Document:

BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC,

Depositor,

EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,

Seller and Company,

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Master Servicer and Securities Administrator,

and

CITIBANK, N.A.

Trustee

	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 

 

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

Dated as of September 1, 2005

	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 

 

SACO I TRUST 2005-7

MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-7

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

	
            Section 1.01
 	
            Defined Terms. 
 
	
            Section 1.02
 	
            Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls. 
 

 

ARTICLE II

 

CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	
            Section 2.01
 	
            Conveyance of Trust Fund. 
 
	
            Section 2.02
 	
            Acceptance of the Mortgage Loans. 
 
	
            Section 2.03
 	
            Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company, the Master Servicer, and EMC as a Seller. 
 
	
            Section 2.04
 	
            Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. 
 
	
            Section 2.05
 	
            Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions and Repurchases. 
 
	
            Section 2.06
 	
            Countersignature and Delivery of Certificates. 
 
	
            Section 2.07
 	
            Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans. 
 

 

ARTICLE III

 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF EMC MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE COMPANY

	
            Section 3.01
 	
            The Company. 
 
	
            Section 3.02
 	
            Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. 
 
	
            Section 3.03
 	
            Subservicers. 
 
	
            Section 3.04
 	
            Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the Company to Be Held for Trustee. 
 
	
            Section 3.05
 	
            Optional Purchase of Certain Mortgage Loans. 
 
	
            Section 3.06
 	
            Release of Mortgage Files
 
	
            Section 3.07
 	
            Maintenance of Hazard Insurance. 
 
	
            Section 3.08
 	
            Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds. 
 
	
            Section 3.09
 	
            Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies. 
 
	
            Section 3.10
 	
            Custodians to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance Policies and Documents. 
 
	
            Section 3.11
 	
            Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance. 
 
	
            Section 3.12
 	
            Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Liquidation Proceeds and Realized Losses; Repurchases of Certain Mortgage Loans. 
 
	
            Section 3.13
 	
            Servicing Compensation. 
 
	
            Section 3.14
 	
            REO Property. 
 

 

 

 

 

	
            Section 3.15
 	
            Liquidation Reports. 
 
	
            Section 3.16
 	
            Annual Statement as to Compliance; Annual Certification. 
 
	
            Section 3.17
 	
            Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Servicing Report. 
 
	
            Section 3.18
 	
            Books and Records. 
 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

MASTER SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY MASTER SERVICER

	
            Section 4.01
 	
            Master Servicer. 
 
	
            Section 4.02
 	
            Monitoring of Company and Servicer
 
	
            Section 4.03
 	
            Fidelity Bond. 
 
	
            Section 4.04
 	
            Power to Act; Procedures. 
 
	
            Section 4.05
 	
            Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. 
 
	
            Section 4.06
 	
            Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer, Company and Servicer To Be Held for Trustee. 
 
	
            Section 4.07
 	
            Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds. 
 
	
            Section 4.08
 	
            Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. 
 
	
            Section 4.09
 	
            Compensation of the Master Servicer. 
 
	
            Section 4.10
 	
            REO Property. 
 
	
            Section 4.11
 	
            Annual Officer’s Certificate as to Compliance. 
 
	
            Section 4.12
 	
            [Reserved] 
 
	
            Section 4.13
 	
            UCC. 
 
	
            Section 4.14
 	
            Reserve Fund. 
 
	
            Section 4.15
 	
            Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission
 

 

ARTICLE V

 

ACCOUNTS

	
            Section 5.01
 	
            Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Protected Account. 
 
	
            Section 5.02
 	
            Permitted Withdrawals From the Protected Account. 
 
	
            Section 5.03
 	
            Reports to Master Servicer. 
 
	
            Section 5.04
 	
            Collection of Taxes; Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts. 
 
	
            Section 5.05
 	
            Protected Accounts
 
	
            Section 5.06
 	
            Master Servicer Collection Account
 
	
            Section 5.07
 	
            Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Master Servicer Collection Account
 
	
            Section 5.08
 	
            Distribution Account. 
 
	
            Section 5.09
 	
            Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution Account. 
 
	
            Section 5.10
 	
            Pre-Funding Account. 
 
	
            Section 5.11
 	
            Interest Coverage Account. 
 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES

	
            Section 6.01
 	
            Advances. 
 
	
            Section 6.02
 	
            Compensating Interest Payments. 
 
	
            Section 6.03
 	
            REMIC Distributions. 
 
	
            Section 6.04
 	
            Distributions. 
 
	
            Section 6.05
 	
            Allocation of Realized Losses. 
 
	
            Section 6.06
 	
            Monthly Statements to Certificateholders. 
 
	
            Section 6.07
 	
            REMIC Designations and REMIC Distributions. 
 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

THE CERTIFICATES

	
            Section 7.01
 	
            The Certificates. 
 
	
            Section 7.02
 	
            Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. 
 
	
            Section 7.03
 	
            Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. 
 
	
            Section 7.04
 	
            Persons Deemed Owners. 
 
	
            Section 7.05
 	
            Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses. 
 
	
            Section 7.06
 	
            Book-Entry Certificates. 
 
	
            Section 7.07
 	
            Notices to Depository. 
 
	
            Section 7.08
 	
            Definitive Certificates. 
 
	
            Section 7.09
 	
            Maintenance of Office or Agency. 
 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

THE DEPOSITOR, COMPANY AND THE MASTER SERVICER

	
            Section 8.01
 	
            Liabilities of the Depositor, the Company and the Master Servicer. 
 
	
            Section 8.02
 	
            Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer. 
 
	
            Section 8.03
 	
            Indemnification of the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator. 
 
	
            Section 8.04
 	
            Limitations on Liability of the Depositor, the Company, the Master Servicer and Others
 
	
            Section 8.05
 	
            Master Servicer and Company Not to Resign. 
 
	
            Section 8.06
 	
            Successor Master Servicer
 
	
            Section 8.07
 	
            Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing
 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF MASTER SERVICER; TERMINATION OF COMPANY

	
            Section 9.01
 	
            Events of Default. 
 
	
            Section 9.02
 	
            Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. 
 

 

 

 

 

	
            Section 9.03
 	
            Notification to Certificateholders. 
 
	
            Section 9.04
 	
            Waiver of Defaults. 
 
	
            Section 9.05
 	
            Company Default. 
 
	
            Section 9.06
 	
            Waiver of Company Defaults. 
 

 

ARTICLE X

 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

	
            Section 10.01
 	
            Duties of Trustee and the Securities Administrator. 
 
	
            Section 10.02
 	
            Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities Administrator. 
 
	
            Section 10.03
 	
            Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans. 
 
	
            Section 10.04
 	
            Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own Certificates. 
 
	
            Section 10.05
 	
            Trustee’s and Securities Administrator’s Fees and Expenses. 
 
	
            Section 10.06
 	
            Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Securities Administrator. 
 
	
            Section 10.07
 	
            Insurance. 
 
	
            Section 10.08
 	
            Resignation and Removal of Trustee and Securities Administrator. 
 
	
            Section 10.09
 	
            Successor Trustee or Securities Administrator. 
 
	
            Section 10.10
 	
            Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities Administrator. 
 
	
            Section 10.11
 	
            Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. 
 
	
            Section 10.12
 	
            Tax Matters. 
 
	
            Section 10.13
 	
            REMIC-Related Covenants. 
 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

TERMINATION

	
            Section 11.01
 	
            Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage Loans. 
 
	
            Section 11.02
 	
            Final Distribution on the Certificates. 
 
	
            Section 11.03
 	
            Additional Termination Requirements. 
 

 

ARTICLE XII

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

	
            Section 12.01
 	
            Amendment. 
 
	
            Section 12.02
 	
            Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. 
 
	
            Section 12.03
 	
            Governing Law. 
 
	
            Section 12.04
 	
            Intention of Parties. 
 
	
            Section 12.05
 	
            Notices. 
 
	
            Section 12.06
 	
            Severability of Provisions. 
 
	
            Section 12.07
 	
            Assignment. 
 

 

 

 

 

	
            Section 12.08
 	
            Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. 
 
	
            Section 12.09
 	
            Inspection and Audit Rights
 
	
            Section 12.10
 	
            Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. 
 

 

 

 

Exhibits

	
            Exhibit A-1
 	
            Form of Class A Certificates
 
	
            Exhibit A-2
 	
            Form of Class M Certificates
 
	
            Exhibit A-3
 	
            Form of Class B Certificates
 
	
            Exhibit A-4
 	
            Form of Class C Certificates
 
	
            Exhibit A-5
 	
            Form of Class R Certificates
 
	
            Exhibit B
 	
            Mortgage Loan Schedule
 
	
            Exhibit C
 	
            Form of Transfer Affidavit
 
	
            Exhibit D
 	
            Form of Transferor Certificate
 
	
            Exhibit E
 	
            Form of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
 
	
            Exhibit F
 	
            Form of Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate
 
	
            Exhibit G
 	
            Form of Request for Release
 
	
            Exhibit H
 	
            DTC Letter of Representations
 
	
            Exhibit I
 	
            Schedule of Mortgage Loans with Lost Notes
 
	
            Exhibit J
 	
            Form of LaSalle Custodial Agreement
 
	
            Exhibit K 
 	
            Form of Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement
 
	
            Exhibit L
 	
            Form of Company Certification
 
	
            Exhibit M
 	
            Form of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
 
	
            Exhibit N
 	
            Form of Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
 
	
            Exhibit O
 	
            Form of Subsequent Transfer Instrument
 

 

 

 

 

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 2005, among BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as seller (in such capacity, a “Seller”) and as company (in such capacity, the “Company”), LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”) and as securities administrator (in such capacity, the “Securities Administrator”) and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee (the “Trustee”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to the Trustee in return for the Certificates. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor acquired the Initial Mortgage Loans from the Seller. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will sell the Initial Mortgage Loans and certain other property to the Trust Fund and receive in consideration therefor Certificates evidencing the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund.  On or prior to any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Depositor acquired the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, which will be sold to the Trust on the related Subsequent Transfer Date. 

REMIC I

As provided herein, the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee will elect to treat the segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other related assets subject to this Agreement (other than the Reserve Fund, the Pre-Funding Account and the Interest Coverage Account) as a REMIC (as defined herein) for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as “REMIC I”. The Class R-1 Certificates will be the sole class of Residual Interests (as defined herein) in REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC Provisions (as defined herein). The following table irrevocably sets forth the designation, the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, the initial Uncertificated Principal Balance and, for purposes of satisfying Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the “latest possible maturity date” for each
of the REMIC I Regular Interests (as defined herein). None of the REMIC I Regular Interests will be certificated.

 

 

 

	
            
Designation
 
 	
            
Uncertificated REMIC I
 Pass-Through Rate
 
 	
            
Initial Uncertificated Principal Balance
 
 	
            
Latest Possible Maturity Date (1)
 
 
	
            AA
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            395,429,412.86
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            A
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            2,836,590.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-1
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            427,710.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-2
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            74,650.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-3
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            121,050.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-4
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            90,790.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-5
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            64,560.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            B-1
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            88,770.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            B-2
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            60,520.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            B-3
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            66,580.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            B-4
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            199,730.00
 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            ZZ
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            4,039,038.02
 	
            September 25, 2035
 

	
            ______________________________________  
 	
             

	
            (1)
 	
            For purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the “latest possible maturity date” for each REMIC I Regular Interest.
 
	
            (2)
 	
            Calculated in accordance with the definition of “Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate” herein.
 
			

 

 

 

REMIC II

As provided herein, the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee will elect to treat the segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be designated as “REMIC II”. The Class R-2 Certificates will represent the sole class of Residual Interests in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

The following table irrevocably sets forth the Class designation, Pass-Through Rate, Initial Certificate Principal Balance and, for purposes of satisfying Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the “latest possible maturity date” for each Class of Certificates that represents ownership of one or more of the Regular Interests in REMIC II created hereunder:

	
            
Designation
 
 	
            
Pass-Through Rate
 
 	
            
Initial Certificate Principal Balance
 
 	 	
            
Latest Possible Maturity Date (1)
 
 
	
            A
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            283,659,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-1
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            42,771,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-2
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            7,465,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-3
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            12,105,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-4
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            9,079,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            M-5
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            6,456,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            B-1
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            8,877,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            B-2
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            6,052,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            B-3
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            6,658,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            B-4
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            19,973,000
 	 	
            September 25, 2035
 
	
            C
 	
            Variable(2)
 	
            $
 	
            404,400.88
 	(3)	
            September 25, 2035
 

	
            ______________________________________  
 	
             

	
            (1) 
 	
            For purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the “latest possible maturity date” for each Class of Certificates.
 
	
            (2)
 	
            Calculated in accordance with the definition of “Pass-Through Rate” herein.
 
	
            (3)
 	
            The Class C Certificates will not accrue interest on its Certificate Principal Balance, but will accrue interest on its Certificate Notional Amount as described herein.
 
			

The Trust Fund shall be named, and may be referred to as, the “SACO I Trust 2005-7.” The Certificates issued hereunder may be referred to as “Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7” (including for purposes of any endorsement or assignment of a Mortgage Note or Mortgage).

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows:

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

	
            Section 1.01
 	
            Defined Terms.   
 

Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article.

60 Day Plus Delinquency Percentage:  With respect to any Distribution Date, the arithmetic average for each of the three successive Distribution Dates ending with the applicable Distribution Date of the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 60 or more days Delinquent in the payment of principal or interest for the relevant Distribution Date, are in foreclosure, have become REO Property or which have a related mortgagor subject to bankruptcy procedures, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans immediately preceding the relevant Distribution Date.

Accepted Master Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan those customary mortgage master servicing practices of prudent mortgage master servicing institutions that master service mortgage loans, of the same type and quality as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located, to the extent applicable to the Master Servicer (except in its capacity as successor to the Company or the Servicer).

Accepted Servicing Practices: With respect to each EMC Mortgage Loan, those customary mortgage servicing practices (including collection procedures) that are in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations and prudent mortgage banking practices for mortgage loans of the same type and quality as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property is located.

Account: The Distribution Account, the Master Servicer Collection Account, the Reserve Fund and the Protected Account.

Accrual Period: With respect to the Certificates (other than the Class C Certificates and the Residual Certificates) and any Distribution Date, the period from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or with respect to the first Accrual Period, the Closing Date) to and including the day prior to such Distribution Date. With respect to the Class C Certificates and any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding such Distribution Date. All calculations of interest on the Certificates (other than the Class C Certificates and the Residual Certificates) will be made on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period. All calculations of interest on the Class C Certificates will be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

 

Advance: An advance of delinquent payments of principal or interest in respect of a Mortgage Loan required to be made by the Company as provided in Section 6.01(a) hereof or by the Master Servicer as provided in Section 6.01(b) hereof.

Agreement: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and any and all amendments or supplements hereto made in accordance with the terms herein.

Amount Held for Future Distribution: As to any Distribution Date, and the EMC Mortgage Loans, the aggregate amount held in the Company’s Protected Account at the close of business on the immediately preceding Determination Date on account of (i) all Scheduled Payments or portions thereof received in respect of the EMC Mortgage Loans due after the related Due Period and (ii) Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and Insurance Proceeds received in respect of such Mortgage Loans after the last day of the related Prepayment Period. As to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer, the aggregate amount held in the Servicer’s Protected Account at the close of business on the immediately preceding Business Day on account of (i) all principal payments or portions thereof received in respect of such
Mortgage Loans and (ii) Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and Insurance Proceeds received in respect of such Mortgage Loans.

Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date and a Class of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, the sum of the Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans that have been applied in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 6.05 of this Agreement which have not previously been reimbursed or reduced by any Subsequent Recoveries applied to such Applied Realized Loss Amount.

Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated in connection with a refinancing, the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of such refinancing or, with respect to any other Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (x) the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made by a fee appraiser at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (y) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the time of such origination.

Assignment Agreement: Shall mean the First Horizon Assignment Agreement.

Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount:  With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of Current Interest that such Class would have been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the Pass-Though Rate applicable to such Class been calculated at a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin, over (b) the amount of Current Interest that such Class received on such Distribution Date if the Pass-Through Rate is limited to the Net Rate Cap and (B) the amount in clause (A) for all previous Distribution Dates not previously paid, together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the related Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

Bankruptcy Code: Title 11 of the United States Code.

 

 

Book-Entry Certificates: Any of the Certificates that shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which is reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with the Depository (directly, as a “Depository Participant”, or indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules of the Depository and as described in Section 7.06). As of the Closing Date, each Class of Regular Certificates (other than the Class B-4 Certificates and Class C Certificates) constitutes a Class of Book-Entry Certificates.

Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Minneapolis, Minnesota or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or the principal office of the Company or the Master Servicer is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

Certificate: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed and authenticated by the Securities Administrator in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-5.

Certificate Margin: With respect to the Class A Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest A, 0.280% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.560% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter. 

With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, 0.500% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.750% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, 0.550% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.825% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, 0.650% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.975% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

With respect to the Class M-4 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, 0.680% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 1.020% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

With respect to the Class M-5 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, 0.720% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 1.080% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

 

 

With respect to the Class B-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest B-1, 1.200% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 1.800% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

With respect to the Class B-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2, 1.300% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 1.950% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

With respect to the Class B-3 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest B-3, 1.800% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 2.700% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

With respect to the Class B-4 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate”, REMIC I Regular Interest B-4, 4.000% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and 6.000% per annum in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

Certificate Notional Amount:  With respect to the Class C Certificates and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the beginning of the related Due Period.  The initial Certificate Notional Amount of the Class C Certificates shall be $403,499,400.88. For federal income tax purposes, the Certificate Notional Amount for any Distribution Date shall be an amount equal to the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interests for such Distribution Date.

Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person that is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Certificate.

Certificate Principal Balance: As to any Certificate (other than any Class R Certificate) and as of any Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate plus, in the case of a Class A, Class M or Class B Certificate, any Subsequent Recoveries added to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate pursuant to Section 6.04(b), less the sum of (i) all amounts distributed with respect to such Certificate in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on previous Distribution Dates pursuant to Section 6.04, and (ii) any Applied Realized Loss Amounts allocated to such Certificate on previous Distribution Dates.

Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof.

Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co., as nominee for the Depository, in the case of any Book-Entry Certificates).

Class: All Certificates bearing the same Class designation as set forth in Section 7.01 hereof.

 

 

Class A Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class A Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class A Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class A Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date an amount equal to, the lesser of (I) the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (II) an amount equal to the excess (if any) of (A) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period) and (2) approximately 31.20% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) the Overcollateralization Floor.

Class B Certificates: Any of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 or Class B-4 Certificates.

Class B-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class B-1 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class B-1 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date an amount equal to, the lesser of (I) the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (II) an amount equal to the excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4 and Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates immediately for that Distribution Date) over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period, 

 

multiplied by (2) approximately 74.20% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) Overcollateralization Floor.

Class B-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class B-2 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class B-2 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date an amount equal to, the lesser of (I) the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates immediately for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the
related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period, multiplied by (2) approximately 77.20% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) the Overcollateralization Floor.

Class B-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class B-3 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class B-3 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date an amount equal to, the lesser of (I) the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (II) an amount equal to the excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, 

 

Class M-5, Class B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount for that for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period, multiplied by (2) approximately 80.50% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) the Overcollateralization Floor.

Class B-4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class B-4 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class B-4 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date an amount equal to, the lesser of (I) the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (II) an amount equal to the excess (if any) of (A) the sum of (1) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-4 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period,
multiplied by (2) approximately 90.40% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent 

 

received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) the Overcollateralization Floor.

Class C Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class C Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class C Certificates herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the obligation to pay the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts.

Class C Distribution Amount:  With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Current Interest for the Class C Certificate for such Distribution Date, (ii) any Overcollateralization Release Amount for such Distribution Date and (iii) without duplication, any Subsequent Recoveries not distributed to the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates on such Distribution Date; provided, however that on any Distribution Date after the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates have been reduced to zero, the Class C Distribution Amount shall include the Overcollateralization Amount.

Class M Certificates: Any of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4 and Class M-5 Certificates.

Class M-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class M-1 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class M-1 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (I) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and (II) an amount equal to the excess, (if any), of (A) the sum of (1) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period, multiplied by (2) approximately 52.40% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) the Overcollateralization Floor.

Class M-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class M-2 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of 

 

distributions provided for the Class M-2 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (I) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount and (II) an amount equal to the excess, (if any), of (A) the sum of (1) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates and Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period, multiplied by (2) approximately 56.10% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) the Overcollateralization Floor.

Class M-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class M-3 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class M-3 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (I) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount and (II) an amount equal to the excess, (if any), of (A) the sum of (1) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A, Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period, multiplied by (2) approximately 62.10% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the 

 

related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) the Overcollateralization Floor.

Class M-4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class M-4 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class M-4 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (I) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount and (II) an amount equal to the excess, (if any), of (A) the sum of (1) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period, multiplied by (2) approximately 66.60% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2) the
Overcollateralization Floor.

Class M-5 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a “Class M-5 Certificate” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class M-5 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts with respect to such Class from the Reserve Fund.

Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (I) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount and (II) an amount equal to the excess, (if any), of (A) the sum of (1) the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over 

 

(B) the lesser of (x) the product of (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period, multiplied by (2) approximately 69.80% and (y) (1) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Prepayment Period), less (2)
the Overcollateralization Floor.

Class R Certificate: Any of the Class R-1 Certificates or Class R-2 Certificates.

Class R-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated a “Class R-1 Certificate” on the face thereof, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-5 hereto, evidencing the Residual Interest in REMIC I and representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class R-1 Certificates as set forth herein.

Class R-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated a “Class R-2 Certificate” on the face thereof, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-5 hereto, evidencing the Residual Interest in REMIC II and representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class R-2 Certificates as set forth herein.

Closing Date: September 30, 2005.

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

Company: EMC.

Compensating Interest: With respect to any Distribution Date, (i) in the case of EMC, an amount, not to exceed the Servicing Fee, to be deposited in the Protected Account by the Company with respect to the payment of a Prepayment Interest Shortfall on an EMC Mortgage Loan subject to this Agreement and (ii) in the case of the Master Servicer, an amount not to exceed that portion of the Master Servicing Fee payable to the Master Servicer. If the Company fails to make such payment, the Master Servicer shall be obligation to do so to the extent provided in Section 6.02(b) hereof.

Corporate Trust Office: (i) With respect to the Trustee, the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee, currently located at Citibank, N.A., 388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10013, and (ii) with respect to the Securities Administrator, the designated office of the Securities Administrator currently located at 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625, Chicago, Illinois 60603 Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services Group — SACO 2005-7 or at such other address as the Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, may designate from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and EMC or at the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee.  

 

 

Corresponding Certificate: With respect to each REMIC I Regular Interest (other than REMIC I Regular Interests AA and ZZ), the Certificate with the corresponding designation.

Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage:  With respect to the Certificates and any Distribution Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans incurred since the related Cut-off Date through the end of the related Due Period by (y) the aggregate  Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the related Cut-off Date.

Current Interest:  As of any Distribution Date, with respect to the Certificates of each Class (other than the Residual Certificates), (i) the interest accrued on the Certificate Principal Balance or Certificate Notional Amount, as applicable, during the related Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate plus any amount previously distributed with respect to interest for such Certificate that has been recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy minus (ii) the sum of (a) any Prepayment Interest Shortfall for such Distribution Date, to the extent not covered by Compensating Interest and (b) any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls during the related Due Period, provided, however, that for purposes of calculating Current Interest for any such Class, amounts specified in clause (ii) hereof for any such Distribution Date shall be allocated first
to the Class C Certificates and Residual Certificates in reduction of amounts otherwise distributable to such Certificates on such Distribution Date and then any excess shall be allocated to each Class of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates pro rata based on the respective amounts of interest accrued pursuant to clause (i) hereof for each such Class on such Distribution Date.

Current Specified Enhancement Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M Certificates and Class B Certificates and (ii) the Overcollateralization Amount, in each case prior to the distribution of the Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Due Period).

Custodial Agreements: Any of the LaSalle Custodial Agreement or Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement, as applicable. 

Custodians: (i) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or any successor custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and the Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement and (ii) LaSalle Bank National Association, or any successor custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and the LaSalle Custodial Agreement.

Cut-off Date: The close of business on September 1, 2005.

Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid principal balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date after application of all Principal Prepayments received prior to the Cut-off Date and scheduled payments of principal due on or 

 

before the Cut-off Date, whether or not received, but without giving effect to any installments of principal received in respect of Due Dates after the Cut-off Date. The aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is $403,499,400.88, which shall be deemed to include the Pre-Funded Amount.

Debt Service Reduction: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan that became final and non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation or any other reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal.

Deficient Valuation: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the then outstanding indebtedness under such Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any Scheduled Payment that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction results from an order of such court that is final and non-appealable in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.

Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 7.06.

Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a Replacement Mortgage Loan.

Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is “delinquent” if any payment due thereon is not made pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan by the close of business on the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is “30 days delinquent” if such payment has not been received by the close of business on the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day of such month), then on the last day of such immediately succeeding month. Similarly for “60 days delinquent,” “90 days delinquent” and so on.

Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the face thereof as the “Initial Principal Balance or Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate”.

Depositor: Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its successor in interest.

Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), the nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any other organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York.

Depository Agreement: With respect to the Class of Book-Entry Certificates, the agreement among the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the initial Depository, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit H.

 

 

Depository Participant: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

Designated Depository Institution: A depository institution (commercial bank, federal savings bank, mutual savings bank or savings and loan association) or trust company (which may include the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer), the deposits of which are fully insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law.

Determination Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 15th day of the month of such Distribution Date or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. 

Distribution Account: The segregated trust account or accounts created and maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 5.08 in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which shall be entitled “LaSalle Bank National Association, as Securities Administrator, on behalf of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7.”  The Distribution Account must be an Eligible Account.

Distribution Account Deposit Date: Two Business Days prior to each Distribution Date.

Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month after the initial issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in October 2005.

Due Date: As to any Mortgage Loan, the date in each month on which the related Scheduled Payment is due, as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.

Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date and the EMC Mortgage Loans, the period from the second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs through close of business on the first day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs.  With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans serviced by the related servicer, the period from the first day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs through close of business on the last day of such month.

Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company, the long-term unsecured debt obligations and short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt obligations of such holding company, so long as Moody’s is not a Rating Agency) are rated by each Rating Agency in one of its two highest long-term and its highest short-term rating categories, respectively, at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein, or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository institution or trust company in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limits established by the FDIC) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such that, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator and to each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the 

 

funds in such account or a perfected first priority security interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution or trust company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company having capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000, acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing.  Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee and the Securities Administrator.

EMC: EMC Mortgage Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as a seller of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.

EMC Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans serviced by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which EMC is the applicable Seller.

EMC Mortgage Corporation Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and for which EMC is the applicable Seller.

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

ERISA Restricted Certificates: Any of the Class C Certificates and Residual Certificates.

Event of Default: As defined in Section 9.01 hereof.

Excess Cashflow:  With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount, if any, equal to the sum of (a) the Remaining Excess Spread for such Distribution Date and (b) the Overcollateralization Release Amount for such Distribution Date.

Excess Liquidation Proceeds:  To the extent not required by law to be paid to the related Mortgagor, the excess, if any, of any Liquidation Proceeds with respect to a Mortgage Loan over the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and accrued and unpaid interest at the related Mortgage Rate through the last day of the month in which the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated.

Excess Spread:  With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (i) the Interest Funds for such Distribution Date over (ii) the sum of the Current Interest on the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates and Interest Carry Forward Amounts on the Class A Certificates (other than Interest Carry Forward Amounts paid pursuant to Section 6.04(a)(3)(A)), in each case for such Distribution Date.

Exemption: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-30, as amended from time to time.

Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses: Any amounts reimbursable to the Trustee, or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee, from the Trust Fund, and any amounts reimbursable, (other than Advances and Servicing Advances), to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, any Custodian, or any director, officer, employee or agent 

 

thereof, and any other amounts payable or reimbursable from the Trust Fund as Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and/or the Custodial Agreements, including Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses that are not reimbursed in any calendar year as a result of the Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses Cap. Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses for any calendar year, to the extent they may exceed the Extraordinarry Trust Fund Expenses Cap, shall be paid pro rata from the amounts available therefore.

Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses Cap: $250,000 for each calendar year; provided, however, that such cap will not apply to any costs and expenses (i) of the Trustee incurred in connection with the termination of the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, the transfer of master servicing to a successor Master Servicer and any costs incurred with the replacement of either Custodian or (ii) of the Master Servicer incurred in connection with the termination of the Company or the Servicer and the transfer of servicing to a successor servicer.

Extra Principal Distribution Amount:  With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the excess, if any, of the Overcollateralization Target Amount for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions of principal on the Certificates other than any Extra Principal Distribution Amount) and (ii) the Excess Spread for such Distribution Date.

Fannie Mae: Fannie Mae (formerly, Federal National Mortgage Association), or any successor thereto.

FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor thereto.

Final Certification: The certification by a Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit Three to the related Custodial Agreement.

Final Recovery Determination: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased by EMC (on its own behalf as a seller and on behalf of Master Funding) pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.04(d) or Section 11.01), a determination made by the Company pursuant to this Agrement or the Servicer pursuant to the First Horizon Servicing Agreement that all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Company  or such Servicer, in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect thereof have been so recovered. The Master Servicer shall maintain records, based solely on information provided by the Company and the Servicer, of each Final Recovery Determination made thereby.

First Horizon: First Horizon Home Loan Corporation and any successor thereto.

First Horizon Assignment Agreement: The Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, among EMC, the Trustee, and First Tennessee evidencing the assignment of the First Horizon Servicing Agreement to the Trust.

First Horizon Loans: Those Mortgage Loans subject to this Agreement which were purchased by EMC from First Horizon pursuant to the First Horizon Servicing Agreement.

 

 

First Horizon Servicing Agreement: the Purchase, Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2003, as amended on May 14, 2004, and that certain term sheet dated as of June 30, 2005, among EMC Mortgage Corporation, First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc. and First Horizon Home Loan Corporation.

First Tennessee:  First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc.

Fiscal Quarter:  December 1 to February 29 (or the last day in such month), March 1 to May 31, June 1 to August 31, or September 1 to November 30, as applicable.

Fitch: Fitch, Inc., and any successor thereto.

Freddie Mac: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.

Global Certificate: Any Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, beneficial interests in which are reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depository (directly or as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules of such depository).

Indemnified Persons: The Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Company, the Trust Fund and the Securities Administrator and their respective officers, directors, agents and employees and, with respect to the Trustee, any separate co-trustee and its officers, directors, agents and employees.

Individual Certificate:  Any Certificate registered in the name of a Holder other than the Depository or its nominee.

Initial Certification: The certification by a Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit One to the related Custodial Agreement.

Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any Certificate, the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate or any predecessor Certificate on the Closing Date.

Institutional Accredited Investor: Any Person meeting the requirements of Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act or any entity all of the equity holders in which come within such paragraphs.

Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy or LPMI Policy, including all riders and endorsements thereto in effect with 

 

respect to such Mortgage Loan, including any replacement policy or policies for any Insurance Policies.

Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to any Insurance Policy and any other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such proceeds are payable to the mortgagee under the Mortgage, the Company, the Servicer or the trustee under the deed of trust and are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the procedures that the Company or the Servicer would follow in servicing mortgage loans held for its own account, in each case other than any amount included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses.

Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by any insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date and with respect to each Class of Certificates (other than the Class C Certificates and the Residual Certificates), the sum of (i) the excess of (a) the Current Interest for such Class with respect to such Distribution Date and any prior Distribution Dates over (b) the amount actually distributed to such Class of Certificates with respect to interest on such Distribution Dates and (ii) interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Class for the related Accrual Period including the Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date.

Interest Coverage Account:  Shall mean the account or sub-account established and maintained pursuant to Section 5.11 and which shall be an Eligible Account or sub-account of an Eligible Account. 

Interest Coverage Distribution Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date, an amount equal to (x) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the then outstanding Mortgage Loans, weighted based on the Stated Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date prior to giving effect to any reduction in the Stated Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans on such Due Date, multiplied by (y) the sum of (A) the Remaining Pre-Funded Amount outstanding at the end of the related Due Period and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans that do not have a Subsequent Cut-off Date prior to end of the related Due Period, transferred to the Trust during the related Due Period."

 

Interest Determination Date: Shall mean the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the commencement of each Accrual Period.

Interest Funds:  With respect to any Distribution Date (i) the sum, without duplication, of (a) all scheduled interest during the related Due Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans less the related servicing fee and the LPMI Fee, if any, (b) all Advances relating to interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans made on or prior to the related Distribution Account Deposit Date, (c) all Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans and required to be remitted by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date, (d) Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries with respect to the Mortgage Loans collected during the related Prepayment Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds and 

 

Subsequent Recoveries relate to interest), and (e) all amounts relating to interest with respect to each Mortgage Loan repurchased by EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 2.03 and by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05, in each case to the extent remitted by the Master Servicer to the Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement, minus (ii) all amounts relating to interest required to be reimbursed pursuant to Sections 6.02, 5.02 and 5.09 or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.

Interim Certification: The certification by a Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit Two to the related Custodial Agreement.

LaSalle: LaSalle Bank National Association, and any successor thereto.

LaSalle Custodial Agreement: The Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, among the Depositor, EMC, as a seller, Master Funding, as a seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and LaSalle Bank National Association as Custodian relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in such Custodial Agreement.

Last Scheduled Distribution Date: Solely for purposes of the face of the Certificates as follows: with respect to the Certificates, the Distribution Date in September 2035. 

Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date in the month following the final scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in the Trust Fund having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date. For purposes of the Treasury regulations under Sections 860A through 860G of the Code, the latest possible maturity date of each Regular Interest issued by REMIC I and REMIC II shall be the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

LIBOR Business Day: Shall mean a day on which banks are open for dealing in foreign currency and exchange in London and New York City.

Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted Mortgage Loan that has been liquidated through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure sale, trustee’s sale or other realization as provided by applicable law governing the real property subject to the related Mortgage and any security agreements and as to which the Company or the Servicer has made a Final Recovery Determination with respect thereto.

Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds, received in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, whether through trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or in connection with any condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds received with respect to an REO Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Fees and Servicing Advances and all expenses of liquidation, including property protection expenses and foreclosure and sale costs, including court and reasonable attorneys fees.

Loan-to-Value Ratio:  The fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.

Loss Allocation Limitation:  The meaning specified in Section 6.05(b) hereof.

 

 

LPMI Fee: Shall mean the fee payable to the insurer for each Mortgage Loan subject to an LPMI Policy as set forth in such LPMI Policy.

LPMI Policy: A policy of mortgage guaranty insurance issued by an insurer meeting the requirements of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in which the Company or the Servicer or the related subservicer of the related Mortgage Loan is responsible for the payment of the LPMI Fee thereunder from collections on the related Mortgage Loan.

Majority Class C Certificateholder: The Holder of a 50.01% or greater Percentage Interest in the Class C Certificates.

Marker Rate: With respect to the Class C Certificates and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to two (2) times the weighted average of the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rates for the REMIC I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest AA), with the rate on each such REMIC I Regular Interest (other than REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ) subject to a cap equal to the lesser of (i) the One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificate and (ii) the Net Rate Cap for the Corresponding Certificate for the purpose of this calculation for such Distribution Date, and with the rate on REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ subject to a cap of zero for the purpose of this calculation for such Distribution Date; provided, however, that for this purpose, the One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate and the related cap with respect to each REMIC I
Regular Interest other than REMIC I Regular Interests AA and ZZ shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in the Accrual Period for the Corresponding Certificate and the denominator of which is 30.

Master Funding: Master Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as the seller of the Master Funding Mortgage Loans to the Depositor.

Master Funding Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Master Funding is the applicable Seller.

Master Servicer: LaSalle Bank National Association, in its capacity as master servicer, and its successors and assigns or any successor master servicer appointed as herein provided.

Master Servicer Certification:  A written certification signed by a Master Servicing Officer that complies with (i) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended from time to time, and (ii) the February 21, 2003 Statement by the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission Regarding Compliance by Asset Backed Issuers with Exchange Act Rules 13a 14 and 15d 14, as in effect from time to time; provided that if, after the Closing Date (a) the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 is amended, (b) the Statement referred to in clause (ii) is modified or superceded by any subsequent statement, rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any statement of a division thereof, or (c) any future releases, rules and regulations are published by the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time pursuant to the Sarbanes
Oxley Act of 2002, which in any such case affects the form or substance of the required certification and results in the required certification being, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, materially more onerous than the form of the required certification as of the Closing Date, the Master Servicer Certification shall be as agreed 

 

to by the Master Servicer, the Depositor and EMC following a negotiation in good faith to determine how to comply with any such new requirements.

Master Servicer Collection Account: The trust accounts or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 5.06 hereof, which shall be entitled “LaSalle Bank National Association, as master servicer, on behalf of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee f/b/o holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7 - Master Servicer Collection Account”.  The Master Servicer Collection Account may be a sub-account of the Distribution Account.

Master Servicing Compensation: For any Distribution Date, the sum of the Master Servicing Fee and the Additional Master Servicing Compensation for such Distribution Date.

Master Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to 1/12th of the Master Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the month of the related Distribution Date.

Master Servicing Fee Rate:  0.0225% per annum.

Master Servicing Officer:  Any officer of the Master Servicer responsible for the master servicing of the Mortgage Loans.

Maximum Mortgage Rate:  With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder.

Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) accrued interest at the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ for such Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ minus the REMIC I Overcollateralized Amount, in each case for such Distribution Date, over (ii) the aggregate amount of Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such Distribution Date on the REMIC I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interests AA and ZZ), with the rate on each such REMIC I Regular Interest subject to a cap equal to the lesser of (x) the One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificate and (y) the Net Rate Cap for the Corresponding Certificate for the purpose of this calculation for such
Distribution Date.

MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.

MERS® System: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.

MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS® System.

Minimum Mortgage Rate:  With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder.

 

 

MOM Loan: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof.

Monthly Statement: The statement prepared and delivered by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 6.06.

Moody’s: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.

Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a second lien on or second priority ownership interest in an estate in fee simple in real property securing a Mortgage Note.

Mortgage File: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 hereof pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents delivered to the related Custodian to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement and the related Custodial Agreement.

Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, among EMC, as a seller, Master Funding, as a seller, and the Depositor, as purchaser, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L.

Mortgage Loan Purchase Price: The price, calculated as set forth in Section 11.01, to be paid in connection with the repurchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 11.01.

Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof, as from time to time are held as a part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the mortgage loans so held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property.

Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time amended by the Company or the Master Servicer to reflect the deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans and the addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund and from time to time subject to this Agreement, the initial Mortgage Loan Schedule being attached hereto as Exhibit B, with respect to the Initial Mortgage Loans and the schedule attached as Exhibit 1 to the related Subsequent Transfer Instrument with respect to the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and as amended from time to time to reflect the repurchase or substitution of Initial Mortgage Loans or the addition of Subsequent Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, as the case may be, setting forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

	
            (i)
 	
            the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
 	
             

	
            (ii)
 	
            the current mortgage rate;
 	
             

	
            (iii)
 	
            the Master Servicing Fee and Servicing Fee;
 
				

 

 

 

	
            (iv)
 	
            the Master Servicing Fee Rate, if applicable;
 	
             

	
            (v)
 	
            the lender paid primary mortgage insurance fee, if any;
 
	
            (vi)
 	
            the current net mortgage rate;
 	
             

	
            (vii)
 	
            the stated maturity date;
 	
             

	
            (viii)
 	
            the original principal balance;
 	
             

	
            (ix)
 	
            the current principal balance;
 	
             

	
            (x)
 	
            the stated original term to maturity;
 	
             

	
            (xi)
 	
            the stated remaining term to maturity;
 	
             

	
            (xii)
 	
            the property type;
 	
             

	
            (xiii)
 	
            the MIN with respect to each MOM Loan;
 	
             

											

(xiv)      with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Minimum Mortgage Rate;

(xv)       with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Maximum Mortgage Rate;

(xvi)      with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Gross Margin;

(xvii)     with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the next Adjustment Date;

	
            (xviii)
 	
            the Custodian;
 

(xix)      a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an EMC Mortgage Corporation Loan or a Master Funding Mortgage Loan; and

(xx)       such other information as the Master Servicer reasonably deems necessary to be included on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the master servicing of the Mortgage Loans.

Such schedule shall also set forth the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance for all of the Mortgage Loans.

Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.

Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the rate set forth in the related Mortgage Note.  With respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which 

 

interest accrues on such Subsequent Mortgage Loan from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage Note.  With respect to each Mortgage Loan and Subsequent Mortgage Loan that becomes an REO Property, as of any date of determination, the annual rate determined in accordance
with the immediately preceding sentence as of the date such Mortgage Loan became an REO Property.

Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.

Mortgagor: The obligors on a Mortgage Note.

Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per annum rate equal to the related Mortgage Rate less the sum of (i) the Servicing Fee Rate, (ii) the Master Servicing Fee Rate and (iii) the rate at which the LPMI Fee is calculated, if any.

Net Rate Cap: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Certificates (other than the Class C Certificates and Class R Certificates), a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the then outstanding Mortgage Loans, weighted based on their Stated Principal Balances as of the related due date prior to giving effect to any reduction in the Stated Principal Balances of such mortgage loans on such Due Date.  The Net Rate Cap for such Classes of Certificates, will be calculated based on a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period.  For federal income tax purposes, however, such rate shall be the equivalent of the foregoing, expressed as the weighted average of (adjusted for the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rates on
the REMIC I Regular Interests, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balances of each such REMIC I Regular Interest.

Non-Book-Entry Certificate: Any Certificate other than a Book-Entry Certificate.

Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or proposed to be made by the Company or the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement that, in the good faith judgment of the Company or the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by it from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or otherwise.

Offered Certificates: Any of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.

Officer’s Certificate: A certificate (i) signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer (or any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also 

 

to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject) or (ii), if provided for in this Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and delivered to the Depositor, the Sellers, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and/or the Trustee, as the case may be, as required by this Agreement.

One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined by the Securities Administrator on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the rate for U.S. dollar deposits for one month that appears on Telerate Screen Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date; provided that the parties hereto acknowledge that One-Month LIBOR for the first Accrual Period shall equal 3.84063% per annum. If such rate does not appear on such page (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or if such service is no longer offered, such other service for displaying One-Month LIBOR or comparable rates as may be reasonably selected by the Securities Administrator), One-Month LIBOR for the applicable Accrual Period will be the Reference Bank Rate. If no such quotations can be obtained by the Securities
Administrator and no Reference Bank Rate is available, One-Month LIBOR will be One-Month LIBOR applicable to the preceding Accrual Period. The establishment of One-Month LIBOR on each Interest Determination Date by the Securities Administrator and the Securities Administrator’s calculation of the rate of interest applicable to the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates for the related Accrual Period shall, in the absence of manifest error, be final and binding.

One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate: With respect to the Class A Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest A, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

With respect to the Class M-4 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

With respect to the Class M-5 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

 

 

With respect to the Class B-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest B-1, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

With respect to the Class B-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

With respect to the Class B-3 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest B-3, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

With respect to the Class B-4 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of “Marker Rate” and “Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount”, REMIC I Regular Interest B-4, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for EMC, the Depositor, the Company or the Master Servicer, reasonably acceptable to each addressee of such opinion; provided that with respect to Section 2.05, 8.05, 8.07 or 12.01, or the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (i) in fact be independent of EMC, Depositor, the Company and the Master Servicer, (ii) not have any direct financial interest in EMC, the Depositor, the Company or the Master Servicer or in any affiliate of either, and (iii) not be connected with EMC, the Depositor, the Company or the Master Servicer as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.

Optional Termination: The termination of the Trust Fund created hereunder as a result of the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property pursuant to the last sentence of Section 11.01 hereof.

Optional Termination Date: The Distribution Date on which the Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans is equal to or less than 20% of the Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.

Original Value: The value of the property underlying a Mortgage Loan based, in the case of the purchase of the underlying Mortgaged Property, on the lower of an appraisal or the sales price of such property or, in the case of a refinancing, on an appraisal.

Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under this Agreement except:

(a)        Certificates theretofore canceled by the Securities Administrator or delivered to the Securities Administrator for cancellation; and

(b)        Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Securities Administrator pursuant to this Agreement.

 

 

Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any date of determination, a Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a Liquidated Loan, prior to the end of the related Prepayment Period.

Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Due Period) over the Certificate Principal Balances of the Certificates (other than the Class C Certificates) on such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment of principal other than any Extra Principal Distribution Amount on such Certificates).

Overcollateralization Floor:  With respect to the Certificates, an amount equal to 0.50% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.

Overcollateralization Target Amount:  With respect to any Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date, 4.80% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, (b) on or after the Stepdown Date and if a Trigger Event is not in effect, the greater of (i) the lesser of (1) 4.80% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and (2) 9.60% of the then current aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period, and after reduction for Realized Losses incurred during the related Due Period) and (ii) the Overcollateralization
Floor or (c) on or after the Stepdown Date and if a Trigger Event is in effect, the Overcollateralization Target Amount for the immediately preceding Distribution Date.

Overcollateralization Release Amount:  With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date (assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount is applied as a principal payment on such Distribution Date) over (ii) the Overcollateralization Target Amount for such Distribution Date (with the amount pursuant to clause (y) deemed to be $0 if the Overcollateralization Amount is less than or equal to the Overcollateralization Target Amount on that Distribution Date).

Ownership Interest: As to any Certificate, any ownership interest in such Certificate including any interest in such Certificate as the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial.

Pass-Through Rate: With respect to the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (i) One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin and (ii) 11.00% per annum, in each case, subject to the related Net Rate Cap for such Distribution Date. 

 

 

With respect to the Class C Certificate and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the amount determined for each REMIC I Regular Interest equal to (x) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for such REMIC I Regular Interest over the Marker Rate, and (y) applied to a notional amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interests.

Percentage Interest: With respect to any Certificate of a specified Class, the Percentage Interest set forth on the face thereof or the percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of such Class.

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

(i)         obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;

(ii)         general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;

(iii)        commercial or finance company paper which is then receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;

(iv)        certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers’ acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities (including the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator in its commercial banking capacity), provided that the commercial paper and/or long term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company are then rated one of the two highest long-term and the highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency for such securities, or such lower ratings as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;

(v)        guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance company or other corporation containing, at the time of the issuance of such agreements, such terms and conditions as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;

 

 

(vi)        repurchase obligations with respect to any security described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (v) above;

(vii)       securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the face amount thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which, at the time of such investment, have one of the two highest short term ratings of each Rating Agency (except if the Rating Agency is Moody’s, such rating shall be the highest commercial paper rating of Moody’s for any such securities), or such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by any Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;

(viii)      interests in any money market fund (including any such fund managed or advised by the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator or any affiliate thereof) which at the date of acquisition of the interests in such fund and throughout the time such interests are held in such fund has the highest applicable short term rating by each Rating Agency rating such fund or such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing;

(ix)        short term investment funds sponsored by any trust company or banking association incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (including any such fund managed or advised by the Trustee or the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator or any affiliate thereof) which on the date of acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in their highest applicable rating category or such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced in writing; and

(x)        such other investments having a specified stated maturity and bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating Agency and will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;

provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is purchased at a premium or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount; provided further that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (A) if such instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be redeemed at a price below the purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to apply to investments in units of money market funds pursuant to clause (viii) above); provided further that no amount 

 

beneficially owned by any REMIC may be invested in investments (other than money market funds) treated as equity interests for federal income tax purposes, unless the Securities Administrator shall receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Securities Administrator, to the effect that such investment will not adversely affect the status of any such REMIC as a REMIC under the Code or result in the imposition of a tax on any such REMIC.  Permitted Investments that are subject to prepayment or call may not be purchased at a price in excess of par.

Permitted Transferee: Any person (x) other than (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to any Residual Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code or (v) an electing large partnership within the meaning of Section 775(a) of the Code,
(y) that is a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership (other than a partnership that has any direct or indirect foreign partners) or other entity (treated as a corporation or a partnership for federal income tax purposes), created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, an estate whose income from sources without the United States is includible in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or if it has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person and (z) other than any other Person so designated by
the Securities Adminstrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Securities Adminstrator and the Trustee (which shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator) that states that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are Outstanding. The terms “United States,” “State” and “International Organization” shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such government unit.

Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint- stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Pre-Funded Amount:  The amount deposited by the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee, upon the Securities Administrator’s receipt of such amount from the Depositor, in the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date for the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, which amount is approximately $1,810,773.

Prepayment Assumption: A prepayment rate for the Mortgage Loans of 35% CPR.  

 

 

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 Distribution Date, for each EMC 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 Distribution Date occurs and the Determination Date of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, an amount equal to interest (to the extent received) at the applicable Net Mortgage 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 Distribution Date occurs and ending on the last date through which interest is collected from the related Mortgagor.

Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and any EMC Mortgage Loan, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a partial Principal Prepayment, a Principal Prepayment in full, or that became a Liquidated Loan during the related Prepayment Period, (other than a Principal Prepayment in full resulting from the purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 3.05 or 11.01 hereof), the amount, if any, by which (i) one month’s interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such prepayment (or liquidation) or in the case of a partial Principal Prepayment on the amount of such prepayment (or liquidation proceeds) exceeds (ii) the amount of interest paid or collected in connection with such Principal Prepayment or such liquidation proceeds less
the sum of (a) the Master Servicing Fee, (b) the Servicing Fee and (c) the LPMI Fee, if any.

Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the 16th day of the month prior to the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs and ending on the 15th day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy: Any primary mortgage guaranty insurance policy issued in connection with a Mortgage Loan which provides compensation to a Mortgage Note Holder in the event of default by the obligor under such Mortgage Note or the related security instrument, if any or any replacement policy therefor through the related Accrual Period for such Class relating to a Distribution Date.

Principal Distribution Amount:  With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to (x) the sum of (1) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and (2) any Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date minus (y) the amount of any Overcollateralization Release Amount for such Distribution Date.

Principal Funds:  With respect to any Distribution Date, (i) the sum, without duplication, of (a) all scheduled principal collected during the related Due Period, (b) all Advances relating to principal made on or before the Distribution Account Deposit Date, (c) Principal Prepayments exclusive of prepayment charges or penalties collected during the related Prepayment Period, (d) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was repurchased by EMC on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 2.03, (e) the aggregate of all Substitution Adjustment Amounts for the related Determination Date in 

 

connection with the substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.03(d), (f) all Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries collected during the related Prepayment Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries relate to principal), in each case to the extent remitted by the Master Servicer to the Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement and (g) amounts in respect of principal paid by the Majority Class C Certificateholder or the Master Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 11.01, minus (ii) all amounts required to be reimbursed pursuant to Sections 5.02 and 5.09 or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement. 

Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of (or proceeds with respect to) principal on a Mortgage Loan (including loans purchased or repurchased under Sections 2.02, 2.03, 3.05 and 11.01 hereof) that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Company or the Servicer, as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

Principal Remittance Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date, the sum of the amounts listed in clauses (a) through (g) of the definition of Principal Funds.

Private Certificates:  Any of the Class B-4, Class C and Residual Certificates.

Prospectus Supplement:  The Prospectus Supplement dated September 28, 2005 relating to the public offering of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.

Protected Account: Each account established with respect to receipts on the Mortgage Loans and REO Property in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof or by the Servicer in accordance with the First Horizon Servicing Agreement. Each Protected Account shall be an Eligible Account.

PUD: A Planned Unit Development.

Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (x) required to be repurchased by EMC pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof or (y) that EMC has a right to purchase pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of such purchase (or if the related Mortgaged Property was acquired with respect thereto, 100% of the outstanding principal balance at the date of the acquisition), plus (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate through the first day of the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed to Certificateholders, reduced by any portion of the Servicing Fee, Servicing Advances and Advances payable to the purchaser of the Mortgage Loan plus and (iii) any costs and damages (if any) incurred by the Trust in connection with
any violation of such Mortgage Loan of any anti-predatory lending laws.

QIB: A Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rating Agency: Each of S & P, Moody’s and Fitch. If any such organization or its successor is no longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person, designated by the Depositor, notice of which 

 

designation shall be given to the Trustee and Securities Administrator.  References herein to a given rating category of each Rating Agency shall mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.

Realized Loss: With respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which a Final Recovery Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the commencement of the calendar month in which the Final Recovery Determination was made, plus (ii) accrued interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor through the end of the calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, calculated in the case of each calendar month during such period (A) at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was then accruing on such Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date during such calendar month, minus (iii) the proceeds, if any, received
in respect of such Mortgage Loan during the calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, net of amounts that are payable therefrom to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicer pursuant to the First Horizon Servicing Agreement.  In addition, to the extent the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of the Realized Loss with respect to that Mortgage Loan will be reduced to the extent such recoveries are distributed to any Class of Certificates or applied to increase Excess Spread on any Distribution Date.

With respect to any REO Property as to which a Final Recovery Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition of such REO Property on behalf of REMIC I, plus (ii) accrued interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor in respect of the related Mortgage Loan through the end of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired, calculated in the case of each calendar month during such period (A) at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was then accruing on the related Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) REO Imputed
Interest for such REO Property for each calendar month commencing with the calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired and ending with the calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, minus (iv) the aggregate of all unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances.

With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.

With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Debt Service Reduction, the portion, if any, of the reduction in each affected Monthly Payment attributable to a reduction in the Mortgage Rate imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each such Realized Loss shall be deemed to have been incurred on the Due Date for each affected Monthly Payment.

 

 

Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Certificates (other than the Class B-4, Class C and Residual Certificates), so long as such Classes of Certificates are Book-Entry Certificates, the Business Day preceding such Distribution Date, and otherwise, the close of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. With respect to the Class B-4, Class C and Residual Certificates, so long as such Classes of Certificates remain non Book-Entry Certificates, the close of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs..

