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GSAA HOME EQUITY TRUST 2007-10

ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2007-10

MASTER SERVICING

and

TRUST AGREEMENT

among

GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.,

Depositor,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

Trustee,

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Custodians

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

Master Servicer and Securities Administrator

Dated October 1, 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS		6

Section 1.01	Definitions	6

ARTICLE II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES		36

Section 2.01	Conveyance of Mortgage Loans	36
Section 2.02	Acceptance by the Custodians of the Mortgage Loans	38
Section 2.03	Execution and Delivery of Certificates	40
Section 2.04	REMIC Matters	40
Section 2.05	Representations and Warranties of the Depositor	41
Section 2.06	Representations and Warranties of Deutsche Bank	42
Section 2.07	Representations and Warranties of U.S. Bank	42
Section 2.08	Representations and Warranties of Wells Fargo	43

ARTICLE III

TRUST ACCOUNTS		43

Section 3.01	The Distribution Account.	43
Section 3.02	Investment of Funds in the Distribution Account	44

ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS		46

Section 4.01	Priorities of Distribution	46
Section 4.02	Monthly Statements to Certificateholders	48
Section 4.03	Allocation of Realized Losses.	50
Section 4.04	[RESERVED]	52
Section 4.05	[RESERVED]	52
Section 4.06	[RESERVED]	52

ARTICLE V

THE CERTIFICATES		52

Section 5.01	The Certificates	52
Section 5.02	Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates	53

Section 5.03	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates	59
Section 5.04	Persons Deemed Owners	59
Section 5.05	Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses	59
Section 5.06	Maintenance of Office or Agency	60

ARTICLE VI

THE DEPOSITOR		60

Section 6.01	Liabilities of the Depositor	60
Section 6.02	Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor	60
Section 6.03	Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others	60
Section 6.04	Servicing Compliance Review	61
Section 6.05	Option to Purchase Defaulted Mortgage Loans	61

ARTICLE VII

SERVICER DEFAULT		62

Section 7.01	Events of Default	62
Section 7.02	Master Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor	62
Section 7.03	Master Servicer to Act as Servicer	64
Section 7.04	Notification to Certificateholders	64

ARTICLE VIII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE CUSTODIANS		64

Section 8.01	Duties of the Trustee and the Custodians	64
Section 8.02	[RESERVED].	65
Section 8.03	Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Custodians	65
Section 8.04	Trustee and Custodians Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans	68
Section 8.05	Trustee May Own Certificates	68
Section 8.06	Trustee’s Fees and Expenses	68
Section 8.07	Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee	69
Section 8.08	Resignation and Removal of the Trustee	70
Section 8.09	Successor Trustee	70
Section 8.10	Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee or the Custodians	71
Section 8.11	Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee	71
Section 8.12	Tax Matters	72
Section 8.13	[RESERVED].	75
Section 8.14	[RESERVED].	75
Section 8.15	Custodial Responsibilities	75

ARTICLE IX

ADMINISTRATION OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS BY THE MASTER SERVICER		77

Section 9.01	Duties of the Master Servicer; Enforcement of Servicer’s Obligations	77
Section 9.02	Maintenance of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance	78
Section 9.03	Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer	78
Section 9.04	Master Servicer Events of Default	80
Section 9.05	Waiver of Default	82
Section 9.06	Successor to the Master Servicer	82
Section 9.07	Compensation of the Master Servicer	84
Section 9.08	Merger or Consolidation	84
Section 9.09	Resignation of the Master Servicer	84
Section 9.10	Assignment or Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer	84
Section 9.11	Limitation on Liability of the Master Servicer	85
Section 9.12	Indemnification; Third Party Claims	85

ARTICLE X

CONCERNING THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR		86

Section 10.01	Duties of the Securities Administrator	86
Section 10.02	Certain Matters Affecting the Securities Administrator	87
Section 10.03	Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans	89
Section 10.04	Securities Administrator May Own Certificates	89
Section 10.05	Securities Administrator’s Fees and Expenses	89
Section 10.06	Eligibility Requirements for the Securities Administrator	90
Section 10.07	Resignation and Removal of the Securities Administrator	91
Section 10.08	Successor Securities Administrator	92
Section 10.09	Merger or Consolidation of the Securities Administrator	93
Section 10.10	Assignment or Delegation of Duties by the Securities Administrator	93

ARTICLE XI

TERMINATION		93

Section 11.01	Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage Loans	93
Section 11.02	Final Distribution on the Certificates	95
Section 11.03	Additional Termination Requirements	96

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		96

Section 12.01	Amendment	96
Section 12.02	Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts	99
Section 12.03	Governing Law	99

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Section 12.04	Intention of Parties	99
Section 12.05	Notices	100
Section 12.06	Severability of Provisions	101
Section 12.07	Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders	101
Section 12.08	Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid	102
Section 12.09	Waiver of Jury Trial	102
Section 12.10	[RESERVED].	102
Section 12.11	Rights of NIM Insurer.	102

ARTICLE XIII

EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING		103

Section 13.01	Filing Obligations.	103
Section 13.02	Form 8-K Filings.	104
Section 13.03	Form 10-D Filings.	105
Section 13.04	Form 10-K Filings.	107
Section 13.05	Form 15 Filing.	109
Section 13.06	Sarbanes-Oxley Certification.	109
Section 13.07	Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.	110
Section 13.08	Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors.	111

SCHEDULES

Schedule I	Mortgage Loan Schedule

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A	Form of Class A and Class B Certificates

Exhibit B	Form of Class P Certificates

Exhibit C	Form of Class R and Class RC Certificates

Exhibit D	[Reserved]

Exhibit E	Form of Initial Certification of Custodian

Exhibit F	Form of Document Certification and Exception Report of Custodian

Exhibit G	Form of Residual Transfer Affidavit

Exhibit H	Form of Transferor Certificate

Exhibit I	Form of Rule 144A Letter

Exhibit J-1	Form of Back-up Certification (Master Servicer)

Exhibit J-2	Form of Back-up Certification (Securities Administrator)

Exhibit K	Form of Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance Statement

Exhibit L-1	Form of Request for Release of Documents (U.S. Bank National Association)

Exhibit L-2	Form of Request for Release of Documents (Deutsche Bank National Trust Company)

Exhibit L-3	Form of Request for Release of Documents (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association)

Exhibit M	Form 8-K Disclosure Information

Exhibit N	Additional Form 10-D Disclosure

Exhibit O	Additional Form 10-K Disclosure

Exhibit P	Form of Master Loan Purchase Agreement, between various sellers and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company


Exhibit Q	Flow Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2006, between Avelo Mortgage, L.L.C. and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company.

Exhibit R	Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2005, between GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company as modified by the related Assignment Agreements.

Exhibit S	Amended and Restated Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2005, between GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company.

Exhibit T	Second Amended and Restated Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2005, between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company.

THIS MASTER SERVICING AND TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of October 1, 2007 (this “Agreement”), is hereby executed by and among GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Depositor”), CITIBANK, N.A. (“Citibank”), as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), as a custodian, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY (“Deutsche Bank”), as a custodian, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“U.S. Bank”), as a custodian, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells Fargo”), as a custodian (Deutsche Bank, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, each as a “Custodian” and together, the “Custodians”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”) and as securities administrator (in such capacity, the “Securities Administrator”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trust shall elect that three segregated asset pools within the Trust Fund be treated for federal income tax purposes as comprising three REMICs (each, a “Trust REMIC” or, in the alternative, “REMIC 1”, “REMIC 2” and the “Upper-Tier REMIC”, respectively). Each Class of Certificates (other than the Class RC and Class R Certificates), represents ownership of a regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class R Certificates represent ownership of the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC, and the Class RC Certificates represent ownership of the sole class of residual interest in each of REMIC 1 and REMIC 2 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Startup Day for each REMIC described herein is the Closing Date. The latest possible maturity date for each Certificate is August 25, 2047, which is the Distribution Date following the latest Mortgage Loan maturity date. The Upper-Tier REMIC shall hold as assets the several classes of uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interests, set out below. REMIC 2 shall hold as assets the several classes of uncertificated REMIC 1 Regular Interests, set out below. REMIC 1 shall hold as assets the assets described in the definition of “Trust Fund” herein.

Each REMIC 1 Regular Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 1. Each REMIC 2 Regular Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 2.

REMIC 1

Except as provided below,

REMIC 1 will issue a single regular interest corresponding to each Mortgage Loan having a Net Rate less than or equal to 6.00%, and two regular interests (referred to collectively herein as the “Class 1-A Interests” and the “Class 1-B Interests”) for each Mortgage Loan having a Net Rate greater than 6.00% and less than 6.50% , and a single regular interest corresponding to each Mortgage Loan having a Net Mortgage Rate greater than or equal to 6.50%.

Each REMIC 1 Regular Interest corresponding to a Mortgage Loan having a Net Rate less than or equal to 6.00% will have a Pass Through Rate of 6.00%. Each such Class will have a principal balance, following the allocation of scheduled principal, prepayments of principal and Realized Losses, equal to the product of: (i) the Applicable Fraction for Collateral Group 1 of the related Mortgage Loan and (ii) the related Mortgage Loan’s principal balance. For purposes of calculating the Calculation Rate, each of the foregoing REMIC 1 Regular Interests will be treated as part of Collateral Group 1.

Each of the Class 1-A Interests will have a Pass Through Rate of 6.00% and a principal balance, following the allocation of scheduled principal, prepayments of principal and Realized Losses, equal to the product of: (i) the Applicable Fraction for Collateral Group 1 in respect of the related Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the related Mortgage Loan’s principal balance. For purposes of the calculating the Calculation Rate, each Class 1-A Interest will be treated as part of Collateral Group 1.

Each of the Class 1-B Interests will have a Pass Through Rate of 6.50% and a principal balance, following the allocation of scheduled principal, prepayments of principal and Realized Losses, equal to the product of: (i) the Applicable Fraction for Collateral Group 2 in respect of the related Mortgage Loan, and (ii) the related Mortgage Loan’s principal balance. For purposes of the calculating the Calculation Rate, each Class 1-B Interest will be treated as part of Collateral Group 2.

Each REMIC 1 Regular Interest corresponding to a Mortgage Loan having a Net Rate greater than 6.50% will have a Pass Through Rate of 6.50%. Each such Class will have a

principal balance, following the allocation of scheduled principal, prepayments of principal and Realized Losses, equal to the related Mortgage Loan’s principal balance. For purposes of calculating the Calculation Rate, each of the foregoing REMIC 1 Regular Interests will be treated as part of Collateral Group 2.

REMIC 1 also will issue the Class 1-A-IO Interest, Class 1-A-PO Interest and the Class R-1 Interest. The Class 1-A-PO Interest will have principal balances, following the allocation of scheduled principal, prepayments of principal and Realized Losses, equal to the principal balances in respect of the Class A-PO Certificates and will not be entitled to receive distributions of interest. The Class 1-A-IO Certificates will have a notional balance equal to the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans having a Net Rate exceeding 7.00% and a Pass-Through Rate equal to the excess of the weighted average Net Rate in respect of such Mortgage Loans over 6.50%. The Class R-1 Interest is the residual interest and will not be entitled to any distributions of interest or principal.

REMIC 2

The REMIC 2 Regular Interests will have the initial principal balance, Pass-Through Rates and corresponding Collateral Groups as set forth in the following table:

2-A-1 (0.9% of SP Collateral Group 1)	(1)	6.00%	1
2-B-2 (0.1% of SP Collateral Group 1)	(1)	6.00%	1
2-C-1 (Excess of Collateral Group 1)	(1)	6.00%	1
2-A-2 (0.9% of SP Collateral Group 2)	(1)	6.50%	2
2-B-2 (0.1% of SP Collateral Group 2)	(1)	6.50%	2
2-C-2 (Excess of Collateral Group 2)	(1)	6.50%	2
2-A-PO	(1)	0.00%	N/A
2-A-IO	(1)	(2)	N/A
R-2	(3)	(3)	N/A

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(1) Each Class 2-A Interest will have a principal balance initially equal to 0.9% of the Subordinated Portion (“SP”) of its corresponding Collateral Group. Each Class 2-B Interest will have a principal balance initially equal to 0.1% of the SP of its corresponding Collateral Group. The initial principal balance of each Class C Interest will equal the excess of the initial aggregate principal balance of its corresponding Collateral Group over the initial aggregate principal balances of the Class 2-A and Class 2-B Interests corresponding to such Collateral Group. On each Distribution Date, the Class 2-A-PO Interests will have a principal balance, following the allocation of scheduled principal, prepayments of principal and Realized Losses, equal to the principal balances in respect of the Class A-PO Certificates and will not be entitled to receive distributions of interest.

(2) The Class 2-A-IO Interests will be entitled to all interest accruals in respect of the Class 1-A-IO Interests.

(3) The Class R-2 Interest is the sole class of residual interest in REMIC 2. It has no principal balance and pays no principal or interest.

On each Distribution Date, interest and the principal collections (excluding the Applicable Fraction attributable to the Class A-PO Certificates) shall be distributed with respect to the REMIC 2 Interests in the following manner:

(1) Interest is to be distributed with respect to each REMIC 2 Interest according to the formulas described above;

(2) If a Cross-Over Situation does not exist with respect to any Class of Interests, then Principal Amounts and Realized Losses arising with respect to each Collateral Group will be allocated: first to cause the Collateral Group's corresponding Class A and Class B to equal, respectively, 0.9% of the SP and 0.1% of the SP; and second to the Collateral Group’s corresponding Class C Interest;

(3) If a Cross-Over Situation exists with respect to the Class A and B Interests then:

(a) if the Calculation Rate in respect of such Class A and Class B Interests is less than the Pass Through Rate in respect of the Subordinate Certificates, Principal Relocation Payments will be made proportionately to the outstanding Class A Interests prior to any other distributions of principal from each such Collateral Group; and

(b) if the Calculation Rate in respect of such outstanding Class A and Class B Interests is greater than the Pass Through Rate in respect of the Subordinate Certificates, Principal Relocation Payments will be made proportionately to the outstanding Class B Interests prior to any other distributions of principal from each such Collateral Group.

In case of either (a) or (b), Principal Relocation Payments will be made so as to cause the Calculation Rate in respect of the outstanding Class A and B Interests to equal the Pass Through Rate in respect of the Subordinate Certificates. With respect to each Collateral Group, if (and to the extent that) the sum of (a) the principal payments comprising the Principal Amount received during the Due Period and (b) the Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans in that Collateral Group, are insufficient to make the necessary reductions of principal on the Class A and B Interests, then interest will be added to the Loan Group's other REMIC 2 Interests that are not receiving Principal Relocation Payments, in proportion to their principal balances.

(c) Unless required to achieve the Calculation Rate, the outstanding aggregate Class A and B Interests will not be reduced below 1% of the excess of (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of any Due Period over (ii) the Certificate Balance Senior Certificates (excluding the Class R and Class RC Certificates) as of the related Distribution Date (after taking into account distributions of principal on such Distribution Date).

If (and to the extent that) the limitation in paragraph (c) prevents the distribution of principal to the Class A and Class B Interests of a Collateral Group, and if the Collateral Group's Class C Interest has already been reduced to zero, then the excess principal from that Collateral Group will be paid to the Class C Interests of the other Collateral

Group, the aggregate Class A and Class B Interests of which are less than 1% of the SP. If the Mortgage Loans in the Collateral Group of the Class C Interest that receives such payment has a pass through rate below the pass through rate of the Mortgage Loans in the Collateral Group making the payment, then the payment will be treated by the REMIC 2 as a Realized Loss. Conversely, if the Mortgage Loans in the Collateral Group of the Class C Interest that receives such payment have a pass through rate above the pass through rate of the Mortgage Loans in the Collateral Group making the payment, then the payment will be treated by the REMIC 2 as a reimbursement for prior Realized Losses.

Upper-Tier REMIC

The Upper-Tier REMIC shall issue the following Classes of Certificates (other than the Class RC and Class R Certificates), with the designations, initial Certificate Balances and Certificate Rates indicated, each of which (other than the Class RC and Class R Certificates) shall be a Class of Upper-Tier REMIC Regular Interests.

Class	Initial Certificate Balance Or Notional Amount	Certificate Rate
A1A	$40,846,000.00	6.00000%
A1B	3,380,000.00	6.00000
A2A	104,746,000.00	6.50000
A2B	8,668,000.00	6.50000
B1	4,852,000.00	6.3589(1)
B2	2,554,000.00	6.3589 (1)
B3	1,021,000.00	6.3589 (1)
B4	1,277,000.00	6.3589 (1)
B5	1,106,000.00	6.3589 (1)
B6	1,277,338.00	6.3589 (1)
A – IO	6,838,068.00(2)	8.00000
A - PO	499,777.00	NA
R(3)	100.00	6.00000

(1)

For each Distribution Date (and the related Interest Accrual Period) each of the Class B1, Class B2, Class B3, Class B4, Class B5 and Class B6 Certificates shall accrue interest at a per annum rate equal to the B Average Rate. Solely for federal income tax purposes, the Class B1, Class B2, Class B3, Class B4, Class B5 and Class B6 Certificates shall accrue interest at a per annum rate equal to the Calculation Rate.

(2)

Notional Amount. Solely for federal income tax purposes, the Class A-IO Certificates shall be entitled to all interest accruals in respect of the Class A-IO Interests.

(3)

The Upper Tier REMIC shall also issue the Class R-3 Interest, which shall represent the sole Class of residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC.

Set forth below are designations of Classes of Certificates to the categories used herein:

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

Class A Certificates	The Class A1A, A1B, A2A, A2B, A-IO and A-PO Certificates, collectively.

Class B Certificates	The Class B1, Class B2, Class B3, Class B4, Class B5 and Class B6 Certificates, collectively.

Interest Only Certificates	The Class A-IO Certificates

Residual Certificates	The Class R and Class RC Certificates.

ERISA Restricted Certificates	The Private Certificates and any Certificate with a rating below the lowest applicable permitted rating under the Underwriters’ Exemption.

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

Private Certificates	The Class B4, Class B5, Class B6 and Class P Certificates.

Physical Certificates	The Class R and Class RC Certificates.

Principal Only Certificates	The Class A-PO Certificates.

Rating Agencies	Fitch and S&P.

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

Subordinate Certificates	The Class B Certificates.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the applicable Servicing Agreement or Sale Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

10-K Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 13.04.

60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loan: For any Distribution Date, (a) each Mortgage Loan with respect to which any portion of a Monthly Payment is, as of the last day of the prior Due Period, two (2) months or more past due (without giving effect to any grace period), (b) each Mortgage Loan in foreclosure, (c) all REO Property, (d) each Mortgage Loan for which the Mortgagor has filed for bankruptcy, (e) all Mortgage Loans repurchased within 12 months prior to the related Distribution Date and (f) any Mortgage Loan that has been modified during the preceding 12-month period.

Account: The Distribution Account and the Collection Accounts. Each such Account shall be a separate Eligible Account.

Accrued Certificate Interest: The interest to be distributed to each Class of Certificates entitled to interest on any Distribution Date consisting of the sum of (i) interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Certificate Rate for such Class of Certificates on the Certificate Balance (or Notional Amount) of such Class of Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date and (ii) accrued but unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest from prior Distribution Dates (on a cumulative basis, but without interest on such unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest) as reduced by such Class’s share of Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for the related Due Period allocated to such Class pursuant to Section 4.03.

Additional Form 10-D Disclosure: As defined in Section 13.03.

Additional Form 10-K Disclosure: As defined in Section 13.04.

Additional Servicer: Each affiliate of each Servicer that services any of the Mortgage Loans and each Person who is not an affiliate of the any Servicer, who services 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans. For clarification purposes, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator are Additional Servicers.

Adjusted Net Mortgage Interest Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan and at any time, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Interest Rate less the Expense Fee Rate.

Administrative Fees: As to each Mortgage Loan, the fees calculated by reference to the Master Servicing Fee.

Advance: Any Monthly Advance or Servicing Advance.

Affiliate: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Agreement: This Master Servicing and Trust Agreement and all amendments or supplements hereto.

“A-PO Principal Distribution Amount”: The aggregate of the sum of the following amounts for Collateral Group 1 and any Distribution Date:

(i)

the Applicable Fractions for the Class A-PO Certificates of items (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of Principal Payment Amount;

(ii)

the Applicable Fractions for the Class A-PO Certificates of all Payoffs and Curtailments for each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group that were received during the preceding calendar month or received during the period beginning on and including the second day of the preceding calendar month and ending on and including the first day of the then current calendar month (as provided in the applicable Sale Agreement); and

(iii)

the Applicable Fractions for the Class A-PO Certificates of the Liquidation Principal contributing to such Collateral Group.

“Applicable Fraction”: For each Mortgage Loan and any Collateral Group, shall be calculated as follows:

For each Discount Loan:

6.000% minus the Net Rate on such Discount Loan

6.000%;

provided, that the portion of the Discount Loans not allocated to the Class A-PO Certificates will be allocated to the other Group 1 Certificates

For Collateral Group 1 and Collateral Group 2 and with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Net Rate greater than or equal to 6.000% per annum, but less than 6.5000% per annum:

for the portion of each such loan allocated to Collateral Group 1;

6.500% minus the Net Rate on such Mortgage Loan

0.500%;

for the portion of each such loan allocated to Collateral Group 2;

1 minus 6.500% minus the Net Rate on such Mortgage Loan

0.500%

provided, that all of the Collections and Advances of principal on each Mortgage Loan with a Net Rate greater than or equal to 6.5000% per annum will be allocable to Collateral Group 2 and all interest in excess of 6.500% per annum on each Mortgage Loan with a Net Rate greater than or equal to 6.5000% per annum will be allocated to the Class A-IO Certificates.

Apportioned Principal Balance: For any Class of Subordinate Certificates and any Distribution Date, the Class Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the related Group Subordinate Amount for such date and the denominator of which is the sum of the Group Subordinate Amounts for all of the related Collateral Groups for such date.

Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument in recordable form (other than the assignee’s name and recording information not yet returned from the recording office), reflecting the sale of the Mortgage to the Trustee.

Assignment Agreement: A Step 1 Assignment Agreement or a Step 2 Assignment Agreement.

Auction Call: As defined in Section 9.03(b).

