner and its successors or assigns as their interests may appear must be named as loss payees on the Fidelity Bond and as additional insured on the errors and omissions policy. Section 4.13. Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property. In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Owner or its designee. Any such Person or Persons holding such title other than the Owner shall acknowledge in writing that such title is being held as nominee for the benefit of the Owner. The Servicer shall assume the responsibility for marketing each REO Property in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. Thereafter, the Servicer shall continue to provide certain administrative services to the Owner relating to such REO Property as set forth in this Section 4.13. The REO Property must be sold within three years following the end of the calendar year of the date of acquisition, unless a REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and REO Property are held and (i) the Owner shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (at the Servicer's expense) to the effect that the holding by the related trust of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period (and specifying the period beyond such three-year period for which the Mortgaged Property may be held) will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the related trust as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or cause the related REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC, in which case the related trust may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel), or (ii) the Owner (at the Servicer's expense) or the Servicer shall have applied for, prior to the expiration of such three-year period, an extension of such three-year period in the manner contemplated by Section 856(e)(3) of the Code, in which case the three-year period shall be extended by the applicable period. If a period longer than three years is permitted under the foregoing sentence and is necessary to sell any REO Property, the Servicer shall report monthly to the Owner as to progress being made in selling such REO Property. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if a REMIC election has been made, no Mortgaged Property held by a REMIC shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the related trust or sold or managed in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify at any time as "foreclosure property" within a meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code, (ii) subject the related trust to the imposition of any federal or state income taxes on "net income from foreclosure property" with respect to such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of Section 860G(c) of the Code, or (iii) cause the sale of such Mortgaged Property to result in the receipt by the related trust or any income from non-permitted assets as described in Section 860F(a) (2)(B) of the Code, unless the Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the related trust with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited, on a daily basis in each Custodial Account all revenues received with respect to the related REO Property and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of the REO Property, including the cost of maintaining any hazard insurance pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof. The Servicer shall maintain separate records with respect to each REO Property identifying all deposits and withdrawals from the Custodial Account for each REO Property. The Servicer shall furnish to the Owner on each Remittance Date, an operating statement for each REO Property covering the operation of each REO Property for the previous month. Such operating statement shall be accompanied by such other information as the Owner shall reasonably request. The Servicer shall, either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer, and in accordance with the Fannie Mae Guide, manage, conserve, protect and operate each REO Property in the same manner that it manages, conserves, protects and operates other foreclosed property for its own account, and in the same manner that similar property in the same locality as the REO Property is managed. Each REO Disposition shall be carried out by the Servicer at such price and upon such terms and conditions as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Owner. The REO Disposition Proceeds from the sale of the REO Property shall be promptly deposited in the Custodial Account. As soon as practical thereafter, the expenses of such sale shall be paid and the Servicer shall reimburse itself for any related Servicing Advances, or Monthly Advances made pursuant to Section 5.03. The Servicer shall cause each REO Property to be inspected promptly upon the acquisition of title thereto and shall cause each REO Property to be inspected at least monthly thereafter or more frequently as may be required by the circumstances. The Servicer shall make or cause the inspector to make a written report of each such inspection. Such reports shall be retained in the Servicing File and copies thereof shall be forwarded by the Servicer to the Owner. Section 4.14. Notification of Adjustments. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall adjust the Mortgage Interest Rate on the related Interest Rate Adjustment Date in compliance with requirements of applicable law and the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note. The Servicer shall execute and deliver any and all necessary notices required under applicable law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage regarding the Mortgage Interest Rate adjustments. The Servicer shall promptly, upon written request therefor, deliver to the Owner such notifications and any additional applicable data regarding such adjustments and the methods used to calculate and implement such adjustments. Upon the discovery by the Servicer or the receipt of notice from the Owner that the Servicer has failed to adjust a Mortgage Interest Rate in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, the Servicer shall immediately deposit in the Custodial Account from its own funds the amount of any interest loss or deferral caused to the Owner thereby. ARTICLE V PAYMENTS TO THE OWNER Section 5.01. Remittances. On each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Owner (i) all amounts credited to the Custodial Account as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding the Determination Date, net of charges against or withdrawals from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05, except (a) Full Principal Prepayments received on or before the 15th day of the month in which a Remittance Date occurs shall be remitted to the Owner on the Remittance Date of such month, and (b) Full Principal Prepayments received after the 15th day of the month in which a Remittance Date occurs shall be remitted to the Owner on the next following Remittance Date, plus, to the extent not already deposited in the Custodial Account, the sum of (ii) all Monthly Advances, if any, which the Servicer is obligated to distribute pursuant to Section 5.03 and (iii) all Prepayment Interest Shortfalls the Servicer is required to make up pursuant to Section 4.04, minus (iv) any amounts attributable to Monthly Payments collected after the Cut-off Date but due on a Due Date or Dates subsequent to the last day of the related Due Period, which amounts shall be remitted on the related Remittance Date next succeeding the Due Period for such amounts. With respect to any remittance received by the Owner after the Business Day on which such payment was due, the Servicer shall pay to the Owner interest on any such late payment at an annual rate equal to the Prime Rate, adjusted as of the date of each change, plus two percentage points, but in no event greater than the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. Such interest shall be remitted to the Owner by the Servicer on the date such late payment is made and shall cover the period commencing with the day following such Business Day and ending with the Business Day on which such payment is made, both inclusive. The payment by the Servicer of any such interest shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or a waiver of any Event of Default by the Servicer. Section 5.02 Statements to the Owner and the Master Servicer. The Servicer shall furnish to the Master Servicer an individual Mortgage Loan accounting report (a "Report"), as of the last Business Day of each month and the end of the related Prepayment Period, as applicable, in the Servicer's assigned loan number order to document Mortgage Loan payment activity on an individual Mortgage Loan basis. With respect to each month, such Report shall be received by the Owner and the Master Servicer no later than the tenth Business Day of the month of the related Remittance Date (or, with respect to information as to Full Principal Prepayments and prepayment penalties no later than one (1) Business Day after the end of each Prepayment Period), a report in an Excel (or compatible) electronic format, in such format as may be mutually agreed upon by both the Owner and the Servicer, and which shall provide the information required to be contained in the monthly statements to certificateholders as specified in the related pooling and servicing Agreement, to the extent applicable to the Servicer. In addition, the Servicer shall provide to the Master Servicer and the Owner such other information known or available to the Servicer that is necessary in order to provide the distribution and pool performance information as required under Regulation AB, as amended from time to time, as determined by the Owner in its sole discretion. The Servicer shall also provide a monthly report, in the form of Exhibit E hereto, or such other form as is mutually acceptable to the Servicer, the Owner and the Master Servicer, Exhibit F with respect to defaulted mortgage loans and Exhibit K, with respect to realized losses and gains, with each such report. The Servicer shall prepare and file any and all information statements or other filings required to be delivered to any governmental taxing authority or to Owner or the Master Servicer pursuant to any applicable law with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, the Servicer shall provide the Owner and the Master Servicer with such information concerning the Mortgage Loans as is necessary for the Owner and the Master Servicer to prepare its federal income tax return as Owner and the Master Servicer may reasonably request from time to time. In addition, not more than 60 days after the end of each calendar year, the Servicer shall furnish to each Person who was an Owner and the Master Servicer at any time during such calendar year an annual statement in accordance with the requirements of applicable federal income tax law as to the aggregate of remittances of principal and interest for the applicable portion of such year. Section 5.03. Monthly Advances by the Servicer. Not later than the close of business on the Business Day preceding each Remittance Date, the Servicer shall deposit in the Custodial Account an amount equal to all payments not previously advanced by the Servicer, whether or not deferred pursuant to Section 4.01, of Monthly Payments, adjusted to the related Mortgage Loan Remittance Rate, which are delinquent at the close of business on the related Determination Date; provided, however, that the amount of any such deposit may be reduced by the Amount Held for Future Distribution (as defined below) then on deposit in the Custodial Account. Any portion of the Amount Held for Future Distribution used to pay Monthly Advances shall be replaced by the Servicer by deposit into the Custodial Account on any future Remittance Date to the extent that the funds that are available in the Custodial Account for remittance to the Owner on such Remittance Date are less than the amount of payments required to be made to the Owner on such Remittance Date. The "Amount Held for Future Distribution" as to any Remittance Date shall be the total of the amounts held in the Custodial Account at the close of business on the preceding Determination Date which were received after the Cut-off Date on account of (i) Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, and Principal Prepayments received or made in the month of such Remittance Date, and (ii) payments which represent early receipt of scheduled payments of principal and interest due on a date or dates subsequent to the related Due Date. The Servicer's obligation to make such Monthly Advances as to any Mortgage Loan will continue through the final disposition or liquidation of the Mortgaged Property, unless the Servicer deems such advance to be nonrecoverable from Liquidation Proceeds, REO Disposition Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan. In such latter event, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer to the effect that an officer of the Servicer has reviewed the related Servicing File and has obtained a recent appraisal and has made the reasonable determination that any additional advances are nonrecoverable from Liquidation or Insurance Proceeds with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan. Section 5.04. Liquidation Reports. Upon the foreclosure sale of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition thereof by the Owner pursuant to a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, the Servicer shall submit to the Owner a liquidation report with respect to such Mortgaged Property in such form as the Servicer and the Owner shall agree. The Servicer shall also provide reports on the status of REO Property containing such information as Owner may reasonably require. ARTICLE VI GENERAL SERVICING PROCEDURES Section 6.01. Assumption Agreements. The Servicer will, to the extent it has knowledge of any conveyance or prospective conveyance by any Mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property (whether by absolute conveyance or by contract of, sale, and whether or not the Mortgagor remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or the Mortgage), exercise its rights to accelerate the maturity of such Mortgage Loan under any "due-on-sale" clause to the extent permitted by law; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not exercise any such rights if prohibited by law or the terms of the Mortgage Note from doing so or if the exercise of such rights would impair or threaten to impair any recovery under the related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any. If the Servicer reasonably believes it is unable under applicable law to enforce such "due-on-sale" clause, the Servicer, will enter into an assumption agreement with the person to whom the Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, to the extent permitted by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. Where an assumption is allowed pursuant to this Section 6.01, the Servicer, with the prior consent of the primary mortgage insurer, if any, is authorized to enter into a substitution of liability agreement with the person to whom the Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed pursuant to which the original mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is substituted as mortgagor and becomes liable under the related Mortgage Note. Any such substitution of liability agreement shall be in lieu of an assumption agreement. In connection with any such assumption or substitution of liability, the Servicer shall follow the underwriting practices and procedures of the Fannie Mae Guide. With respect to an assumption or substitution of liability, the Mortgage Interest Rate borne by the related Mortgage Note and the amount of the Monthly Payment may not be changed. The Servicer shall notify the Owner that any such substitution of liability or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Owner the original of any such substitution of liability or assumption agreement, which document shall be added to the related Mortgage Loan Documents and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such related mortgage file to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. All fees collected by the Servicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement shall belong to the Servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs of this section or any other provision of this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Servicer may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever. For purposes of this Section 6.01, the term "assumption" is deemed to also include a sale of the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or substitution of liability agreement. Section 6.02. Satisfaction of Mortgages and Release of Mortgage Loan Documents. Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will immediately notify the Custodian with a certification and request for release by a Servicing Officer, which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.04 have been so deposited, and a request for delivery to the Servicer of the portion of the Mortgage Loan Documents held by the Custodian. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Owner shall promptly release or cause the Custodian to promptly release the related Mortgage Loan Documents to the Servicer and the Servicer shall prepare and deliver for execution by the Owner or at the Owner's option execute under the authority of a power of attorney delivered to the Servicer by the Owner any satisfaction or release. No expense incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Custodial Account. In the event the Servicer satisfies or releases a Mortgage without having obtained payment in full of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage or should it otherwise prejudice any right the Owner may have under the mortgage instruments, the Servicer, upon written demand, shall remit within one Business Day to the Owner the then outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan by deposit thereof in the Custodial Account. The Servicer shall maintain the Fidelity Bond insuring the Servicer against any loss it may sustain with respect to any Mortgage Loan not satisfied in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of the Mortgage Loans, including for the purpose of collection under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, upon request of the Servicer and delivery to the Custodian of a servicing receipt signed by a Servicing Officer, the Custodian shall release the portion of the Mortgage Loan Documents held by the Custodian to the Servicer. Such servicing receipt shall obligate the Servicer to promptly return the related Mortgage Loan Documents to the Custodian, when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Custodial Account or such documents have been delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or other public official as required by law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially, and the Servicer has promptly delivered to the Owner or the Custodian a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such documents were delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan was liquidated, the servicing receipt shall be released by the Owner or the Custodian, as applicable, to the Servicer. Section 6.03. Servicing Compensation. As compensation for its services hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to withdraw from the Custodial Account or to retain from interest payments on the Mortgage Loans the amounts provided for as the Servicer's Servicing Fee. Additional servicing compensation in the form of Prepayment Charges with regards to the Group II Mortgage Loans, assumption fees, as provided in Section 6.01, late payment charges and other ancillary fees shall be retained by the Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in the Custodial Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided for. Section 6.04. Annual Statement as to Compliance; Annual Certification. (a) The Servicer will deliver to the Owner and the Master Servicer, not later than March 15th of each calendar year beginning in 2007, an Officer's Certificate (an "Annual Statement of Compliance") stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of performance under this Agreement or other applicable servicing agreement has been made under such officer's supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement or other applicable servicing agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status of cure provisions thereof. Such Annual Statement of Compliance shall contain no restrictions or limitations on its use. Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Servicer to the Owner upon request and by the Owner to any Person identified as a prospective purchaser of the Mortgage Loans. In the event that the Servicer has delegated any servicing responsibilities with respect to the Mortgage Loans to a Subservicer, the Servicer shall deliver an Annual Statement of Compliance of the Subservicer as described above as to each Subservicer as and when required with respect to the Servicer. (b) With respect to the Mortgage Loans, by March 15th of each calendar year beginning in 2007, an officer of the Servicer shall execute and deliver an Officer's Certificate (an "Annual Certification") to the Owner, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, and any related Depositor for the benefit of each such entity and such entity's affiliates and the officers, directors and agents of any such entity and such entity's affiliates, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G. In the event that the Servicer has delegated any servicing responsibilities with respect to the Mortgage Loans to a Subservicer or a Subcontractor, to the extent such Subcontractor is "participating in the servicing function" pursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB, the Servicer shall deliver an Annual Certification as to each such Subservicer and Subcontractor, as and when required with respect to the Servicer. In the event the Servicer or any Subservicer or Subcontractor engaged by it is terminated, assigns its rights and obligations under, or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any other applicable agreement in the case of a Subservicer or Subcontractor, as the case may be, such party shall provide an Annual Statement of Compliance pursuant to this Section 6.04 or to the related section of such other applicable agreement, as the case may be, as to the performance of its obligations with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or any other applicable agreement, as the case may be, notwithstanding any such termination, assignment or resignation. The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Master Servicer and its officers, directors, agents and affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or affiliates of its obligations under this Section 6.04 or Section 6.09 or the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Master Servicer, then the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Master Servicer as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Master Servicer in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Master Servicer on the one hand and the Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Servicer's obligations under this Section 6.04 or Section 6.09 or the Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. Upon request by the Owner or the Master Servicer, the Servicer will deliver to such requesting party a copy of the audited (if such financial statements are available, otherwise unaudited) financial statements of the Servicer for the most recent fiscal year of the Servicer. Section 6.05. [Reserved] Section 6.06. Owner's Right to Examine Servicer Records. The Owner shall have the right to examine and audit, at its expense, upon reasonable notice to the Servicer, during business hours or at such other times as might be reasonable under applicable circumstances, any and all of the books, records, documentation or other information of the Servicer, or held by another for the Servicer or on its behalf or otherwise, which relate to the performance or observance by the Servicer of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement. The Servicer shall provide to the Owner and any supervisory agents or examiners representing a state or federal governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Owner access to any documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans in the possession of the Servicer which may be required by any applicable regulations. Such access shall be afforded without charge, upon reasonable request, during normal business hours and at the offices of the Servicer, and in accordance with the applicable federal or state government regulations. Section 6.07. Compliance with REMIC Provisions. If a REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement under which the Mortgage Loans and REO Property are held, the Servicer shall not take any action, cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be could (i) endanger the status of the REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on "prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on "contribution" to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code unless the Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such actions) to the effect that the contemplated action will not endanger such REMIC status or result in the imposition of any such tax. Section 6.08. Non-solicitation. The Servicer shall not knowingly conduct any solicitation exclusively targeted to the Mortgagors for the purpose of inducing or encouraging the early prepayment or refinancing of the related Mortgage Loans. It is understood and agreed that promotions undertaken by the Servicer or any agent or affiliate of the Servicer which are directed to the general public at large, including, without limitation, mass mailings based on commercially acquired mailing lists, newspaper, radio and television advertisements shall not constitute solicitation under this section. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Servicer from (i) distributing to Mortgagors any general advertising including information brochures, coupon books, or other similar documentation which indicates services the Servicer offers, including refinances or (ii) providing financing of home equity loans to Mortgagors at the Mortgagor's request. Section 6.09. Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria. On and after January 1, 2006, the Servicer shall service and administer, and shall cause each subservicer to service or administer, the Mortgage Loans in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Servicing Criteria. With respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer shall deliver to the Owner or its designee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, and any Depositor on or before March 15th of each calendar year beginning in 2007, a report (an "Assessment of Compliance") regarding the Servicer's assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the preceding calendar year as required by Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, or as otherwise required by the Master Servicer, which as of the date hereof, require a report by an authorized officer of the Servicer that contains the following: (a) A statement by such officer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to the Servicer; (b) A statement by such officer that such officer used the Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to the Servicer; (c) An assessment by such officer of the Servicer's compliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria for the period consisting of the preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any material instance of noncompliance with respect thereto during such period, which assessment shall be based on the activities it performs with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving the Servicer, that are backed by the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans; (d) A statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on the Servicer's Assessment of Compliance for the period consisting of the preceding calendar year; and (e) A statement as to which of the Servicing Criteria, if any, are not applicable to the Servicer, which statement shall be based on the activities it performs with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving the Servicer, that are backed by the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans. Such report at a minimum shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit J hereto. With respect to the Mortgage Loans, on or before March 15th of each calendar year beginning in 2007, the Servicer shall furnish to the Owner or its designee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and any Depositor a report (an "Attestation Report") by a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance made by the Servicer, as required by Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB, or as otherwise required by the Master Servicer, which Attestation Report must be made in accordance with standards for attestation reports issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Servicer shall cause each Subservicer, and each Subcontractor determined by the Servicer pursuant to Section 11.15 to be "participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Owner, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and any Depositor an assessment of compliance and accountants' attestation as and when provided in Section 6.09. In the event the Servicer or any Subservicer or Subcontractor engaged by it is terminated, assigns its rights and obligations under, or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other applicable agreement in the case of a Subservicer or Subcontractor, as the case may be, such party shall provide an Assessment of Compliance and cause to be provided an Attestation Report pursuant to this Section 6.09 or to the related section of such other applicable agreement, as the case may be, notwithstanding any such termination , assignment or resignation. Section 6.10. Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The Owner and the Servicer acknowledge and agree that a purpose of clause (g) of Article III, Sections 5.02, 6.04, 6.09 and 10.02 of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Owner and any Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission. None of the Owner, the Master Servicer or any Depositor shall exercise its right to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Servicer acknowledges that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, whether due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, consensus among participants in the asset-backed securities markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise, and agrees to comply with requests made by the Owner or any Depositor in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of evolving interpretations of Regulation AB. In connection with any Pass-Through Transfer, the Servicer shall cooperate fully with the Owner to deliver to the Owner (including any of its assignees or designees) and any Depositor, any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information necessary in the good faith determination of the Owner or any Depositor to permit the Owner or such Depositor to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the Servicer, any Subservicer and the Mortgage Loans, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, reasonably believed by the Owner or any Depositor to be necessary in order to effect such compliance. ARTICLE VII REPORTS TO BE PREPARED BY SERVICER Section 7.01. Servicer Shall Provide Information as Reasonably Required. The Servicer shall furnish to the Owner upon request, during the term of this Agreement, such periodic, special or other reports or information, whether or not provided for herein, as shall be necessary, reasonable or appropriate with respect to the purposes of this Agreement. The Servicer may negotiate with the Owner for a reasonable fee for providing such report or information, unless (i) the Servicer is required to supply such report or information pursuant to any other section of this Agreement, or (ii) the report or information has been requested in connection with Internal Revenue Service or other regulatory agency requirements. All such reports or information shall be provided by and in accordance with all reasonable instructions and directions given by the Owner. The Servicer agrees to execute and deliver all such instruments and take all such action as the Owner, from time to time, may reasonably request in order to effectuate the purpose and to carry out the terms of this Agreement. ARTICLE VIII THE SERVICER Section 8.01. Indemnification; Third Party Claims. The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Owner, its successors and assigns, any agent of the Owner, and the Master Servicer, and hold each of such Persons harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that such Person may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer to perform in any way its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement and for breach of any representation or warranty of the Servicer contained herein. The Servicer shall immediately notify the Owner or other indemnified Person if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the consent of the Owner and such other Indemnified Person and with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Owner and such Person) the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or such other indemnified Person in respect of such claim but failure to so notify the Owner and such other indemnified Person shall not limit its obligations hereunder. The Servicer agrees that it will not enter into any settlement of any such claim without the consent of the Owner and such other indemnified Person unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Owner and such other indemnified Person from all liability that is the subject matter of such claim. The provisions of this Section 8.01 shall survive termination of this Agreement. Section 8.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer. The Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation except as permitted herein, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this Agreement. Any Person into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Servicer whether or not related to loan servicing, shall be the successor of the Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person shall be an institution (i) having a GAAP net worth of not less than $25,000,000, (ii) the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC, or which is a HUD-approved mortgagee whose primary business is in origination and servicing of first lien mortgage loans, and (iii) which is a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer in good standing. Section 8.03. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others. Neither the Servicer nor any of the officers, employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Owner for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment made in good faith; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such person against any breach of warranties or representations made herein, or failure to perform in any way its obligations in compliance with any standard of care set forth in this Agreement, or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of gross negligence or any breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Servicer and any officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by the Owner respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and which in its opinion may involve it in any expenses or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may, with the consent of the Owner, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto. In such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities for which the Owner will be liable, and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.05. Section 8.04. Servicer Not to Resign. The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except by mutual consent of the Servicer and the Owner or upon the determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Servicer. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Owner which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Owner. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the Servicer's responsibilities and obligations hereunder in the manner provided in Section 11.01. Section 8.05. No Transfer of Servicing. With respect to the retention of the Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans hereunder, the Servicer acknowledges that the Owner has acted in reliance upon the Servicer's independent status, the adequacy of its servicing facilities, plan, personnel, records and procedures, its integrity, reputation and financial standing and the continuance thereof. Without in any way limiting the generality of this section, the Servicer shall not either assign this Agreement or the servicing hereunder or delegate its rights or duties hereunder or any portion thereof, or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or assets, without the prior written approval of the Owner, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided that the Servicer may assign the Agreement and the servicing hereunder without the consent of Owner to an affiliate of the Servicer to which all servicing of the Servicer is assigned so long as (i) such affiliate is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved servicer and (ii) if it is intended that such affiliate be spun off to the shareholders of the Servicer, such affiliate have a GAAP net worth of at least $25,000,000 and (iii) such affiliate shall deliver to the Owner a certification pursuant to which such affiliate shall agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall certify that such affiliate is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved servicer in good standing. ARTICLE IX DEFAULT Section 9.01. Events of Default. In case one or more of the following Events of Default by the Servicer shall occur and be continuing, that is to say: (i) any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Owner any payment required to be made under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied for one (1) Business Day after written notice thereof (it being understood that this subparagraph shall not affect Servicer's obligation pursuant to Section 5.01 to pay default interest on any remittance received by the Owner after the Business Day on which such payment was due); or (ii) any failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Servicer set forth in this Agreement (other than those described in clause (ix) hereof), the breach of which has a material adverse effect and which continue unremedied for a period of thirty days (except that such number of days shall be fifteen in the case of a failure to pay any premium for any insurance policy required to be maintained under this Agreement and such failure shall be deemed to have a material adverse effect) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Owner; or (iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty days; or (iv) the Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or (v) the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or (vi) the Servicer ceases to be approved by either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (to the extent such entities are then operating in a capacity similar to that in which they operate on the date hereof) as a mortgage loan servicer for more than thirty days to the extent such entities perform similar functions; or (vii) the Servicer attempts to assign its right to servicing compensation hereunder or the Servicer attempts, without the consent of the Owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property or assets or to assign this Agreement or the servicing responsibilities hereunder or to delegate its duties hereunder or any portion thereof except as otherwise permitted herein; or (viii) the Servicer ceases to be qualified to transact business in any jurisdiction where it is currently so qualified, but only to the extent such non-qualification materially and adversely affects the Servicer's ability to perform its obligations hereunder; or (ix) failure by the Servicer to duly perform, within the required time period, its obligations under Section 6.04, 6.09 or any of clauses (v) through (viii) of Section 10.02; then, and in each and every such case, so long as an Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Owner, by notice in writing to the Servicer may, in addition to whatever rights the Owner may have under Section 8.01 and at law or equity to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, terminate all the rights and obligations of the Servicer (and if the Servicer is servicing any of the Mortgage Loans in a Pass-Through Transfer, appoint a successor servicer reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer for such Pass-Through Transfer) under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof without compensating the Servicer for the same. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the successor appointed pursuant to Section 11.01. Upon written request from the Owner, the Servicer shall prepare, execute and deliver, any and all documents and other instruments, place in such successor's possession all Servicing Files, and do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise, at the Servicer's sole expense. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Owner and such successor in effecting the termination of the Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to such successor for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited by the Servicer to the Custodial Account or Escrow Account or thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans or any REO Property. The Servicer shall promptly reimburse the Owner (or any designee of the Owner, such as a master servicer) and any Depositor, as applicable, for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Owner (or such designee) or such Depositor, as such are incurred, in connection with the termination of the Servicer as servicer and the transfer of servicing of the Mortgage Loans to a successor servicer, if the termination and/or transfer of servicing is for cause related to a servicer default. The provisions of this paragraph shall not limit whatever rights the Owner or any Depositor may have under other provisions of this Agreement and/or any applicable Reconstitution Agreement or otherwise, whether in equity or at law, such as an action for damages, specific performance or injunctive relief. Section 9.02. Waiver of Defaults. The Owner may waive only by written notice any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived in writing. ARTICLE X TERMINATION Section 10.01. Termination. The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Servicer shall terminate upon: (i) the later of the final payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan or the disposition of all REO Property and the remittance of all funds due hereunder; or (ii) by mutual consent of the Servicer and the Owner in writing; or (iii) termination by the Owner pursuant to Section 9.01. Simultaneously with any such termination and the transfer of servicing hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for any outstanding Servicing Advances and Monthly Advances. Section 10.02. Cooperation of Servicer with a Reconstitution. The Servicer and the Owner agree that with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans, on or after the related closing date, on one or more dates (each a "Reconstitution Date") at the Owner's sole option, the Owner may effect a sale (each, a "Reconstitution") of some or all of the Mortgage Loans then subject to this Agreement, without recourse, to: (a) one or more third party purchasers in one or more in whole loan transfers (each, a "Whole Loan Transfer"); or (b) one or more trusts or other entities to be formed as part of one or more Pass-Through Transfers. The Servicer agrees to execute in connection with any agreements among the Owner, the Servicer, and any servicer in connection with a Whole Loan Transfer, an assignment, assumption and recognition agreement, or, at Owner's request, a seller's warranties and servicing agreement or a participation and servicing agreement or similar agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the parties, and in connection with a Pass-Through Transfer, a pooling and servicing agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the parties. It is understood that any such Reconstitution Agreements will not contain any greater obligations on the part of Servicer than are contained in this Agreement. With respect to each Whole Loan Transfer and each Pass-Through Transfer entered into by the Owner, the Servicer agrees (1) to cooperate fully with the Owner and any prospective purchaser with respect to all reasonable requests and due diligence procedures; (2) to execute, deliver and perform all Reconstitution Agreements required by the Owner; (3) to restate the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement as of the settlement or closing date in connection with such Reconstitution (each, a "Reconstitution Date"). In addition, the Servicer shall provide to such servicer or issuer, as the case may be, and any other participants in such Reconstitution: (i) any and all information and appropriate verification of information which may be reasonably available to the Servicer, whether through letters of its auditors and counsel or otherwise, as the Owner or any such other participant shall request upon reasonable demand; (ii) such additional representations, warranties, covenants, opinions of counsel, letters from auditors, and certificates of public officials or officers of the Servicer as are reasonably agreed upon by the Servicer and the Owner or any such other participant; (iii) within 5 Business Days after request by the Owner, the information with respect to the Servicer (as servicer) as required by Item 1108(b) and (c) of Regulation AB, a summary of the requirements of which as of the date hereof is attached hereto as Exhibit I for convenience of reference only, as determined by Owner in its sole discretion. In the event that the Servicer has delegated any servicing responsibilities with respect to the Mortgage Loans to a Subservicer, the Servicer shall provide the information required pursuant to this clause with respect to the Subservicer; (iv) within 5 Business