Reference Banks: Shall mean leading banks selected by the Securities Administrator and engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii) which have been designated as such by the Securities Administrator and (iii) which are not controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, the Depositor, the Sellers or the Master Servicer.

Reference Bank Rate: With respect to any Accrual Period shall mean the arithmetic mean, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%, of the offered rates for United States dollar deposits for one month that are quoted by the Reference Banks as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the related Interest Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period of one month in an amount approximately equal to the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates for such Accrual Period, provided that at least two such Reference Banks provide such rate. If fewer than two offered rates appear, the Reference Bank Rate will be the arithmetic mean, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%, of the rates quoted by one or more major banks in New York
City, selected by the Securities Administrator, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date for loans in United States dollars to leading European banks for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates for such Accrual Period.

Regular Certificate: Any Certificate other than a Residual Certificate.

Regular Interest: A “regular interest” in a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.

Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, or similar state law.

Relief Act Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended Due Period as a result of the application of the Relief Act.

Remaining Excess Spread:  With respect to any Distribution Date, the Excess Spread less any Extra Principal Distribution Amount, in each case for such Distribution Date.

Remaining Pre-Funded Amount:  An amount equal to the Pre-Funded Amount minus the amount equal to 100% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans transferred to the Trust Fund during the Pre-Funding Period.

REMIC: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of section 860D of the Code.

 

 

REMIC I: The segregated pool of assets described in the Preliminary Statement and Section 5.07(a).

REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount (subject to adjustment based on the actual number of days elapsed in the respective Accrual Period) equal to (a) the product of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then outstanding and (ii) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest AA minus the Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.

REMIC I Overcollateralization Amount: With respect to any date of determination, (i) 1.00% of the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest B-1, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2, REMIC I Regular Interest B-3 and REMIC I Regular Interest B-4, in each case, as of such date of determination.

REMIC I Principal Loss Allocation Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then outstanding and (ii) 1 minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two (2) times the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest B-1, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2, REMIC I Regular Interest B-3, REMIC I Regular Interest B-4, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I
Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest B-1, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2, REMIC I Regular Interest B-3, REMIC I Regular Interest B-4 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ.

REMIC I Regular Interest A: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest A shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest AA: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest AA shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest B-1: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest B-1 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through 

 

Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest B-2: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest B-2 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest B-3: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest B-3 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest B-4: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest B-4 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest M-1: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-1 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest M-2: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-2 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest M-3: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-3 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

 

REMIC I Regular Interest M-4: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-4 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest M-5: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-5 shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ: One of the separate non-certificated beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

REMIC I Required Overcollateralization Amount: 1.00% of the Overcollateralization Target Amount.

REMIC II:  The segregated pool of assets described in the Preliminary Statement and Section 5.07(a). 

REMIC Opinion: Shall mean an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the proposed action will not cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.

REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of the Code, and related provisions, and proposed, temporary and final regulations and published rulings, notices and announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.

Remittance Date: Shall mean (i) with respect to the Company, the Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Account Deposit Date and (ii) with respect to the Servicer, each Business Day as specified in the First Horizon Servicing Agreement.

Remittance Report: Shall mean a report to the Securities Administrator in an electronic format (or by such other means as the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator may agree from time to time) containing such data and information, as agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator such as to permit the Securities Administrator to prepare the Monthly Statement to Certificateholders.

 

 

REO Imputed Interest: As to any REO Property, for any calendar month during which such REO Property was at any time part of REMIC I, one month’s interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such REO Property (or, in the case of the first such calendar month, of the related Mortgage Loan, if appropriate) as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such calendar month.

REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Company or the Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.

Replacement Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans in the aggregate substituted by EMC for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on the date of such substitution, as confirmed in a Request for Release, (i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not less than 90% of, the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a fixed Mortgage Rate not less than or more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have the same or higher credit quality characteristics than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iv) have a Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (v) have a remaining term to
maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) not permit conversion of the Mortgage Rate from a fixed rate to a variable rate; (vii) have the same lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (viii) constitute the same occupancy type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan or be owner occupied; (ix) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (x) the related Custodian has delivered a Final Certification noting no defects or exceptions.

Repurchase Price: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a price equal to (i) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, plus (ii) interest on such outstanding principal balance at the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) from the last date through which interest has been paid to the end of the month of repurchase, less (iii) amounts advanced by the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer in respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan which are being held in the Master Servicer Collection Account for remittance to the Securities Administrator plus (iv) any costs and damages (if any) incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation of such Mortgage Loan of any anti-predatory lending laws.

Request for Release: The Request for Release to be submitted by the Sellers, the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer to the respective Custodian substantially in the 

 

form of Exhibit G hereto or other form attached as an exhibit to the related Custodial Agreement. Each Request for Release furnished to the respective Custodian by the Sellers, the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer shall be in duplicate and shall be executed by an officer of such Person or a Servicing Officer (or, if furnished electronically to the respective Custodian, shall be deemed to have been sent and executed by an officer of such Person or a Servicing Officer) of the Sellers, the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable.

Required Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance policy that is required to be maintained from time to time under this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement.

Reserve Fund: Shall mean the separate trust account created and maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 4.14 hereof.

Reserve Fund Deposit: With respect to the Reserve Fund, an amount equal to $5,000, which the Depositor shall deposit into the Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 4.14 hereof.  

Residual Certificates: The Class R-1 Cerificates and Class R-2 Certificates, each evidencing the sole class of “residual interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code) in the related REMIC.

Residual Interest: The sole class of Residual Interests in a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.

Responsible Officer: With respect to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or any Trust Officer in its respective Corporate Trust Office with specific responsibility for the transactions contemplated hereby, any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers or other officers of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator as specified by the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, as to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

S&P:  Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.

Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan.

Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Securities Administrator: LaSalle Bank National Association, in its capacity as securities administrator hereunder, and its successors and assigns.

Seller: EMC or Master Funding, in each case in such capacity under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

Senior Certificates: Any of the Class A Certificates.

 

 

Servicer: Shall mean First Tennessee.

Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) incurred in the performance by the Company or the Servicer of its servicing obligations hereunder or under the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, including, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, and including any expenses incurred in relation to any such proceedings that result from the Mortgage Loan being registered in the MERS® System, (iii) the management and liquidation of any REO Property (including, without limitation, realtor’s commissions) and (iv) compliance with any obligations under Section 3.07 hereof to cause insurance to be maintained.

Servicing Agreement: Shall mean the First Horizon Servicing Agreement.

Servicing Fee: As to each EMC Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to 1/12th of the Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such EMC Mortgage Loan payable solely from interest collections as of the due date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.  As to each Mortgage Loan serviced by the Servicer and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to 1/12th of the unpaid principal balance of each such mortgage loan payable solely from interest collections, as of the due date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

Servicing Fee Rate: 0.500% per annum with respect to the EMC Mortgage Loans and with respect to the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer.

Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Company or the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans (i) in the case of the Company, whose name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Master Servicer by the Company on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as such list may from time to time be amended and (ii) in the case of the Servicer, as to which evidence reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, as applicable, of due authorization, by such party has been furnished from time to time to the Master Servicer.

Sixty-Day Plus Delinquency Percentage:  With respect to any Distribution Date, is the arithmetic average for each of the three successive Distribution Dates ending with the applicable Distribution Date of the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 60 or more days delinquent in the payment of principal or interest for the relevant Distribution Date, including Mortgage Loans in foreclosure, REO and Mortgage Loans with a related Mortgagor subject to bankruptcy proceedings, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans immediately preceding the relevant Distribution Date.

Startup Day: The Startup Day for each REMIC formed hereunder shall be the Closing Date.

Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property and any Distribution Date, the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof minus the sum of (i) the principal portion of the Scheduled Payments due with respect to such Mortgage Loan during 

 

each Due Period ending prior to such Distribution Date (and irrespective of any delinquency in their payment), (ii) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan received prior to or during the related Prepayment Period, and all Liquidation Proceeds to the extent applied by the Company or the Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.12 or the Servicing Agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan, that were received by the Company or the Servicer as of the close of business on the last day of the Prepayment Period related to such Distribution Date and (iii) any Realized Losses on such Mortgage Loan incurred during the related Prepayment Period.  The Stated Principal Balance of a Liquidated Loan equals zero.

Stepdown Date: The later to occur of (a) the Distribution Date in October 2008 and (b) the first Distribution Date on which the Current Specified Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose only, prior to distributions on the Certificates but following distributions on the Mortgage Loans for the related Due Period) is greater than or equal to approximately 68.80%.

Subordinated Certificates: The Class M, Class B, Class C and Residual Certificates.

Subsequent Cut-off Date: Shall mean with respect to those Subsequent Mortgage Loans sold to the Trust Fund pursuant to a Subsequent Transfer Instrument, the later of (i) the first day of the month in which the related Subsequent Transfer Date occurs or (ii) the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.

Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement: The agreement dated as of the Subsequent Transfer Date, between EMC, as seller, and Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as purchaser, and all amendments thereof and supplements thereto, regarding the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by EMC to Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, a form of which is attached as Exhibit N.

Subsequent Mortgage Loans: Shall mean the Mortgage Loans which will be acquired by the Trust during the Pre-Funding Period with amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account.

Subsequent Transfer Date: Shall mean with respect to each subsequent transfer instrument, the date on which the Subsequent Mortgage Loans are sold to the Trust.  

Subsequent Transfer Instrument: Each Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated as of a Subsequent Transfer Date, executed by the Depositor at the written direction of the Seller and substantially in the form of Exhibit O, by which Subsequent Mortgage Loans are transferred to the Trust Fund.

Subsequent Recoveries: As of any Distribution Date, amounts received by the Master Servicer (net of any related expenses permitted to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 4.02) or surplus amounts held by the Master Servicer, Company and the Servicer to cover estimated expenses (including, but not limited to, recoveries in respect of the representations and warranties made by EMC pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) specifically related to a Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a liquidation or final disposition of any REO Property prior to the related Prepayment Period that resulted in a Realized Loss.

 

 

Subservicing Agreement: Any agreement entered into between the Company and a subservicer with respect to the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan hereunder by such subservicer.

Substitution Adjustment Amount: The meaning ascribed to such term pursuant to Section 2.03(d).

Successor Master Servicer: The meaning ascribed to such term pursuant to Section 8.06.

Tax Matters Person: The person designated as “tax matters person” in the manner provided under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.860F-4(d) and 301.6231(a)(7)-1T. The holder of the greatest Percentage Interest in a Class of Residual Certificates shall be the Tax Matters Person for the related REMIC. The Securities Administrator, or any successor thereto or assignee thereof, shall serve as tax administrator hereunder and as agent for the related Tax Matters Person.

Transfer: Any direct or indirect transfer or sale of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

Transfer Affidavit: As defined in Section 7.02(c)(ii).

Trigger Event:  With respect to any Distribution Date, a “Trigger Event” shall have occurred if any of the following tests is not satisfied: (i) the Sixty-Day Plus Delinquency Percentage is less than 7.00%, or (ii)(A) for any Distribution Date from and including the Distribution Date in October 2008 to and including the Distribution Date in September 2009, the Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage for such Distribution Date is less than 5.05%, (B) for any Distribution Date from and including the Distribution Date in October 2009 to and including the Distribution Date in September 2010, the Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage for such Distribution Date is less than 7.85%, (C) for any Distribution Date from and including the Distribution Date in October 2010 to and including the Distribution Date in September 2011, the Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage
for such Distribution Date is less than 10.05%, and (D) for any Distribution Date thereafter, the Cumulative Realized Loss Percentage for such Distribution Date is less than 11.15%.

Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest accruing and principal due with respect thereto after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in computing the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof; (ii) the Distribution Account, the Reserve Fund, the Master Servicer Collection Account maintained by the Master Servicer and the Protected Accounts maintained by the Company and the Servicer and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (iv) the mortgagee’s rights under the Insurance Policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (v) the Servicing Agreement and the Assignment Agreement; (vi) the rights
under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; and (vii) all proceeds of the foregoing, including proceeds of conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash or other liquid property.

Trustee: Citibank, N.A., a national banking association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders under this Agreement, and 

 

any successor thereto, and any corporation or national banking association resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any successor trustee as may from time to time be serving as successor trustee hereunder.

Uncertificated Accrued Interest: With respect to each REMIC I Regular Interest on each Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month’s interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest. In each case, Uncertificated Accrued Interest will be reduced by any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Interest Shortfalls (allocated to such REMIC I Regular Interests as set forth in Section 1.02).

Uncertificated Principal Balance: With respect to each REMIC I Regular Interest, the principal amount of such REMIC I Regular Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the Closing Date, the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall equal the amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance. On each Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by all distributions of principal made on such REMIC I Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 6.07 and, if and to the extent necessary and appropriate, shall be further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized Losses as provided in Section 6.05, and the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ shall be increased
by interest deferrals as provided in Section 6.07(b)(i). The Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall never be less than zero. 

Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate:  With respect to any REMIC I Regular Interest and any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Due Period, weighted on the basis of the Stated Principal Balances of such Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Due Period. 

Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: With respect to the Class A Certificates and as to any Distribution Date is the excess of Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to such class over the sum of all distributions in reduction of the Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all previous Distribution Dates.  Any amounts distributed to the Class A Certificates in respect of any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount will not be applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of such class.

Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all the Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate for purposes of the voting provisions hereunder. Voting Rights shall be allocated (i) 95% to the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, (ii) 3% to the Class C Certificates until paid in full, and (iii) 1% to each Class of Residual Certificates, with the allocation among the Certificates (other than the Class C Certificates and the Residual Certificates) to be in proportion to the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class relative to the Certificate Principal Balance of all other such Classes. Voting Rights will be allocated among the Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and any successor thereto.

 

 

Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement: The Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, among the Depositor, EMC, as a seller, Master Funding, as a seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Custodian relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in such Custodial Agreement.

	
            Section 1.02
 	
            Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.   
 

For purposes of calculating the amount of Current Interest for the Class A, Class M, Class B and Class C Certificates for any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by payments by the Company or the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.02) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to the Class C Certificates based on, and to the extent of, one month’s interest at the then applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Certificate Notional Amount thereof and, thereafter, among the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, in each case on a pro rata basis based on, and to the extent of, one month’s interest at the then applicable respective Pass-Through Rates on the respective Certificate
Principal Balances of each such Certificate.

For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated Accrued Interest for the REMIC I Regular Interests for any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by payments by the Company or the Master Servicer) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to Uncertificated Accrued Interest payable to REMIC I Regular Interest AA and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively, and thereafter among REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5,
REMIC I Regular Interest B-1, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2, REMIC I Regular Interest B-3, REMIC I Regular Interest B-4 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, pro rata based on, and to the extent of, one month’s interest at the then applicable Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rates on the Uncertificated Principal Balances of each such REMIC I Regular Interest.

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

	
            Section 2.01
 	
            Conveyance of Trust Fund.   
 

Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, each Seller sold, transferred, assigned, set over and otherwise conveyed to the Depositor, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of such Seller in and to the assets sold by it in the Trust Fund.

EMC has entered into this Agreement in consideration for the purchase of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and has agreed to take the actions specified herein.

The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the use and benefit of the Certificateholders, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund.

The Depositor, EMC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee agree that it is not intended that any mortgage loan be included in the Trust that is either (i) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act effective November 27, 2003, (ii) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004, (iii) a “High Cost Home Mortgage Loan” as defined in the Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004, (iv) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act, effective as of January 1, 2005, (v) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the Illinois High Risk Home Loan Act effective January 1, 2004 or (vi) a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the Kentucky High Cost Home Loan Act
effective June 24, 2003. 

In connection with such sale, the Depositor has delivered to, and deposited with, the Trustee or the related Custodian, as its agent, the following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned: (i) the original Mortgage Note, including any riders thereto, endorsed without recourse in blank or to order of “Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1, 2005 for SACO I Trust 2005-7 Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7,” and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from the original payee thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee, (ii) the original Mortgage and, if the related Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, noting the presence of the MIN and language indicating that such Mortgage
Loan is a MOM Loan, which shall have been recorded (or if the original is not available, a copy), with evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form), (iii) unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, the assignment (either an original or a copy, which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located) to the Trustee of the Mortgage with respect to each Mortgage 

 

Loan in the name of “Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7,” which shall have been recorded (or if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form), (iv) an original or a copy of all intervening assignments of the Mortgage, if any, with evidence of recording thereon, (v) the original policy of title insurance or mortgagee’s certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title insurance, if available, or a copy thereof, or, in the event that such original title insurance policy is unavailable, a photocopy thereof, or in lieu thereof, a current lien search on the related Mortgaged Property and (vi) originals or copies of all available assumption, modification or substitution agreements, if any; provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, the related
Seller may deliver the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below: (x) if any Mortgage, assignment thereof to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof have been delivered or are being delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned in time to permit their delivery as specified above, the Depositor may deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by such Seller or the title company issuing the commitment for title insurance, on the face of such copy, substantially as follows: “Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted for recording” and (y) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in the list set forth in Exhibit I, the Depositor may deliver a lost note affidavit and indemnity and a copy of the original note, if available; and provided, further, however, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date and prior
to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee and the related Custodian a certification of a Servicing Officer to such effect and in such case shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans, in the Master Servicer Collection Account or in the Distribution Account on the Closing Date. In the case of the documents referred to in clause (x) above, the Depositor shall deliver such documents to the Trustee or the related Custodian promptly after they are received. EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall cause, at its expense, the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and to the extent required in accordance with the foregoing, the assignment of the Mortgage to the Trustee to be submitted for recording promptly after the Closing Date; provided that EMC need not cause to be recorded (a) any assignment in any jurisdiction under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel addressed to the Trustee delivered by EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to the Trustee, the Custodians and each Rating Agency, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loan or (b) if MERS is identified on the Mortgage or on a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as the mortgagee of record solely as nominee for the related Seller and its successors and assigns. In the event that either Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator gives written notice to the Trustee that a court has recharacterized the sale of the Mortgage Loans as a financing, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall submit or cause to be submitted for recording as specified above each such previously unrecorded assignment to be submitted for recording as specified above at the expense of the Trust. In the event a Mortgage File is
released to the Company or the Servicer as a result of such Person having completed a Request for Release, the related Custodian shall, if not so completed, complete the assignment of the related Mortgage in the manner specified in clause (iii) above.

In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS® System, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) further agrees that 

 

it will cause, at EMC’s own expense, within 30 days after the Closing Date, the MERS® System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to the Depositor and by the Depositor to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files (a) the code in the field which identifies the specific Trustee and (b) the code in the field “Pool Field” which identifies the series of the Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Company or the Master Servicer to, and the Master Servicer agrees that it will not,
alter the codes referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans that are not delivered to the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf are and shall be held by or on behalf of the Sellers or the Depositor, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. In the event that any such original document is required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf. Any such original document delivered to or held by the Depositor that is not required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File, shall be delivered promptly to the Custodian on the Trustee’s behalf.  

Whenever it is provided for in this Agreement that any document, evidence or information relating to a Mortgage Loan to be included in a Mortgage File be delivered or supplied to the Trustee, such delivery or supply shall be made to the appropriate Custodian pursuant to the related Custodial Agreement.

	
            Section 2.02
 	
            Acceptance of the Mortgage Loans.   
 

(a)        Based on the Initial Certification received by it from the related Custodian, the Trustee acknowledges receipt of, subject to the further review and exceptions reported by the related Custodian pursuant to the procedures described below, the documents (or certified copies thereof) delivered to the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf pursuant to Section 2.01 and declares that it holds and will continue to hold directly or through a custodian those documents and any amendments, replacements or supplements thereto and all other assets of the Trust Fund delivered to it in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates.  On the Closing Date, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf will deliver one or more Initial Certifications, each in the form of Exhibit One to the related
Custodial Agreement, confirming whether or not it has received the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan, but without review of such Mortgage File, except to the extent necessary to confirm whether such Mortgage File contains the original Mortgage Note or a lost note affidavit and indemnity in lieu thereof. No later than 90 days after the Closing Date, Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf shall, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, review each Mortgage File delivered to it and execute and deliver to EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) and the Master Servicer and, if reviewed by the related Custodian, to the Trustee, one or more Interim Certifications, each substantially in the form of Exhibit Two to the 

 

related Custodial Agreement. In conducting such review, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf will ascertain whether all required documents have been executed and received and whether those documents relate, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B to this Agreement, as supplemented (provided, however, that with respect to those documents described in subclauses (iv) and (vi) of Section 2.01, such obligations shall extend only to documents actually delivered pursuant to such subclauses).  In performing any such review, the Trustee and the related Custodian may conclusively rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon. If the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf finds any document constituting part of
the Mortgage File not to have been executed or received, or to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or to appear to be defective on its face, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf shall include such information in the exception report attached to the Interim Certification. EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall correct or cure any such defect or, if prior to the end of the second anniversary of the Closing Date, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) may substitute for the related Mortgage Loan a Replacement Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.03 or shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee to the effect that such defect does not materially or adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan within 60 days from the date of notice from
the Trustee of the defect and if EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) fails to correct or cure the defect or deliver such opinion within such period, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) will, subject to Section 2.03, within 90 days from the notification of the Trustee purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price; provided, however, that if such defect relates solely to the inability of EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to deliver the Mortgage, assignment thereof to the Trustee, or intervening assignments thereof with evidence of recording thereon because such documents have been submitted for recording and have not been returned by the applicable jurisdiction, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall not be required to purchase such Mortgage Loan if EMC delivers such documents promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after the
Closing Date.

(b)        No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf will review, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Mortgage Files and will execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) and the Master Servicer and, if reviewed by the related Custodian, to the Trustee, one or more Final Certifications, each substantially in the form of Exhibit Three to the related Custodial Agreement. In conducting such review, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf will ascertain whether each document required to be recorded has been returned from the recording office with evidence of recording thereon and the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf has received either an original or a copy thereof, as required
in Section 2.01 (provided, however, that with respect to those documents described in subclauses (iv) and (vi) of Section 2.01, such obligations shall extend only to documents actually delivered pursuant to such subclauses). If the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf finds any document with respect to a Mortgage Loan has not been received, or to be unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or to appear defective on its face, the Trustee or the related 

 

Custodian on its behalf shall note such defect in the exception report attached to the Final Certification and shall promptly notify EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding).  EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall correct or cure any such defect or, if prior to the end of the second anniversary of the Closing Date, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) may substitute for the related Mortgage Loan a Replacement Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 2.03 or shall deliver to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator to the effect that such defect does not materially or adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan within
60 days from the date of notice from the Trustee of the defect and if EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) is unable within such period to correct or cure such defect, or to substitute the related Mortgage Loan with a Replacement Mortgage Loan or to deliver such opinion, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall, subject to Section 2.03, within 90 days from the notification of the Trustee, purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price; provided, however, that if such defect relates solely to the inability of EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to deliver the Mortgage, assignment thereof to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof with evidence of recording thereon, because such documents have not been returned by the applicable jurisdiction, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall not be required to purchase such Mortgage Loan, if EMC delivers
such documents promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to the custody or review of Mortgage Files, all of which shall be performed by the related Custodian pursuant to the related Custodial Agreement, and the Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to enter into each such Custodial Agreement.  Performance by the Custodians of their obligations under the respective Custodial Agreement shall satisfy all responsibilities for custody and review of Mortgage Files hereunder.  The Trustee shall have no liability for the failure of the Custodians to perform their respective obligations under the related Custodial Agreement.

(c)        In the event that a Mortgage Loan is repurchased by EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) in accordance with subsections 2.02(a) or (b) above or Section 2.03, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall remit the applicable Purchase Price to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account and shall provide written notice to the Securities Administrator and the Trustee detailing the components of the Purchase Price, signed by a Servicing Officer. Upon deposit of the Purchase Price in the Master Servicer Collection Account and upon receipt of a Request for Release with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the related Custodian will release to EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall
execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse, representation or warranty furnished to it by the related Seller, as are necessary to vest in EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) title to and rights under the Mortgage Loan. Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the deposit into the Master Servicer Collection Account was made. The Securities Administrator shall promptly use its best efforts to notify each Rating Agency of such repurchase in accordance with Section 12.05. The obligation of EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to cure, repurchase or substitute for any Mortgage Loan as to which a defect in 

 

a constituent document exists shall be the sole remedies respecting such defect available to the Certificateholders or to the Trustee on their behalf.

(d)        EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall deliver to the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf, and Trustee agrees to accept the Mortgage Note and other documents constituting the Mortgage File with respect to any Replacement Mortgage Loan, which the Trustee or the related Custodian will review as provided in subsections 2.02(a) and 2.02(b), provided, that the Closing Date referred to therein shall instead be the date of delivery of the Mortgage File with respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan.

Section 2.03     Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company, the Master Servicer, and EMC as a Seller.   

(a)        The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee as follows, as of the Closing Date:

(i)         It is duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by it in any state in which a Mortgaged Property related to an EMC Mortgage Loan is located or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each EMC Mortgage Loan, to service the EMC Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement and to perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.

(ii)         It has the full corporate power and authority to service each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto or thereto, as applicable, constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of
equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

(iii)        The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by it under this Agreement, the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof and thereof are in its ordinary course of business and will not (A) result in a breach of any term or provision of its charter 

 

or by-laws or (B) conflict with, result in a breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to it of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it; and it is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair its ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under this Agreement.

(iv)        It is an approved servicer of conventional mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act.

(v)        No litigation is pending or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened, against it that would materially and adversely affect (a) the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement (b) its ability to service the EMC Mortgage Loans, (c) to perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, (d) its business operations, financial conditions, or properties or assets owned by it, or (e) its ability to carry on its business as now conducted.

(vi)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for its execution, delivery and performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, it has obtained the same.

(vii)       The servicing practices used by the Company in respect of each Mortgage Loan have been, and will continue to be, compliant in all material respects with applicable laws and regulations.

(b)        LaSalle Bank National Association, in its capacity as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the Seller, the Depositor and the Trustee as follows, as of the Closing Date:

(i)         It is a national banking association duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator and, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any state, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

 

(ii)         It has the full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

(iii)        The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it, the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are in its ordinary course of business and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or provision of its charter or by-laws or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to it of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it; and it is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or
other material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair its ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under this Agreement.

(iv)        No litigation is pending or, to the best of its knowledge, threatened, against it that would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or its ability to perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

(v)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for its execution, delivery and performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, it has obtained the same.

(c)        EMC (in its capacity as a Seller) hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and the Trustee as follows, as of the Closing Date:

(i)         EMC is duly organized as a Delaware corporation and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by EMC in any state in which a Mortgaged Property 

 

is located or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan, to sell the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and to perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

(ii)         EMC has the full corporate power and authority to sell each Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of EMC the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto or thereto, as applicable, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of EMC, enforceable against EMC in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and (b) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable
relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

(iii)        The execution and delivery of this Agreement by EMC, the sale of the Mortgage Loans by EMC under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof and thereof are in the ordinary course of business of EMC and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or provision of the charter or by-laws of EMC or (B) conflict with, result in a breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a default under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which EMC is a party or by which it may be bound, or (C) constitute a violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to EMC of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over
EMC; and EMC is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair EMC’s ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under this Agreement.

(iv)        EMC is an approved seller of conventional mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act.

(v)        No litigation is pending or, to the best of EMC’s knowledge, threatened, against EMC that would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of EMC to sell the 

 

Mortgage Loans or to perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.

(vi)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by EMC of, or compliance by EMC with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, EMC has obtained the same.

(vii)       With respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date (or such other date as may be specified in Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement), EMC hereby remakes and restates each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the Depositor and the Trustee to the same extent as if fully set forth herein.

(d)        Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto of a breach of a representation or warranty set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties. EMC, in its capacity as a Seller, hereby covenants with respect to the representations and warranties set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans, that within 90 days of the discovery of a breach of any representation or warranty set forth therein that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such breach in all material respects and, if such breach is not so cured,
(i) if such 90 day period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, remove such Mortgage Loan (a “Deleted Mortgage Loan”) from the Trust Fund and substitute in its place a Replacement Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the manner set forth below; provided that any such substitution pursuant to (i) above or repurchase pursuant to (ii) above shall not be effected prior to the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel if required by Section 2.05 hereof and any such substitution pursuant to (i) above shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the applicable Custodian of a Request for Release. The Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the parties hereto of EMC’s failure to cure such breach as set forth in the preceding sentence.  EMC shall promptly reimburse the Master
Servicer and the Trustee for any expenses reasonably incurred by the Master Servicer or the Trustee in respect of enforcing the remedies for such breach. To enable the Master Servicer to amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule, EMC shall, unless it cures such breach in a timely fashion pursuant to this Section 2.03, promptly notify the Master Servicer whether it intends either to repurchase, or to substitute for, the Mortgage Loan affected by such breach. With respect to the representations and warranties with respect to the Mortgage Loans that are made to the best of EMC’s knowledge, if it is discovered by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, EMC, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee that the substance of such representation and warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding EMC’s lack of knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation or warranty, EMC (in its
capacity as a Seller) shall nevertheless be required to cure, substitute for or repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan in accordance with the foregoing.

 

 

With respect to any Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, EMC (in its capacity as a Seller) shall deliver to the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf for the benefit of the Certificateholders such documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01. No substitution will be made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments due with respect to Replacement Mortgage Loans in the Due Period related to the Distribution Date on which such proceeds are to be distributed shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by EMC (in its capacity as a Seller). For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will include the Scheduled Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for the related Due Period and thereafter EMC (in its capacity as a Seller) shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit of the Certificateholders to reflect the removal of such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the related Custodian. Upon such substitution, the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and EMC shall be deemed to have made with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the date of substitution, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 7 or Section 8 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the deposit into the Master Servicer Collection Account of the amount required to be deposited therein in connection with such substitution as described in the following
paragraph and receipt by the related Custodian of a Request for Release for such Mortgage Loan, the related Custodian shall release to EMC the Mortgage File relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan and held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at EMC’s direction such instruments of transfer or assignment as have been prepared by EMC, in each case without recourse, representation or warranty as shall be necessary to vest in EMC, or its respective designee, title to the Trustee’s interest in any Deleted Mortgage Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.

For any month in which EMC substitutes one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all the Replacement Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is less than the Stated Principal Balance (after application of the principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution) of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. An amount equal to the aggregate of such deficiencies, described in the preceding sentence for any Distribution Date (such amount, the “Substitution Adjustment Amount”) shall be deposited into the Master Servicer Collection Account, by EMC delivering such Replacement Mortgage Loan on the Determination Date for the Distribution Date relating to the Prepayment Period during which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or
replaced hereunder.

In the event that EMC (in its capacity as a Seller) shall have repurchased a Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited into the Master Servicer Collection Account maintained by the Master Servicer, on the Determination Date for the Distribution Date in the month following the month during which EMC became obligated to repurchase or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel if required by Section 2.05 and the receipt of a Request for Release, the related Custodian shall release the related Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to 

 

EMC, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver at such Person’s direction the related instruments of transfer or assignment prepared by EMC, in each case without recourse, representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and transfer the Trustee’s interest to EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to any Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Section 2.03. It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this Agreement of EMC to cure, repurchase or replace any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedies against EMC (in its capacity as a Seller) respecting such breach available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee.

(e)        The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 hereof shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Loans and Mortgage Files to the Trustee or the related Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

	
            Section 2.04
 	
            Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.   
 

The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date:

(i)         The Depositor is duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by it and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(ii)         The Depositor has the full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and has duly authorized, by all necessary corporate action on its part, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(iii)                    The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Depositor, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof and thereof are in the ordinary course of business of the Depositor and will not (A) result in a material breach of any term or provision of the certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of the Depositor or (B) materially conflict with, result in a material breach, violation or acceleration of, or result in a material default under, the terms of any other material agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it may be bound or (C) constitute a material violation of any statute, order or regulation applicable to the
Depositor of any court, regulatory 

 

body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Depositor; and the Depositor is not in breach or violation of any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument, or in violation of any statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or violation may materially impair the Depositor’s ability to perform or meet any of its obligations under this Agreement.

(iv)        No litigation is pending, or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor that would materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or the ability of the Depositor to perform its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.

(v)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the Depositor with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Depositor has obtained the same.

The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee as of the Closing Date, following the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to it by the Sellers, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, claims, defenses or counterclaims.

It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee or the related Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders.  Upon discovery by the Depositor or the Trustee of a breach of such representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the others, to each Rating Agency.

Section 2.05     Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with Substitutions and Repurchases.   

(a)        Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not in default or as to which default is not imminent, no repurchase or substitution pursuant to Sections 2.02 or 2.03 shall be made unless EMC delivers to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, to the effect that such repurchase or substitution would not (i) result in the imposition of the tax on “prohibited transactions” of REMIC I or REMIC II or contributions after the Closing Date, as defined in Sections 860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively, or (ii) cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. Any Mortgage Loan as to which repurchase or substitution was
delayed pursuant to this paragraph shall be repurchased or the substitution therefor shall occur (subject to compliance with Sections 2.02 or 2.03) upon the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a default or imminent default with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (b) receipt by the Trustee of 

 

an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator to the effect that such repurchase or substitution, as applicable, will not result in the events described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.

(b)        Upon discovery by the Depositor, EMC or the Master Servicer that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days of discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator. In connection therewith, EMC (in its capacity as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03 with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Replacement Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a breach of representation or warranty in accordance with
Section 2.03. The Trustee shall reconvey to EMC (in its capacity as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto (and the related Custodian shall deliver the related Mortgage File) in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty in accordance with Section 2.03.

	
            Section 2.06
 	
            Countersignature and Delivery of Certificates.   
 

(a)        The Trustee acknowledges the sale, transfer and assignment to it of the Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the Securities Administrator has executed, countersigned and delivered, to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates and to perform the duties set forth in this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

(b)        The Depositor concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the REMIC I Regular Interests and the other assets of REMIC II for the benefit of the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class R-2 Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests (which are uncertificated) and the other assets of REMIC II and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class R-2 Certificates.

	
            Section 2.07
 	
            Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
 

(a)        In consideration of the Securities Administrator's delivery on the Subsequent Transfer Date to or upon the written order of the Depositor of all or a portion of the balance of funds in the Pre-Funding Account, the Depositor shall, on such Subsequent Transfer Date, sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey without recourse to the Trust Fund (subject to the other terms and provisions of this Agreement) all its right, title and interest in and to (i) the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to the related Subsequent Transfer Instrument delivered by the Seller on such Subsequent Transfer Date, (ii) all interest 

 

accruing thereon on and after the Subsequent Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Subsequent Cut-off Date and (iii) all items with respect to such Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.01 and the other items in the related Mortgage Files; provided, however, that the Seller reserves and retains all right, title and interest in and to principal received and interest accruing on such Subsequent Mortgage Loans prior to the related Subsequent Cut-off Date. The transfer to the Trustee for deposit by the Depositor of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule shall (i) be absolute and is intended by the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificateholders to constitute and to be treated as a sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the
Trust and (ii) . The related Mortgage File for each Subsequent Mortgage Loan shall be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, at least three Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date. 

The purchase price paid by the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee from amounts released from the Pre-Funding Account shall be 100% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans so transferred (as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provided by the Depositor). This Agreement shall constitute a fixed price purchase contract in accordance with Section 860G(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Code.

(b)        The Depositor shall transfer to the Trustee for deposit in the applicable Loan Group, the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and the other property and rights related thereto as described in paragraph (a) above, and the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall release funds from the Pre-Funding Account only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date:

(i)         the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee a duly executed Subsequent Transfer Instrument, which shall include a Mortgage Loan Schedule listing the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, and the Seller shall cause to be delivered a computer file containing such Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer at least three Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date;

(ii)         the Depositor shall have furnished to the Master Servicer, no later than three Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date, (x) if the servicer or servicers of such Subsequent Mortgage Loans are existing Servicers, then a written acknowledgement of each such Servicer that it is servicing such Subsequent Mortgage Loans pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, or (y) if the servicer or servicers are not existing Servicers, then a servicing agreement and assignment agreements with respect to such servicer or servicers in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer;

(iii)        as of each Subsequent Transfer Date, as evidenced by delivery of the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, substantially in the form of Exhibit O, the Depositor shall not be bankrupt or insolvent nor shall it have been rendered bankrupt or insolvent by such transfer nor shall it be aware of any pending bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to it:

 

(iv)        such sale and transfer shall not result in a material adverse tax consequences to the Trust or the Certificateholders.

	
            (v)
 	
            the Pre-Funding Period shall not have terminated;
 

(vi)        the Depositor shall not have selected the Subsequent Mortgage Loans in a manner that it believed to be adverse to the interests of the Ccrtificateholders; and

(vii)       the Depositor shall have delivered to the Trustee a Subsequent Transfer Instrument confirming the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in this Section 2.07 and, pursuant to the Subsequent Transfer Instrument, assigned to the Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, in, to and under the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to the extent of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.

(c)        Any conveyance of Subsequent Mortgage Loans on a Subsequent Transfer Date is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to the following:

(i)         Each such Subsequent Mortgage Loan must satisfy the representations and warranties specified in the related Subsequent Transfer Instrument and this Agreement;

(ii)         The Depositor will not select such Subsequent Mortgage Loans in a manner that it believes to be adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders;

(iii)        the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Rating Agencies are provided with an Opinion of Counsel or Opinions of Counsel, at the expense of the Depositor, stating that each REMIC in the Trust Fund is and shall continue to qualify as a REMIC following the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, to be delivered as provided pursuant to this Section 2.07;

(iv)        the Rating Agencies and the Trustee are provided with an Opinion of Counsel or Opinions of Counsel, at the expense of the Depositor, confirming that the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans conveyed on such Subsequent Transfer Date is a true sale, to be delivered as provided pursuant to this Section 2.07; and

(v)        the execution and delivery of such Subsequent Transfer Agreement or conveyance of the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans does not result in a reduction or withdrawal of any ratings assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies.

(d)        The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely upon the confirmation made by the Depositor pursuant to the related Subsequent Transfer Instrument and the Opinions of Counsel delivered pursuant to clause (c)(iii) and (iv) above in determining that the condition precedents are met for the release of funds from the Pre-Funding Account.

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF EMC MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE COMPANY

	
            Section 3.01
 	
            The Company.   
 

The Company shall service and administer the EMC Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement and with customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage loan servicers in the respective states in which the related Mortgaged Properties are located. In connection with such servicing and administration, the Company shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable and consistent with the terms of this Agreement and customary servicing practices in connection with such servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to
consent to transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries, and (iv) subject to Section 3.12, to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any EMC Mortgage Loan; provided that the Company shall take no action that is inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders or this Agreement in any EMC Mortgage Loan or the rights and interests of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee under this Agreement.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company, in its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee, when the Company believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the EMC Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the related Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Company shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Company to service and administer the
EMC Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them to the Company.

In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section 3.01, the Company shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the EMC Mortgage Loans, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 6.03, and further as provided in Section 6.02. All costs incurred by the Company, if any, in effecting the timely payments of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties relating to the EMC Mortgage Loans and related insurance premiums 

 

shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the related EMC Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.

If the Mortgage relating to a Mortgage Loan had a lien senior to the Mortgage Loan on the related Mortgaged Property as of the Cut-off Date, then the Company may consent to the refinancing of the prior senior lien, provided that the following requirements are met:

(i)         the resulting Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan is no higher than the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio prior to such refinancing; and

(ii)         the interest rate, or, in the case of an adjustable rate existing senior lien, the maximum interest rate, for the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate or the maximum interest rate, as the case may be, on the loan evidencing the existing senior lien immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and

(iii)        the loan evidencing the refinanced senior lien is not subject to negative amortization.

The Trustee shall furnish the Company and the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Company and the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property, to execute and deliver instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and to foreclose upon or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to appeal, prosecute or defend in any court action relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance with the First Horizon Servicing Agreement and this Agreement.

	
            Section 3.02
 	
            Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.   
 

(a)        Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.02, when any property subject to a Mortgage has been or is about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Company shall to the extent that it has knowledge of such conveyance, enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to the extent permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only to the extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company is not required to exercise such rights with respect to an EMC Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed satisfies the terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of the
mortgagee under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In the event that the Company is prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely affected, or if nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Company is authorized, subject to Section 3.02(b), to take or enter into an assumption and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the 

 

Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered (if so covered before the Company enters such agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies. The Company, subject to Section 3.02(b), is also authorized with the prior approval of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a substitution of liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section 3.02(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption that the Company reasonably believes it is restricted by law from preventing.

(b)        Subject to the Company’s duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.02(a), in any case in which a Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter into an assumption agreement or modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor from liability on the related EMC Mortgage Loan, the Company shall prepare and deliver or cause to be prepared and delivered to the Trustee for signature and shall direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute the assumption agreement with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and such modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or
other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person. In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note (including, but not limited to, the Mortgage Rate, the amount of the Scheduled Payment and any other term affecting the amount or timing of payment on the EMC Mortgage Loan) may be changed. In addition, the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property must be acceptable to the Company in accordance with its servicing standards as then in effect. The Company shall notify the Trustee that any such substitution or assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the original of such substitution or assumption agreement, which in the case of the original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such
Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. Any fee collected by the Company for entering into an assumption or substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the Company as additional servicing compensation.

	
            Section 3.03
 	
            Subservicers.   
 

The Company 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 Company of a subservicer shall not release the Company from any of its obligations hereunder and the Company shall remain responsible hereunder for all acts and omissions of each subservicer as fully as if such acts and omissions were those of the Company. The Company shall pay all fees of each subservicer from its own funds, and a subservicer’s fee shall not exceed the Servicing Fee payable to the Company hereunder.

At the cost and expense of the Company, without any right of reimbursement from its Protected Account, the Company 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; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent or prohibit the Company, at the Company’s option, from electing to service the related Mortgage Loans itself. In the event that the Company’s responsibilities and duties under this Agreement are terminated pursuant to Section 9.03, the Company shall at its own cost and expense terminate the rights and responsibilities of each subservicer effective as of the date of termination of the Company. The Company shall pay all fees, expenses or penalties necessary in order to terminate the rights and responsibilities of each subservicer from the Company’s own funds without reimbursement from the Trust Fund.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder and shall be obligated to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the EMC Mortgage Loans. The Company shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with a subservicer for indemnification of the Company 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 EMC Mortgage Loans involving a subservicer shall be deemed to be between such subservicer and the Company alone, and neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall have any obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such subservicer including any obligation, duty or liability of either the Master Servicer or the Trustee to pay such subservicer’s fees and expenses.  For purposes of remittances to the Securities Administrator pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have received a payment on an EMC Mortgage Loan when a subservicer has received such payment.

Section 3.04     Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the Company to Be Held for Trustee.   

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall transmit to the Trustee or the related Custodian on behalf of the Trustee as required by this Agreement all documents and instruments in respect of an EMC Mortgage Loan coming into the possession of the Company from time to time and shall account fully to the Master Servicer for any funds received by the Company or that otherwise are collected by the Company as Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries in respect of any such Mortgage Loan.  All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control of, the Company in respect of any EMC Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries, including but not limited to, any funds on deposit in the Protected Account maintained by the Company, shall be
held by the Company for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of this Agreement. The Company also agrees that it shall not create, incur or subject any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Company or in any Escrow Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any claim or right of set off against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or in connection with, an EMC Mortgage Loan, except, 

 

however, that the Company shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Company under this Agreement.

All funds collected or held by, or under the control of, the Company, in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, shall be held by the Company for and on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled to setoff against, and deduct from, any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Company under this Agreement.

	
            Section 3.05
 	
            Optional Purchase of Certain Mortgage Loans.   
 

With respect to any Mortgage Loans which as of the first day of a Fiscal Quarter is delinquent in payment by 90 days or more or is an REO Property, EMC shall have the right to purchase any Mortgage Loan from the Trust which becomes 90 days or more delinquent or becomes an REO Property at a price equal to the Purchase Price; provided however (i) that such Mortgage Loan is still 90 days or more delinquent or is an REO Property as of the date of such purchase and (ii) this purchase option, if not theretofore exercised, shall terminate on the date prior to the last day of the related Fiscal Quarter.  This purchase option, if not exercised, shall not be thereafter reinstated unless the delinquency is cured and the Mortgage Loan thereafter again becomes 90 days or more delinquent or becomes an REO Property, in which case the option shall again become exercisable as of the first day of the
related Fiscal Quarter.

In addition, EMC shall, at its option, purchase any Mortgage Loan from the Trust if the first Due Date for such Mortgage Loan is subsequent to the Cut-off Date and the initial Scheduled Payment is not made within thirty (30) days of such Due Date. Such purchase shall be made at a price equal to the Purchase Price. 

If at any time EMC remits to the Master Servicer a payment for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account covering the amount of the Purchase Price for such a Mortgage Loan, and EMC provides to the Master Servicer and Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the amount of such payment has been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account, then the Trustee shall execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan prepared and delivered to the Trustee, at the request of EMC, without recourse, representation or warranty, to EMC which shall succeed to all the Trustee’s right, title and interest in and to such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents relative thereto.  Such assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security.  EMC will thereupon own such Mortgage, and all such security and documents, free of any further obligation to the Trustee or the
Certificateholders with respect thereto.

Section 3.06     Release of Mortgage Files.  (a)  Upon becoming aware of the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the Company or the Servicer of a notification that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes for payment to Certificateholders on the next Distribution Date, the Company or the Servicer, as applicable, (or if the Company or the Servicer does not, the Master Servicer may), promptly furnish to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, two copies of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto signed by a Servicing Officer or Master Servicing Officer or in a mutually 

 

agreeable electronic format which will, in lieu of a signature on its face, originate from a Servicing Officer or Master Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such payment that are required to be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Company or the Servicer pursuant to Article V or by the Servicer pursuant to the First Horizon Servicing Agreement have been or will be so deposited) and shall request that the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, deliver to the Company or the Servicer or the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Company or the Servicer or the Master Servicer and the Trustee and Custodian shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File.
Upon any such payment in full, the Company or the Servicer is authorized, to give, as agent for the Trustee as the mortgagee under the Mortgage that secured the Mortgage Loan, an instrument of satisfaction (or assignment of mortgage without recourse, representation or warranty) regarding the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Person or Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor of such payment, it being understood and agreed that no expenses incurred in connection with such instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the Protected Account.

(b)        From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and in accordance with this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable, the Trustee shall execute such documents as shall be prepared and furnished to the Trustee by the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer (in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) and as are necessary to the prosecution of any such proceedings. The related Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall, pursuant to the related Custodial Agreement, upon the request of the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer, and delivery to the related Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, of two copies of a request for release signed by a Servicing Officer or Master Servicing Officer, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit G (or in a mutually agreeable
electronic format which will, in lieu of a signature on its face, originate from a Servicing Officer or Master Servicing Officer, as applicable), release the related Mortgage File held in its possession or control to the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable. Such trust receipt shall obligate the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer to return the Mortgage File to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, when the need therefor by such Person no longer exists unless the Mortgage Loan shall be liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer or Master Servicing Officer, as applicable similar to that hereinabove specified, the Mortgage File shall be released by the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, to the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer.

	
            Section 3.07
 	
            Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.   
 

The Company shall cause to be maintained, for each EMC Mortgage Loan, hazard insurance on buildings upon, or comprising part of, the Mortgaged Property against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located with an insurer which is licensed to do business in the state where the related Mortgaged Property is located. Each such policy of standard hazard insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains, a standard mortgagee clause. The Company shall also cause flood insurance to be maintained on property acquired upon 

 

foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any EMC Mortgage Loan, to the extent described below.  Pursuant to Section 5.01, any amounts collected by the Company under any such policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or property thus acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Company’s normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Company. Any cost incurred by the Company in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to the Securities Administrator for their benefit, be added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the EMC Mortgage Loan so permit.  Such costs shall be recoverable by the Company out of late payments by the
related Mortgagor or out of Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 5.02. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance.  If the Mortgaged Property is located at the time of origination of the related EMC Mortgage Loan in a federally designated special flood hazard area and such area is participating in the national flood insurance program, the Company shall cause flood insurance to be maintained with respect to such EMC Mortgage Loan. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the least of (i) the Stated Principal Balance of the related EMC Mortgage Loan, (ii) minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis or (iii) the maximum amount of such insurance
available for the related Mortgaged Property under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.

In the event that the Company shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the EMC Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.07, it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause on terms substantially equivalent to those commercially available and maintained by comparable servicers.  If such policy contains a deductible clause, the Company shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with the first sentence of this Section 3.07, and there shall have been a loss that would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Protected Account maintained by the Company the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because of such deductible
clause. Such deposit shall be from the Company’s own funds without reimbursement therefor.  In connection with its activities as administrator and servicer of the EMC Mortgage Loans, the Company agrees to present, on behalf of itself and the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders claims under any such blanket policy.

	
            Section 3.08
 	
            Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds.   
 

The Company shall prepare and present on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders all claims under the Required Insurance Policies relating to the EMC Mortgage Loans and take such actions (including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or enforcement of the insured’s claim) as shall be necessary to realize recovery under such Required Insurance Policies. Any proceeds disbursed to the Company in respect of such Required Insurance Policies shall be promptly deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Company upon receipt, except that any amounts realized that are to be applied to the repair or restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a condition precedent to the presentation of 

 

claims on the related EMC Mortgage Loan to the insurer under any applicable Insurance Policy need not be so deposited (or remitted).

	
            Section 3.09
 	
            Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies.   
 

(a)        The Company shall not take any action that would result in noncoverage under any applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Company would have been covered thereunder. The Company shall use its best efforts to keep in force and effect (to the extent that the EMC Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to maintain such insurance), Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy applicable to each EMC Mortgage Loan. The Company shall not cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that is in effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Mortgage Note and is required to be kept in force hereunder.

(b)        The Company agrees to present on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders claims to the insurer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies relating to the EMC Mortgage Loans and, in this regard, to take such reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies respecting defaulted EMC Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section 5.01, any amounts collected by the Company under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Company, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof.

Section 3.10     Custodians to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance Policies and Documents.

The related Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, shall retain possession and custody of the originals (to the extent available) of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, or certificate of insurance if applicable, and any certificates of renewal as to the foregoing as may be issued from time to time as contemplated by this Agreement. Until all amounts distributable in respect of the Certificates have been distributed in full and the Company or the Servicer, as applicable otherwise has fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable, the related Custodian on behalf of the Trustee shall also retain possession and custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Company shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the related Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, upon the execution or
receipt thereof the originals of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, any certificates of renewal, and such other documents or instruments that constitute portions of the Mortgage File that come into the possession of the Company from time to time.

	
            Section 3.11
 	
            Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance.   
 

The Company shall maintain, at its own expense, a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy, with broad coverage with responsible companies on all officers, employees or other persons acting in any capacity with regard to the EMC Mortgage Loans and who handle funds, money, documents and papers relating to the EMC 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 Company against losses, including forgery, theft, 

 

embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and negligent acts of such persons.  Such fidelity bond shall also protect and insure the Company against losses in connection with the failure to maintain any insurance policies required pursuant to this Agreement and the release or satisfaction of an EMC Mortgage Loan which is not in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices.  No provision of this Section 3.11 requiring the fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance shall diminish or relieve the Company from its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement.  The minimum coverage under any such bond and insurance policy shall be at least equal to the corresponding amounts required by Accepted Servicing Practices.  The Company shall deliver to the Master Servicer 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 Master Servicer and the Trustee.  The Company shall notify the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee in writing 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 Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders must be named as loss payees on the fidelity bond and as additional insured on the errors and omissions policy.

Section 3.12     Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Liquidation Proceeds and Realized Losses; Repurchases of Certain Mortgage Loans.   

(a)        The Company shall use reasonable efforts to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the EMC Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Company shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided that the Company shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards the restoration of any property unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of
liquidation of the EMC Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Protected Account maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 5.02). If the Company reasonably believes that Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any such EMC Mortgage Loan would not be increased as a result of such foreclosure or other action, such EMC Mortgage Loan will be charged-off and will become a Liquidated Loan. The Company will give notice of any such charge-off to the Trustee and the Master Servicer.  The Company shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided that such costs and expenses shall be Servicing Advances and that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as
contemplated in Section 5.02. If the Company has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that the Company is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed- in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Company, the Company will, prior to acquiring the related Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with its established environmental review procedures.

 

 

With respect to any REO Property relating to an EMC Mortgage Loan, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders (or the Trustee’s nominee on behalf of the Certificateholders). The Trustee’s name shall be placed on the title to such REO Property solely as the Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity. The Company shall ensure that the title to such REO Property references this Agreement and the Trustee’s capacity hereunder. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Company shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Company protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the
same, or any part thereof, as the Company deems to be in the best interest of the Company and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Company shall prepare for and deliver to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator a statement with respect to each such REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Securities Administrator to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Company no later than the close of business on each Determination Date.  The Company shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445,
6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required.

In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on an EMC Mortgage Loan, the Company shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to three years after its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, request more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period unless the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator (such opinion not to be an expense of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator) to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period will not result in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited transactions”
of REMIC I or REMIC II as defined in Section 860F of the Code or cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject any of REMIC I or REMIC II to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under Section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Company has agreed to indemnify
and hold harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.

 

 

The decision of the Company to foreclose on a defaulted EMC Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Company that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Company for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted EMC Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in the
Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Protected Account maintained by the Company. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related EMC Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof.

The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of an EMC Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Company as provided above, shall be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Company upon receipt and made available on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date, except that any Excess Liquidation Proceeds shall be retained by the Company as additional servicing compensation.