Available Distribution Amounts: For any Distribution Date and any Collateral Group, the sum of the Applicable Fractions for each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group of the following amounts:

(i) the total amount of all cash received from or on behalf of the Mortgagors or advanced by the Servicer (or the Master Servicer in the event the Servicer fails to make such required advances, or by the Trustee in the event the Master Servicer fails to make any such required advances, pursuant to Section 9.01 and 9.06, respectively, of this Agreement) on the Mortgage Loans contributing to such Collateral Group and not previously distributed (including Monthly Advances made by the Servicer (or by the Master Servicer in the event the Servicer fails to make such required advances, or by the Trustee in the event the Master Servicer fails to make any such required advances, pursuant to Section 9.01 and 9.06, respectively, of this Agreement)), Compensating Interest Payments made by the Servicer (or the Master Servicer or other successor servicer, as the case may be) and proceeds of Mortgage Loans that are liquidated), except:

(a) all Monthly Payments collected but due on a Due Date after such Distribution Date;

(b) all Curtailments received after the previous calendar month;

(c) all Payoffs received after the previous calendar month (together with each interest payment received with such Payoffs to the extent that it represents the payment of interest accrued on the Mortgage Loans contributing to such Collateral Group for the period after the previous calendar month);

(d) Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received on the Mortgage Loans contributing to such Collateral Group after the previous calendar month;

(e) all amounts in the Certificate Account from Mortgage Loans contributing to such Collateral Group that are then due and payable to the Servicer under the related Sale and Servicing Agreement;

(f) the Servicing Fee and the Master Servicing Fee for each Mortgage Loan in such Collateral Group, net of any amounts payable as compensating interest by the Servicer on that Distribution Date;

(g) any amounts payable in respect of any primary mortgage insurance policy;

(h) all related indemnification amounts and other amounts reimbursable or payable on such Distribution Date to the Securities Administrator, each Custodian or the Trustee or the Master Servicer; and

(i) all expenses of the Trust Fund paid after the immediately preceding Distribution Date;

(ii) the total amount of any cash received by the Securities Administrator or the Servicer (or the Master Servicer) from the repurchase by a Responsible Party of any Mortgage Loans contributing to such Collateral Group as a result of defective documentation or breach of representations and warranties or any substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan (provided that the obligation to so repurchase or substitute arose before the related Due Date).

provided that interest with respect to any Mortgage Loan that relates to two Collateral Groups shall be included in the Available Distribution Amounts for each related Collateral Group as follows: first, to the Collateral Group with the lower Effective Net Rate, interest to the extent accrued on the Applicable Fraction of the principal of such Mortgage Loan at the Effective Net Rate for such Collateral Group; and second, to the other Collateral Group related to such Mortgage Loan.

Avelo: Avelo Mortgage, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors in interest.

Avelo Servicing Agreement: The Flow Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2006, between Avelo and GSMC, as modified by the related Assignment Agreements.

B Average Rate: For each Distribution Date, an annual rate equal to the weighted average of the Designated Rates applicable to Collateral Group 1 or Collateral Group 2 and weighted on the basis of the Group Subordinate Amounts for such Collateral Groups.

Back-Up Certification: As defined in Section 13.06.

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

Business Day: Any day other than (i) Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which banking and savings and loan institutions in (a) the States of New York, California, Texas, Maryland and Minnesota, (b) with respect to a Servicer, the State in which such Servicer’s

servicing operations are located, or (c) the State in which the Trustee’s operations are located, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

Calculation Rate: For each Distribution Date, the product of (i) 10 and (ii) the weighted average pass-through rate of the outstanding Class A and Class B Interests, treating each of the Class A Interests as having an interest rate of 0.00%.

Certificate: Any one of the Certificates executed by the Securities Administrator in substantially the forms attached hereto as exhibits.

Certificate Balance: As to any Class of Certificates (other than any Interest Only Certificate) or Interests as of the close of business on each Distribution Date, the initial Certificate Balance thereof (as shown on the charts in the Preliminary Statement) reduced by (i) all principal payments previously distributed to such Class and (ii) all Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class and increased in the case of any Class of Certificates for which the Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced by any Realized Loss, by the amount of any Subsequent Recoveries allocated to such Class in accordance with Section 4.03. The Class P Certificates have no Certificate Balance. The Class P Certificates have a $1000 notional certificate balance. The Class P Certificates will not receive payments on its notional balance and its notional balance will not change for so long as such Class is outstanding.

Certificate Group: Any of the Group 1 Certificates or the Group 2 Certificates.

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

Certificate Rate: With respect to each Class of Certificates on any Distribution Date, the percentage per annum or other entitlement to interest described in the Preliminary Statement. With respect to each Lower-Tier Regular Interest on any Distribution Date, the Certificate Rates described in the Preliminary Statement.

Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02.

Certificateholder or Holder: The person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that, solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary to effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however, that if any such Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action hereunder. The Securities Administrator is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of the Depositor or any affiliate of the Depositor in determining which Certificates are registered in the name of an affiliate of the Depositor.

Certification Parties: As defined in Section 13.06.

Certifying Person: As defined in Section 13.06.

Citibank: Citibank, N.A., a national banking association.

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

Class A Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

Class A1A Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class A1A.”

Class A1B Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class A1B.”

Class A2A Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class A2A.”

Class A2B Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class A2B.”

Class A-IO Notional Amount: Initially shall be $[ ], and with respect to each Distribution Date, will be equal to the total principal balance of the mortgage loans having Net Rates greater than or equal to 6.500% per annum multiplied by the following fraction:

weighted average Net Rate of all

Premium Loans minus 6.5000%

8.000%

Class B Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

Class B1 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class B1.”

Class B2 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class B2.”

Class B3 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class B3.”

Class B4 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class B4.”

Class B5 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class B5.”

Class B6 Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class B6.”

Class P Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class P.”

Class Principal Balance: With respect to any Class and as to any date of determination, the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of all Certificates of such Class as of such date.

Class R Certificates: All Certificates bearing the class designation of “Class R.”

Closing Date: October 30, 2007.

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

Collateral Group: Any of Collateral Group 1 or Collateral Group 2, as applicable.

Collateral Group 1: The Mortgage Loans in Subgroup A and Subgroup P or portions thereof that have been stripped to an Effective Net Rate of 6.000%.

Collateral Group 2: The Mortgage Loans in Subgroup A and Subgroup B or portions thereof that have been stripped to an Effective Net Rate of 6.500%, which includes portions of Subgroup B that contribute to the Notional Amount of Class A-IO Certificates and receive no principal.

Collection Account: The “Custodial Account” as defined in the applicable Servicing Agreement.

Commission: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date, each Servicer, other than Wells Fargo shall provide compensating interest equal to the difference between the interest paid by the applicable mortgagors for that Prepayment Period in connection with the prepayments and thirty (30) days’ interest at the Note Rate (less the Servicing Fee specified in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement) on the related Mortgage Loans, provided that, with respect to Avelo, GreenPoint or any other Servicer subject to a cap as specified in the related Sale and Servicing Agreement, such Compensating Interest will not exceed one-half the applicable monthly servicing fee received by such Servicer for the related Distribution Date, provided, further that no Compensating Interest shall be made by Avelo in connection with Curtailments.

Condemnation Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged Property, whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not required to be released to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents.

Corporate Trust Office: With respect to the Securities Administrator, the principal office of the Securities Administrator is located at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Client Manager, GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-10 and its office for certificate transfer services is located at Sixth Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, GSAA Home Equity Trust

2007-10, or at such other address as the Securities Administrator may designate from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders. With respect to the Trustee, the principal office of the Trustee is located at 388 Greenwich Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York, 10013, Attention: Agency & Trust, GSAA 2007-10, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders.

Credit Support Depletion Date: The first Distribution Date (if any) on which the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Subordinate Certificates has been or shall be reduced to zero.

Cross-Over Situation: For any Distribution Date and for each Loan Group (after taking into account principal distributions on such Distribution Date) with respect to the Class A and Class B Interests, the Class A and Class B Interests corresponding to any Loan Group are in the aggregate less than 1% of the Subordinate Percentage of the Loan Group to which they correspond.

Current Realized Loss: For the Class A-PO Certificates and each Distribution Date, the sum of the related Applicable Fraction of Realized Losses realized during the preceding calendar month on each Discount Loan.

Current Shortfall: Any amount included in the Principal Distribution Amount for which cash is not available to make distributions as a result of the Servicer’s decision not to Advance a delinquent payment, other than a Realized Loss.

Curtailment: Any partial prepayment on any Mortgage Loan.

Custodial File: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, any Mortgage Loan Document which is delivered to the applicable Custodian or which at any time comes into the possession of that Custodian.

Custodians: Deutsche Bank, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo.

Cut-off Date: October 1, 2007.

Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance: The aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.

Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date (after giving effect to payments of principal due on that date, whether or not received).

Deferred Principal Amount: For the Class A-PO Certificates, the cumulative amount of Current Realized Losses allocated to such Class on prior Distribution Dates, minus all amounts reimbursed from amounts otherwise payable on the Subordinate Certificates.

Definitive Certificates: Any Certificate evidenced by a Physical Certificate and any Certificate issued in lieu of a Book-Entry Certificate pursuant to Section 5.02(e).

Deleted Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan which is purchased or repurchased by any Responsible Party, the Purchaser or the Depositor in accordance with the terms of any Sale Agreement, any Assignment Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable, or which is, in the case of a substitution by any Servicer (if permitted under the applicable Servicing Agreement) or by the Purchaser pursuant to the Assignment Agreements or this Agreement, replaced or to be replaced with a substitute mortgage loan.

Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the face thereof as the “Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate” or the Percentage Interest appearing on the face thereof; provided, that with respect to the Class P Certificates or the Class A-IO Certificates, the Denomination will be expressed as the initial notional balance of such Class.

Depositor: GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its successors in interest.

Depository: As defined in Section 5.02(e).

Depository Institution: Any depository institution or trust company, including the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations that are rated “P-1” by Fitch and “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s.

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 Rate: With respect to Collateral Group 1, 6.000% per annum. With respect to Collateral Group 2, 6.500% per annum.

Determination Date: With respect to each Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately preceding the related Remittance Date.

Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking association, and its successors in interest.

Discount Loans: Any Mortgage Loan with a Net Rate less than 6.000% per annum.

Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 3.01(a) in the name of the Securities Administrator as paying agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Certificateholders and designated “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as paying agent, in trust for registered holders of GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-10, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-10.” Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.

Distribution Date: The 25th day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day, commencing in November 2007.

Document Certification and Exception Report: The report attached to Exhibit F hereto.

Due Date: The day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan, exclusive of any days of grace.

Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the second day of the calendar month preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the calendar month in which that Distribution Date occurs, except, in the case of the Goldman Conduit Mortgage Loans, the period commencing on the first day of the month and ending on the last day of the month preceding the month of the Remittance Date.

EDGAR: The Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.

Effective Net Rate: For any Mortgage Loan and any Collateral Group to which such Mortgage Loan contributes interest, the effective Net Rate at which such Mortgage Loan contributes interest to such Collateral Group.

Eligible Account: An account maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company that is a subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated “A-1+” by S&P, “F1” by Fitch and “P-1” by Moody’s (or a comparable rating if another Rating Agency is specified by the Depositor by written notice to the Servicer) at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein and acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts maintained with the Securities Administrator or the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this paragraph, a depository will be acceptable to S&P if its short-term unsecured debt obligations are rated “A-2” or above or, if such depository’s short-term unsecured debt obligations are not rated, its long-term unsecured debt obligations are rated “BBB+” or above by S&P.

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

ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002) (or any successor thereto), or any substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of Labor.

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

Event of Default: As defined in the applicable Servicing Agreement.

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Act Filing Obligation: The obligations of the Master Servicer under Section 9.04 and Article XIII (except Section 13.07) with respect to notice and information to be provided to the Depositor.

Exchange Act Reports: Any reports on Form 10-D, Form 8-K and Form 10-K required to be filed by the Depositor with respect to the Trust Fund under the Exchange Act.

Expense Fee Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the administrative fee rate, if any, and, if set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy premium rate.

Expense Fees: As to each Mortgage Loan, the fees calculated by reference to the Expense Fee Rate and the Master Servicing Fees.

Fair Market Value Excess: As defined in Section 11.01.

Fannie Mae: The Federal National Mortgage Association, and its successors in interest.

Final Scheduled Distribution Date: The Final Scheduled Distribution Date for each Class of Certificates is the Distribution Date occurring in November 2037.

Fitch: Fitch, Inc.

Form 8-K Disclosure Information: As defined in Section 13.02.

Freddie Mac: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, and its successors in interest.

Goldman Conduit: Goldman Sachs Residential Mortgage Conduit Program.

Goldman Conduit Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans acquired by the Purchaser pursuant to the applicable Goldman Conduit Sale Agreements.

Goldman Conduit Sale Agreements: The Master Loan Purchase Agreements, between various mortgage loan sellers and GSMC, dated as of their respective dates, as modified by the related Assignment Agreements.

GreenPoint: GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., a New York corporation, and its successors in interest.

GreenPoint Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans acquired by the Purchaser pursuant to the GreenPoint Sale Agreement.

GreenPoint Sale Agreement: Amended and Restated Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2005, between GreenPoint and GSMC, as

amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated July 23, 2007 and as modified by the related Assignment Agreements.

GreenPoint Servicing Agreement: Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2005, between GreenPoint and GSMC, as modified by the related Assignment Agreements.

Group 1 Certificate: Any Class A1A, Class A1B, Class A-PO, Class R or Class RC Certificate.

Group 2 Certificate: Any Class A2A or Class A2B Certificate.

Group Subordinate Amount: With respect to each Collateral Group and any Distribution Date, the excess of the Non-AP Pool Balance for the immediately preceding Distribution Date for that Collateral Group over the total Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates of the related Certificate Group (other than the Class A-PO Certificates and the Class A-IO Certificates) immediately prior to that Distribution Date.

Insurance Proceeds: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, proceeds of insurance policies insuring the Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.

Interest Accrual Period: For any Distribution Date (other than the first Distribution Date) and any regular interest in any REMIC created hereby or any Class of Certificates entitled to interest, the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs. For the first Distribution Date and any regular interest in any REMIC created hereby or any Class of Certificates entitled to interest will accrue from October 1, 2007.

Interest Only Certificate: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

Interests: Each class of REMIC Interests.

Investment Account: As defined in Section 3.02(a).

Item 1119 Party: The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, any Servicer, any subservicer, any originator identified in the Prospectus Supplement.

Junior Subordinate Certificates: The Class B4, Class B5 and Class B6 Certificates.

Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated in the Principal Prepayment Period preceding the month of such Distribution Date and as to which the applicable Servicer has certified that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan including the final disposition of an REO Property.

Liquidation Principal: For any Distribution Date, the principal portion of Liquidation Proceeds received from each Mortgage Loan that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date.

Liquidation Proceeds: Cash received in connection with the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through the sale or assignment of such Mortgage Loan, trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or the sale of the related Mortgaged Property if the Mortgaged Property is acquired in satisfaction of the Mortgage Loan, including any Subsequent Recoveries.

Loan Group 1: The Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule I as being in Loan Group 1.

Loan Group 2: The Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule I as being in Loan Group 2.

Master Servicer: Wells Fargo, and its successors in interest, and if a successor master servicer is appointed hereunder, such successor.

Master Servicer Event of Default: As defined in Section 9.04.

Master Servicer Float Period: As to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, the period commencing on the Remittance Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date and ending on such Distribution Date.

Master Servicing Fee: The investment income earned on amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account during the Master Servicer Float Period.

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

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

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

Monthly Advance: As defined in the applicable Servicing Agreement.

Monthly Payment: The scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on a Mortgage Loan.

Monthly Statement: The statement made available to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.02.

Moody’s: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. If Moody’s is designated as a Rating Agency in the Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 12.05(b) the address for notices to Moody’s shall be Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Attention: Residential Mortgage Pass-Through Group, or such other address as Moody’s may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Servicer.

Mortgage: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing a Mortgage Note.

Mortgage File: The items pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan contained in either the Servicing File or Custodial File.

Mortgage Interest Rate: The annual rate of interest borne on a Mortgage Note with respect to each Mortgage Loan.

Mortgage Loan: An individual Mortgage Loan which is the subject of a Sale Agreement and a Servicing Agreement, each Mortgage Loan originally sold and subject to any Sale Agreement being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which Mortgage Loan includes without limitation the Mortgage File, the Servicing File, the Monthly Payments, Principal Prepayments, Prepayment Premiums, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, REO Disposition proceeds and all other rights, benefits, proceeds and obligations arising from or in connection with such Mortgage Loan.

Mortgage Loan Documents: The mortgage loan documents pertaining to each Mortgage Loan.

Mortgage Loan Schedule: A schedule of Mortgage Loans annexed hereto as Schedule I (which shall be delivered to the Custodians in an electronic format acceptable to the Custodians), such schedule setting forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan: (1) the applicable Responsible Party’s Mortgage Loan number; (2) the address, city, state and zip code of the Mortgaged Property; (3) a code indicating whether the Mortgagor is self-employed; (4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is owner-occupied, investment property or a second home; (5) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a single family residence, two family residence, three-family residence, four family residence, condominium, manufactured housing or planned unit development; (6) the purpose of the Mortgage Loan; (7) the type of Mortgage Loan; (8) the Mortgage Interest Rate at origination; (9) the current Mortgage Interest Rate; (10) the name of the applicable Servicer; (11) the applicable Servicing Fee Rate; (12) the current Monthly Payment; (13) the original term to maturity; (14) the remaining term to maturity; (15) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date after deduction of payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date whether or not collected; (16) the LTV at origination and if the Mortgage Loan has a second lien, combined LTV at origination; (17) the actual principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date; (18) the social security number of the Mortgagor; (19) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan had a second lien at origination; (20) if the Mortgage Loan has a second lien, combined loan balance as of the Cut-off Date; (21) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is a leasehold estate; (22) the due date of the Mortgage Loan; (23) whether the Mortgage Loan is insured by a Mortgage Insurance Policy and the name of the insurer; (24) the certificate number of the Mortgage Insurance Policy; (25) if applicable, the amount of coverage of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if it is a lender-paid Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy or the premium rate, if it is a Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy paid for on behalf of the Trust; (26) if applicable, the premium tax information for each mortgage loan covered by the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy; (27) a code indicating whether the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Loan; (28) documentation type (including asset and income type); (29) first payment date; (30) the schedule of the payment delinquencies in the prior 12 months; (31) FICO score; (32) the Mortgagor’s name; (33) the stated maturity date; (34) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan; and (35) the name of the applicable Custodian.

Mortgaged Property: The real property (or leasehold estate, if applicable) identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as securing repayment of the debt evidenced by a Mortgage Note.

Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall: For any Distribution Date, the amount by which the sum of the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls exceeds the sum of the Compensating Interest payments made on such Distribution Date.

Net Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Note Rate of such Mortgage Loan less the Servicing Fee Rate and the rate on any primary mortgage insurance applicable to such Mortgage Loan.

New York Business Day: Any day on which dealings in deposits of United States dollars are transacted in the New York market.

NIM Insurer: Any insurer guarantying, at the request of the Depositor or one of its Affiliates, certain payments under the NIM Securities (if any).

NIM Issuer: The entity established as the issuer of the NIM Securities (if any).

NIM Securities: Any debt securities secured or otherwise backed by some or all of any Class X and/or Class P Certificates (if applicable).

NIM Trustee: The trustee for the NIM Securities (if any).

Non-AP Pool Balance: For any Distribution Date and any Collateral Group, the sum of the Applicable Fractions of the outstanding principal balances for all the Mortgage Loans contributing to each such Collateral Group for the immediately preceding Distribution Date minus the portion of Discount Loans contributing to the outstanding Class Principal Balance of the Class A-PO Certificates.

Non Permitted Transferee: As defined in Section 8.12(e).

Nonrecoverable Monthly Advance: Any Monthly Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Servicer (in accordance with the related Servicing Standard set forth in the related Servicing Agreement), the Master Servicer or any successor Master Servicer including the Trustee, as applicable, will not or, in the case of a proposed Monthly Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related late payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.

Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance: Any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property, which, in the good faith business judgment of the Servicer (in accordance with the related Servicing Standard set forth in the related Servicing Agreement), the Master Servicer or any successor Master Servicer

including the Trustee, as applicable, will not or, in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable from related Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise.

Note Rate: For each Mortgage Loan, the rate at which the related promissory note accrues interest. For purposes of calculating the Certificate Rates on the Interests and Certificates, the Note Rate of a Mortgage Loan shall be calculated without regard to any modification, waiver or amendment of the interest rate of the Mortgage Loan, whether agreed to by the Servicer or resulting from a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the related Mortgagor.

Notice of Final Distribution: The notice to be provided pursuant to Section 11.02 to the effect that final distribution on any of the Certificates shall be made only upon presentation and surrender thereof.

Notional Amount: The Class A-IO Notional Amount. For the avoidance of doubt, the Notional Amount is used to calculate distributions on the related Class of Certificates, but is not a principal amount or other amount to which a Certificateholder is entitled.

Offered Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

Officer’s Certificate: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board or the Vice Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President or an Assistant Vice President and by the Treasurer or the Secretary or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of any Servicer or any Responsible Party, and delivered to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, as required by any Servicing Agreement or Sale Agreement or, in the case of any other Person, signed by an authorized officer of such Person.

Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be in house counsel for the applicable Servicer, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and/or the Securities Administrator, as applicable (and/or such other Persons as may be set forth herein); provided, that any Opinion of Counsel relating to (a) qualification of any Trust REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions, must be (unless otherwise stated in such Opinion of Counsel) an opinion of counsel who (i) is in fact independent of the applicable Servicer or the Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans, (ii) does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in the applicable Servicer or the Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans or in an affiliate of either and (iii) is not connected with the applicable Servicer or the Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as an officer, employee, director or person performing similar functions.

Optional Termination Date: The Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, as of the last day of the related Due Period, is equal to 10.00% or less of the Cut-off Date Pool Principal Balance.

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

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

(ii) 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 Due Date, a Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero which was not the subject of a Principal Prepayment Amount in Full prior to such Due Date and which did not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan prior to such Due Date.

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

Par Value: an amount equal to the greater of (a) the sum of (1) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (other than Mortgage Loans related to REO Properties), (2) interest accrued and unpaid on the Mortgage Loans, (3) any unreimbursed P&I Advances, fees and expenses of the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, (4) any expenses incurred during the exercise of the Auction Call and (5) with respect to any REO Property, the lesser of (x) the appraised value of each REO Property, as determined by the higher of two appraisals completed by two independent appraisers selected by the Master Servicer or its designee, and (y) the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan related to any REO Property, and (b) the sum of (1) the aggregate unpaid Class Principal Balance of each Class of Certificates then outstanding, (2) interest accrued and unpaid on the Certificates and (3) any unreimbursed P&I Advances, fees and expenses of the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee.