Days after request by the Owner, (a) information regarding any legal proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against the Servicer (as servicer) and each Subservicer as required by Item 1117 of Regulation AB, a summary of the requirements of which as of the date hereof is attached hereto as Exhibit I for convenience of reference only, as determined by Owner in its sole discretion, (b) information regarding affiliations with respect to the Servicer (as servicer) and each Subservicer as required by Item 1119(a) of Regulation AB, a summary of the requirements of which as of the date hereof is attached hereto as Exhibit I for convenience of reference only, as determined by Owner in its sole discretion, and (c) information regarding relationships and transactions with respect to the Servicer (as servicer) and each Subservicer as required by Item 1119(b) and (c) of Regulation AB, a summary of the requirements of which as of the date hereof is attached hereto as Exhibit I for convenience of reference only, as determined by Owner in its sole discretion; (v) for the purpose of satisfying the reporting obligation under the Exchange Act with respect to any class of asset-backed securities, the Servicer shall (or shall cause each Subservicer to) (i) provide prompt notice to the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor in writing of (A) any material litigation or governmental proceedings involving the Servicer or any Subservicer, (B) any affiliations or relationships that develop following the closing date of a Pass-Through Transfer between the Servicer or any Subservicer and any of the parties specified in clause (D) of paragraph (a) of this Section (and any other parties identified in writing by the requesting party) with respect to such Pass-Through Transfer, (C) any Event of Default under the terms of this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement, (D) any merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Servicer, and (E) the Servicer's entry into an agreement with a Subservicer to perform or assist in the performance of any of the Servicer's obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement and (ii) provide to the Owner and any Depositor a description of such proceedings, affiliations or relationships; (vi) as a condition to the succession to the Servicer or any Subservicer as servicer or subservicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Servicer or such Subservicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Servicer or any Subservicer, the Servicer shall provide to the Owner, the Master Servicer, and any Depositor, at least 15 calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment, (x) written notice to the Owner and any Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Owner and such Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Owner or any Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any class of asset-backed securities; (vii) in addition to such information as the Servicer, as servicer, is obligated to provide pursuant to other provisions of this Agreement, not later than ten days prior to the deadline for the filing of any distribution report on Form 10-D in respect of any Pass-Through Transfer that includes any of the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer or any Subservicer, the Servicer or such Subservicer, as applicable, shall, to the extent the Servicer or such Subservicer has knowledge, provide to the party responsible for filing such report (including, if applicable, the Master Servicer) notice of the occurrence of any of the following events along with all information, data, and materials related thereto as may be required to be included in the related distribution report on Form 10-D (as specified in the provisions of Regulation AB referenced below): (A) any material modifications, extensions or waivers of pool asset terms, fees, penalties or payments during the distribution period or that have cumulatively become material over time (Item 1121(a)(11) of Regulation AB); (B) material breaches of pool asset representations or warranties or transaction covenants (Item 1121(a)(12) of Regulation AB); and (C) information regarding new asset-backed securities issuances backed by the same pool assets, any pool asset changes (such as, additions, substitutions or repurchases), and any material changes in origination, underwriting or other criteria for acquisition or selection of pool assets (Item 1121(a)(14) of Regulation AB); and (viii) the Servicer shall provide to the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor, evidence of the authorization of the person signing any certification or statement, copies or other evidence of Fidelity Bond Insurance and Errors and Omission Insurance policy, financial information and reports, and such other information related to the Servicer or any Subservicer or the Servicer or such Subservicer's performance hereunder. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of Exhibit I and the text of the applicable Item of Regulation AB as cited above, the text of Regulation AB, its adopting release and other public statements of the SEC shall control. The Servicer shall indemnify the Owner, each affiliate of the Owner, and each of the following parties participating in a Pass-Through Transfer: each issuing entity; each Person (including, but not limited to, the Master Servicer, if applicable) responsible for the preparation, execution or filing of any report required to be filed with the Commission with respect to such Pass-Through Transfer, or for execution of a certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect to such Pass-Through Transfer; each broker dealer acting as underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser, each Person who controls any of such parties or the Depositor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act); and the respective present and former directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates of each of the foregoing and of the Depositor (each, an "Indemnified Party"), and shall hold each of them harmless from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising out of or based upon: (i)(A) any untrue statement of a material fact contained or alleged to be contained in any information, report, certification, data, accountants' letter or other material provided under this Section 10.02 by or on behalf of the Servicer, or provided under this Section 10.02, Sections 6.04 and 6.09 and by or on behalf of any Subservicer or Subcontractor (collectively, the "Servicer Information"), or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Servicer Information a material fact required to be stated in the Servicer Information or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, by way of clarification, that clause (B) of this paragraph shall be construed solely by reference to the Servicer Information and not to any other information communicated in connection with a sale or purchase of securities, without regard to whether the Servicer Information or any portion thereof is presented together with or separately from such other information; (ii) any breach by the Servicer of its obligations under this Section 10.02, including particularly any failure by the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor to deliver any information, report, certification, accountants' letter or other material when and as required under this Section 10.02, including any failure by the Servicer to identify pursuant to Section 11.15 any Subcontractor "participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB; (iii) any breach by the Servicer of a representation or warranty set forth in Section Article III or in a writing furnished pursuant to clause (h) of Article III and made as of a date prior to the closing date of the related Pass-Through Transfer, to the extent that such breach is not cured by such closing date, or any breach by the Servicer of a representation or warranty in a writing furnished pursuant to clause (h) of Article III to the extent made as of a date subsequent to such closing date; or (iv) the negligence bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection with its performance under this Section 10.02. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party, then the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of any claims, losses, damages or liabilities incurred by such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of such Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Servicer on the other. In the case of any failure of performance described above, the Servicer shall promptly reimburse the Owner, any Depositor, as applicable, and each Person responsible for the preparation, execution or filing of any report required to be filed with the Commission with respect to such Pass-Through Transfer, or for execution of a certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(d) or Rule 15d-14(d) under the Exchange Act with respect to such Pass-Through Transfer, for all costs reasonably incurred by each such party in order to obtain the information, report, certification, accountants' letter or other material not delivered pursuant to this Section or Section 6.04 or Section 6.09 as required by the Servicer, any Subservicer or any Subcontractor. This indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the termination of any party to this Agreement. All Mortgage Loans not sold or transferred pursuant to a Whole Loan Transfer or Pass Through Transfer shall be subject to this Agreement and shall continue to be serviced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and with respect thereto this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Section 10.03. Master Servicer. The Servicer, including any successor servicer hereunder, shall be subject to the supervision of the Master Servicer, which Master Servicer shall be obligated to ensure that the Servicer services the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer, acting on behalf of the Owner, shall have the same rights as the Owner to enforce the obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement upon the failure of the Servicer to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement if such failure constitutes an Event of Default as provided in Article IX of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall the Master Servicer assume any of the obligations of the Owner under this Agreement. ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 11.01. Successor to the Servicer. Prior to termination of the Servicer's responsibilities and duties under this Agreement pursuant to Sections 8.04, 9.01 or 10.01(ii), the Owner shall (i) succeed to and assume all of the Servicer's responsibilities, rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) appoint a successor having the characteristics set forth in Section 8.02 hereof and which shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Servicer under this Agreement prior to the termination of the Servicer's responsibilities, duties and liabilities under this Agreement. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Owner may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as the Owner and such successor shall agree. In the event that the Servicer's duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement should be terminated pursuant to the aforementioned sections, the Servicer shall discharge such duties and responsibilities during the period from the date it acquires knowledge of such termination until the effective date thereof with the same degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under this Agreement, and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or prejudice the rights or financial condition of its successor. The resignation or removal of the Servicer pursuant to the aforementioned sections shall not become effective until a successor shall be appointed pursuant to this section and shall in no event relieve the Servicer of the representations and warranties made pursuant to Article III and the remedies available to the Owner under Section 8.01, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of such Article III and Section 8.01 shall be applicable to the Servicer notwithstanding any such resignation or termination of the Servicer, or the termination of this Agreement. Any successor appointed as provided herein shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Servicer and to the Owner an instrument accepting such appointment, whereupon such successor shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Servicer, with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement. Any termination or resignation of the Servicer or this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.04, 9.01 or 10.01 shall not affect any claims that the Owner may have against the Servicer arising prior to any such termination or resignation. The Servicer shall promptly deliver to the successor the funds in the Custodial Account and the Escrow Account and the Servicing Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder and the Servicer shall account for all funds. The Servicer shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things all as may reasonably be required to more fully and definitely vest and confirm in the successor all such rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Servicer. The successor shall make such arrangements as it may deem appropriate to reimburse the Servicer for unrecovered Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances which the successor retains hereunder and which would otherwise have been recovered by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement but for the appointment of the successor servicer. Upon a successor's acceptance of appointment as such, the Servicer shall notify the Owner of such appointment. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with replacing the Servicer upon its resignation or the termination of the Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, (i) all legal costs and expenses and all due diligence costs and expenses associated with an evaluation of the potential termination of the Servicer as a result of an Event of Default and (ii) all costs and expenses associated with the complete transfer of servicing, including all servicing files and all servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required by the successor servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor service to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement, shall be payable on demand by the resigning or terminated Servicer without any right of reimbursement therefor. Section 11.02. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Servicer and the Owner by written agreement signed by the Servicer and the Owner. Section 11.03. Recordation of Agreement. To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any of all the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Servicer at the Owner's expense on direction of the Owner accompanied by an opinion of counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interest of the Owner or is necessary for the administration or servicing the Mortgage Loans. Section 11.04. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. Section 11.05. Notices. Any demands, notices or other communications permitted or required hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed conclusively to have been given if personally delivered at or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, and return receipt requested or transmitted by telecopier and confirmed by a similar mailed writing, as follows: (i) if to the Servicer: EMC Mortgage Corporation 2780 Lake Vista Drive Lewisville, TX 75067 Attention: General Counsel Facsimile: (214) 626-4889 (ii) if to the Owner: Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. 