The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Company and the Master Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 5.02 or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Company and the Master Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 5.02 or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the EMC Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the first day of the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the EMC Mortgage Loan.

(b)        On each Determination Date, the Company shall determine the respective aggregate amounts of Excess Liquidation Proceeds and Realized Losses, if any, for the related Prepayment Period.

(c)        The Company has no intent to foreclose on any EMC Mortgage Loan based on the delinquency characteristics as of the Closing Date; provided, that the foregoing does not prevent the Company from initiating foreclosure proceedings on any date hereafter if the facts and circumstances of such EMC Mortgage Loans including delinquency characteristics in the Company’s discretion so warrant such action.

 

 

	
            Section 3.13
 	
            Servicing Compensation.   
 

As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Company shall be entitled to retain or withdraw from the Protected Account out of each payment of interest on an EMC Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund an amount equal to the Servicing Fee.

Additional servicing compensation in the form of any Excess Liquidation Proceeds, assumption fees, other ancillary income, late payment charges, all Prepayment Interest Excess on any EMC Mortgage Loan, all income and gain net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments with respect to funds in or credited to the Protected Account maintained by the Company shall be retained by the Company to the extent not required to be deposited in the Protected Account maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 5.02. The Company shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of any premiums for hazard insurance, as required by Section 3.07 and maintenance of the other forms of insurance coverage required by Section 3.09) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in Section 5.02.

	
            Section 3.14
 	
            REO Property.   
 

(a)        In the event the Trust Fund acquires ownership of any REO Property in respect of any related EMC Mortgage Loan, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee, or to its nominee, on behalf of the related Certificateholders.  The Company shall sell any such REO Property as expeditiously as possible and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Company shall protect and conserve such REO Property in the manner and to the extent required herein, in accordance with the REMIC Provisions.

(b)        The Company shall deposit all funds collected and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property in respect of any EMC Mortgage Loan into the Protected Account maintained by the Company.

(c)        The Company and the Master Servicer, upon the final disposition of any REO Property in respect of any EMC Mortgage Loan, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any related unreimbursed Advances, unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Servicing Fees and Master Servicing Fees from Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with the final disposition of such REO Property; provided, that any such unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Fees or Master Servicing Fees as well as any unpaid Servicing Fees and Master Servicing Fees may be reimbursed or paid, as the case may be, prior to final disposition, out of any net rental income or other net amounts derived from such REO Property.

	
            Section 3.15
 	
            Liquidation Reports.   
 

Upon the foreclosure of any Mortgaged Property relating to an EMC Mortgage Loan or the acquisition thereof by the Trust Fund pursuant to a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, the Company shall submit a liquidation report to the Master Servicer containing such information as shall be mutually acceptable to the Company and the Master Servicer with respect to such Mortgaged Property.

 

 

	
            Section 3.16
 	
            Annual Statement as to Compliance; Annual Certification.   
 

The Company will deliver to the Master Servicer not later than March 1, 2006 and not later than March 1 of each year thereafter, a certificate of a Servicing Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit M, stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Company during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Company has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. The Master Servicer will deliver a copy of such
certificate of a Servicing Officer to the Rating Agencies, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee.

	
            Section 3.17
 	
            Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants’ Servicing Report.   
 

Not later than March 1, 2006 and not later than March 1 of each year thereafter, the Company at its expense shall cause a firm of independent public accountants which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement, in a form acceptable for filing with the Commission on an Exhibit to Form 10-K, to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee to the effect that, with respect to the preceding calendar year, such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to the Company’s servicing of mortgage loans of the same type as the EMC Mortgage Loans pursuant to servicing agreements substantially similar to this Agreement, which agreements may include this Agreement, and that, on the basis of such an examination, conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers,
such firm is of the opinion that the Company’s servicing has been conducted in compliance with the agreements examined pursuant to this Section 3.17, except for (i) such exceptions as such firm shall believe to be immaterial, (ii) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such statement and (iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers requires it to report.

	
            Section 3.18
 	
            Books and Records.
 

The Company shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall maintain, a complete set of books and records for the EMC Mortgage Loans which shall be appropriately identified in the Company’s computer system to clearly reflect the ownership of the EMC Mortgage Loans by the Trust.  In particular, the Company shall maintain in its possession, available for inspection by the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee and shall deliver to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee upon demand, evidence of compliance with all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. The Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer, and any governmental or regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall have the right, upon reasonable advance notice to the
Company, to inspect and examine the books and records of the Company. To the extent that original documents are not required for purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, documents maintained by the Company 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 Company complies with the requirements of Accepted Servicing Practices. During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable advance notice, make available a Servicing Officer to the Master Servicer for answering questions and responding to inquiries.  

The Company shall maintain with respect to each EMC Mortgage Loan and shall make available for inspection by the Master Servicer and the Trustee the related servicing file during the time such EMC Mortgage Loan is subject to this Agreement and thereafter in accordance with applicable law.

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

MASTER SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY MASTER SERVICER

	
            Section 4.01
 	
            Master Servicer.
 

The Master Servicer shall, beginning on the Closing Date, supervise, monitor and oversee the obligation of the Company and the Servicer to service and administer their respective Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, respectively and shall have full power and authority to do any and all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Master Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing Practices.  Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with the Company and the Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall receive and review certain reports, information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by the Company and the Servicer and shall
enforce the obligations, conditions and covenants of the Company and Servicer to the extent set forth in this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, respectively. The Master Servicer shall monitor the Company and the Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each related Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information described in the previous sentence and received by the Master Servicer on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to the Company’s, the Servicer’s and Master Servicer’s records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Securities Administrator as shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements specified in Section 6.08 and any other information and statements required hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual remittances of the Company and the Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, respectively.  The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Mortgage Loan data provided by the Company and the Servicer and shall have no liability for any errors in such Mortgage Loan data.

The Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall provide access to the records and documentation in possession of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator regarding the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be required to provide access to such records and documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Mortgagor. The Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall allow
representatives of the above entities to photocopy any of the records and documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the Master Servicer’s, the Trustee’s or the Securities Administrator’s actual costs.

 

 

The Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to enter into the First Horizon Assignment Agreement. The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the foreclosure or trustee’s sale with respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or security instrument; (iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against the Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or security instrument or otherwise available at law or equity.

Section 4.02     Monitoring of Company and Servicer.   (a)  In the review of the Company’s and the Servicer’s activities, the Master Servicer may rely upon an Officer’s Certificate of the Company and an officer’s certificate of the Servicer with regard to such Person’s compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, respectively. In the event that the Master Servicer, in its judgment, determines that the Company or the Servicer should be terminated in accordance with this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, respectively or that a notice should be sent pursuant to this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement with respect to the occurrence of an event that, unless cured, would constitute grounds for such termination, the Master Servicer shall notify the
 Sellers, the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee thereof and the Master Servicer shall issue such notice or take such other action as it deems appropriate.

(b)        The Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Servicer under the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, and shall, in the event that the Company or the Servicer fails to perform its obligations in accordance with this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, subject to the preceding paragraph, terminate the rights and obligations of such Person thereunder and act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or to cause the Trustee to enter into a new servicing agreement with a successor servicer selected by the Master Servicer; provided, however, it is understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto that there will be a period of transition (not to exceed 90 days) before the actual servicing functions can be fully transferred to such successor servi
cer.
Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of the First Horizon Servicing Agreement and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, subject to its right of reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, provided that the Master Servicer shall not be required to prosecute or defend any legal action except to the extent that the Master Servicer shall have received reasonable indemnity for its costs and expenses in pursuing such action.

(c)        To the extent that the costs and expenses of the Master Servicer related to any termination of the Company or the Servicer, appointment of a successor servicer or the transfer and assumption of servicing by the Master Servicer with respect to this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, (i) all legal costs and expenses and all due diligence costs and expenses associated with an evaluation of the potential termination of the Company or the Servicer as a result of an alleged or actual breach of contract or an event of default by such Person and (ii) all costs and expenses associated with the complete transfer of 

 

servicing, including all servicing files and all servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required by the successor servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor servicer to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement) are not fully and timely reimbursed by the Company or the terminated Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of such costs and expenses from the Master Servicer Collection Account.

(d)        The Master Servicer shall require the Company and the Servicer to comply with the remittance requirements and other obligations set forth in this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, respectively, as applicable.

(e)        If the Master Servicer acts as a servicer, it will not assume liability for the representations and warranties of the Company or the Servicer, if any, that it replaces.

	
            Section 4.03
 	
            Fidelity Bond.
 

The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall (i) maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy, affording coverage with respect to all directors, officers, employees and other Persons acting on such Master Servicer’s behalf, and covering errors and omissions in the performance of the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder or (ii) self insure if LaSalle Bank National Association maintains with any Rating Agency the equivalent of a long term unsecured debt rating of “A”. The errors and omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond referred to in (i) above shall be in such form and amount generally acceptable for entities serving as master servicers.

	
            Section 4.04
 	
            Power to Act; Procedures.
 

The Master Servicer shall master service the Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, subject to the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of Article XI hereof, to do any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the master servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to the power and authority (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages, (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan, in each case, in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not (and, consistent with its responsibilities under Section 4.02, shall not permit the Company or the Servicer to) knowingly or intentionally take any action, or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within its control and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, would cause REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax upon the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the Master Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel (but not at the expense 

 

of the Master Servicer) to the effect that the contemplated action will not cause REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax upon REMIC I or REMIC II, as the case may be. 

The Trustee shall execute and deliver such other documents, as the Master Servicer may request, to enable the Master Servicer to master service and administer the Mortgage Loans and carry out its duties hereunder, in each case in accordance with Accepted Master Servicing Practices (and the Trustee shall have no liability for misuse of any such powers of attorney by the Master Servicer, the Company or the Servicer). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee has been advised that it is likely that the laws of the state in which action is to be taken prohibit such action if taken in the name of the Trustee or that the Trustee would be adversely affected under the “doing business” or tax laws of such state if such action is taken in its name, the Master Servicer shall join with the Trustee in the appointment of a co-trustee pursuant to Section 10.11 hereof. In the performance of its
duties hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be an independent contractor and shall not, except in those instances where it is taking action in the name of the Trustee, be deemed to be the agent of the Trustee.

	
            Section 4.05
 	
            Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
 

To the extent provided in this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, to the extent Mortgage Loans contain enforceable due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall enforce the obligation of the Company and the Servicer to enforce such clauses in accordance with this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement. If applicable law prohibits the enforcement of a due-on-sale clause or such clause is otherwise not enforced in accordance with this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, and, as a consequence, a Mortgage Loan is assumed, the original Mortgagor may be released from liability in accordance with this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement.

Section 4.06     Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master Servicer, Company and Servicer To Be Held for Trustee.

(a)        The Master Servicer shall transmit and the Company and the Servicer (to the extent required by this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement) shall transmit to the Trustee or Custodian such documents and instruments coming into the possession of such Person from time to time as are required by the terms hereof, or in the case of the Servicer, the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, to be delivered to the Trustee or Custodian. Any funds received by the Master Servicer, the Company or by the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loan or which otherwise are collected by the Master Servicer, the Company or by the Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders subject to the Master Servicer’s right to retain or withdraw from the Master Servicer

Collection Account, the Master Servicing Compensation and other amounts provided in this Agreement, and to the right of the Company and the Servicer to retain its Servicing Fee and other amounts as provided in this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, and (to the extent provided in this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement) shall enforce any obligation of the Company and the Servicer to, provide access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, its agents and accountants at any time upon reasonable request and during normal business hours, and to Certificateholders 

 

that are savings and loan associations, banks or insurance companies, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of such Office and Corporation or examiners of any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority if so required by applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision or other regulatory authority, such access to be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request in writing and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it. In fulfilling such a request the Master Servicer shall not be responsible for determining the sufficiency of such information.

(b)        All funds collected or held by, or under the control of, the Master Servicer, in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, shall be held by the Master Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to setoff against, and deduct from, any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement.

	
            Section 4.07
 	
            Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds.
 

The Master Servicer shall (to the extent provided in this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement) enforce any obligation of the Company or the Servicer to, prepare and present on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders all claims under the Insurance Policies and take such actions (including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or enforcement of the insured’s claim) as shall be necessary to realize recovery under such policies. Any proceeds disbursed to the Company or the Servicer and remitted to the Master Servicer in respect of such policies, bonds or contracts shall be promptly deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account upon receipt, except that any amounts realized that are to be applied to the repair or restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a condition precedent to the presentation of claims on the related Mortgage Loan to the insurer under any
applicable Insurance Policy need not be so deposited (or remitted).

	
            Section 4.08
 	
            Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.
 

The Master Servicer shall enforce any obligation of the Company and the Servicer (to the extent set forth under this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable) to foreclose upon, repossess or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of Mortgaged 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, all in accordance with this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

	
            Section 4.09
 	
            Compensation of the Master Servicer.
 

The Master Servicer shall be entitled to the Master Servicing Fee on each Distribution Date as compensation for the performance of its obligations hereunder.  The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as provided in this Agreement.

 

 

	
            Section 4.10
 	
            REO Property.
 

(a)        In the event the Trust Fund acquires ownership of any REO Property in respect of any related Mortgage Loan, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee, or to its nominee, on behalf of the related Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall, to the extent provided in this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable, cause the Company and the Servicer to sell any REO Property as expeditiously as possible and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable. The Master Servicer shall enforce any obligations of the Company or the Servicer to protect and conserve, such REO Property in the manner and to the extent required by this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, in accordance with the REMIC Provisions and in a manner that does not result in a t
ax on “net
income from foreclosure property” or cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code.

(b)        The Master Servicer shall, to the extent required by this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable, enforce the obligation of the Company and the Servicer, as applicable, to deposit all funds collected and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property in the related Protected Account.

	
            Section 4.11
 	
            Annual Officer’s Certificate as to Compliance.
 

(a)        The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Rating Agencies on or before March 20 of each year, commencing on March 20, 2006, an Officer’s Certificate, certifying that with respect to the period ending December 31 of the prior year: (i) such Master Servicing Officer has reviewed the activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and its performance under this Agreement, (ii) to the best of such Master Servicing Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has performed and fulfilled its duties, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default
known to such Master Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof, (iii) nothing has come to the attention of such Master Servicing Officer to lead such Master Servicing Officer to believe that the Master Servicer has failed to perform any of its respective duties, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a material default in the performance or fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default known to such Master Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof. 

(b)        Copies of such statements shall be provided to any Certificateholder upon request, by the Master Servicer or by the Securities Administrator at the Master Servicer’s expense if the Master Servicer failed to provide such copies.  The Master Servicer shall forward to the Rating Agencies copies of any annual compliance certificates delivered by the Company to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16.

 

 

	
            Section 4.12
 	
            [Reserved]
 
	
            Section 4.13
 	
            UCC.   
 	
             

The Securities Administrator agrees to file continuation statements for any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements which the Sellers have informed the Securities Administrator were filed on the Closing Date in connection with the Trust. EMC shall file any financing statements or amendments thereto required by any change in the Uniform Commercial Code.

	
            Section 4.14
 	
            Reserve Fund.   
 

(a)        On or before the Closing Date, the Securities Administrator shall establish a Reserve Fund on behalf of the Holders of the Certificates. On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall cause an amount equal to the Reserve Fund Deposit to be deposited in the Reserve Fund. The Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account.  The Reserve Fund shall be entitled “Reserve Fund, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Securities Administrator on behalf of Citibank, N.A. as Trustee for the benefit of holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7”. On each Distribution Date as to which there is a Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount payable to any Class of Class A, Class M or Class B Certificates, the Securities Administrator shall deposit the amounts distributable pursuant to clause (C) of
Section 6.04(a)(3) into the Reserve Fund and the Securities Administrator has been directed by the Class C Certificateholder to distribute amounts in the Reserve Fund to the Holders of the Class A, Class M or Class B Certificates in the amounts and priorities set forth in clause (C) of Section 6.04(a)(3).  Any amount paid to the Holders of Class A, Class M or Class B Certificates pursuant to the preceding sentence in respect of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts shall be treated as distributed to the Class C Certificateholder in respect of the Class C Certificates and paid by the Class C Certificateholder to the Holders of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, as applicable.  Any payments to the Holders of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates in respect of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts pursuant to the second preceding sentence shall not be payments with respect to a “regular interest” in a REMIC within the meaning of Section
860(G)(a)(1) of the Code.

(b)        The Reserve Fund is an “outside reserve fund” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(h) and shall be an asset of the Trust Fund but not an asset of any REMIC.  The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be the nominal owner of the Reserve Fund.  The Class C Certificateholder shall be the beneficial owner of the Reserve Fund, subject to the power of the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee to transfer amounts under Section 6.04.  Amounts in the Reserve Fund shall, at the written direction of the Class C Certificateholder to the Securities Administrator, be invested in Permitted Investments that mature no later than the Business Day prior to the next succeeding Distribution Date. In the absence of written instructions to the Securities Administrator, amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall
remain uninvested. All net income and gain from such investments shall be distributed to the Class C Certificateholders, not as a distribution in respect of any interest in any REMIC, at such time as they shall direct.  All amounts earned on amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be taxable to the Class C Certificateholder.  Any losses on such investments 

 

shall be deposited in the Reserve Fund by the Class C Certificateholder out of its own funds immediately as realized.

Section 4.15     Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.   Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall, in accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”), a Form 8-K (or other comparable Form containing the same or comparable information or other information mutually agreed upon) with a copy of the monthly statement to the Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto.  Prior to January 30 in any year, the Securities Administrator shall, in accordance with industry standards and unless instructed otherwise the Depositor, file a Form 15 Suspension Notice with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable.  Prior to (i) March 15, 2006 and (ii) unless and until a
Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, prior to March 15 of each year thereafter, the Master Servicer shall provide the Securities Administrator with a Master Servicer Certification, together with a copy of the annual independent accountant’s servicing report and annual statement of compliance of the Servicer, in each case, required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, respectively, and the annual statement of compliance to be delivered by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.11.  On or prior to (i) March 31, 2006, or such earlier filing date as may be required by the Commission, and (ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, March 31 of each year thereafter, or such earlier filing date as may be required by the Commission, the Securities Administrator shall file a Form 10-K, in substance conforming to industry standards, with respect to the Trust.  Such Form 10-K shall include the Master Servicer
Certification and other documentation provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to the second preceding sentence.  The Depositor hereby grants to the Securities Administrator a limited power of attorney to execute and file each such document on behalf of the Depositor.  Such power of attorney shall continue until either the earlier of (i) receipt by the Securities Administrator from the Depositor of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund.  The Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the Securities Administrator, from time to time upon request, such further information, reports and financial statements within its control related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Securities Administrator reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the Commission.  The Securities Administrator shall have no responsibility to file any items other than those specified in this Section 4.15; provided, however, the
Securities Administrator will cooperate with the Depositor in connection with any additional filings with respect to the Trust Fund as the Depositor deems necessary under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  Fees and expenses incurred by the Securities Administrator in connection with this Section 4.15 shall not be reimbursable from the Trust Fund.

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

ACCOUNTS

	
            Section 5.01
 	
            Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Protected Account.   
 

(a)        The Company shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties related to the EMC Mortgage Loans are located to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the EMC Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the foregoing, the Company may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge and (ii) extend the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note related to an EMC Mortgage Loan for a period not greater than 125 days. In the event of any such arrangement, the Company shall make Advances on the related EMC Mortgage Loan during the scheduled period in
accordance with the amortization schedule of such EMC Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements, and shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor in accordance with Section 6.01. The Company shall not be required to institute or join in litigation with respect to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment is required is prohibited by applicable law. In addition, if (x) an EMC Mortgage Loan is in default or default is imminent or (y) the Company delivers to the Trustee, Securities Administrator and Master Servicer a certification addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, based on the advice of counsel or certified public accountants, in either case, that have a national reputation with respect
to taxation of REMICs, that a modification of such EMC Mortgage Loan will not result in the imposition of taxes on or disqualify any of REMIC I or REMIC II, the Company may, (A) amend the related Mortgage Note to reduce the Mortgage Rate applicable thereto, provided that such reduced Mortgage Rate shall in no event be lower than 5.00% with respect to any EMC Mortgage Loan and (B) amend any Mortgage Note related to an EMC Mortgage Loan to extend to the maturity thereof.

In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of Section 3.01, the Company shall not waive (or permit a sub-servicer to waive) any Prepayment Charge related to an EMC Mortgage Loan 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 collectability thereof shall have been limited due to acceleration 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 Company, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking
into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related EMC Mortgage Loan. If a Prepayment Charge is waived, but does not meet the standards described above, then the Company is required to pay the amount of 

 

such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Class C Certificates, by remitting such amount to the Master Servicer by the Remittance Date.

(b)        The Company shall establish and maintain a Protected Account (which shall at all times be an Eligible Account) with a depository institution in the name of the Company for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and designated “EMC Mortgage Corporation, as servicer on behalf of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, for the benefit of the certificateholders, in trust for registered holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7”. The Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Protected Account on a daily basis within one Business Day of receipt, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections remitted by subservicers or received by it in respect of the EMC Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other
than in respect of principal and interest due on the EMC Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts required to be deposited hereunder:

(i)         all payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments, on the EMC Mortgage Loans;

(ii)         all payments on account of interest on the EMC Mortgage Loans net of the related Servicing Fee permitted under Section 3.13 and LPMI Fees, if any;

(iii)        all Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and Insurance Proceeds with respect to any EMC Mortgage Loans, other than proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Company’s normal servicing procedures;

(iv)        any amount required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 5.01(c) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;

(v)        any amounts required to be deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.07;

(vi)        any Prepayment Charges collected on the EMC Mortgage Loans; and

	
            (vii)
 	
            any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.
 

The foregoing requirements for deposit by the Company into the Protected 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 or assumption fees, if collected, need not be deposited by the Company.  In the event that the Company shall deposit any amount not required to be deposited and not otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 5.02, it may at any time withdraw or direct the institution maintaining the Protected Account, to withdraw such amount from the Protected Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.  Such withdrawal or direction may be accomplished by delivering written notice thereof to the institution maintaining the Protected Account, that describes the amounts deposited in error in the Protected Account. The Company shall maintain
adequate records with respect to all 

 

withdrawals made pursuant to this Section. All funds deposited in the Protected Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders until withdrawn in accordance with Section 5.02.

(c)        The institution that maintains the Protected Account shall invest the funds in the Protected Account, in the manner directed by the Company, in Permitted Investments which shall mature not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the Remittance Date and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders.  All income and gain net of any losses realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the Company as servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as provided herein. The amount of any losses incurred in the Protected Account in respect of any such investments shall be deposited by the Company into the Protected Account, out of the Company’s own funds.

(d)        The Company shall give at least 30 days advance notice to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Sellers, the Master Servicer, each Rating Agency and the Depositor of any proposed change of location of the Protected Account prior to any change thereof.

	
            Section 5.02
 	
            Permitted Withdrawals From the Protected Account.   
 

(a)        The Company may from time to time make withdrawals from the Protected Account for the following purposes:

(i)         to pay itself (to the extent not previously paid to or withheld by the Company), as servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.13, that portion of any payment of interest that equals the Servicing Fee for the period with respect to which such interest payment was made, and, as additional servicing compensation, those other amounts set forth in Section 3.13;

(ii)         to reimburse the Company for Advances made by it with respect to the Mortgage Loans, provided, however, that the Company’s right of reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (ii) shall be limited to amounts received on particular EMC Mortgage Loan(s) (including, for this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries) that represent late recoveries of payments of principal and/or interest on such particular EMC Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance was made;

(iii)        to reimburse the Company for any previously made portion of a Servicing Advance or an Advance made by the Company that, in the good faith judgment of the Company, will not be ultimately recoverable by it from the related Mortgagor, any related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or otherwise (a “Nonrecoverable Advance”), to the extent not reimbursed pursuant to clause (ii) or clause (v);

(iv)        to reimburse the Company from Insurance Proceeds for Insured Expenses covered by the related Insurance Policy;

(v)        to pay the Company any unpaid Servicing Fees and to reimburse it for any unreimbursed Servicing Advances, provided, however, that the 

 

Company’s right to reimbursement for Servicing Advances pursuant to this subclause (v) with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall be limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage Loan(s) (including, for this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and purchase and repurchase proceeds) that represent late recoveries of the payments for which such Servicing Advances were made;

(vi)        to pay to EMC (in its capacity as a Seller), the Depositor or itself, as applicable, with respect to each EMC Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.05 of this Agreement, all amounts received thereon and not taken into account in determining the related Stated Principal Balance of such repurchased EMC Mortgage Loan;

(vii)       to pay any expenses recoverable by the Company pursuant to Section 8.04 of this Agreement;

(viii)      to withdraw pursuant to Section 5.01 any amount deposited in the Protected Account and not required to be deposited therein; and

(ix)        to clear and terminate the Protected Account upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof.

In addition, no later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the Remittance Date, the Company shall withdraw from the Protected Account and remit to the Master Servicer, for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account the amount required to be withdrawn therefrom pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof.

With respect to any remittance received by the Master Servicer from EMC after the date on which such remittance was due, EMC shall pay to the Master Servicer 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 that the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. Such interest shall be remitted to the Master Servicer on the date such late payment is made and shall cover the period commencing with the day following the date on which such remittance was due and ending with the Business Day on which such remittance is made, both inclusive. The payment by EMCof any such interest shall not be deemed an extension of time for payment or a waiver of any Event of Default with respect to EMC.

The Company shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the Protected Account pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v) and (vi) above. Prior to making any withdrawal from the Protected Account pursuant to subclause (iii), the Company shall deliver to the Master Servicer an Officer’s Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the amount of any previous Advance or Servicing Advance determined by the Company to be a Nonrecoverable Advance and identifying the related EMC Mortgage Loan(s), and their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

 

	
            Section 5.03
 	
            Reports to Master Servicer.
 

On or before the tenth calendar day of each month, the Company shall furnish to the Master Servicer electronically in a format acceptable to the Master Servicer loan accounting reports in the investor’s assigned loan number order to document the payment activity on each EMC Mortgage Loan on an individual mortgage loan basis.  With respect to each month, such loan accounting reports shall be in the format agreed to by the Company and the Master Servicer, including but not limited to the following information with respect to each EMC Mortgage Loan:

(i)         with respect to each Scheduled Payment (on both an actual and scheduled basis with respect to Mortgage Loan balances and on an actual basis with respect to paid-through dates), the amount of such remittance allocable to principal (including a separate breakdown of any Principal Prepayment, including the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall);

(ii)         with respect to each Monthly Payment, the amount of such remittance allocable to scheduled interest;

(iii)        the amount of servicing compensation received by the Company during the prior calendar month;

(iv)        the aggregate stated principal balance of the EMC Mortgage Loans;

(v)        the aggregate amount of Advances made by the Company pursuant to Section 6.01;

(vi)        the aggregate of any expenses reimbursed to the Company during the prior calender month pursuant to Section 5.02;

(vii)       the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of EMC Mortgage Loans (a) Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure or bankruptcy) (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days, (3) 91 days or more; (b) in foreclosure (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days, and (3) 91 days or more; (c) in bankruptcy for (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days, and (3) 91 days or more; and (d) as to which REO Property has been acquired; and

(viii)      the amount of any Prepayment Charges collected by the Company and the amount of Prepayment Charges paid by the Company in connection with a waiver that is not permitted under this Agreement.

The Master Servicer shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the Mortgage Loan data provided by the Company and the Servicer and shall have no liability for any errors in such Mortgage Loan data.

 

 

	
            Section 5.04
 	
            Collection of Taxes; Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.   
 

With respect to each EMC Mortgage Loan, to the extent required by the related Mortgage Note, the Company shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (each, an “Escrow Account”) and deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or Servicing Advances by the Company) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors. Nothing herein shall require the Company to compel a Mortgagor to establish an Escrow Account in violation of applicable law.

Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums, condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse the Company out of related collections for any payments made with respect to each EMC Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and assessments and insurance premiums) and Section 3.07 (with respect to hazard insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors for any EMC Mortgage Loans any sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to such Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.01 thereof. The Escrow Account shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.

Section 5.05     Protected Accounts.   (a) The Master Servicer shall enforce the obligation of the Company and any obligation of the Servicer to establish and maintain a Protected Account in accordance with this Agreement and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, with records to be kept with respect thereto on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, into which accounts shall be deposited within one Business Day (or as of such other time specified in the First Horizon Servicing Agreement) of receipt all collections of principal and interest on any Mortgage Loan and with respect to any REO Property received by the Company or the Servicer, including Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, and advances made from the Company’s or such Servicer’s own funds (less servicing compensation as permitted by this Agree
ment
and the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable) and all other amounts to be deposited in the Protected Accounts. The Company is hereby authorized to make withdrawals from and deposits to the Protected Account for purposes required or permitted by this Agreement. To the extent provided in this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, the Protected Account shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution and segregated on the books of such institution in the name of the Company or Servicer, as applicable on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders.

(b)        To the extent provided in this Agreement, amounts on deposit in a Protected Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders and, except as provided in the preceding paragraph, not commingled with any other funds, such Permitted Investments to mature, or to be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account, and shall be held until required for such deposit. The income earned from Permitted Investments made pursuant to this Section 5.05 shall be paid to the Company under this Agreement, and the risk of loss of moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk of the Company. The Company
(to the extent provided in this Agreement) shall deposit the amount of 

 

any such loss in the Protected Account within two Business Days of receipt of notification of such loss but not later than the second Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are required to be distributed to the Certificateholders.

(c)        To the extent provided in this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement and subject to this Article V, on or before 1:00 p.m. New York City time on each Remittance Date, the Company or the Servicer shall withdraw or shall cause to be withdrawn from its Protected Account and shall immediately remit to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account amounts representing the following collections and payments (other than with respect to principal of or interest on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date):

(i)         Scheduled Payments on the EMC Mortgage Loans received or any related portion thereof advanced by the Company which were due on or before the related Due Date or principal payments on the Mortgage Loans serviced by the Servicer pursuant to the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, net of the amount thereof comprising the Servicing Fees;

(ii)         Full Principal Prepayments and any Liquidation Proceeds received by the Company or the Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loans in the related Prepayment Period, with interest to the date of prepayment or liquidation, net of the amount thereof comprising the Servicing Fees and LPMI Fees, if any;

(iii)        Partial Principal Prepayments and any Liquidation Proceeds received by the Company or the Servicer for such Mortgage Loans in the related Prepayment Period,

(iv)        Any amount to be used as an Advance on an EMC Mortgage Loan; and

(v)        The amount of any Prepayment Charges collected with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the amount of any Prepayment Charges paid by the Company in connection with the waiver of a Prepayment Charge in a manner that is not permitted under this Agreement.

(d)        Withdrawals may be made from a Protected Account by the Company as described in Section 5.02 hereof and by the Master Servicer of the Servicer only to make remittances as provided in Section 5.05(c), 5.06 and 5.07; to reimburse the Master Servicer for Advances which have been recovered by subsequent collection from the related Mortgagor; to remove amounts deposited in error; to remove fees, charges or other such amounts deposited on a temporary basis; or to clear and terminate the account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.01. As provided in Sections 5.05(c) and 5.06(b) certain amounts otherwise due to the Servicer may be retained by the Servicer and need not be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account.

Section 5.06    Master Servicer Collection Account.   (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain in the name of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer Collection Account which shall be an Eligible Account. The Master Servicer will deposit in the Master 

 

Servicer Collection Account as identified by the Master Servicer and as received by the Master Servicer, the following amounts:

	
            (i)
 	
            Any Advance and any Compensating Interest Payments;
 

(ii)         Any Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries received by the Master Servicer;

(iii)        The Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans purchased by the Seller or Section 2.02 or 2.03, the Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans purchased by EMC pursuant to Section 3.05, and all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans or property acquired with respect thereto repurchased by the Seller or its designee pursuant to Section 11.01;

(iv)        Any amounts required to be deposited with respect to losses on investments of deposits in the Master Servicer Collection Account; and

(v)        Any other amounts received by or on behalf of the Master Servicer and required to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement.

(b)        All amounts deposited to the Master Servicer Collection Account shall be held by the Master Servicer in the name of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The requirements for crediting the Master Servicer Collection 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 or assumption, tax service, statement account or payoff, substitution, satisfaction, release and other like fees and charges, need not be credited by the Master Servicer to the Master Servicer Collection Account. 

(c)        The amount at any time credited to the Master Servicer Collection Account may be invested, in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in Permitted Investments or be held in cash as directed by the Securities Administrator. All Permitted Investments shall mature or be subject to redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall be held until, the next succeeding Distribution Account Deposit Date. Any and all investment earnings from the Master Servicer Collection Account shall be paid to the Securities Administrator. The risk of loss of moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk of the Securities Administrator. The Securities Administrator shall deposit the amount of any such loss in the Master Servicer Collection
Account within two Business Days of receipt of notification of such loss but not later than the second Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are required to be distributed to the Certificateholders.

Section 5.07     Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Master Servicer Collection Account.   (a) The Master Servicer will, from time to time on demand of the Securities Administrator, make such withdrawals or transfers from the Master Servicer Collection Account as the Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this 

 

Agreement.  The Master Servicer may clear and terminate the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 11.01 and remove amounts from time to time deposited in error.

(b)        On an ongoing basis, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Master Servicer Collection Account to pay itself as provided in Section 4.09 and to pay any expenses, costs and liabilities recoverable by the Trustee, the Master Servicer, each Custodian or the Securities Administrator pursuant to Sections 4.02, 8.03, 8.04 and 10.05; provided however, that the Master Servicer shall be obligated to pay from its own funds any amounts which it is required to pay under Section 8.03(a).

(c)        In addition, on or before each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account any Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

(d)        No later than 3:00 p.m. New York time on each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer will transfer all available funds on deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account with respect to the related Distribution Date to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account. In the event that the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited to the Distribution Account any amount not required to be credited thereto, the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of a written request therefor signed by a Master Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer, shall promptly transfer such amount to the Master Servicer, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

	
            Section 5.08
 	
            Distribution Account.   
 

(a)        The Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain in the name of the Securities Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Distribution Account as a segregated trust account or accounts.

(b)        All amounts deposited to the Distribution Account shall be held by the Securities Administrator in the name of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

(c)        The Distribution Account shall constitute an Eligible Account of the Trust Fund segregated on the books of the Securities Administrator and held by the Securities Administrator, and the Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein shall not be subject to, and shall be protected from, all claims, liens, and encumbrances of any creditors or depositors of the Securities Administrator (whether made directly, or indirectly through a liquidator or receiver of the Securities Administrator).  The amount at any time credited to the Distribution Account may be, as directed by the Securities Administrator, held either uninvested or invested in the name of the Trustee, in such Permitted Investments as may be selected by the Securities Administrator on such direction which mature not later than the Business Day next preceding the succeeding
Distribution Date. Permitted Investments in respect of the Distribution Account shall not be sold or disposed of prior to their maturity. All investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account or benefit from funds uninvested therein from time to time shall be for the account of the Securities Administrator. The Securities Administrator shall be permitted to receive distribution of any and all investment earnings from the Distribution Account on each 

 

Distribution Date. If there is any loss on a Permitted Investment or demand deposit, the Securities Administrator shall deposit the amount of the loss in the Distribution Account. With respect to the Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein, the Securities Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that the Certificateholders shall be entitled to the priorities afforded to such a trust account (in addition to a claim against the estate of the Trustee) as provided by 12 U.S.C. § 92a(e), and applicable regulations pursuant thereto, if applicable.

	
            Section 5.09
 	
            Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution Account.   
 

(a)        The Securities Administrator will, from time to time make or cause to be made such withdrawals or transfers from the Distribution Account as are designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this Agreement (limited in the case of amounts due the Master Servicer to those not withdrawn from the Master Servicer Collection Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement:

(i)         to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advance or Servicing Advance of its own funds, the right of the Master Servicer, the Company or the Servicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i) being limited to amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such Mortgage Loan respecting which such Advance or Servicing Advance was made;

(ii)         to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the Servicer from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for unreimbursed amounts expended by the Master Servicer, the Company or the Servicer in good faith in connection with the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property which was damaged by an uninsured cause or in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan;

(iii)        to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the Servicer from Insurance Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for unreimbursed expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan and to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds from a particular Mortgage Loan for Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement for Liquidation Expenses with respect to a Mortgage Loan to the extent that (i) any amounts with respect to such Mortgage Loan were paid as Excess Liquidation Proceeds pursuant to clause (x) of this subsection (a) to the Master Servicer; and (ii) such Liquidation Expenses were not included in the computation of such Excess Liquidation Proceeds;

(iv)        to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Company or the Servicer for any Advance or Servicing Advance, after a Realized Loss has been allocated with 

 

respect to the related Mortgage Loan if the Advance or Servicing Advance has not been reimbursed pursuant to clause (i);

	
            (v)
 	
            to pay the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 4.09;
 

(vi)        to reimburse the Master Servicer for expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by and reimbursable to it pursuant to Sections 4.02, 8.04(c) and (d) and 12.02 or otherwise reimbursable to it pursuant to this Agreement;

(vii)       to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional master servicing compensation, any Excess Liquidation Proceeds to the extent not retained by the Company or the Servicer;

(viii)      to reimburse or pay the Company or the Servicer any such amounts as are due thereto under this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement and have not been retained by or paid to the Company or the Servicer, to the extent provided herein or in the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, as applicable;

(ix)        to reimburse the Trustee, the Custodian or the Securities Administrator for expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by or reimbursable to it pursuant to this Agreement (to the extent not reimbursed from the Master Servicer Collection Account in accordance with Section 5.07);

	
            (x)
 	
            to remove amounts deposited in error; and
 

(xi)        to clear and terminate the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 11.01.

(b)        The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of accounting for any reimbursement from the Distribution Account pursuant to subclauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, and (vi) or with respect to any such amounts which would have been covered by such subclauses had the amounts not been retained by the Master Servicer without being deposited in the Distribution Account under Section 5.08.

(c)        On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall distribute the Interest Remittance Amount and Principal Distribution Amount in the Distribution Account to the holders of the Certificates in accordance with Section 6.04.

	
            Section 5.10
 	
            Pre-Funding Account.
 

(a)        No later than the Closing Date, the Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain a segregated trust account or sub-account of a trust account, which shall be titled “Pre-Funding Account, LaSalle Bank National Association, as securities administrator on behalf of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of holders of SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7” (the “Pre-Funding Account”). The Pre-Funding Account shall be an Eligible Account or a sub account of an Eligible Account. The Securities Administrator shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Pre-Funding Account and retain therein the Pre-Funding 

 

Amount remitted on the Closing Date to the Securities Administrator by the Depositor. Funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account shall be held in trust by the Securities Administrator for the Holders of the Certificates related to the Mortgage Loans for the uses and purposes set forth herein.

(b)        The Securities Administrator shall invest funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account as directed by the Depositor or its designee in writing in Permitted Investments with a maturity date no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement (or, if no written direction is received by the Securities Administrator from the Depositor, then funds in such account shall remain uninvested). For federal income tax purposes, the Depositor or its designee shall be the owner of the Pre-Funding Account and shall report all items of income, deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account shall be transferred to the Interest Coverage Account at the following times:
(i) on the Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date, if a Person other than the Securities Administrator or an affiliate of the Trustee is the obligor for the Permitted Investment, or on each Distribution Date, (ii) on the Business Day immediately preceding each Subsequent Transfer Date, if a Person other than the Securities Administrator or an affiliate of the Securities Administrator is the obligor for the Permitted Investment, or on each Subsequent Transfer Date, if the Securities Administrator or an affiliate of the Securities Administrator is the obligor for the Permitted Investment or (iii) within one Business Day of the Trustee's receipt thereof. Such transferred funds shall not constitute income and gain for purposes of Section 3.06(b) hereof. The Depositor or its designee shall deposit in the Pre-Funding Account the amount of any net loss incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such loss without any right of
reimbursement therefor. At no time will the Pre-Funding Account be an asset of any REMIC created hereunder.

(c)        Amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account shall be withdrawn by the Securities Administrator as follows:

(i)         On any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to 100% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans (as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule provided by the Depositor) transferred and assigned to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the Trust Fund on such Subsequent Transfer Date and remit such amount to the Depositor;

(ii)         If the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account (exclusive of investment income) has not been reduced to zero by the close of business on the date of termination of the Pre-Funding Period, then at the close of business on such date, the Securities Administrator shall deposit into the Distribution Account any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding Account (exclusive of investment income) for distribution in accordance with Section 5.09;

(iii)        To withdraw any amount not required to be deposited in the Pre-Funding Account or deposited therein in error; and

 

 

(iv)        Upon the earliest of (i) the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates to zero or (ii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01, to withdraw any amount remaining on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account for payment to the related Certificateholders then entitled to distributions in respect of principal until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates has been reduced to zero, and any remaining amount to the Depositor.

Withdrawals pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) shall be treated as contributions of cash to REMIC I on the date of withdrawal.

	
            Section 5.11
 	
            Interest Coverage Account.   
 

(a)        No later than the Closing Date, the Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain a segregated trust account or a sub account of a trust account, which shall be titled “Interest Coverage Account, LaSalle Bank National Association as securities administrator on behalf of Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of holders of SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7” (the “Interest Coverage Account”). The Interest Coverage Account shall be an Eligible Account or a sub account of an Eligible Account. The Securities Administrator shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Interest Coverage Account and retain therein the Initial Interest Coverage Deposit for the Mortgage Loans remitted on the Closing Date to the Securities Administrator by the Depositor and all income and gain realized
from investment of funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account pursuant to Section 4.06(b). Funds deposited in the Interest Coverage Account shall be held in trust by the Securities Administrator for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein.

(b)        For federal income tax purposes, the Depositor shall be the owner of the Interest Coverage Account and shall report all items of income, deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. At no time will the Interest Coverage Account be an asset of any REMIC created hereunder. All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Interest Coverage Account, which investment shall be made solely upon the written direction of the Depositor, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Depositor and shall be remitted by the Securities Administrator to the Depositor no later than the first Business Day following receipt of such income and gain by the Securities Administrator. If no written direction with respect to such investment shall be received by the Securities Administrator from the Depositor, then funds in such Account
shall remain uninvested.  The Depositor shall deposit in the Interest Coverage Account the amount of any net loss incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such loss.

(c)        On each Distribution Date during the Pre-Funding Period and on the day of termination of the Pre-Funding Period, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw from the Interest Coverage Account and deposit in the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Interest Coverage Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date. Such withdrawal and deposit shall be treated as a contribution of cash by the Seller to REMIC I on the date thereof. Immediately following any such withdrawal and deposit, and immediately following the conveyance of any Subsequent Mortgage to the Trust on any Subsequent Transfer Date, the Securities Administrator shall, at the request of the Seller, withdraw from the Interest Coverage 

 

Account and remit to the Seller or its designee an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount remaining in such Interest Coverage Account over the amount that would be required to be withdrawn therefrom (assuming sufficient funds therein) pursuant to the second preceding sentence on each subsequent Distribution Date, if any, that will occur during the Pre-Funding Period or on the day of termination of the Pre-Funding Period, if no Subsequent Mortgage Loan were acquired by the Trust Fund after the end of the Prepayment Period relating to the current Distribution Date or the Distribution Date following the end of the Pre-Funding Period, as applicable.  On the day of termination of the Pre-Funding Period, the Securities Administrator shall withdraw from the Interest Coverage Account and remit to the Depositor or its designee the amount remaining in such Interest Coverage Account after payment of the
amount required to be withdrawn therefrom pursuant to the third preceding sentence on the day of termination of the Pre-Funding Period.  

(d)        Upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period, (ii) the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates to zero or (iii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.01, any amount remaining on deposit in the Interest Coverage Account after distributions pursuant to paragraph (c) above shall be withdrawn by the Securities Administrator and paid to the Depositor or its designee.

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES

	
            Section 6.01
 	
            Advances.   
 

(a)        The Company shall make an Advance with respect to any EMC Mortgage Loan and deposit such Advance in the Master Servicer Collection Account no later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Remittance Date in immediately available funds. The Company shall be obligated to make any such Advance only to the extent that such advance would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Company shall have determined that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that a proposed Advance or a lesser portion of such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Company shall deliver (i) to the Securities Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders funds constituting the remaining portion of such Advance, if applicable, and (ii) to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, each Rating Agency and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting
forth the basis for such determination.

In lieu of making all or a portion of such Advance from its own funds, the Company may (i) cause to be made an appropriate entry in its records relating to the Protected Account that any Amount Held for Future Distributions has been used by the Company in discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance and (ii) transfer such funds from the Protected Account to the Distribution Account.  Any funds so applied and transferred shall be replaced by the Company by deposit in the Distribution Account, no later than the close of business on the Remittance Date immediately preceding the Distribution Account Deposit Date on which such funds are required to be distributed pursuant to this Agreement.

The Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Protected Account for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant to this Section as provided in Section 5.02. The obligation to make Advances with respect to any EMC Mortgage Loan shall continue until such EMC Mortgage Loan is paid in full or the related Mortgaged Property or related REO Property has been liquidated or until the purchase or repurchase thereof (or substitution therefor) from the Trust Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.01.

(b)        If the Scheduled Payment on an EMC Mortgage Loan that was due on a related Due Date and is delinquent other than as a result of application of the Relief Act and for which the Company was required to make an Advance pursuant to this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement exceeds the amount deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account which will be used for an Advance with respect to such EMC Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account not later than the Distribution Account Deposit Date immediately preceding the related Distribution Date an amount equal to such deficiency, net of the Master Servicing Fee and the Servicing Fee for such EMC Mortgage Loan except to the extent the Master Servicer determines any such Advance to be nonrecoverable from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds
or future payments on the EMC Mortgage Loan for which such Advance was made. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall continue to 

 

make such Advances through the date that the Company is required to do so under this Agreement. If applicable, on the Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall present an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee (i) stating that the Master Servicer elects not to make an Advance in a stated amount and (ii) detailing the reason it deems the advance to be nonrecoverable.

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Article IX hereof, in the event the Master Servicer fails to make such Advance, then the Trustee, as Successor Master Servicer, shall be obligated to make such Advance, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.01.

	
            Section 6.02
 	
            Compensating Interest Payments.   
 

(a)        In the event that there is a Prepayment Interest Shortfall arising from a voluntary Principal Prepayment in part or in full by the Mortgagor with respect to any EMC Mortgage Loan, the Company shall, to the extent of the Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Master Servicer Collection Account, as a reduction of the Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, no later than the close of business on the Remittance Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Prepayment Interest Shortfall; and in case of such deposit, the Company shall not be entitled to any recovery or reimbursement from the Depositor, the Trustee, the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders.

(b)        The Master Servicer shall be required to remit to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account the amount of any such Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, to the extent of the Master Servicing Compensation for such Distribution Date, in the event the Company is required to make such payment but fails to do so.

	
            Section 6.03
 	
            REMIC Distributions.
 

On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall be deemed to have allocated distributions to the REMIC I Regular Interests in accordance with Section 6.07 hereof.

	
            Section 6.04
 	
            Distributions.   
 

(a)        On each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Interest Funds and Principal Funds for such Distribution Date shall be withdrawn by the Securities Administrator to the extent of funds in the Distribution Account and distributed in the following order of priority:

	
            (1)
 	
            Interest Funds shall be distributed in the following manner and order of priority:
 

(A)              to the Class A Certificates, the Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount; and

(B)              From remaining Interest Funds, sequentially, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class B-4 Certificates, in that order, the Current Interest for each such Class.

 

 

Any Excess Spread to the extent necessary to meet a level of overcollateralization equal to the Overcollateralization Target Amount will be the Extra Principal Distribution Amount and will be included as part of the Principal Distribution Amount. Any Remaining Excess Spread together with any Overcollateralization Release Amount will be applied as Excess Cashflow and distributed pursuant to clauses (3)(A) through (F) below.

On any Distribution Date, any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to the extent not covered by Compensating Interest will be allocated as set forth in the definition of “Current Interest” herein.

(2)        Principal Funds, including any Extra Principal Distribution Amount, shall be distributed in the following manner and order of priority:

(A)              For each Distribution Date (i) prior to the Stepdown Date or (ii) on which a Trigger Event is in effect:

(i)         To the Class A Certificates, the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(ii)         To the Class M-1 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Funds for such Distribution Date, the remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(iii)        To the Class M-2 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Funds for such Distribution Date, the remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(iv)        To the Class M-3 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Funds for such Distribution Date, the remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(v)        To the Class M-4 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Funds for such Distribution Date, the remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(vi)        To the Class M-5 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Funds for such Distribution Date, the remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(vii)       To the Class B-1 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Funds for such Distribution Date, the remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero; 

(viii)      To the Class B-2 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Funds for such Distribution Date, the remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero; 

 

 

(ix)        To the Class B-3 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class is reduced to zero; and

(x)        To the Class B-4 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class is reduced to zero.

(B)              For each Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, so long as a Trigger Event is not in effect:

(i)         To the Class A Certificates, the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero; 

(ii)         To the Class M-1 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(iii)        To the Class M-2 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(iv)        To the Class M-3 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(v)        To the Class M-4 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(vi)        To the Class M-5 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(vii)       To the Class B-1 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero; 

(viii)      To the Class B-2 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class B-2 Principal 

 

Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(ix)        To the Class B-3 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class is reduced to zero; and

(x)        To the Class B-4 Certificates, from any remaining Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, the Class B-4 Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class is reduced to zero.

(3)        Any Excess Cashflow shall be distributed in the following manner and order of priority:

(A)              from any remaining Excess Cashflow, to the Class A Certificates, (a) first, any remaining Interest Carry Forward Amount for each such Class to the extent not fully paid pursuant to clause (a) (1) (A) above and (b) second, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount for such distribution date;

(B)              from any remaining Excess Cashflow, sequentially, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class B-4 Certificates, in that order, an amount equal to the Interest Carry Forward Amount for each such Class for such Distribution Date;

(C)              from any remaining Excess Cashflow otherwise distributable to the Class C Certificates, to the Reserve Fund, (i) first,  sequentially to pay to the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class B-4 Certificates, in that order, any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount for each such Class for such Distribution Date, if any, to the extent such amount exceedds the amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Fund, and (ii) second, to maintain a balance in the Reserve Fund Deposit;

(D)              from any remaining Excess Cashflow, (i) first, sequentially to pay to the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class B-4 Certificates, in that order, the amount of Relief Act Shortfalls and any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls allocated to such Classes of Certificates, to the extent not previously reimbursed, and (ii) second, to maintain a balance in the Reserve Fund equal to the Reserve Fund Deposit;

(E)              from any remaining Excess Cashflow, to the Class C Certificates, an amount equal to the Class C Distribution Amount reduced by amounts distributed in clause (C) above; and

(F)              from any remaining Excess Cashflow (i) to each of the Class R-1 Certificates and Class R-2 Certificates, based on the related REMIC in which such amounts remain.

 

 

On each Distribution Date, all amounts in respect of Prepayment Charges shall be distributed to the related servicer.  

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Distribution Date after the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class of Class A, Class M or Class B Certificates has been reduced to zero, that Class of Certificates will be retired and will no longer be entitled to distributions, including distributions in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts.

(b)        In addition to the foregoing distributions, with respect to any Subsequent Recoveries, the Company or the Servicer, as applicable, shall deposit such funds into the Protected Account pursuant to Section 5.01(b)(iii). If, after taking into account such Subsequent Recoveries, the amount of a Realized Loss is reduced, the amount of such Subsequent Recoveries will be applied to increase the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates with the highest payment priority to which Realized Losses have been allocated, but not by more than the amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to that Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 6.05; provided, however, to the extent that no reductions to a Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates currently exists as the result of a prior allocation of a Realized Loss,
such Subsequent Recoveries will be applied as Excess Spread. The amount of any remaining Subsequent Recoveries will be applied to increase the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates with the next highest payment priority, up to the amount of such Realized Losses previously allocated to that Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 6.05, and so on. Holders of such Certificates will not be entitled to any payment in respect of Current Interest on the amount of such increases for any Interest Accrual Period preceding the Distribution Date on which such increase occurs. Any such increases shall be applied to the Certificate Principal Balance of each Certificate of such Class in accordance with its respective Percentage Interest.

(c)        Subject to Section 11.02 hereof respecting the final distribution, on each Distribution Date the Securities Administrator shall make distributions to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder has so notified the Securities Administrator at least 5 Business Days prior to the related Record Date, or, if not, by check mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 11.02 hereof respecting the final distribution, distributions with respect to Certificates registered in the name of a Depository shall be made to such Depository in
immediately available funds.

(d)        On or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver a report to the Securities Administrator in electronic form (or by such other means as the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator may agree from time to time) containing such data and information, as agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator such as to permit the Securities Adminstrator to prepare the Monthly Statement to Certificateholders and to make the required distributions for the related Distribution Date.

 

 

 

	Section 6.05	
            Allocation of Realized Losses.   
  

(a)        Any Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans will be applied on any Distribution Date as follows: first, to Excess Spread through payment of the Extra Principal Distribution Amount, second, to the Class C Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, third, to the Class B-4 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, fourth, to the Class B-3 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, fifth, to the Class B-2 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, sixth, to the Class B-1 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, seventh, to the Class M-5 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero,
eighth, to the Class M-4 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, ninth, to the Class M-3 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, tenth, to the Class M-2 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, eleventh, to the Class M-1 Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero and twelfth, to the Class A Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero. 

(b)        Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class of Certificates on any Distribution Date shall be made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so allocated; any allocation of Realized Losses to the Class C Certificates shall be made by reducing the amount otherwise payable in respect thereof pursuant to clause (E) of Section 6.04(a)(3). 