Pass-Through Rate: For each Class of Certificates and each Lower-Tier Regular Interest, the per annum rate set forth or calculated in the manner described in the Preliminary Statement.

Payoffs: Any prepayment in full on any Mortgage Loan.

Percentage Interest: As to any Certificate, the percentage interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made on the related Class, such percentage interest being set forth on the face thereof or equal to the percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the Denominations of all Certificates of the same Class.

Permitted Investments: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par, regardless of whether issued by the Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or any of their respective Affiliates:

(i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;

(ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, or bankers’ acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of not more than ninety (90) days and, in the case of bankers’ acceptances, shall in no event have an original maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of more than thirty (30) days) denominated in United

States dollars and issued by any Depository Institution and rated F1+ by Fitch, P-1 by Moody’s and A-1+ by S&P;

(iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security described in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository Institution (acting as principal);

(iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that are issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and that are rated by each Rating Agency that rates such securities in its highest long-term unsecured rating categories at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment;

(v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified date not more than thirty (30) days after the date of acquisition thereof) that is rated by each Rating Agency that rates such securities in its highest short-term unsecured debt rating available at the time of such investment;

(vi) the Wells Fargo Advantage Prime Investment Money Market Fund and other units of money market funds, including money market funds advised by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof, that have been rated “Aaa” by Moody’s, “AAAm” or “AAAm-G” by Standard & Poor’s and, if rated by Fitch, at least “AA” by Fitch; and

(vii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Securities Administrator, any other demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation, security or investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies as a permitted investment of funds backing “Aaa” or “AAA” rated securities and reasonably acceptable to the NIM Insurer, if any, as evidenced by a signed writing delivered by such NIM Insurer;

provided, however, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.

Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, international organization or any agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(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, (v) a Person that is not a U.S. Person or a U.S. Person with respect to whom income from a Residual Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of such Person or any other U.S. Person,

(vi) an “electing large partnership” within the meaning of Section 775 of the Code and (vii) any other Person so designated by the Depositor based upon an Opinion of Counsel that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person may cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding. The terms “United States,” “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof for these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of the Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such government unit.

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

Physical Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

P&I Advances: Advances made by the Servicer, the Master Servicer or any successor servicer (including the Trustee as successor master servicer and any other successor master servicer) with respect to delinquent payments of interest and principal on the Mortgage Loans, less the servicing fee or the master servicing fee, as applicable.

Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans on the Due Date in the related Due Period.

Premium Loan: the mortgage loans having Net Rates greater than or equal to 7.000% per annum.

Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Remittance Date, the sum of, for each Mortgage Loan that was during the related Principal Prepayment Period the subject of a Principal Prepayment Amount that was applied by the applicable Servicer to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on a date preceding the Due Date in the succeeding Principal Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Mortgage Interest Rate net of the applicable Servicing Fee Rate for such Mortgage Loan, (b) the amount of the Principal Prepayment Amount for such Mortgage Loan, (c) 1/360 and (d) the number of days commencing on the date on which such Principal Prepayment Amount was applied and ending on the last day of the related Principal Prepayment Period.

Prepayment Premium: Any prepayment premium, penalty or charge required under the terms of the related Mortgage Note to be paid in connection with a Principal Prepayment Amount, to the extent permitted by law.

Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy: Each primary policy of mortgage insurance (including any “lender-paid” mortgage insurance policy) represented to be in effect with respect to a Mortgage Loan, or any replacement policy therefor obtained by the applicable Servicer pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Principal Distribution Amount: For each Collateral Group and any Distribution Date, the sum of:

(1) the Principal Payment Amount for such Collateral Group;

(2) the Principal Prepayment Amount for such Collateral Group; and

(3) the Applicable Fraction for each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group of the Liquidation Principal derived from such Mortgage Loan.

Principal Only Certificate: The Class A-PO Certificates.

Principal Payment Amount: For each Collateral Group and any Distribution Date, the sum of the products, for each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group, of (i) the Applicable Fraction for such Mortgage Loan in respect of such Collateral Group and (ii) the amount equal to the sum of the following amounts (without duplication): (a) all scheduled payments of principal due on the Due Date on such Mortgage Loans in the related Due Period and received on or prior to the related Determination Date, together with any Monthly Advances in respect thereof; (b) all amounts received with respect to such Distribution Date representing the portion of the purchase price allocable to principal in connection with a purchase, repurchase or substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan; (c) all other unscheduled payments allocable to principal and received during the Principal Prepayment Period (other than Payoffs, Curtailments or Liquidation Principal); and (d) with respect to the Class A-PO, Current Realized Losses and Deferred Principal Amounts, to the extent of the amount available from the related Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount.

Principal Prepayment Amount: For any Distribution Date and any Collateral Group, the sum of the products, for each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group, of (i) the Applicable Fraction for such Mortgage Loan in respect of such Collateral Group and (ii) all Payoffs and Curtailments for such Mortgage Loan that were received in advance of the scheduled Due Date (as specified in the related Sale Agreement), and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment and shall include any amounts treated as Principal Prepayment Amounts pursuant to Section 4.03(f) of this Agreement.

Principal Prepayment Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

Principal Relocation Payment: A payment from any Collateral Group to a REMIC 2 Regular Interest other than a Regular Interest corresponding to that Collateral Group as provided in the Preliminary Statement. Principal Relocation Payments shall be made of principal allocations comprising the Principal Distribution Amount from a Collateral Group (excluding the portion attributable to the Applicable Fraction in respect of the Class A-PO Certificates) and shall include a proportionate allocation of Realized Losses from the Mortgage Loans or Applicable Fractions thereof related to such Collateral Group.

Private Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated September 27, 2007, relating to the Offered Certificates.

PTCE: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor.

PUD: A planned unit development.

Purchaser: Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited partnership, and its successors in interest.

Rating Agency: Each of the Rating Agencies specified in the Preliminary Statement. If such organization or a successor is no longer in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person, as is designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator. References herein to a given rating or rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers. For purposes of Section 12.05(b), the addresses for notices to each Rating Agency shall be the address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating Agency, or such other address as either such Rating Agency may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Servicer.

Realized Losses: With respect to any date of determination and any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which (a) the unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon exceeds (b) the Liquidation Proceeds with respect thereto net of the expenses incurred by the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan and net of any amount of unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to such Liquidated Mortgage Loan. With respect to any date of determination and any Mortgage Loan, any amounts treated as Realized Losses pursuant to Section 4.03(c) of this Agreement.

Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, for the Offered Certificates and the Private Certificates (other than the Class P Certificates), the close of business on the last Business Day of the related Interest Accrual Period; provided, however, that for any Definitive Certificate issued pursuant to Section 5.02(e), the Record Date shall be the close of business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs and with respect to the Offered Certificates the Closing Date will be the initial Record Date.

Regular Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

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 Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 or any similar state statutes.

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

REMIC I: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

REMIC I Principal Amount: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

REMIC I Regular Interest: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

REMIC Provisions: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time as well as provisions of applicable state laws.

Remittance Date: For any Distribution Date, with respect to the Mortgage Loans serviced by Avelo or Wells Fargo, the 18th day (or if such 18th day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day immediately succeeding such 18th day) of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs and (ii) with respect to the Mortgage Loans serviced by GreenPoint, the 18th day (or if such 18th day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day immediately preceding such 18th day) of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

REO Disposition: The final sale by any Servicer of any REO Property.

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

Reportable Event: As defined in Section 13.02.

Reporting Party: The Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Servicer, any originator defined in the Prospectus Supplement, any credit enhancement provider described herein and any other material transaction party (excluding the Trustee and the Custodians) as may be mutually agreed between the Depositor and the Master Servicer from time to time for the purpose of complying with the requirements of the Commission.

Reporting Servicer: As defined in Section 13.04.

Reporting Subcontractor: With respect to the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, any Subcontractor determined by such Person pursuant to Section 13.08(b) to be “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB. References to a Reporting Subcontractor shall refer only to the Subcontractor of such Person and shall not refer to Subcontractors generally.

Residual Certificates: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, any vice president, any assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, any associate or any other officer of the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers who at such time shall be officers 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 and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement. When used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this transaction, or to whom corporate trust matters are referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Responsible Party: Avelo, GreenPoint, and Wells Fargo each in its capacity as seller under the applicable Sale Agreement. With respect to the Goldman Conduit Mortgage Loans, the Purchaser.

Rule 144A: Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A Letter: As defined in Section 5.02(b).

Sale Agreement: Each of the GreenPoint Sale Agreement, the Wells Fargo Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Goldman Conduit Sale Agreement.

Sarbanes-Oxley Certification: As defined in Section 13.06.

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

Securities Administrator: Wells Fargo and its successors in interest, and if a successor securities administrator is appointed hereunder, such successor.

Senior Certificates: The Class A Certificates.

Senior Collateral Group Percentage: For Collateral Group 1 and Collateral Group 2, shall equal (i) as of the Closing Date, 92.82% and 92.90%, respectively, and (ii) for any Distribution Date thereafter shall be a fraction expressed as a percentage equal to (a) the sum of the Certificate Balances of the Senior Certificates (other than the Class A-PO and Class A-IO Certificates) related to such Collateral Group immediately preceding such Distribution Date, over (b) the sum of the products, for each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group, of (x) the Applicable Fraction for such Mortgage Loan in respect of such Collateral Group and (y) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (other than the loans attributable to the Class A-PO Certificates) as of the Due Date of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

Senior Liquidation Amount: For any Distribution Date and any Collateral Group, the aggregate, for each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, of the Applicable Fraction of the lesser of (i) the related Senior Collateral Group Percentage of the scheduled principal balance of such Mortgage Loan and (ii) the applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the Liquidation Proceeds derived from such Mortgage Loan.

Senior Prepayment Percentage: For each Collateral Group, as follows: (i) on any Distribution Date occurring before the Distribution Date in the month of November 2012, 100%; (ii) on any other Distribution Date on which the related Senior Collateral Group Percentage for such Distribution Date exceeds the initial Senior Collateral Group Percentage as of the Cut-Off Date, 100% (in which case, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each other Collateral Group shall also equal 100% for such Distribution Date); and (iii) on any other Distribution Date in the month of November 2012, and thereafter, 100%, unless:

(a) the Stated Principal Balances of 60+ Day Delinquent Mortgage Loans for each of the immediately preceding six calendar months is less than 50% of the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Subordinate Certificates outstanding as of such Distribution Date, and

(b) the cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans are less than or equal to the following percentage of the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Subordinate Certificates as of the Closing Date:

Distribution Date Occurring In		Percentage of the aggregate Class Principal Balance of the Subordinate Certificates as of the Closing Date
November 2012 through October 2013		30%
November 2013 through October 2014		35%
November 2014 through October 2015		40%
November 2015 through October 2016		45%
November 2016 and thereafter		50%

in which case, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Collateral Group shall be as follows:

Distribution Date Occurring In or On		Senior Prepayment Percentage
November 2012 through October 2013		Senior Collateral Group Percentage for such Collateral Group + 70% of the related Subordinate Percentage
November 2013 through October 2014		Senior Collateral Group Percentage for such Collateral Group + 60% of the related Subordinate Percentage
November 2014 through October 2015		Senior Collateral Group Percentage for such Collateral Group + 40% of the related Subordinate Percentage
November 2015 through October 2016		Senior Collateral Group Percentage for such Collateral Group + 20% of the related Subordinate Percentage
November 2016 through the Distribution Date immediately preceding the Final Distribution Date		Senior Collateral Group Percentage for such Collateral Group
Final Distribution Date		100%

If on any Distribution Date the Senior Collateral Group Percentage for a Collateral Group is greater than the original Senior Collateral Group Percentage for such Collateral Group, then no prepayments on the Mortgage Loans contributing to any Collateral Group will be paid to the Subordinate Certificates

Senior Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date and each Collateral Group shall equal the sum of:

(i)

the related Senior Collateral Group Percentage of the related Principal Payment Amount for such Distribution Date;

(ii)

the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the related Principal Prepayment Amount for such Distribution Date; and

(iii)

the related Senior Liquidation Amount for such Distribution Date.

Senior Subordinate Certificates: The Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.

Servicer: Each of Avelo, GreenPoint and Wells Fargo, in its capacity as servicer under the related Servicing Agreement, or any successor servicer appointed pursuant to such Servicing Agreement.

Servicing Advances: As defined in the related Servicing Agreement.

Servicing Agreement: Each of the Avelo Servicing Agreement, the GreenPoint Servicing Agreement and the Wells Fargo Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Servicing Criteria: The “servicing criteria” set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Servicing Fee: As defined in the related Servicing Agreement.

Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the per annum servicing fee rate for such Mortgage Loan specified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

Servicing File: As defined in the applicable Servicing Agreement.

Servicing Function Participant: Any Subservicer, Subcontractor or any other Person, other than each Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and any Custodian, that is performing activities addressed by the Servicing Criteria.

Similar Law: As defined in Section 5.02(b).

Standard & Poor’s or S&P: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. If Standard & Poor’s is designated as a Rating Agency in the

Preliminary Statement, for purposes of Section 12.05(b) the address for notices to Standard & Poor’s shall be Standard & Poor’s, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041, Attention: Residential Mortgage Surveillance Group – GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-10, or such other address as Standard & Poor’s may hereafter furnish to the Depositor and the Servicer.

Startup Day: The Closing Date.

Stated Principal Balance: As to each Mortgage Loan and as of any Determination Date, (i) the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan at the Cut-off Date after giving effect to payments of principal due on or before such date (whether or not received), minus (ii) all amounts previously remitted to the Securities Administrator with respect to the related Mortgage Loan representing payments or recoveries of principal including advances in respect of scheduled payments of principal. For purposes of any Distribution Date, the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan will give effect to any scheduled payments of principal received or advanced prior to the related Remittance Date and any unscheduled principal payments and other unscheduled principal collections received during the related Principal Prepayment Period, and the Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan that has prepaid in full or has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Principal Prepayment Period shall be zero.

Step 1 Assignment Agreement: Each of the (i) Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007, between the Purchaser, Avelo and the Depositor; (ii) Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007, between the Purchaser, GreenPoint and the Depositor; and (iii) Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007, between the Purchaser, Wells Fargo and the Depositor.

Step 2 Assignment Agreement: Each of the (i) Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007, between the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and Avelo; (ii) Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007, between the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and GreenPoint; and (iii) Assignment, Assumption and Recognition Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007, between the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and Wells Fargo.

Subcontractor: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Master Servicer, any Servicer, any subservicer or the Securities Administrator, as the case may be.

Subgroup A: The Mortgage Loans with Net Rates greater than or equal to 6.00% and less than 6.50%.

Subgroup B: The Mortgage Loans with Net Rates greater than or equal to 6.50%.

Subgroup P: The Mortgage Loans with Net Rates less than 6.00%.

Subordinate Class Percentage: For each Class of Subordinate Certificates and each Distribution Date, the percentage obtained by dividing the Class Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all related Subordinate Certificates immediately prior to such date.

Subordinate Interests: The Interest corresponding to the Subordinate Certificates.

Subordinate Liquidation Amount: For any Distribution Date and Collateral Group, the Applicable Fraction of the related Liquidation Proceeds in respect of each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, minus the related Senior Liquidation Amount for such Distribution Date.

Subordinate Percentage: For any Collateral Group and any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Senior Collateral Group Percentage for such Collateral Group. The Subordinate Percentages as of the Closing Date shall be 7.18% and 7.10% for Collateral Group 1 and Collateral Group 2, respectively.

Subordinate Prepayment Percentage: For any Distribution Date and any Collateral Group, the excess of 100% over the Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Collateral Group. Initially, the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage for each Collateral Group shall be 0%.

Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date and any Collateral Group, the sum of:

(i) the related Subordinate Percentage of the related Principal Payment Amount;

(ii) the related Subordinate Principal Prepayment Amount; and

(iii) the related Subordinate Liquidation Amount;

provided, however, that the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each Collateral Group shall be reduced by the amounts required to be distributed to the Class A-PO Certificates for reimbursement of Current Realized Losses and Deferred Principal Amounts on such Distribution Date. Any reduction in the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for any Collateral Group pursuant to the proviso above shall reduce the amount calculated pursuant to clause (i), clause (iii) and clause (ii), in that order in each case of the definition thereof, and such amounts shall nevertheless reduce the Certificate Balance of the applicable Class of Subordinate Certificates.

Subordinate Principal Prepayment Amount: For each Distribution Date and each Collateral Group, the Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of the related Principal Prepayment Amount.

Subordinated Portion: For each Collateral Group and distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of the Subordinated Percentage and the sum of the products, for each Mortgage Loan contributing to such Collateral Group, of (x) the Applicable Fraction for such Mortgage Loan in respect of such Collateral Group and (y) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (other than the loans attributable to the Class A-PO Certificates) as of the Due Date of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

Subordination Levels: For any Class of Subordinate Certificates and any specified date, a fraction expressed as a percentage equal to (i) the sum of the Class Principal Balances of all Classes of Subordinate Certificates that are subordinate to such Class, over (ii) the sum of the Class Principal Balances of all Classes of Certificates (other than the Class A-PO

and Class A-IO Certificates) as of such date, before giving effect to distributions and allocations of Realized Losses on such date.

Subsequent Recoveries: Amounts received with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan after it has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan net of the reasonable fees of the Servicer associated with such recovery.

Substitution Adjustment Amount: With respect to any Servicing Agreement or Sale Agreement, as applicable, in which substitution is permitted, or with respect to a Mortgage Loan substituted by the Purchaser, an amount of cash received from the applicable Servicer or the Purchaser, as applicable, in connection with a substitution for a Deleted Mortgage Loan.

Tax Matters Person: The Holder of the Class R and Class RC is designated as “tax matters person” of the Lower-Tier REMIC, Middle-Tier REMIC and the Upper-Tier REMIC, respectively, in the manner provided under Treasury Regulations Section 1.806F-4(d) and Treasury Regulations Section 301.6234(a)(7)-1.

Termination Price: As defined in Section 11.01.

Transaction Documents: This Agreement, the Servicing Agreements, the Sale Agreements, the Assignment Agreements and any other document or agreement entered into in connection with the Trust Fund, the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

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

Transfer Affidavit: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(ii).

Transferor Certificate: As defined in Section 5.02(b).

Trust: The express trust created hereunder in Section 2.01(c).

Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans and all interest and principal received on or with respect thereto after the related Cut-off Date, other than such amounts which were due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the related Cut-off Date; (ii) the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any, and all amounts received thereunder; (iii) the Distribution Account, and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iv) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (v) the rights of the Trust under the Step 2 Assignment Agreements; (vi) the Supplemental Interest Trust; and (vii) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing. The Trust Fund created hereunder is referred to as the GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-10.

Trust REMIC: As specified in the Preliminary Statement.

Trustee: Citibank, and its successors in interest, and, if a successor trustee is appointed hereunder, such successor.

Undercollateralization Distribution: As defined in Section 4.01(d) hereof.

Undercollateralized Group: On any Distribution Date, any Collateral Group for which the total Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates of the related Certificate Group (other than the Class A-PO Certificates and after giving effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution Date) is greater than the Non-AP Pool Balance of such Collateral Group.

Unscheduled Principal Amount: With respect to each Collateral Group and any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the definition of Senior Principal Distribution Amount.

Underwriters’ Exemption: Any exemption listed in footnote 1 of, and amended by, Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-41, 67 Fed. Reg. 54487 (2002), or amended by Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-19, 67 Fed. Reg. 14979, or any successor exemption.

U.S. Bank: U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, and its successors in interest.

U.S. Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for tax purposes) created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia; (iii) a partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes) organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof, including, for this purpose, the District of Columbia (unless provided otherwise by future Treasury regulations); (iv) an estate whose income is includible in gross income for United States income tax purposes regardless of its source; or (v) 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 U.S. Persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust. Notwithstanding the last clause of the preceding sentence, to the extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996, and treated as U.S. Persons prior to such date, may elect to continue to be U.S. Persons.

Upper-Tier Regular Interest: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

Upper-Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. As of any date of determination, (a) 1% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated to the Class P Certificates, if any (such Voting Rights to be allocated among the holders of Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests), and (b) the remaining Voting Rights shall be allocated among Holders of the remaining Classes of Certificates in proportion to the Certificate Balances of their respective Certificates on such date.

Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, and its successors in interest.

Wells Fargo Mortgage Loans: The Mortgage Loans acquired by the Purchaser from Wells Fargo pursuant to the Wells Fargo Sale and Servicing Agreement.

Wells Fargo Sale and Servicing Agreement: The Second Amended and Restated Master Seller’s Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2005, between Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, as modified by the related Assignment Agreements.

ARTICLE II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans. a) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund.

(b) In connection with the transfer and assignment of each Mortgage Loan, the Depositor has delivered or caused to be delivered to the applicable Custodian on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders the following documents or instruments with respect to each applicable Mortgage Loan so assigned:

(i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse in blank by the last endorsee, including all intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the last endorsee;

(ii) The original Assignment of Mortgage in blank (or, in the case of the Goldman Conduit Mortgage Loans, in form and substance acceptable for recording or if the Mortgage is to be recorded, assigned to the Purchaser), unless the Mortgage Loan is a MERS Loan;

(iii) personal endorsement, surety and/or guaranty agreements executed in connection with all non individual Mortgage Loans (corporations, partnerships, trusts, estates, etc. (if any);

(iv) the related original Mortgage and evidence of its recording or a certified copy of the Mortgage with evidence of recording;

(v) originals of any intervening Mortgage assignment or certified copies in either case necessary to show a complete chain of title from the original mortgagee to the seller and evidencing recording; provided, that, except in the case of the Goldman Conduit Mortgage Loans, the assignment may be in the form of a blanket assignment or assignments, a copy of which with evidence of recording shall be acceptable;

(vi) originals of all assumption, modification, consolidation or extension agreements or certified copies thereof, in either case with evidence of recording if required to maintain the lien of the mortgage or if otherwise required, or, if recordation is

not required, an original or copy of the agreement; provided, that, in the case of the Goldman Conduit Mortgage Loans, an original with evidence of recording thereon is always required;

(vii) if applicable to the files held by the applicable Custodian, an original or copy of a title insurance policy or evidence of title;

(viii) to the extent applicable, an original power of attorney;

(ix) for each Mortgage Loan (if applicable to the files held by the applicable Custodian) with respect to which the Mortgagor’s name as it appears on the note does not match the borrower’s name on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, one of the following: the original of the assumption agreement, or a certified copy thereof, in either case with evidence of recording thereon if required to maintain the lien of the mortgage or if otherwise required, or, if recordation is not so required, an original or copy of such assumption agreement;

(x) if applicable to the files held by the applicable Custodian, a security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document executed in connection with the Mortgage, if any; and

(xi) with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the complete Custodial File including all items as set forth in the applicable Servicing Agreement to the extent in the possession of the Depositor or the Depositor’s Agents.