383 Madison Ave. New York, New York 10179 Attention: Global Credit Administration Telecopier No.: (212) 272-5591 (iii) if to the Master Servicer: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association P.O. Box 98 Columbia, Maryland 21046 Attention: Master Servicing - Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust 2007-2 And for overnight delivery to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 9062 Old Annapolis Road Columbia, Maryland 21045 Attention: Master Servicing - Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust 2007-2 Telecopier No.: (410) 715-2380 or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other party by like notice. Any such demand, notice, or communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been received on the date delivered to or received at the premises of the address (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the date noted on the return receipt). Section 11.06. Severability of Provisions. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or which is held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective, as to such jurisdiction, to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof. If the invalidity of any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement shall deprive any party of the economic benefit intended to be conferred by this Agreement, the parties shall negotiate, in good faith, to develop a structure the economic effect of which is nearly as possible the same as the economic effect of this Agreement without regard to such invalidity. Section 11.07. Exhibits The exhibits to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof and are an integral part of this Agreement. Section 11.08. General Interpretive Principles. For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in this Agreement and include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other gender; (ii) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (iii) references herein to "Articles," "Sections," "Subsections," "Paragraphs," and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Articles, Sections, Subsections, Paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement; (iv) a reference to a Subsection without further reference to a Section is a reference to such Subsection as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to Paragraphs and other subdivisions; (v) the words "herein," "hereof," "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision; and (vi) the term "include" or "including" shall mean without limitation by reason of enumeration. Section 11.09. Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating hereto, including, without limitation, (i) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be executed, (ii) documents received by any party at the closing, and (iii) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar process. The parties agree that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party in the regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. Section 11.10. Confidentiality of Information. Each party recognizes that, in connection with this Agreement, it may become privy to non-public information regarding the financial condition, operations and prospects of the other party. Except as required to be disclosed by law, each party agrees to keep all non-public information regarding the other party strictly confidential, and to use all such information solely in order to effectuate the purpose of this Agreement. Section 11.11. Assignment by the Owner. The Owner shall have the right, without the consent of the Servicer hereof, to assign, in whole or in part, its interest under this Agreement with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans, and designate any person to exercise any rights of the Owner hereunder, by executing an assignment and assumption agreement reasonably acceptable to the Servicer and the assignee or designee shall accede to the rights and obligations hereunder of the Owner with respect to such Mortgage Loans. In no event shall Owner sell a partial interest in any Mortgage Loan. All references to the Owner in this Agreement shall be deemed to include its assignees or designees. It is understood and agreed between the Owners and the Servicer that no more than five (5) Persons shall have the right of owner under this Agreement at any one time. Section 11.12. No Partnership. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a co-partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto and the services of the Servicer shall be rendered as an independent contractor and not as agent for Owner. Section 11.13. Execution, Successors and Assigns. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. Subject to Section 8.05, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Servicer and the Owner and their respective successors and assigns. Section 11.14. Entire Agreement. Each of the Servicer and the Owner acknowledge that no representations, agreements or promises were made to it by the other party or any of its employees other than those representations, agreements or promises specifically contained herein. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding between the parties hereto and shall be binding upon all successors of both parties. Section 11.15. Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors. (a) The Servicer shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subservicer to fulfill any of the obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Servicer complies with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section. The Servicer shall not hire or otherwise utilize the services of any Subcontractor, and shall not permit any Subservicer to hire or otherwise utilize the servicers of any Subcontractor, to fulfill any of the obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement unless the Servicer complies with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section. The Servicer must notify the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor in writing of any affiliations or relationships that develop following the closing date between the Servicer or any Subservicer. (b) The Servicer shall cause any Subservicer used by the Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Owner and any Depositor to comply with the provisions of this Section and with clauses (g) and (j) of Article III, Sections 6.04, 6.09 and 10.02 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subservicer were the Owner, and to provide the information required with respect to such Subservicer under Section 3.01(i) of this Agreement. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subservicer and delivering to the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor any Annual Statement of Compliance required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section 6.04(a), any Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report required to be delivered by such Subservicer under Section 6.09, any Annual Certification required under Section 6.04(b), any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure and any Form 8-K Disclosure Information, as and when required to be delivered. (c) The Servicer shall promptly upon request provide to the Owner, the Master Servicer and any Depositor (or any designee of the Depositor, such as an administrator) a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Owner, the Master Servicer and such Depositor) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by the Servicer or any Subservicer, specifying (i) the identity of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are "participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph. (d) As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be "participating in the servicing function" within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, the Servicer shall cause any such Subcontractor used by the Servicer (or by any Subservicer) for the benefit of the Owner and any Depositor to comply with the provisions of Sections 6.07 and 10.02 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Servicer. The Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to the Owner and any Depositor any Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report and other certificates required to be delivered by such Subservicer and such Subcontractor under Section 6.09 (and any Annual Certification required under Section 6.09(b)), in each case as and when required to be delivered. 11.16. Third Party Beneficiary For purposes of this Agreement, each Master Servicer shall be considered a third party beneficiary to this Agreement, entitled to all the rights and benefits hereof as if it were a direct party to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer and the Owner have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date and year first above written. EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Servicer By: /s/ Gail Andrews Name: Gail Andrews Title: Senior Vice President STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC. Owner By: /s/ Baron Silverstein Name: Baron Silverstein Title: Senior Managing Director
EXHIBIT A MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE [Provided Upon Request]
EXHIBIT B CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT (date) To:______________________ _________________________ _________________________ (the "Depository") As "Servicer" under the Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007, (the "Agreement"), we hereby authorize and request you to establish an account, as a Custodial Account pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Agreement, to be designated as "BSALTA 2007-2 Custodial Account, in trust for SAMI II, Owner of Whole Loan Mortgages, and various Mortgagors." All deposits in the account shall be subject to withdrawal therefrom by order signed by the Servicer. You may refuse any deposit which would result in violation of the requirement that the account be fully insured as described below. This letter is submitted to you in duplicate. Please execute and return one original to us. By:____________________ Name:__________________ Title:_________________ The undersigned, as "Depository", hereby certifies that the above described account has been established under Account Number __________, at the office of the depository indicated above, and agrees to honor withdrawals on such account as provided above. The full amount deposited at any time in the account will be insured up to applicable limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation through the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund or will be invested in Permitted Investments as defined in the Agreement. [ ] (name of Depository) By:____________________ Name:__________________ Title:_________________
EXHIBIT C ESCROW ACCOUNT LETTER AGREEMENT (date) To:___________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ (the "Depository") As "Servicer" under the Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2007 (the "Agreement"), we hereby authorize and request you to establish an account, as an Escrow Account pursuant to Section 4.06 of the Agreement, to be designated as "BSALTA 2007-2 Escrow Account, in trust for SAMI II, Owner of Whole Loan Mortgages, and various Mortgagors." All deposits in the account shall be subject to withdrawal therefrom by order signed by the Servicer. You may refuse any deposit which would result in violation of the requirement that the account be fully insured as described below. This letter is submitted to you in duplicate. Please execute and return one original to us. By:____________________ Name:__________________ Title:_________________ The undersigned, as "Depository", hereby certifies that the above described account has been established under Account Number __________, at the office of the depository indicated above, and agrees to honor withdrawals on such account as provided above. The full amount deposited at any time in the account will be insured up to applicable limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation through the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund or will be invested in Permitted Investments as defined in the Agreement. [ ] (name of Depository) By:____________________ Name:__________________ Title:_________________
EXHIBIT D REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS To: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 1015 10th Avenue S.E. Mpls., MN 55414 Attn: ________________ Re: Custodial Agreement dated as of November 30, 1999, between EMC Mortgage Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you as Custodian for the Owner pursuant to the above-captioned Custody Agreement, we request the release, and hereby acknowledge receipt, of the Custodian's Mortgage File for the Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated. Mortgage Loan Number: Mortgagor Name, Address & Zip Code: Reason for Requesting Documents (check one): _______ 1. Mortgage Paid in Full _______ 2. Foreclosure _______ 3. Substitution _______ 4. Other Liquidation (Repurchases, etc.) _______ 5. Nonliquidation [Reason:_______________________________] Address to which Custodian should Deliver the Custodian's Mortgage File: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ By:_______________________________________ (authorized signer) Issuer:_____________________________________ Address:___________________________________ ___________________________________ Date:______________________________________ Custodian Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature and date below: ____________________________________ _________________ Signature Date Documents returned to Custodian: ____________________________________ _________________ Custodian Date