Once Realized Losses have been allocated to a Class of Class A, Class M or Class B Certificates, such amounts with respect to such Certificates will no longer accrue interest nor will such amounts in respect of interest be reinstated thereafter. 

As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a “pro rata basis” among two or more specified Classes of Certificates means an allocation on a pro rata basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each such Class of Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date. All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class of Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such Class in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.

Any Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on each Distribution Date to the following REMIC I Regular Interests in the specified percentages, as follows: first, to Uncertificated Accrued Interest payable to REMIC I Regular Interest AA and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98.00% and 2.00%, respectively; second, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Principal Loss Allocation Amount, 98.00% and 2.00%, respectively; third, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest B-4 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest B-4 has been reduced to
zero; fourth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I 

 

Regular Interest B-3 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest B-3 has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest B-2 has been reduced to zero; sixth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest B-1 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest B-1 has been reduced to zero; seventh, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and
1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-5 has been reduced to zero; eighth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 9.008%, 1.00% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-4 has been reduced to zero; ninth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-3 has been reduced to zero; tenth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-2 has been reduced to zero; eleventh, to the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-1 has been reduced to zero; and twelfth, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest A and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest A has been reduced to zero.

	
            Section 6.06
 	
            Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.   
 

(a)        Not later than each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall prepare and make available to each Holder of Certificates, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor a statement setting forth for the Certificates:

(i)         the amount of the related distribution to Holders of each Class allocable to principal, separately identifying (A) the aggregate amount of any Principal Prepayments included therein and (B) the aggregate of all scheduled payments of principal included therein;

(ii)         the Interest Carry Forward Amount and any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount for each Class of Certificates;

(iii)        the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class after giving effect (i) to all distributions allocable to principal on such Distribution Date and (ii) the allocation of any Applied Realized Loss Amounts for such Distribution Date;

	
            (iv)
 	
            the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans;
 

 

 

 

(v)        the related amount of the Master Servicing Fee paid to or retained by the Master Servicer for the related Due Period;

(vi)        the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates with respect to the current Accrual Period, and, if applicable, whether such Pass-Through Rate was limited by the applicable Net WAC Cap Rate;

(vii)       the amount of Advances included in the distribution on such Distribution Date;

	
            (viii)
 	
            the cumulative amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts to date;
 

(ix)        the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans (A) Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and bankruptcy) (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days, (B) in foreclosure and Delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days and (C) in bankruptcy and Delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days, in each case as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date;

(x)        with respect to any Mortgage Loan that was liquidated during the preceding calendar month, the loan number and Stated Principal Balance of, and Realized Loss on, such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;

(xi)        the total number and principal balance of any real estate owned or REO Properties as of the close of business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;

(xii)       the three month rolling average of the percent equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 60 days or more delinquent or are in bankruptcy or foreclosure or are REO Properties, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of such Distribution;

(xiii)      the Realized Losses during the related Due Period and the cumulative Realized Losses through the end of the preceding month; and

(xiv)      the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses withdrawn from the Protected Account or the Distribution Account for such Distribution Date; and

The foregoing information and reports shall be prepared and determined by the Securities Administrator based solely on Mortgage Loan data provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer (in a format agreed to by the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer) no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Distribution Date.  In preparing or 

 

furnishing the foregoing information, the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the information or data regarding the Mortgage Loans and the related REO Property that has been provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer, and the Securities Administrator shall not be obligated to verify, recompute, reconcile or recalculate any such information or data.  The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Mortgage Loan data provided by the Master Servicer and shall have no liability for any errors in such Mortgage Loan data.  

The Securities Administrator will make such statement (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format) available each month to the parties hereto, the Certificateholders and each Rating Agency via the Securities Administrator’s internet website.  The Securities Administrator’s internet website shall initially by located at [www.etrustee.net].  Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator’s customer service desk at (312) 904-8162.  Parties that are unable to use the above distribution option are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such.  The Securities Administrator shall have the right to change the way such statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more
accessible to the above parties and the Securities Administrator shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such changes.

As a condition to access the Securities Administrator’s internet website, the Securities Administrator may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Securities Administrator will not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement.

(b)        The Securities Administrator’s responsibility for making the above information available to the Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness and accuracy of the information derived from the Master Servicer, the Company and the Servicer. The Securities Administrator will make available a copy of each statement provided pursuant to this Section 6.06 to each Rating Agency.

(c)        Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Securities Administrator shall cause to be furnished upon written request to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this Section 6.06 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Securities Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Securities Administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.

(d)        The Securities Administrator shall furnish quarterly to the Holders of the Residual Certificates each applicable Form 1066Q and shall respond promptly to written requests made not more frequently than quarterly by any Holder of a Residual Certificate with respect to the following matters:

 

 

(i)         The original projected principal and interest cash flows on the Closing Date on each class of Regular Interests and Residual Interests created hereunder and on the Mortgage Loans, based on the Prepayment Assumption;

(ii)         The projected remaining principal and interest cash flows as of the end of any calendar quarter with respect to each class of Regular Interests and Residual Interests created hereunder and the Mortgage Loans, based on the Prepayment Assumption;

(iii)        The applicable Prepayment Assumption and any interest rate assumptions used in determining the projected principal and interest cash flows described above; and

(iv)        The original issue discount (or, in the case of the Mortgage Loans, market discount) or premium accrued or amortized through the end of such calendar quarter with respect to each class of Regular Interests created hereunder and to the Mortgage Loans, together with each constant yield to maturity used in computing the same.

(v)        The treatment of Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Regular Interests created hereunder, including the timing and amount of any cancellation of indebtedness income of a REMIC with respect to such Regular Interests or bad debt deductions claimed with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

	
            (vi)
 	
            The amount and timing of any non-interest expenses of a REMIC; and
 

(vii)       Any taxes (including penalties and interest) imposed on the REMIC, including, without limitation, taxes on “prohibited transactions,” “contributions” or “net income from foreclosure property” or state or local income or franchise taxes.

Certain information pursuant to clauses (i) and  (iii)  above shall be provided by the Depositor pursuant to Section 10.12.

	
            Section 6.07
 	
            REMIC Designations and REMIC Distributions.   
 

(a)        The Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall elect that each of REMIC I and REMIC II shall be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code. Any inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of this Agreement shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the validity of such REMIC elections. The assets of REMIC I shall include the Mortgage Loans and all interest owing in respect of and principal due thereon, the Distribution Account, the Master Servicer Collection Account, the Protected Accounts maintained by the Company and the Servicer, any REO Property, any proceeds of the foregoing and any other assets subject to this Agreement (other than the Reserve Fund, the Pre-Funding Account and the Interest Coverage Account).  The REMIC I Regular Interests shall constitute the assets of REMIC II.  

(b)        On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in the following order of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I to REMIC II on account of the REMIC I Regular Interests or withdrawn from the Distribution Account and distributed to the Holders of the Class R-1 Certificates, as the case may be:

 

 

(i)         to the holders of each REMIC I Regular Interest, pro rata, in an amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such REMIC I Regular Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates. Amounts payable as Uncertificated Accrued Interest in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ shall be reduced when the REMIC I Overcollateralization Amount is less than the REMIC I Required Overcollateralization Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of such difference and (y) the Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount, and such amount will be payable to the holders of REMIC I Regular Interest A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest B-1, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2, REMIC I Regular Interest B-3 and REMIC I Regular Interest B-4 in the same proportion as the Extra Principal Distribution Amount is allocated to the Corresponding Certificates, and the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ shall be increased by such amount;

(ii)         to the holders of REMIC I Regular Interests in an amount equal to the remainder of the Interest Funds and Principal Funds for such Distribution Date after the distributions made pursuant to clause (i) above, allocated as follows:

(A)              98% of such remainder to the holders of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero;

(B)              2% of such remainder, first, to the holders of REMIC I Regular Interest A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest B-1, REMIC I Regular Interest B-2, REMIC I Regular Interest B-3 and REMIC I Regular Interest B-4, in an aggregate amount equal to 1% of, and in the same proportion as, principal payments are allocated to the Corresponding Certificates for each such REMIC I Regular Interest, until the Uncertificated Principal Balances of such REMIC I Regular Interests are reduced to zero; and second, to the holders of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero; and 

	
            (C)
 	
            any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class R-1 Certificates.
 

(c)        On each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the amounts distributed pursuant to Sections 6.04(a)(3)(C) and (E) on such date shall be deemed distributed to the Class C Certificates in respect of the Class C Distribution Amount.

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

THE CERTIFICATES

	
            Section 7.01
 	
            The Certificates.   
 

The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-5. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the minimum dollar denominations, integral dollar multiples in excess thereof (except that one Certificate of each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be in excess of the applicable minimum dollar denomination) and aggregate dollar denominations as set forth in the following table:

	
            
Class
 
 	
            
Minimum Denomination
 
 	
            
Integral Multiple in Excess of Minimum
 
 	
            
Original Certificate Principal Balance
 
 
	
            A
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            283,659,000.00
 
	
            M-1
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            42,771,000.00
 
	
            M-2
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            7,465,000.00
 
	
            M-3
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            12,105,000.00
 
	
            M-4
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            9,079,000.00
 
	
            M-5
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            6,456,000.00
 
	
            B-1
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            8,877,000.00
 
	
            B-2
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            6,052,000.00
 
	
            B-3
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            6,658,000.00
 
	
            B-4
 	
            $
 	
            250,000
 	
             
 	
            $1.00
 	
            $
 	
            19,973,000.00
 
	
            C
 	
             
 	
            10
 	
            %
 	
            1%
 	
            $
 	
            404,408.88
 
	
            R-1
 	
             
 	
            100
 	
            %
 	
            N/A
 	
             
 	
            N/A
 
	
            R-2
 	
             
 	
            100
 	
            %
 	
            N/A
 	
             
 	
            N/A
 

 

The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the Securities Administrator by an authorized officer. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Securities Administrator shall bind the Securities Administrator, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such authentication and delivery. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate the countersignature of the Securities Administrator by manual signature, and such countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Certificate has been duly countersigned and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their countersignature. On the Closing Date, the Securities Administrator shall authenticate the Certificates to be issued at the written direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.

The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Securities Administrator on a continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate transfers.

 

 

Section 7.02     Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.   

(a)        The Securities Administrator shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 hereof, a Certificate Register for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of Transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of Transfer of any Certificate, the Securities Administrator shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class and of like aggregate Percentage Interest.

At the option of a Certificateholder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations and evidencing the same aggregate Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Securities Administrator. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate, and deliver the Certificates that the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of Transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any registration of Transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any Transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.

All Certificates surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the Securities Administrator’s customary procedures.

(b)        Subject to Subsection 7.07 and, in the case of any Global Certificate or Private Certificate upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth below, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Securities Administrator maintained for such purpose, the Securities Administrator shall sign, countersign and shall deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, a new Certificate of a like Class and aggregate Percentage Interest, but bearing a different number.

(c)        Subject to Subsection 7.02(g), so long as a Global Certificate of such Class is outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository, transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Certificate, or transfers by Holders of Individual Certificates of such Class to transferees that take delivery in the form of beneficial interests in the Global Certificate, may be made only in accordance with this Subsection 7.02(c) and in accordance with the rules of the Depository:

(i)         In the case of a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor, such transferee shall be required to take delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate or Certificates and the Securities 

 

Administrator shall register such transfer only upon compliance with the provisions of Subsection 7.02(h).

(ii)         In the case of a beneficial interest in a Class of Global Certificates being transferred to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of such Class, except as set forth in clause (i) above, the Securities Administrator shall register such transfer only upon compliance with the provisions of Subsection 7.02(h).

(iii)        In the case of an Individual Certificate of a Class being transferred to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate of such Class, the Securities Administrator shall register such transfer if the transferee has provided the Securities Administrator with a Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate or comparable evidence as to its QIB status.

(iv)        No restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer or registration of transfer of a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of a Class to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of such Class; provided that each such transferee shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in the Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate as are sufficient to establish that it is a QIB.

(d)        Subject to Subsection 7.02(g), an exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate of a Class for an Individual Certificate or Certificates of such Class, an exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of a Class for a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of such Class and an exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of a Class for another Individual Certificate or Certificates of such Class (in each case, whether or not such exchange is made in anticipation of subsequent transfer, and, in the case of the Global Certificate of such Class, so long as such Certificate is outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository) may be made only in accordance with this Subsection 7.02(d) and in accordance with the rules of the Depository:

(i)         A Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate of a Class may at any time exchange such beneficial interest for an Individual Certificate or Certificates of such Class.

(ii)         A Holder of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of a Class may exchange such Certificate or Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of such Class if such holder furnishes to the Securities Administrator a Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate or comparable evidence as to its QIB status.

(iii)        A Holder of an Individual Certificate of a Class may exchange such Certificate for an equal aggregate principal amount of Individual Certificates of such Class in different authorized denominations without any certification.

(e)        (i)         Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of an Individual Certificate of a Class for a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate of such Class as provided herein, the Securities Administrator shall cancel such Individual Certificate and shall (or shall request the Depository to) endorse on the schedule affixed to the applicable Global Certificate (or on a continuation of such 

 

schedule affixed to the Global Certificate and made a part thereof) or otherwise make in its books and records an appropriate notation evidencing the date of such exchange or transfer and an increase in the certificate balance of the Global Certificate equal to the certificate balance of such Individual Certificate exchanged or transferred therefor.

(ii)         Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate of a Class for an Individual Certificate of such Class as provided herein, the Securities Administrator shall (or shall request the Depository to) endorse on the schedule affixed to such Global Certificate (or on a continuation of such schedule affixed to such Global Certificate and made a part thereof) or otherwise make in its books and records an appropriate notation evidencing the date of such exchange or transfer and a decrease in the certificate balance of such Global Certificate equal to the certificate balance of such Individual Certificate issued in exchange therefor or upon transfer thereof.

(f)         Any Individual Certificate issued in exchange for or upon transfer of another Individual Certificate or of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate shall bear the applicable legends set forth in Exhibit A-2.

(g)        Subject to the restrictions on transfer and exchange set forth in this Section 7.02, the Holder of any Individual Certificate may transfer or exchange the same in whole or in part (in an initial certificate balance equal to the minimum authorized denomination set forth in Section 7.01 above or any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) by surrendering such Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, or at the office of any transfer agent, together with an executed instrument of assignment and transfer satisfactory in form and substance to the Securities Administrator in the case of transfer and a written request for exchange in the case of exchange. The Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, cause the Depository (or its nominee) to notify the Securities
Administrator in writing of a request for transfer or exchange of such beneficial interest for an Individual Certificate or Certificates. Following a proper request for transfer or exchange, the Securities Administrator shall, within five Business Days of such request made at the Corporate Trust Office, sign, countersign and deliver at the Corporate Trust Office, to the transferee (in the case of transfer) or Holder (in the case of exchange) or send by first class mail at the risk of the transferee (in the case of transfer) or Holder (in the case of exchange) to such address as the transferee or Holder, as applicable, may request, an Individual Certificate or Certificates, as the case may require, for a like aggregate Percentage Interest and in such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested. The presentation for transfer or exchange of any Individual Certificate shall not be valid unless made at the Corporate Trust Office by the registered Holder in person, or by a
duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

(h)        No Transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state securities laws. In the event that a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such Transfer and such Certificateholder’s prospective transferee shall each certify to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator in writing the facts (or shall be deemed to certify in the case of a Book-Entry Certificate) 

 

surrounding the Transfer by (x)(i) the delivery to the Securities Administrator by the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D (the “Transferor Certificate”) and (ii) the delivery by the Certificateholder’s prospective transferee of (A) a letter in substantially the form of Exhibit E (the “Investment Letter”) if the prospective transferee is an Institutional Accredited Investor or (B) a letter in substantially the form of Exhibit F (the “Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate”) if the prospective transferee is a QIB or (y) there shall be delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator that such Transfer may be made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee. Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence, no restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer or registration of transfer of a beneficial interest in any Certificate that is a Global Certificate of a Class to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of such Class provided that each such transferee shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in the Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate as are sufficient to establish that it is a QIB. The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for Transfer of
any such Certificate without registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence, including providing to the Depositor such information regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such Transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Sellers, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer against any liability that may result if the Transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.

The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any certificate required by this Section 7.02 to be executed in connection with the transfer of any Certificate, and shall be entitled to presume conclusively the continuing accuracy thereof from time to time, in each case without further inquiry or investigation.

The Securities Administrator shall not be responsible for ascertaining whether any transfer complies with, or for otherwise monitoring or determining compliance with, the requirements or terms of the 1933 Act, applicable state securities laws, ERISA or the Code; except that if a Certificate is required by the terms of this Section 7.02 to be provided to the Securities Administrator by a prospective transferor or transferee, the Securities Administrator shall examine the same to determine whether it conforms substantially on its face to the applicable requirements of this Section 7.02 and that if an opinion of counsel is provided, the Securities Administrator shall examine the same to determine whether it meets the requirements hereof.

No Transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class B-4 Certificate shall be made unless either (i) the Securities Administrator shall have received a representation from the 

 

transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code (either a “Plan”), or a Person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of any such plan, or (ii) the transferee provides a representation, or is deemed to represent in the case of the Global Certificate that the proposed transfer or holding of such Certificate are eligible for exemptive relief under an individual or class prohibited transaction exemption, including, but not limited to, Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60 or PTE 96-23 or (b) the transferee provides an opinion of counsel which establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator that the purchase and holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class B-4 Certificate is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Underwriter, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or section 4975 of the Code), which opinion of counsel will not be an expense of any of such persons and on which such persons may rely.

Each beneficial owner of a Class A, Class M, Class B Certificate (other than a Class B-4 Certificate) or any interest therein shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of that certificate or interest therein, that either (i) it is not a Plan or investing with “Plan Assets”, (ii) it has acquired and is holding such certificate in reliance on the Exemption, and that it understands that there are certain conditions to the availability of the Exemption, including that the certificate must be rated, at the time of purchase, not lower than “BBB-” (or its equivalent) by S&P, Fitch or Moody’s, and the certificate is so rated or (iii) (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to acquire or hold the certificate or interest therein is an “insurance company general account,” as such term is defined in PTE
95-60, and (3) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTE 95-60 have been satisfied.

Neither the Trustee, the Securities Administrator nor the Master Servicer will be required to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with the transfer restrictions with respect to the Global Certificates. Any attempted or purported transfer of any Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 6.01 shall be void ab initio and such Certificate shall be considered to have been held continuously by the prior permitted Certificateholder. Any transferor of any Certificate in violation of such provisions, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer from and against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or expenses incurred by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer as a result of such attempted or purported transfer. The Securities Administrator shall have no
liability for transfer of any such Global Certificates in or through book-entry facilities of any Depository or between or among Depository Participants or Certificate Owners made in violation of the transfer restrictions set forth herein. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled, but not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that was in fact a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of a Plan at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became a Plan or Person acting on behalf of a Plan, all payments made on such ERISA Restricted Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Securities Administrator shall be paid and delivered by the Securities Administrator to the last preceding Holder of such Certificate that is not a Plan or Person acting on behalf of a Plan.

 

 

No Transfer of a Class C Certificate, Residual Certificate or Class B-4 Certificate shall be made at any time unless either (i) the transferee of such Certificate provides a representation, or is deemed to represent in the case of a Global Certificate, to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the  Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer, to the effect that such transferee is not a Plan, or a Person acting on behalf of a Plan or using the assets of a Plan, or (ii) in the case of any such Certificate presented for registration in the name of a Plan, or a trustee of a Plan or any other person acting on behalf of a Plan, the Securities Administrator shall have received an Opinion of Counsel for the benefit of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer and on which
they may rely, satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, to the effect that the purchase and holding of such Certificate are permissible under applicable law, will not result in any prohibited transactions under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Depositor, or (iii) in the case of a Class B-4 Certificate, the transferee provides a representation, or is deemed to represent in the case of the Global Certificate, or an opinion of counsel to the effect that the proposed transfer or holding of such Class B-4 Certificate and the servicing, management and operation of the Trust and its assets:  (I) will not result in any prohibited transaction which is not covered under PTE
84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60 or PTE 96-23 and (II) will not give rise to any obligation on the part of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery of the Opinion of Counsel as described above shall be void and of no effect; provided that the restriction set forth in this sentence shall not be applicable if there has been delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel meeting the requirements of clause (ii) of the first sentence of this paragraph. Neither the Trustee, the Securities Administrator nor the Master Servicer shall be required to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with the transfer restrictions with respect to any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is a Book-Entry
Certificate, and neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall have any liability for transfers of any such Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of any Depository or between or among participants of the Depository or Certificate Owners made in violation of the transfer restrictions set forth herein. Neither the Trustee, the Securities Administrator nor the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 7.02(h) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement.  

(i)         Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions:

(i)         Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify the 

 

Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as a Permitted Transferee.

(ii)         No Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Securities Administrator shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Securities Administrator under subparagraph (b) above, the Securities Administrator shall have been furnished with an affidavit (a “Transfer Affidavit”) of the initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

(iii)        Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.

(iv)        Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 7.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 7.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Residual Certificate. Neither the Securities Administrator nor the Trustee shall be under liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 7.02(b) and this Section 7.02(c) or for making any payments due on such
Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Residual Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by the Securities Administrator shall be paid and delivered by the Securities Administrator to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate.

(v)        The Master Servicer shall make available within 60 days of written request from the Securities Administrator, all information necessary to compute any tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a Permitted Transferee.

 

 

The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this Section 7.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring after delivery to the Securities Administrator of an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Securities Administrator, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Sellers or the Master Servicer to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions, or any Transfer of a Residual Certificate allowed by such elimination, will not cause REMIC I or REMIC II, as applicable, to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Securities Administrator and furnished to the Securities Administrator, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is not transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.

(j)         The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions referred to above in this Section 7.02 shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Sellers, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer.

	
            Section 7.03
 	
            Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.   
 

If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Securities Administrator, or the Securities Administrator receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and of the ownership thereof and (b) there is delivered to the Securities Administrator such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save the Securities Administrator and the Trustee harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Securities Administrator that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 7.03, the Securities Administrator may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Securities Administrator) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. All Certificates surrendered to the Securities Administrator under the terms of this Section 7.03 shall be canceled and destroyed by the Securities Administrator in accordance with its standard procedures without liability on its part.

	
            Section 7.04
 	
            Persons Deemed Owners.   
 

The Securities Administrator, the Trustee and any agent of the Securities Administrator or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for 

 

all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Securities Administrator, the Trustee nor any agent of the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

	
            Section 7.05
 	
            Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses.   
 

If three or more Certificateholders, or in the case of Book-Entry Certificates, Certificate Owners (a) request such information in writing from the Securities Administrator, (b) state that such Certificateholders or Certificate Owners desire to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the communication that such Certificateholders or Certificate Owners propose to transmit or if the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall request such information in writing from the Securities Administrator, then the Securities Administrator shall, within ten Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the Depositor, the Master Servicer or such Certificateholders or Certificate Owners at such recipients’ expense the most recent list of the Certificateholders of the
Trust Fund held by the Securities Administrator, if any. The Depositor and every Certificateholder and Certificate Owner, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agree that the Securities Administrator shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

	
            Section 7.06
 	
            Book-Entry Certificates.   
 

The Regular Certificates (other than the Class B-4 Certificates and Class C Certificates), upon original issuance, shall be issued in the form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing the Book-Entry Certificates, to be delivered to the Depository by or on behalf of the Depositor. Such Certificates shall initially be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and no Certificate Owner of such Certificates will receive a definitive certificate representing such Certificate Owner’s interest in such Certificates, except as provided in Section 7.08. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) have been issued to the Certificate Owners of such Certificates pursuant to Section 7.08:

	
            (a)
 	
            the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and effect;
 

(b)        the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee may deal with the Depository and the Depository Participants for all purposes (including the making of distributions) as the authorized representative of the respective Certificate Owners of such Certificates;

(c)        registration of the Book-Entry Certificates may not be transferred by the Securities Administrator except to another Depository;

(d)        the rights of the respective Certificate Owners of such Certificates shall be exercised only through the Depository and the Depository Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between the Owners of such Certificates and the Depository and/or the Depository Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 7.08, the Depository will make book-

 

entry transfers among the Depository Participants and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the related Certificates to such Depository Participants;

(e)        the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants;

(f)         the Securities Administrator may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants; and

(g)        to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall control.

For purposes of any provision of this Agreement requiring or permitting actions with the consent of, or at the direction of, Certificateholders evidencing a specified percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of any Class of Certificates, such direction or consent may be given by Certificate Owners (acting through the Depository and the Depository Participants) owning Book-Entry Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage of principal amount of such Class of Certificates.

The Private Certificates shall initially be held in fully registered certificated form. If at any time the Holders of all of the Certificates of one or more such Classes request that the Securities Administrator cause such Class to become Global Certificates, the Depositor (with the assistance of the Securities Administrator) will take such action as may be reasonably required to cause the Depository to accept such Class or Classes for trading if it may legally be so traded. If at anytime there are to be Global Certificates, the Global Certificates shall be delivered to the Depository by the Depositor or deposited with the Securities Administrator as custodian for the Depository.

All transfers by Certificate Owners of such respective Classes of Book-Entry Certificates and any Global Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures.

	
            Section 7.07
 	
            Notices to Depository.   
 

Whenever any notice or other communication is required to be given to Certificateholders of a Class with respect to which Book-Entry Certificates have been issued, unless and until Definitive Certificates shall have been issued to the related Certificate Owners, the Securities Administrator shall give all such notices and communications to the Depository.

	
            Section 7.08
 	
            Definitive Certificates.   
 

If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to any Certificates, (a) the Depositor or the Depository advises the Securities Administrator that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities under the Depository Agreement with respect to such Certificates and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor or (b) the Depositor, at its sole option, advises the Securities Administrator that it elects to terminate the 

 

book-entry system with respect to such Certificates through the Depository or (c) after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates having not less than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced by any Class of Book-Entry Certificates advise the Securities Administrator and the Depository in writing through the Depository Participants that the continuation of a book-entry system with respect to Certificates of such Class through the Depository (or its successor) is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners of such Class, then the Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners of such Certificates, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to applicable Certificate Owners requesting the same.  The Depositor shall provide the Securities Administrator with
an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon surrender to the Securities Administrator of any such Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Securities Administrator shall execute and countersign and deliver such Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.  Upon the issuance of such Definitive Certificates, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Securities Administrator, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of such Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders
hereunder.

In addition, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Certificate Owner materially adversely affected thereby may at its option request a Definitive Certificate evidencing such Certificate Owner’s Voting Rights in the related Class of Certificates.  In order to make such request, such Certificate Owner shall, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, provide the Depository or the related Depository Participant with directions for the Securities Administrator to exchange or cause the exchange of the Certificate Owner’s interest in such Class of Certificates for an equivalent Voting Right in fully registered definitive form.  Upon receipt by the Securities Administrator of instructions from the Depository directing the Securities Administrator to effect such exchange (such instructions to contain information regarding the Class of Certificates and
the Certificate Principal Balance being exchanged, the Depository Participant account to be debited with the decrease, the registered holder of and delivery instructions for the definitive Certificate, and any other information reasonably required by the Trustee), (i) the Securities Administrator shall instruct the Depository to reduce the related Depository Participant’s account by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the definitive Certificate, (ii) the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in accordance with the registration and delivery instructions provided by the Depository, a definitive Certificate evidencing such Certificate Owner’s Voting Rights in such Class of Certificates and (iii) the Securities Administrator shall execute and authenticate a new Book-Entry Certificate reflecting the reduction in the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of Certificates by the amount of the definitive Certificates.

	
            Section 7.09
 	
            Maintenance of Office or Agency.   
 

The Securities Administrator will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an office or offices or agency or agencies located at LaSalle Bank National Association, 135 South 

 

LaSalle Street, Suite 1625, Chicago, IL 60603, Attn: Global Securities and Trust Services Group – SACO 2005-7, where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Securities Administrator initially designates its Corporate Trust Office, as the office for such purposes. The Securities Administrator will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such office or agency.

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

THE DEPOSITOR, COMPANY AND THE MASTER SERVICER

	
            Section 8.01
 	
            Liabilities of the Depositor, the Company and the Master Servicer.   
 

Each of the Depositor, the Company and the Master Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by it herein.

	
            Section 8.02
 	
            Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer.   
 

(a)        Each of the Depositor, the Company and the Master Servicer will keep in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the state of its formation, a corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation or as a national banking association under federal law, as applicable, 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, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this Agreement.

(b)        Any Person into which the Depositor, the Company or the Master Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor, the Company or the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, the Company or the Master Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor, the Company or the Master Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 8.03     Indemnification of the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator.   

(a)        The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Persons for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred on their part that may be sustained in connection with, arising out of, or relating to, any claim or legal action (i) related to the Master Servicer’s failure to perform its duties in compliance with this Agreement (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) or (ii) incurred by reason of the Master Servicer’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder, provided, in each case, that with respect to any such claim or legal action (or pending or
threatened claim or legal action), the affected Indemnified Person shall have given the Master Servicer and EMC written notice thereof promptly after such Person shall have with respect to such claim or legal action knowledge thereof; provided, however that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Master Servicer of its indemnification obligations hereunder except to the extent the Master Servicer is prejudiced thereby. This indemnity shall survive the resignation 

 

or removal of the Trustee, Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator and the termination of this Agreement.

(b)        The Company agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Persons and to hold them 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 the Indemnified Persons may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Company to perform in any way its duties and service the EMC Mortgage Loans in strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement and for breach of any representation or warranty of the Company contained herein.  The Company shall immediately notify the Master Servicer and the Trustee if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the EMC Mortgage Loans, assume (with the consent of the Master Servicer and the Trustee and with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer and the
Trustee) 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 any Indemnified Person in respect of such claim but failure to so notify the Company shall not limit its obligations hereunder.  The Company agrees that it will not enter into any settlement of any such claim without the consent of the Indemnified Persons unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Persons from all liability that is the subject matter of such claim.  The provisions of this Section 8.03(b) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

(c)        EMC will indemnify any Indemnified Person for any loss, liability or expense of any Indemnified Person not otherwise paid or covered pursuant to Subsection (b) above. Such indemnification shall survive termination of this Agreement.

Section 8.04     Limitations on Liability of the Depositor, the Company, the Master Servicer and Others.  Subject to the obligation of the Seller, the Company and the Master Servicer to indemnify the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 8.03:

(a)        Neither the Depositor, the Company, the Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Depositor, the Company and the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Indemnified Persons, the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for taking any action or for refraining from taking any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Company, the Master Servicer or any such Person against any breach of warranties or representations made herein or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of such Person’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.

(b)        The Depositor, the Company, the Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Company and the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.

(c)        The Depositor, the Company, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, each Custodian and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Company, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, each Custodian shall be 

 

indemnified by the Trust and held harmless thereby against any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred on their part that may be sustained in connection with, arising out of, or related to, any claim or legal action (including any pending or threatened claim or legal action) relating to, or the performance of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Assignment Agreement, the Custodial Agreements, the Certificates or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement, other than (i) in the case of the Company, the Master Servicer or the Securities Adminstrator, any such loss, liability or expense related to the Company’s or the Master Servicer’s or Securities Administrator’s failure to perform its respective duties in compliance with this Agreement or (ii) in the case of the Company, the Master Servicer or the Securities Adminstrator, any such loss, liability
or expense incurred by reason of the Company’s or the Master Servicer’s or the Securities Administrator’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder, or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder or under the Custodial Agreement, as applicable, (iii) in the case of the Trustee, any such loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of the Trustee’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder, or by reason of its reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder and (iv) in the case of either Custodian, any such loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of such Custodian’s willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under the related Custodial Agreement, or by reason of its reckless disregard of obligations and duties thereunder. Such indemnification shall survive termination of this Agreement.

(d)        Neither the Depositor, the Company nor the Master Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties under this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, the Master Servicer may in its discretion, 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 and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom (except any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder) shall
be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Master Servicer Collection Account as provided by Section 5.02. Nothing in this Subsection 8.04(d) shall affect the Master Servicer’s obligation to master service the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 4.01.

(e)        In taking or recommending any course of action pursuant to this Agreement, unless specifically required to do so pursuant to this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be required to investigate or make recommendations concerning potential liabilities which the Trust might incur as a result of such course of action by reason of the condition of the Mortgaged Properties but shall give notice to the Trustee if it has notice of such potential liabilities.

(f)         The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of the Company or the Servicer.

(g)        The Master Servicer may perform any of its duties hereunder or exercise its rights hereunder either directly of through Affiliates, agents or attorneys.

 

 

	
            Section 8.05
 	
            Master Servicer and Company Not to Resign.
 

(a)        Except as provided in Section 8.07, the Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) with the prior consent of the Trustee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (ii) upon a determination that any such duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and such impermissibility cannot be cured. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to and delivered to, the Trustee.  No such resignation by the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor to the Master Servicer reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 9.02 hereof. The Trustee
shall notify each Rating Agency of the resignation of the Master Servicer.

(b)        The Company shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon the assignment of its servicing duties with respect to all or a portion of the EMC Mortgage Loans to an institution that is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer in good standing that has a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 and with the prior written consent of the Master Servicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (ii) upon the determination that its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and such incapacity cannot be cured by the Company.  Any determination permitting the resignation of the Company shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect addressed to and delivered, to the Master Servicer which Opinion of Counsel shall be in form and substance
acceptable to the Master Servicer and the Trustee.  No appointment of a successor to the Company shall be effective hereunder unless (a) the Rating Agencies have confirmed in writing that such appointment will not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then current ratings assigned to the Certificates, (b) such successor shall have represented that it is meets the eligibility criteria set forth in clause (i) above and (c) such successor has agreed to assume the obligations of the Company hereunder to the extent of the EMC Mortgage Loans to be serviced by such successor.  The Company shall provide a copy of the written confirmation of the Rating Agencies and the agreement executed by such successor to the Master Servicer and the Trustee.  No such resignation shall become effective until a qualified successor or the Master Servicer shall have assumed the Company’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder.  The Company shall notify the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and the Rating Agencies of the resignation of the Company or the assignment of all or a portion of its servicing duties hereunder in accordance with this Section 8.05.

 

 

Section 8.06     Successor Master Servicer.   In connection with the appointment of any successor Master Servicer or the assumption of the duties of the Master Servicer, EMC or the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor master servicer out of payments on the Mortgage Loans as EMC or the Trustee and such successor master servicer shall agree. If the successor master servicer does not agree that such market value is a fair price, such successor master servicer shall obtain two quotations of market value from third parties actively engaged in the servicing of single-family mortgage loans.  In no event shall the compensation of any successor master servicer exceed that permitted the Master Servicer hereunder without the consent of all of the Certificateholders.

Section 8.07     Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing.   The Master Servicer may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations in their entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement and EMC may terminate the Master Servicer without cause and select a new Master Servicer; provided, however, that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (a) shall be a Person which shall be qualified to service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac; (b) shall have a net worth of not less than $15,000,000 (unless otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause (ii) below) and meets the eligibility requirements herein to serve as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator; (c) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (as evidenced in a writing signed
by the Trustee); and (d) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each responsibility, covenant and condition of the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator under this Agreement and each Custodial Agreement from and after the effective date of such assumption agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency shall be given prior written notice of the identity of the proposed successor to the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency’s rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment, sale and delegation will not be downgraded, qualified or withdrawn as a result of such assignment, sale and delegation, as evidenced by a letter to such effect delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee; and (iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee, each stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this Agreement have been satisfied and such action is permitted by and complies with the terms of this Agreement.

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF MASTER SERVICER; TERMINATION OF COMPANY

	
            Section 9.01
 	
            Events of Default.   
 

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:

(i)         any failure by the Master Servicer to remit to the Securities Administrator any amounts received or collected by the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans and required to be remitted by it hereunder (other than any Advance), which failure shall continue unremedied for one Business Day after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Trustee and the Master Servicer by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or

(ii)         any failure by the Master Servicer to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Master Servicer contained in this Agreement or any breach of a representation or warranty by the Master Servicer, which failure or breach shall continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Trustee and the Master Servicer by the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or

(iii)        a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(iv)        the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or all or substantially all of the property of the Master Servicer; or

(v)        the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of, or commence a voluntary case under, 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 Master Servicer assigns or delegates its duties or rights under this Agreement in contravention of the provisions permitting such assignment or delegation under Sections 8.05 or 8.07; or

(vii)        the Master Servicer fails to deposit or cause to be deposited in the Distribution Account any Advance (other than a Nonrecoverable Advance) by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the first Business Day preceding the Distribution Date.

If an Event of Default shall occur, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, and at the direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates, the Trustee shall in the case of any Event of Default described in clauses (i) through (vii) above, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer, with a copy to each Rating Agency, and with the consent of the Company may, terminate all of the rights and obligations (but not the liabilities) of the Master Servicer (and the Securities Administrator if the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator are the same entity) under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer of
such written notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer (and, if applicable, the Securities Administrator) hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee, or any successor Master Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 9.02 (a “Successor Master Servicer” and, if applicable, “Successor Securities Administrator”). Such Successor Master Servicer shall thereupon if such Successor Master Servicer is a successor to the Master Servicer, make any Advance required by Article IV, subject, in the case of the Trustee, to Section 9.02. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the terminated Master Servicer and, if applicable, the terminated Securities Administrator, as attorney- in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to 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 any Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect any obligation of the Master Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII or Article X. The Master Servicer and, if applicable, the Securities Administrator agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer’s and, if applicable, the Securities Administrator’s responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the applicable Successor Master Servicer of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to the Master Servicer Collection Account maintained pursuant to Section 5.05, or thereafter be received with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loans. The Trustee shall promptly notify each Rating Agency of the occurrence of an Event of Default actually known to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee.

Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Master Servicer hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan that was due prior to the notice terminating the Master Servicer’s rights and obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and received after such notice, that portion thereof to which the Master Servicer would have been entitled pursuant to Section 5.02 and to receive any other amounts payable to the Master Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the termination of its activities hereunder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default described in clause (vii) of this Section 9.01 shall occur, the trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer, which may be delivered by telecopy, immediately terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer thereafter arising under this Agreement, but without prejudice to any rights it may have as a Holder of the Certificates or to reimbursement of Monthly Advances and other advances of its own funds, and the Trustee shall act as provided in Section 9.02 to carry out the duties of the Master Servicer, including the obligation to make any Monthly Advance the nonpayment of which was an Event of Default described in clause (vii) of this Section 9.01. Any such action taken by the Trustee must be prior to the distribution on the relevant Distribution Date.

 

 

	
            Section 9.02
 	
            Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.   
 

On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof the Trustee shall automatically become the successor to the Master Servicer with respect to the transactions set forth or provided for herein and after a transition period (not to exceed 90 days), shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to either (a) immediately assume the duties of the Master Servicer or (b) select a successor Master Servicer; provided, further, however that, pursuant to Article V hereof, the Trustee in its capacity as successor Master Servicer shall be responsible for making any Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer immediately upon the termination of the Master Servicer and any
such Advance shall be made on the Distribution Date on which such Advance was required to be made by the predecessor Master Servicer. Effective on the date of such notice of termination, as compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all compensation, reimbursement of expenses and indemnification that the Master Servicer would have been entitled to if it had continued to act hereunder, provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for any acts or omissions of the Master Servicer, (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from doing so under applicable law, (iii) responsible for expenses of the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (iv) obligated to deposit losses on any Permitted Investment directed by the Master Servicer.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to Article VI or if it is otherwise unable to so act,
appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment of which does not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates by each Rating Agency as the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder. Any Successor Master Servicer shall (i) be an institution that is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer in good standing, that has a net worth of at least $15,000,000, (ii) be acceptable to the Trustee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and (iii) be willing to act as successor servicer of any Mortgage Loans under this Agreement or the First Horizon Servicing Agreement with respect to which the Company or the Servicer has been terminated as servicer, and shall have executed and delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and
assignment, that contains an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Master Servicer (other than any liabilities of the Master Servicer hereof incurred prior to termination of the Master Servicer under Section 9.01 or as otherwise set forth herein), with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement, provided that each Rating Agency shall have acknowledged in writing that its rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation will not be qualified or reduced as a result of such assignment and delegation. If the Trustee assumes the duties and responsibilities of the Master Servicer in accordance with this Section 9.02, the Trustee shall not resign as Master Servicer until a Successor Master Servicer has been appointed and has accepted such appointment. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless the Trustee
is prohibited by law from so acting, shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans or otherwise as it and such successor shall agree; provided that no such compensation unless agreed to by the Certificateholders shall be in excess 

 

of that permitted the Master Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Neither the Trustee nor any other Successor Master Servicer shall be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any delay in performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case caused by the failure of the Master Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.

The costs and expenses of the Trustee in connection with the termination of the Master Servicer, appointment of a Successor Master Servicer and, if applicable, any transfer of master servicing, including, without limitation, all costs and expenses associated with the complete transfer of all master servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such master servicing data as may be required by the Trustee to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the master servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee or the Successor Master Servicer to master service the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively, to the extent not previously paid by the terminated Master Servicer, shall be payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.05 and shall not be subject to the cap on Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses.

	
            Section 9.03
 	
            Notification to Certificateholders.   
 

(a)        Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders and to each Rating Agency.

(b)        Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of each such Event of Default hereunder actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.

	
            Section 9.04
 	
            Waiver of Defaults.   
 

The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders, within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured, notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee. The Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 51% of the Voting Rights may, on behalf of all Certificateholders, waive any default by the Master Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and the consequences thereof, except a default in the making of or the causing to be made of any required remittances to the Securities Administrator. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall be deemed to cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been timely 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. The Trustee shall give notice of any such waiver to each Rating Agency.

	
            Section 9.05
 	
            Company Default.
 

In case one or more of the following events of default by the Company (each, a “Company Default”) shall occur and be continuing, that is to say:

 

 

(i)         any failure by the Company to remit to the Master Servicer any payment required to be made under the terms of this Agreement on any Remittance Date; or

(ii)         failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements (other than Sections 3.16 or 3.17) on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement, the breach of which has a material adverse effect and which continue unremedied for a period of sixty 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 Company by the Master Servicer; 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 Company and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty days; or

(iv)        the Company 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 Company or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

(v)        the Company 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 Company attempts to assign its right to servicing compensation hereunder or the Company attempts 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

(vii)       the Company 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 Company’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder;

(viii)      failure by the Company to duly perform, within the required time period, its obligations under Section 3.16 or Section 3.17 which failure continues unremedied for a period of fifteen (15) days after the date on which written notice 

 

of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the Master Servicer.

then, and in each and every such case, so long as a Company Default shall not have been remedied, the Master Servicer, by notice in writing to the Company may, in addition to whatever rights the Master Servicer and the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders may have under Section 8.03 and at law or equity to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, terminate all the rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement and in and to the EMC Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof without compensating the Company for the same.  On or after the receipt by the Company of such written notice, all authority and power of Company under this Agreement, whether with respect to the EMC Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Master Servicer after a transition period (not to exceed 90 days).  Upon written request from the Master Servicer, the
Company shall prepare, execute and deliver, any and all documents and other instruments, place in the Master Servicer’s possession all Mortgage Files relating to the EMC Mortgage Loans, 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 EMC Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise, at the Company’s sole expense.  The Company agrees to cooperate with the Master Servicer in effecting the termination of the Company’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 Company to its Protected Account or Escrow Account or thereafter received with respect to the EMC Mortgage Loans or any related REO Property.

The costs and expenses of the Master Servicer in connection with the termination of the Company, appointment of a successor to the Company, and, if applicable, any transfer of servicing, including, without limitation, all costs and expenses associated with the complete transfer of all servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required by the Master Servicer or other successor to the Company to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the Master Servicer or such successor to service the related Mortgage Loans properly and effectively, to the extent not previously paid by the terminated Company, shall be payable to the Master Servicer or such successor pursuant to Section 8.03 and shall not be subject to the cap on Extraordinary Trust Fund Expenses.

	
            Section 9.06
 	
            Waiver of Company Defaults.   
 

The Master Servicer may waive only by written notice any default by the Company 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 Company 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

 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

	
            Section 10.01
 	
            Duties of Trustee and the Securities Administrator.   
 

(a)        The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, and the Securities Administrator each undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement as duties of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, respectively. If an Event of Default has occurred and has not been cured or waived, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

(b)        Upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments which are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, shall examine them to determine whether they are in the form required by this Agreement; provided, however, that neither the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Master Servicer or pursuant to any provision of this Agreement; provided, further, that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be responsible for the accuracy or verification of any
calculation provided to it pursuant to this Agreement.

(c)        On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make monthly distributions and the final distribution to the Certificateholders from funds in the Distribution Account as provided in Sections 6.04 and 11.02 herein.

(d)        No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or the Securities Administrator from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct; provided, however, that:

(i)         Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the curing or waiver of all such Events of Default which may have occurred with respect to the Trustee and at all times with respect to the Securities Administrator, the duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable except for the performance of their respective duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee or the Securities Administrator and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, respectively, may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the 

 

statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;

(ii)         Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable in its individual capacity for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii)        Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the directions of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates (or such other percentage as specifically set forth herein), if such action or non-action relates to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, or exercising any trust or other power conferred upon the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, under this Agreement;

(iv)        The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof. In the absence of such knowledge, the Trustee may conclusively assume there is no such default or Event of Default;

(v)        Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall in any way be liable by reason of any insufficiency in any Account held by or in the name of Trustee or Securities Administrator unless it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a non-appealable judgment that the Trustee’s or Securities Administrator’s negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause of such insufficiency (except to the extent that the Trustee or Securities Administrator is obligor and has defaulted thereon);

(vi)        Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee or the Securities Administrator be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and

(vii)       None of the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Sellers, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Custodians shall be responsible for the acts or omissions of the other, it being understood that this Agreement shall not be construed to render them partners, joint venturers or agents of one another.

 

 

Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Trustee or the Securities Administrator to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Master Servicer or the Company hereunder or the Servicer under the First Horizon Servicing Agreement.

(e)        All funds received by the Securities Administrator and required to be deposited in the Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement will be promptly so deposited by the Securities Administrator.

	
             
	
            Section 10.02
 	
            Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities Administrator.   
 
	
            (a)
 	
            Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.01:
 	
             

					

(i)         The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in reliance on any resolution or certificate of the Depositor, the Sellers, the Company or the Master Servicer, any certificates of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(ii)         The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may consult with counsel and any advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection with respect to any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(iii)        Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement, other than its obligation to give notices pursuant to this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, security or indemnity reasonable to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby. Nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
has actual knowledge (which has not been cured or waived), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

 

 

(iv)        Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable in its individual capacity for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(v)        Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates and provided that the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, by the security afforded to
it by the terms of this Agreement. The Trustee or the Securities Administrator may require reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Certificateholders requesting the investigation;

(vi)        The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or through Affiliates, agents or attorneys; provided, however, that the Trustee may not appoint any paying agent other than the Securities Administrator to perform any paying agent functions under this Agreement without the express written consent of the Master Servicer, which consents will not be unreasonably withheld. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable or responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any of the Trustee’s or the Securities Administrator’s agents or attorneys or paying agent appointed hereunder by the Trustee or the Securities Administrator with due care and, when required, with the consent of the Master Servicer;

(vii)       Should the Trustee or the Securities Administrator deem the nature of any action required on its part to be unclear or ambiguous, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, may require prior to such action that it be provided by the Depositor with reasonable further instructions; the right of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall not accountable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act;

(viii)      Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be required to give any bond or surety with respect to the execution of the trust created hereby or the powers granted hereunder, except as provided in Subsection 10.07; and

 

 

(ix)        Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan by any Person pursuant to this Agreement, or the eligibility of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement.

Section 10.03   Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.   

The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Securities Administrator on the Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor, and neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator makes any representation as to the validity or sufficiency of, the Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Securities Administrator on the Certificates), any Custodial Agreement or of any Mortgage Loan. The Securities Administrator’s signature and countersignature (or countersignature of its agent) on the Certificates shall be solely in its capacity as Securities Administrator and shall not constitute the Certificates an obligation of the Securities Administrator in any other capacity. Neither
the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Subject to Section 2.06, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be responsible for the legality or validity of this Agreement, any Custodial Agreement or any document or instrument relating to this Agreement, the validity of the execution of this Agreement or of any supplement hereto or instrument of further assurance, or the validity, priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security for the Certificates issued hereunder or intended to be issued hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall at any time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage or any Mortgage Loan, or the perfection
and priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Fund or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders, under this Agreement. The Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to the Trustee hereunder or to record this Agreement.

	
            Section 10.04
 	
            Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own Certificates.   
 

Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator in its individual capacity or in any capacity other than as Trustee or the Securities Administrator hereunder may become the owner or pledgee of any Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, and may otherwise deal with the parties hereto.

	
            Section 10.05
 	
            Trustee’s and Securities Administrator’s Fees and Expenses.   
 

The fees and expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be paid in accordance with a side letter agreement with the Master Servicer and at the expense of the 

 

Master Servicer. In addition, the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to any investment income on amounts on deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account and the Distribution Account. In addition, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator will be entitled to recover from the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.07 all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances and the expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, respectively, in connection with any Event of Default, any breach of this Agreement or any claim or legal action (including any pending or threatened claim or legal action) incurred or made by the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, in the administration of the trusts hereunder (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of its counsel) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may
arise from its negligence or intentional misconduct or which is the responsibility of the Certificateholders hereunder. If funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account are insufficient therefor, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall recover such expenses, disbursements or advances from EMC and EMC hereby agrees to pay such expenses, disbursements or advances upon demand. Such compensation and reimbursement obligation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust.

	
            Section 10.06
 	
            Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Securities Administrator.   
 

The Trustee and any successor Trustee and the Securities Administrator and any successor Securities Administrator shall during the entire duration of this Agreement be a state bank or trust company or a national banking association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and rated “Baa2” or higher by Moody’s with respect to any outstanding long-term unsecured unsubordinated debt, and, in the case of a successor Trustee or successor Securities Administrator other than pursuant to Section 10.10, rated in one of the two highest long-term debt categories by each Rating Agency or otherwise acceptable to each
Rating Agency. The Trustee shall not be an Affiliate of the Master Servicer. If the Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 10.06 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its total equity capital (combined capital and surplus) as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.06, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.08.

	
            Section 10.07
 	
            Insurance.   
 

The Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at their own expense, shall at all times maintain and keep in full force and effect: (i) fidelity insurance, (ii) theft of documents insurance and (iii) forgery insurance (which may be collectively satisfied by a “Financial Institution Bond” and/or a “Bankers’ Blanket Bond”) or (B) with respect to the Securities Administrator, self insure if LaSalle Bank National Associatoin maintains with any Rating Agency the equivalent of a long term unsecured debt rating of "A". All such insurance shall be in amounts, with standard coverage and subject to deductibles, as are customary for insurance typically maintained by banks or their affiliates which act as custodians for investor-owned mortgage pools. A certificate of an officer of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator as to the Trustee’s or the Securities 

 

Administrator’s, respectively, compliance with this Section 10.07 shall be furnished to any Certificateholder upon reasonable written request.

	
            Section 10.08
 	
            Resignation and Removal of Trustee and Securities Administrator.   
 

The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may at any time resign (including, in the case of the Securities Administrator, in connection with the resignation or termination of the Master Servicer) and be discharged from the Trust hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Sellers, the Securities Administrator (or the Trustee, if the Securities Administrator resigns) and the Master Servicer, with a copy to each Rating Agency. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or successor securities administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to each of the resigning trustee or securities administrator, as applicable, and the successor trustee or securities administrator, as applicable. If no successor trustee or successor securities
administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or Securities Administrator may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee or securities administrator.

If at any time (i) the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06 hereof and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by the Depositor, (ii) the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or (iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator or the Trust Fund is located, (B) the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee or
securities administrator and (C) the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, fails to indemnify the Trust Fund against such tax, then the Depositor or the Master Servicer may remove the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, and appoint a successor trustee or successor securities administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, in multiple copies, a copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the successor trustee or successor securities administrator, as applicable.

The Holders evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Certificates may at any time remove the Trustee or Securities Administrator and appoint a successor trustee or securities administrator by written instrument or instruments, in multiple copies, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered by the successor trustee or successor securities administrator to each of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or Securities Administrator so removed and the successor trustee or securities administrator so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee or Securities Administrator shall be given to each Rating Agency by the related successor.

Any resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator and appointment of a successor trustee or securities administrator pursuant to any of the provisions of 

 

this Section 10.08 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or securities administrator as provided in Section 10.09 hereof.

	
            Section 10.09
 	
            Successor Trustee or Securities Administrator.   
 

Any successor trustee or securities administrator appointed as provided in Section 10.08 hereof shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, to its predecessor trustee or predecessor securities administrator, as applicable, and the Master Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee or securities administrator shall become effective and such successor trustee or securities administrator without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee or securities administrator herein.

No successor trustee or securities administrator shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 10.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee or securities administrator shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 10.06 hereof and its appointment shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or securities administrator as provided in this Section 10.09, the successor trustee or securities administrator shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee or securities administrator hereunder to all Holders of Certificates.  If the successor trustee or securities administrator fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment, the Depositor shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Trust Fund.

	
            Section 10.10
 	
            Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities Administrator.   
 

Any corporation, state bank or national banking association into which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation, state bank or national banking association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be a party, or any corporation, state bank or national banking association succeeding to substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee or of the business of the Securities Administrator, shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 10.06 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

	
            Section 10.11
 	
            Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.   
 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the time be located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, 

 

such title to the Trust Fund or any part thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 10.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 10.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 10.09.

Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

(i)         All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee under this Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the Master Servicer, shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether a Trustee hereunder or as a Successor Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the
Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;

(ii)         No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

(iii)        The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article X. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Master Servicer and the Depositor.

Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate 

 

trustee or co- trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

	
            Section 10.12
 	
            Tax Matters.   
 

It is intended that the Trust Fund shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so that each REMIC formed hereunder qualifies as, a “real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the Securities Administrator covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Securities Administrator is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Securities Administrator, as agent on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall do or refrain from doing, as applicable, the following: (a) the Securities Administrator shall prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Returns (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be
prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income tax or information returns for each taxable year with respect to each such REMIC containing such information and at the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish, or cause to be furnished, to Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) the Securities Administrator shall apply for an employer identification number with the Internal Revenue Service via a Form SS-4 or other comparable method for each REMIC that is or becomes a taxable entity, and within thirty days of the Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title, address, and telephone number of the Person that the Holders of the Certificates may contact for tax
information relating thereto, together with such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code for the Trust Fund; (c) the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall make, or cause to be made elections, on behalf of each REMIC formed hereunder to be treated as a REMIC on the federal tax return of such REMIC for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under applicable state law); (d) the Securities Administrator shall prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and reports as and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation, the calculation of any original issue discount using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) the Securities Administrator shall provide information necessary for
the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or a pass-through entity in which a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax); (f) each of the Securities Administrator and the Trustee shall, to the extent under its control, conduct the affairs of the Trust Fund at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status of each REMIC formed hereunder as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions; (g) neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any REMIC formed hereunder; (h) the Securities Administrator
shall pay, from 

 

the sources specified in the penultimate paragraph of this Section 10.12, the amount of any federal, state and local taxes, including prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any REMIC formed hereunder prior to the termination of the Trust Fund when and as the same shall be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the Securities Administrator or any other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent the Securities Administrator from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings); (i) the Trustee shall sign or cause to be signed federal, state or local income tax or information returns or any other document prepared by the Securities Administrator pursuant to this Section 10.12 requiring a signature thereon by the Trustee; (j) the Securities Administrator shall maintain
records relating to each REMIC formed hereunder including but not limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of each such REMIC and adjusted basis of the Trust Fund property determined at such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information; (k) the Securities Administrator shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain books and records with respect to the REMICs on a calendar year and on an accrual basis; (l) none of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Adminsitrator shall enter into any arrangement not otherwise provided for in this Agreement by which the REMICs will receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit the REMICs to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code; and (l) as and when
necessary and appropriate, the Securities Administrator, at the expense of the Trust Fund, shall represent the Trust Fund in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of any REMIC formed hereunder, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of the Trust Fund, and otherwise act on behalf of each REMIC formed hereunder in relation to any tax matter involving any such REMIC.

In order to enable each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator to perform its duties as set forth herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator within 10 days after the Closing Date all information or data that the Trustee or the Securities Administrator requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator promptly upon written request therefor, any such additional information or data that the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may, from time to time, request in order to enable the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator to perform its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor hereby indemnifies each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator arising from any errors or miscalculations of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator that result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate information or data to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, on a timely basis.

In the event that any tax is imposed on “prohibited transactions” of any of REMIC I or REMIC II as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the “net income from foreclosure property” of the Trust Fund as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to 

 

any of REMIC I or REMIC II after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed, including, without limitation, any federal, state or local tax or minimum tax imposed upon any of REMIC I or REMIC II, and is not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid by (i) the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, if any such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator of any of its obligations under this Agreement, provided, however, in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator have any liability (1) for any action or omission that is taken in accordance with and compliance with the express terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any losses other than arising out of a negligent performance by the Master Servicer or the
Securities Administrator of its duties and obligations set forth herein, or (3) for any special or consequential damages to Certificateholders (in addition to payment of principal and interest on the Certificates), (ii) any party hereto (other than the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator) to the extent any such tax arises out of or results from a breach by such other party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or (iii) in all other cases, or in the event that any liable party hereto fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), the Certificateholders in the following manner: any such tax will be paid first with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Class R Certificateholders, and second, with amounts otherwise to be distributed to all other Certificateholders in the following order of priority: first, to the Class B-4 Certificates, second, to the Class B-3 Certificates, third, to the Class B-2 Certificates, fourth, to the Class B-1
Certificates, fifth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, sixth, to the Class M-4 Certificates, seventh, to the Class M-3 Certificates, eighth, to the Class M-2 Certificates, ninth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, and tenth, to the Class A Certificates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent that such tax is payable by the Holder of any Certificates, the Securities Administrator is hereby authorized to retain on any Distribution Date from the Holders of the Class R Certificates (and, if necessary, second, from the Holders of the other Certificates in the priority specified in the preceding sentence), funds otherwise distributable to such Holders in an amount sufficient to pay such tax. The Securities Administrator shall promptly notify in writing the party liable for any such tax of the amount thereof and the due date for the payment thereof.

The Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator each agree that, in the event it should obtain any information necessary for the other party to perform its obligations pursuant to this Section 10.12, it will promptly notify and provide such information to such other party.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the preparation and filing of tax returns in the event that the right to receive payments in respect of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts could be treated as a partnership among the Holders of the Class A, Class M, Class B and Class C Certificates, the Securities Administrator shall not be required to prepare and file partnership tax returns on behalf of the Trust Fund unless it receives additional reasonable compensation for the preparation of such filings and written notification from either an officer or tax counsel for the Depositor recognizing the creation of a partnership for federal income tax purposes.

 

 

	
            Section 10.13
 	
            REMIC-Related Covenants.
 

For as long as each REMIC shall exist, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall act in accordance herewith to assure continuing treatment of such REMIC as a REMIC, and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall comply with any directions of the Seller, the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer to assure such continuing treatment. In particular, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall (a) sell or permit the sale of all or any portion of the Mortgage Loans or of any investment of deposits in an Account unless such sale is as a result of a repurchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the Trustee and the Securities Administrator has received a REMIC Opinion addressed to the Securities Administrator and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator prepared at the expense of the Trust Fund; and (b) other than with respect to a
substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.03 of this Agreement, as applicable, accept any contribution to any REMIC after the Startup Day without receipt of a REMIC Opinion.

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

TERMINATION

	
            Section 11.01
 	
            Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage Loans.   
 

Subject to Section 11.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Sellers and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the purchase by the Majority Class C Certificateholder  of all of the Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties) remaining in the Trust Fund at a price (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Price”) equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than in respect of REO Property), (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate to, but not including, the first day of the month of such purchase, (iii) the appraised value of any REO Property in the Trust Fund (up to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan), such appraisal to be conducted by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by
the related servicer and the Trustee, (iv) unreimbursed out-of pocket costs of the Company, the Servicer or the Master Servicer, including unreimbursed servicing advances and the principal portion of any unreimbursed Advances, made on the Mortgage Loans prior to the exercise of such repurchase right, (v) any unreimbursed costs and expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator payable pursuant to Section 10.05 and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court
of St. James, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

The right to repurchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties by the Majority Class C Certificateholder pursuant to clause (a) in the preceding paragraph shall be conditioned upon the Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund, at the time of any such repurchase, aggregating 20% or less of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans.

	
            Section 11.02
 	
            Final Distribution on the Certificates.   
 

If on any Determination Date, (i) the Master Servicer determines that there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other than the funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account, the Master Servicer shall direct the Securities Administrator to send a final distribution notice promptly to each Certificateholder or (ii) the Securities Administrator determines that a Class of Certificates shall be retired after a final distribution on such Class, the Securities Administrator shall notify the Certificateholders within five (5) Business Days after such Determination Date that the final distribution in retirement of such Class of Certificates is scheduled to be made on the immediately following Distribution Date. Any final distribution made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence will be made 

 

only upon presentation and surrender of the related Certificates at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Administrator. If the Majority Class C Certificateholder elects to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 11.01, at least 20 days prior to the date notice is to be mailed to the Certificateholders, the Majority Class C Certificateholder shall notify the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee of the date the Majority Class C Certificateholder intends to terminate the Trust Fund. The Master Servicer shall remit the Mortgage Loan Purchase Price to the Securities Administrator on the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date for such Optional Termination by the Majority Class C Certificateholder.

Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Securities Administrator by letter to Certificateholders mailed not later than two Business Days after the Determination Date in the month of such final distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the amount of such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made and (d) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
Certificates at the office therein specified. The Securities Administrator will give such notice to each Rating Agency and the Trustee at the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.

In the event such notice is given, the Master Servicer shall cause all funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account to be remitted to the Securities Administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and the receipt by the related Custodian of a Request for Release therefor, the related Custodian shall promptly release to the Master Servicer as applicable the Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loans and the Trustee shall execute and deliver any documents prepared and delivered to it which are necessary to transfer any REO Property.

Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Securities Administrator shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class in accordance with the Remittance Report the amounts allocable to such Certificates held in the Distribution Account in the order and priority set forth in Section 6.04 hereof on the final Distribution Date and in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.

In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the above mentioned written notice, the Securities Administrator shall give a second written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within six months after the second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Securities Administrator may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second notice all Certificates 

 

shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Class R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that remain subject hereto.

	
            Section 11.03
 	
            Additional Termination Requirements.   
 

(a)        Upon exercise by the Majority Class C Certificateholder of its purchase option as provided in Section 11.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements, unless each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, at the expense of the Majority Class C Certificateholder to the effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to comply with the requirements of this Section 11.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited transactions” of a REMIC, or (ii) cause a REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:

(1)        The Majority Class C Certificateholder shall establish a 90-day liquidation period and notify the Trustee and the Securities Administrator thereof, and the Securities Administrator shall in turn specify the first day of such period in a statement attached to the tax return for each of REMIC I and REMIC II pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.860F-1. The Majority Class C Certificateholder shall satisfy all the requirements of a qualified liquidation under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel obtained at the expense of the Majority Class C Certificateholder;

(2)        During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or prior to the time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of REMIC I for cash; and

(3)        At the time of the making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Securities Administrator shall distribute or credit, or cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the Residual Certificates all cash on hand (other than cash retained to meet claims), and REMIC I shall terminate at that time.

(4)        By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby authorize the adoption of a 90-day liquidation period for REMIC I and REMIC II, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor Certificateholders.

(5)        The Securities Administrator as agent for each REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and sign such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request of the Majority Class C Certificateholder and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 11.03(a)(1) and to take such other action in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Class C Certificateholder.

 

 

ARTICLE XII

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

	
            Section 12.01
 	
            Amendment.   
 

This Agreement may be amended from time to time by parties hereto without the consent of any of the Certificateholders to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein (including to give effect to the expectations of investors), to change the manner in which the Master Servicer Collection Account maintained by the Master Servicer or the Protected Account maintained by the Company is maintained or to make such other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as shall not be inconsistent with any other provisions herein if such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee), adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided that any such
amendment shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders and no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required if the Person requesting such amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that such amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Certificateholders, the parties hereto may at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or appropriate to maintain the qualification of any of REMIC I and REMIC II as a REMIC under the Code or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any of REMIC I or REMIC II pursuant to the Code that would be a claim against any of REMIC I or REMIC II at any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates, provided that the Trustee has been provided an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or
appropriate to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax.

This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties hereto with the consent of the Holders of each Class of Certificates affected thereby evidencing over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II to cease to qualify as a REMIC or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates of each Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such
Class then outstanding.

 

 

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Securities Adminsitrator, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, to the effect that such amendment will not (other than an amendment pursuant to clause (ii) of, and in accordance with, the preceding paragraph) cause the imposition of any tax on any of REMIC I or REMIC II or the Certificateholders or cause any of REMIC I or REMIC II to cease to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. Further, nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to the
Trustee (i) that such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and (ii) that all requirements for amending this Agreement (including any consent of the applicable Certificateholders) have been complied with.

Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe.

	
            Section 12.02
 	
            Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.   
 

To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all of the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere. The Master Servicer shall effect such recordation at the Trust’s expense upon the request in writing of a Certificateholder, but only if such direction is accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of the Certificateholder requesting recordation) to the effect that such recordation would materially and beneficially affect the interests of the Certificateholders or is required by law.

For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

	
            Section 12.03
 	
            Governing Law.   
 

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED 

 

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAWS).

	
            Section 12.04
 	
            Intention of Parties.   
 

It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Mortgage Notes, Mortgages, assignments of Mortgages, title insurance policies and any modifications, extensions and/or assumption agreements and private mortgage insurance policies relating to the Mortgage Loans by the Sellers to the Depositor, and by the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, an absolute sale thereof to the Depositor or the Trustee, as applicable. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge thereof by each Seller to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to the Trustee. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the property of the Sellers or the Depositor, as applicable, or if for any other reason the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security
interest in such assets, then (i) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement shall each be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance provided for in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement from the Sellers to the Depositor, and the conveyance provided for in this Agreement from the Depositor to the Trustee, shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant by the Sellers or the Depositor, as applicable, for the benefit of the Certificateholders of a security interest in all of the assets that constitute the Trust Fund, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the assets of the Trust Fund, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the Agreement.

	
            Section 12.05
 	
            Notices.   
 

(a)        The Securities Administrator shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge:

	
            (i)
 	
            Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;
 	
             

	
            (ii)
 	
            The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;
 

(iii)        The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee and the appointment of any successor;

(iv)        The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03, 3.05 and 11.01; and

	
            (v)
 	
            The final payment to Certificateholders.
 

 

 

 

(b)        All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered at or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by recognized overnight courier, or by facsimile transmission to a number provided by the appropriate party if receipt of such transmission is confirmed to (i) in the case of the Depositor, Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Chief Counsel; (ii) in the case of EMC or the Company, EMC Mortgage Corporation, 909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Irving, Texas 75038, Attention: Ralene Ruyle or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the other parties hereto by the Master Servicer in writing; (iii) in the case of the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office or such other address as
the Trustee may hereafter furnish to the other parties hereto, (iv) in the case of the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention:  Global Securities and Trust Services Group-SACO 2005-7 or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the other parties hereto by the Securities Administrator in writing, (v) in the case of Moody’s, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Attention: Home Equity Monitoring, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the other parties hereto by Moody’s in writing, and (vi) in the case of Fitch, One State Street Plaza – 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attention: RMBS, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the other parties hereto by Fitch in writing. Any notice delivered to EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding), the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or the Trustee under this Agreement shall be effective only upon receipt. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Certificateholder, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Certificateholder as shown in the Certificate Register; any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

	
            Section 12.06
 	
            Severability of Provisions.   
 

If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

	
            Section 12.07
 	
            Assignment.   
 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided pursuant to Section 7.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Master Servicer, EMC (on its own behalf as a Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) or the Depositor.

	
            Section 12.08
 	
            Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.   
 

The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the Trust Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

 

 

No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee. hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 12.08, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 12.09   Inspection and Audit Rights.   The Master Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Depositor or the Trustee during the Master Servicer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Master Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent certified public accountants selected by the Depositor and the Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts relating to such Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Master Servicer hereby authorizes such accountants to discuss with such representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable
times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 12.09 shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection, subject to such party’s right to reimbursement hereunder (in the case of the Trustee, pursuant to Section 10.05 hereof.

	
            Section 12.10
 	
            Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.   
 

It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due  authentication thereof by the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.

*     *     *

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Seller, the Company, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

	
            BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED 
 SECURITIES I LLC,
 as Depositor
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            /s/ Baron Silverstein
 
	
            Name:
 	
            Baron Silverstein
 
	
            Title:
 	
            Vice President
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
 as Seller and Company
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            /s/ Dana Dillard
 
	
            Name:
 	
            Dana Dillard
 
	
            
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            /s/ Susan L. Abbott
 
	
            Name:
 	
            Susan L. Abbott
 
	
            Title:
 	
            Assistant Vice President
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            CITIBANK, N.A.,
 as Trustee
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            /s/ John Hannon
 
	
            Name:
 	
            John Hannon
 
	
            Title:
 	
            Assistant Vice President
 
	
             
 	
             
 

 

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 
	
             
 	
            ) ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 

On this 30th day of September, 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, appeared Joseph T. Jurkowski, Jr., personally known to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be an authorized representative of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, one of the companies that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such limited liability company and acknowledged to me that such limited liability company executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 [Notarial Seal]

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF TEXAS
 	
            )
 
	
             
 	
            ) ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF DALLAS
 	
            )
 

On this 30th day of September, 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, appeared _______________________, personally known to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be an authorized representative of EMC Mortgage Corporation, one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such corporation and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 [Notarial Seal]

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF ILLINOIS
 	
            )
 
	
             
 	
            ) ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF                  
 	
            )
 

On this 30th day of September, 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, appeared __________________, personally known to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be an __________________ of LaSalle Bank National Association that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such national banking association, and acknowledged to me that such national banking association executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 [Notarial Seal]

	
            STATE OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 

On this 30th day of September, 2005, before me, a notary public in and for said State, appeared ________________, personally known to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be an authorized representative of Citibank, N.A. that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such national banking association, and acknowledged to me that such national banking association executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A-1

Form of Class A Certificates

SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).

THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR NAMED HEREIN.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

EACH HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 7.02(h) OF THE POOLING AGREEMENT.

 

 

 

	

            Certificate No. 1
 	
            Adjustable Pass-Through Rate
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Class A
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement

and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2005
 	
            Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:

$[__________]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            First Distribution Date:

October 25, 2005
 	
            Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:

$[__________]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Master Servicer and Securities Administrator:

LaSalle Bank National Association
 	
            CUSIP: [_____]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Last Scheduled Distribution Date:

[___________ , ___]
 	
             
 

 

SACO I TRUST

MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATE

SERIES 2005-7

evidencing a Percentage Interest in the distributions allocable to the Class A Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of certain fixed rate, junior lien one- to four-family mortgage loans sold by BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee referred to below or any of their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity or by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the “Trust Fund”) generally consisting of conventional, closed-end, second lien, fixed rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC (“BSABS I”). The 

 

Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage Corporation (“EMC”) and Master Funding LLC to BSABS I. LaSalle Bank National Association will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (in that capacity, the “Master Servicer,” which term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the “Agreement”), among BSABS I, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Master Servicer and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”) and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall
have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

Interest on this Certificate will accrue from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or with respect to the First Distribution Date, the Closing Date) to and including the day prior to the current Distribution Date on the Certificate Principal Balance hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate set forth above. The Securities Administrator will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (each, a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date so long as such Certificate remains in book-entry form (and otherwise, the close of business on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such Distribution Date), an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount (of interest and principal, if any) required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate.  The Assumed Final Distribution Date is the Distribution Date in the month following the latest scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan.

Each holder of a Certificate or beneficial ownership shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Section 7.02(h) of the Pooling Agreement.

Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Securities Administrator by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests by notifying the Securities Administrator in writing as specified in the Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose and designated in such notice. The initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate is set forth above. The Certificate Principal Balance hereof will be reduced to the extent of distributions allocable to principal hereon and any Realized Losses allocable hereto.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as set forth on the face hereof (the “Certificates”). The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the Agreement.

 

 

The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator is liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Securities Administrator and the Trustee.

The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of each Class of Certificates affected thereby evidencing over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes.  Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the Securities Administrator upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Securities Adminstrator for such purposes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Adminstrator duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations representing a like aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee.

The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same Class and in the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such registration of transfer, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the later of (A) the maturity or other 

 

liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and  disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to a certain percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date as set forth in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the Agreement
continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date (as defined in the Agreement).

Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Securities Administrator by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.

 

	
            Dated: ____________, 2005
 	
             

	
             
	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator
 
	
             
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 
									

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class A Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

 

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Authorized signatory of LaSalle Bank National Association , not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator

 
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto __________________________________ (Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:

	
             
 	
             
 	
            .
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 

 

	
            Dated:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature by or on behalf of assignor
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature Guaranteed
 

 

DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

	
            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available 
 
	
            funds to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            for the account of
 	
             
 
	
            account number
 	
             
 	
            or, if mailed by check, to
 
	
             
 
	
            Applicable statements should be mailed to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            This information is provided by
 	
             
 
	
            assignee named above, or
 	
             
 
	
            its agent.
 	
             
 
								

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A-2

Form of Class M-[1][2][3][4][5] Certificates

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES [,] [AND] [CLASS M-1] [CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS M-2] [CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS M-3] [CERTIFICATES] [AND] [CLASS M-4] [CERTIFICATES] AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED BELOW).

SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).

EACH HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 7.02(h) OF THE POOLING AGREEMENT.

THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO.  ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR NAMED HEREIN.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

 

 

	
            Certificate No.1
 	
            Adjustable Pass-Through Rate
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Class M-[1][2][3][4][5] Subordinate
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement 

and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2005
 	
            Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:

$[__________]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            First Distribution Date:

October 25, 2005
 	
            Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:

$[__________]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Master Servicer and Securities Administrator:

LaSalle Bank National Association
 	
            CUSIP: [_____]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Last Scheduled Distribution Date:

[___________ , ___]
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 

 

SACO I TRUST

MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATE

SERIES 2005-7

evidencing a Percentage Interest in the distributions allocable to the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5] Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of certain fixed rate, junior lien one- to four-family mortgage loans sold by BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee referred to below or any of their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity or by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

This certifies that ________________ is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the “Trust Fund”) generally consisting of conventional, closed-end, 

 

second lien, fixed rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC (“BSABS I”). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage Corporation (“EMC”) and Master Funding LLC to BSABS I. LaSalle Bank National Association will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (in that capacity, the “Master Servicer,” which term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the “Agreement”), among BSABS I, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Master Servicer and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”) and
Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

Interest on this Certificate will accrue from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or with respect to the First Distribution Date, the Closing Date) to and including the day prior to the current Distribution Date on the Certificate Principal Balance hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate set forth above. The Securities Administrator will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (each, a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date so long as such Certificate remains in book-entry form (and otherwise, the close of business on the last Business Day of the month immediately
preceding the month of such Distribution Date), an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount (of interest and principal, if any) required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate.  The Assumed Final Distribution Date is the Distribution Date in the month following the latest scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan.

Each holder of a Certificate or beneficial ownership shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Section 7.02(h) of the Pooling Agreement.

Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Securities Administrator by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests by notifying the Securities Administrator in writing as specified in the Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose and designated in such notice. The initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate is set forth above. The Certificate Principal Balance hereof will be reduced to the extent of distributions allocable to principal hereon and any Realized Losses allocable hereto.

 

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as set forth on the face hereof (the “Certificates”). The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the Agreement.

The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator is liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Securities Administrator and the Trustee.

The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of each Class of Certificates affected thereby evidencing over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes.  Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the Securities Administrator upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Securities Adminstrator for such purposes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Adminstrator duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations representing a like aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee.

The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same Class and in the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such registration of transfer, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, 

 

and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the later of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and  disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to a
certain percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date as set forth in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date (as defined in the Agreement).

Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Securities Administrator by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.

 

	
            Dated: ______________, 2005
 	
             

	
             
	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator
 
	
             
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 
									

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Authorized signatory of LaSalle Bank National Association , not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator

 
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto __________________________________ (Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:

	
            Dated:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature by or on behalf of assignor
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature Guaranteed
 

 

DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

	
            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available 
 
	
            funds to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            for the account of
 	
             
 
	
            account number
 	
             
 	
            or, if mailed by check, to
 
	
             
 
	
            Applicable statements should be mailed to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            This information is provided by
 	
             
 
	
            assignee named above, or
 	
             
 
	
            its agent.
 	
             
 
								

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A-3

 

FORM OF CLASS B-[1][2][3][4] CERTIFICATE

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, CLASS A CERTIFICATES, CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES, CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES, CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATES, CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATES, CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATES [,] [AND] [CLASS B-1 CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS B-2 CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS B-3 CERTIFICATES] AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED BELOW).

 

THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE THERETO. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR NAMED HEREIN.

 

SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

EACH HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 7.02(h) OF THE POOLING AGREEMENT.

 

[For Class B-4] [THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE AGREEMENT.]

[For Class B-4] [NOTWITHSTANDING THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH, A CERTIFICATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A DEPOSITORY, OR FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE.  ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY VIRTUE OF ITS 

 

PURCHASE OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OR INTEREST HEREIN) THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT.]

[For Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3] [UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

[For Class B-4] [THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE CERTIFIES OR REPRESENTS THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AND HOLDING OF A CERTIFICATE AND THE SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS ASSETS: (I) WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL OR CLASS PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION (“PTE”) 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60 OR PTE 96-23 AND (II) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY DIFFERENT OR ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR OR THE TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE OR UNLESS THE OPINION SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7.02 OF THE AGREEMENT IS PROVIDED.]

 

 

 

 

	
            Certificate No.1
 	
            Adjustable Pass-Through Rate
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Class B-[1][2][3][4] Subordinate
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement 

and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2005
 	
            Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:

$[__________]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            First Distribution Date:

October 25, 2005
 	
            Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:

$[__________]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Master Servicer and Securities Administrator:

LaSalle Bank National Association
 	
            CUSIP: [_____]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Last Scheduled Distribution Date:

[___________ , ___]
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 

 

 

SACO I TRUST

MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATE

SERIES 2005-7

evidencing a Percentage Interest in the distributions allocable to the Class B-[1][2][3][4] Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of certain fixed rate, junior lien one- to four-family mortgage loans sold by BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity or by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer or the Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

This certifies that ________________ is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the “Trust Fund”) generally consisting of conventional, closed-end, 

 

second lien, fixed rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC (“BSABS I”). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage Corporation (“EMC”) and Master Funding LLC to BSABS I. LaSalle Bank National Association will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (in that capacity, the “Master Servicer,” which term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the “Agreement”), among BSABS I, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Master Servicer and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”) and
Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

[For Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3] [Interest on this Certificate will accrue from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or with respect to the First Distribution Date, the Closing Date) to and including the day prior to the current Distribution Date on the Certificate Principal Balance hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate set forth above. The Securities Administrator will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (each, a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date so long as such Certificate remains in book-entry form (and otherwise, the close of business on the last
Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month of such Distribution Date), an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount (of interest and principal, if any) required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate.  The Assumed Final Distribution Date is the Distribution Date in the month following the latest scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan.

[For Class B-4] [Interest on this Certificate will accrue from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or with respect to the First Distribution Date, the Closing Date) to and including the day prior to the current Distribution Date on the Certificate Principal Balance hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate set forth above. The Securities Administrator will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (each, a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month of such Distribution date so long as this Certificate remains in non-book entry form (and otherwise, the close of business on
the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date) an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount (of interest and principal, if any) required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate.]  The Last 

 

Scheduled Distribution Date is the Distribution Date in the month following the latest scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan.

Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Securities Administrator by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests by notifying the Securities Administrator in writing as specified in the Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose and designated in such notice. The initial Certificate Principal Balance of this Certificate is set forth above. The Certificate Principal Balance hereof will be reduced to the extent of distributions allocable to principal hereon and any Realized Losses allocable hereto.

 

[For Class B-4] [No transfer of this Class B-4 Certificate will be made unless such transfer is (i) exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws and (ii) made in accordance with Section 7.02 of the Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the certifications will not be required with respect to the transfer of this Certificate to a Depository, or for any subsequent transfer of this Certificate for so long as this Certificate is a Book-Entry Certificate.]

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as set forth on the face hereof (the “Certificates”). The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the Agreement.

 

The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator is liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

 

Each holder of a Certificate or beneficial ownership shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Section 7.02(h) of the Pooling Agreement.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Securities Administrator and the Trustee.

The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of each Class of Certificates affected thereby evidencing over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes.  Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be 

 

conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

 

As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the Securities Administrator upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Securities Adminstrator for such purposes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Adminstrator duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations representing a like aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee.

 

The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same Class and in the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such registration of transfer, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the later of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and  disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to a
certain percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date as set forth in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date (as defined in the Agreement).

 

 

 

Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Securities Administrator by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.

 

	
            Dated: _______________, 2005
 

 

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class B-[1][2][3][4] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

 

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Authorized signatory of LaSalle Bank National Association , not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator

 
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto __________________________________ (Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage-Backed Certificates and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:

 

	
            Dated:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature by or on behalf of assignor
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature Guaranteed
 

 

DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

	
            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available 
 
	
            funds to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            for the account of
 	
             
 
	
            account number
 	
             
 	
            or, if mailed by check, to
 
	
             
 
	
            Applicable statements should be mailed to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            This information is provided by
 	
             
 
	
            assignee named above, or
 	
             
 
	
            its agent.
 	
             
 
								

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A-4

Form of Class C Certificates

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED BELOW).

SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (3) IN CERTIFICATED FORM TO AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING THEREOF IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS PURCHASING NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO ANY PERSON, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES EITHER A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 7.02(h) OF THE AGREEMENT OR AN OPINION OF 

 

COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN ANY NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS UNDER SECTION 406 OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”) OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT.

 

 

 

	
            Certificate No.1
 	
            Percentage Interest: 100%
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Class C
 	
            Adjustable Pass-Through Rate
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement 

and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2005
 	
            Initial Certificate Notional Amount of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:

$[__________]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            First Distribution Date:

October 25, 2005
 	
            Aggregate Certificate Notional Amount of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:

$[__________]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Master Servicer and Securities Administrator:

LaSalle Bank National Association
 	
            CUSIP: [_____]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Last Scheduled Distribution Date:

[________,_____]
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 

 

SACO I TRUST

MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATE

SERIES 2005-7

evidencing a Percentage Interest in the distributions allocable to the Class C Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of certain fixed rate, junior lien one- to four-family mortgage loans sold by BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee referred to below or any of their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity or by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

This certifies that ______________ is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the “Trust Fund”) generally consisting of conventional, closed-end, second lien, fixed rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC (“BSABS I”). The 

 

Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage Corporation (“EMC”) and Master Funding LLC to BSABS I. LaSalle Bank National Association will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (in that capacity, the “Master Servicer,” which term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the “Agreement”), among BSABS I, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Master Servicer and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”) and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall
have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

The Securities Administrator will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (each, a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amounts required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate. 

Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Securities Administrator by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests by notifying the Securities Administrator in writing as specified in the Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose and designated in such notice. 

No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and an effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without registration or qualification, the Securities Administrator shall require receipt of (i) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer, and from such Holder’s prospective transferee, substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit D and either Exhibit E or Exhibit F, as applicable, and (ii) in all
other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without such registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, or the Master Servicer in their respective capacities as such), together with copies of the 

 

written certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Holder’s prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based. Neither the Depositor, the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Sellers and the Master Servicer against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.

No transfer of this Class C Certificate will be made unless the Securities Administrator shall have received either (i) the opinion of counsel set forth in Section 7.02(h) of the Agreement or (ii) a representation letter under Section 7.02 of the Agreement, in the form as described by the Agreement, stating that the transferee is not an employee benefit or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (a “Plan”), or any other person (including an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of or purchasing any Certificate with “plan assets” of any Plan.

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as set forth on the face hereof (the “Certificates”). The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the Agreement.

The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator is liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Trustee and Securities Administrator.

The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates affected thereby evidencing over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes.  Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the Securities Administrator upon surrender of 

 

this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Securities Administrator for such purposes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations representing a like aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee.

The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same Class and in the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such registration of transfer, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the later of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to a
certain percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date as set forth in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date (as defined in the Agreement).

Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Securities Administrator by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.

 

	
            Dated: _______________, 2005
 	
             

	
             
	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator
 
	
             
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 
									

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class C Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

 

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Authorized signatory of LaSalle Bank National Association , not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator

 
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto __________________________________ (Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:

	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
            .
 

 

	
            Dated:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature by or on behalf of assignor
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature Guaranteed
 

 

DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

	
            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available 
 
	
            funds to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            for the account of
 	
             
 
	
            account number
 	
             
 	
            or, if mailed by check, to
 
	
             
 
	
            Applicable statements should be mailed to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            This information is provided by
 	
             
 
	
            assignee named above, or
 	
             
 
	
            its agent.
 	
             
 
								

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A-5

Form of Class R[-1][-2][-3] Certificates

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE HELD BY OR TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON OR A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION (AS DEFINED BELOW).

SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A “RESIDUAL INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE “CODE”).

EACH HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 7.02(h) OF THE POOLING AGREEMENT.

 

ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR THAT (1) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (A) THE UNITED STATES, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING (OTHER THAN AN INSTRUMENTALITY WHICH IS A CORPORATION IF ALL OF ITS ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO TAX AND EXCEPT FOR FREDDIE MAC, A MAJORITY OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOT SELECTED BY SUCH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT), (B) A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF EITHER OF THE FOREGOING, (C) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN CERTAIN FARMERS’ COOPERATIVES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE
TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE (INCLUDING THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE ON UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE INCOME), (D) RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(a)(2)(C) OF THE CODE, (E) AN ELECTING LARGE PARTNERSHIP UNDER SECTION 775(a) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B), (C), (D) OR (E) BEING HEREIN REFERRED TO AS A “DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION”), OR (F) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, (2) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A UNITED STATES PERSON UNDER SECTION 7701 OF THE CODE, (3) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX AND (4) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OR 

 

ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR A NON-UNITED STATES PERSON, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE.  EACH HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.

 

 

 

	
            Certificate No.1
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Class R[-1][-2][-3]
 	
            Percentage Interest: 100%
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and Cut-off Date: September 1, 2005
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            First Distribution Date:

October 25, 2005
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Master Servicer and Securities Administrator:

LaSalle Bank National Association
 	
            CUSIP: [_____]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Last Scheduled Distribution Date:

[_________,____]
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 

 

SACO I TRUST

MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATE

SERIES 2005-7

evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions allocable to the Class R[-1][-2][-3] Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of certain fixed rate, junior lien one- to four-family mortgage loans sold by BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee referred to below or any of their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity or by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

This certifies that Bear, Stearns Securities Corp is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the “Trust Fund”) generally consisting of conventional, closed-end, second lien, fixed rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC (“BSABS I”). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage Corporation (“EMC”) and Master Funding LLC to BSABS I. LaSalle Bank National Association will act as master servicer 

 

of the Mortgage Loans (in that capacity, the “Master Servicer,” which term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the “Agreement”), among BSABS I, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Master Servicer and securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”) and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

Each Holder of this Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the restrictions set forth in the Agreement to the effect that (i) each person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Certificate must be a Permitted Transferee, (ii) the transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate will be conditioned upon the delivery to the Trustee of, among other things, an affidavit to the effect that it is a Permitted Transferee, (iii) any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate in violation of such restrictions will be absolutely null and void and will vest no rights in the purported transferee, and (iv) if any person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in this Certificate in violation of such restrictions, then the Depositor will have the right, in its sole discretion and without notice to the
Holder of this Certificate, to sell this Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Depositor, which purchaser may be the Depositor, or any affiliate of the Depositor, on such terms and conditions as the Depositor may choose.

The Securities Administrator will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day (each, a “Distribution Date”), commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amounts required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate.

Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Securities Administrator by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests by notifying the Securities Administrator in writing as specified in the Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Securities Administrator of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Securities Administrator for that purpose and designated in such notice.

Each holder of a Certificate or beneficial ownership shall be deemed to have made the representations set forth in Section 7.02(h) of the Pooling Agreement.

 

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as set forth on the face hereof (the “Certificates”). The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the Agreement.

The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that the Trustee and the Securities Administrator are not liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Securities Administrator and the Trustee.

The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates affected thereby evidencing over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes.  Any such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the Securities Administrator upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the offices or agencies maintained by the Securities Administrator for such purposes, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations representing a like aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee.

The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same Class and in the same aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such registration of transfer, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, 

 

and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the later of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and  disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to a
certain percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date as set forth in the Agreement. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the Agreement continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date (as defined in the Agreement).

Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Securities Administrator by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Securities Administrator has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.

 

	
            Dated: _______________, 2005
 	
             

	
             
	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator
 
	
             
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 
									

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Class R[-1][-2][-3] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

 

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Authorized signatory of LaSalle Bank National Association , not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator

 
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Authorized Signatory
 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto __________________________________ (Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Percentage Interest evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Certificate and hereby authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and deliver such Certificate to the following address:

	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
            .
 

 

	
            Dated:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature by or on behalf of assignor
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            Signature Guaranteed
 

 

DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

	
            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available 
 
	
            funds to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            for the account of
 	
             
 
	
            account number
 	
             
 	
            or, if mailed by check, to
 
	
             
 
	
            Applicable statements should be mailed to
 	
             
 
	
             
 
	
             
 
	
            This information is provided by
 	
             
 
	
            assignee named above, or
 	
             
 
	
            its agent.
 	
             
 
								

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

[provided upon request]

 

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT

Affidavit pursuant to Section 860E(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and for other purposes

	
            STATE OF
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 [NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

1.          That he/she is [Title of Officer] of [Name of Investor] (the “Investor”), a [savings institution] [corporation] duly organized and existing under the laws of [the State of _____] [the United States], on behalf of which he makes this affidavit.

2.          That (i) the Investor is not a “disqualified organization” as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or an electing large partnership as defined in Section 775(a) of the Code, and will not be a disqualified organization or an electing large partnership as of [Closing Date] [date of purchase]; (ii) it is not acquiring the SACO I Trust 2005-7, Series 2005-7, Class R[-1][-2][-3] Certificates (the “Residual Certificates”) for the account of a disqualified organization or an electing large partnership; (iii) it consents to any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC (upon advice of counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Residual
Certificates will not be owned directly or indirectly by a disqualified organization or an electing large partnership; and (iv) it will not transfer such Residual Certificates unless (a) it has received from the transferee an affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit containing these same seven representations and (b) as of the time of the transfer, it does not have actual knowledge that such affidavit is false.

3.          That the Investor is one of the following: (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership (including an entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes) created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations), provided that no partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated as a United States person within the meaning of the Code unless all persons that own an interest in such partnership either directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes are United States persons, (iii) an estate whose income is subject
to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust other than a “foreign trust” as defined in Section 7701 (a)(31) of the Code.

	
            4.
 	
            That the Investor’s taxpayer identification number is ______________________.
 

 

 

 

5.          That no purpose of the acquisition of the Residual Certificates is to avoid or impede the assessment or collection of tax.

6.          That the Investor understands that, as the holder of the Residual Certificates, the Investor may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows generated by such Residual Certificates.

7.          That the Investor intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Residual Certificates as they become due.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its [Title of Officer] this ____ day of _________, 20__.

	
            [NAME OF INVESTOR]
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
            Name:
 	
            [Name of Officer]
 
	
            Title:
 	
            [Title of Officer]
 
	
             
 	
            [Address of Investor for receipt of distributions]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Address of Investor for receipt of tax information:
 

 

 

 

Personally appeared before me the above-named [Name of Officer], known or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the [Title of Officer] of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same as his/her free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.

Subscribed and sworn before me this ___ day of _________, 20___.

NOTARY PUBLIC

COUNTY OF

STATE OF

My commission expires the ___ day of ___________________, 20___.

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE

______________, 200___

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: SACO I Trust 2005-7

	
            Re:
 	
            SACO I Trust 2005-7
 Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7, Class[_]_

 
 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the sale by ___________ (the “Seller”) to ________ (the “Purchaser”) of $_________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7, Class _____ (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of September 1, 2005, among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation, as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association as master servicer and securities administrator and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, a covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) has made any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), that would render the
disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law, or that would require registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The Seller will not act in any manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The Seller has not and will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 

 

	
            Very truly yours,
 
	
             
 
	
            ___________________________________________
 
	
            (Seller)
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
            Name:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
            Title:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER-NON RULE 144A

	
            [Date]
 

[SELLER]

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

	
            Re:
 	
            SACO I Trust 2005-7
 Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7, Class[_]_

 
 

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our purchase of Privately Offered Certificates, we confirm that:

	
            (i)
 	
            we understand that the Privately Offered Certificates are not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) or any applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, and are being sold to us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of such laws;
 
	
            (ii)
 	
            any information we desired concerning the Certificates, including the Privately Offered Certificates, the trust in which the Certificates represent the entire beneficial ownership interest (the “Trust”) or any other matter we deemed relevant to our decision to purchase Privately Offered Certificates has been made available to us;
 
	
            (iii)
 	
            we are able to bear the economic risk of investment in Privately Offered Certificates; we are an institutional “accredited investor” as defined in Section 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Act and a sophisticated institutional investor;
 
	
            (iv)
 	
            we are acquiring Privately Offered Certificates for our own account, not as nominee for any other person, and not with a present view to any distribution or other disposition of the Privately Offered Certificates;
 

 

 

 

 

	
            (v)
 	
            we agree the Privately Offered Certificates must be held indefinitely by us (and may not be sold, pledged, hypothecated or in any way disposed of) unless subsequently registered under the Act and any applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws is available;
 	
             

	
            (vi)
 	
            we agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to dispose of or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates (such disposition or exchange not being currently foreseen or contemplated), we will not transfer or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates unless:
 	
             

	
             
 	
            (A) (1) the sale is to an Eligible Purchaser (as defined below), (2) if required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below) a letter to substantially the same effect as either this letter or, if the Eligible Purchaser is a Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined under Rule 144A of the Act, the Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below) (or such other documentation as may be acceptable to the Trustee) is executed promptly by the purchaser and delivered to the addressees hereof and (3) all offers or solicitations in connection with the sale, whether directly or through any agent acting on our behalf, are limited only to Eligible Purchasers and are not made by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising
whatsoever; and

 
 	
             

	
             
 	
            (B)  if the Privately Offered Certificate is not registered under the Act (as to which we acknowledge you have no obligation), the Privately Offered Certificate is sold in a transaction that does not require registration under the Act and any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws and, if LaSalle Bank National Association. (the “Securities Administrator”) so requests, a satisfactory Opinion of Counsel is furnished to such effect, which Opinion of Counsel shall be an expense of the transferor or the transferee;

 
 	
             

	
            (vii)
 	
            we agree to be bound by all of the terms (including those relating to restrictions on transfer) of the Pooling and Servicing, pursuant to which the Trust was formed; we have reviewed carefully and understand the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;
 
	
            (viii)
 	
            we either: (i) are not acquiring the Privately Offered Certificate directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) in the case of the Privately Offered Certificates, have provided the Opinion of Counsel required by the Agreement. 
 

 

 

 

 

	
            (ix)
 	
            We understand that each of the Privately Offered Certificates bears, and will continue to bear, a legend to substantiate the following effect: THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (3) IN CERTIFICATED FORM TO AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING THEREOF IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS PURCHASING NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF
THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. EACH HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 7.02(h) OF THE POOLING AGREEMENT.
 

“Eligible Purchaser” means a corporation, partnership or other entity which we have reasonable grounds to believe and do believe (i) can make representations with respect to itself to substantially the same effect as the representations set forth herein, and (ii) is either a Qualified 

 

Institutional Buyer as defined under Rule 144A of the Act or an institutional “Accredited Investor” as defined under Rule 501 of the Act.

Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation, as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association as master servicer and securities administrator and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement’).

If the Purchaser proposes that its Certificates be registered in the name of a nominee on its behalf, the Purchaser has identified such nominee below, and has caused such nominee to complete the Nominee Acknowledgment at the end of this letter.

Name of Nominee (if any): __________________________

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this document has been executed by the undersigned who is duly authorized to do so on behalf of the undersigned Eligible Purchaser on the ___ day of ________, 20___.

	
            Very truly yours,
 
	
             
 
	
            [PURCHASER]

 
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (Authorized Officer)
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (Attorney-in-fact)
 

 

 

 

 

Nominee Acknowledgment

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that as to the Certificates being registered in its name, the sole beneficial owner thereof is and shall be the Purchaser identified above, for whom the undersigned is acting as nominee.

	
            [NAME OF NOMINEE]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (Authorized Officer)
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (Attorney-in-fact)
 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

FORM OF RULE 144A AND RELATED MATTERS CERTIFICATE

[SELLER]

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

	
            Re:
 	
            SACO I Trust 2005-7
 Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7, Class[_]_

 
 

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our purchase of Privately Offered Certificates, the undersigned certifies to each of the parties to whom this letter is addressed that it is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)) as follows:

1.          It owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis eligible securities (excluding affiliate’s securities, bank deposit notes and CD’s, loan participations, repurchase agreements, securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and swaps), as described below:

Date: ______________, 20__ (must be on or after the close of its most recent fiscal year)

Amount: $ _____________________; and

	
            2.
 	
            The dollar amount set forth above is:
 	
             

	
             
	
            a.
 	
            greater than $100 million and the undersigned is one of the following entities:
 	
             

	
             
	
            (1)
 	
            [   ]
 	
            an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Act1; or
 
								

 

 

 

 

_________________________

1           A purchase by an insurance company for one or more of its separate accounts, as defined by Section 2(a)(37) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are neither registered nor required to be registered thereunder, shall be deemed to be a purchase for the account of such insurance company. 

 

 

	
             
	
            (2)
 	
      [   ]
 	
            an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act or any business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940; or
 	
             

	
             
	
            (3)
 	
      [   ]
 	
            a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; or
 	
             

	
             
	
            (4)
 	
      [   ]
 	
            a plan (i) established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, the laws of which permit the purchase of securities of this type, for the benefit of its employees and (ii) the governing investment guidelines of which permit the purchase of securities of this type; or
 	
             

	
             
	
            (5)
 	
      [   ]
 	
            a business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; or
 	
             

	
             
	
            (6)
 	
      [   ]
 	
            a corporation (other than a U.S. bank, savings and loan association or equivalent foreign institution), partnership, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or
 	
             

	
             
	
            (7)
 	
      [   ]
 	
            a U.S. bank, savings and loan association or equivalent foreign institution, which has an audited net worth of at least $25 million as demonstrated in its latest annual financial statements; or
 	
             

	
             
	
            (8)
 	
      [   ]
 	
            an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act; or
 	
             

	
            b.
 	
      [   ]
 	
            greater than $10 million, and the undersigned is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC; or
 
	
            c.
 	
      [   ]
 	
            less than $10 million, and the undersigned is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and will only purchase Rule 144A securities in transactions in which it acts as a riskless principal (as defined in Rule 144A); or
 
	
            d.
 	
      [   ]
 	
            less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which, together with one or more registered investment companies having the same or an affiliated investment adviser, owns at least $100 million of eligible securities; or
 
	
            e.
 	
      [   ]
 	
            less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an entity, all the equity owners of which are qualified institutional buyers.
 

The undersigned further certifies that it is purchasing a Privately Offered Certificate for its own account or for the account of others that independently qualify as “Qualified Institutional Buyers” as defined in Rule 144A. It is aware that the sale of the Privately Offered Certificates is 

 

being made in reliance on its continued compliance with Rule 144A. It is aware that the transferor may rely on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Act provided by Rule 144A. The undersigned understands that the Privately Offered Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only to (i) a person reasonably believed to be a Qualified Institutional Buyer that purchases for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance in Rule 144A, or (ii) an institutional “accredited investor,” as such term is defined under Rule 501 of the Act in a transaction that otherwise does not constitute a public offering.

The undersigned agrees that if at some future time it wishes to dispose of or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates, it will not transfer or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates to a Qualified Institutional Buyer without first obtaining a Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate in the form hereof from the transferee and delivering such certificate to the addressees hereof. Prior to making any transfer of Privately Offered Certificates, if the proposed Transferee is an institutional “accredited investor,” the transferor shall obtain from the transferee and deliver to the addressees hereof an Investment Letter in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, a among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation, as a seller and company, LaSalle
Bank National Association as master servicer and securities administrator and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, pursuant to which the Certificates were issued.

The undersigned certifies that it either: (i) is not acquiring the Privately Offered Certificate directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) in the case of the Privately Offered Certificates, has provided the Opinion of Counsel required by the Agreement. 

If the Purchaser proposes that its Certificates be registered in the name of a nominee on its behalf, the Purchaser has identified such nominee below, and has caused such nominee to complete the Nominee Acknowledgment at the end of this letter.

Name of Nominee (if any): ________________________

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this document has been executed by the undersigned who is duly authorized to do so on behalf of the undersigned Eligible Purchaser on the ____ day of ___________, 20___.

	
            Very truly yours,
 
	
             
 
	
            [PURCHASER]

 
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (Authorized Officer)
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (Attorney-in-fact)
 

 

 

 

 

Nominee Acknowledgment

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that as to the Certificates being registered in its name, the sole beneficial owner thereof is and shall be the Purchaser identified above, for whom the undersigned is acting as nominee.

	
            [NAME OF NOMINEE]
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (Authorized Officer)
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (Attorney-in-fact)
 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G

FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE

	
            To:
 	
            LaSalle Bank National Association
 

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

 

	
            RE:
 	
            Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as Depositor, EMC Mortgage Corporation, as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association as master servicer and securities administrator and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee
 

 

In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you pursuant to the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we request the release, and hereby acknowledge receipt, of the 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 and proceeds have been deposited into the Custodial Account
 
	
            _____
 	
            2.
 	
            Foreclosure
 	
             
 
	
            _____
 	
            3.
 	
            Substitution
 	
             
 
	
            _____
 	
            4.
 	
            Other Liquidation
 	
             
 
	
            _____
 	
            5.
 	
            Nonliquidation
 	
            Reason:_________________________________
 
	
            _____
 	
            6.
 	
            California Mortgage Loan paid in full
 

 

	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (authorized signer)
 
	
            Issuer:  
 	
            
 
 
 
	
            Address:  
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Date:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            
 
 
 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT H

DTC Letter of Representations

[provided upon request]

 

 

EXHIBIT I

Schedule of Mortgage Loans with Lost Notes

[provided upon request]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT J

FORM OF LASALLE CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”), dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among CITIBANK, N.A., not individually but solely as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement defined below (including its successors under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement defined below, in that capacity, the “Trustee”), BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, as depositor (together with any successor in interest, the “Depositor”), EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as a seller (“EMC”) and company (together with any successor in interest or successor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below, the “Company”), MASTER FUNDING LLC, as a seller (“Master Funding”, and together with EMC, the “Sellers”) and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as master servicer (together with
any successor in interest, the “Master Servicer”) and as custodian (together with any successor in interest or any successor in interest or any successor appointed hereunder, the “Custodian”).

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, the Depositor, EMC, the Master Servicer, LaSalle Bank National Association as securities administrator and the Trustee have entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, relating to the issuance of SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7 (as in effect on the date of this Agreement, and as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”); and all custodian obligations are defined herein.  In the event any custodian obligations are defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this custodial agreement shall supercede. 

WHEREAS, the Custodian has agreed to act as agent for the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders for the purposes of receiving and holding certain documents and other instruments delivered by the Depositor, the Sellers or the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Servicers, if any, under their respective Servicing Agreements, all upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer and the Custodian hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1.      Definitions.  For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the indicated meanings unless the context or use indicates another or different meaning and intent, the definitions of such terms are equally applicable to the singular and the plural forms of such terms, the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or other subdivision, and section references refer to sections of this Agreement.

 

 

 “Agreement” shall mean this Custodial Agreement, as further supplemented or amended from time to time.

 

 “Business Day” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Minneapolis, Minnesota or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or the principal office of the Master Servicer is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

 

	
            “Closing Date”  shall mean September 30, 2005.
 

 

“Master Servicer” shall mean LaSalle Bank National Association, in its capacity as master servicer, and its successors and assigns.

 “MERS” shall mean Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.

 

 “MERS Mortgage Loan” shall mean any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS® system.

 

 “MERS® System” shall mean the system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.

 

 “MIN” shall mean the Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS System.

 

 “MOM Loan” shall mean with respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof.

 

“Mortgage” shall mean the mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first or second lien on or first or second priority ownership interest in an estate in fee simple in real property securing a Mortgage Note.

 “Mortgage Assignment” shall mean an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect the sale of the Mortgage.

 

	
            “Mortgage File” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 hereof.
 

 

 “Mortgage Loan” shall mean a first or subordinate lien mortgage loan or a first or subordinate lien home equity line of credit on a one-to-four family residential property.

 

 “Mortgage Loan Schedule” shall mean the electronic schedule of Mortgage Loans identified in Schedule A.

 

 “Mortgaged Property” shall mean the real property securing repayment of a Mortgage Loan.

 

 

 

	
            “Mortgagor” shall mean the obligor on a Mortgage Note.
 

 

 “Note” shall mean any promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.

 

	
            “Servicer” shall mean the related servicer of the Mortgage Loans.
 

 

“Trustee” shall mean Citibank, N.A., a national banking association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders under this Agreement, and any successor thereto, and any corporation or national banking association resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any successor trustee as may from time to time be serving as successor trustee hereunder.

Any Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, unless otherwise required by the context herein.

 

ARTICLE II.

CUSTODY OF MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS

Section 2.1.      Custodian to Act as Agent: Acceptance of Mortgage Files.  The Custodian, as the duly appointed custodial agent of the Trustee for these purposes, acknowledges (subject to any exceptions noted in the Initial Certification referred to in Section 2.3(a)) receipt of the Mortgage Files relating to the Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule A attached hereto (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) and declares that it holds and will hold such Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, in trust, for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.

Section 2.2.      Recordation of Assignments. If any Mortgage File includes one or more assignments of Mortgage that have not been recorded and the related Mortgage Loan is not a MERS Loan or the Custodian has not received written instructions from the Seller or the Trustee that the related Mortgaged Properties are located in jurisdictions under the laws of which the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee’s interest therein, each such assignment shall be delivered by the Custodian to the related Seller for the purpose of recording it in the appropriate public office for real property records, and the Sellers, at no expense to the Custodian, shall promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate public office for real property records each such assignment of Mortgage and, upon
receipt thereof from such public office, shall return each such assignment of Mortgage to the Custodian.

	
            Section 2.3.
 	