The Depositor shall deliver or cause each Responsible Party to deliver to each Custodian the applicable recorded document promptly upon receipt from the respective recording office but in no event later than 120 days from the Closing Date.

From time to time, pursuant to the applicable Sale Agreement, the Responsible Party may forward to the applicable Custodian additional original documents, additional documents evidencing an assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of a Mortgage Loan, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Sale Agreement. All such mortgage documents held by the Custodians as to each Mortgage Loan shall constitute the “Custodial File.”

On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the Custodians Assignments of Mortgages (except in the case of MERS Loans), in blank, for each applicable Mortgage Loan. On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall provide a written request to each Responsible Party to submit the Assignments of Mortgage for recordation, at the Responsible Party’s expense, pursuant to the applicable Sale Agreement. Each Custodian shall deliver the Assignment of Mortgages to be submitted for recordation to the applicable Responsible Party upon receipt of a written request for release in standard and customary form as set forth in Exhibit L-1, Exhibit L-2 or Exhibit L-3, as applicable.

On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the Custodians and the Master Servicer a copy of the Mortgage Loan Schedule in electronic, machine readable

medium in a form mutually acceptable to the Depositor, the applicable Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Trustee.

In the event that such original or copy of any document submitted for recordation to the appropriate public recording office is not so delivered to the Custodian within the time period and in the manner specified in the applicable Sale Agreement, the Trustee shall take or cause to be taken such remedial actions under the Sale Agreement against the applicable Responsible Party as may be permitted to be taken thereunder, including without limitation, if applicable, the repurchase by the applicable Responsible Party of such Mortgage Loan. The foregoing repurchase remedy shall not apply in the event that the Responsible Party cannot deliver such original or copy of any document submitted for recordation to the appropriate public recording office within the specified period due to a delay caused by the recording office in the applicable jurisdiction; provided, that the applicable Responsible Party shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if such recording receipt is not available, an Officer’s Certificate of an officer of the applicable Responsible Party, confirming that such document has been accepted for recording.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01, in those instances where the public recording office retains or loses the original Mortgage or assignment after it has been recorded, the obligations of the Responsible Party shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery by the Responsible Party to the applicable Custodian prior to the Closing Date of a copy of such Mortgage or assignment, as the case may be, certified (such certification to be an original thereof) by the public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the recorded original thereof.

(c) The Depositor does hereby establish, pursuant to the further provisions of this Agreement and the laws of the State of New York, an express trust (the “Trust”) to be known, for convenience, as “GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-10” and Citibank is hereby appointed as Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(d) It is the policy and intention of the Trust that none of the Mortgage Loans included in the Trust is (a) covered by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, or (b) considered a “high cost home,” “threshold,” “predatory” or “covered” loan (excluding “covered home loans” as defined under clause (1) of the definition of “covered home loans” in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002) under applicable state, federal or local laws.

Section 2.02 Acceptance by the Custodians of the Mortgage Loans. Each Custodian acknowledges receipt of the documents identified in the Initial Certification, subject to any exceptions listed on the exception report attached thereto, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E, and declares that it holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01, and that it holds or will hold such other assets as are included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. Deutsche Bank, as Custodian, acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the related Mortgage Notes in the State of California, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies, U.S. Bank, as Custodian, acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the related Mortgage Notes in the States of Minnesota or California, unless otherwise permitted by the

Rating Agencies and Wells Fargo, as Custodian, acknowledges that it will maintain possession of the related Mortgage Notes in the States of Minnesota or California, unless otherwise permitted by the Rating Agencies.

Prior to and as a condition to the Closing, each Custodian shall deliver via facsimile (with original to follow the next Business Day) to the Depositor an Initial Certification prior to the Closing Date, or as the Depositor agrees to, on the Closing Date, certifying receipt of a Mortgage Note and Assignment of Mortgage, subject to any exceptions listed on the exception report attached thereto, for each Mortgage Loan. None of the Custodians shall be responsible for verifying the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial File.

On the Closing Date, each Custodian shall ascertain that all documents required to be delivered to it on or prior to the Closing Date are in its possession, subject to any exceptions listed on the exception report attached thereto, and shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee an Initial Certification, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit E, and shall deliver to the Depositor and the Trustee a Document Certification and Exception Report, in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F, within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date to the effect that, as to each applicable Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such certification as an exception and not covered by such certification): (i) all documents required to be delivered to it are in its possession; (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan; (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, as to Deutsche Bank, the information set forth in items 2, 8, 34, and 35 of the Mortgage Loan Schedule respecting such Mortgage Loan is correct; (iv) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, as to U.S. Bank, the information set forth in items 2, 8, 34, and 35 of the Mortgage Loan Schedule respecting such Mortgage Loan is correct; (v) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, as to Wells Fargo, the information set forth in items 2, 8, 34, and 35 of the Mortgage Loan Schedule respecting such Mortgage Loan is correct; and (vi) each Mortgage Note has been endorsed as provided in Section 2.01 of this Agreement. None of the Custodians shall be responsible for verifying the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of any document in any Custodial File.

Each Custodian shall retain possession and custody of each applicable Custodial File in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Servicer shall promptly deliver to the applicable Custodian, upon the execution or receipt thereof, the originals of such other documents or instruments constituting the Custodial File as come into the possession of the Servicer from time to time.

Each Custodian shall notify the Trustee and the Depositor of any Mortgage Loans that do not conform to the requirements of Sections 2.01 and 2.02 hereof by delivery of the Document Certification and Exception Report. In its capacity as “Assignee” under the Step 2 Assignment Agreements, the Trustee shall enforce the obligation of the Responsible Parties to cure or repurchase Mortgage Loans that do not conform to such requirements as determined in the applicable Custodian’s review as required herein, or based upon notification from the Master Servicer (who shall be entitled to rely on information regarding any such defaults by a Responsible Party that has been provided by the applicable Servicer for purposes of providing such notification to the Trustee), by notifying the applicable Responsible Party to correct or cure

such default. In its capacity as “Assignee” under the Step 2 Assignment Agreements, the Trustee shall also enforce the obligation of the Responsible Parties under the Sale Agreements, and to the extent applicable, of any Servicer under the Servicing Agreements, and of the Purchaser under the Step 1 Assignment Agreements to cure or repurchase Mortgage Loans for which there is a defect or a breach of a representation or warranty thereunder of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, by notifying the applicable party to correct or cure such default. If the Trustee obtains actual knowledge that any Servicer, any Responsible Party or the Purchaser, as the case may be, fails or is unable to correct or cure the defect or breach within the period set forth in the applicable agreement, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor of such failure to correct or cure. Unless otherwise directed by the Depositor within five (5) Business Days after notifying the Depositor of such failure by the applicable party to correct or cure, the Trustee shall notify such party to repurchase the Mortgage Loan. If, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice by such party, such party fails to repurchase such Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall notify the Depositor of such failure. The Trustee shall pursue all legal remedies available to the Trustee against the Servicers, the Responsible Parties and the Purchaser, as applicable, under this Agreement, if the Trustee has received written notice from the Depositor directing the Trustee to pursue such remedies and the Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust Fund for any reasonable expenses incurred in pursuing such remedies.

Section 2.03 Execution and Delivery of Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the Securities Administrator has executed and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing directly or indirectly the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of the Certificates.

Section 2.04 REMIC Matters. The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations for federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby. The “Startup Day” for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the Closing Date. The “latest possible maturity date” is August 25, 2047, which is the Distribution Date following the latest Mortgage Loan maturity date.

Section 2.05 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. The Depositor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee that as of the date of this Agreement or as of such date specifically provided herein:

(a) The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

(b) The Depositor has the corporate power and authority to convey the Mortgage Loans and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement;

(c) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Depositor, all requisite corporate action having been taken, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes or will constitute the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Depositor, enforceable against the

Depositor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(d) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or registration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required for the execution, delivery and performance of or compliance by the Depositor with this Agreement or the consummation by the Depositor of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, except as have been made on or prior to the Closing Date;

(e) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i) conflicts or will conflict with or results or will result in a breach of, or constitutes or will constitute a default or results or will result in an acceleration under (A) the charter or bylaws of the Depositor, or (B) any term, condition or provision of any material indenture, deed of trust, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Depositor or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries is bound; (ii) results or will result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to the Depositor of any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its subsidiaries; or (iii) results in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which would have a material adverse effect upon the Mortgage Loans or any documents or instruments evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loans;

(f) There are no actions, suits or proceedings before or against or investigations of, the Depositor pending, or to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal, and no notice of any such action, which, in the Depositor’s reasonable judgment, might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Depositor of its obligations under this Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement;

(g) The Depositor is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency that may materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder; and

(h) Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment by the Depositor to the Trustee on the Closing Date, the Depositor had good title to, and was the sole owner of each Mortgage Loan, free of any interest of any other Person, and the Depositor has transferred all right, title and interest in each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee. The transfer of each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage as and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is sufficient either (i) fully to transfer to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, all right, title, and interest of the Depositor thereto as note holder and mortgagee or (ii) to grant to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the security interest referred to in Section 12.04 hereof.

It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 2.05 shall survive delivery of the respective Custodial Files to the Custodians, and shall inure to the benefit and to Certificateholders.

Section 2.06 Representations and Warranties of Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank, in its capacity as a Custodian, hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date:

(a) Such Custodian is duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by such Custodian 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 perform any of its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.

(b) Such Custodian 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 action on the part of such Custodian the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Custodian, enforceable against such Custodian in accordance with its terms, except that (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) 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.

(c) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Custodian, the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms thereof are in the ordinary course of business of such Custodian and will not result in a material breach of any term or provision of the articles of association or by laws of such Custodian.

Section 2.07 Representations and Warranties of U.S. Bank. U.S. Bank hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date:

receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) 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.

Section 2.08 Representations and Warranties of Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo, in its capacity as a Custodian, hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date:

ARTICLE III

TRUST ACCOUNTS

Section 3.01 The Distribution Account.

(a) The Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain the Distribution Account on behalf of the Certificateholders. The amount remitted by the Servicer to the Master Servicer on each Remittance Date shall be credited to the Distribution Account within two (2) Business Days once the amounts are identified as a remittance in connection with the Trust and reconciled to the reports provided by the Servicer. The Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain the Distribution Account on behalf of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall, promptly upon receipt on the Business Day received, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the following:

(i) the aggregate amount remitted by the Servicers to the Master Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreements;

(ii) any amounts remitted as a result of the operation of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if applicable; and

(iii) any other amounts deposited hereunder which are required to be deposited in the Distribution Account.

In the event that any Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be remitted pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreement, and such Servicer directs the Master Servicer in writing to withdraw such amount from the Distribution Account, the Master Servicer shall return such funds to the applicable Servicer. All funds deposited in the Distribution Account shall be held by the Securities Administrator in trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.01.

(b) From time to time, the Securities Administrator may also establish any other accounts for the purposes of carrying out its duties hereunder.

Section 3.02 Investment of Funds in the Distribution Account. b) Other than during the Master Servicer Float Period, the Depositor shall direct the investment of funds held in the Distribution Account in one or more Permitted Investments. Absent such direction, the Securities Administrator shall invest such funds during such period in the Wells Fargo Advantage Prime Investment Money Market Fund or any successor fund so long as such fund is a Permitted Investment. The Securities Administrator may (but shall not be obligated to) invest funds in the Distribution Account during the Master Servicer Float Period (for purposes of this Section 3.02, such Account is referred to as an “Investment Account”), in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, or maturing on such Distribution Date, in the case of an investment that is an obligation of Wells Fargo, 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. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Securities Administrator. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to sole possession over each such investment, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Securities Administrator or its agent, together with any document of transfer necessary to transfer title to such investment to the Securities Administrator. In the event amounts on deposit in an

Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Securities Administrator may:

(x)

consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

(y)

demand payment of all amounts due thereunder that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.

(b) All income and gain realized from the investment of funds deposited in the Distribution Account held by the Securities Administrator during the Master Servicer Float Period shall be subject to the Securities Administrator’s withdrawal in the manner set forth in Section 10.05.

(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, the Securities Administrator shall take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor shall be liable to the Trust for any loss on any investment of funds in the Distribution Account other than during the Master Servicer Float Period and the Securities Administrator shall be liable to the Trust for any such loss on any funds it has invested under this Section 3.02 only during the Master Servicer Float Period, and the Depositor or the Securities Administrator, as the case may be, shall deposit funds in the amount of such loss in the Distribution Account promptly after such loss is incurred.

(d) The Securities Administrator or its Affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Securities Administrator’s economic self-interest for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder, servicing agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the Permitted Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain Permitted Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Permitted Investments. Such compensation is not payable or reimbursable under Section 8.06 of this Agreement.

(e) In order to comply with its duties under the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, each as a Custodian, may obtain and verify certain information and documentation from the other parties to this Agreement including, but not limited to, each such party’s name, address and other identifying information.

(f) In order to comply with laws, rules and regulations applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, Citibank as Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with Citibank. Accordingly, each

of the parties agrees to provide to Citibank upon its request from time to time such party’s complete name, address, tax identification number and such other identifying information together with copies of such party’s constituting documentation, securities disclosure documentation and such other identifying documentation as may be available for such party.

(g) In order to comply with laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), Deutsche Bank, as a Custodian, is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with Deutsche Bank. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees to provide to Deutsche Bank upon its request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable Deutsche Bank to comply with Applicable Law.

ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.01 Priorities of Distribution. (a) On each Distribution Date, prior to the Credit Support Depletion Date, the Securities Administrator shall make the disbursements and transfers from amounts then on deposit in the Distribution Account in the following order of priority and to the extent of the Available Distribution Amounts for each Collateral Group remaining:

(i) to each Class of Senior Certificates (other than the Principal Only Certificates) related to such Collateral Group, Accrued Certificate Interest thereon, pro rata in proportion to the amount of Accrued Certificate Interest owing to each such Class;

(ii) to the Senior Certificates (other than the Interest Only Certificates) related to such Collateral Group, to the extent of the remaining Available Distribution Amounts for such Collateral Group, as follows:

(A) to the Residual Certificates, in reduction of their Class Principal Balance, from the Available Distribution Amount for Collateral Group 1, until the Class Principal Balance of each such class is reduced to zero;

(B) to the Class A1A and Class A1B Certificates, in reduction of their Class Principal Balance, from the Available Distribution Amounts for Collateral Group 1 in an amount up to the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for Collateral Group 1 for such Distribution Date, pro rata, in proportion to the Class Principal Balance of each such class, until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(C) to the Class A2A and Class A2B Certificates, in reduction of their respective Class Principal Balances, from the Available Distribution Amounts for Collateral Group 2 in an amount up to the Senior Principal Distribution Amount for Collateral Group 2 for such Distribution Date, pro rata, in proportion to the

Class Principal Balance of each such class, until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

(D) to the Class A-PO Certificates, in reduction of their Class Principal Balance, from the Available Distribution Amounts for Collateral Group 1 in an amount up to the A-PO Principal Distribution Amount for Collateral Group 1 for such Distribution Date, until the Class Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero; and

(iii) from amounts otherwise payable to the Subordinate Certificates, to the Class A-PO Certificates, the principal portion of Current Realized Losses and the Deferred Principal Amount for such Class A-PO Certificates and such Distribution Date; provided, however, that, if necessary, the aggregate of all such amounts distributed on such Distribution Date shall not exceed the aggregate Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount (without regard to the proviso of such definition) for the Subordinate Certificates and, provided further, that such amounts will not reduce the Class Principal Balance of such Class A-PO Certificates;

(iv) to the extent of the remaining Available Distribution Amounts for Collateral Group 1 and Collateral Group 2 and subject to the prior distribution of amounts described under Section 4.01(d) below, to the Subordinate Certificates, in their order of seniority the sum of (i) Accrued Certificate Interest pro rata on the basis of the amount owing to each such class, and (ii) their pro rata shares, based on their outstanding Certificate Balances, of the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for each such Collateral Group, as applicable; provided, however, that on any Distribution Date on which the Subordination Level for any class of Subordinate Certificates is less than its Subordination Level as of the Closing Date, the portion of the Subordinate Principal Prepayment Amount otherwise allocable to the class or classes of Subordinate Certificates junior to such class will be allocated pro rata to the most senior class of Subordinate Certificates for which the Subordination Level on such Distribution Date is less than the Subordination Level as of the Closing Date and all classes of Subordinate Certificates senior thereto;

(v) to each related class of certificates, in the order of their seniority, the amount of any unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such certificates; and

(vi) after all of the other Classes of Certificates have been paid in full, the remainder, if any, which is expected to be zero, of the Available Distribution Amounts for all Collateral Groups (other than any Fair Market Value Excess remaining after an optional termination of the Trust Fund) to the Residual Certificates.

(b) On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Prepayment Premiums from the Mortgage Loans received during the related Principal Prepayment Period shall be distributed by the Securities Administrator to the holders of the Class P Certificates.

(c) On each Distribution Date on or after the Credit Support Depletion Date, to the extent of the Available Distribution Amount allocable to each Collateral Group on such Distribution Date, distributions shall be made to the Senior Certificates related to each such Collateral Group (other than the Class A-IO Certificates), in respect of interest (pro rata according to Accrued Certificate Interest for such Distribution Date) and then with respect to principal (pro rata according to their outstanding principal balances); and the remainder (other than any Fair Market Value Excess remaining after the optional termination of the Trust Fund), if any, which is expected to be zero, of the Available Distribution Amounts for each such Collateral Group shall be distributed to the holder of the Class R Certificates.

(d) On each Distribution Date prior to the Credit Support Depletion Date, but after the date on which the total Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates of a Certificate Group (other than the Class A-PO Certificates) has been reduced to zero, amounts otherwise distributable as principal on each class of Subordinate Certificates, in respect of such class’s Subordinate Class Percentage of the Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for the Collateral Group relating to such retired Senior Certificates, will be distributed as principal to all other Senior Certificates (other than any related Class A-PO or Class A-IO Certificates), until the Class Principal Balances thereof have been reduced to zero. In addition, on any Distribution Date on which any Certificate Group constitutes an Undercollateralized Group, all amounts with respect to the related Mortgage Loans otherwise distributable as principal on the related Subordinate Certificates, in reverse order of priority (other than amounts necessary to pay Deferred Principal Amounts or unpaid Current Shortfalls) (or, following the related Credit Support Depletion Date, such other amounts described in the immediately following sentence), shall be distributed as principal to the Senior Certificates (other than any Interest Only Certificates and the Class A-PO Certificates) of such Undercollateralized Group, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of such Senior Certificates equals the Non-AP Pool Balance of the related Collateral Group (such distribution, an “Undercollateralization Distribution”). In the event that any Certificate Group constitutes an Undercollateralized Group on any Distribution Date following the related Credit Support Depletion Date, Undercollateralization Distributions shall be made from any Available Distribution Amounts for each related Collateral Group that does not constitute an Undercollateralized Group remaining after all required amounts have been distributed to the Senior Certificates (other than the Class A-PO Certificates and Class A-IO Certificates) of such other Certificate Group. In addition, the amount of any unpaid interest shortfalls with respect to an Undercollateralized Group on any Distribution Date (including any Current Shortfalls for such Distribution Date) shall be distributed to the Senior Certificates (other than the Class A-PO Certificates) of such Undercollateralized Group prior to the payment of any Undercollateralization Distributions from amounts otherwise distributable as principal on the related Subordinate Certificates, in reverse order of priority (or, following the Credit Support Depletion Date, as provided in the preceding sentence).

On each Distribution Date on which any Fair Market Value Excess is on deposit in the Certificate Account and such Fair Market Value Excess has not been previously distributed in accordance with Section 4.01(c), the Securities Administrator shall withdraw such Fair Market Value Excess, from the Certificate Account, and shall distribute it to the Holder of the Class RC Certificates.

Section 4.02 Monthly Statements to Certificateholders. c) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make available to each Certificateholder, the Depositor, the Trustee, the NIM Insurer (if any) and each Rating Agency a statement based, in part, upon the information provided by the Servicers setting forth with respect to the related distribution:

(i) the Available Distribution Amount, the aggregate Principal Distribution Amount, the Principal Prepayment Amount and the aggregate amount of any Payoffs; Liquidation Proceeds; Condemnation Proceeds; Insurance Proceeds; proceeds from any repurchase of any Mortgage Loans by a Responsible Party; and Realized Losses (incurred during the related Principal Prepayment Period) included therein;

(ii) the amount thereof allocable to interest (separately identifying (a) the amount of such interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period and (b) the amount from previous Interest Accrual Period);

(iii) if the distribution to the Holders of such Class of Certificates is less than the full amount that would be distributable to such Holders if there were sufficient funds available therefor, the amount of the shortfall and the allocation thereof as between principal and interest;

(iv) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of each class of Certificates (and, in the case of the Class A-IO Certificates, the related Notional Amount) at the close of business on such Distribution Date, identifying any reduction in such Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, due to the allocation of any Realized Loss;

(v) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans for the following Distribution Date;

(vi) the amount of the expenses and fees paid to or retained by the Servicers with respect to such Distribution Date and any other fees and expenses paid out of the Available Distribution Amount as permitted under this Agreement;

(vii) the amount of any Administrative Fees, if any, paid to the Master Servicer or Securities Administrator with respect to such Distribution Date;

(viii) the Certificate Interest Rate for each such Class of Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date;

(ix) if applicable, the amount of P&I Advances included in the distribution on such Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of P&I Advances reimbursed during the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of P&I Advances reported by the Servicers (and the Master Servicer, the Trustee as successor master servicer and any other successor master servicer, if applicable) as outstanding as of the close of business on the Determination Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date;

(x) the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of Mortgage Loans (1) as to which the Monthly Payment is delinquent 31 to 60 days, 61 to 90 days and 91 or more days (each to be calculated using the OTS method), (2) that have become REO Property, (3) that are in foreclosure and (4) that are in bankruptcy, in each case as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the immediately preceding month;

(xi) the total number and principal balance of any REO Properties (and market value, if available) as of the close of business on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;

(xii) the amount of any Deferred Principal amounts applicable to the Class A-PO Certificates for such Distribution Date;

(xiii) each Senior Collateral Group Percentage, Senior Prepayment Percentage, Subordinate Percentage and Subordinate Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date;

(xiv) the Prepayment Premiums collected by or paid by the Servicers;

(xv) the percentage equal to the aggregate realized losses divided by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date;

(xvi) the amount distributed on the Class P Certificates;

(xvii) the amount of any Subsequent Recoveries for such Distribution Date;

(xviii) updated Mortgage Loan information, such as number, weighted average interest rate, and weighted average remaining term; and

(xix) information concerning Servicer modifications, if any, or any material modifications, extensions or waivers applicable to the terms of the Trust Agreement, any Servicing Agreement, any Certificate, the Servicing Fees or the Master Servicing Fees.

