Note Guaranty Insurance Policy between MBIA Insurance Corporation and GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-HE1
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This agreement is a Note Guaranty Insurance Policy issued by MBIA Insurance Corporation to guarantee payments on $1,185,871,000 in home equity loan-backed notes issued by GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-HE1. MBIA promises to pay noteholders, through the Indenture Trustee, any shortfalls in scheduled principal and interest payments, subject to certain exclusions. Payments are made according to the policy's terms and procedures, and MBIA is subrogated to the rights of noteholders for amounts it pays. The policy outlines specific conditions and timing for claims and payments.
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NOTE GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY POLICY NUMBER: 493870 OBLIGATIONS: $1,185,871,000 GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-HE1 GMACM Home Equity Loan-Backed Term Notes, Series 2007-HE1 Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4 and Class A-5 MBIA Insurance Corporation (the Insurer), in consideration of the payment of the premium and subject to the terms of this Note Guaranty Insurance Policy (this Policy), hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to any Owner that an amount equal to each full and complete Insured Amount will be received from the Insurer by The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., or its successors, as indenture trustee for the Owners (the Indenture Trustee), on behalf of the Owners, for distribution by the Indenture Trustee to each Owner of each Owners proportionate share of the Insured Amount. The Insurers obligations hereunder with respect to a particular Insured Amount shall be discharged to the extent funds equal to the applicable Insured Amount are received by the Indenture Trustee, whether or not those funds are properly applied by the Indenture Trustee. Insured Amounts will be made only at the time set forth in this Policy, and no accelerated Insured Amounts will be made regardless of any acceleration of the Obligations, unless the acceleration is at the sole option of the Insurer. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, this Policy does not cover shortfalls, if any, attributable to the liability of the Trust Estate or the Indenture Trustee for withholding taxes, if any (including interest and penalties in respect of any such liability), Interest Carry Forward Amounts, amounts due under the Yield Maintenance Agreement, prepayment interest shortfalls or Relief Act Shortfalls. The Insurer will pay any Insured Amount that is a Preference Amount on the Business Day following receipt on a Business Day by the Fiscal Agent (as described below) of (a) a certified copy of the order requiring the return of a preference payment, (b) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Insurer that such order is final and not subject to appeal, (c) an assignment in such form as is reasonably required by the Insurer, irrevocably assigning to the Insurer all rights and claims of the Owner relating to or arising under the Obligations against the debtor which made such preference payment or otherwise with respect to such preference payment and (d) appropriate instruments to effect the appointment of the Insurer as agent for such Owner in any legal proceeding related to such preference payment, such instruments being in a form satisfactory to the Insurer, provided that if such documents are received after 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such Business Day, they will be deemed to be received on the following Business Day. Such payments shall be disbursed to the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy named in the final order of the court exercising jurisdiction on behalf of the Owner and not to any Owner directly unless such Owner has returned principal or interest paid on the Obligations to such receiver or trustee in bankruptcy, in which case such payment shall be disbursed to such Owner.
The Insurer will pay any other amount payable hereunder no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the later of the Payment Date on which the related Deficiency Amount is due or the third Business Day following receipt in New York, New York on a Business Day by U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Fiscal Agent for the Insurer, or any successor fiscal agent appointed by the Insurer (the Fiscal Agent), of a Notice (as described below), provided that if such Notice is received after 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such Business Day, it will be deemed to be received on the following Business Day. If any such Notice received by the Fiscal Agent is not in proper form or is otherwise insufficient for the purpose of making claim hereunder, it shall be deemed not to have been received by the Fiscal Agent for purposes of this paragraph, and the Insurer or the Fiscal Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly so advise the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may submit an amended Notice. Insured Amounts due hereunder, unless otherwise stated herein, will be disbursed by the Fiscal Agent to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Owners by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the amount of the Insured Amount less, in respect of Insured Amounts related to Preference Amounts, any amount held by the Indenture Trustee for the payment of such Insured Amount and legally available therefor. The Fiscal Agent is the agent of the Insurer only, and the Fiscal Agent shall in no event be liable to Owners for any acts of the Fiscal Agent or any failure of the Insurer to deposit, or cause to be deposited, sufficient funds to make payments due under this Policy. Subject to the terms of the Agreement, the Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of each Owner to receive payments under the Obligations to the extent of any payment by the Insurer hereunder. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings: Agreement means the Indenture dated as of March 29, 2007, among the GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-HE1, as Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee, as indenture trustee, without regard to any amendment or supplement thereto, unless such amendment or supplement has been approved in writing by the Insurer. Business Day means any day other than (a) a Saturday or a Sunday (b) a day on which the Insurer is closed or (c) a day on which banking institutions in New York City or in the city in which the corporate trust office of the Indenture Trustee under the Agreement is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. Deficiency Amount means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount, if any, equal to the sum of (a) the amount by which the aggregate amount of accrued interest on the Obligations (net of any Relief Act Shortfalls and prepayment interest shortfalls for that Payment Date) at the respective Note Rates on that Payment Date exceeds the amount on deposit in the Note Payment Account available for interest distributions on that Payment Date and (b)(i) with respect to any Payment Date that is not the Final Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Obligations (after giving effect to all payments of principal to be made on such Payment Date) over the aggregate Pool Balance as of the end of the related Collection Period and (ii) on the Final Payment Date, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Obligations (after giving effect to all payments of principal to be made on such Payment Date). Deficiency Amount does not include any Interest Carry Forward Amounts or any amounts due under the Yield Maintenance Agreement. 2