            Review of Mortgage Files.
 

(a)        The documents set forth in the definition “Mortgage File” herein shall be delivered and released to the Custodian relating to each of the Mortgage Loans to be purchased on a Closing Date. The related Mortgage Loans shall be identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule in electronic format which shall be delivered to the Custodian by the Depositor at least two Business Days prior to each Closing Date.  On or prior to the Closing Date, the Custodian 

 

shall deliver to EMC, the Master Servicer and the Trustee an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit One evidencing receipt (subject to any exceptions noted therein) of a Mortgage File for each of the Mortgage Loans listed on Schedule A attached hereto (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”).

(b)        Within 90 days thereafter, the Custodian agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders, to review each such document, and shall deliver to EMC, the Master Servicer and the Trustee an Interim Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Two to the effect that all such documents have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached to such Interim Certification. The Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.

(c)        Not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian shall review, for the benefit of Certificateholders, the Mortgage Files and deliver to the Sellers, the Master Servicer and the Trustee a Final Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Three evidencing whether each document required to be recorded has been returned from the recording office with evidence of recording thereon and the Custodian has received either an original or a copy thereof.  If the Custodian finds any document missing, or to be unrelated, determined on the basis of the mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the mortgage loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or to appear defective on its face, the Custodian shall note such defect in the exception report attached to the Final Certification and shall promptly notify the Trustee. 

(d)        In reviewing the Mortgage Files as provided herein, the Custodian shall make no representation as to and shall not be responsible to verify (i) the validity, legality, enforceability, due authorization, recordability, sufficiency or genuineness of any of the documents included in any Mortgage File or (ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any of the documents in any Mortgage File.

In performing any such review, the Custodian may conclusively rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon.

Upon receipt of written request from EMC, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, the Custodian shall as soon as practicable supply such Person with a list of all of the documents relating to the Mortgage Loans missing from the Mortgage Files.

Section 2.4.      Custodian to Cooperate: Release of Mortgage Files.  Upon receipt of written notice per Exhibit Four or Electronic Release Request per Exhibit Five from the Trustee that EMC has repurchased a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Article II of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and a request for release (a “Request for Release”) confirming that the purchase price therefor has been paid as required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, then the Custodian agrees to promptly release to EMC the related Mortgage File.

 

 

Upon the Custodian’s receipt of a Request for Release from the Master Servicer substantially in the form of Exhibit Four attached hereto or Electronic Release Request per Exhibit Five, stating that it has received payment in full of a Mortgage Loan or that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Custodian agrees promptly to release to the Company or the related Servicer, the related Mortgage File.  The Depositor shall deliver to the Custodian and the Custodian agrees to review in accordance with the provisions of the Custodial Agreement the Mortgage Note and other documents constituting the Mortgage File with respect to any Replacement Mortgage Loan.

From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release per Exhibit Four or Electronic Release Request per Exhibit Five requesting that possession of all of the Mortgage File be released to the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, and certifying as to the reason for such release.  Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian shall deliver the Mortgage File to the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable. The Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein so released to be returned to the Custodian when the need therefore by the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, no longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated, or (ii) the Mortgage File or such
document has 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 Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, has delivered to the Custodian a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery.

At any time that the Company or the related Servicer is required to deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release, the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver two copies of the Request for Release if delivered in hard copy or the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, may furnish such Request for Release electronically to the Custodian, in which event the Servicing Officer transmitting the same shall be deemed to have signed the Request for Release. In connection with any Request for Release of a Mortgage File because of a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan, such Request for Release shall be accompanied by an assignment of mortgage, without recourse, representation or warranty from the Trustee to the Seller (unless such Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan) and the related Mortgage Note shall be endorsed without recourse, representation or warranty by the Trustee (unless
such Mortgage Loans is registered on the MERS System) and be returned to the Seller. In connection with any Request for Release of a Mortgage File because of the payment in full of a Mortgage Loan, such Request for Release shall be accompanied by a certificate of satisfaction or other similar instrument to be executed by or on behalf of the Trustee and returned to the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable.

Section 2.5.     Assumption Agreements.  In the event that any assumption agreement, substitution of liability agreement or sale of servicing agreement is entered into with respect to any Mortgage Loan subject to this Agreement, to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, shall enforce any obligation of the related Servicer, to the extent set forth in the Servicing Agreement or with respect to EMC as company, the Pooling and Servicing 

 

Agreement, to notify the Custodian that such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Custodian the original of such assumption or substitution agreement, which shall be added to the related Mortgage File and, for all purposes, shall be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting parts thereof.

 

ARTICLE III.

CONCERNING THE CUSTODIAN

Section 3.1.      Custodian as Bailee and Agent of the Trustee.  With respect to each Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents constituting each Mortgage File which are delivered to the Custodian, the Custodian is exclusively the bailee and custodial agent of the Trustee and has no instructions to hold any Mortgage Note or Mortgage for the benefit of any person other than the Trustee and the Certificateholders and undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. Except upon compliance with the provisions of Section 2.4 of this Agreement, no Mortgage Note, Mortgage or Mortgage File shall be delivered by the Custodian to the Sellers, the Depositor, any Servicer or the Master Servicer or otherwise released from the possession of the Custodian.

Section 3.2.      Custodian May Own Certificates. The Custodian in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of interests in the Mortgage Loans with the same rights it would have if it were not Custodian.

Section 3.3.      Master Servicer to Pay Custodian’s Fees and Expenses.  The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Custodian from time to time, and the Custodian shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Custodian, and the Master Servicer will pay or reimburse the Custodian upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Custodian in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. A separate fee
schedule will apply between the Custodian and Master Servicer.  

Section 3.4.      Custodian May Resign; Trustee May Remove Custodian.  The Custodian may resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed upon it as such obligations and duties relate to its acting as Custodian of the Mortgage Loans.  Upon receiving such written notice of resignation, the Trustee shall either take custody of the Mortgage Files itself and give prompt written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Custodian, or promptly appoint a successor Custodian by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Custodian and one copy to the successor Custodian.  If the Trustee shall not have taken custody of the Mortgage Files and no successor Custodian shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after
the giving of such written notice of resignation, the resigning Custodian may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Custodian.

 

 

The Trustee may remove the Custodian at any time upon 60 days prior written notice to Custodian. In such event, the Trustee shall appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a successor Custodian hereunder. Any successor Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority shall be able to satisfy the other requirements contained in Section 3.6 and shall be unaffiliated with the Master Servicer, the Company and the Depositor.

Any resignation or removal of the Custodian and appointment of a successor Custodian pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 3.4 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Custodian. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Depositor and the Master Servicer of the appointment of any successor Custodian. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no successor Custodian shall be appointed by the Trustee without the prior approval of the Depositor and the Master Servicer.

Section 3.5.      Merger or Consolidation of Custodian.  Any Person into which the Custodian may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Custodian shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Custodian, shall be the successor of the Custodian 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.

Section 3.6.      Representations of the Custodian.  The Custodian hereby represents that it is a depository institution subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state authority, has a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000 and is qualified to do business in the jurisdictions in which it will hold any Mortgage File.

Section 3.7.      Limitation on Liability.  Neither the Custodian nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees, shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith in good faith and believed (which belief may be based upon the opinion or advice of counsel selected by it in the exercise of reasonable care) by it or them to be within the purview of this Agreement, except for its or their own negligence, lack of good faith or willful misconduct. The Custodian and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Custodian may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any person respecting any matters arising hereunder. In no event shall the Custodian or its directors, officers, agents and employees
be held liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages resulting from any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Custodian agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Trustee and each of their respective officers, directors and agents for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trustee or Trust Fund, due to any negligent performance by the Custodian of its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Custodian shall not be liable to any of the foregoing Persons for any amount and any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of such person, and the Custodian’s reliance on instructions 

 

from the Trustee or the Master Servicer. The provisions of this Section 3.7 shall survive the termination of this Custodial Agreement.

The Custodian and its directors, officers, employees and agents shall be entitled to indemnification and defense from the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith on their part, arising out of, or in connection with, the acceptance or administration of the custodial arrangement created hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder.

	
            Section 3.8.
 	
            Limitation of Duties.  The Custodian in its capacity as such:
 

(a)        in the course of its review of the Mortgage Files, shall not be required to make determinations (1) of a legal nature or (2) as to the authority of any officer or agent of the Master Servicer, Trustee or other entity who has executed (or certified with respect to) any document which is part of the Mortgage File; 

(b)        shall have no duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein or as may subsequently be agreed upon in writing by the parties hereto and shall use the same degree of care and skill as is reasonably expected of financial institutions acting in comparable capacities;

(c)        will be regarded as making no representations and having no responsibilities as to the validity, sufficiency, value, genuineness, ownership or transferability of any Mortgage Loans and will not be required to and will not make any representations as to the validity, value or genuineness of the Mortgage Loans;

(d)        shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder which might in its judgment involve any expense or liability unless it has been furnished with reasonable indemnity;

(e)        may rely on and shall be protected in acting upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram or other document, or any security, delivered to it and reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by the Master Servicer or the Trustee;

(f)         may rely on and shall be protected in acting upon the written instructions of the Master Servicer or the Trustee and such employees and representatives of the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, may hereinafter designate in writing;

(g)        may consult counsel satisfactory to it (including counsel for the Master Servicer) and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel (provided that the fees of such counsel in connection with such consultation and opinion shall be paid by the Custodian); and

(h)        shall not be liable for any error of judgment, or for any act done or step taken or omitted by it, in good faith, or for any mistake of fact or law, or for anything which it 

 

may do or refrain from doing in connection therewith, except in the case of a breach of any of the Custodian’s obligations hereunder, negligence or willful misconduct.

The Custodian shall be held to the same standard of conduct, and shall be entitled to the same protections, privileges and immunities as other custodians acting in a custodial capacity are generally afforded.

No covenant or agreement contained herein shall be deemed to be the covenant or agreement of any member of the Board of Directors, or any director, officer, agent, employee or representative of the Trustee, Master Servicer or the Custodian in his or her individual capacity and none of such persons shall be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the execution of this Agreement, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty, or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 4.1.      Notices.  All notices, requests, consents and demands and other communications required under this Agreement or pursuant to any other instrument or document delivered hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specifically provided, may be delivered personally, by telegram or telex, or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at the addresses specified on the signature page hereof (unless changed by the particular party whose address is stated herein by similar notice in writing), in which case the notice will be deemed delivered when received.

Section 4.2.      Amendments.  No modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement shall be valid or effective unless the same is in writing and signed by all parties hereto. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Custodian of any amendment or supplement to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and furnish the Custodian with written copies thereof.

Section 4.3.      GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

Section 4.4.      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 or all of 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 Depositor and at the Trust’s expense, but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor to the effect that the failure to effect such recordation is likely to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders.

For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number 

 

of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 4.5.      Severability of Provisions.  If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the holders thereof.

[Signature Page Attached]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date first above written.

 

	
            Address:

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

 

Attention: SACO I Trust, Series 2005-7

Telecopy: (212) 816-5527

 
 	
            CITIBANK, N.A., not individually but solely as Trustee

By:_________________________________

Name:  

Title:    
 
	
            Address:

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179
 	
            BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC

 

 

By:_________________________________

Name:  

Title:  

 
 
	
            Address:

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038
 	
            EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

By:_________________________________

Name:        

Title: 

 
 
	
            Address:

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038
 	
            MASTER FUNDING LLC

By:_________________________________

Name:        

Title: 

 
 
	
            Address:

2571 Busse Rd., Suite 200

Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007

 
 	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian

By:_________________________________

Name:         

Title:    Vice President

 
 
	
            Address:

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, IL 60603

 
 	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer

By:_________________________________

Name:         

Title:                   
 

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _________________ known to me to be a(n) __________________of Citibank, N.A., one of the parties that executed the within agreement, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within agreement on behalf of said party and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 [SEAL]

 

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _________________, known to me to be a(n) ________________of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within instrument on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 [SEAL]

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF TEXAS
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF DALLAS
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be a(n) _____________________ of EMC Mortgage Corporation, one of the parties that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within instrument on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[Notarial Seal]

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF TEXAS
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF DALLAS 
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _____________________, known to me to be a(n) ___________________ of Master Funding LLC, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within instrument on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[SEAL]

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF ILLINOIS
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF___________
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared ___________________, known to me to be an __________________ of LaSalle Bank National Association, one of the parties that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[Notarial Seal] 

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF ILLINOIS
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF___________
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared ___________________, known to me to be ____________________ of LaSalle Bank National Association, one of the parties that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[Notarial Seal] 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

(Provided upon request)

 

 

EXHIBIT ONE

 

FORM OF CUSTODIAN INITIAL CERTIFICATION

September 30, 2005

Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

 

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

EMC Mortgage Corporation

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038

Attention: SACO I Inc., Series 2005-7

	
            Re:
 	
            Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among Citibank, N.A., LaSalle Bank National Association, Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, EMC Mortgage Corporation and Master Funding LLC relating to SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7
 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.3(a) of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received the following documents with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto: (i) an original note, including any riders thereto, endorsed without recourse to the order of blank or to “Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for certificateholders of SACO I Inc., Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of September 1, 2005 for SACO I Trust 2005-7 Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7,” and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from the original payee thereof to the person endorsing it to the Trustee; (ii) an original mortgage and, if the related mortgage loan is a MERS Loan, registered with MERS, noting the
presence of the mortgage identification number and language indicating that such mortgage loan is a MERS Loan, which shall have been recorded (or if the original is not available, a copy) with evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form); (iii) unless the mortgage loan is a MERS Loan, the assignment (either an original or a copy, which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted in the jurisdiction in which the mortgage property is located) to the Trustee of the mortgage with respect to each mortgage loan in the name of ___________________________, which shall have been recorded (of if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form); (iv) an 

 

original or a copy of all intervening assignments of the mortgage, if any, with evidence of recording thereon; (v) the original policy of title insurance or mortgagee’s certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title insurance, if available, or a copy thereof, or, in the event that such original title insurance policy is unavailable, a photocopy thereof, or in lieu thereof, a current lien search on the related mortgaged property; and (vi) originals or copies of all available assumption, modification or substitution agreements, if any; provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Seller may deliver the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below: (x) if any mortgage, assignment thereof to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof have been delivered or are being delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned in time to permit
their delivery as specified above, the Depositor may deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by the Seller or the title company issuing the commitment for title insurance, on the face of such copy, substantially as follows: “Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted for recording” and (y) in lieu of the mortgage notes relating to the mortgage loans identified in the list attached hereto, the Depositor may deliver a lost note affidavit and indemnity and a copy of the original note, if available.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT TWO

 

FORM OF CUSTODIAN INTERIM CERTIFICATION

[DATE]

Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

 

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

EMC Mortgage Corporation

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038

Attention: SACO I Inc., Series 2005-7

	
            Re:
 	
            Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among Citibank, N.A., LaSalle Bank National Association, Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, EMC Mortgage Corporation and Master Funding LLC relating to SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7
 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.3(b) of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received and reviewed the documents described in its initial certification dated September 30, 2005 and has determined that: all documents have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT THREE

 

FORM OF CUSTODIAN FINAL CERTIFICATION

                [DATE]

Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

 

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

EMC Mortgage Corporation

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038

Attention: SACO I Inc., Series 2005-7

	
            Re:
 	
            Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among Citibank, N.A., LaSalle Bank National Association, Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, EMC Mortgage Corporation and Master Funding LLC relating to SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7
 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.3(c) of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received and reviewed the documents described in its initial certification dated September 30, 2005 and has determined that: all documents have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

 

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.

	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

(PROVIDED UPON REQUEST)

 

 

EXHIBIT FOUR

 

FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS AND RECEIPT

 

 

	
            To:
 	
            [Name/Address of Owner]
 

 

 

Attention: 

	
            Re:
 	
            Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among Citibank, N.A., LaSalle Bank National Association, Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, EMC Mortgage Corporation and Master Funding LLC relating to SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7
 

 

In connection with the Mortgage Files that you hold pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, we request the release, and acknowledge receipt of the Mortgage file/[specify document] for the Mortgage Loan described below, the reason indicated.

 

Mortgagor’s Name, Address and Zip Code:

 

Mortgage Loan Number:

 

Reason for Requesting Documents:  (check one)

 

_____ 1.  Mortgage Loan paid in full.  ([The Master Servicer] [A Servicer] [the Trustee] hereby certifies that all amounts received in connection therewith have been credited to __________________________________________________________________________.)

 

	
            _____ 2.  Mortgage Loan in foreclosure.
 

 

_____ 3.  Repurchase.  (The [Master Servicer] [Trustee] hereby certifies that the repurchase price has been credited to _____________________________________________.)

 

_____ 4.  Mortgage Loan liquidated by _______________________________________.  ([The Master Servicer] [A Servicer] [The Trustee] hereby certifies that all proceeds of the foreclosure, insurance, condemnation or other liquidation have been finally received and credited to _____________________________________.

 

	
            _____ 5.  Other (explain):  
 

 

 

 

 

	
            By:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
             
 	
            (authorized signer)
 
	
             
 	
             
 

 

	
            Issuer:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
            Address:
 	
            
 
 
 
	
            Date:
 	
            
 
 
 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT FIVE

 

EELECTRONIC RELEASE REQUEST (Excel)

	
            Collateral Release Tasks 
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            Required Field Header
 	
            Description
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            customer
 	
            Value can be constant of '1018' 
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            poolnum
 	
            pool number if available, can be left blank as well
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            loanid
 	
            EMC loan#, required field
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            loc_code
 	
            Codes must be mutually agreed upon with custodian. Examples are PDPO= loans released for payoff, FORC = loans released for foreclosure, OLIQ= loans released for repurchase, NLIQ = loans released for non-liquidation/correction.
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            rel_code
 	
            Codes must be mutually agreed upon with custodian. Examples are 

1 = payoff, 2 = foreclosure, 4 = repurchase, 5 = non-liquidation.
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            rel_doclist
 	
            Can be left blank
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            notation
 	
            “Name of Person File Being Released To @ Company Name” (i.e. Sharon Ayers@EMC)
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            reqstr
 	
            Can be left blank
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            reqstr_sig
 	
            Signatory code assigned to requestor, TBD
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            amend
 	
            0 = new release request, 1= amend an existing released record (i.e. FORC to PDPO)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT K

FORM OF WELLS FARGO CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”), dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among CITIBANK, N.A., not individually but solely as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement defined below (including its successors under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement defined below, the “Trustee”), BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, as depositor (together with any successor in interest, the “Depositor”), EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as a seller (“EMC”) and company (together with any successor in interest or successor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below, the “Company”), MASTER FUNDING LLC, as a seller (“Master Funding”, and together with EMC, the “Sellers”), LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as master servicer (together with any successor in
interest or successor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below, the “Master Servicer”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as custodian (together with any successor in interest or any successor appointed hereunder, the “Custodian”).

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, the Depositor, EMC, the Master Servicer, LaSalle Bank National Association (in that capacity, the securities administrator) and the Trustee have entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, relating to the issuance of SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7 (as in effect on the date of this Agreement, and as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) and all custodian obligations are defined herein.  In the event any custodian obligations are defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this custodial agreement shall supercede. 

WHEREAS, the Custodian has agreed to act as agent for the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders for the purposes of receiving and holding certain documents and other instruments delivered by the Depositor, the Sellers or the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Servicers under their respective Servicing Agreements, all upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Company and the Custodian hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, unless otherwise required by the context herein.

 

 

ARTICLE II

CUSTODY OF MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS

Section 2.1.      Custodian to Act as Agent: Acceptance of Mortgage Files.  The Custodian, as the duly appointed custodial agent of the Trustee for these purposes, acknowledges (subject to any exceptions noted in the Initial Certification referred to in Section 2.3(a)) receipt of the Mortgage Files relating to the Mortgage Loans identified on the schedule attached hereto (the “Mortgage Files”) and declares that it holds and will hold such Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, in trust, for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders.

Section 2.2.      Recordation of Assignments.  If any Mortgage File includes one or more assignments of Mortgage that have not been recorded pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan is not a MOM Loan or the related Mortgaged Properties are located in jurisdictions specifically excluded by the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each such assignment shall be delivered by the Custodian to the related Seller for the purpose of recording it in the appropriate public office for real property records, and the Sellers, at no expense to the Custodian, shall promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate public office for real property records each such assignment of Mortgage
and, upon receipt thereof from such public office, shall return each such assignment of Mortgage to the Custodian.

	
            Section 2.3.
 	
            Review of Mortgage Files.
 

(a)        On or prior to the Closing Date, in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian shall deliver to EMC, the Master Servicer and the Trustee an Initial Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit One evidencing receipt (subject to any exceptions noted therein) of a Mortgage File for each of the Mortgage Loans listed on the Schedule attached hereto (the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”).

(b)        Within 90 days of the Closing Date, the Custodian agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders, to review, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each such document, and shall deliver to EMC, the Master Servicer and the Trustee an Interim Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Two to the effect that all such documents have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached to such Interim Certification. The Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they
have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.

(c)        Not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian shall review,  for the benefit of Certificateholders, the Mortgage Files as provided in Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and deliver to the Sellers, the Master Servicer and the Trustee a Final Certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Three evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files. 

 

 

(d)        In reviewing the Mortgage Files as provided herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian shall make no representation as to and shall not be responsible to verify (i) the validity, legality, enforceability, due authorization, recordability, sufficiency or genuineness of any of the documents included in any Mortgage File or (ii) the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any of the documents in any Mortgage File.

Upon receipt of written request from EMC, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, the Custodian shall as soon as practicable supply such Person with a list of all of the documents relating to the Mortgage Loans missing from the Mortgage Files.

Section 2.4.      Notification of Breaches of Representations and Warranties.  Upon discovery by the Custodian of a breach of any representation or warranty made by the Depositor as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to a Mortgage Loan relating to a Mortgage File, the Custodian shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee.

Section 2.5.      Custodian to Cooperate: Release of Mortgage Files.  Upon receipt of written notice from the Master Servicer or Trustee that EMC has repurchased one or more Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and a request for release (a “Request for Release”) confirming that the purchase price therefor has been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account or the Distribution Account, then the Custodian agrees to promptly release to EMC the related Mortgage Files.

Upon the Custodian’s receipt of a Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit G to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement signed by a Servicing Officer of a Servicer, stating that it has received payment in full of a Mortgage Loan or that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Custodian agrees promptly to release to such Servicer, the related Mortgage File.  The Depositor shall deliver to the Custodian and the Custodian agrees to review in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement the Mortgage Note and other documents constituting the Mortgage File with respect to any Replacement Mortgage Loan.

From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy, the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer requesting that possession of all of the Mortgage File be released to the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, and certifying as to the reason for such release and that such release will not invalidate any insurance coverage provided in respect of the Mortgage Loan under any of the Insurance Policies. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian shall deliver the Mortgage File to the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable. The Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein so released to be
returned to the Custodian when the need therefore by the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, no longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account or the Distribution Account or (ii) the Mortgage File or such document has 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 Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, has delivered to the Custodian a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery.

At any time that the Company or the related Servicer is required to deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release, the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver two copies of the Request for Release if delivered in hard copy or the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable, may furnish such Request for Release electronically to the Custodian, in which event the Servicing Officer transmitting the same shall be deemed to have signed the Request for Release. In connection with any Request for Release of a Mortgage File because of a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan, such Request for Release shall be accompanied by an assignment of mortgage, without recourse, representation or warranty from the Trustee to EMC (unless such Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan) and the related Mortgage Note shall be endorsed without recourse, representation or warranty by the Trustee and be returned
to EMC; provided, however, that in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is registered on the MERS System, no assignment of mortgage or endorsement of the Mortgage Note by the Trustee shall be required.  In connection with any Request for Release of a Mortgage File because of the payment in full of a Mortgage Loan, such Request for Release shall be accompanied by a certificate of satisfaction or other similar instrument to be executed by or on behalf of the Trustee and returned to the Company or the related Servicer, as applicable.

Section 2.6.      Assumption Agreements.  In the event that any assumption agreement, substitution of liability agreement or sale of servicing agreement is entered into with respect to any Mortgage Loan subject to this Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, shall enforce any obligation of the related Servicer under the related Servicing Agreement, or in the case of EMC, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to notify the Custodian that such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Custodian the original of such assumption or substitution agreement, which shall be added to the related Mortgage File and, for all purposes, shall be considered a
part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting parts thereof.

 

 

ARTICLE III

CONCERNING THE CUSTODIAN

Section 3.1.      Custodian as Bailee and Agent of the Trustee.  With respect to each Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents constituting each Mortgage File which are delivered to the Custodian, the Custodian is exclusively the bailee and custodial agent of the Trustee and has no instructions to hold any Mortgage Note or Mortgage for the benefit of any person other than the Trustee and the Certificateholders and undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Except upon compliance with the provisions of Section 2.5 of this Agreement, no Mortgage Note, Mortgage or Mortgage File shall be delivered by the Custodian to the Company, the Depositor, any Servicer or the Master Servicer or otherwise released from the
possession of the Custodian.

Section 3.2.      Custodian May Own Certificates.  The Custodian and its affiliates in their individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights such persons would have if the Custodian were not Custodian hereunder.

Section 3.3.      Custodian’s Fees and Expenses.  The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Custodian from time to time a fee as agreed upon by such parties as reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Custodian.  Upon its request, the Custodian shall be paid or reimbursed from the Trust Fund for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Custodian in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its legal counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from the Custodian’s negligence or bad faith or to the
extent that such cost or expense is indemnified by the Depositor pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

Section 3.4.      Custodian May Resign; Trustee May Remove Custodian.  The Custodian may resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed upon it as such obligations and duties relate to its acting as Custodian of the Mortgage Loans hereunder. Upon receiving such written notice of resignation, the Trustee shall either take custody of the Mortgage Files itself and give prompt written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Custodian, or promptly appoint a successor Custodian by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Custodian and one copy to the successor Custodian. If the Trustee shall not have taken custody of the Mortgage Files and no successor Custodian shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such written notice of resignation, the resigning Custodian may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Custodian.

The Trustee, at the direction of 25% of the Certificateholders, shall remove the Custodian at any time upon 60 days prior written notice to Custodian. In such event, the Trustee shall appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a successor Custodian hereunder. Any successor Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision or 

 

examination by federal or state authority shall be able to satisfy the other requirements contained in Section 3.6 and shall be unaffiliated with the Master Servicer, the Company and the Depositor.

Any resignation or removal of the Custodian and appointment of a successor Custodian pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 3.4 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Custodian. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Depositor and the Master Servicer of the appointment of any successor Custodian. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no successor Custodian shall be appointed by the Trustee without the prior approval of the Depositor and the Master Servicer which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Section 3.5.      Merger or Consolidation of Custodian.  Any Person into which the Custodian may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Custodian shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Custodian (by sale of assets, stock or a combination of both), shall be the successor of the Custodian 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.

Section 3.6.      Representations of the Custodian.  The Custodian hereby represents that it is a depository institution subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state authority, has a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000 and is qualified to do business in the jurisdictions in which it will hold any Mortgage File.

Section 3.7.      Limitation on Liability.  Neither the Custodian nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees, shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith in good faith and believed (which belief may be based upon the opinion or advice of counsel selected by it in the exercise of reasonable care) by it or them to be within the purview of this Agreement, except for its or their own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.  The Custodian and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Custodian may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder.  In no event shall the Custodian or its directors, officers, agents and employees be
held liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages (“Special Damages”) resulting from any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Custodian agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Trustee and each of their respective officers, directors and agents for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever (except Special Damages) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trustee or Trust Fund, due to any act or omission by the Custodian with respect to the Mortgage Files; provided, however, that the Custodian shall not be liable to any of the foregoing Persons for any amount and any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of such Person.  The provisions of this Section 3.7 shall survive the termination of this Custodial Agreement.

 

 

The Custodian and its directors, officers, employees and agents shall be entitled to indemnification and defense from the Trust Fund for any loss, liability damages, payments, costs or expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith on their part, arising out of, or in connection with, the acceptance or administration of the custodial arrangement created hereunder, including without limitation the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder.

 

 

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 4.1.      Notices.  All notices, requests, consents and demands and other communications required under this Agreement or pursuant to any other instrument or document delivered hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specifically provided, may be delivered personally, by telegram or telex, or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, at the addresses specified on the signature page hereof (unless changed by the particular party whose address is stated herein by similar notice in writing), in which case the notice will be deemed delivered when received.

Section 4.2.      Amendments.  No modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement shall be valid or effective unless the same is in writing and signed by all parties hereto. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Custodian of any amendment or supplement to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and furnish the Custodian with written copies thereof.

Section 4.3.      GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

Section 4.4.      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 or all of 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 Depositor and at the Trust’s expense, but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor to the effect that the failure to effect such recordation is likely to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders.

For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 4.5.      Severability of Provisions.  If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the holders thereof.

[Signatures on following page]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date first above written.

	
            Address:

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

 

Attention: SACO I Trust, Series 2005-7
 Telecopy (212) 816-5527

 
 	
            CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee

By:________________________________________

Name: 

Title:   
 
	
            Address:

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179
 	
            BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC

 

 

By:________________________________________

Name:   

Title:    

 
 
	
            Address:

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038
 	
            EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

By:________________________________________

Name:        

Title: 

 
 
	
            Address:

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038
 	
            MASTER FUNDING LLC

By:________________________________________

Name:        

Title: 

 
 
	
            Address:

1015 10th Avenue Southeast, MS 0031

Minneapolis, MN  55414

 

Attention:

SACO I 2005-7

Telecopy:

Confirmation:

 
 	
            WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Custodian

By:________________________________________

Name:   

Title:    
 

 

 

 

	
            Address:

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, IL 60603

 
 	
            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer

By:________________________________________ 

Name:   

Title:    
 

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF NEW YORK
 	
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            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _________________ known to me to be a(n) __________________of Citibank, N.A., one of the parties that executed the within agreement, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within agreement on behalf of said party and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[SEAL]

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF NEW YORK
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared __________________, known to me to be a(n) ________________of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within instrument on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[SEAL]

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF TEXAS
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF DALLAS
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _______________________, known to me to be a(n) __________________ of EMC Mortgage Corporation, one of the parties that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within instrument on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[Notarial Seal] 

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF TEXAS
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF DALLAS
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _____________________, known to me to be a(n) ___________________ of Master Funding LLC, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within instrument on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[SEAL]

 

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF MINNESOTA
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _________________ known to me to be a(n) __________________of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., one of the parties that executed the within agreement, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within agreement on behalf of said party and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[SEAL]

 

 

 

 

	
            STATE OF ILLINOIS
 	
            )
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            )
 	
            ss.:
 
	
            COUNTY OF___________
 	
            )
 	
             
 

 

On the 30th day of September 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared _________________ known to me to be a(n) __________________of LaSalle Bank National Association, one of the parties that executed the within agreement, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within agreement on behalf of said party and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
            Notary Public
 

 

[SEAL]

 

 

EXHIBIT ONE

 

FORM OF CUSTODIAN INITIAL CERTIFICATION

September 30, 2005

Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

EMC Mortgage Corporation

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038

Attention: SACO I Inc., Series 2005-7

	
            Re:
 	
            Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, EMC Mortgage Corporation, Master Funding LLC, Citibank, N.A., LaSalle Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Custodian relating to SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7
 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.3(a) of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement, and subject to Section 2.02(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a Mortgage File (which contains an original Mortgage Note or lost note affidavit) to the extent required in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.

	
            WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
 
 
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT TWO

 

FORM OF CUSTODIAN INTERIM CERTIFICATION

[DATE]

Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

 

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

EMC Mortgage Corporation

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038

Attention: SACO I Inc., Series 2005-7

	
            Re:
 	
            Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, EMC Mortgage Corporation, Master Funding LLC, Citibank, N.A., LaSalle Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Custodian relating to SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7
 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.3(b) of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement and subject to Section 2.02(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a Mortgage File to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, and it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined that: all required documents have been executed and received and that such documents related to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement.

 

 

 

	
            WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
 
 
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT THREE

 

FORM OF CUSTODIAN FINAL CERTIFICATION

                [DATE]

Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10013

 

LaSalle Bank National Association

135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625

Chicago, Illinois 60603

EMC Mortgage Corporation

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Irving, Texas 75038

Master Funding LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Attention: SACO I Inc., Series 2005-7

	
            Re:
 	
            Custodial Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, EMC Mortgage Corporation, Master Funding LLC, Citibank, N.A., LaSalle Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Custodian relating to SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7
 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 2.3(c) of the above-captioned Custodial Agreement

and, subject to Section 2.02(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a Mortgage File to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, and it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined that: all required documents have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

 

 

 

 

 

	
            WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
 
 
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

(Provided upon request)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT L

FORM OF COMPANY CERTIFICATION

This certificate is being delivered pursuant to Section [__] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005 (the “Agreement”), among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as depositor (the “Depositor”), EMC Mortgage Corporation as a seller (in that capacity, a “Seller”) and company, LaSalle Bank National Association as master servicer (in that capacity, a “Master Servicer”) and securities administrator (in that capacity, a “Securities Administrator”), Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

I certify that:

 

	
            (i)
 	
            I am a ____________________ of the Company.
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            (ii)
 	
            Based on my knowledge, the information in the annual statement of compliance furnished in March 20__ pursuant to Section [__] of the Agreement and the annual independent certified public accountants’ servicing report delivered pursuant to Section [__] thereof (collectively, the “Reports”), and all servicing reports, officer’s certificates and other information relating to the EMC Mortgage Loans submitted to the Master Servicer 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 light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of the date of this certification.
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            (iii)
 	
            The servicing information required to be provided to the Master Servicer by the Company under the Agreement has been provided to the Master Servicer.
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            (iv)
 	
            I am responsible for reviewing the servicing activities performed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, and except as disclosed in the Reports, the Company has, as of the date of this certification, fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement.
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            (v)
 	
            I have disclosed to the Master Servicer all significant deficiencies relating to the Company’s compliance with the minimum servicing standards in accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard as set forth in the Agreement.
 

 

 

______________________

Dated: March __, 20__

 

 

EXHIBIT M

MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of September 30, 2005, as amended and supplemented by any and all amendments hereto (collectively, “this Agreement”), by and among EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (a “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “EMC”), MASTER FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (a “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “Master Funding” and together with EMC, the “Mortgage Loan Sellers”) and BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, certain conventional, closed-end, fixed rate junior-lien mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family residences (collectively, the “Mortgage Loans”) as described herein. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Mortgage Loans into a trust fund (the “Trust Fund”) and create SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7 (the “Certificates”), under a pooling and servicing agreement, to be dated as of September 1, 2005 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among the Purchaser, as depositor, EMC as a seller,
LaSalle Bank National Association, as master servicer (the “Master Servicer”) and securities administrator (in that capacity, the “Securities Administrator”) and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Purchaser has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (Number 333-125422) relating to its Mortgage-Backed Certificates and the offering of certain series thereof (including certain classes of the Certificates) from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”). Such registration statement, when it became effective under the Securities Act, and the prospectus relating to the public offering of certain classes of the Certificates by the Purchaser (the “Public Offering”), as each may be amended or supplemented from time to
time pursuant to the Securities Act or otherwise, are referred to herein as the “Registration Statement” and the “Prospectus,” respectively. The “Prospectus Supplement” shall mean that supplement, dated September __, 2005, to the Prospectus, dated June 24, 2005, relating to certain classes of the Certificates. With respect to the Public Offering of certain classes of the Certificates, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (“Bear Stearns”) and the Purchaser have entered into a terms agreement, dated as of September __, 2005, to an underwriting agreement, dated January 25, 2005 (together, the “Underwriting Agreement”) between Bear Stearns and the Purchaser.

Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1.    Definitions.  Certain terms are defined herein. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The following other terms are defined as follows:

Acquisition Price: With respect to EMC and the sale of the EMC Mortgage Loans, cash in an amount equal to $            *           (plus $         *          in accrued interest) and the retained certificates.  With respect to Master Funding and the sale of the Master Funding

 

_________________________

	
            2
 	
            Please contact Bear Stearns for pricing information.
 

 

 

Mortgage Loans, cash in an amount equal to $ ______*________(plus $ ______*________ in accrued interest).

Bear Stearns: Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

Closing Date: September 30, 2005.

Custodial Agreement: Any of the LaSalle Custodial Agreement or Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement.

Cut-off Date: September 1, 2005.

Cut-off Date Balance: Shall mean $403,499,400.88.

Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a Replacement Mortgage Loan.

Due Date: As to any Mortgage Loan, the date in each month on which the related Scheduled Payment is due, as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.

EMC: EMC Mortgage Corporation.

EMC Mortgage Loan: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which EMC is the applicable Seller.

Fitch: Fitch Ratings, or its successors in interest.

LaSalle: LaSalle Bank National Association, or its successors in interest.

LaSalle Custodial Agreement:  The custodial agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, among the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and LaSalle Bank National Association as Custodian relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in such custodial agreement. 

Master Funding:  Master Funding LLC.

Master Funding Mortgage Loan: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule for which Master Funding is the applicable Seller. 

MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.

MERS® System: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.

Moody’s: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successors in interest.

Mortgage: The mortgage or deed of trust or other instrument creating a first or junior lien on an interest in an estate in fee simple in real property securing a Mortgage Note.

 

 

Mortgage File: The items referred to in Exhibit 1 pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to such documents pursuant to this Agreement.

Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note as stated herein.

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

Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the sum of (i) the Servicing Fee Rate, (ii) the Trustee Fee Rate and (iii) the rate at which the LPMI Fee is calculated, if any.

Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Person: Any legal person, including any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be purchased by EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal remaining unpaid on such Mortgage Loan as of the date of purchase (including if a foreclosure has already occurred, the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at the time the Mortgaged Property was acquired), (ii) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate through and including the last day of the month of purchase and (iii) any costs and damages (if any) incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation of such Mortgage Loan of any anti-predatory lending laws.

Rating Agencies: Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, each a “Rating Agency”.

Replacement Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must meet on the date of such substitution the requirements stated herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; upon such substitution, such mortgage loan shall be a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder.

Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

Standard & Poor’s: Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or its successors in interest.

Value: The value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, such value being the lesser of (i) the value of such property set forth in an appraisal accepted by the applicable originator of the Mortgage Loan or (ii) the sales price of such property at the time of origination.

Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or its successor in interest.

 

 

Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement:  The custodial agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, among the Depositor, the Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Custodian relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in such custodial agreement.

	
            Section 2.
 	
            Purchase and Sale of the Mortgage Loans and Related Rights.
 

(a)        Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 11 hereof, each Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase the Mortgage Loans sold by such Mortgage Loan Seller having an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date equal to the Cut-off Date Balance.

(b)        The closing for the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans and the closing for the issuance of the Certificates will take place on the Closing Date at the office of the Purchaser’s counsel in New York, New York or such other place as the parties shall agree.

(c)        Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 11 hereof, on the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay to each respective Mortgage Loan Seller the related Acquisition Price for the Mortgage Loans sold by such Mortgage Loan Seller in immediately available funds by wire transfer to such account or accounts as shall be designated by such Mortgage Loan Seller.

SECTION 3.    Mortgage Loan Schedules.  EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) agrees to provide to the Purchaser as of the date hereof a preliminary listing of the Mortgage Loans (the “Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule”) setting forth the information listed on Exhibit 2 to this Agreement with respect to each of the Mortgage Loans being sold by the respective Mortgage Loan Sellers. If there are changes to the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule, EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall provide to the Purchaser as of the Closing Date a final schedule (the “Final Mortgage Loan Schedule”) setting forth the information listed on
Exhibit 2 to this Agreement with respect to each of the Mortgage Loans being sold by each Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser. The Final Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be delivered to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, shall be attached to an amendment to this Agreement to be executed on the Closing Date by the parties hereto and shall be in form and substance mutually agreed to by EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) and the Purchaser (the “Amendment”). If there are no changes to the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule for all purposes hereof.

	
            Section 4.
 	
            Mortgage Loan Transfer.
 

(a)        The Purchaser will be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (regardless of when actually collected) and all payments thereof.  Each Mortgage Loan Seller will be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans sold by it to the Purchaser due on or before the Cut-off Date (including payments collected after the Cut-off Date) and all payments thereof.  Such principal amounts and any interest thereon belonging to the related Mortgage Loan Seller as described above will not be included in the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date as set forth on the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

 

(b)        Pursuant to various conveyancing documents to be executed on the Closing Date and pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser will assign on the Closing Date all of its right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. In connection with the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans, each Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered or will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, by the Closing Date or such later date as is agreed to by the Purchaser and such Mortgage Loan Seller (each of the Closing Date and such later date is referred to as a “Mortgage File Delivery Date”), the items of the respective Custodian’s Mortgage File, provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, each Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below: (x) in lieu of the original Mortgage, assignments to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof which have been delivered, are being delivered or will upon receipt of recording information relating to the Mortgage required to be included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned in time to permit their delivery as specified above, the related Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by such Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer, on the face of such copy, substantially as follows: “Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted for recording;” (y) in lieu of the Mortgage, assignments to the Trustee or intervening assignments
thereof, if the applicable jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents or if the originals are lost (in each case, as evidenced by a certification from such Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer to such effect), such Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver photocopies of such documents containing an original certification by the judicial or other governmental authority of the jurisdiction where such documents were recorded; and (z) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans, each identified in the list delivered by the Purchaser to the Trustee on the Closing Date and attached hereto as Exhibit 5 the related Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver lost note affidavits and indemnities of such Mortgage Loan Seller; and provided further, however, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, such Mortgage Loan Seller, in lieu of delivering the above
documents, may deliver to the Trustee a certification by such Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer to such effect. Each Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver such original documents (including any original documents as to which certified copies had previously been delivered) or such certified copies to the Trustee, or the related Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, promptly after they are received. EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall cause the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and the assignment of the Mortgage to be recorded not later than 180 days after the Closing Date unless such assignment is not required to be recorded under the terms set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.

(c)        In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS® System, EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) further agrees that it will cause, at EMC’s own expense, within 30 days after the Closing Date, the MERS® System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser and by the Purchaser to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files (a) the code in the field which identifies the specific Trustee and (b) the code in the field “Pool Field” which identifies the series of the Certificates issued in connection with such
Mortgage Loans. EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on 

 

behalf of Master Funding) further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Master Servicer or related Servicer to, alter the codes referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

(d)        Each Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge hereunder that all of the Mortgage Loans will ultimately be assigned to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, on the date hereof.

	
            Section 5.
 	
            Examination of Mortgage Files.
 

(a)        On or before the Mortgage File Delivery Date, each Mortgage Loan Seller will have made the related Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or its agent for examination which may be at the offices of the Trustee or such Mortgage Loan Seller and/or such Mortgage Loan Seller’s custodian. The fact that the Purchaser or its agent has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the related Mortgage Files shall not affect the Purchaser’s rights to demand cure, repurchase, substitution or other relief as provided in this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Mortgage Loan Seller shall make the related Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or its agent from time to time so as to permit the Purchaser to confirm such Mortgage Loan Seller’s compliance with the delivery and recordation
requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, upon request of the Purchaser, each Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to provide to the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and to any investors or prospective investors in the Certificates information regarding the Mortgage Loans and their servicing, to make the related Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and to such investors or prospective investors (which may be at the offices of the related Mortgage Loan Seller and/or such Mortgage Loan Seller’s custodian) and to make available personnel knowledgeable about the related Mortgage Loans for discussions with the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and such investors or prospective investors, upon reasonable request during regular business hours, sufficient to permit the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and such investors or potential investors to conduct such due diligence as any such party reasonably believes is appropriate.

(b)        Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on the Closing Date the Trustee (or the Custodian as obligated under the applicable Custodial Agreement) for the benefit of the Certificateholders will review items of the Mortgage Files as set forth on Exhibit 1 and will deliver to EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) an initial certification in the form attached as Exhibit One to the applicable Custodial Agreement.

(c)        Within 90 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf shall, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) and the Trustee an Interim Certification in the form attached as Exhibit Two to the applicable Custodial Agreement to the effect that all such documents have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached to such Interim Certification. The related Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the 

 

same are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.

(d)        The Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf will review the Mortgage Files within 180 days of the Closing Date and will deliver to EMC and the Master Servicer, and if reviewed by the related Custodian, the Trustee, a final certification substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 to the applicable Custodial Agreement. If the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf is unable to deliver a final certification with respect to the items listed in Exhibit 1 due to any document that is missing, has not been executed, is unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule (a “Material Defect”), the Trustee or the
related Custodian on its behalf shall notify EMC of such Material Defect. EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall correct or cure any such Material Defect within 90 days from the date of notice from the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer of the Material Defect and if EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) does not correct or cure such Material Defect within such period and such defect materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the related Mortgage Loan, EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) will, in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, within 90 days of the date of notice, provide the Trustee with a Replacement Mortgage Loan (if within two years of the Closing Date) or purchase the related Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price; provided, however, that if such defect relates solely to the inability of EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to deliver the original security instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy because the originals of such documents, or a certified copy, have not been returned by the applicable jurisdiction, EMC shall not be required to purchase such Mortgage Loan if EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) delivers such original documents or certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event that EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) cannot deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for recording to the appropriate recording office in the
applicable jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such office; provided that EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt is not available, a certificate of EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) or a Servicing Officer confirming that such documents have been accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee shall be effected by EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) within thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded document.

(e)        At the time of any substitution, EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Replacement Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File and any other documents and payments required to be delivered in connection with a substitution pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. At the time of any purchase or substitution, the Trustee shall (i) assign the selected Mortgage Loan to EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) and shall release or cause the related Custodian to release the documents (including, but not limited to, the Mortgage, Mortgage Note and other contents of the Mortgage File) in the 

 

possession of the Trustee or the related Custodian, as applicable relating to the Deleted Mortgage Loan and (ii) execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) title to such Deleted Mortgage Loan.

	
            Section 6.
 	
            Recordation of Assignments of Mortgage.
 

(a)        EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) will, promptly after the Closing Date, cause each Mortgage and each assignment of Mortgage from the Mortgage Loan Sellers to the Trustee, and all unrecorded intervening assignments, if any, delivered on or prior to the Closing Date, to be recorded in all recording offices in the jurisdictions where the related Mortgaged Properties are located; provided, however, EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller or on behalf of Master Funding) need not cause to be recorded any assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan that is a MOM Loan or for which the related Mortgaged Property is located in any jurisdiction under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel delivered by EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loan;  provided, however, notwithstanding the delivery of any Opinion of Counsel, each assignment of Mortgage shall be submitted for recording by EMC (on its own behalf as Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) in the manner described above, at no expense to the Trust Fund or Trustee, upon the earliest to occur of (i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the Trust, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to EMC under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (iv) the occurrence
of a servicing transfer or an assignment of the servicing as described in Section 7.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iv) with respect to any one assignment of Mortgage, the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage.

While each such Mortgage or assignment is being recorded, if necessary, EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall leave or cause to be left with the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf a certified copy of such Mortgage or assignment. In the event that, within 180 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee has not been provided with an Opinion of Counsel as described above or received evidence of recording with respect to each Mortgage Loan delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to the terms hereof or as set forth above and the related Mortgage Loan is not a MOM Loan, the failure to provide evidence of recording or such Opinion of Counsel shall be considered a Material Defect, and the provisions of Section 5(c) and (d) shall apply. All customary recording fees and reasonable expenses relating to the recordation of the assignments of mortgage
to the Trustee or the Opinion of Counsel, as the case may be, shall be borne by EMC.

(b)        It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by each Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser, as contemplated by this Agreement be, and be treated as, a sale. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by such Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of that Mortgage Loan Seller. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held by a court to 

 

continue to be property of such Mortgage Loan Seller, then (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; (b) the transfer of the Mortgage Loans provided for herein shall be deemed to be a grant by such Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in all of such Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and all amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, to the extent the Purchaser would otherwise be entitled to own such Mortgage Loans and proceeds pursuant to Section 4 hereof, including all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to time held or invested in any
accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other property; (c) the possession by the Purchaser or the Trustee (or the related Custodian on its behalf) of Mortgage Notes and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section 9-305 (or comparable provision) of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; and (d) notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. Any assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to
any provision hereof or pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereby. EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 7.    Representations and Warranties of EMC Concerning the Mortgage Loans.  EMC hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the Closing Date or such other date as may be specified below with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

(a)        The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule on the Closing Date is complete, true and correct.

(b)        All payments required to be made prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been made and no Mortgage Loan is delinquent thirty one or more days; and the related Mortgage Loan Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds from a party other than the owner of the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under any Mortgage Loan.

(c)        If any of the Mortgage Loans are secured by a leasehold interest, with respect to each leasehold interest: the use of leasehold estates for residential properties is an accepted practice in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located; residential property in such area consisting of leasehold estates is readily marketable; the lease is recorded and no party is in any way in breach of any provision of such lease; the leasehold is in full force 

 

and effect and is not subject to any prior lien or encumbrance by which the leasehold could be terminated or subject to any charge or penalty; and the remaining term of the lease does not terminate less than ten years after the maturity date of such Mortgage Loan.

(d)        Except with respect to taxes, insurance and other amounts previously advanced by a prior servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan, there are no delinquent taxes, water charges, sewer rents, assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold payments, including assessments payable in future installments, or other outstanding charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property.

(e)        The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by written instruments which in the case of the Mortgage Loans are in the Mortgage File and have been or will be recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of the Trustee, and which have been or will be delivered to the Trustee, all in accordance with this Agreement. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by the related policy. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement in the case of the Mortgage Loans is part of the Mortgage File.

(f)         The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury and no such right of rescission, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto.

(g)        All buildings upon, or comprising part of, the Mortgaged Property are insured by an insurer acceptable to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, and such insurer is licensed to do business in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located. All such insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the originator, its successors and assigns as mortgagee and the related Mortgage Loan Seller has received no notice that all premiums thereon have not been paid. If upon origination of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was, or was subsequently deemed to be, in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood
insurance has been made available), which require under applicable law that a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration (or any successor thereto) be obtained, such flood insurance policy is in effect which policy is with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis, or (C) the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance at Mortgagor’s cost and expense and, on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to maintain such insurance at Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to obtain reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor.

 

 

(h)        Each loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including but not limited to, all applicable anti-predatory lending laws.

(i)         The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated, or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission.

(j)         The Mortgage is a valid, existing and enforceable junior lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property, if any, subject only to (1) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and which do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property and (3) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan
Seller has full right to sell and assign the Mortgage to the Purchaser.

(k)        The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or general principles of equity.

(l)         All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had the legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan transaction and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties.

(m)       The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.

(n)        Immediately prior to the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser hereunder, such Mortgage Loan Seller was the sole owner and holder of the Mortgage Loan; the related Originator or such Mortgage Loan Seller was the custodian of the related escrow account, if applicable; the Mortgage Loan had neither been assigned nor pledged, and such Mortgage Loan Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and had full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan and the related servicing rights to the Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest subject to the applicable servicing agreement and had full right and authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign the Mortgage Loan and the
related servicing rights, subject to the applicable servicing agreement, to the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

 

(o)        All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) organized under the laws of such state, qualified to do business in such state, a federal savings and loan association or national bank having principal offices in such state or not deemed to be doing business in such state under applicable law.

(p)        The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender’s title insurance policy or equivalent form acceptable to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto, and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring (subject to the exceptions contained in clause (i) above) the related Mortgage Loan Seller (as assignee), its successors and assigns as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. Additionally, such lender’s title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller (as assignee) is the sole insured of such lender’s title insurance policy,
and such lender’s title insurance policy is in full force and effect. No claims have been made under such lender’s title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the related Mortgage Loan Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy.

(q)        Except as provided in clause (b), immediately prior to the Cut-off Date, there was no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and there was no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration.

(r)         There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to or equal with, the lien of the related Mortgage.

(s)         At the time of origination, each Mortgaged Property was the subject of an appraisal which conformed to the underwriting requirements of the originator of the Mortgage Loan and, the appraisal is in a form acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

(t)         The origination, servicing and collection practices with respect to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage including, the establishment, maintenance and servicing of the escrow accounts and escrow payments, if any, since origination, have been conducted in all respects in accordance with the terms of Mortgage Note and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and, unless otherwise required by law or Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac standards, in accordance with the proper, prudent and customary practices in the mortgage origination and servicing business. With respect to the escrow accounts and escrow payments, if any, and a Mortgage Loan all such payments are in the possession or under the control of the related Mortgage Loan Seller (including pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement) and there exists no deficiencies in connection therewith
for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof 

 

have not been made.  Any interest required to be paid pursuant to state and local law has been properly paid and credited.

(u)        The Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and waste and there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation thereof.

(v)        The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including, (1) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (2) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no other exemption available to the Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage.  The Mortgagor has not notified the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

(w)       The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral except the lien of the applicable Mortgage.

(x)        In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Certificateholders to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor.

(y)        The Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by applicable law with respect to the making of the Mortgage Loan.

(z)         No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property.

(aa)       To the best of EMC’s knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law and all inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities.

(bb)      The assignment of Mortgage with respect to a Mortgage Loan is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located.

(cc)       The Mortgaged Property consists of a single parcel of real property with or without a detached single family residence erected thereon, or an individual condominium unit, a 2-4 family dwelling, or an individual unit in a planned unit development as defined by Fannie Mae, or a townhouse, each structure of which is permanently affixed to the Mortgaged Property, and is legally classified as real estate.

 

 

(dd)      Each Mortgage Loan at the time of origination was underwritten in general in accordance with guidelines not inconsistent with the guidelines set forth in the Prospectus Supplement and generally accepted credit underwriting guidelines.

(ee)       No error, omission, misrepresentation, fraud or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of either Mortgage Loan Seller or the related Originator.