(b) The Securities Administrator’s responsibility for providing the above statement to the Certificateholders, each Rating Agency, the Trustee, the NIM Insurer (if any) and the Depositor is limited to the availability, timeliness and accuracy of the information derived from the Master Servicer, the Servicers and the Responsible Parties. The Securities Administrator shall provide the above statement via the Securities Administrator’s internet website, which shall be initially located at http://www.ctslink.com. Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator’s investor relations desk at 1-866-846-4526. The Securities Administrator will also make a paper copy of the above statement available upon request.

(c) Upon request, within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Securities Administrator shall cause to be furnished 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), (a)(ii), (a)(iii) and (a)(vii) of this Section 4.02 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.

The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely on information provided by third parties for purposes of preparing the foregoing report, but shall not be responsible for the accuracy of such information.

Section 4.03 Allocation of Realized Losses.

(a) On each Distribution Date, Relief Act Interest Shortfalls will be allocated among the related Collateral Groups based on the Applicable Fractions for such Mortgage Loan and will be further allocated among the interest-bearing Senior Certificates of the related Certificate Group and the Subordinate Certificates proportionately based on (1) in the case of such Senior Certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest otherwise distributable thereon and (2) in the case of such Subordinate Certificates, interest accrued on their related Apportioned Principal Balances, without regard to any reduction pursuant to this paragraph, for such Distribution Date.

(b) Prior to the Credit Support Depletion Date, to the extent that the principal portion of a Realized Loss has been allocated to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-PO Certificates, the amount of such Realized Loss shall be reimbursed from the aggregate Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount for the related Collateral Groups, to reimburse the Current Realized Losses and Deferred Principal Amounts. The distribution of any Current Realized Losses and Deferred Principal Amounts to a Class of Senior Certificates on any Distribution Date shall not result in a further reduction of the Certificate Balance of such Class of Senior Certificates, but instead shall result in the reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Subordinate Certificates, until the Certificate Balance thereof has been reduced to zero. The Current Realized Losses and Deferred Principal Amounts shall be paid from the amounts otherwise payable to the Classes of Subordinate Certificates, beginning with the Class having the highest numerical designation. Any Current Realized Losses and Deferred Principal Amounts not paid on the Distribution Date relating to the Due Period in which the Realized Loss was incurred shall be carried forward and shall be included in the Current Realized Losses and Deferred Principal Amounts for the next Distribution Date.

(c) Modification Losses. In the event that the Note Rate on a Mortgage Loan is reduced as a result of a modification of the terms of such Mortgage Loan, such modification shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating the Certificate Rate on any Class of Certificates. Any shortfall resulting from any such modifications – including modifications that would forgive the payment of principal or interest – of defaulted Mortgage Loans (or Mortgage Loans for which default is reasonably foreseeable), however, shall be treated as a Realized Loss occurring on each Distribution Date and shall be applied to reduce the Certificate Balances of the Certificates in the manner and order of priority set forth above.

(d) Interest Shortfall. On each Distribution Date, before any distributions are made on the Certificates, to the extent the amount of a Compensating Interest Payment is insufficient to cover the deficiency in interest payable as a result of the timing of a prepayment, that remaining deficiency will be allocated to the related Senior Certificates and the Subordinate

Certificates pro rata based on the amount of interest otherwise owing thereto in reduction of that amount.

(e) On each Distribution Date, the respective Applicable Fractions of each Realized Loss on a Mortgage Loan, to the extent allocable to principal, shall be allocated to the related Collateral Groups for further allocation to the Class or Classes of Certificates supported by such Collateral Groups in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof; provided, however, that the Applicable Fractions of the principal portion of a Realized Loss experienced on a Mortgage Loan contributing to any Collateral Group will be allocated to the most subordinate class or classes of Subordinate Certificates with a Certificate Balance greater than zero until the aggregate Certificate Balance of all Subordinate Certificates has been reduced to zero, and then pro rata to the Senior Certificates related to such Collateral Group; provided further, that: (i) any Realized Losses otherwise allocable to the Class A1A Certificates will instead be allocated to the Class A1B Certificates, until the Class Principal Balance of the Class A1B Certificates is reduced to zero; and (ii) any Realized Losses otherwise allocable to the Class A2A Certificates shall instead be allocated to the Class A2B Certificates, until the Class Principal Balance of the Class A2B Certificates is reduced to zero.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any Subsequent Recovery, (i) such amount shall be treated as a Principal Prepayment Amount and shall be included in the related Available Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date occurring in the month following the month in which such recovery is received and (ii) the Certificate Balance of the Class or Classes to which the related Realized Loss had previously been allocated, whether or not such Class or Classes remain outstanding, shall be increased in direct order of priority, in each case by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of such Subsequent Recovery and (ii) the aggregate unreimbursed Realized Loss applicable to such class.

Section 4.04 [RESERVED]

Section 4.05 [RESERVED]

Section 4.06 [RESERVED]

ARTICLE V

THE CERTIFICATES

Section 5.01 The Certificates. The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as exhibits. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form, in the minimum denominations, integral multiples in excess thereof (except that one Certificate in each Class may be issued in a different amount) and aggregate denominations per Class set forth in the Preliminary Statement.

The Depositor hereby directs the Securities Administrator to register the Class P Certificates in the name of the Depository Trust Company or its designee. On a date as to which the Depositor notifies the Securities Administrator, the Depositor hereby directs the Securities Administrator to transfer the Class P Certificates in the name of the NIM Trustee or such other

name or names as the Depositor shall request, and to deliver the and Class P Certificates to the NIM Trustee, or to such other person or persons as the Depositor shall request.

Subject to Section 11.02 respecting the final distribution on the Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Securities Administrator shall make distributions to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either (x) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor as directed by that Certificateholder by written wire instructions provided to the Securities Administrator or (y), in the event that no wire instructions are provided to the Securities Administrator, by check mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate Register.

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 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 any such Certificates or did not hold such office at the date of such Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless authenticated by the Securities Administrator by manual signature, and such authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. On the Closing Date, the Securities Administrator shall authenticate the Certificates to be issued at the direction of the Depositor, or any affiliate thereof.

Section 5.02 Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. d) The Securities Administrator shall maintain, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06, 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 execute and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class and 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 which 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. In the event, the Depositor or an Affiliate transfers the Certificates, or a portion thereof, to another Affiliate, it shall notify the Securities

Administrator in writing of the affiliated status of the transferee. The Securities Administrator shall have no liability regarding the lack of notice with respect thereto.

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 cancelled and subsequently destroyed by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the Securities Administrator’s customary procedures.

(b) 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 said Act and such state securities laws. Except with respect to (i) the initial transfer of the Class P Certificates on the Closing Date, (ii) the transfer of the Class P Certificates to the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee, or (iii) a transfer of the Class P Certificates to the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, in the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Physical Certificate 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 shall certify to the Securities Administrator in writing the facts surrounding the transfer in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit H (the “Transferor Certificate”) and either (i) there shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator a letter in substantially the form of Exhibit I (the “Rule 144A Letter”) or (ii) there shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator at the expense of the transferor an Opinion of Counsel that such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act. In the event that a transfer of a Private Certificate which is a Book-Entry Certificate 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 will be deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the Transferor Certificate in respect of such Certificate and the transferee will be deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the certifications set forth in the Rule 144A Letter in respect of such Certificate, in each case as if such Certificate were evidenced by a Physical Certificate. 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 and the Securities Administrator 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 and the Depositor and each 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.

Except with respect to (i) the initial transfer of the Class P Certificates on the Closing Date, (ii) the transfer of the Class P Certificates to the NIM Issuer or the NIM Trustee or (iii) a transfer of the Class P Certificates to the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, no transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the Securities Administrator shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities Administrator (in the event such Certificate is a Private Certificate or a Residual Certificate, such requirement is satisfied only by the Securities Administrator’s receipt of a representation letter from the transferee substantially in the form of Exhibit G), to the effect that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to any Federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code, nor a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement nor using the assets of any such plan or arrangement to effect such transfer (each such investor a “Plan”), (ii) in the case of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate (other than a Residual Certificate) that has been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, a representation that the purchaser is an insurance company that is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in an “insurance company general account” (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 95-60) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates satisfy the requirements for exemptive relief under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 or (iii) in the case of any ERISA-Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan or arrangement subject to Section 4975 of the Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a trustee of any such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using such plan’s or arrangement’s assets, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Securities Administrator and the Depositor, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trust Fund, addressed to the Securities Administrator and the Depositor, to the effect that the purchase and holding of such ERISA-Restricted Certificate will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any Similar Law and will not subject the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any other servicer or the Securities Administrator to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement or to any liability. For purposes of the preceding sentence, with respect to an ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is not a Private Certificate or a Residual Certificate, in the event the representation letter referred to in the preceding sentence is not furnished, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the Securities Administrator by the transferee’s (including an initial acquirer’s) acceptance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates. In the event that such representation is violated, or any attempt is made to transfer to a plan or arrangement subject to Section 406 of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to Similar Law, or a person acting on behalf of any such plan or arrangement or using the assets of any such plan or arrangement, without such Opinion of Counsel, such attempted transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect.

During the period the Supplemental Interest Trust is in effect, no transfer of a Certificate shall be made unless the Securities Administrator shall have received either (i) 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 a Plan, or (ii) a representation that the purchase and holding of the Certificate satisfy the requirements for

exemptive relief under PTCE 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE 91-38, PTCE 95-60, PTCE 96-23 or a similar exemption, or in the case of a Plan subject to Similar Law, will not constitute a non-exempt violation of such Similar Law. In the event such a representation letter is not delivered, one of the foregoing representations, as appropriate, shall be deemed to have been made by the transferee’s (including an initial acquirer’s) acceptance of the Certificate. In the event that such representation is violated, such transfer or acquisition shall be void and of no effect. The Residual Certificates may not be sold to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, any plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or any plan subject to any Similar Law or any person investing on behalf of or with plan assets of such plan.

The Securities Administrator shall have no duty to monitor transfers of beneficial interests in any Book-Entry Certificate and shall not be under liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(b) 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 by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing requirements.

(c) 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 I;

(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 5.02(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 5.02(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 have any liability to any Person for any registration of Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(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. 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; and

(v) The Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available, upon receipt 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 5.02(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, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, or the Securities Administrator, to the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any Trust REMIC 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 which, based on an Opinion of Counsel 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 which is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.

(d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions referred to above in this Section 5.02 in connection with transfer shall be at the expense of the parties to such transfers.

(e) The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, the nominee of which is CEDE & Co., as the registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates (the “Depository”). Except as provided below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (i) the Depository shall be a Qualified Depository; (ii) registration of the Certificates may not be transferred by the Securities Administrator except to another Qualified Depository; (iii) the Depository shall maintain book entry records with respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership

and transfers of such Book-Entry Certificates; (iv) ownership and transfers of registration of the Book-Entry Certificates on the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by the Depository; (v) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (vi) the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall deal with the Depository, Depository Participants and indirect participating firms as representatives of the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representatives shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (vii) the Securities Administrator and the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect to indirect participating firms and persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners. For purposes of this Section 5.02(e), “Qualified Depository” shall mean a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of New York. If a Depository ceases to be a Qualified Depository then, within 30 days of such occurrence, the Securities Administrator shall appoint or cause to be appointed another Qualified Depository and transfer registration of the Certificates to such Qualified Depository in accordance with this Section 5.02(e).

All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owner. 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.

If (x) (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and (ii) the Securities Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, or (y) the Depositor notifies the Depository of its intent to terminate the book entry system through the Depository, the Depository Participants holding beneficial interests in the Book-Entry Certificates agree to initiate such termination, the Securities Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of definitive, fully registered Certificates (the “Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Securities Administrator of the related Class of Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by the instructions from the Depository for registration, the Securities Administrator shall issue the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instruction and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. The Depositor shall provide the Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon the issuance of 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 the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder; provided, that the Securities Administrator shall not by virtue of its assumption of such obligations become liable to any party for any act or failure to act of the Depository.

(f) Each Private Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8IMY (and all appropriate attachments) or W-9 in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, duly executed by the Certificateholder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled and subsequently disposed of by the Securities Administrator in accordance with its customary practice. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Private Certificates, but the Securities Administrator may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Private Certificates.

Section 5.03 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 (b) there is delivered to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Securities Administrator that such Certificate has been acquired by a protected 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 5.03, 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 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners. The Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and any agent of the Depositor, 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 none of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor or any agent of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 5.05 Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses. If three (3) or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in writing from the Securities Administrator, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the communication which such Certificateholders propose to transmit, or if the Depositor or a Servicer shall request such information in writing from the Securities Administrator, then the Securities Administrator shall, within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the Depositor, such Servicer or such Certificateholders at such recipients’ expense the most recent list of the Certificateholders of such Trust Fund held by the Securities Administrator, if any. The Depositor and every Certificateholder, 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 5.06 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Securities Administrator will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an office or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Securities Administrator initially designates its Corporate Trust Office for such purposes. The Securities Administrator will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders and the NIM Insurer of any change in such location of any such office or agency.

ARTICLE VI

THE DEPOSITOR

Section 6.01 Liabilities of the Depositor. The Depositor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically and respectively imposed upon and undertaken by it herein.

Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor. The Depositor will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation or federally chartered savings bank, as the case may be, under the laws of the United States or under the laws of one of the states thereof and will each obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.

Any Person into which the Depositor may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor shall be a party, or any person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, shall be the successor of the Depositor, as the case may be, 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 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor and Others. Neither the Depositor nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be under any liability to the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor or any such Person against any breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the Depositor or any such Person from any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor 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. The Depositor and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor shall be indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding relating to a governmental taxing authority or any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by

reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its respective duties hereunder and which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Depositor may in its discretion undertake any such action (or direct the Trustee to undertake such actions for the benefit of the Certificateholders) that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund and the Depositor (or the Trustee to the extent it has been directed by the Depositor to undertake such actions) shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Distribution Account.

Section 6.04 Servicing Compliance Review. Promptly upon receipt from each Servicer of its annual statement of compliance and accountant’s report described in the applicable Step 2 Assignment Agreement the Master Servicer shall furnish a copy thereof to the Depositor. Promptly after the Depositor’s receipt thereof, the Depositor shall review the same and, if applicable, consult with such Servicer as to the nature of any defaults by such Servicer in the fulfillment of any of its Servicer’s obligations under the applicable Servicing Agreement.

Section 6.05 Option to Purchase Defaulted Mortgage Loans. The Depositor has the option, but is not obligated, to purchase from the Trust Fund any Mortgage Loan that is ninety (90) days or more delinquent subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in the Trust Agreement. In addition, the Depositor has the option, but will not be obligated, to purchase from the Trust fund any Mortgage Loan as to which there has occurred an Early Payment Default. It is understood and agreed that the Depositor specifically reserves any right that may exist with respect to a Responsible Party on account of any Early Payment Default and does not assign to the Trust Fund right to directly enforce the repurchase obligation relating to an Early Payment Default against the related Responsible Party. For purposes of this Section, “Early Payment Default” shall mean any provision of any Sale and Servicing Agreement or any related agreement that is designated as an “early payment default” provision or otherwise provides for the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan in the event of a failure to make timely payment in the first (or such other number as may be specified in such provision) scheduled payment due under such Mortgage Loan after the closing or other date specified in such agreement. The Trust will have no right to require the Depositor or any related Responsible Party to repurchase any Mortgage Loan as a result of an Early Payment Default. The purchase price for any Mortgage Loan repurchased as described above shall be 100% of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, plus all related accrued and unpaid interest, and the amount of any unreimbursed Servicing Advances made by the Servicers or the Master Servicer related to the Mortgage Loan.

ARTICLE VII

SERVICER DEFAULT

Section 7.01 Events of Default. If an Event of Default described in any Servicing Agreement shall occur with respect to the related Servicer then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Master Servicer may, or at the direction of Certificateholders entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights the Master Servicer shall, by notice in writing to the applicable Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency and the NIM Insurer), terminate all of the rights and obligations of such Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. The Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 66% of the Voting Rights of Certificates affected by a Event of Default may waive such Event of Default; provided, however, that (a) an Event of Default with respect to any Servicer’s obligation to make Monthly Advances may be waived only by all of the holders of the Certificates affected by such Event of Default and (b) no such waiver is permitted that would materially adversely affect any non consenting Certificateholder. On and after the receipt by such Servicer of such written notice of termination, all authority and power of such Servicer hereunder or under the applicable Servicing Agreement, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Servicer, 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 the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise.

Section 7.02 Master Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor. Within 120 days after the Master Servicer gives, and the applicable Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 7.01, the Master Servicer shall, subject to and to the extent provided in Section 7.03, and subject to the rights of the Master Servicer to appoint a successor Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.02, be the successor to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and in such Servicing Agreement and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions of such Servicing Agreement and applicable law including the obligation to make Monthly Advances or Servicing Advances pursuant to such Servicing Agreement (it being understood and agreed that if any Servicer fails to make an Advance, the Master Servicer shall do so unless a determination has been made that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Monthly Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance). As compensation therefor, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans that the Servicer would have been entitled to charge to the Collection Account if the Servicer had continued to act under the Servicing Agreement

including, if the Servicer was receiving the Servicing Fee at the Servicing Fee Rate set forth in the Servicing Agreement (or, as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, as applicable) such Servicing Fee and the income on investments or gain related to the Collection Account.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making Monthly Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreement, or if it is otherwise unable to so act, or, at the written request of Certificateholders entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights, 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 such Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of such Servicer. No such appointment of a successor to a Servicer hereunder shall be effective until the Depositor shall have consented thereto. Any successor to such Servicer shall be an institution which is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer in good standing and acceptable to the NIM Insurer in its reasonable discretion, which has a net worth of at least $25,000,000, which is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and which executes and delivers to the Depositor and the Master Servicer an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, containing an assumption by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of such terminated Servicer, (other than liabilities of such terminated Servicer incurred prior to termination of such Servicer under Section 7.01), with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement; provided, that each Rating Agency acknowledges 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. Pending appointment of a successor to a Servicer hereunder, the Master Servicer, unless the Master Servicer is prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject to this Section 7.02, act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Master Servicer may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it, the Depositor and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of the Servicing Fee Rate and amounts paid to the Servicer from investments. The Master Servicer and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Neither the Master Servicer nor any other successor to a 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 predecessor Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.

Any successor Servicer shall give notice to the Mortgagors of such change of Servicer, in accordance with applicable federal and state law, and shall, during the term of its service as servicer, maintain in force the policy or policies that each Servicer is required to maintain pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer may not terminate a Servicer without cause.

Section 7.03 Master Servicer to Act as Servicer. In the event that a Servicer shall for any other reason no longer be the Servicer, the Master Servicer or another successor Servicer, shall thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations of the predecessor Servicer hereunder arising thereafter pursuant to Section 7.02.

Section 7.04 Notification to Certificateholders. e) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to a Servicer, the Securities Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders, the NIM Insurer and each Rating Agency.

(b) Promptly after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Securities Administrator shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders, the NIM Insurer and each Rating Agency notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Securities Administrator, unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.

ARTICLE VIII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE CUSTODIANS

Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee and the Custodians. The Trustee, before the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default and after the curing of all Master Servicer Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. In case a Master Servicer Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

The Trustee and the Custodians, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Custodians, as applicable, that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether on their face they are in the form required by this Agreement, or with respect to the documents in the respective Custodial Files whether they satisfy the review criteria set forth in Section 2.02. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodians shall be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order, or other instrument.

No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or the Custodians from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own bad faith or willful misfeasance; provided, however, that:

(a) unless a Master Servicer Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge has occurred and is continuing, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of the duties and obligations specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee, and the Trustee 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 and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it believed in good faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;

(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it is finally proven that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.

(d) In no event shall the Trustee be held liable for the actions or omissions of any Master Servicer, Securities Administrator, Servicer or Custodian. Prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing of all such Events of Default, no provision of this Agreement shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it unless such risk or liability relates to duties set forth herein.

Section 8.02 [RESERVED].