EXHIBIT E REPORTING DATA FOR MONTHLY REPORT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Standard Loan Level File Layout - Master Servicing _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exhibit 1: Layout _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Max Column Name Description Decimal Format Comment Size _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Each file requires the following fields: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SER_INVESTOR_NBR A value assigned by the Servicer to define a Text up to 20 digits group of loans. 20 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOAN_NBR A unique identifier assigned to each loan by Text up to 10 digits the investor. 10 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERVICER_LOAN_NBR A unique number assigned to a loan by the Text up to 10 digits Servicer. This may be different than the 10 LOAN_NBR. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SCHED_PAY_AMT Scheduled monthly principal and scheduled 2 No commas(,) or interest payment that a borrower is expected to dollar signs ($) 11 pay, P&I constant. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE_INT_RATE The loan interest rate as reported by the 4 Max length of 6 Servicer. 6 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NET_INT_RATE The loan gross interest rate less the service 4 Max length of 6 fee rate as reported by the Servicer. 6 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_FEE_RATE The servicer's fee rate for a loan as reported 4 Max length of 6 by the Servicer. 6 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_FEE_AMT The servicer's fee amount for a loan as 2 No commas(,) or reported by the Servicer. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW_PAY_AMT The new loan payment amount as reported by the 2 No commas(,) or Servicer. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW_LOAN_RATE The new loan rate as reported by the Servicer. 4 Max length of 6 6 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ARM_INDEX_RATE The index the Servicer is using to calculate a 4 Max length of 6 forecasted rate. 6 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACTL_BEG_PRIN_BAL The borrower's actual principal balance at the 2 No commas(,) or beginning of the processing cycle. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACTL_END_PRIN_BAL The borrower's actual principal balance at the 2 No commas(,) or end of the processing cycle. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BORR_NEXT_PAY_DUE_DATE The date at the end of processing cycle that MM/DD/YYYY the borrower's next payment is due to the 10 Servicer, as reported by Servicer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_CURT_AMT_1 The first curtailment amount to be applied. 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_CURT_DATE_1 The curtailment date associated with the first MM/DD/YYYY curtailment amount. 10 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CURT_ADJ_ AMT_1 The curtailment interest on the first 2 No commas(,) or curtailment amount, if applicable. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_CURT_AMT_2 The second curtailment amount to be applied. 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_CURT_DATE_2 The curtailment date associated with the second MM/DD/YYYY curtailment amount. 10 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CURT_ADJ_ AMT_2 The curtailment interest on the second 2 No commas(,) or curtailment amount, if applicable. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exhibit 1: Continued Standard Loan Level File Layout _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Max Column Name Description Decimal Format Comment Size _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_CURT_AMT_3 The third curtailment amount to be applied. 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_CURT_DATE_3 The curtailment date associated with the third MM/DD/YYYY curtailment amount. 10 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CURT_ADJ_AMT_3 The curtailment interest on the third 2 No commas(,) or curtailment amount, if applicable. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PIF_AMT The loan "paid in full" amount as reported by 2 No commas(,) or the Servicer. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PIF_DATE The paid in full date as reported by the MM/DD/YYYY Servicer. 10 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Action Code Key: ACTION_CODE The standard FNMA numeric code used to indicate 15=Bankruptcy, 2 the default/delinquent status of a particular 30=Foreclosure, , loan. 60=PIF, 63=Substitution, 65=Repurchase,70=REO _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INT_ADJ_AMT The amount of the interest adjustment as 2 No commas(,) or reported by the Servicer. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SOLDIER_SAILOR_ADJ_AMT The Soldier and Sailor Adjustment amount, if 2 No commas(,) or applicable. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NON_ADV_LOAN_AMT The Non Recoverable Loan Amount, if applicable. 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOAN_LOSS_AMT The amount the Servicer is passing as a loss, 2 No commas(,) or if applicable. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Plus the following applicable fields: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SCHED_BEG_PRIN_BAL The scheduled outstanding principal amount due 2 No commas(,) or at the beginning of the cycle date to be passed dollar signs ($) 11 through to investors. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SCHED_END_PRIN_BAL The scheduled principal balance due to 2 No commas(,) or investors at the end of a processing cycle. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SCHED_PRIN_AMT The scheduled principal amount as reported by 2 No commas(,) or the Servicer for the current cycle -- only dollar signs ($) 11 applicable for Scheduled/Scheduled Loans. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SCHED_NET_INT The scheduled gross interest amount less the 2 No commas(,) or service fee amount for the current cycle as dollar signs ($) 11 reported by the Servicer -- only applicable for Scheduled/Scheduled Loans. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACTL_PRIN_AMT The actual principal amount collected by the 2 No commas(,) or Servicer for the current reporting cycle -- dollar signs ($) 11 only applicable for Actual/Actual Loans. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACTL_NET_INT The actual gross interest amount less the 2 No commas(,) or service fee amount for the current reporting dollar signs ($) 11 cycle as reported by the Servicer -- only applicable for Actual/Actual Loans. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PREPAY_PENALTY_ AMT The penalty amount received when a borrower 2 No commas(,) or prepays on his loan as reported by the dollar signs ($) 11 Servicer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PREPAY_PENALTY_ WAIVED The prepayment penalty amount for the loan 2 No commas(,) or waived by the servicer. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exhibit 1: Continued Standard Loan Level File Layout _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Max Column Name Description Decimal Format Comment Size _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MOD_DATE The Effective Payment Date of the Modification MM/DD/YYYY for the loan. 10 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MOD_TYPE The Modification Type. Varchar - value can be alpha or numeric 30 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DELINQ_P&I_ADVANCE_AMT The current outstanding principal and interest 2 No commas(,) or advances made by Servicer. dollar signs ($) 11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Flag to indicate if the repurchase of a loan is Y=Breach BREACH_FLAG due to a breach of Representations and N=NO Breach 1 Warranties Let blank if N/A _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exhibit 2: Monthly Summary Report by Single Investor MONTHLY SUMMARY REPORT For Month Ended:________mm/dd/yyyy Servicer Name_____________________________ Prepared by:_________________________Investor Nbr_______________________________ Section 1. Remittances and Ending Balances - Required Data _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Beginning Ending Total Monthly Total Ending Unpaid Total Monthly Principal Loan Count Loan Count Remittance Amou Principal Balance Balance _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 0 0 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Principal Calculation 1. Monthly Principal Due + $0.00 __________________ 2. Current Curtailments + $0.00 __________________ 3. Liquidations + $0.00 __________________ 4. Other (attach explanation) + $0.00 __________________ 5. Principal Due $0.00 __________________ 6. Interest (reported "gross") + $0.00 __________________ 7. Interest Adjustments on Curtailments + $0.00 __________________ 8. Servicing Fees - $0.00 __________________ 9. Other Interest (attach explanation) + $0.00 __________________ 10. Interest Due (need to subtract ser fee) $0.00 __________________ Remittance Calculation 11. Total Principal and Interest Due (lines 5+10) + $0.00 __________________ 12. Reimbursement of Non-Recoverable Advances - $0.00 __________________ 13. Total Realized gains + $0.00 __________________ 14. Total Realized Losses - $0.00 __________________ 15. Total Prepayment Penalties + $0.00 __________________ 16. Total Non-Supported Compensating Interest - $0.00 __________________ 17. Other (attach explanation) $0.00 __________________ 18. Net Funds Due on or before Remittance Date $ $0.00 __________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Section 2. Delinquency Report - Optional Data for Loan Accounting _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Installments Delinquent _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total No. Total No. In Total Dollar Real Estate of of 30- 60- 90 or more Foreclosure Amount of Owned Loans Delinquencies Days Days Days (Optional) Delinquencies (Optional) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Section 3. REG AB Summary Reporting - REPORT ALL APPLICABLE FIELDS _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REG AB FIELDS LOAN COUNT BALANCE _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PREPAYMENT PENALTY AMT 0 $0.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PREPAYMENT PENALTY AMT WAIVED 0 $0.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DELINQUENCY P&I AMOUNT 0 $0.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
EXHIBIT F REPORTING DATA FOR DEFAULTED LOANS Exhibit : Standard File Layout - Delinquency Reporting *The column/header names in bold are the minimum fields Wells Fargo must receive from every Servicer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Column/Header Name Description Decimal Format Comment ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERVICER_LOAN_NBR A unique number assigned to a loan by the Servicer. This may be different than the LOAN_NBR ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOAN_NBR A unique identifier assigned to each loan by the originator. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CLIENT_NBR Servicer Client Number ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SERV_INVESTOR_NBR Contains a unique number as assigned by an external servicer to identify a group of loans in their system. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BORROWER_FIRST_NAME First Name of the Borrower. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BORROWER_LAST_NAME Last name of the borrower. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PROP_ADDRESS Street Name and Number of Property ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PROP_STATE The state where the property located. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PROP_ZIP Zip code where the property is located. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BORR_NEXT_PAY_DUE_DATE The date that the borrower's next payment is due to the MM/DD/YYYY servicer at the end of processing cycle, as reported by Servicer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOAN_TYPE Loan Type (i.e. FHA, VA, Conv) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BANKRUPTCY_FILED_DATE The date a particular bankruptcy claim was filed. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BANKRUPTCY_CHAPTER_CODE The chapter under which the bankruptcy was filed. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BANKRUPTCY_CASE_NBR The case number assigned by the court to the bankruptcy filing. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ POST_PETITION_DUE_DATE The payment due date once the bankruptcy has been approved by MM/DD/YYYY the courts ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BANKRUPTCY_DCHRG_DISM_DATE The Date The Loan Is Removed From Bankruptcy. Either by MM/DD/YYYY Dismissal, Discharged and/or a Motion For Relief Was Granted. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOSS_MIT_APPR_DATE The Date The Loss Mitigation Was Approved By The Servicer MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOSS_MIT_TYPE The Type Of Loss Mitigation Approved For A Loan Such As; ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOSS_MIT_EST_COMP_DATE The Date The Loss Mitigation /Plan Is Scheduled To End/Close MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOSS_MIT_ACT_COMP_DATE The Date The Loss Mitigation Is Actually Completed MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FRCLSR_APPROVED_DATE The date DA Admin sends a letter to the servicer with MM/DD/YYYY instructions to begin foreclosure proceedings. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ATTORNEY_REFERRAL_DATE Date File Was Referred To Attorney to Pursue Foreclosure MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FIRST_LEGAL_DATE Notice of 1st legal filed by an Attorney in a Foreclosure MM/DD/YYYY Action ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FRCLSR_SALE_EXPECTED_DATE The date by which a foreclosure sale is expected to occur. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FRCLSR_SALE_DATE The actual date of the foreclosure sale. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FRCLSR_SALE_AMT The amount a property sold for at the foreclosure sale. 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EVICTION_START_DATE The date the servicer initiates eviction of the borrower. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EVICTION_COMPLETED_DATE The date the court revokes legal possession of the property MM/DD/YYYY from the borrower. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LIST_PRICE The price at which an REO property is marketed. 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LIST_DATE The date an REO property is listed at a particular price. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OFFER_AMT The dollar value of an offer for an REO property. 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OFFER_DATE_TIME The date an offer is received by DA Admin or by the Servicer. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REO_CLOSING_DATE The date the REO sale of the property is scheduled to close. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REO_ACTUAL_CLOSING_DATE Actual Date Of REO Sale MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OCCUPANT_CODE Classification of how the property is occupied. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PROP_CONDITION_CODE A code that indicates the condition of the property. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PROP_INSPECTION_DATE The date a property inspection is performed. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ APPRAISAL_DATE The date the appraisal was done. MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CURR_PROP_VAL The current "as is" value of the property based on brokers 2 price opinion or appraisal. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REPAIRED_PROP_VAL The amount the property would be worth if repairs are 2 completed pursuant to a broker's price opinion or appraisal. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If applicable: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DELINQ_STATUS_CODE FNMA Code Describing Status of Loan ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DELINQ_REASON_CODE The circumstances which caused a borrower to stop paying on a loan. Code indicates the reason why the loan is in default for this cycle. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MI_CLAIM_FILED_DATE Date Mortgage Insurance Claim Was Filed With Mortgage MM/DD/YYYY Insurance Company. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MI_CLAIM_AMT Amount of Mortgage Insurance Claim Filed No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MI_CLAIM_PAID_DATE Date Mortgage Insurance Company Disbursed Claim Payment MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MI_CLAIM_AMT_PAID Amount Mortgage Insurance Company Paid On Claim 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ POOL_CLAIM_FILED_DATE Date Claim Was Filed With Pool Insurance Company MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ POOL_CLAIM_AMT Amount of Claim Filed With Pool Insurance Company 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ POOL_CLAIM_PAID_DATE Date Claim Was Settled and The Check Was Issued By The Pool MM/DD/YYYY Insurer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ POOL_CLAIM_AMT_PAID Amount Paid On Claim By Pool Insurance Company 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_FILED_DATE Date FHA Part A Claim Was Filed With HUD MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_AMT Amount of FHA Part A Claim Filed 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_PAID_DATE Date HUD Disbursed Part A Claim Payment MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_PAID_AMT Amount HUD Paid on Part A Claim 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_FILED_DATE Date FHA Part B Claim Was Filed With HUD MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_AMT Amount of FHA Part B Claim Filed 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_PAID_DATE Date HUD Disbursed Part B Claim Payment MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_PAID_AMT Amount HUD Paid on Part B Claim 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ VA_CLAIM_FILED_DATE Date VA Claim Was Filed With the Veterans Admin MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ VA_CLAIM_PAID_DATE Date Veterans Admin. Disbursed VA Claim Payment MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ VA_CLAIM_PAID_AMT Amount Veterans Admin. Paid on VA Claim 2 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MOTION_FOR_RELIEF_DATE The date the Motion for Relief was filed 10 MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FRCLSR_BID_AMT The foreclosure sale bid amount 11 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FRCLSR_SALE_TYPE The foreclosure sales results: REO, Third Party, Conveyance to HUD/VA ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REO_PROCEEDS The net proceeds from the sale of the REO property. No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BPO_DATE The date the BPO was done. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CURRENT_FICO The current FICO score ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HAZARD_CLAIM_FILED_DATE The date the Hazard Claim was filed with the Hazard Insurance 10 MM/DD/YYYY Company. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HAZARD_CLAIM_AMT The amount of the Hazard Insurance Claim filed. 11 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HAZARD_CLAIM_PAID_DATE The date the Hazard Insurance Company disbursed the claim 10 MM/DD/YYYY payment. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HAZARD_CLAIM_PAID_AMT The amount the Hazard Insurance Company paid on the claim. 11 No commas(,) or dollar signs ($) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION_CODE Indicates loan status Number ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOD_DATE MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOI_DATE MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACTUAL_PAYMENT_PLAN_START_DATE MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACTUAL_PAYMENT_ PLAN_END_DATE ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACTUAL_REO_START_DATE MM/DD/YYYY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REO_SALES_PRICE Number ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REALIZED_LOSS/GAIN As defined in the Servicing Agreement Number ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exhibit 2: Standard File Codes - Delinquency Reporting The Loss Mit Type field should show the approved Loss Mitigation Code as follows: o ASUM- Approved Assumption o BAP- Borrower Assistance Program o CO- Charge Off o DIL- Deed-in-Lieu o FFA- Formal Forbearance Agreement o MOD- Loan Modification o PRE- Pre-Sale o SS- Short Sale o MISC- Anything else approved by the PMI or Pool Insurer NOTE: Wells Fargo Bank will accept alternative Loss Mitigation Types to those above, provided that they are consistent with industry standards. If Loss Mitigation Types other than those above are used, the Servicer must supply Wells Fargo Bank with a description of each of the Loss Mitigation Types prior to sending the file. The Occupant Code field should show the current status of the property code as follows: o Mortgagor o Tenant o Unknown o Vacant The Property Condition field should show the last reported condition of the property as follows: o Damaged o Excellent o Fair o Gone o Good o Poor o Special Hazard o Unknown Exhibit 2: Standard File Codes - Delinquency Reporting, Continued The FNMA Delinquent Reason Code field should show the Reason for Delinquency as follows: __________________________________________________________________________________ Delinquency Code Delinquency Description __________________________________________________________________________________ 001 FNMA-Death of principal mortgagor __________________________________________________________________________________ 002 FNMA-Illness of principal mortgagor __________________________________________________________________________________ 003 FNMA-Illness of mortgagor's family member __________________________________________________________________________________ 004 FNMA-Death of mortgagor's family member __________________________________________________________________________________ 005 FNMA-Marital difficulties __________________________________________________________________________________ 006 FNMA-Curtailment of income __________________________________________________________________________________ 007 FNMA-Excessive Obligation __________________________________________________________________________________ 008 FNMA-Abandonment of property __________________________________________________________________________________ 009 FNMA-Distant employee transfer __________________________________________________________________________________ 011 FNMA-Property problem __________________________________________________________________________________ 012 FNMA-Inability to sell property __________________________________________________________________________________ 013 FNMA-Inability to rent property __________________________________________________________________________________ 014 FNMA-Military Service __________________________________________________________________________________ 015 FNMA-Other __________________________________________________________________________________ 016 FNMA-Unemployment __________________________________________________________________________________ 017 FNMA-Business failure __________________________________________________________________________________ 019 FNMA-Casualty loss __________________________________________________________________________________ 022 FNMA-Energy environment costs __________________________________________________________________________________ 023 FNMA-Servicing problems __________________________________________________________________________________ 026 FNMA-Payment adjustment __________________________________________________________________________________ 027 FNMA-Payment dispute __________________________________________________________________________________ 029 FNMA-Transfer of ownership pending __________________________________________________________________________________ 030 FNMA-Fraud __________________________________________________________________________________ 031 FNMA-Unable to contact borrower __________________________________________________________________________________ INC FNMA-Incarceration __________________________________________________________________________________ Exhibit 2: Standard File Codes - Delinquency Reporting, Continued The FNMA Delinquent Status Code field should show the Status of Default as follows: ________________________________________________________________________________ Status Code Status Description ________________________________________________________________________________ 09 Forbearance ________________________________________________________________________________ 17 Pre-foreclosure Sale Closing Plan Accepted ________________________________________________________________________________ 24 Government Seizure ________________________________________________________________________________ 26 Refinance ________________________________________________________________________________ 27 Assumption ________________________________________________________________________________ 28 Modification ________________________________________________________________________________ 29 Charge-Off ________________________________________________________________________________ 30 Third Party Sale ________________________________________________________________________________ 31 Probate ________________________________________________________________________________ 32 Military Indulgence ________________________________________________________________________________ 43 Foreclosure Started ________________________________________________________________________________ 44 Deed-in-Lieu Started ________________________________________________________________________________ 49 Assignment Completed ________________________________________________________________________________ 61 Second Lien Considerations ________________________________________________________________________________ 62 Veteran's Affairs-No Bid ________________________________________________________________________________ 63 Veteran's Affairs-Refund ________________________________________________________________________________ 64 Veteran's Affairs-Buydown ________________________________________________________________________________ 65 Chapter 7 Bankruptcy ________________________________________________________________________________ 66 Chapter 11 Bankruptcy ________________________________________________________________________________ 67 Chapter 13 Bankruptcy ________________________________________________________________________________
EXHIBIT G FORM OF SERVICER CERTIFICATION Re: The [ ] agreement dated as of [ l, 200[ ] (the "Agreement"), among [IDENTIFY PARTIES] I, ____________________________, the _______________________ of [NAME OF COMPANY] (the "Company"), certify to [the Purchaser], [the Depositor], and the [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee], and their officers, with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that: I have reviewed the servicer compliance statement of the Company provided in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (the "Compliance Statement"), the report on assessment of the Company's compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the "Servicing Criteria"), provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the "Servicing Assessment"), the registered public accounting firm's attestation report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB (the "Attestation Report"), and all servicing reports, Officer's Certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Company during 200[ ] that were delivered by the Company to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee] pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the "Company Servicing Information"); Based on my knowledge, the Company Servicing Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period of time covered by the Company Servicing Information; Based on my knowledge, all of the Company Servicing Information required to be provided by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer] [Securities Administrator] [Trustee]; I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Company as servicer under the Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Compliance Statement and except as disclosed in the Compliance Statement, the Servicing Assessment or the Attestation Report, the Company has fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects; and The Compliance Statement required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, and the Servicing Assessment and Attestation Report required to be provided by the Company and by any Subservicer and Subcontractor pursuant to the Agreement, have been provided to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed to the [Depositor] [Master Servicer]. Any material instance of noncompliance with the Servicing Criteria has been disclosed in such reports.
EXHIBIT H SUMMARY OF REGULATION AB SERVICING CRITERIA NOTE: This Exhibit H is provided for convenience of reference only. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Exhibit H and the text of Regulation AB, the text of Regulation AB, its adopting release and other public statements of the SEC shall control. Item 1122(d) (a) General servicing considerations. (1) Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements. (2) If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party's performance and compliance with such servicing activities. (3) Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained. (4) A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements. (b) Cash collection and administration. (1) Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. (2) Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. (3) Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements. (4) The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements. (5) Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, "federally insured depository institution" with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act. (6) Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. (7) Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 45 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. (c) Investor remittances and reporting. (1) Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors' or the trustee's records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Servicer. (2) Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. (3) Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer's investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. (4) Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. (d) Mortgage Loan administration. (1) Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents. (2) Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements. (3) Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements. (4) Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer's obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents. (5) The Servicer's records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer's records with respect to an obligor's unpaid principal balance. (6) Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related mortgage loan documents. (7) Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements. (8) Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity's activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). (9) Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents. (10) Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor's mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. (11) Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the Servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. (12) Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the Servicer's funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor's error or omission. (13) Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor's records maintained by the Servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. (14) Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectable accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements. (15) Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.