Insured Amount means (a) as of any Payment Date, any Deficiency Amount and (b) any Preference Amount. Notice means the telephonic or telegraphic notice, promptly confirmed in writing by facsimile substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, the original of which is subsequently delivered by registered or certified mail, from the Indenture Trustee specifying the Insured Amount which shall be due and owing on the applicable Payment Date. Owner means each Noteholder (as defined in the Agreement) who, on the applicable Payment Date, is entitled under the terms of the applicable Obligations to payment thereunder. Preference Amount means any amount previously distributed to an Owner on the Obligations that is recoverable and sought to be recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), as amended from time to time, in accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent jurisdiction. Relief Act Shortfalls means current interest shortfalls resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, or any similar state legislation or regulations. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement as of the date of execution of this Policy, without giving effect to any subsequent amendment to or modification of the Agreement unless such amendment or modification has been approved in writing by the Insurer. Any notice hereunder or service of process on the Fiscal Agent may be made at the address listed below for the Fiscal Agent or such other address as the Insurer shall specify in writing to the Indenture Trustee. The notice address of the Fiscal Agent is 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, or such other address as the Fiscal Agent shall specify to the Indenture Trustee in writing. THIS POLICY IS BEING ISSUED UNDER AND PURSUANT TO, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED UNDER, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. The insurance provided by this Policy is not covered by the Property/Casualty Insurance Security Fund specified in Article 76 of the New York Insurance Law. This Policy is not cancelable for any reason. The premium on this Policy is not refundable for any reason, including payment, or provision being made for payment, prior to maturity of the Obligations. 3
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Insurer has caused this Policy to be executed and attested this 29th day of March 2007. MBIA INSURANCE CORPORATION By_____________________________________ Title: President Attest: By ____________________________________ Title: Assistant Secretary 4
EXHIBIT A TO NOTE GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER: 493870 NOTICE UNDER NOTE GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY NUMBER: 493870 U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Fiscal Agent for MBIA Insurance Corporation 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600 New York, NY 1000 Attention: Corporate Trust Services MBIA Insurance Corporation 113 King Street Armonk, NY 10504 The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of [NAME OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE] as indenture trustee (the Indenture Trustee), hereby certifies to U.S. Bank Trust National Association (the Fiscal Agent) and MBIA Insurance Corporation (the Insurer), with reference to Note Guaranty Insurance Policy Number: 493870 (the Policy) issued by the Insurer in respect of the $1,185,871,000 GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-HE1 GMACM Home Equity Loan-Backed Term Notes, Series 2007-HE1 Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4 and Class A-5 (the Obligations), that: (a) the Indenture Trustee is the indenture trustee under the Indenture dated as of March 29, 2007 between GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-HE1, as Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee, as indenture trustee for the Owners; (b) the amount due under clause (a) of the definition of Deficiency Amount for any Payment Date occurring on [___________________] (the Applicable Payment Date) is $[_______________________]; (c) the amount due under clause (b) of the definition of Deficiency Amount for the Applicable Payment Date is $[_________________]; (d) the sum of the amounts listed in paragraphs (b) and (c) above is $[__________________] (the Deficiency Amount); (e) the amount of previously distributed payments on the Obligations that is recoverable and sought to be recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code in accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent jurisdiction is $[________________________] (the Preference Amount); (f) the total Insured Amount due is $[___________], which amount equals the sum of the Deficiency Amount and the Preference Amount;
(g) the Indenture Trustee is making a claim under and pursuant to the terms of the Policy for the dollar amount of the Insured Amount set forth in (d) above to be applied to the payment of the Deficiency Amount for the Applicable Payment Date in accordance with the Agreement and for the dollar amount of the Insured Amount set forth in (e) above to be applied to the payment of any Preference Amount; and (h) the Indenture Trustee directs that payment of the Insured Amount be made to the following account by bank wire transfer of federal or other immediately available funds in accordance with the terms of the Policy: [INDENTURE TRUSTEES ACCOUNT NUMBER]. Any capitalized term used in this Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Policy. Any Person Who Knowingly And With Intent To Defraud Any Insurance Company Or Other Person Files An Application For Insurance Or Statement Of Claim Containing Any Materially False Information, Or Conceals For The Purpose Of Misleading, Information Concerning Any Fact Material Thereto, Commits A Fraudulent Insurance Act, Which Is A Crime, And Shall Also Be Subject To A Civil Penalty Not To Exceed Five Thousand Dollars And The Stated Value Of The Claim For Each Such Violation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Indenture Trustee has executed and delivered this Notice under the Policy as of the [_______] day of [__________________], [______]. [NAME OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE], as Indenture Trustee By: _____________________________________________ Title____________________________________________ 2