Section 8.03 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Custodians. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

(a) the Trustee and the Custodians may request and rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, Opinion of Counsel, certificate 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 and the Trustee and the Custodians shall have no responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any signature of any such party or parties. Further, the Trustee may accept a copy of the vote of the board of directors of any party certified by its clerk or assistant clerk or secretary as conclusive evidence of the authority of any person to act in accordance with such vote, and such vote may be considered as in full force and effect until receipt by the Trustee of written notice to the contrary;

(b) before taking any action under this Agreement, the Trustee and the Custodians may consult with counsel, financial advisers or accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or accountants and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(c) the Trustee and the Custodians shall not be liable 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;

(d) the Trustee shall not 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 so to do by Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee 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, not assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the applicable Servicer or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Servicer upon demand from the applicable Servicer’s own funds;

(e) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, accountants or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agents, accountants or attorneys appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(f) neither the Trustee nor the Custodians shall be required to risk or expend its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it;

(g) the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment security);

(h) unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default or an Event of Default, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Master Servicer Event of Default or an Event of Default, until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof;

(i) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts, rights or powers vested in it by 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 this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

(j) the right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act;

(k) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the Trust Fund created hereby or the powers granted hereunder;

(l) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Servicing Agreement, the Trustee shall not consent to a Servicer’s request of assigning the Servicing Agreement or the servicing rights thereunder to any other party;

(m) the Trustee and the Custodians shall not be accountable and shall have no liability for any acts or omissions by the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or other party hereto;

(n) in no event shall Citibank in its capacity as Trustee hereunder, Deutsche Bank in its capacity as a Custodian hereunder, U.S. Bank in its capacity as a Custodian hereunder, Wells Fargo in its capacity as a Custodian hereunder or any other Custodian hereunder, be liable for special, indirect or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if any Custodian or the Trustee, as applicable, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of acknowledgment;

(o) [RESERVED];

(p) [RESERVED];

(q) The permissive right or authority of the Trustee to take any action enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty or obligation;

(r) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any matter, including without limitation any Event of Default, unless one of its Responsible Officers has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice thereof is received by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and such notice references the applicable Certificates generally, the applicable Servicer or Seller, the Trust or this Agreement;

(s) All rights of action under the Trust Agreement or under any of the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee may be enforced by it without the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of the Trust Agreement. Any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered; and

(t) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any and all communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Trustee that the Trustee in its sole discretion deems to contain confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information and sent by electronic mail will be encrypted. The recipient (the “Email Recipient”) of the email communication will be required to complete a one-time registration process. Information and assistance on registering and using the email encryption technology can be found at the Trustee’s Secure website www.citigroup.com/citigroup/citizen/privacy/email.htm or by calling (866) 535-2504 (in the U.S.) or (904) 954-6181 at any time.

Section 8.04 Trustee and Custodians Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor and neither the Trustee nor the Custodians assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee and the Custodians make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodians shall be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Servicer or the Securities Administrator of any funds paid to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Servicer or the Securities Administrator in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or the Distribution Account by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, any Servicer, or the Securities Administrator.

The Trustee shall have no responsibility (i) for filing or recording this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or 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 it hereunder (unless the Trustee shall have become and remains the successor Master Servicer), (ii) to see to any insurance (unless the Trustee shall have become the successor Master Servicer), (iii) to confirm or verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Servicers, Securities Administrator or Master Servicer delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement believed by the Trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties or (iv) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund.

The Securities Administrator executes the Certificates not in its individual capacity but solely as Securities Administrator of the Trust Fund created by this Agreement, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it by this Agreement. Each of the undertakings and agreements made on the part of the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trust Fund in the Certificates is made and intended not as a personal undertaking or agreement by the Securities Administrator but is made and intended for the purpose of binding only the Trust Fund.

Section 8.05 Trustee May Own Certificates. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Trustee.

Section 8.06 Trustee’s Fees and Expenses. As compensation for its activities under this Agreement, the Trustee shall be paid an on-going monthly or annual fee, as applicable, by the Securities Administrator pursuant to a separate agreement. The Trustee shall have no lien on the Trust Fund for the payment of such fees. The Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed, from funds on deposit in the Distribution Account, amounts sufficient to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Trustee against any loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred:

(i) in connection with any claim or legal action relating to:

(a) this Agreement; or

(b) the Mortgage Loans or the Certificates; and

(ii) the performance of any of the Trustee’s duties under this Agreement; or

(iii) incurred by reason of any action of the Trustee taken at the direction of the Certificateholders;

other than, in each case, any loss, liability, or expense (i) resulting from any breach of any Servicer’s obligations in connection with its Servicing Agreement for which that Servicer has performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Servicing Agreement, (ii) resulting from any breach of the Responsible Party’s obligations in connection with any Sale Agreement for which it has performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to the Sale Agreement, (iii) resulting from any breach of the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder for which the Master Servicer has performed its obligation to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement or (iv) incurred because of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance of any of the Trustee’s duties under this Agreement. This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Trustee under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, except for any expense, disbursement, or advance arising from the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith, or willful misfeasance, the Trust Fund shall pay or reimburse the Trustee, for all reasonable expenses, disbursements, and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement with respect to:

(A) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of its counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates; and

(B) the reasonable compensation, expenses, and disbursements of any accountant, engineer, or appraiser that is not regularly employed by the Trustee, to the extent that the Trustee must engage them to perform services under this Agreement.

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be entitled to payment or reimbursement for any routine ongoing expenses incurred by the Trustee in the ordinary course of its duties as Trustee under this Agreement or for any other expenses.

Section 8.07 Eligibility Requirements for the Trustee. The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation, banking association or other 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 of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and the appointment of which would not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce or withdraw their respective then current ratings of the Certificates (or having provided such security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such reduction) as evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency. If such corporation or association 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 8.07 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with this Section 8.07, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in

Section 8.08. The entity serving as Trustee may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and its affiliates or with the Servicer and its affiliates; provided, however, that such entity cannot be an affiliate of the Depositor or of any Servicer other than the Trustee in its role as successor to the Master Servicer.

Section 8.08 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee. The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the NIM Insurer and each Rating Agency not less than sixty (60) days before the date specified in such notice, when, subject to Section 8.09, such resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor trustee in accordance with Section 8.09 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.07. If no successor trustee meeting such qualifications shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.

If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with Section 8.07 and shall fail to resign after written request thereto by the Depositor, (ii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, (iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located and (B) the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee, or (iv) the Trustee fails to comply with its obligations under the last sentence of Section 9.04 in the preceding paragraph, Section 8.10 or Article XIII and such failure is not remedied within the lesser of ten (10) calendar days or such period in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be timely filed (without taking into account any extensions), then, in the case of clauses (i) through (iv), the Depositor may, or shall at the request of the NIM Insurer, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee.

The Holders of Certificates entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument or instruments, in duplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys in fact duly authorized, one complete set of which shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. The successor trustee shall notify each Rating Agency of any removal of the Trustee.

Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to this Section 8.08 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 8.09.

Section 8.09 Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.08 shall be reasonable to the NIM Insurer and shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, 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 herein. The Depositor and the predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.09 unless at the time of its acceptance, the successor trustee is eligible under Section 8.07 and its appointment does not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates and has provided to the Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement Trustee.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 8.09, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates, the NIM Insurer and the Custodians. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.

Section 8.10 Merger or Consolidation of the Trustee or the Custodians. Any corporation or association into which the Trustee or the Custodians, as applicable, may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Custodians, as applicable, shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to the business of the Trustee or the Custodians, as applicable, or any corporation or association to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee or the Custodians, as applicable, may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Custodians, as applicable, hereunder; provided, that such corporation or association shall be eligible under Section 8.07 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 8.11 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 Trustee shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons 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 8.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider appropriate. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.09 and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 8.09.

Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

(a) to the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Section 8.11, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee (as successor Master Servicer) 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 as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the 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 applicable 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;

(b) no trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable because of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder and such appointment shall not, and shall not be deemed to, constitute any such separate trustee or co-trustee as agent of the any other trustee;

(d) the Trust Fund, and not the Trustee, shall be liable for the payment of reasonable compensation, reimbursement and indemnification to any such 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 separate trustees and co-trustees, when and 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 VIII. 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, the NIM Insurer 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 8.12 Tax Matters. It is intended that the assets with respect to which any REMIC election pertaining to the Trust Fund is to be made, as set forth in the Preliminary Statement, shall constitute, and that the conduct of matters relating to such assets shall be such as to qualify such assets 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 each REMIC described in the Preliminary Statement and that in such capacity it shall:

(a) prepare and file, in a timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file 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 Trust 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 to Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and in such manner as may be required thereby;

(b) within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date, apply for an employer identification number from the Internal Revenue Service via Form SS-4 or any other acceptable method for all tax entities and shall also furnish to the Internal Revenue Service, on Form 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;

(c) make an election that each Trust REMIC be treated as a REMIC on the federal tax return for its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under applicable state law);

(d) prepare and forward 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 the calculation of any original issue discount using the prepayment assumption (as described in the Prospectus Supplement);

(e) 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 (a “Non Permitted Transferee”), or an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a Non Permitted Transferee, or a pass through entity in which a Non 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) to the extent that they are under its control, conduct matters relating to such assets at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the status of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions;

(g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust REMIC created hereunder;

(h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this Section 8.12, the amount of any federal or state tax, including prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any Trust REMIC before its termination 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) cause federal, state or local income tax or information returns to be signed by the Securities Administrator or, if required by applicable tax law, the Trustee or such other person as may be required to sign such returns by the Code or state or local laws, regulations or rules;

(j) maintain records relating to each of the Trust REMICs, including the income, expenses, assets, and liabilities thereof on a calendar year basis and on the accrual method of accounting and the fair market value and adjusted basis of the assets determined at such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information; and

(k) as and when necessary and appropriate, represent each Trust REMIC 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 each Trust REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of any Trust REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of each Trust REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.

The Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class R and Class RC Certificates shall act as Tax Matters Person for the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Middle-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the REMIC, respectively, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-4(d), and the Securities Administrator is hereby designated as agent of such Certificateholder for such purpose (or if the Securities Administrator is not so permitted, such Holder shall be the Tax Matters Person in accordance with the REMIC Provisions). In such capacity, the Securities Administrator shall, as and when necessary and appropriate, represent each Trust REMIC 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 each Trust REMIC, enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any tax item of any Trust REMIC, and otherwise act on behalf of each Trust REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving it.

The Securities Administrator shall treat the rights of the Class P Certificateholders to receive Prepayment Premiums as the beneficial ownership interests in a grantor trust and not as an obligations of any REMIC created hereunder, for federal income tax purposes. The Securities Administrator shall file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 or such other form as may be applicable and shall furnish or cause to be furnished, to the Class P Certificateholders and the Certificateholders, the respective amounts described above that are received, in the time or times and in the manner required by the Code.

To enable the Securities Administrator to perform its duties under this Agreement, the Depositor shall provide to the Securities Administrator within ten (10) days after the Closing Date all information or data that the Securities Administrator requests in writing and determines

to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including the price, yield, prepayment assumption, and projected cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Securities Administrator promptly upon written request therefor any additional information or data that the Securities Administrator may, from time to time, reasonably request to enable the Securities Administrator to perform its duties under this Agreement. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the Securities Administrator for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims, or expenses of the Securities Administrator arising from any errors or miscalculations of 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 Securities Administrator on a timely basis.

If any tax is imposed on “prohibited transactions” of any Trust REMIC as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on the “net income from foreclosure property” of the Lower-Tier REMIC as defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed, including any minimum tax imposed on any Trust REMIC pursuant to Sections 23153 and 24874 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, the tax shall be paid by (i) the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable if such tax arises out of or results from negligence of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) a Servicer, in the case of any such minimum tax, and otherwise if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Servicer of any of its obligations under the applicable Servicing Agreement, (iii) a Responsible Party if such tax arises out of or results from the Responsible Party’s obligation to repurchase a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the applicable Sale Agreement or (iv) in all other cases, or if the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Responsible Party fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clause (i), (ii), or (iii), any such tax will be paid with amounts otherwise to be distributed to the Certificateholders, as provided in Section 4.01(a).

For as long as each Trust REMIC shall exist, the Securities Administrator shall act as specifically required herein, and the Securities Administrator shall comply with any directions of the Depositor or a Servicer stating that such directions are being given to assure such continuing treatment. In particular, the Securities Administrator shall not (a) sell or authorize 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 purchase or repurchase of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement or (b) accept any contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Startup Day without receipt of an Opinion of Counsel that such action described in clause (a) or (b) will not result in the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.

Section 8.13 [RESERVED].

Section 8.14 [RESERVED].

Section 8.15 Custodial Responsibilities. Each of the Custodians shall provide access to the Mortgage Loan documents in possession of such Custodian regarding the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the servicing thereof to the Trustee, the

Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon two (2) Business Days prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of such Custodian; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law or any regulatory or administrative agency (including the FDIC), such Custodian shall not be required to provide access to such records and documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Mortgagor. Each of the Custodians shall allow representatives of the above entities to photocopy any of the records and documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at the expense of the Trust that covers such Custodians actual costs.

Upon receipt of a request for release by a Servicer substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1, Exhibit L-2, Exhibit L-3 or Exhibit L-4 hereto, the applicable Custodian shall release within five (5) Business Days the related Mortgage File to such Servicer and the Trustee shall execute and deliver to such Servicer, without recourse, a request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage (furnished by such Servicer), together with the Mortgage Note.

Each of the Custodians may resign at any time or may be terminated by the Trustee with cause, in each case, upon sixty (60) days written notice to the applicable Servicer, the Depositor, the NIM Insurer and the Securities Administrator, in which event the Depositor will be obligated to appoint a successor. If no successor has been appointed and has accepted appointment within sixty (60) days after the resignation or termination of such Custodian, such Custodian may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a successor.

The Securities Administrator, pursuant to a separate agreement, shall compensate from its own funds the Custodians for their respective activities under this Agreement. The Custodians shall have no lien on the Trust Fund for the payment of such fees. The Custodians shall be entitled to be reimbursed, from funds on deposit in the Distribution Account, amounts sufficient to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Custodians and any director, officer, employee, or agent of a Custodian against any loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with any claim or legal action relating to:

(a) this Agreement;

(b) the Certificates; or

other than any loss, liability, or expense (i) resulting from any breach of a Servicer’s obligations in connection with a Servicing Agreement for which the Servicer has performed its obligation to indemnify such Custodian pursuant to such Servicing Agreement, (ii) resulting from any breach of the Responsible Party’s obligations in connection with a Sale Agreement for which the Responsible Party has performed its obligation to indemnify such Custodian pursuant to such Sale Agreement or (iii) incurred because of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance of any of such Custodian’s duties under this Agreement. This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Custodians.

ARTICLE IX

ADMINISTRATION OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS

BY THE MASTER SERVICER

Section 9.01 Duties of the Master Servicer; Enforcement of Servicer’s Obligations. (a) The Master Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor and the Certificateholders, shall monitor the performance of the Servicers under the related Servicing Agreements, and (except as set forth below) shall use its reasonable good faith efforts to cause the Servicers to duly and punctually perform their duties and obligations thereunder as applicable. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Master Servicer has actual knowledge, the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the NIM Insurer and shall specify in such notice the action, if any, the Master Servicer plans to take in respect of such default. So long as an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Master Servicer shall take the actions specified in Article VII.

If (i) a Servicer reports a delinquency on a monthly report and (ii) such Servicer, by 11 a.m. (New York Time) on the Business Day preceding the related Remittance Date, neither makes a Monthly Advance nor provides the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer with a report certifying that such a Monthly Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Monthly Advance, then the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date a Monthly Advance in an amount equal to the difference between (x) with respect to each Monthly Payment due on a Mortgage Loan that is delinquent (other than Relief Act Interest Shortfalls) and for which the related Servicer was required to make a Monthly Advance pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement and (y) amounts deposited in the Collection Account to be used for Monthly Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan, except to the extent the Master Servicer determines any such Monthly Advance to be a Nonrecoverable Monthly Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall continue to make such Monthly Advances for so long as the related Servicer is required to do so under the related Servicing Agreement. If applicable, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that the Master Servicer elects not to make a Monthly Advance in a stated amount and detailing the reason(s) it deems the Monthly Advance to be a Nonrecoverable Monthly Advance. Any amounts deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be net of the Servicing Fee for the related Mortgage Loans. If the Master Servicer fails to make a required Monthly Advance, the Securities Administrator shall provide prompt written notice to the Trustee of such failure.

(a) The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of monitoring the Servicers as required hereunder (including costs associated with (i) termination of any Servicer, (ii) the appointment of a successor servicer or (iii) the transfer to and assumption of, the servicing by the Master Servicer) and shall, to the extent permitted by the related Servicing Agreement, seek reimbursement therefor initially from the terminated Servicer. In the event the full costs associated with the transition of servicing responsibilities to the Master Servicer or to a successor servicer are not paid for by the predecessor or successor Servicer (provided such successor

Servicer is not the Master Servicer), the Master Servicer may be reimbursed therefor by the Trust for out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Master Servicer associated with any such transfer of servicing duties from a Servicer to the Master Servicer or any other successor servicer.

(b) If the Master Servicer assumes the servicing with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans, it will not assume liability for the representations and warranties of any Servicer it replaces or for any errors or omissions of such Servicer.

If the Depositor or an affiliate of the Depositor, is the owner of the servicing rights for any Servicer and the Depositor chooses to terminate such Servicer with or without cause and sell those servicing rights to a successor servicer, then the Depositor must provide thirty (30) days’ notice to the Master Servicer, such successor servicer must be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, the terminated servicer must be reimbursed for any unreimbursed Monthly Advances, servicing fees and any related expenses, the successor servicer must be qualified to service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and the Depositor must obtain prior written consent from the Rating Agencies that the transfer of the servicing of the mortgage loans will not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then current ratings of the Certificates. The costs of such transfer (including any costs of the Master Servicer) are to be borne by the Depositor.

Neither the Depositor nor the Securities Administrator shall consent to the assignment by any Servicer of such Servicer’s rights and obligations under the Agreement without the prior written consent of the Master Servicer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

Section 9.02 Maintenance of Fidelity Bond and Errors and Omissions Insurance. The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy, affording coverage with respect to all directors, officers, directors, employees and other Persons acting on such Master Servicer’s behalf, and covering errors and omissions in the performance of the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder. The errors and omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond shall be in such form and amount generally acceptable for entities serving as master servicers or trustees.

Section 9.03 Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer. (a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date that:

(i) it is a national banking association validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and as Master Servicer has full power and authority to transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement and to execute, deliver and comply with its obligations under the terms of this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of which have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Master Servicer;

(ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not (A) violate the Master Servicer’s charter or bylaws, (B) violate any law or regulation or any administrative decree or order to which it is subject or (C) constitute a default (or an

event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Master Servicer is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets are subject, which violation, default or breach would materially and adversely affect the Master Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

(iii) this Agreement constitutes, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other respective parties hereto, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms hereof, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general, and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iv) the Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency to the extent that any such default would materially and adversely affect its performance hereunder;

(v) the Master Servicer is not a party to or bound by any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter provision, bylaw or any other corporate restriction or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, law or regulation that may materially and adversely affect its ability as Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or that requires the consent of any third person to the execution of this Agreement or the performance by the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement;

(vi) no litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit its entering into this Agreement or performing its obligations under this Agreement;

(vii) [Reserved];

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of or compliance by the Master Servicer with this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations and orders (if any) as have been obtained; and

(ix) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Master Servicer.

(b) The applicable Step 2 Assignment Agreements and Section 11.01 of this Agreement provide that the Depositor, at its option, may request the Master Servicer to solicit bids in a commercially reasonable manner, on or after the Optional Termination Date (such event, the “Auction Call”), for the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties) at the Termination Price. The Master Servicer shall accommodate such request to conduct an Auction Call at its sole discretion. If the Master Servicer accommodates such request, the Master

Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for all fees and expenses incurred. The Depositor hereby represents, covenants and agrees with the NIM Insurer that it will not exercise its right to request the Master Servicer to solicit bids in a commercially reasonable manner, on or after the Optional Termination Date, for the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties) unless it has received the NIM Insurers’ prior written consent. In the event that no NIM Insurer exists with respect to any applicable NIM Issuer, the Depositor hereby further represents, covenants and agrees with such NIM Issuer that it will not exercise its right to request the Master Servicer to solicit bids in a commercially reasonable manner, on or after the Optional Termination Date, for the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties) unless it has received (x) written notification from the NIM Trustee that all of the outstanding notes issued under the applicable indenture have been paid in full or (y) an Officer’s Certificate of the NIM Issuer pursuant to the applicable section of the relevant indenture to the effect that all conditions precedent to the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture have been complied with.

(c) It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor, Securities Administrator, and the Trustee and hold them harmless against any loss, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and other reasonable costs and expenses resulting from any claim, demand, defense or assertion based on or grounded upon, or resulting from, a material breach of the Master Servicer’s representations and warranties contained in Section 9.03(a) above. It is understood and agreed that the enforcement of the obligation of the Master Servicer set forth in this Section 9.03 to indemnify the Depositor, Securities Administrator, and the Trustee constitutes the sole remedy of the Depositor and the Trustee, respecting a breach of the foregoing representations and warranties. Such indemnification shall survive any termination of the Master Servicer as Master Servicer hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

Any cause of action against the Master Servicer relating to or arising out of the breach of any representations and warranties made in this Section shall accrue upon discovery of such breach by either the Depositor, the Master Servicer, Securities Administrator or the Trustee or notice thereof by any one of such parties to the other parties.

Section 9.04 Master Servicer Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute a “Master Servicer Event of Default”:

(a) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit in the Distribution Account any payment received by it from any Servicer or required to be made by the Master Servicer under the terms of this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of two (2) Business Days after the date upon which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by any other party hereto;

(b) failure by the Master Servicer to duly observe or perform, in any material respect, any other covenants, obligations or agreements of the Master Servicer as set forth in this Agreement (including any obligation to cause any subservicer or Reporting Subcontractor (except as specified below) to take any action specified in Article XIII) which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or

to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the holders of Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights; provided that the thirty (30) day cure period shall not apply so long as the Depositor is required to file Exchange Act Reports with respect to the Trust Fund, the failure to comply with the requirements set forth in Article XIII, for which the grace period shall not exceed the lesser of ten (10) calendar days or such period in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be timely filed (without taking into account any extensions);

(c) 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 Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force, undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

(d) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, bankruptcy, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or relating to all or substantially all of its property;

(e) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts 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 for three (3) Business Days;

(f) except as otherwise set forth herein, the Master Servicer attempts to assign this Agreement or its responsibilities hereunder or to delegate its duties hereunder (or any portion thereof) without the consent of the Securities Administrator and the Depositor; or

(g) the indictment of the Master Servicer for the taking of any action by the Master Servicer, any employee thereof, any Affiliate or any director or employee thereof that constitutes fraud or criminal activity in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, in each case, where such indictment materially and adversely affects the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement (subject to the condition that such indictment is not dismissed within ninety (90) days).

In each and every such case, so long as a Master Servicer Event of Default shall not have been remedied, in addition to whatever rights the Trustee may have at law or equity to damages, including injunctive relief and specific performance, the Trustee, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer, may, and (a) upon the request of the NIM Insurer or the Holders of Certificates representing at least 51% of the Voting Rights (except with respect to any Master Servicer Event of Default related to a failure to comply with an Exchange Act Filing Obligation) or (b) the Depositor, in the case of a failure related to an Exchange Act Filing Obligation, shall, terminate with cause all the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement.