(ff)        None of the Mortgage Loans are (a) loans subject to 12 CFR Part 226.31, 12 CFR Part 226.32 or 12 CFR Part 226.34 of Regulation Z, the regulation implementing TILA, which implements the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 (“HOEPA”) or (b) classified and/or defined as a “high cost home loan” (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees) under any federal, state, or local law, including, but not limited to, the States of Georgia or North Carolina.

(gg)       None of the Mortgage Loans originated on or after October 1, 2002 and before March 7, 2003 was secured by property located in the State of Georgia.

(hh)       None of the Mortgage Loans contains provisions pursuant to which monthly payments are (a) paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate account established by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the mortgagor, (b) paid by any source other than the mortgagor or (c) contains any other similar provisions which may constitute a “buydown” provision.  None of the Mortgage Loans is a graduated payment mortgage loan and no Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature;

(ii)         Each Mortgage Loan that contains a provision for the assumption substitution of liability, pursuant to which the original mortgagor is released from liability and another person is substituted as the mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note, shall be effective only if such person satisfies the then current underwriting practices and procedures of prudent mortgage lenders in a state in which the mortgaged property is located.

(jj)        The Mortgaged Property and all improvements thereon comply with all requirements of any applicable zoning and subdivision laws and ordinances.

(kk)      Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first or second lien on the property securing the related Mortgage Note and each Mortgaged Property is owned by the Mortgagor in fee simple (except with respect to common areas in the case of condominiums, PUDs and de minimis PUDs) or by leasehold for a term longer than the term of the related Mortgage, subject only to (i) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments, (ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage, such exceptions being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally or specifically reflected in the appraisal obtained in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan or referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the
related Mortgage Loan and (iii) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage; Appraisal Form 1004 or Form 2055 

 

with an interior inspection for first lien Mortgage Loans has been obtained.  Form 704, 2065 or 2055 with an exterior only inspection for junior lien Mortgage Loans has been obtained.

(ll)         None of the Mortgage Loans that are secured by property located in the State of Illinois are in violation of the provisions of the Illinois Interest Act. 

(mm)     Each Prepayment Charge is enforceable and was originated in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. 

(nn)       With respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains a provision permitting imposition of a premium upon a prepayment prior to maturity, the prepayment premium is disclosed to the borrower in the loan documents pursuant to applicable state and federal law.

(oo)      No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable (as such terms are defined in the then current Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary which is now Version 5.6b Revised, Appendix E attached hereto as Exhibit 6.

It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 7 will inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, its successors and assigns, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or assignment of Mortgage or the examination of any Mortgage File. Upon any substitution for a Mortgage Loan, the representations and warranties set forth above shall be deemed to be made by the Mortgage Loan Seller as to any Replacement Mortgage Loan as of the date of substitution.

Upon discovery or receipt of notice by EMC, the Purchaser or the Trustee of a breach of any representation or warranty of EMC set forth in this Section 7 which materially and adversely affects the value of the interests of the Purchaser, the Certificateholders or the Trustee in any of the Mortgage Loans delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the party discovering or receiving notice of such breach shall give prompt written notice to the others. In the case of any such breach of a representation or warranty set forth in this Section 7, within 90 days from the date of discovery by EMC, or the date EMC is notified by the party discovering or receiving notice of such breach (whichever occurs earlier), EMC will (i) cure such breach in all material respects, (ii) purchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price or (iii) if within two years of the Closing Date,
substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan in exchange for such Mortgage Loan; provided that, (A) in the case of a breach of the representation and warranty concerning the Mortgage Loan Schedule contained in clause (a) of this Section 7, if such breach is material and relates to any field on the Mortgage Loan Schedule which identifies any Prepayment Charge or (B) in the case of a breach of the representation contained in clause (mm) of this Section 7, then, in each case, in lieu of purchasing such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price, EMC shall pay the amount of the Prepayment Charge (net of any amount previously collected by or paid to the Trust Fund in respect of such Prepayment Charge) from its own funds and without reimbursement therefor, and EMC shall have no obligation to repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan. The obligations of EMC to cure, purchase or substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan shall constitute the Purchaser’s,
the Trustee’s and the Certificateholder’s sole and exclusive remedy under this Agreement or otherwise respecting a breach of representations or warranties hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans, except for the obligation of EMC to indemnify the Purchaser for such breach as set forth in and limited by Section 14 hereof.

 

 

Any cause of action against EMC or relating to or arising out of a breach by EMC of any representations and warranties made in this Section 7 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by EMC or notice thereof by the party discovering such breach and (ii) failure by EMC to cure such breach, purchase such Mortgage Loan or substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.

SECTION 8.   Representations and Warranties Concerning EMC.  As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, EMC represents and warrants to the Purchaser and Master Funding as to itself in the capacity indicated as follows:

(a)        EMC (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) is qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on EMC’s business as presently conducted or on EMC’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(b)        EMC has full power to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(c)        the execution and delivery by EMC of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of EMC; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on EMC or its properties or the charter or by-laws of EMC, except those conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on EMC’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(d)        the execution, delivery and performance by EMC of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents, approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given or made and, in connection with the recordation of the Mortgages, powers of attorney or assignments of Mortgages not yet completed;

(e)        this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by EMC and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser or the parties thereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of EMC enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally);

(f)         there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of EMC, threatened against EMC, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of EMC could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to EMC and if determined adversely to EMC materially and 

 

adversely affect EMC’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and EMC is not in default with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

(g)        the Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Information (as defined in Section 14(a) hereof) does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

SECTION 9.   Representations and Warranties Concerning the Purchaser.  As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Purchaser represents and warrants to the Mortgage Loan Sellers as follows:

(a)        the Purchaser (i) is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) is qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Purchaser’s business as presently conducted or on the Purchaser’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(b)        the Purchaser has full power to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(c)        the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Purchaser; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Purchaser or its properties or the certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement of the Purchaser, except those conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Purchaser’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

(d)        the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents, approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given or made;

(e)        this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Mortgage Loan Sellers, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally);

 

 

(f)         there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Purchaser could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Purchaser and if determined adversely to the Purchaser materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Purchaser is not in default with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

(g)        the Purchaser’s Information (as defined in Section 14(b) hereof) does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

SECTION 10. Representations and Warranties Concerning Master Funding.  As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, Master Funding represents and warrants to EMC and the Purchaser as follows:

(a)        Master Funding (i) is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) is qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Master Funding’s business as presently conducted or on Master Funding’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(b)        Master Funding has full power to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(c)        the execution and delivery by Master Funding of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Master Funding; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on Master Funding or its properties or the written consent of the sole member or limited liability company agreement of Master Funding, except those conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Master Funding’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(d)        the execution, delivery and performance by Master Funding of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents, approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given or made and, in connection with the recordation of the Mortgages, powers of attorney or assignments of Mortgages not yet completed;

 

 

(e)        this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Master Funding and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser or the parties thereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Master Funding enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally); and

(f)         there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Master Funding, threatened against Master Funding, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of Master Funding could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to Master Funding and if determined adversely to Master Funding materially and adversely affect Master Funding’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and Master Funding is not in default with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

	
            Section 11.
 	
            Conditions to Closing.
 

(a)        The obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement will be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

(1)        Each of the obligations of each Mortgage Loan Seller required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied with in all material respects; all of the representations and warranties of each Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date or dates specified in all material respects; and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, would constitute a default under this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and the Purchaser shall have received certificates to that effect signed by authorized officers of each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers.

(2)        The Purchaser shall have received all of the following closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other than the Purchaser as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof:

(i)         If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Amendment dated as of the Closing Date and any documents referred to therein;

(ii)         If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule containing the information set forth on Exhibit 2 hereto, one copy to be attached to each counterpart of the Amendment;

(iii)        The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Purchaser, and all documents required thereby duly executed by all signatories;

(iv)        A certificate of an officer of EMC dated as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, and attached thereto the resolutions of EMC authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, 

 

together with copies of the articles of incorporation, by-laws and certificate of good standing of EMC;

(v)        A certificate of an officer of Master Funding dated as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, and attached thereto the resolutions of Master Funding authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, together with copies of the written consent of the sole member, limited liability company agreement and certificate of good standing of Master Funding;

(vi)        One or more opinions of counsel from the Mortgage Loan Sellers’ counsel otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, the Trustee and each Rating Agency;

(vii)       A letter from each of the Rating Agencies giving each Class of Certificates set forth on Schedule A hereto the rating set forth therein; and

(viii)      Such other documents, certificates (including additional representations and warranties) and opinions as may be reasonably necessary to secure the intended ratings from each Rating Agency for the Certificates.

(3)        The Certificates to be sold to Bear Stearns pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Purchase Agreement shall have been issued and sold to Bear Stearns.

(4)        Each Mortgage Loan Seller shall have furnished to the Purchaser such other certificates of its officers or others and such other documents and opinions of counsel to evidence fulfillment of the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as the Purchaser and their respective counsel may reasonably request.

(b)        The obligations of each Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

(1)        The obligations of the Purchaser required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied with in all material respects, and all of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser under this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and no event shall have occurred which would constitute a breach by it of the terms of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and each Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received a certificate to that effect signed by an authorized officer of the Purchaser.

(2)        Each Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received copies of all of the following closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to each Mortgage Loan Seller, duly executed by all signatories other than the related Mortgage Loan Seller as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof:

(i)         If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Amendment dated as of the Closing Date and any documents referred to therein;

 

 

(ii)         The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to EMC and the Trustee, and all documents required thereby duly executed by all signatories;

(iii)        A certificate of an officer of the Purchaser dated as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, and attached thereto the written consent of the member of the Purchaser authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with copies of the Purchaser’s certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement and evidence as to the good standing of the Purchaser dated as of a recent date;

(iv)        One or more opinions of counsel from the Purchaser’s counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each Mortgage Loan Seller, the Trustee and the Rating Agencies; and

(v)        Such other documents, certificates (including additional representations and warranties) and opinions as may be reasonably necessary to secure the intended rating from each Rating Agency for the Certificates.

SECTION 12. Fees and Expenses.  Subject to Section 17 hereof, EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall pay on the Closing Date or such later date as may be agreed to by the Purchaser (i) the fees and expenses of the Mortgage Loan Sellers’ attorneys and the reasonable fees and expenses of the Purchaser’s attorneys, (ii) the fees and expenses of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (iii) the fee for the use of Purchaser’s Registration Statement based on the aggregate original principal amount of the Certificates and the filing fee of the Commission as in effect on the date on which the Registration Statement was declared effective, (iv) the fees and expenses including counsel’s fees and expenses in connection with any “blue sky” and legal
investment matters, (v) the fees and expenses of the Trustee which shall include without limitation the fees and expenses of the Trustee (and the fees and disbursements of its counsel) with respect to (A) legal and document review of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificates and related agreements, (B) attendance at the Closing and (C) review of the Mortgage Loans to be performed by the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf, (vi) the expenses for printing or otherwise reproducing the Certificates, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement, (vii) the fees and expenses of each Rating Agency (both initial and ongoing), (viii) the fees and expenses relating to the preparation and recordation of mortgage assignments (including intervening assignments, if any and if available, to evidence a complete chain of title from the originator to the Trustee) from the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Trustee or the expenses relating to the Opinion of Counsel
referred to in Section 6(a) hereof, as the case may be and (ix) Mortgage File due diligence expenses and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and by Bear Stearns in connection with the sale of the Certificates. EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) additionally agrees to pay directly to any third party on a timely basis the fees provided for above which are charged by such third party and which are billed periodically.

	
            Section 13.
 	
            Accountants’ Letters.
 

 

 

 

(a)        Deloitte & Touche LLP will review the characteristics of a sample of the Mortgage Loans described in the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule and will compare those characteristics to the description of the Mortgage Loans contained in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Summary—The Mortgage Loans” and “The Mortgage Pool” and in Schedule A thereto. EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) will cooperate with the Purchaser in making available all information and taking all steps reasonably necessary to permit such accountants to complete the review and to deliver the letters required of them under the Underwriting Agreement. Deloitte & Touche LLP will also confirm certain calculations as set forth under the caption “Yield, Prepayment and Maturity
Considerations” in the Prospectus Supplement.

(b)        To the extent statistical information with respect to EMC’s servicing portfolio is included in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Servicing of the Mortgage Loans—The Master Servicer—Delinquency and Foreclosure Experience of EMC,” a letter from the certified public accountant for EMC will be delivered to the Purchaser dated the date of the Prospectus Supplement, in the form previously agreed to by EMC and the Purchaser, with respect to such statistical information.

	
            Section 14.
 	
            Indemnification.
 

(a)        EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and its directors, officers and controlling persons (as defined in Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability or action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Information as identified in Exhibit 3, the omission to state in the Prospectus Supplement or Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto approved by EMC (on its
own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) and in which additional Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Information is identified), in reliance upon and in conformity with Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Information a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii) any representation or warranty assigned or made by EMC in Section 7 or Section 8 or by Master Funding in Section 10 hereof being, or alleged to be, untrue or incorrect, or (iii) any failure by EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall reimburse the Purchaser and each other indemnified party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend
against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.

The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which EMC or Master Funding otherwise may have to the Purchaser or any other such indemnified party.

(b)        The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless each Mortgage Loan Seller and its respective directors, officers and controlling persons (as defined in Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability or action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, 

 

insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Purchaser’s Information as identified in Exhibit 4, the omission to state in the Prospectus Supplement or Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto approved by the Purchaser and in which additional Purchaser’s Information is identified), in reliance upon and in conformity with the Purchaser’s Information, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii) any representation or warranty made by the Purchaser in Section 9 hereof being, or alleged to be, untrue or incorrect, or (iii) any failure by the Purchaser to perform
its obligations under this Agreement; and the Purchaser shall reimburse each Mortgage Loan Seller and each other indemnified party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Purchaser otherwise may have to the Mortgage Loan Sellers or any other such indemnified party.

(c)        Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 14 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure or from any liability which it may have otherwise). In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent it may
elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly (but, in any event, within 30 days) after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there is a conflict of interest between itself or themselves and the
indemnifying party in the conduct of the defense of any claim or that the interests of the indemnified party or parties are not substantially co-extensive with those of the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties (provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall be liable only for the fees and expenses of one counsel in addition to one local counsel in the jurisdiction involved. Anything in this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement or any claim or action effected without its written consent; provided, however, that
such consent was not unreasonably withheld.

(d)        If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 14 shall for any reason be unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to in Section 14, then the 

 

indemnifying party shall in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Mortgage Loan Sellers on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other from the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans, the offering of the Certificates and the other transactions contemplated hereunder. No person found liable for a fraudulent misrepresentation shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not also found liable for such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e)        The parties hereto agree that reliance by an indemnified party on any publicly available information or any information or directions furnished by an indemnifying party shall not constitute negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct by such indemnified party.

SECTION 15. Notices.  All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing but may be delivered by facsimile transmission subsequently confirmed in writing. Notices to EMC shall be directed to EMC Mortgage Corporation, 909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200 Irving, Texas 75038, (Telecopy: (972-444-2880)); notices to Master Funding shall be directed to Master Funding LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179; and notices to the Purchaser shall be directed to Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, (Telecopy: (212-272-7206)), Attention: Chief Counsel; or to any other address as may hereafter be furnished by one party to the other party by like notice.  Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been received on the date received
at the premises of the addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the date noted on the return receipt) provided that it is received on a business day during normal business hours and, if received after normal business hours, then it shall be deemed to be received on the next business day.

SECTION 16.  Transfer of Mortgage Loans.  The Purchaser retains the right to assign the Mortgage Loans and any or all of its interest under this Agreement to the Trustee without the consent of the Mortgage Loan Sellers, and, upon such assignment, the Trustee shall succeed to the applicable rights and obligations of the Purchaser hereunder; provided, however, the Purchaser shall remain entitled to the benefits set forth in Sections 12, 14 and 18 hereto and as provided in Section 2(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole and exclusive right and remedy of the Trustee with respect to a breach of representation or warranty of the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall be the cure, purchase or substitution obligations of EMC contained in Sections 5 and 7 hereof.

SECTION 17.  Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated (a) by the mutual consent of the parties hereto prior to the Closing Date, (b) by the Purchaser, if the conditions to the Purchaser’s obligation to close set forth under Section 11(a) hereof are not fulfilled as and when required to be fulfilled or (c) by any Mortgage Loan Seller, if the conditions to the Mortgage Loan Sellers’ obligation to close set forth under Section 11(b) hereof are not fulfilled as and when required to be fulfilled. In the event of termination pursuant to clause (b), EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall pay, and in the event of termination pursuant to clause (c), the Purchaser shall pay, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In the event of a termination pursuant to clause (a), each party shall be responsible for its own expenses.

 

 

SECTION 18.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.  All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Sellers submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser (and by the Purchaser to the Trustee). Subsequent to the delivery of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, each of EMC’s representations and warranties contained herein with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be deemed to relate to the Mortgage Loans actually delivered to the Purchaser and included in the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule and any Replacement Mortgage Loan and not to those Mortgage Loans deleted from the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule pursuant to
Section 3 hereof prior to the Closing.

SECTION 19. Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited or invalid under applicable law, this Agreement shall be ineffective only to such extent, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.

SECTION 20. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

SECTION 21.  Amendment.  This Agreement cannot be amended or modified in any manner without the prior written consent of each party.

SECTION 22.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

SECTION 23.  Further Assurances.  Each of the parties agrees to execute and deliver such instruments and take such actions as another party may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purpose and to carry out the terms of this Agreement including any amendments hereto which may be required by either Rating Agency.

	
            Section 24.
 	
            Successors and Assigns.
 

(a)        This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers and the Purchaser and their permitted successors and assigns and, to the extent specified in Section 14 hereof, Bear Stearns, and their directors, officers and controlling persons (within the meaning of federal securities laws). The Mortgage Loan Sellers acknowledge and agree that the Purchaser may assign its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to EMC’s representations and warranties respecting the Mortgage Loans) to the Trustee. Any person into which any Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated (or any person resulting from any merger or consolidation involving such Mortgage Loan Seller), any person resulting from a change in form of such Mortgage Loan Seller or any person
succeeding to the business of such Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be considered the “successor” of such Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder and shall be considered a party hereto without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act or consent on the part of any party hereto. Except as provided in the two preceding sentences, this Agreement cannot be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by either party hereto without the 

 

written consent of the other parties to this Agreement and any such assignment or purported assignment shall be deemed null and void.

SECTION 25.  The Mortgage Loan Sellers.  The Mortgage Loan Sellers will keep in full force and effect its existence, all rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the State of its incorporation and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

SECTION 26.  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 27.  No Partnership.  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

	
            EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            MASTER FUNDING LLC
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 1

CONTENTS OF MORTGAGE FILE

With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the Purchaser or its designee, and which shall be delivered to the Purchaser or its designee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(i)         The original Mortgage Note, including any riders thereto, endorsed without recourse to the order of “Citibank, N.A.”, as Trustee for certificateholders of SACO I Trust, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7,” and showing to the extent available to the related  Mortgage Loan Seller an unbroken chain of endorsements from the original payee thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee;

(ii)         the original Mortgage and, if the related Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, noting the presence of the MIN and language indicating that such Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, which shall have been recorded (or if the original is not available, a copy), with evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form);

(iii)        unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, the assignment (either an original or a copy, which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located) to the Trustee of the Mortgage with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the name of “Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for certificateholders of SACO I Trust, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7,” which shall have been recorded (or if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form);

(iv)        an original or a copy of all intervening assignments of the Mortgage, if any, to the extent available to the related  Mortgage Loan Seller, with evidence of recording thereon;

(v)        the original policy of title insurance or mortgagee’s certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title insurance, if available, or a copy thereof, or, in the event that such original title insurance policy is unavailable, a photocopy thereof, or in lieu thereof, a current lien search on the related Mortgaged Property and

(vi)        originals or copies of all available assumption, modification or substitution agreements, if any; provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, the related Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below:  (x) if any Mortgage, assignment thereof to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof have been delivered or are being delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned in time to permit their delivery as specified above, the Purchaser may deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or the title company issuing the commitment for title insurance, on the face of such copy, substantially as follows: “Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted for
recording” and (y) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in the list set forth in Exhibit J to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser may deliver a lost note 

 

affidavit and indemnity and a copy of the original note, if available; and provided, further, however, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Cut-Off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Purchaser, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee and its Custodian a certification of a Servicing Officer to such effect and in such case shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans, in the Protected Account or in the Distribution Account on the Closing Date. In the case of the documents referred to in clause (x) above, the Purchaser shall deliver such documents to the Trustee or its Custodian promptly after they are received. EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall cause, at its expense, the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and to the extent required
in accordance with the foregoing, the assignment of the Mortgage to the Trustee to be submitted for recording promptly after the Closing Date; provided that EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) need not cause to be recorded any assignment (a) in any jurisdiction under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee delivered by EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) to the Trustee, and the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loan or (b) if MERS is identified on the Mortgage or on a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as mortgagee of record solely as nominee for EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) and its successors and assigns.  In the event that EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of
Master Funding), the Purchaser or the Master Servicer gives written notice to the Trustee that a court has recharacterized the sale of the Mortgage Loans as a financing, EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) shall submit or cause to be submitted for recording as specified above or, should EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) fail to perform such obligations, the Master Servicer shall cause each such previously unrecorded assignment to be submitted for recording as specified above at the expense of the Trust.  In the event a Mortgage File is released to EMC (on its own behalf as a Mortgage Loan Seller and on behalf of Master Funding) or the Master Servicer as a result of such Person having completed a Request for Release, the Custodian shall, if not so completed, complete the assignment of the related Mortgage in the manner specified in clause (iii) above.

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 2

 

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE INFORMATION

The Preliminary and Final Mortgage Loan Schedules shall set forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

	
            (i)
 	
            the loan sequence number;
 	
             

	
            (ii)
 	
            the Mortgage Loan identifying number;
 	
             

	
            (iii)
 	
            the EMC Loan identifying number;
 	
             

	
            (iv)
 	
            the current gross coupon;
 	
             

	
            (v)
 	
            the Servicing Fee Rate;
 	
             

	
            (vi)
 	
            the master servicing fee rate, if applicable;
 	
             

	
            (vii)
 	
            the LPMI Fee, if applicable;
 	
             

	
            (viii)
 	
            the Trustee Fee Rate;
 	
             

	
            (ix)
 	
            the current net coupon;
 	
             

	
            (x)
 	
            the maturity date;
 	
             

	
            (xi)
 	
            the original principal balance;
 	
             

	
            (xii)
 	
            the current principal balance;
 	
             

	
            (xiii)
 	
            the stated original term to maturity;
 	
             

	
            (xiv)
 	
            the stated remaining term to maturity;
 	
             

	
            (xv)
 	
            the property type;
 	
             

	
            (xvi)
 	
            the MIN with respect to each MOM Loan;
 
																	

	
            (xvii)
 	
            with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Minimum Mortgage Rate;
 
	
            (xviii)
 	
            with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Maximum Mortgage Rate;
 
	
            (xix)
 	
            with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Gross Margin;
 
	
            (xx)
 	
            with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the next Adjustment Date;
 

 

 

 

	
            (xxi)
 	
            a code indicating whether such Mortgage Loan is a first lien Mortgage Loan or a second lien Mortgage Loan; and
 
	
            (xxii)
 	
            a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is an EMC Mortgage Loan or a Master Funding Mortgage Loan.
 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 3

MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS’ INFORMATION

All information in the Prospectus Supplement described under the following captions: “SUMMARY — The Mortgage Loans,” “THE MORTGAGE POOL” and “SCHEDULE A — Mortgage Loan Statistical Data.”

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 4

PURCHASER’S INFORMATION

All information in the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, except the Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Information.

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 5

SCHEDULE OF LOST NOTES

Available Upon Request

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 6

REVISED AUGUST 1, 2005

APPENDIX E – STANDARD & POOR’S PREDATORY LENDING CATEGORIES 

Standard & Poor’s has categorized loans governed by anti-predatory lending laws in the Jurisdictions listed below into three categories based upon a combination of factors that include (a) the risk exposure associated with the assignee liability and (b) the tests and thresholds set forth in those laws. Note that certain loans classified by the relevant statute as Covered are included in Standard & Poor’s High Cost Loan Category because they included thresholds and tests that are typical of what is generally considered High Cost by the industry. 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
            Arkansas 
 	
            Arkansas Home Loan Protection Act, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 23-53-101 et seq. 

Effective July 16, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            Cleveland Heights, OH 
 	
            Ordinance No. 72-2003 (PSH), Mun. Code §§ 757.01 et seq. 

Effective June 2, 2003 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            Colorado 
 	
            Consumer Equity Protection, Colo. Stat. Ann. §§ 5-3.5-101 et seq. 

Effective for covered loans offered or entered into on or after January 1, 2003. Other provisions of the Act took effect on June 7, 2002 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            Connecticut 
 	
            Connecticut Abusive Home Loan Lending Practices Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 36a-746 et seq. 

Effective October 1, 2001 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            District of Columbia 
 	
            Home Loan Protection Act, D.C. Code §§ 26-1151.01 et seq. 

Effective for loans closed on or after January 28, 2003 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            Florida 
 	
            Fair Lending Act, Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 494.0078 et seq. 

Effective October 2, 2002 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003) 
 	
            Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-6A-1 et seq. 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
             
 	
            Effective October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003 
 	
             
 
	
            Georgia as amended (Mar. 7, 2003 – current) 
 	
            Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-6A-1 et seq. 

Effective for loans closed on or after March 7, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            HOEPA Section 32 
 	
            Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, 15 U.S.C. § 1639, 12 C.F.R. §§ 226.32 and 226.34 

Effective October 1, 1995, amendments October 1, 2002 
 	
            High Cost Loan 
 
	
            Illinois 
 	
            High Risk Home Loan Act, Ill. Comp. Stat. tit. 815, §§ 137/5 et seq. 

Effective January 1, 2004 (prior to this date, regulations under Residential Mortgage License Act effective from May 14, 2001) 
 	
            High Risk Home Loan 
 
	
            Kansas 
 	
            Consumer Credit Code, Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 16a-1-101 et seq. 

Sections 16a-1-301 and 16a-3-207 became effective April 14, 1999; Section 16a-3-308a became effective July 1, 1999 
 	
            High Loan to Value Consumer Loan (id. § 16a-3-207) and; 
 
	
            High APR Consumer Loan (id. § 16a-3-308a) 
 
	
            Kentucky 
 	
            2003 KY H.B. 287 – High Cost Home Loan Act, Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 360.100 et seq. 

Effective June 24, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            Maine 
 	
            Truth in Lending, Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 9-A, §§ 8-101 et seq. 

Effective September 29, 1995 and as amended from time to time 
 	
            High Rate High Fee Mortgage 
 
	
            Massachusetts 
 	
            Part 40 and Part 32, 209 C.M.R. §§ 32.00 et seq. and 209 C.M.R. §§ 40.01 et seq. 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
             
 	
            Effective March 22, 2001 and amended from time to time 
 	
             
 
	
            Nevada 
 	
            Assembly Bill No. 284, Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 598D.010 et seq. 

Effective October 1, 2003 
 	
            Home Loan 
 
	
            New Jersey 
 	
            New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§ 46:10B-22 et seq. 

Effective for loans closed on or after November 27, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            New Mexico 
 	
            Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev. Stat. §§ 58-21A-1 et seq. 

Effective as of January 1, 2004; Revised as of February 26, 2004 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            New York 
 	
            N.Y. Banking Law Article 6-l 

Effective for applications made on or after April 1, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            North Carolina 
 	
            Restrictions and Limitations on High Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 24-1.1E et seq. 

Effective July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003 (adding open-end lines of credit) 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            Ohio 
 	
            H.B. 386 (codified in various sections of the Ohio Code), Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 1349.25 et seq. 

Effective May 24, 2002 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            Oklahoma 
 	
            Consumer Credit Code (codified in various sections of Title 14A) 

Effective July 1, 2000; amended effective January 1, 2004 
 	
            Subsection 10 Mortgage 
 
	
            South Carolina 
 	
            South Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act, S.C. Code 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
             
 	
            Ann. §§ 37-23-10 et seq. 

Effective for loans taken on or after January 1, 2004 
 	
             
 
	
            West Virginia 
 	
            West Virginia Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act, W. Va. Code Ann. §§ 31-17-1 et seq. 

Effective June 5, 2002 
 	
            West Virginia Mortgage Loan Act Loan 
 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S COVERED LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
            Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003) 
 	
            Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-6A-1 et seq. 

Effective October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            New Jersey 
 	
            New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§ 46:10B-22 et seq. 

Effective November 27, 2003 – July 5, 2004 
 	
            Covered Home Loan 
 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HOME LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
            Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003) 
 	
            Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-6A-1 et seq. 

Effective October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003 
 	
            Home Loan 
 
	
            New Jersey 
 	
            New Jersey Home Ownership Security 
 	
            Home Loan 
 

 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HOME LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
             
 	
            Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§ 46:10B-22 et seq. 

Effective for loans closed on or after November 27, 2003 
 	
             
 
	
            New Mexico 
 	
            Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev. Stat. §§ 58-21A-1 et seq. 

Effective as of January 1, 2004; Revised as of February 26, 2004 
 	
            Home Loan 
 
	
            North Carolina 
 	
            Restrictions and Limitations on High Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 24-1.1E et seq. 

Effective July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003 (adding open-end lines of credit) 
 	
            Consumer Home Loan 
 
	
            South Carolina 
 	
            South Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 37-23-10 et seq. 

Effective for loans taken on or after January 1, 2004 
 	
            Consumer Home Loan 
 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

REQUIRED RATINGS FOR EACH CLASS OF CERTIFICATES

Public Certificates

 

	
            
Class
 
 	
            
Moody’s
 
 	
            
Standard & Poor’s
 
 	
            
Fitch
 
 
	
            A
 	
            Aaa
 	
            AAA
 	
            AAA
 
	
            M-1
 	
            Aa2
 	
            AA
 	
            AA
 
	
            M-2
 	
            Aa3
 	
            AA-
 	
            AA-
 
	
            M-3
 	
            A1
 	
            A+
 	
            A+
 
	
            M-4
 	
            A2
 	
            A
 	
            A
 
	
            M-5
 	
            A3
 	
            A-
 	
            A-
 
	
            B-1
 	
            Baa1
 	
            BBB+
 	
            BBB+
 
	
            B-2
 	
            Baa2
 	
            BBB
 	
            BBB
 
	
            B-3
 	
            --
 	
            BBB-
 	
            BBB-
 

 

None of the above ratings has been lowered, qualified or withdrawn since the dates of issuance of such ratings by the Rating Agencies.

Private Certificates

 

	
            
Class
 
 	
            
Standard & Poor’s
 
 	
            
Fitch
 
 	
            
Moody’s
 
 
	
            B-4
 	
            BB
 	
            BB
 	
            Ba2
 
	
            C
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 
	
            P
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 
	
            R-1
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 
	
            R-2
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 
	
            R-3
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 	
            Not Rated
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT N

 

FORM OF SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of [___________], 2005, as amended and supplemented by any and all amendments hereto (collectively, “this Agreement”), by and among EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Mortgage Loan Seller” or “EMC”) and BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase, certain conventional, closed-end, fixed rate, junior-lien mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family residences (collectively, the “Subsequent Mortgage Loans”) as described herein.  The Purchaser intends to deposit the Subsequent Mortgage Loans into a trust fund (the “Trust Fund”) and create SACO I Trust 2005-7, which will issue the SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7 (the “Certificates”), under a pooling and servicing agreement, to be dated as of September 1, 2005 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) among the Purchaser, as depositor, EMC as a seller, LaSalle Bank National Association, as master servicer (the
“Master Servicer”) and securities administrator and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee” or “Citibank”).

The Purchaser has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (Number 333-125422) relating to its Asset-Backed Certificates and the offering of certain series thereof (including certain classes of the Certificates) from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”). Such registration statement, when it became effective under the Securities Act, and the prospectus relating to the public offering of certain classes of the Certificates by the Purchaser (the “Public Offering”), as each may be amended or supplemented from time to
time pursuant to the Securities Act or otherwise, are referred to herein as the “Registration Statement” and the “Prospectus,” respectively. The “Prospectus Supplement” shall mean that supplement, dated September 28, 2005, to the Prospectus, dated June 24, 2005, relating to certain classes of the Certificates. With respect to the Public Offering of certain classes of the Certificates, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (“Bear Stearns”) and the Purchaser have entered into a terms agreement, dated as of September 28, 2005, to an underwriting agreement, dated January 25, 2005 (together, the “Underwriting Agreement”) between Bear Stearns and the Purchaser.

Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1.    Definitions.  Certain terms are defined herein.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.  The following other terms are defined as follows:

Acquisition Price:  cash in an amount equal to $       _____*_____         (plus $       _____*_____ in accrued interest) and the retained certificates.  

 

 

Bear Stearns: Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

Custodial Agreement: Any of the LaSalle Custodial Agreement.

Deleted Subsequent Mortgage Loan:  A Subsequent Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a Replacement Mortgage Loan.

Due Date:  As to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the date in each month on which the related Scheduled Payment is due, as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.

Fitch:  Fitch Ratings, or its successors in interest.

Standard and Poor’s:  Standard and Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.

LaSalle: LaSalle Bank National Association, or its successors in interest.

LaSalle Custodial Agreement:  The custodial agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, among the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and LaSalle as Custodian relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in such custodial agreement.

MERS:  Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto.

MERS® System: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS.

Moody’s:  Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successors in interest.

Mortgage:  The mortgage or deed of trust or other instrument creating a first or junior lien on an interest in an estate in fee simple in real property securing a Mortgage Note.

Mortgage File:  The items referred to in Exhibit 1 pertaining to a particular Subsequent Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to such documents pursuant to this Agreement.

Mortgage Rate:  The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note as stated herein.

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

Net Mortgage Rate:  As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the sum of (i) the Servicing Fee Rate, (ii) the Trustee Fee Rate and (iii) the rate at which the LPMI Fee is calculated, if any.

Opinion of Counsel:  A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

 

Person:  Any legal person, including any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Purchase Price:  With respect to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan required to be purchased by EMC  pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the principal remaining unpaid on such Subsequent Mortgage Loan as of the date of purchase (including if a foreclosure has already occurred, the principal balance of the related Subsequent Mortgage Loan at the time the Mortgaged Property was acquired), (ii) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate through and including the last day of the month of purchase, reduced by (iii) any costs and damages (if any) incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan of any anti-predatory lending laws.

Rating Agency:  Each of Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s. 

Replacement Mortgage Loan:  A mortgage loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must meet on the date of such substitution the requirements stated herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; upon such substitution, such mortgage loan shall be a “Mortgage Loan” hereunder.

Securities Act:  The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Subsequent Cut-off Date:  [_________], 2005.

Subsequent Cut-off Date Balance:  $[____________].

Subsequent Transfer Date: [________], 2005

Value:  The value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of origination of the related Subsequent Mortgage Loan, such value being the lesser of (i) the value of such property set forth in an appraisal accepted by the applicable originator of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan or (ii) the sales price of such property at the time of origination.

SECTION 2.    Purchase and Sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and Related Rights.

(a)        Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 11 hereof, the Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase the Subsequent Mortgage Loans sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller having an aggregate Subsequent Cut-off Date Balance of $[____________].

(b)        The closing for the purchase and sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans will take place on the Subsequent Transfer Date at the office of the Purchaser’s counsel in New York, New York, or such other place as the parties shall agree.

(c)        Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 10 hereof, on the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Purchaser shall pay to the Mortgage Loan Seller the 

 

Acquisition Price for the Subsequent Mortgage Loans sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller in immediately available funds by wire transfer to such account or accounts as shall be designated by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

SECTION 3.    Mortgage Loan Schedules.  EMC agrees to provide to the Purchaser as of the date hereof a preliminary listing of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans (the “Preliminary Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule”) setting forth the information listed on Exhibit 2 to this Agreement with respect to each of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans being sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If there are changes to the Preliminary Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule, EMC shall provide to the Purchaser as of the Subsequent Transfer Date a final schedule (the “Final Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule” and together with the Preliminary Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule, the “Mortgage Loan Schedule”) setting forth the information listed on Exhibit 2 to this Agreement with respect to each of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans
being sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser.  The Final Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be delivered to the Purchaser on the Subsequent Transfer Date, shall be attached to an amendment to this Agreement to be executed on the Subsequent Transfer Date by the parties hereto and shall be in form and substance mutually agreed to by EMC and the Purchaser (the “Amendment”). If there are no changes to the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Preliminary Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be the Final Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule for all purposes hereof.

SECTION 4.    Mortgage Loan Transfer.  (a)  The Purchaser will be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans due after the Subsequent Cut-off Date (regardless of when actually collected) and all payments thereof.  The Mortgage Loan Seller will be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans sold by it to the Purchaser due on or before the Subsequent Cut-off Date (including payments collected after the Subsequent Cut-off Date) and all payments thereof.  Such principal amounts and any interest thereon belonging to the Mortgage Loan Seller as described above will not be included in the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date as set forth on the Final Subsequent
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

(b)        Pursuant to various conveyancing documents to be executed on the Subsequent Transfer Date and pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser will assign on the Subsequent Transfer Date all of its right, title and interest in and to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.  In connection with the transfer and assignment of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered or will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, or the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, no later than three Business Days prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date or such later date as is agreed to by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller (each of the Subsequent Transfer Date and such later date is referred to as a “Mortgage File Delivery Date”), the items of the
respective Custodian’s Mortgage File, provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below: (x) in lieu of the original Mortgage, assignments to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof which have been delivered, are being delivered or will upon receipt of recording information relating to the Mortgage required to be included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned in time to permit their 

 

delivery as specified above, the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer, on the face of such copy, substantially as follows: “Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted for recording;” (y) in lieu of the Mortgage, assignments to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof, if the applicable jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents or if the originals are lost (in each case, as evidenced by a certification from the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer to such effect), the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver photocopies of such documents containing an original certification by the judicial or other governmental authority of the jurisdiction where such documents were recorded; and (z) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans,
each identified in the list delivered by the Purchaser to the Trustee on the Subsequent Transfer Date and attached hereto as Exhibit 3 the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver lost note affidavits and indemnities of the Mortgage Loan Seller; and provided further, however, that in the case of Subsequent Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Subsequent Transfer Date and prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee a certification by the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer to such effect. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver such original documents (including any original documents as to which certified copies had previously been delivered) or such certified copies to the Trustee, or the related Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, promptly after they are received.  EMC shall cause the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and the assignment of the Mortgage to be
recorded not later than 180 days after the Subsequent Transfer Date unless such assignment is not required to be recorded under the terms set forth in  Section 6(a) hereof.

(c)        The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge hereunder that all of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans will ultimately be assigned to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, on the date hereof. 

SECTION 5.    Examination of Mortgage Files.  (a)  On or before the Mortgage File Delivery Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller will have made the Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or its agent for examination which may be at the offices of the Trustee or the Mortgage Loan Seller and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller’s custodian.  The fact that the Purchaser or its agent has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the Mortgage Files shall not affect the Purchaser’s rights to demand cure, repurchase, substitution or other relief as provided in this Agreement.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall make the Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or its agent from time to time so as to permit the Purchaser to confirm the Mortgage Loan Seller’s compliance
with the delivery and recordation requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.  In addition, upon request of the Purchaser, the Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to provide to the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and to any investors or prospective investors in the Certificates information regarding the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and their servicing, to make the related Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and to such investors or prospective investors (which may be at the offices of the Mortgage Loan Seller and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller’s custodian) and to make available personnel knowledgeable about the Subsequent Mortgage Loans for discussions with the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and such investors or prospective investors, upon reasonable request during regular business hours, sufficient to permit the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and such investors or potential investors to conduct such due diligence as any such party reasonably believes is
appropriate.

 

 

(b)        Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Trustee (or the Custodian as obligated under the applicable Custodial Agreement), for the benefit of the Certificateholders, will review items of the Mortgage Files as set forth on Exhibit 1 and will deliver to EMC an initial certification in the form attached as Exhibit One to the applicable Custodial Agreement.

(c)        Within 90 days of the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf shall, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to EMC and the Trustee an Interim Certification in the form attached as Exhibit Two to the applicable Custodial Agreement to the effect that all such documents have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached to such Interim Certification. The related Custodian shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that
they have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.

(d)        The Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf will review the Mortgage Files within 180 days of the Subsequent Transfer Date and will deliver to the EMC and the Master Servicer, and if reviewed by the related Custodian, the Trustee, a final certification substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 to the applicable Custodial Agreement.  If the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf is unable to deliver a final certification with respect to the items listed in Exhibit 1 due to any document that is missing, has not been executed, is unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified in the Final Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule (a “Material Defect”), the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf shall notify EMC of such
Material Defect.  EMC shall correct or cure any such Material Defect within 90 days from the date of notice from the Trustee, the Depositor or the Master Servicer of the Material Defect and if EMC does not correct or cure such Material Defect within such period and such defect materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the related Subsequent Mortgage Loan, EMC will, in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, within 90 days of the date of notice, provide the Trustee with a Replacement Mortgage Loan (if within two years of the Closing Date) or purchase the related Subsequent Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price; provided, however, that if such defect relates solely to the inability of EMC to deliver the original security instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy because the originals of such documents,
or a certified copy, have not been returned by the applicable jurisdiction, EMC shall not be required to purchase such Subsequent Mortgage Loan if EMC delivers such original documents or certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not apply in the event that EMC cannot deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for recording to the appropriate recording office in the applicable jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by such office; provided that EMC shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt is not available, a certificate of EMC or a Servicing Officer confirming that such documents have been accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee shall be effected by EMC within thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded document.

 

 

(e)        At the time of any substitution, EMC shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Replacement Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File and any other documents and payments required to be delivered in connection with a substitution pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.  At the time of any purchase or substitution, the Trustee shall (i) assign the selected Subsequent Mortgage Loan to EMC and shall release or cause the related Custodian to release the documents (including, but not limited to, the Mortgage, Mortgage Note and other contents of the Mortgage File) in the possession of the Trustee or the related Custodian, as applicable relating to the Deleted Subsequent Mortgage Loan and (ii) execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in EMC title to such
Deleted Subsequent Mortgage Loan.

SECTION 6.    Recordation of Assignments of Mortgage.  (a)  EMC will, promptly after the Subsequent Transfer Date, cause each Mortgage and each assignment of Mortgage from the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Trustee, and all unrecorded intervening assignments, if any, delivered on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, to be recorded in all recording offices in the jurisdictions where the related Mortgaged Properties are located; provided, however, EMC need not cause to be recorded any assignment which relates to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan that is a MOM Loan or for which the related Mortgaged Property is located in any jurisdiction under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered by EMC to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the
Trustee’s interest in the related Subsequent Mortgage Loan;  provided, however, notwithstanding the delivery of any Opinion of Counsel, each assignment of Mortgage shall be submitted for recording by EMC in the manner described above, at no expense to the Trust Fund or Trustee, upon the earliest to occur of (i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the Trust, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to EMC under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer or an assignment of the servicing as described in Section 8.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iv) with respect to any one assignment of Mortgage, the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage.

While each such Mortgage or assignment is being recorded, if necessary, EMC shall leave or cause to be left with the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf a certified copy of such Mortgage or assignment. In the event that, within 180 days of the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Trustee has not been provided with an Opinion of Counsel as described above or received evidence of recording with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to the terms hereof or as set forth above and the related Mortgage Loan is not a MOM Loan, the failure to provide evidence of recording or such Opinion of Counsel shall be considered a Material Defect, and the provisions of Section 5(c) and (d) shall apply. All customary recording fees and reasonable expenses relating to the recordation of the assignments of mortgage to the Trustee or the Opinion of Counsel, as the case
may be, shall be borne by EMC.

(b)        It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser, as contemplated by this Agreement be, and be treated as, a sale.  It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan 

 

Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller.  However, in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Subsequent Mortgage Loans are held by a court to continue to be property of the Mortgage Loan Seller, then (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; (b) the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans provided for herein shall be deemed to be a grant by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in all of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and all amounts payable to the holders of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments,
securities or other property, to the extent the Purchaser would otherwise be entitled to own such Subsequent Mortgage Loans and proceeds pursuant to Section 4 hereof, including all amounts, other than investment earnings, from time to time held or invested in any accounts created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other property; (c) the possession by the Purchaser or the Trustee  (or the related Custodian on its behalf) of Mortgage Notes and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section 9-305 (or comparable provision) of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; and (d) notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications
to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Purchaser for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law.  Any assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to any provision hereof or pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created hereby. EMC and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 7.   Representations and Warranties of EMC Concerning the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.  EMC hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as of the Subsequent Transfer Date or such other date as may be specified below with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan:

(a)        The information set forth in the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule on the Subsequent Transfer Date is complete, true and correct.

(b)        All payments required to be made prior to the Subsequent Cut-off Date with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan have been made and no Subsequent Mortgage Loan is delinquent thirty one or more days; and the Mortgage Loan Seller has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds from a party other than the owner of the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under any Subsequent Mortgage Loan. 

 

 

(c)        If any of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans are secured by a leasehold interest, with respect to each leasehold interest: the use of leasehold estates for residential properties is an accepted practice in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located; residential property in such area consisting of leasehold estates is readily marketable; the lease is recorded and no party is in any way in breach of any provision of such lease; the leasehold is in full force and effect and is not subject to any prior lien or encumbrance by which the leasehold could be terminated or subject to any charge or penalty; and the remaining term of the lease does not terminate less than ten years after the maturity date of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan.

(d)        Except with respect to taxes, insurance and other amounts previously advanced by a prior servicer with respect to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan, there are no delinquent taxes, water charges, sewer rents, assessments, insurance premiums, leasehold payments, including assessments payable in future installments, or other outstanding charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property.

(e)        The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by written instruments which in the case of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans are in the Mortgage File and have been or will be recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of the Trustee, and which have been or will be delivered to the Trustee, all in accordance with this Agreement. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or modification has been approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by the related policy. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement in the case of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans is part of the Mortgage File.

(f)         The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury and no such right of rescission, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto.

(g)        All buildings upon, or comprising part of, the Mortgaged Property are insured by an insurer acceptable to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, and such insurer is licensed to do business in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located. All such insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the originator, its successors and assigns as mortgagee and the Mortgage Loan Seller has received no notice that all premiums thereon have not been paid. If upon origination of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was, or was subsequently deemed to be, in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such flood
insurance has been made available), which require under applicable law that a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration (or any successor thereto) be obtained, such flood insurance policy is in effect which policy is with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the Stated Principal Balance of the related 

 

Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis, or (C) the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance at Mortgagor’s cost and expense and, on the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to maintain such insurance at Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to obtain reimbursement therefore from the Mortgagor.

(h)        Each loan at the time it was made complied in all material respects with applicable local, state, and federal laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable anti-predatory lending laws.

(i)         The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated, or rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission.

(j)         The Mortgage is a valid, existing and enforceable junior lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the Mortgaged Property, if any, subject only to (1) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and which do not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property and (3) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan
Seller has full right to sell and assign the Mortgage to the Purchaser.

(k)        The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or general principles of equity.

(l)         All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had the legal capacity to enter into the Subsequent Mortgage Loan transaction and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties.

(m)       The proceeds of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefore have been complied with. All costs, fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Subsequent Mortgage Loan and the recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.

(n)        Immediately prior to the conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser hereunder, the Mortgage Loan Seller was the sole owner and holder of the Mortgage Loan; the related Originator or the Mortgage Loan Seller was 

 

the custodian of the related escrow account, if applicable; the Subsequent Mortgage Loan had neither been assigned nor pledged, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and had full right to transfer and sell the Subsequent Mortgage Loan and the related servicing rights to the Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest subject to the applicable servicing agreement and had full right and authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party, to sell and assign the Subsequent Mortgage Loan and the related servicing rights, subject to the applicable servicing agreement, to the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(o)        All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) organized under the laws of such state, qualified to do business in such state, a federal savings and loan association or national bank having principal offices in such state or not deemed to be doing business in such state under applicable law.

(p)        The Subsequent Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALT-A lender’s title insurance policy or equivalent form acceptable to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any successor thereto, and qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring (subject to the exceptions contained in clause (i) above) the Mortgage Loan Seller (as assignee), its successors and assigns as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan. Additionally, such lender’s title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress, and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein. With respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller (as assignee) is the sole insured of such lender’s title
insurance policy, and such lender’s title insurance policy is in full force and effect. No claims have been made under such lender’s title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the related Mortgage, including the Mortgage Loan Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy.

(q)        Except as provided in clause (b), immediately prior to the Subsequent Cut-off Date, there was no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and there was no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration.

(r)         There are no mechanics’ or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under law could give rise to such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which are or may be liens prior to or equal with, the lien of the related Mortgage.

(s)         At the time of origination, each Mortgaged Property was the subject of an appraisal which conformed to the underwriting requirements of the originator of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan and, the appraisal is in a form acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

 

 

(t)         The origination, servicing and collection practices with respect to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage including, the establishment, maintenance and servicing of the escrow accounts and escrow payments, if any, since origination, have been conducted in all respects in accordance with the terms of Mortgage Note and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and, unless otherwise required by law or Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac standards, in accordance with the proper, prudent and customary practices in the mortgage origination and servicing business. With respect to the escrow accounts and escrow payments, if any, and a Subsequent Mortgage Loan all such payments are in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller (including pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement) and there exists no deficiencies in connection
therewith for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made.  Any interest required to be paid pursuant to state and local law has been properly paid and credited.

(u)        The Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and waste and there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation thereof.

(v)        The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including, (1) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (2) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no other exemption available to the Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee’s sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage.  The Mortgagor has not notified the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

(w)       The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any collateral except the lien of the applicable Mortgage.

(x)        In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Certificateholders to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor.

(y)        The Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by applicable law with respect to the making of the Subsequent Mortgage Loan.

(z)         No Subsequent Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property.

(aa)       To the best of EMC’s knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law and all inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities.

 

 

(bb)      The assignment of Mortgage with respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan is in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located.

(cc)       The Mortgaged Property consists of a single parcel of real property with or without a detached single family residence erected thereon, or an individual condominium unit, a 2-4 family dwelling or an individual unit in a planned unit development as defined by Fannie Mae, or a townhouse, each structure of which is permanently affixed to the Mortgaged Property, and is legally classified as real estate.

(dd)      Each Subsequent Mortgage Loan at the time of origination was underwritten in general in accordance with guidelines not inconsistent with the guidelines set forth in the Prospectus Supplement and generally accepted credit underwriting guidelines.

(ee)       No error, omission, misrepresentation, fraud or similar occurrence with respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the Mortgage Loan Seller or the related Originator.

(ff)        None of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans are (a) loans subject to 12 CFR Part 226.31, 12 CFR Part 226.32 or 12 CFR Part 226.34 of Regulation Z, the regulation implementing TILA, which implements the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 (“HOEPA”) or (b) classified and/or defined as a “high cost home loan” (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees) under any federal, state, or local law, including, but not limited to, the States of Georgia or North Carolina.

(gg)       None of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans originated on or after October 1, 2002 and before March 7, 2003 was secured by property located in the State of Georgia.

(hh)       None of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans contains provisions pursuant to which monthly payments are (a) paid or partially paid with funds deposited in any separate account established by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the mortgagor, or anyone on behalf of the mortgagor, (b) paid by any source other than the mortgagor or (c) contains any other similar provisions which may constitute a “buydown” provision.  None of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans is a graduated payment mortgage loan and no Subsequent Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation or other contingent interest feature.

(ii)         Each Subsequent Mortgage Loan that contains a provision for the assumption substitution of liability, pursuant to which the original mortgagor is released from liability and another person is substituted as the mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note, shall be effective only if such person satisfies the then current underwriting practices and procedures of prudent mortgage lenders in a state in which the mortgaged property is located.

(jj)        The Mortgaged Property and all improvements thereon comply with all requirements of any applicable zoning and subdivision laws and ordinances.

 

 

(kk)      Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable junior lien on the property securing the related Mortgage Note and each Mortgaged Property is owned by the Mortgagor in fee simple (except with respect to common areas in the case of condominiums, PUDs and de minimis PUDs) or by leasehold for a term longer than the term of the related Mortgage, subject only to (i) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments, (ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage, such exceptions being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally or specifically reflected in the appraisal obtained in connection with the origination of the related Subsequent Mortgage Loan or referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the
related Subsequent Mortgage Loan and (iii) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage Appraisal Form 1004 or Form 2055 with an interior inspection for first lien Subsequent Mortgage Loans has been obtained.  Form 704, 2065 or 2055 with an exterior only inspection for junior lien Subsequent Mortgage Loans has been obtained.

(ll)         None of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans that are secured by property located in the State of Illinois are in violation of the provisions of the Illinois Interest Act.

(mm)     Each Prepayment Charge is enforceable and was originated in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

(nn)       With respect to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan that contains a provision permitting imposition of a premium upon a prepayment prior to maturity, the prepayment premium is disclosed to the borrower in the loan documents pursuant to applicable state and federal law.

(oo)      No Subsequent Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable (as such terms are defined in the then current Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary which is now Version 5.6c Revised, Appendix E attached hereto as Exhibit 4).

It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 7 will inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, its successors and assigns, notwithstanding any restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or assignment of Mortgage or the examination of any Mortgage File.  Upon any substitution for a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the representations and warranties set forth above shall be deemed to be made by the Mortgage Loan Seller as to any Replacement Mortgage Loan as of the date of substitution.