EXHIBIT I SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE REGULATION AB REQUIREMENTS NOTE: This Exhibit I is provided for convenience of reference only. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Exhibit I and the text of Regulation AB, the text of Regulation AB, its adopting release and other public statements of the SEC shall control. Item 1108(b) and (c) Provide the following information with respect to each servicer that will service, including interim service, 20% or more of the mortgage loans in any loan group in the securitization issued in the Pass-Through Transfer: -a description of the Owner's form of organization; -a description of how long the Servicer has been servicing residential mortgage loans; a general discussion of the Servicer's experience in servicing assets of any type as well as a more detailed discussion of the Servicer's experience in, and procedures for the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements; information regarding the size, composition and growth of the Servicer's portfolio of mortgage loans of the type similar to the Mortgage Loans and information on factors related to the Servicer that may be material to any analysis of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans or the related asset-backed securities, as applicable, including whether any default or servicing related performance trigger has occurred as to any other securitization due to any act or failure to act of the Servicer, whether any material noncompliance with applicable servicing criteria as to any other securitization has been disclosed or reported by the Servicer, and the extent of outsourcing the Servicer uses; -a description of any material changes to the Servicer's policies or procedures in the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreements for mortgage loans of the type similar to the Mortgage Loans during the past three years; -information regarding the Servicer's financial condition to the extent that there is a material risk that the effect on one or more aspects of servicing resulting from such financial condition could have a material impact on the performance of the securities issued in the Pass-Through Transfer, or on servicing of mortgage loans of the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans; -any special or unique factors involved in servicing loans of the same type as the Mortgage Loans, and the Servicer's processes and procedures designed to address such factors; -statistical information regarding principal and interest advances made by the Servicer on the Mortgage Loans and the Servicer's overall servicing portfolio for the past three years; and -the Owner's process for handling delinquencies, losses, bankruptcies and recoveries, such as through liquidation of REO Properties, foreclosure, sale of the Mortgage Loans or workouts. Item 1117 -describe any legal proceedings pending against the Servicer or against any of its property, including any proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities, that may be material to the holders of the securities issued in the Pass-Through Transfer. Item 1119(a) -describe any affiliations of the Servicer, each other originator of the Mortgage Loans and each Subservicer with the sponsor, depositor, issuing entity, trustee, any originator, any other servicer, any significant obligor, enhancement or support provider or any other material parties related to the Pass-Through Transfer. Item 1119(b) -describe any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding entered into outside of the ordinary course of business or on terms other than those obtained in an arm's length transaction with an unrelated third party, apart from the Pass-Through Transfer, between the Servicer, each other originator of the Mortgage Loans and each Subservicer, or their respective affiliates, and the sponsor, depositor or issuing entity or their respective affiliates, that exists currently or has existed during the past two years, that may be material to the understanding of an investor in the securities issued in the Pass-Through Transfer. Item 1119(c) -describe any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding involving or relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Pass-Through Transfer, including the material terms and approximate dollar amount involved, between the Servicer, each other originator of the Mortgage Loans and each Subservicer, or their respective affiliates and the sponsor, depositor or issuing entity or their respective affiliates, that exists currently or has existed during the past two years.
EXHIBIT J SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE (RMBS unless otherwise noted) Key: X - obligation Where there are multiple checks for criteria the attesting party will identify in their management assertion that they are attesting only to the portion of the distribution chain they are responsible for in the related transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RegAB Reference Servicing Criteria Servicers __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ General Servicing Considerations __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(1)(i) Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and X events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(1)(ii) If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and X procedures are instituted to monitor the third party's performance and compliance with such servicing activities. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the Pool 1122(d)(1)(iii) Assets are maintained. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(1)(iv) A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in X the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cash Collection and Administration __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(2)(i) Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and X related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made X 1122(d)(2)(ii) only by authorized personnel. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any X interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as 1122(d)(2)(iii) specified in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts X established as a form of over collateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with 1122(d)(2)(iv) respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set X forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, "federally insured depository institution" with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities 1122(d)(2)(v) Exchange Act. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(2)(vi) Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. X __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(2)(vii) Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related X bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Investor Remittances and Reporting __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(3)(i) Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in X accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors' or the trustee's records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of Pool Assets serviced by the Servicer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, X 1122(d)(3)(ii) distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer's X 1122(d)(3)(iii) investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or X 1122(d)(3)(iv) other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pool Asset Administration __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(4)(i) Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction X agreements or related pool asset documents. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(4)(ii) Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements X __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(4)(iii) Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved X in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(4)(iv) Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool X asset documents are posted to the Servicer's obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related pool asset documents. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Servicer's records regarding the pool assets agree with the Servicer's records with X 1122(d)(4)(v) respect to an obligor's unpaid principal balance. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's pool assets (e.g., loan X modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in 1122(d)(4)(vi) accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in X lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established 1122(d)(4)(vii) by the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(4)(viii) Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is X delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity's activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(4)(ix) Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are X computed based on the related pool asset documents. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1122(d)(4)(x) Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds X are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor's pool asset documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related pool assets, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or X before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the 1122(d)(4)(xi) transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an X obligor are paid from the Servicer's funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late 1122(d)(4)(xii) payment was due to the obligor's error or omission. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the X obligor's records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the 1122(d)(4)(xiii) transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in X 1122(d)(4)(xiv) accordance with the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or 1122(d)(4)(xv) Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [NAME OF OWNER] [NAME OF SUBSERVICER] Date: _________________________ By: _________________________ Name: Title:
EXHIBIT K REPORTING DATA FOR REALIZED LOSSES AND GAINS Calculation of Realized Loss/Gain Form 332- Instruction Sheet NOTE: Do not net or combine items. Show all expenses individually and all credits as separate line items. Claim packages are due within 90 days of liquidation. Late submissions may result in claims not being passed until the following month. The Servicer is responsible to remit all funds pending loss approval and /or resolution of any disputed items. The numbers on the 332 form correspond with the numbers listed below. Liquidation and Acquisition Expenses: 1. The Actual Unpaid Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan. For documentation, an Amortization Schedule from date of default through liquidation breaking out the net interest and servicing fees advanced is required. 2. The Total Interest Due less the aggregate amount of servicing fee that would have been earned if all delinquent payments had been made as agreed. For documentation, an Amortization Schedule from date of default through liquidation breaking out the net interest and servicing fees advanced is required. 3. Accrued Servicing Fees based upon the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as calculated on a monthly basis. For documentation, an Amortization Schedule from date of default through liquidation breaking out the net interest and servicing fees advanced is required. 4-12. Complete as applicable. Required documentation: * For taxes and insurance advances - see page 2 of 332 form - breakdown required showing period of coverage, base tax, interest, penalty. Advances prior to default require evidence of servicer efforts to recover advances. * For escrow advances - complete payment history (to calculate advances from last positive escrow balance forward) * Other expenses - copies of corporate advance history showing all payments * REO repairs > $1500 require explanation * REO repairs >$3000 require evidence of at least 2 bids. * Short Sale or Charge Off require P&L supporting the decision and WFB's approved Officer Certificate * Unusual or extraordinary items may require further documentation. 13. The total of lines 1 through 12. Credits: 14-21. Complete as applicable. Required documentation: * Copy of the HUD 1 from the REO sale. If a 3rd Party Sale, bid instructions and Escrow Agent / Attorney Letter of Proceeds Breakdown. * Copy of EOB for any MI or gov't guarantee * All other credits need to be clearly defined on the 332 form 22. The total of lines 14 through 21. Please Note: For HUD/VA loans, use line (18a) for Part A/Initial proceeds and line (18b) for Part B/Supplemental proceeds. Total Realized Loss (or Amount of Any Gain) 23. The total derived from subtracting line 22 from 13. If the amount represents a realized gain, show the amount in parenthesis ( ). Calculation of Realized Loss/Gain Form 332 Prepared by: __________________ Date: _______________ Phone: ______________________ Email Address:_____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Servicer Loan No. Servicer Name Servicer Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Loan No._____________________________ Borrower's Name: _________________________________________________________ Property Address: _________________________________________________________ Liquidation Type: REO Sale 3rd Party Sale Short Sale Charge Off Was this loan granted a Bankruptcy deficiency or cramdown Yes No If "Yes", provide deficiency or cramdown amount _______________________________ Liquidation and Acquisition Expenses: (1) Actual Unpaid Principal Balance of Mortgage Loan $ ______________ (1) (2) Interest accrued at Net Rate ________________(2) (3) Accrued Servicing Fees ________________(3) (4) Attorney's Fees ________________(4) (5) Taxes (see page 2) ________________(5) (6) Property Maintenance ________________(6) (7) MI/Hazard Insurance Premiums (see page 2) ________________(7) (8) Utility Expenses ________________(8) (9) Appraisal/BPO ________________(9) (10) Property Inspections ________________(10) (11) FC Costs/Other Legal Expenses ________________(11) (12) Other (itemize) ________________(12) Cash for Keys__________________________ ________________(12) HOA/Condo Fees_______________________ ________________(12) ______________________________________ ________________(12) Total Expenses $ _______________(13) Credits: (14) Escrow Balance $ _______________(14) (15) HIP Refund ________________(15) (16) Rental Receipts ________________(16) (17) Hazard Loss Proceeds ________________(17) (18) Primary Mortgage Insurance / Gov't Insurance ________________(18a) HUD Part A ________________ (18b) HUD Part B (19) Pool Insurance Proceeds ________________(19) (20) Proceeds from Sale of Acquired Property ________________(20) (21) Other (itemize) ________________(21) _________________________________________ ________________(21) Total Credits $________________(22) Total Realized Loss (or Amount of Gain) $________________(23) Escrow Disbursement Detail ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Type Date Period Total Base Penalties Interest Paid of Coverage Paid Amount (Tax /Ins.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________