The Depositor shall not be entitled to terminate the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer, pursuant to the above paragraph, if a failure of the Master Servicer to identify a Subcontractor “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of

Regulation AB was attributable solely to the role or functions of such Subcontractor with respect to mortgage loans other than the Mortgage Loans.

Upon receipt by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, shall pass to and be vested in any successor master servicer appointed hereunder which accepts such appointments. Upon written request from the Trustee or the Depositor, the Master Servicer shall prepare, execute and deliver to the successor entity designated by the Trustee any and all documents and other instruments related to the performance of its duties hereunder as the Master Servicer and, place in such successor’s possession all such documents with respect to the master servicing of the Mortgage Loans and do or cause to be done all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, at the Master Servicer’s sole expense. The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Trustee and such successor master servicer in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder, including without limitation, the transfer to such successor master servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to the Distribution Account or are thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

Upon the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default, the Securities Administrator shall (i) provide prompt written notice to the Trustee, the NIM Insurer and the Depositor of such occurrence and (ii) provide the Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a successor master servicer in the event the Trustee should succeed to the duties of the Master Servicer as set forth herein. In the event that the Master Servicer becomes a terminated Master Servicer due to a Master Servicer Event of Default, the terminated Master Servicer shall bear all costs of the transfer of master servicing hereunder (including those incurred by the Trustee). If such costs are not paid by the terminated Master Servicer, such costs shall be reimbursed from the Trust Fund.

Section 9.05 Waiver of Default. By a written notice, the Trustee may with the consent of a Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights and the NIM Insurer waive any default by the Master Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences. Upon any waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Master Servicer Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.

Section 9.06 Successor to the Master Servicer. Upon termination of the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and duties under this Agreement, the Trustee shall appoint or may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor, which shall succeed to all rights and assume all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Master Servicer under this Agreement prior to the termination of the Master Servicer. Any successor shall be a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved servicer in good standing and acceptable to the Depositor, the NIM Insurer and the Rating Agencies. 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 as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that

in no event shall the master servicer fee paid to such successor master servicer exceed that paid to the Master Servicer hereunder. In the event that the Master Servicer’s duties, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement are terminated, the Master Servicer shall continue to discharge its duties and responsibilities hereunder until the effective date of such termination with the same degree of diligence and prudence which it is obligated to exercise under this Agreement and shall take no action whatsoever that might impair or prejudice the rights of its successor. The termination of the Master Servicer shall not become effective until a successor shall be appointed pursuant hereto and shall in no event (i) relieve the Master Servicer of responsibility for the representations and warranties made pursuant to Section 9.03(a) hereof and the remedies available to the Trustee under Section 9.03(b) hereof, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of Section 9.03 hereof shall be applicable to the Master Servicer notwithstanding any such sale, assignment, resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or the termination of this Agreement; or (ii) affect the right of the Master Servicer to receive payment and/or reimbursement of any amounts accruing to it hereunder prior to the date of termination (or during any transition period in which the Master Servicer continues to perform its duties hereunder prior to the date the successor master servicer fully assumes its duties).

If no successor Master Servicer has accepted its appointment within ninety (90) days of the time the Trustee receives the resignation of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall be the successor Master Servicer in all respects under this Agreement and shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto, including the obligation to make Monthly Advances; provided, however, that any failure to perform any duties or responsibilities caused by the Master Servicer’s failure to provide information required by this Agreement shall not be considered a default by the Trustee hereunder. In the Trustee’s capacity as such successor, the Trustee shall have the same limitations on liability herein granted to the Master Servicer. As compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive the compensation, reimbursement and indemnities otherwise payable to the Master Servicer, including the fees and other amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.07 hereof.

At least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such appointment, the Trustee shall provide written notice to the Depositor and the NIM Insurer of such successor pursuant to this Section 9.06.

Any successor master servicer appointed as provided herein, shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Master Servicer, to the Trustee and to the NIM Insurer an instrument accepting such appointment, wherein the successor shall make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9.03 hereof, and whereupon such successor shall become fully vested with all of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Master Servicer, with like effect as if originally named as a party to this Agreement. Any termination or resignation of the Master Servicer or termination of this Agreement shall not affect any claims that the Trustee may have against the Master Servicer arising out of the Master Servicer’s actions or failure to act prior to any such termination or resignation or in connection with the Trustee’s assumption as successor master servicer of such obligations, duties and responsibilities.

Upon a successor’s acceptance of appointment as such, the Master Servicer shall notify by mail the Trustee and the NIM Insurer of such appointment.

Section 9.07 Compensation of the Master Servicer. As compensation for its activities under this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be paid the Master Servicing Fee and be entitled to the investment income earned on amounts in the Distribution Account during the Master Servicer Float Period.

Section 9.08 Merger or Consolidation. Any Person into which the Master Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion, other change in form or consolidation to which the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Master Servicer, shall be the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or resulting Person to the Master Servicer shall (i) be a Person (or have an Affiliate) that is qualified and approved to service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and FHLMC (provided,further that a successor Master Servicer that satisfies subclause (i) through an Affiliate agrees to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with all applicable Fannie Mae and FHLMC guidelines) and (ii) have a net worth of not less than $25,000,000.

Section 9.09 Resignation of the Master Servicer. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9.08 and 9.10 hereof, the Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it unless the Master Servicer’s duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in material conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried on by it and cannot be cured. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel that shall be independent to such effect delivered to the Trustee and the NIM Insurer. No such resignation shall become effective until the Trustee shall have assumed, or a successor master servicer satisfactory to the Trustee, the NIM Insurer and the Depositor shall have assumed, the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. Notice of such resignation shall be given promptly by the Master Servicer and the Depositor to the Trustee.

At least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such resignation, the Master Servicer shall provide written notice to the Depositor of any successor pursuant to this Section.

If at any time, Wells Fargo, as Master Servicer, resigns under this Section 9.09, or is removed as Master Servicer pursuant to Section 9.04, then at such time Wells Fargo shall also resign (and shall be entitled to resign) as Securities Administrator under this Agreement.

Section 9.10 Assignment or Delegation of Duties by the Master Servicer. Except as expressly provided herein, the Master Servicer shall not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to any other Person, or delegate to or subcontract with, or authorize or appoint any other Person to perform any of the duties, covenants or obligations to be performed by the Master Servicer; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall have the right with the prior written consent of the Depositor and the NIM Insurer (each of which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and upon delivery to the Trustee, the NIM Insurer and the Depositor of a letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such action shall not result in

a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the ratings assigned to any of the Certificates, to delegate or assign to or subcontract with or authorize or appoint any qualified Person to perform and carry out any duties, covenants or obligations to be performed and carried out by the Master Servicer hereunder. Notice of such permitted assignment shall be given promptly by the Master Servicer to the Depositor, the NIM Insurer and the Trustee. If, pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the Master Servicer are transferred to a successor master servicer, the entire compensation payable to the Master Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable to such successor master servicer but in no event shall the fee payable to the successor master servicer exceed that payable to the predecessor master servicer.

Section 9.11 Limitation on Liability of the Master Servicer. Neither the Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicers or the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Master Servicer or any such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful malfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard for its obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Master Servicer shall be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties as Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expenses or liability; provided, however, that the Master Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in 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, shall be liabilities of the Trust, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Master Servicer Account in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.07 and Section 9.12.

The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of any Servicer except to the extent that damages or expenses are incurred as a result of such act or omissions and such damages and expenses would not have been incurred but for the negligence, willful malfeasance, bad faith or recklessness of the Master Servicer in supervising, monitoring and overseeing the obligations of the Servicers as required under this Agreement.

Section 9.12 Indemnification; Third Party Claims. The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Servicers, the Trustee and the Custodians, and hold them harmless against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liability, fees and expenses that the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Servicers, the Trustee or the Custodians may sustain as a result of the Master Servicer’s willful malfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard for its obligations and duties under this Agreement. The Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Servicers, the Trustee and the Custodians, as applicable shall immediately notify the Master Servicer if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans

which would entitle the Depositor, the Servicers, the Trustee or the Custodians to indemnification under this Section 9.12, whereupon the Master Servicer shall assume 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 them in respect of such claim.

The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liability, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that the Trustee may sustain as a result of such liability or obligations of the Master Servicer and in connection with the Trustee’s assumption (not including the Trustee’s performance, except to the extent that costs or liability of the Trustee are created or increased as a result of negligent or wrongful acts or omissions of the Master Servicer prior to its replacement as Master Servicer) of the Master Servicer’s obligations, duties or responsibilities under such agreement.

The Trust will indemnify the Master Servicer and hold it harmless against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses that the Master Servicer may incur or sustain in connection with, arising out of or related to this Agreement, the Servicing Agreements, the Sale Agreements, the Assignment Agreements or the Certificates, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense is related to (i) a material breach of the Master Servicer’s representations and warranties in this Agreement or (ii) the Master Servicer’s willful malfeasance, bad faith or negligence or by reason of its reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under any such agreement; provided, that any such loss, liability or expense constitutes an “unanticipated expense incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for any such indemnified amount from funds on deposit in the Distribution Account.

ARTICLE X

CONCERNING THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

Section 10.01 Duties of the Securities Administrator. The Securities Administrator shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement.

(a) The Securities Administrator, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Securities Administrator that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they are in the form required by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Securities Administrator shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument. If any such instrument is found not to conform in any material respect to the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Administrator shall notify the Certificateholders of such non conforming instrument in the event the Securities Administrator, after so requesting, does not receive a satisfactorily corrected instrument.

(b) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve 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) the duties and obligations of the Securities Administrator shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Securities Administrator shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Securities Administrator and the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement which it believed in good faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by the proper authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;

(ii) the Securities Administrator shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Securities Administrator, unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination no longer subject to appeal, that the Securities Administrator was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii) the Securities Administrator shall not be liable with respect to any action or inaction taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of Certificates relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Securities Administrator, or exercising or omitting to exercise any trust or power conferred upon the Securities Administrator under this Agreement; and

(iv) the Securities Administrator shall not be accountable, shall have no liability and makes no representation as to any acts or omissions hereunder of the Master Servicer or the Trustee.

Section 10.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Securities Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.01:

(a) the Securities Administrator may request and conclusively rely upon and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate 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 and the Securities Administrator shall have no responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any signature of any such party or parties;

(b) the Securities Administrator may consult with counsel, financial advisers or accountants and the advice of any such counsel, financial advisers or accountants and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection

in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

(c) the Securities Administrator shall not be liable for any action or inaction 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;

(d) the Securities Administrator shall not 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 so to do by Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Securities Administrator of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Securities Administrator, not reasonably assured to the Securities Administrator by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Securities Administrator may require reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding. Nothing in this clause (iv) shall derogate from the obligation of the Master Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the Mortgagors, provided that the Master Servicer shall have no liability for disclosure required by this Agreement;

(e) the Securities Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian and the Securities Administrator shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney or custodian appointed by the Securities Administrator with due care;

(f) the Securities Administrator shall not be required to risk or expend its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Securities Administrator to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement;

(g) the Securities Administrator shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts, rights or powers vested in it by 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 Securities Administrator reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Securities Administrator against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

(h) the Securities Administrator shall have no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties hereunder and

which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Securities Administrator may in its discretion undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection Account; and

(i) in no event shall the Securities Administrator be liable for special, indirect or consequential damages.

The Securities Administrator shall have no duty (A) to cause any recording, filing, or depositing of this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing thereof, (B) to cause the provision of any insurance or (C) to cause the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund other than from funds available in the Distribution Account.

Section 10.03 Securities Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor or the Transferor, as the case may be, and the Securities Administrator assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Securities Administrator makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Certificates or of any Mortgage Loan or related document other than with respect to the Securities Administrator’s execution and authentication of the Certificates. The Securities Administrator shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the Master Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Master Servicer in respect of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Depositor or the Master Servicer.

Section 10.04 Securities Administrator May Own Certificates. The Securities Administrator in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates and may transact business with the parties hereto and their Affiliates with the same rights as it would have if it were not the Securities Administrator.

Section 10.05 Securities Administrator’s Fees and Expenses. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to the investment income earned on amounts in the Distribution Account during the Master Servicer Float Period. The Securities Administrator and any director, officer, employee, agent or “control person” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange of 1934, as amended (“Control Person”), of the Securities Administrator shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees) (i) incurred in connection with any claim or legal action relating to (a) this Agreement, (b) the Mortgage Loans (c) the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any of the Securities Administrator’s duties hereunder, (ii) incurred in connection with the performance of any of the Securities Administrator’s duties hereunder, other

than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of any of the Securities Administrator’s duties hereunder or (iii) incurred by reason of any action of the Securities Administrator taken at the direction of the Certificateholders, provided that any such loss, liability or expense constitutes an “unanticipated expense incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii). Such indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Securities Administrator hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, and except for any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from the Securities Administrator’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, or which would not be an “unanticipated expense” within the meaning of the second preceding sentence, the Securities Administrator shall be reimbursed by the Trust for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Securities Administrator in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement with respect to: (A) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel not associated with the closing of the issuance of the Certificates, (B) the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of any accountant, engineer, appraiser or other agent that is not regularly employed by the Securities Administrator, to the extent that the Securities Administrator must engage such Persons to perform acts or services hereunder and (C) printing and engraving expenses in connection with preparing any Definitive Certificates. The Trust shall fulfill its obligations under this paragraph from amounts on deposit from time to time in the Distribution Account.

The Securities Administrator may retain or withdraw from the Distribution Account, (i) the Master Servicing Fee and the investment income earned on amounts in the Distribution Account during the Master Servicer Float Period, (ii) amounts necessary to reimburse it or the Master Servicer for any previously unreimbursed Advances and any Advances the Master Servicer deems to be non-recoverable from the related Mortgage Loan proceeds, (iii) an aggregate annual amount to indemnify the Master Servicer and itself for amounts due in accordance with this Agreement and (iv) any other amounts which it or the Master Servicer is entitled to receive hereunder for reimbursement, indemnification or otherwise, including the amount to which the Securities Administrator is entitled pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof. The Securities Administrator 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 10.06 Eligibility Requirements for the Securities Administrator. The Securities Administrator hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or association organized and doing business under the laws the United States of America or any state thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating of at least investment grade. If such corporation or association 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 or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the Securities Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.06, the Securities Administrator shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 10.07 hereof. The entity serving as Securities Administrator may have normal

banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and its affiliates or the Trustee and its affiliates.

Any successor Securities Administrator (i) may not be an originator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Depositor or an affiliate of the Depositor unless the Securities Administrator functions are operated through an institutional trust department of the Securities Administrator, (ii) must be authorized to exercise corporate trust powers under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (iii) must be rated at least “A/F1” by Fitch, if Fitch is a Rating Agency and if rated by Fitch, or the equivalent rating by S&P or Moody’s and (iv) must be acceptable to the NIM Insurer in its reasonable discretion. If no successor Securities Administrator shall have been appointed and shall have accepted appointment within sixty (60) days after the Securities Administrator ceases to be the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 10.07, then the Trustee may (but shall not be obligated to) become the successor Securities Administrator. The Depositor shall appoint a successor to the Securities Administrator in accordance with Section 10.07. The Trustee shall notify the Rating Agencies of any change of Securities Administrator.

Section 10.07 Resignation and Removal of the Securities Administrator. The Securities Administrator may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the Trustee, the NIM Insurer and each Rating Agency not less than sixty (60) days before the date specified in such notice when, subject to Section 10.08, such resignation is to take effect, and acceptance by a successor Securities Administrator in accordance with Section 10.08 meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 10.06. If no successor Securities Administrator meeting such qualifications shall have been so appointed by the Depositor and have accepted appointment within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Securities Administrator may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Securities Administrator.

At least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such resignation, the Securities Administrator shall provide written notice to the Depositor or any successor pursuant to this Section 10.07.

If at any time (i) 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 Securities Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Securities Administrator or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Securities Administrator or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, (iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which the Securities Administrator or the Trust Fund is located and (B) the imposition of such tax would be avoided by the appointment of a different Securities Administrator, or (iv) the Securities Administrator fails to comply with its obligations under Article XIII and such failure is not a result of the Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information any other party hereto and under the applicable Servicing Agreement needed to prepare for execution or file such form not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, and not remedied within the lesser of ten (10) calendar days or such period in which the applicable Exchange Act Report can be timely filed

(without taking into account any extensions), then, in the case of clauses (i) through (iv), the Depositor may, or shall at the request of the NIM Insurer, remove the Securities Administrator and appoint a successor Securities Administrator by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator so removed, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Master Servicer and one copy to the successor Securities Administrator.

The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights may at any time remove the Securities Administrator and appoint a successor Securities Administrator by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys in fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered by the successor Securities Administrator to the Trustee, one complete set to the Securities Administrator so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Securities Administrator shall be given to each Rating Agency by the successor Securities Administrator.

Any resignation or removal of the Securities Administrator and appointment of a successor Securities Administrator pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 10.07 shall become effective upon acceptance by the successor Securities Administrator of appointment as provided in Section 10.08 hereof.

Section 10.08 Successor Securities Administrator. Any successor Securities Administrator (which may be the Trustee) appointed as provided in Section 10.07 hereof shall be reasonably acceptable to the NIM Insurer and shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor Securities Administrator and the Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Securities Administrator shall become effective and such successor 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 Securities Administrator herein. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the predecessor Securities Administrator shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Securities Administrator all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.

No successor Securities Administrator shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 10.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor 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, as confirmed in writing by each Rating Agency and has provided to the Depositor in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to a replacement Securities Administrator.

Upon acceptance by a successor Securities Administrator of appointment as provided in this Section 10.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such Securities Administrator hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to mail

such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance by the successor Securities Administrator of appointment, the successor Securities Administrator shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.

Section 10.09 Merger or Consolidation of the Securities Administrator. Any corporation or other entity into which the Securities Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Securities Administrator shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to the business of the Securities Administrator, shall be the successor of the Securities Administrator hereunder, provided that such corporation or other entity 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 10.10 Assignment or Delegation of Duties by the Securities Administrator. Except as expressly provided herein, the Securities Administrator shall not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to any other Person, or delegate to or subcontract with, or authorize or appoint any other Person to perform any of the duties, covenants or obligations to be performed by the Securities Administrator; provided, however, that the Securities Administrator shall have the right with the prior written consent of the Depositor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and upon delivery to the Trustee and the Depositor of a letter from each Rating Agency to the effect that such action shall not result in a downgrade of the ratings assigned to any of the Certificates, to delegate or assign to or subcontract with or authorize or appoint any qualified Person to perform and carry out any duties, covenants or obligations to be performed and carried out by the Securities Administrator hereunder. Notice of such permitted assignment shall be given promptly by the Securities Administrator to the Depositor and the Trustee. If, pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the Securities Administrator are transferred to a successor securities administrator, the entire compensation payable to the Securities Administrator pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable to such successor securities administrator but in no event shall the fee payable to the successor securities administrator exceed that payable to the predecessor securities administrator.

ARTICLE XI

TERMINATION

Section 11.01 Termination upon Liquidation or Purchase of the Mortgage Loans. Subject to Section 11.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicers, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of: (a) the Depositor requesting the Master Servicer to exercise its option to conduct an Auction Call for the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property of the Trust on a non-recourse basis with no representations or warranties of any nature whatsoever and the sale of all of the Property of the Trust Fund, on or after the Optional Termination Date (The Master Servicer shall accommodate such request to conduct an Auction Call at its sole discretion. If the Master Services accommodates such request, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for all fees and expenses incurred. The Property of the Trust Fund shall be sold by the Trustee as directed by the Depositor or the Master Servicer to

the entity with the highest bid received by the Master Servicer from closed bids solicited by the Master Servicer or its designee; provided, that to effectuate such sale, the Master Servicer or its designee shall have made reasonable efforts to sell all of the property of the Trust Fund for its fair market value in a commercially reasonable manner and on commercially reasonable terms, which includes the good faith solicitation of competitive bids to prospective purchasers that are recognized broker/dealers for assets of this type and provided further that, (i) such sale price shall not be less than the Par Value as certified by the Depositor, (ii) the Master Servicer receives bids from no fewer than three (3) prospective purchasers and (iii) such sale price shall be deposited with the Master Servicer prior to the Distribution Date following the month in which such value is determined); 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. In no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s, living on the date hereof. The “Termination Price” shall be equal to the greater of: (1) the sum of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than in respect of REO Property) plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate, and (ii) the lesser of (x) the appraised value of any REO Property as determined by the higher of two appraisals completed by two independent appraisers selected by the Master Servicer at its expense, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the related mortgage loans at the applicable mortgage rate and (y) the unpaid principal balance of each Mortgage Loan related to any REO Property, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate; and (2) the aggregate fair market value of each Mortgage Loan and any REO Property, as determined by the highest bid received by the Master Servicer from closed bids solicited by the Depositor or its designee from at least three recognized broker/dealers (one of which may be an affiliate of the Depositor) that deal in similar assets as of the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the date upon which a Notice of Final Distribution is furnished to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 11.02, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loans at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate.

The proceeds of the purchase or sale of such assets of the Trust pursuant to the Auction Call described in this Section 11.01 (other than, with respect to any mortgage loan and the related property, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount in Section 11.01(2) over the sum of the amount in Section 11.01(1) (such excess, the “Fair Market Value Excess”)) will be distributed to the holders of the Certificates in accordance with Section 4.01. Any Fair Market Value Excess received in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties will be distributed to the holders of the Class RC Certificates.

Except to the extent provided above with regard to allocating any Fair Market Value Excess to the holders of the Class RC Certificates, the proceeds of such a purchase or sale will be treated as a prepayment of the Mortgage Loans for purposes of distributions to Certificateholders. Accordingly, the sale of the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties as a result of the exercise of the Auction Call will result in the final distribution on the Certificates on that Distribution Date.

Section 11.02 Final Distribution on the Certificates. If, on any Remittance Date, the Servicers notify the Securities Administrator that there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund other than the funds in the Collection Account, the Securities Administrator shall promptly send a Notice of Final Distribution to the applicable Certificateholders. If an Auction Call is requested pursuant to Section 11.01, the Master Servicer, pursuant to the applicable Step 2 Assignment Agreements and by no later than the tenth (10^th) day of the month of final distribution, shall notify the Trustee, each Servicer and the Securities Administrator of the final Distribution Date and of the applicable sale price of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties.