Upon discovery or receipt of notice by EMC, the Purchaser or the Trustee of a breach of any representation or warranty of EMC set forth in this Section 7 which materially and adversely affects the value of the interests of the Purchaser, the Certificateholders or the Trustee in any of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the party discovering or receiving notice of such breach shall give prompt written notice to the others.  In the case of any such breach of a representation or warranty set forth in this Section 7, within 90 days from the date of discovery by EMC, or the date EMC is notified by the party discovering or receiving notice of such breach (whichever occurs earlier), EMC will (i) cure such breach in all material respects, (ii) purchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the applicable 

 

Purchase Price, or (iii) if within two years of the Subsequent Transfer Date, substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan in exchange for such Mortgage Loan; provided that, (A) in the case of a breach of the representation and warranty concerning the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule contained in clause (a) of this Section 7, if such breach is material and relates to any field on the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule which identifies any Prepayment Charge or (B) in the case of a breach of the representation contained in clause (kk) of this Section 7, then, in each case, in lieu of purchasing such Subsequent Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Purchase Price, EMC shall pay the amount of the Prepayment Charge (net of any amount previously collected by or paid to the Trust Fund in respect of such Prepayment Charge) from its own funds and without reimbursement therefor, and EMC shall have no
obligation to repurchase or substitute for such Subsequent Mortgage Loan. The obligations of EMC to cure, purchase or substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan shall constitute the Purchaser’s, the Trustee’s and the Certificateholder’s sole and exclusive remedy under this Agreement or otherwise respecting a breach of representations or warranties hereunder with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, except for the obligation of EMC to indemnify the Purchaser for such breach as set forth in and limited by Section 13 hereof.

Any cause of action against EMC or relating to or arising out of a breach by EMC of any representations and warranties made in this Section 7 shall accrue as to any Subsequent Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by EMC or notice thereof by the party discovering such breach and (ii) failure by EMC to cure such breach, purchase such Subsequent Mortgage Loan, or substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.

SECTION 8.   Representations and Warranties Concerning EMC.  (a)  As of the date hereof and as of the Subsequent Transfer Date, EMC represents and warrants to the Purchaser as to itself in the capacity indicated as follows:

(b)        EMC (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) is qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on EMC’s business as presently conducted or on EMC’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(c)        EMC has full power to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(d)        the execution and delivery by EMC of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of EMC; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on EMC or its properties or the charter or by-laws of EMC, except those conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on EMC’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

 

(e)        the execution, delivery and performance by EMC of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents, approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given or made and, in connection with the recordation of the Mortgages, powers of attorney or assignments of Mortgages not yet completed;

(f)         this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by EMC and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser or the parties thereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of EMC enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally); and

(g)        there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of EMC, threatened against EMC, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of EMC could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to EMC and if determined adversely to EMC materially and adversely affect EMC’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and EMC is not in default with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

SECTION 9.   Representations and Warranties Concerning the Purchaser.  As of the date hereof and as of the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Purchaser represents and warrants to the Mortgage Loan Seller as follows:

(a)        the Purchaser (i) is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) is qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Purchaser’s business as presently conducted or on the Purchaser’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

(b)        the Purchaser has full power to own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(c)        the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Purchaser; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Purchaser or its properties or the certificate of formation or limited liability agreement of the Purchaser, except those conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the 

 

Purchaser’s ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

(d)        the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents, approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been obtained, given or made;

(e)        this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Mortgage Loan Seller, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally); and

(f)         there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened against the Purchaser, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Purchaser could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Purchaser and if determined adversely to the Purchaser materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Purchaser is not in default with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

SECTION 10.  Conditions to Closing.  (a)  The obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement will be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, of the following conditions:

(b)        Each of the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller required to be performed at or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied with in all material respects; all of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date or dates specified in all material respects; and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or the passage of time, would constitute a default under this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and the Purchaser shall have received certificates to that effect signed by authorized officers of the of the Mortgage Loan Seller.

(c)        The Purchaser shall have received all of the following closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other than the Purchaser as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof:

(i)         If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Amendment dated as of the Subsequent Transfer Date and any documents referred to therein;

 

 

(ii)         If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule containing the information set forth on Exhibit 2 hereto, one copy to be attached to each counterpart of the Amendment;

(iii)        The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Purchaser, and all documents required thereby duly executed by all signatories;

(iv)        The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, and all documents required thereby duly executed by all signatories;

(v)        An initial Certification of the Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement; and

(vi)        Such other documents, certificates (including additional representations and warranties) and opinions as may be reasonably necessary to secure the intended ratings from each Rating Agency for the Certificates.

(d)        Each of the conditions set forth in Section 2.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement have been satisfied on or prior to the related Subsequent Transfer Date. 

(e)        The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have furnished to the Purchaser such other certificates of its officers or others and such other documents and opinions of counsel to evidence fulfillment of the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as the Purchaser and its counsel may reasonably request.

(f)         The obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, of the following conditions:

(1)        The obligations of the Purchaser required to be performed by it on or prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied with in all material respects, and all of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser under this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Subsequent Transfer Date, and no event shall have occurred which would constitute a breach by it of the terms of this Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received a certificate to that effect signed by an authorized officer of the Purchaser.

(2)        The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received copies of all of the following closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, duly executed by all signatories other than the Mortgage Loan Seller as required pursuant to the respective terms thereof:

(i)         If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Amendment dated as of the Subsequent Transfer Date and any documents referred to therein;

 

 

(ii)         The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to EMC and the Trustee, and all documents required thereby duly executed by all signatories;

(iii)        An Initial Certification of the Custodian substantially in the form of Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement; and

(iv)        Such other documents, certificates (including additional representations and warranties) and opinions as may be reasonably necessary to secure the intended rating from each Rating Agency for the Certificates.

SECTION 11.  Fees and Expenses.  Subject to Section 16 hereof, EMC shall pay on the Subsequent Transfer Date or such later date as may be agreed to by the Purchaser (i) the fees and expenses of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s attorneys and the reasonable fees and expenses of the Purchaser’s attorneys, (ii) the fees and expenses of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee which shall include without limitation the fees and expenses of the Trustee (and the fees and disbursements of its counsel) with respect to (A) legal and document review of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificates and related agreements, (B) attendance at the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and (C) review of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be
performed by the Trustee (iv) the fees and expenses of each Rating Agency (both initial and ongoing), (v) the fees and expenses relating to the preparation and recordation of mortgage assignments (including intervening assignments, if any and if available, to evidence a complete chain of title from the originator to the Trustee) from the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Trustee or the expenses relating to the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 6(a) hereof, as the case may be, and (vi) Mortgage File due diligence expenses and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the purchase of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.  EMC additionally agrees to pay directly to any third party on a timely basis the fees provided for above which are charged by such third party and which are billed periodically.

SECTION 12. Accountants’ Letters.  Deloitte & Touche LLP will review the characteristics of a sample of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans described in the Final Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule and will compare those characteristics to the description of the Mortgage Loans contained in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “The Mortgage Pool – Conveyance of Subsequent Mortgage Loans and the Pre-Funding Account”.  EMC will cooperate with the Purchaser in making available all information and taking all steps reasonably necessary to permit such accountants to complete the review and to deliver the letters required of them under the Underwriting Agreement.  

	
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(a)        EMC shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and its directors, officers and controlling persons (as defined in Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability or action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any representation or warranty assigned or made by EMC in Section 7 or Section 8 being, or alleged to be, untrue or incorrect, or (ii) any 

 

failure by EMC to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and EMC shall reimburse the Purchaser and each other indemnified party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.

The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which EMC otherwise may have to the Purchaser or any other such indemnified party.

(b)        The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Mortgage Loan Seller and its directors, officers and controlling persons (as defined in Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability or action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any representation or warranty made by the Purchaser in Section 9 hereof being, or alleged to be, untrue or incorrect, or (ii) any failure by the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Purchaser shall reimburse the Mortgage Loan Seller, and each other indemnified party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending or
preparing to defend any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Purchaser otherwise may have to the Mortgage Loan Seller, or any other such indemnified party.

(c)        Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 13 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure or from any liability which it may have otherwise).  In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent it may
elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly (but, in any event, within 30 days) after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there is a conflict of interest between itself or themselves and the
indemnifying party in the conduct of the defense of any claim or that the interests of the indemnified party or parties are not substantially co-extensive with those of the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties (provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall be liable only for the fees and expenses of one counsel in addition to one local counsel in the jurisdiction involved.  

 

Anything in this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement or any claim or action effected without its written consent; provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld.

(d)        If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13 shall for any reason be unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to in Section 13, then the indemnifying party shall in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Mortgage Loan Seller on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other from the purchase and sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the offering of the Certificates and the other transactions contemplated hereunder.  No person found liable for a fraudulent misrepresentation
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who is not also found liable for such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e)        The parties hereto agree that reliance by an indemnified party on any publicly available information or any information or directions furnished by an indemnifying party shall not constitute negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct by such indemnified party.

SECTION 14. Notices.  All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing but may be delivered by facsimile transmission subsequently confirmed in writing.  Notices to EMC shall be directed to EMC Mortgage Corporation, 909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200 Irving, Texas 75038, (Telecopy: (972 -444-2880)); and notices to the Purchaser shall be directed to Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York  10179, (Telecopy # (212) 272-2619), Attention: Chief Counsel; or to any other address as may hereafter be furnished by one party to the other party by like notice.  Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be deemed to have been received on the date received at the premises of the addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the date noted on the
return receipt) provided that it is received on a business day during normal business hours and, if received after normal business hours, then it shall be deemed to be received on the next business day.

SECTION 15.  Transfer of Subsequent Mortgage Loans.  The Purchaser retains the right to assign the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and any or all of its interest under this Agreement to the Trustee without the consent of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and, upon such assignment, the Trustee shall succeed to the applicable rights and obligations of the Purchaser hereunder; provided, however, the Purchaser shall remain entitled to the benefits set forth in Sections 11, 13 and 17 hereto and as provided in Section 2(a).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole and exclusive right and remedy of the Trustee with respect to a breach of representation or warranty of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be the cure, purchase or substitution obligations of EMC contained in Sections 5 and 7 hereof.

SECTION 16.  Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated (a) by the mutual consent of the parties hereto prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, (b) by the Purchaser, if the conditions to the Purchaser’s obligation to close set forth under Section 10(a) hereof are not fulfilled as and when required to be fulfilled or (c) by the Mortgage Loan Seller, if the conditions 

 

to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligation to close set forth under Section 10(b) hereof are not fulfilled as and when required to be fulfilled.  In the event of termination pursuant to clause (b), EMC shall pay, and in the event of termination pursuant to clause (c), the Purchaser shall pay, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  In the event of a termination pursuant to clause (a), each party shall be responsible for its own expenses. 

SECTION 17.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.  All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall survive delivery of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser (and by the Purchaser to the Trustee).  Subsequent to the delivery of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser, each of EMC’s, representations and warranties contained herein with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans shall be deemed to relate to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans actually delivered to the Purchaser and included in the Final Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule and any Replacement Mortgage Loan and not to those Subsequent Mortgage Loans
deleted from the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule pursuant to Section 3 hereof prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby or any Deleted Subsequent Mortgage Loan.

SECTION 18. Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited or invalid under applicable law, this Agreement shall be ineffective only to such extent, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.

SECTION 19. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

SECTION 20.  Amendment.  This Agreement cannot be amended or modified in any manner without the prior written consent of each party.

SECTION 21.  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

SECTION 22.  Further Assurances.  Each of the parties agrees to execute and deliver such instruments and take such actions as another party may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purpose and to carry out the terms of this Agreement including any amendments hereto which may be required by either Rating Agency.

SECTION 23.  Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser and their permitted successors and assigns and, to the extent specified in Section 13 hereof, Bear Stearns, and their directors, officers and controlling persons (within the meaning of federal securities laws). The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser may assign its 

 

rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to EMC’s representations and warranties respecting the Subsequent Mortgage Loans) to the Trustee.  Any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated (or any person resulting from any merger or consolidation involving the Mortgage Loan Seller), any person resulting from a change in form of the Mortgage Loan Seller or any person succeeding to the business of the Mortgage Loan Seller, shall be considered the “successor” of the Mortgage Loan Seller hereunder and shall be considered a party hereto without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act or consent on the part of any party hereto.  Except as provided in the two preceding sentences, this Agreement cannot be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by either party hereto without the written consent of the other parties to this
Agreement and any such assignment or purported assignment shall be deemed null and void.

SECTION 24.  The Mortgage Loan Seller.  The Mortgage Loan Seller will keep in full force and effect its existence, all rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the State of its incorporation and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

SECTION 25.  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 26.  No Partnership.  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto.

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EXHIBIT 1

 

CONTENTS OF MORTGAGE FILE

With respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the Purchaser or its designee, and which shall be delivered to the Purchaser or its designee pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

(i)         The original Mortgage Note, including any riders thereto, endorsed without recourse to the order of Citibank N.A., as Trustee for certificateholders of SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7,” showing to the extent available to the Mortgage Loan Seller an unbroken chain of endorsements from the original payee thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee.

(ii)         The original Mortgage and if the related Subsequent Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, noting the presence of the MIN and language indicating that such Subsequent Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, which shall have been recorded (or if the original is not available, a copy), with evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form);

(iii)        unless the Subsequent Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, the assignment (either an original or a copy, which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located) to the Trustee of the Mortgage with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan in the name of “Citibank, N.A. as Trustee for certificateholders of SACO I Trust 2005-7, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-7,” which shall have been recorded (or if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form);

(iv)        an original or a copy of all intervening assignments of the Mortgage, if any, to the extent available to the Mortgage Loan Seller, with evidence of recording thereon;

(v)        the original policy of title insurance or mortgagee’s certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title insurance, if available, or a copy thereof, or, in the event that such original title insurance policy is unavailable, a photocopy thereof, or in lieu thereof, a current lien search on the related Mortgaged Property and

(vi)        originals or copies of all available assumption, modification or substitution agreements, if any.

Provided, however, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below:  (x) if any Mortgage, assignment thereof to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof have been delivered or are being delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned in time to permit 

 

their delivery as specified above, the Purchaser may deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by the Mortgage Loan Seller or the title company issuing the commitment for title insurance, on the face of such copy, substantially as follows: “Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted for recording” and (y) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified in the list set forth herein, the Purchaser may deliver a lost note affidavit and indemnity and a copy of the original note, if available; and provided, further, however, that in the case of Subsequent Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full after the Subsequent Cut-Off Date and prior to the Subsequent Transfer Date, the Purchaser, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee and its Custodian a certification of a Servicing Officer to
such effect and in such case shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Subsequent Mortgage Loans, in the Protected Account or in the Distribution Account on the Subsequent Transfer Date. In the case of the documents referred to in clause (x) above, the Purchaser shall deliver such documents to the Trustee or its related Custodian promptly after they are received. EMC shall cause, at its expense, the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and to the extent required in accordance with the foregoing, the assignment of the Mortgage to the Trustee to be submitted for recording promptly after the Subsequent Transfer Date; provided that EMC need not cause to be recorded any assignment (a) in any jurisdiction under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee delivered by EMC to the Trustee, and the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee’s interest in the related Subsequent Mortgage
Loan or (b) if MERS is identified on the Mortgage or on a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as mortgagee of record solely as nominee for EMC and its successors and assigns.  In the event that EMC, the Purchaser or the Master Servicer gives written notice to the Trustee that a court has recharacterized the sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans as a financing, EMC shall submit or cause to be submitted for recording as specified above or, should EMC fail to perform such obligations, the Master Servicer shall cause each such previously unrecorded assignment to be submitted for recording as specified above at the expense of the Trust.  In the event a Mortgage File is released to EMC or the Master Servicer as a result of such Person having completed a Request for Release, the related Custodian shall, if not so completed, complete the assignment of the related Mortgage in the manner specified in clause (iii) above.

 

 

EXHIBIT 2

 

SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE INFORMATION

The Preliminary and Final Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedules shall set forth the following information with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan:

	
            (a)
 	
            the Subsequent Mortgage Loan identifying number;
 	
             

	
            (b)
 	
            the current mortgage rate;
 	
             

	
            (c)
 	
            the Master Servicing Fee;
 	
             

	
            (d)
 	
            the Trustee Fee
 	
             

	
            (e)
 	
            the lender paid primary mortgage insurance fee, if any;
 
	
            (f)
 	
            the current net mortgage rate;
 	
             

	
            (g)
 	
            the stated maturity date;
 	
             

	
            (h)
 	
            the original principal balance;
 	
             

	
            (i)
 	
            the current principal balance;
 	
             

	
            (j)
 	
            the stated original term to maturity;
 	
             

	
            (k)
 	
            the stated remaining term to maturity;
 	
             

	
            (l)
 	
            the property type;
 	
             

	
            (m)
 	
            the MIN with respect to each MOM Loan; and
 	
             

	
            (n)
 	
            the Custodian.
 	
             

															

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 3

SCHEDULE OF LOST NOTES

Available Upon Request

 

 

EXHIBIT 4

	
            Appendix E
 	
            REVISED August 1, 2005
 

Standard & Poor’s Anti-Predatory Lending Categorization

 

Standard & Poor’s has categorized loans governed by anti-predatory lending laws in the Jurisdictions listed below into three categories based upon a combination of factors that include (a) the risk exposure associated with the assignee liability and (b) the tests and thresholds set forth in those laws. Note that certain loans classified by the relevant statute as Covered are included in Standard & Poor’s High Cost Loan Category because they included thresholds and tests that are typical of what is generally considered High Cost by the industry. 

 

  

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
            Arkansas 
 	
            Arkansas Home Loan Protection Act, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 23-53-101 et seq. 

Effective July 16, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            Cleveland Heights, OH 
 	
            Ordinance No. 72-2003 (PSH), Mun. Code §§ 757.01 et seq. 

Effective June 2, 2003 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            Colorado 
 	
            Consumer Equity Protection, Colo. Stat. Ann. §§ 5-3.5-101 et seq. 

Effective for covered loans offered or entered into on or after January 1, 2003. Other provisions of the Act took effect on June 7, 2002 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            Connecticut 
 	
            Connecticut Abusive Home Loan Lending Practices Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 36a-746 et seq. 

Effective October 1, 2001 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            District of Columbia 
 	
            Home Loan Protection Act, D.C. Code §§ 26-1151.01 et seq. 

Effective for loans closed on or after January 28, 2003 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            Florida 
 	
            Fair Lending Act, Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 494.0078 et seq. 

Effective October 2, 2002 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003) 
 	
            Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-6A-1 et seq. 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
             
 	
            Effective October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003 
 	
             
 
	
            Georgia as amended (Mar. 7, 2003 – current) 
 	
            Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-6A-1 et seq. 

Effective for loans closed on or after March 7, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            HOEPA Section 32 
 	
            Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, 15 U.S.C. § 1639, 12 C.F.R. §§ 226.32 and 226.34 

Effective October 1, 1995, amendments October 1, 2002 
 	
            High Cost Loan 
 
	
            Illinois 
 	
            High Risk Home Loan Act, Ill. Comp. Stat. tit. 815, §§ 137/5 et seq. 

Effective January 1, 2004 (prior to this date, regulations under Residential Mortgage License Act effective from May 14, 2001) 
 	
            High Risk Home Loan 
 
	
            Kansas 
 	
            Consumer Credit Code, Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 16a-1-101 et seq. 

Sections 16a-1-301 and 16a-3-207 became effective April 14, 1999; Section 16a-3-308a became effective July 1, 1999 
 	
            High Loan to Value Consumer Loan (id. § 16a-3-207) and; 
 
	
            High APR Consumer Loan (id. § 16a-3-308a) 
 
	
            Kentucky 
 	
            2003 KY H.B. 287 – High Cost Home Loan Act, Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 360.100 et seq. 

Effective June 24, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            Maine 
 	
            Truth in Lending, Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 9-A, §§ 8-101 et seq. 

Effective September 29, 1995 and as amended from time to time 
 	
            High Rate High Fee Mortgage 
 
	
            Massachusetts 
 	
            Part 40 and Part 32, 209 C.M.R. §§ 32.00 et seq. and 209 C.M.R. §§ 40.01 et seq. 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
             
 	
            Effective March 22, 2001 and amended from time to time 
 	
             
 
	
            Nevada 
 	
            Assembly Bill No. 284, Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 598D.010 et seq. 

Effective October 1, 2003 
 	
            Home Loan 
 
	
            New Jersey 
 	
            New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§ 46:10B-22 et seq. 

Effective for loans closed on or after November 27, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            New Mexico 
 	
            Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev. Stat. §§ 58-21A-1 et seq. 

Effective as of January 1, 2004; Revised as of February 26, 2004 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            New York 
 	
            N.Y. Banking Law Article 6-l 

Effective for applications made on or after April 1, 2003 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            North Carolina 
 	
            Restrictions and Limitations on High Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 24-1.1E et seq. 

Effective July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003 (adding open-end lines of credit) 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 
	
            Ohio 
 	
            H.B. 386 (codified in various sections of the Ohio Code), Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 1349.25 et seq. 

Effective May 24, 2002 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            Oklahoma 
 	
            Consumer Credit Code (codified in various sections of Title 14A) 

Effective July 1, 2000; amended effective January 1, 2004 
 	
            Subsection 10 Mortgage 
 
	
            South Carolina 
 	
            South Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act, S.C. Code 
 	
            High Cost Home Loan 
 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
             
 	
            Ann. §§ 37-23-10 et seq. 

Effective for loans taken on or after January 1, 2004 
 	
             
 
	
            West Virginia 
 	
            West Virginia Residential Mortgage Lender, Broker and Servicer Act, W. Va. Code Ann. §§ 31-17-1 et seq. 

Effective June 5, 2002 
 	
            West Virginia Mortgage Loan Act Loan 
 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S COVERED LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
            Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003) 
 	
            Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-6A-1 et seq. 

Effective October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003 
 	
            Covered Loan 
 
	
            New Jersey 
 	
            New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§ 46:10B-22 et seq. 

Effective November 27, 2003 – July 5, 2004 
 	
            Covered Home Loan 
 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HOME LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
            Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 – Mar. 6, 2003) 
 	
            Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 7-6A-1 et seq. 

Effective October 1, 2002 – March 6, 2003 
 	
            Home Loan 
 
	
            New Jersey 
 	
            New Jersey Home Ownership Security 
 	
            Home Loan 
 

 

 

 

STANDARD & POOR'S HOME LOAN CATEGORIZATION 

	
            State/Jurisdiction
 	
            Name of Anti-Predatory Lending Law/Effective Date
 	
            Category under Applicable Anti-Predatory Lending Law
 
	
             
 	
            Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. §§ 46:10B-22 et seq. 

Effective for loans closed on or after November 27, 2003 
 	
             
 
	
            New Mexico 
 	
            Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev. Stat. §§ 58-21A-1 et seq. 

Effective as of January 1, 2004; Revised as of February 26, 2004 
 	
            Home Loan 
 
	
            North Carolina 
 	
            Restrictions and Limitations on High Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 24-1.1E et seq. 

Effective July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003 (adding open-end lines of credit) 
 	
            Consumer Home Loan 
 
	
            South Carolina 
 	
            South Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§ 37-23-10 et seq. 

Effective for loans taken on or after January 1, 2004 
 	
            Consumer Home Loan 
 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

(Provided Upon Request)

 

 

EXHIBIT O

FORM OF SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER INSTRUMENT

Pursuant to this Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated [_______], 2005 (the “Instrument ”), between Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC (the “Seller”), and Citibank, N.A., not individually but solely as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005 (the “Agreement”), among the Seller as depositor, EMC Mortgage Corporation as a seller and company, LaSalle Bank National Association as master servicer and securities administrator and the Trustee as trustee, the Seller and the Trustee, pursuant to the Agreement, agree to the sale by the Seller and the purchase by the Trustee of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans listed on the attached Exhibit 1 (the “Subsequent Mortgage Loans”).

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

	
            Section 1.
 	
            Conveyance of Subsequent Mortgage Loans.
 

(a)        The Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Trustee in trust, on behalf of the Trust, without recourse, all of its right, title and interest in and to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, including all amounts due or accruing on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans on and after the related Subsequent Cut-off Date, and all items with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Agreement; provided, however, that the Seller reserves and retains all right, title and interest in and to amounts due on the Subsequent Mortgage Loans prior to the related Subsequent Cut-off Date. The Seller, contemporaneously with the delivery of this Agreement, has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee each item with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans set forth in Section 2.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the other items in the related Mortgage Files.  The transfer to the Trustee by the Seller of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on the Final Subsequent Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit 1 shall be absolute and is intended by the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificateholders to constitute and to be treated as a sale of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Trust Fund.

(b)        The Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the Subsequent Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of [________], 2005, between EMC Mortgage Corporation, as seller, and the Seller, as purchaser (the “Purchase Agreement”).  

	
            Section 2.
 	
            Representations and Warranties; Conditions Precedent.
 

(a)        The Seller hereby confirms that each of the conditions precedent and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.07 of the Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.

 

 

(b)        All terms and conditions of the Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed; provided, however, that in the event of any conflict, the provisions of this Instrument shall control over the conflicting provisions of the Agreement.

	
            Section 3.
 	
            Recordation of Instrument.
 

To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Instrument, or a memorandum thereof if permitted under applicable law, is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all of the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of 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 Master Servicer at the Certificateholders’ expense on direction of the related Certificateholders, but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.

	
            Section 4.
 	
            Governing Law.
 

This Instrument shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.

	
            Section 5.
 	
            Counterparts.
 

This Instrument 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 instrument.

	
            Section 6.
 	
            Successors and Assigns.
 

This Instrument shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Seller and the Trustee and their respective successors and assigns.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.

	
            BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED 
 SECURITIES I LLC, as Seller
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            CITIBANK, N.A., not individually but solely as Trustee, as aforesaid.
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
             
 	
             
 
	
            By:
 	
             
 
	
            Name:
 	
             
 
	
            Title:
 	
             
 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 1

 

FINAL SUBSEQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

(Provided Upon Request)-- Converted by SECPublisher 3.1.0.1, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing

EXHIBIT 10.1

VENTURE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 

FOR

Sandra L. Sager

     This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") by and among VENTURE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., a Washington corporation (the "Company"), VENTURE BANK, a Washington banking corporation (the "Bank")
(hereinafter the Company and the Bank are collectively referred to as the "Employer"), and Sandra L. Sager ("Executive"), is dated November ____, 2005. 

                 1. Employment.  Starting December 19, 2005 (the "Effective Date"), Employer will employ Executive, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement. The employment is "at will." Notwithstanding the term of this Agreement, Employer may terminate Executive's employment at any time for any lawful reason or for no reason at all, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

                 2. Term. The term of the Agreement begins on the Effective Date and continues for two years. Unless either party informs the other party that they do
not wish to extend the Agreement at least 60 days prior to the end of the Term, this Agreement will automatically renew for an additional one-year term as of the end of each Term. "Term" as used herein includes the initial term and any extensions
thereto.  

                3. Position.  Executive will serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Executive will faithfully and diligently perform the duties that are normal and customary to the position, as well as those duties assigned from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank (the "CEO").

                 4. Obligations.  Executive shall devote Executive's best efforts, energies, and skills to the position and shall not engage in any business or
employment activity that is not on Employer's behalf (whether or not pursued for gain or profit), except for (i) activities approved in writing in advance by the CEO and (ii) passive investments that do not involve Executive providing any advice or
services to the businesses in which the investments are made. Executive agrees to act in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington and the federal government and pursuant to the general guidelines and directions as established from time to
time by the Employer's Boards of Directors. 

                5.
Compensation. 

           
(a) Base Salary. For services performed under this Agreement, Executive shall be
entitled to $11,250 per month ($135,000 on an annualized basis), which Employer may increase in its sole discretion (the "Base Salary"). The
Base Salary will be paid in accordance with the Bank's regular payroll schedule. 

            (b) Incentive Compensation. In addition to the Base Salary, Executive will participate in the Venture Bank Annual
Incentive Plan (and any successor plans) and will be eligible to receive an annual bonus at a level pursuant to a formula determined by Employer from time to time based on factors

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including, but not limited to, the quality of Executive's performance of Executive's assigned duties and the pre-tax profits of the Bank. The Executive's bonus for 2005 will not be less than $30,000. 

                   (c) Other benefits. During the term of this Agreement, Executive shall be entitled to receive all employee benefits Employer generally provides to
it's Executives including the following benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, KSOP, voluntary life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and other benefits as outlined in Employer's Personnel Policy and Procedures Manual and as
provided to regular full-time employees of Employer.

                  (d) Relocation Expenses. The Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement in full of all reasonable expenses
up to a maximum of $7,500 incurred in relocating to within 20 miles of DuPont, Washington, provided Executive relocates and incurs the related expenses by September 30, 2006.

                 6. Reimbursable Expenses. Executive is authorized to receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in performing his or her duties and in
promoting the business of Employer, provided that such expenses are incurred and accounted for in accordance with the policies and procedures established from time to time by Employer. 

                7. Vacation. Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation according to the Bank's Personnel Policy, but no less than 20 days of paid vacation each year. 

              8. Definition of "Cause". Cause for termination of employment means any one or more of the following: 

               (a) Willful misfeasance, gross negligence, or conduct involving dishonesty in the performance of Executive's duties, as reasonably determined by either
of the Boards of Directors or by the CEO;

               

(b)
Conviction of any felony or of a crime in connection with Executive's duties; 

           
(c)
Conduct significantly harmful to Employer, as reasonably determined by either of the
Boards of Directors, including but not limited to intentional violation of law or of any significant policy or procedure of the Employer;

            (d) Refusal or failure to act in accordance with a stipulation, requirement, or directive of either of the Boards of Directors or the Supervisor (provided such directive is lawful);

              (e) Failure to faithfully or diligently perform any of the duties of Executive's employment which are specified in this Agreement, articulated by the CEO, or are usual and customary duties of
Executive's employment, if Executive has not corrected the problem or formulated a plan for its correction with the CEO (if such failure is not susceptible to immediate correction) within thirty (30) days after notice to Executive; or 

             (f) Removal of Executive from office or permanent prohibition of Executive from participating in the conduct of
Employer's affairs by an order issued by a bank regulatory authority. 

           
   9. Definition of "Good Reason". Good Reason for Executive's resignation means any one or more of the following occurs without Executive's consent:

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            (a) Reduction of Executive's salary or elimination of any compensation or benefit plan benefiting Executive unless such reduction or elimination is
applicable to all Executives; or 

            (b) A relocation or transfer of Executive's principal place of employment that would require Executive to commute on a regular basis more than 30 miles each way from the main business office
of the Bank as of the date of this Agreement (or the new administrative office in Dupont). 

           10. Termination.  Executive's employment may be terminated as described in this Section, in which event Executive will
receive payments for all Base Salary and benefits accrued as of the date of Executive's termination, which shall be paid in accordance with applicable law.  All compensation and benefits shall terminate as of the date of termination, except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement. 

           (a) For Cause or Without Good Reason. If Executive's employment is terminated by Employer for Cause or by Executive
without Good Reason, Executive will have no right to receive compensation or other benefits after termination under this Section. 

           (b) Without Cause or for Good Reason.  If Executive's employment is terminated by Employer without Cause, or by
Executive for Good Reason, the Bank will pay Executive a severance benefit equal to 12 months of Base Salary, based on the highest Base Salary paid to Executive in the
preceding twelve months (the "Severance Benefit"), subject to statutory payroll deductions.  The Severance Benefit will be paid in installments over the number of months of the continued Base Salary (the "Severance Benefit Period"), starting the
month following termination, in accordance with Employer's standard payroll procedures. Receipt of the Severance Benefit is conditioned on Executive having executed the Separation Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A and the revocation period having expired without Executive having revoked the Separation Agreement. Receipt and continued receipt of the Severance Benefit is further
conditioned on Executive not being in violation of any material term of this Agreement or in violation of any material term of the Separation Agreement.  

           (c) Death or Disability. This Agreement terminates if Executive dies or if Executive is unable to perform Executive's
duties and obligations under this Agreement for a period of 90 calendar days as a result of a physical or mental disability arising at any time during the term of the Agreement, unless with reasonable accommodation Executive could continue to
perform his duties and making these accommodations would not cause an undue hardship to the Bank. If termination occurs under this Section 10(c), Executive or his estate will be entitled to receive only the compensation and benefits earned and
expenses reimbursable through the date this Agreement terminated. 

           

  (d)
Termination Related to Change in Control. A "Change in Control" occurs if: (i) the Company merges or consolidates with another corporation and as a result less
than 50% of the combined voting power of the resulting corporation immediately after the merger or consolidation is held by persons who were the holders of the Company's voting securities immediately before the merger or
consolidation; or   (ii) any person, entity, or group of persons or entities, other than through merger or consolidation, acquires a majority of the Company's outstanding stock or substantially all of the Company's assets. 

           Executive will be entitled to a Change in Control Benefit (defined below), in lieu of any other severance benefit provided herein, if there is a Change of Control and (1) within one year
following the effective date of such Change of Control, Employer terminates Executive's employment without Cause or

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Executive terminates Executive's employment for Good Reason or (2) at any time during the period starting 180 days prior to the public announcement of the transaction that will result in a Change of Control and ending at
the Change in Control, Employer terminates Executive's employment without Cause. The Change in Control Benefit equals 12 months of Base Salary, based on Executive's Base Salary at termination or at the Change in Control, whichever is greater. The
Change in Control Benefit will be paid in installments over the number of months of the continued Base Salary (the "Severance Benefit Period"), starting the month following termination, in accordance with Employer's standard payroll procedures and
subject to statutory payroll deductions. Receipt of the Change in Control Benefit is conditioned on Executive having executed the Separation Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A and the revocation period having expired without Executive having revoked the Separation Agreement. Receipt and continued receipt of the Change in Control Benefit is further conditioned on Executive not being
in violation of any material term of this Agreement or in violation of any material term of the Separation Agreement.  

                  (e) "Excess Parachute Payment" Restrictions. If the benefits under Section 10(d), either alone or together with other payments to which Executive is
entitled to receive from Employer, would constitute an "excess parachute payment" as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), these benefits shall be reduced to the largest amount that will result in no
portion of the benefits being subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code. The determination of any reduction in the benefits pursuant to the foregoing provisions, shall be made by mutual agreement of Employer and Executive or if
no agreement is possible, by Executive's accountants. 

               (f) Limitation on Severance or Change in Control Benefit. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, Employer shall make no payment of any benefit provided for herein to the extent that such payment would be prohibited by the provisions of Part 359 of the regulations of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") as the same may be amended from time to time, and if such payment is so prohibited, Employer shall use its best efforts to secure the consent of the FDIC or other applicable banking agencies to make such payments
in the highest amount permissible, up to the amount provided for in this Agreement.

          
(g) Return of Bank Property.  If and when Executive ceases for any reason to be employed by Employer, Executive must return to Employer all keys, pass cards, identification cards and any other property of Employer.  At the same time, Executive also must return to Employer all originals and copies
(whether in hard copy, electronic or other form) of any documents, drawings, notes, memoranda, designs, devices, diskettes, tapes, manuals, and specifications which constitute proprietary information or material of Employer. The obligations in this
paragraph include the return of documents and other materials that may be in Executive's desk at work, Executive's car or place of residence, or in any other location under Executive's control.

                11. 
Restrictive Covenants.

                (a) Confidential Information. Executive acknowledges that in the course of Executive's
employment, Executive will have or obtain knowledge of confidential information and other secrets concerning Employer and its business, plans and strategies, its actual and prospective customers, and other matters which are
valuable to Employer and which Employer does not want disclosed. Executive will not during and after the Term, disclose to any other person or entity any confidential information concerning Employer, its business operations or customers, or use for
his own purposes or permit or assist others in the use of such confidential information, unless (i) either of the Boards of Directors consents to the use or disclosure of the information, (ii) the use or disclosure is consistent with Executive's
duties under this

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Agreement, or (iii) disclosure is required by law or court order. 

               (b) Noncompetition. Executive shall be subject to the noncompetition covenant in this Section 11(b), the duration of
which (the "Noncompete Period") depends on the circumstances of the Executive's termination.  If the Executive is terminated under Section 10(a) or Section 10(c), the Noncompete Period is twelve (12) months following termination.  If the Executive
is terminated under Section 10(b) or 10(d), the Noncompete Period equals the Severance Benefit Period as defined under Section 10(b) or Section 10(d), respectively, regardless of whether the Executive fails to perfect or forfeits the right to the
Severance Benefit or Change in Control Benefit. During the Noncompete Period, Executive shall not be employed or act in any capacity, either directly or indirectly or otherwise "participate" (as defined below) in any business conducting any of the
types of business conducted by Employer at the time of termination of employment in any market area delineated in Employer's CRA (Community Reinvestment Act of 1977) Plan at the time of termination. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"participate" includes, without limitation, any direct or indirect interest in any such business, whether as an Executive, director, consultant, employee, partner, sole proprietor, stockholder, owner, or otherwise, other than by ownership of less
than one percent (1%) of the stock of any financial institution providing services in the areas delineated in Employer's CRA plan. The term "participate" shall also include participation, planning, or consulting for any startup financial
organization.

                (c) Nonsolicitation.  During employment and for a period of 24 months following termination (whether voluntary or not), Executive will not solicit any customer of Employer or of any of Employer's subsidiaries for services or products then provided by Employer or any of its subsidiaries. For purpose of
this Section, "customers" are defined as (i) all customers services by Employer or any of Employer's subsidiaries at any time within 12 months before termination of Executive's employment, (ii) all customers and potential customers whom Employer or
Employer's subsidiaries, with the knowledge or participation of Executive, actively solicited at any time 12 months before termination of Executive's employment, and (iii) all successors, owners, directors, partners and management personnel of the
customers described in (i) or (ii).

           
(d) Nonraiding of Employees. Executive recognizes that the Employer's workforce is a vital part of its business; therefore, Executive agrees that for 24 months following termination, Executive will not directly or indirectly solicit
any employee to leave his or her employment with Employer or any of Employer's subsidiaries.  This includes that Executive will not (i) disclose to any third party the names, backgrounds, or qualifications of any of the employees or otherwise
identify them as potential candidates for employment, or (ii) personally or through any other person approach, recruit, interview or otherwise solicit employees to work for any other employer. For purposes of this Section, employees include all
employees working for Employer or any of Employer's subsidiaries at the time of termination of Executive's employment. 

            (e) Injunctive Relief.  Executive acknowledges that it is impossible to measure in money the damages that will accrue
to Employer if Executive fails to observe the covenants in this Section 11 (the "Restrictive Covenants"); therefore, the Restrictive Covenants may be enforced by an action at law for damages and by an injunction to prohibit the restricted activity.
Executive hereby waives the claim or defense that an adequate remedy at law is available to Employer.  Nothing set forth herein shall prohibit Employer from pursuing all remedies available to it.

            (f) Reasonableness.  The parties agree that this Agreement in its entirety, and in particular the Restrictive
Covenants, are reasonable both as to time and as to area. The parties additionally agree (i) that the Restrictive Covenants are necessary for the protection of Employer's business and goodwill;

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(ii) that the Restrictive Covenants are not any greater than are reasonably necessary to secure Employer's business and goodwill; and (iii) that the degree of injury to the public due to the loss of the service and skill of
Executive or the restrictions placed upon Executive's opportunity to make a living with Executive's skills upon enforcement of said restraints, does not and will not warrant non-enforcement of said restraints. The parties agree that if any portion
of the Restrictive Covenants is adjudged unreasonably broad, then the parties authorize said court or arbitrator to narrow same so as to make it reasonable, given all relevant circumstances, and to enforce the same. 

                (g) Survival. This Section 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

              12. Creative Work. Executive agrees that all creative work and work product, including but not limited to all
technology, business management tools, processes, software, patents, trademarks, and copyrights developed by Executive during employment with Employer, regardless of when or where such work or work product was produced, constitutes work made for
hire, all rights of which are owned by Employer. Executive hereby assigns to the Company and the Bank all rights, title, and interest, whether by way of copyrights, trade secret, trademark, patent, or otherwise, in all such work or work product,
regardless of whether the same is subject to protection by patent, trademark, or copyright laws. 

                 13. Arbitration. Any dispute arising under this agreement shall be settled by final, binding, private arbitration in Thurston County, Washington,
unless the arbitrator is unwilling to travel to Thurston County, in which case the arbitration will be held in Seattle, Washington. This includes disputes about the meaning of the agreement and performance under the agreement.  The arbitration will
be conducted by Judicial Dispute Resolution LLC with the arbitrator appointed and the arbitration conducted in accordance with Judicial Dispute Resolution rules and procedures. The arbitrator will have full authority to determine all issues,
including arbitrability. The arbitrator's award may be reduced to final judgment in Thurston County Superior Court. Each party shall bear its own costs in connection with the arbitration and shall share equally the fees and expenses of the
arbitrator, except that the arbitrator may award the prevailing party fees and costs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an aggrieved party may seek a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction in Thurston County Superior Court to preserve
the status quo during the arbitration proceeding, provided however, that the party seeking relief agrees that ultimate resolution of the dispute will still be determined through arbitration and not through court process. The filing of the court
action for injunctive relief shall not hinder or delay the arbitration process. 

              14. Expenses/Attorneys' Fees. The prevailing party shall be awarded all costs and expenses of the proceeding, including
but not limited to, attorneys' fees, filing and service fees, witness fees and arbitrator's fees. If arbitration is commenced, the arbitrator will have full authority and complete discretion to determine the "prevailing party" and the amount of
costs and expenses to be awarded. 

                15. Notices. Any notice to be delivered under this Agreement shall be given in writing and delivered, personally or by certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Employer or to Executive at their last known addresses.

    
         16. Governing Law.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington.

                17. Waiver/Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, released, discharged,

abandoned, changed, or modified in any manner, except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto. The failure of any party hereto to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in
no way be construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Agreement or any part thereof or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such

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provision. No waiver or any breach of this Agreement shall be held to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. 

              18. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held by a court or arbitrator to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue to be fully effective. If any part of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable as written, it shall be enforced to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law. 

              19. Entire Agreement.  This Agreement represents the entire employment agreement between the parties regarding the
subject matter hereof and together with Employer's employee handbook governs the terms of Executive's employment.  Where there is a conflict between this Agreement and the employee handbook, the terms of this Agreement shall govern. This Agreement
supersedes any other prior oral or written employment agreement between the parties on the subject matter hereof. This Agreement does not supersede any incentive compensation agreement (including stock option agreements) entered into separately by
the parties to this Agreement. 

                20. Assignment. Executive shall not assign or transfer any of Executive's rights pursuant to this Agreement, wholly or partially, to any other person
or to delegate the performance of its duties under the terms of this Agreement. Upon Executive's death, Executive's rights under this agreement shall inure to Executive's heirs, executors, administrators or assigns. The rights and obligations of
Employer under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding in each and every respect upon the direct and indirect successors and assigns of Employer, regardless of the manner in which the successors or assigns succeed to the
interests or assets of Employer. This Agreement shall not be terminated by the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of Employer, by any merger, consolidation or acquisition where Employer is not the surviving corporation, by any transfer of all or
substantially all of Employer's assets, or by any other change in Employer's structure or the manner in which Employer's business or assets are held.  Executive's employment shall not be deemed terminated upon the occurrence of one of the foregoing
events. In the event of any merger, consolidation or transfer of assets, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the surviving corporation or the corporation to which the assets are transferred. 

             21. Survival.  If any benefits provided to Executive under this Agreement are still owed or claims under the Agreement
are still pending, at the time of termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in force with respect to those obligations or claims, until such benefits are paid in full or claims are resolved in full. The Restrictive Covenants and
dispute resolution provisions of this Agreement shall survive after termination of this Agreement, and shall be enforceable regardless of any claim Executive may have against Employer. 

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             22. ADVICE OF COUNSEL. Executive acknowledges that, in executing this Agreement,
Executive has had the opportunity to seek the advice of independent legal counsel, and has read and understood all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be construed against any party be reason of the drafting or
preparation hereof. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement effective on the day and year first above written. 

	
EXECUTIVE:

	 	
___________________________________

___________________________________

Sandra L. Sager

	 	
 

	 	
VENTURE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

	 	
By: ___________________________________

       James F. Arneson, President 

	 	
VENTURE BANK

	 	
By: ___________________________________

        James F. Arneson, President/CEO 

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Exhibit A

EMPLOYMENT SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS

 This is a confidential agreement (this "Separation Agreement") between you,  _______________, and us, Venture Financial Group, Inc. and Venture Bank (collectively, "Venture"). This Separation Agreement is dated for
reference purposes _____________, 20___, which is the date we delivered this Separation Agreement to you for your consideration.

         1. Termination of Employment. Your employment terminates [or was terminated] on _______________, 20___ (the "Separation Date").

         2.  Payments.  In exchange for your agreeing to the release of claims and other terms in this Separation Agreement, we will pay you the Severance Benefit specified in Section 10(b)
or the Change in Control Benefit in Section 10(d), as appropriate, of the Agreement between you and Employer dated __________________ (the "Employment Agreement"). Such provisions of the Employment Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference. You acknowledge that we are not obligated to make these payments to you unless you comply with the noncompetition provision in Section 11(b) of the Employment Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference and otherwise comply with
the material terms of the Employment Agreement and of this Separation Agreement. 

         3.  COBRA Continuation Coverage.  Your normal employee participation in Venture's group health coverage will terminate on the Separation Date. Continuation of group health coverage
thereafter will be made available to you and your dependents pursuant to federal law (COBRA). Continuation of group health coverage after the Separation Date is entirely at your expense, as provided under COBRA. 

         4.  Termination of Benefits.  Except as provided in Section 3 above, your participation in all employee benefit plans and programs ended on the Separation Date. Your rights under any
pension benefit or other plans in which you may have participated will be determined in accordance with the written plan documents governing those plans. 

        5. Full Payment. You acknowledge having received full payment of all compensation of any kind (including wages, salary, vacation, sick leave,
commissions, bonuses and incentive compensation) that you earned as a result of your employment by us. 

         6.  No Further Compensation.  Any and all agreements to pay you bonuses or other incentive compensation are terminated.  You understand and agree that you have no right to receive
any further payments for bonuses or other incentive compensation. We owe no further compensation or benefits of any kind, except as described in Section 2 above. 

     
7. Release of Claims.

        (a) You hereby release (i) Venture and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and benefit plans, (ii) each of
Venture's past and present shareholders, executives, directors, agents, employees, representatives, administrators, fiduciaries and attorneys, and (iii) the predecessors, successors, transferees and assigns of each of the persons and entities
described in this sentence, from any and all claims of any kind, known or unknown, that arose on or before the date you signed this Separation Agreement. 

         (b) The claims you are releasing include, without limitation, claims of wrongful termination, claims of constructive discharge, claims arising out of employment agreements, representations or policies related to your
employment, claims arising under federal, state or local laws or ordinances prohibiting discrimination or harassment or requiring accommodation on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability,

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marital status, sexual orientation or any other status, claims of failure to accommodate a disability or religious practice, claims for violation of public policy, claims of retaliation, claims of failure to assist you in
applying for future position openings, claims of failure to hire you for future position openings, claims for wages or compensation of any kind (including overtime claims), claims of tortious interference with contract or expectancy, claims of fraud
or negligent misrepresentation, claims of breach of privacy, defamation claims, claims of intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, claims of unfair labor practices, claims arising out of any claimed right to stock or stock options,
claims for attorneys' fees or costs, and any other claims that are based on any legal obligations that arise out of or are related to your employment relationship with us. 

         (c) You specifically waive any rights or claims that you may have under the Title 49 of the Revised Code of Washington, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including Title VII of that Act), the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
(WARN), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and all similar federal, state and local laws. 

         (d) You agree not to seek any personal recovery (of money damages, injunctive relief or otherwise) for the claims you are releasing in this Separation Agreement, either through any complaint to any governmental agency or
otherwise.  You agree never to start any lawsuit or arbitration asserting any of the claims you are releasing in this Separation Agreement. You represent and warrant that you have not initiated any complaint, charge, lawsuit or arbitration involving
any of the claims you are releasing in this Separation Agreement. Should you apply for future employment with Venture, Venture has no obligation to consider you for future employment. 

         (e) You represent and warrant that you have all necessary authority to enter into this Separation Agreement (including, if you are married, on behalf of your marital community) and that you have not transferred any
interest in any claims to your spouse or to any third party. 

         (f) This Separation Agreement does not affect your rights, if any, to receive pension plan benefits, medical plan benefits, unemployment compensation benefits or workers' compensation benefits. This Separation Agreement
also does not affect your rights, if any, under agreements, bylaw provisions, insurance or otherwise, to be indemnified, defended or held harmless in connection with claims that may be asserted against you by third parties. 

         (g) You understand that you are releasing potentially unknown claims, and that you have limited knowledge with respect to some of the claims being released. You acknowledge that there is a risk that, after signing this
Separation Agreement, you may learn information that might have affected your decision to enter into this Separation Agreement. You assume this risk and all other risks of any mistake in entering into this Separation Agreement. You agree that this
release is fairly and knowingly made. 

         (h) You are giving up all rights and claims of any kind, known or unknown, except for the rights specifically given to you in this Separation Agreement. 

         8. No Admission of Liability. Neither this Separation Agreement nor the payments made under this Separation Agreement are an admission of liability
or wrongdoing by Venture. 

         9. Venture Materials. You represent and warrant that you have, or no later than the Separation Date will have, returned all keys, credit cards, documents and other materials that
belong to us, in accordance with Section 10(h) of the Employment Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference. 

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         10.  Nondisclosure Agreement.  You will comply with the covenant regarding confidential information in Section 11(a) of the Employment Agreement, which covenant is incorporated
herein by reference. 

         11. No Disparagement. You may not disparage Venture or Venture's business or products, and may not encourage any third parties to sue Venture.

         12. Cooperation Regarding Other Claims. If any claim is asserted by or against Venture as to which you have relevant knowledge, you will reasonably cooperate with us in the
prosecution or defense of that claim, including by providing truthful information and testimony as reasonably requested by us. 

         13. Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation; No interference. You will comply with Sections 11(a), (b) (c), and (d) of the Employment Agreement, incorporated herein by reference, and Venture
will have the right to enforce those provisions under the terms of Section 11(e) of the Employment Agreement, incorporated herein by reference.  Following the expiration of the respective covenants, you will not, apart from good faith competition,
interfere with Venture's relationships with customers, employees, vendors, or others. 

         14.  Independent Legal Counsel.  You are advised and encouraged to consult with an attorney before signing this Separation Agreement. You acknowledge that you have had an adequate
opportunity to do so. 

         15. Consideration Period. You have 21 days from the date this Separation Agreement is given to you to consider this Separation Agreement before signing it. You may use as much or as
little of this 21-day period as you wish before signing. If you do not sign and return this Separation Agreement within this 21-day period, you will not be eligible to receive the benefits described in this Separation Agreement.

        16. Revocation Period and Effective Date. You have 7 calendar days after signing this Separation Agreement to revoke it. To revoke this Separation
Agreement after signing it, you must deliver a written notice of revocation to Venture's President before the 7-day period expires. This Separation Agreement shall not become effective until the 8th calendar day after you sign it. If you revoke this Separation Agreement it will not become effective or enforceable and you will not be entitled to the benefits described in this Separation
Agreement. 

         17.  Governing Law.  This Separation Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Washington that apply to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within the State of
Washington. 

    
 18. Dispute Resolution.

        (a) Arbitration. Any dispute arising under this agreement shall be settled by final, binding, private
arbitration in Thurston County, Washington, unless the arbitrator is unwilling to travel to Thurston County, in which case the arbitration will be held in Seattle, Washington. This includes disputes about the meaning of the agreement and performance
under the agreement.  The arbitration will be conducted by Judicial Dispute Resolution LLC with the arbitrator appointed and the arbitration conducted in accordance with Judicial Dispute Resolution rules and procedures.  The arbitrator will have
full authority to determine all issues, including arbitrability. The arbitrator's award may be reduced to final judgment in Thurston County Superior Court. Each party shall bear its own costs in connection with the arbitration and shall share
equally the fees and expenses of the arbitrator, except that the arbitrator may award the prevailing party fees and costs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an aggrieved party may seek a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction in Thurston
County Superior Court to preserve the status quo during the arbitration proceeding, provided however, that the party seeking relief agrees that ultimate resolution of the dispute will

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still be determined through arbitration and not through court process. The filing of the court action for injunctive relief shall not hinder or delay the arbitration process.

         (b) Expenses/Attorneys' Fees. The prevailing party shall be awarded all costs and expenses of the proceeding,
including but not limited to, attorneys' fees, filing and service fees, witness fees and arbitrator's fees. If arbitration is commenced, the arbitrator will have full authority and complete discretion to determine the "prevailing party" and the
amount of costs and expenses to be awarded. 

         19. Saving Provision. If any part of this Separation Agreement is held to be unenforceable, it shall not affect any other part. If any part of this
Separation Agreement is held to be unenforceable as written, it shall be enforced to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law. 

        20.  Final and Complete Agreement. Except for the Employment Agreement to
the extent it is expressly incorporated herein by reference, this Separation Agreement is the final and complete expression of all agreements between us on all subjects and supersedes and replaces all prior discussions, representations, agreements,
policies and practices. You acknowledge you are not signing this Separation Agreement relying on anything not set out herein. 

	
Venture Financial Group, Inc.  

 	
 		
Venture Bank  

 
	
By:_______________________________  

 	
 		
By:_______________________________  

 
	
Title:______________________________ 
		
 		
Title:______________________________ 
	

I, the undersigned, having been advised to consult with an attorney, hereby agree to be bound by this Separation Agreement and confirm that I have read and understood each part of it.

	
_________________________________________

 
	
_________________________________________

Printed Name 

	
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Date 

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