A Notice of Final Distribution, 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 the fifteenth (15^th) day of the month of such final distribution. Any such Notice of Final Distribution 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 of Final Distribution to each Rating Agency at the time such Notice of Final Distribution is given to Certificateholders.

In the event the Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties) and all rights and obligations under the Servicing Agreements are purchased or sold pursuant to Section 11.01 and pursuant to the applicable Step 2 Assignment Agreement, the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee is required thereunder to remit to the Securities Administrator the applicable Termination Price on the applicable Remittance Date immediately preceding the applicable final Distribution Date. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and the receipt by the Securities Administrator and the Custodians of a request for release therefor in the form of Exhibit L-1, Exhibit L-2, Exhibit L-3, and Exhibit L-4, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall direct the Custodians to release and the relevant Custodians shall promptly release to the Master Servicer or its designee the Custodial Files for the Mortgage Loans.

Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Securities Administrator shall cause to be distributed to the Certificateholders of each Class (after reimbursement of all amounts due the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Custodians hereunder), in each case on the final Distribution Date and in the order set forth in Section 4.01, in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, with respect to Certificateholders of the same Class, an amount up to an amount equal to (i) as to each Class of Regular Certificates, the Certificate Balance thereof plus for each such Class entitled to interest, accrued interest thereon in the case of an interest-bearing Certificate and all other amounts to which such Classes are entitled pursuant to Section 4.01, and (ii) as to the Residual Certificates, the amount, if any, which remains on deposit in the Distribution Account after application pursuant to clause (i) above (other than the amounts retained to meet claims). The foregoing provisions are intended to distribute to each Class of Regular Certificates any accrued and unpaid interest and principal to which they are entitled based on the Certificate Rates and actual Class

Principal Balances or notional principal balances set forth in the Preliminary Statement upon liquidation of the Trust Fund.

In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender Certificates for cancellation within six (6) 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 (6) 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 which remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one (1) 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 which remain subject hereto.

Section 11.03 Additional Termination Requirements. In the event the Auction Call is exercised as provided in Section 11.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee, Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the entity exercising the call right, to the effect that the failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 11.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited transactions” on any Trust REMIC as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:

(a) The Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to the entity with the highest bid received pursuant to the Auction Call and, by the next Distribution Date after such sale, shall distribute to the Certificateholders the proceeds of such sale in complete liquidation of each of the Trust REMICs; and

(b) The Securities Administrator shall attach a statement to the final federal income tax return for each of the Trust REMICs stating that pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-1, the first day of the ninety (90) day liquidation period for each such Trust REMIC was the date on which the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trustee sold the assets of the Trust Fund to the entity with the highest bid received pursuant to the Auction Call.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 12.01 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Custodians and the Trustee (and the Master Servicer may request an amendment or consent to any amendment of a Servicing Agreement as directed by the Depositor) without the consent of any of the Certificateholders (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to correct any defective provision herein or in the applicable Servicing Agreement, or to supplement any provision in this Agreement which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in the applicable

Servicing Agreement, (iii) to add to the duties of the Depositor, or the Trustee (or with respect to the applicable Servicing Agreement, of the applicable Servicer) the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Custodians, (iv) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder or under the applicable Servicing Agreement, (v) to cause the provisions herein to conform to or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made with respect to the Certificates, the Trust Fund or this Agreement in the Prospectus Supplement, or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions herein or with the provisions of any underlying purchase or servicing agreement or (vi) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained in this Agreement or in the applicable Servicing Agreement; provided,that any action pursuant to clause (iv) or (vi) above shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel shall be an expense of the requesting party, but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Custodians or the Trust Fund, and shall be addressed to the foregoing entities), adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder; provided, further, that the amendment shall not be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders if the Person requesting the amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that the amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates; it being understood and agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not represent a determination as to the materiality of any such amendment and will represent a determination only as to the credit issues affecting any such rating. The Trustee, the Depositor, the Custodians, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer also may at any time and from time to time amend this Agreement (and the Master Servicer shall request the Servicers amend the applicable Servicing Agreements), without the consent of the Certificateholders, to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or helpful to (i) maintain the qualification of each Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC pursuant to the Code that would be a claim at any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates or (iii) comply with any other requirements of the Code; provided, that the Trustee and the Master Servicer have been provided an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or helpful to, as applicable, (i) maintain such qualification, (ii) avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax or (iii) comply with any such requirements of the Code.

This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Custodians, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee (and the Master Servicer shall consent to any amendment to the applicable Servicing Agreement as directed by the Depositor) with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 66⅔% of each Class of Certificates affected thereby 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, however, 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) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in clause (i), without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing, as to such Class, Percentage

Interests aggregating not less than 66⅔%, or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement or any Servicing Agreement unless (i) each shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the NIM Insurer or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such amendment will not cause the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC or the Certificateholders or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding and (ii) the party seeking such amendment shall have provided written notice to the Rating Agencies (with a copy of such notice to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the NIM Insurer) of such amendment, stating the provisions of the Agreement to be amended.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.01, with respect to any amendment that significantly modifies the permitted activities of the Trustee or a Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement, any Certificate beneficially owned by the Depositor or any of its Affiliates or by the Responsible Party or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding (and shall not be considered when determining the percentage of Certificateholders consenting or when calculating the total number of Certificates entitled to consent) for purposes of determining if the requisite consents of Certificateholders under this Section 12.01 have been obtained.

Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or any Servicing Agreement requiring the consent of Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall furnish written notification of the substance or a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 12.01 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.

Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee, the Custodians, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator to enter into an amendment which modifies its obligations or liabilities without its consent and in all cases without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Custodians, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trust Fund), satisfactory to the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement or the applicable Servicing Agreement and that all requirements for amending this Agreement or such Servicing Agreement have been complied with; and (ii) either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this Section 12.01.

Notwithstanding the Trustee’s consent to, or the Master Servicer’s request for, any amendment of any Servicing Agreement pursuant to the terms of this Section 12.01, such Servicing Agreement cannot be amended without the consent of the applicable Servicer. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure by such Servicer to consent to any amendment to the applicable Servicing Agreement.

Section 12.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. 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 shall be caused to be effected by the Depositor at the expense of the Trust, but only if an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders is delivered to the Depositor.

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.

Section 12.04 Intention of Parties. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance (i) of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and (ii) of the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee each be, and be construed as, an absolute sale thereof. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyances be deemed a pledge thereof. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the property of the Depositor, or if for any other reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in either of such assets, then (i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyances provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets transferred, 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 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. The Depositor shall arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements in connection with any security interest granted or assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

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 it 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 a Servicer, Master Servicer, Securities Administrator or the Trustee and the appointment of any successor;

(iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the Sale Agreements; and

(v) The final payment to Certificateholders.

(b) In addition, the Securities Administrator shall promptly make available on its internet website to each Rating Agency copies of the following:

(i) Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.02.

(ii) The Servicer’s annual statement of compliance and the accountant’s report described in the Servicing Agreements; and

(iii) Any notice of a purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement and any Sale Agreement.

(c) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to: (a) in the case of the Depositor, the Purchaser or the Goldman Conduit, to Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Principal Finance Group/Christopher M. Gething and Asset Management Group/Senior Asset Manager, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Securities Administrator by the Depositor in writing; (b) in the case of Avelo, to Avelo Mortgage, L.L.C, 250 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Ste. 300, Irving, Texas 75062, Attention: President and General Counsel, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator by Avelo in writing; (c) in the case of GreenPoint, to GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc., 100 Wood Hollow Drive, Novato, California 94945, Attention: Susan Davia, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator by GreenPoint in writing; (d) in the case of Wells Fargo as a Responsible Party and as a Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 7485 New Horizon Way, Frederick, Maryland 21703, Attention: GSAA 2007-10, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator by Wells Fargo in writing; (e) in the case of the Trustee to its Corporate Trust Office, or such other address as the Trustee may hereafter furnish to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator; (f) in the case of the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, P.O. Box 98, Columbia, Maryland 21046, Attention: Client Manager - GSAA 2007-10 (or for overnight deliveries, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland, 21045 Attention: Client Manager - GSAA 2007-10), or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the

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Depositor, the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer in writing; (g) in the case of Wells Fargo, as a Custodian, to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 1015 10th Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, Attention: GSAA 2007-10, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator by Wells Fargo in writing; (h) in the case of Deutsche Bank as a Custodian, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, 1761 East St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, California 92705, Attention: Mortgage Custody – GS07HC, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator by Deutsche Bank in writing; (i) in the case of U.S. Bank as a Custodian, U.S. Bank National Association, 1133 Rankin Street, Suite 100, St. Paul, Minnesota 55116, Attention: GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-10, or such other address as may be hereafter furnished to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator by the U.S. Bank in writing; and (j) in the case of each of the Rating Agencies, the address specified therefor in the definition corresponding to the name of such Rating Agency. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.

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 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the trust created hereby, 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 created hereby, 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 herein provided, and unless 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 sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute

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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 12.07, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 12.08 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.

Section 12.09 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH DISPUTE SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.

Section 12.10 [RESERVED].

Section 12.11 Rights of NIM Insurer.

(a) The rights of the NIM Insurer under this Agreement shall exist only so long as either:

(i) the notes, certain payments on which are guaranteed by the NIM Insurer, remain outstanding; or

(ii) the NIM Insurer is owed amounts paid by it with respect to that guaranty.

(b) The rights of the NIM Insurer under this Agreement are exercisable by the NIM Insurer only so long as no default by the NIM Insurer under its guaranty of certain payments under notes backed or secured by the Class P Certificates has occurred and is continuing. If the NIM Insurer is the subject of any insolvency proceeding, the rights of the NIM Insurer under this Agreement will be exercisable by the NIM Insurer only so long as:

(i) the obligations of the NIM Insurer under its guaranty of notes backed or secured by the Class P Certificates have not been disavowed and

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(ii) the Depositor, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator have received reasonable assurances that the NIM Insurer will be able to satisfy its obligations under its guaranty of notes backed or secured by the Class P Certificates.

(c) The NIM Insurer is a third party beneficiary of this Agreement to the same extent as if it were a party to this Agreement and may enforce any of its rights under this Agreement.

(d) A copy of any documents of any nature required by this Agreement to be delivered to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Certificateholders or the Rating Agencies, shall in each case at the same time also be delivered to the NIM Insurer. Any notices required to be given to the Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator or the Rating Agencies, shall in each case at the same time also be given to the NIM Insurer. If such document is an Opinion of Counsel, the NIM Insurer shall be an addressee thereof or such Opinion of Counsel shall contain language permitting the NIM Insurer to rely thereon as if the NIM Insurer were an addressee thereof.

(e) Anything in this Agreement that is conditioned on not resulting in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies shall also be conditioned on not resulting in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned by the Rating Agencies to the notes backed or secured by the Class P Certificates (without giving effect to any policy or guaranty provided by the NIM Insurer).

ARTICLE XIII

EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING

Section 13.01 Filing Obligations.

The Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and each Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor and Securities Administrator in connection with the satisfaction of the Depositor’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act with respect to the Trust Fund. In addition to the information specified below, if so requested by the Depositor in writing for the purpose of satisfying its reporting obligation under the Exchange Act, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and each Custodian shall (and the Master Servicer shall cause each Servicer and subservicer to) provide the Depositor with (a) such information which is available to such Person without unreasonable effort or expense and within such timeframe as may be reasonably requested by the Depositor to comply with the Depositor’s reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and (b) to the extent such Person is a party (and the Depositor is not a party) to any agreement or amendment required to be filed, copies of such agreement or amendment in EDGAR-compatible form.

In the event that the Securities Administrator becomes aware that it will be unable to timely file with the Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K required to be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information was either not delivered to it or delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement or for any

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other reason, the Securities Administrator will promptly notify the Depositor. In the case of Form 10-D and 10-K, the parties to this Agreement will cooperate and cause such other Servicers or Servicing Function Participants, as applicable, to cooperate, to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a 10-DA and 10-KA as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the case of Form 8-K, the Securities Administrator will, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction of the Depositor, include such disclosure information on the next Form 10-D unless directed by the Depositor to file a Form 8-K with such Form 8-K Disclosure Information. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form 10-D or Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Securities Administrator shall notify the Depositor and prepare any necessary Form 8-KA, Form 10-DA or Form 10-KA. Any Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K or Form 10-D shall be signed by a duly authorized representative of the Master Servicer. Any amendment to Form 10-K shall be signed by the Depositor. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Securities Administrator of its duties under this Section 13.01 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 15, a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D or Form 10-K is contingent upon each such party performing its duties under this Section. The Securities Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file any such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Form 8-K, Form 10-D or Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to receive on a timely basis, any information from or on behalf of any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, 10-D or 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

The Securities Administrator shall promptly file, and exercise its reasonable best efforts to obtain a favorable response to, no-action requests, or other appropriate exemptive relief with the Commission seeking the usual and customary exemption from such reporting requirements granted to issuers of securities similar to the Certificates if and to the extent the Depositor shall deem any such relief to be necessary or appropriate. Unless otherwise advised by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator shall assume that the Depositor is in compliance with the preceding sentence. In no event shall the Securities Administrator have any liability for the execution or content of any document required to be filed by the 1934 Act. 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 the Trust Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Depositor reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the Commission.

Section 13.02 Form 8-K Filings.

The Depositor shall prepare or cause to be prepared the initial current report on Form 8-K. Thereafter within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure in a current report on Form 8-K (each such event, a “Reportable Event”), and if requested by the Depositor, the Master Servicer shall sign on behalf of the Depositor and the Securities Administrator shall prepare and file with the Commission any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”) shall be determined and prepared by and at the direction of the Depositor pursuant to this Section 13.02

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and the Securities Administrator shall have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information or any Form 8-K, except as set forth in this Section 13.02.

As set forth on Exhibit M hereto, for so long as the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than the end of business on the second Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event each of the Securities Administrator, the Custodians, the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall be required to provide to the Securities Administrator and Depositor, to the extent known, in EDGAR-compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Securities Administrator and such party, the form and substance of any Form 8-K Disclosure Information, if applicable and (ii) the Depositor shall approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information. The Depositor shall be responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the Securities Administrator in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this paragraph.

After preparing the Form 8-K, the Securities Administrator shall forward electronically a draft copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review. No later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the fourth (4th) Business Day after the Reportable Event, a duly authorized representative of the Master Servicer shall sign the Form 8-K and return such signed Form 8-K to the Securities Administrator, and no later than 5:30 p.m. New York City time on such Business Day the Securities Administrator shall file such Form 8-K with the Commission. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Securities Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 13.01. Promptly (but no later than one (1) Business Day) after filing with the Commission, the Securities Administrator will, make available on its internet website (located at www.ctslink.com) a final executed copy of each Form 8-K prepared by the Securities Administrator. The signing party at the Master Servicer can be contacted at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951, Attention: Client Manager, GSAA 2007-10, by e-mail at cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com or by facsimile (410) 715-2380. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Securities Administrator of its duties under this Section 13.02 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K is contingent upon such parties strictly observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 13.02. The Securities Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results from the Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to receive on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto (other than an Affiliate) needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Section 13.03 Form 10-D Filings.

Within fifteen days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange Act and until a Form 15 is filed pursuant to Section 13.05), the Securities Administrator shall prepare and file with the Commission, and the Master Servicer shall sign on behalf of the Depositor any distribution report on Form 10-D required by the Exchange Act, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. The Securities Administrator shall file

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each Form 10-D with a copy of the related Monthly Statement attached thereto. Any disclosure in addition to the monthly statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D (“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”) shall be determined and prepared by and at the direction of the Depositor pursuant to the following paragraph and the Securities Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, except as set forth in this Section 13.03.

As set forth on Exhibit N hereto, within five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date, (i) certain parties to the GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-10 Asset-Backed Certificates transaction shall be required to provide to the Securities Administrator and the Depositor, to the extent known, in EDGAR-compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Securities Administrator and such party, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, if applicable and (ii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D. The Depositor shall be responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the Securities Administrator in connection with any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D pursuant to this Section 13.03.

After preparing the Form 10-D, the Securities Administrator shall forward electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-D to the Depositor for review. No later than two (2) Business Days following the tenth (10th) calendar day after the related Distribution Date, a duly authorized representative of the Master Servicer shall sign the Form 10-D and return such signed Form 10-D to the Securities Administrator and Depositor, and no later than 5:30 p.m. New York City time on the fifteenth (15th) calendar day after such Distribution Date the Securities Administrator shall file such Form 10-D with the Commission. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the Securities Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 13.01. Promptly (but no later than one (1) Business Day) after filing with the Commission, the Securities Administrator will make available on its internet website (located at www.ctslink.com) a final executed copy of each Form 10-D prepared by the Securities Administrator. The signing party at the Master Servicer can be contacted at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951, Attention: Client Manager, GSAA 2007-10, by e-mail at cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com or by facsimile (410) 715-2380. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that the performance by the Securities Administrator of its duties under this Section 13.03 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D is contingent upon such parties strictly observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 13.03. The Securities Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 10-D, where such failure results from the Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to receive on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

Form 10-D requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor shall notify the Securities Administrator in writing, no later than the fifth calendar day

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after the related Distribution Date with respect to the filing of a report on Form 10-D if the answer to the questions should be “no”. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such report.

Section 13.04 Form 10-K Filings.

Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K Filing Deadline”) (it being understood that the fiscal year for the Trust ends on December 31 of each year), commencing in March 2008 and continuing until the Trust has been deregistered with the Commission, the Securities Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Depositor an annual report on Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K shall include the following items, in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Securities Administrator within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement: (i) an annual compliance statement for each Servicer, each Additional Servicer and the Master Servicer (each such party, a “Reporting Servicer”) as described below, (ii)(A) the annual reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for each Reporting Servicer, as described under this Section 13.04 and Section 13.07, and (B) if each Reporting Servicer’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 13.04 and Section 13.07 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if each Reporting Servicer’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 13.04 and Section 13.07 is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included, (iii)(A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for each Reporting Servicer, as described under Section 13.07, and (B) if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 13.07 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included, and (iv) a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification as described in Section 13.06. Any disclosure or information in addition to the disclosure or information specified in items (i) through (iv) above that is required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”) shall be determined and prepared by and at the direction of the Depositor pursuant to the following paragraph and the Securities Administrator shall have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, except as set forth in this Section 13.04.

The Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator shall deliver (and the Master Servicer and Securities Administrator shall cause any Additional Servicer engaged by it to deliver) to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator on or before March 15 of each year, commencing in March 2008, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the signer thereof, that (i) a review of such party’s activities during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such party’s performance under this Agreement, or such other applicable agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such party has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, or such other applicable agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, in all material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill

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any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Promptly after receipt of each such Officer’s Certificate, the Depositor shall review such Officer’s Certificate and consult with each such party, as applicable, as to the nature of any failures by such party, in the fulfillment of any of such party’s obligations hereunder or, in the case of an Additional Servicer, under such other applicable agreement.

The Master Servicer shall enforce any obligation of the Servicers, to the extent set forth in the related Servicing Agreement, to deliver to the Master Servicer an annual statement of compliance within the time frame set forth in, and in such form and substance as may be required pursuant to, the related Servicing Agreement The Master Servicer shall include such annual statements of compliance with its own annual statement of compliance to be submitted to the Securities Administrator pursuant to this Section.

As set forth on Exhibit O hereto, no later than March 15 of each year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, commencing in 2008 and continuing until the Trust has been deregistered with the Commission, (i) certain parties to the GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-10 Asset-Backed Certificates transaction shall be required to provide to the Securities Administrator and the Depositor, to the extent known, in EDGAR-compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Securities Administrator and such party, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, if applicable, and (ii) the Depositor shall approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K. The Depositor shall be responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the Securities Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K pursuant to this Section 13.04.

After preparing the Form 10-K, the Securities Administrator shall forward electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor for review. No later than 12:00 noon New York City time on the fourth Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, a senior officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-K and return such signed Form 10-K to the Securities Administrator. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Securities Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in 13.01. Promptly (but no later than one (1) Business Day) after filing with the Commission, the Securities Administrator will make available on its internet website located at (located at www.ctslink.com) a final executed copy of each Form 10-K prepared by the Securities Administrator. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Securities Administrator of its duties under this Section 13.04 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K is contingent upon such parties (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant) strictly observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 13.04, Section 13.06, Section 13.01 and Section 13.07. The Securities Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Securities Administrator’s inability or failure to receive on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

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Form 10-K requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor shall notify the Securities Administrator in writing, no later than March 15th if the answer to the questions should be “no”. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such report.

Section 13.05 Form 15 Filing.

On or before January 30 of the first year in which the Securities Administrator is able to do so under applicable law, the Securities Administrator shall prepare, sign and file a Form 15 relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust Fund under the Exchange Act.

Section 13.06 Sarbanes-Oxley Certification.

Each Form 10-K shall include a certification, (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”) required by Rules 13a-14(d) and 15(d)-14(d) under the Exchange Act (pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder). Each Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer shall cause any Servicing Function Participant engaged by it to provide to the Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification (the “Certifying Person”), by March 15 of each year in which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and otherwise within a reasonable period of time upon request, a certification (each, a “Back-Up Certification”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1 (in the case of the Master Servicer) and Exhibit J-2 (in the case of the Securities Administrator), upon which the Certifying Person, the entity for which the Certifying Person acts as an officer, and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely. The Depositor shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust. In the event that prior to the filing date of the Form 10-K in March of each year, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer has actual knowledge of information material to the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Depositor. The respective parties hereto agree to cooperate with all reasonable requests made by any Certifying Person or Certification Party in connection with such Person’s attempt to conduct any due diligence that such Person reasonably believes to be appropriate in order to allow it to deliver any Sarbanes-Oxley Certification or portion thereof with respect to the Trust Fund. In the event the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant engaged by parties is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable sub-servicing agreement, as the case may be, such party shall provide a Back-Up Certification to the Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 13.06 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or any applicable sub-servicing agreement, as the case may be.

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to the Back-Up Certification within the time frame set forth in, and in such form and substance as may be required pursuant to, the related Servicing Agreement.

Section 13.07 Report on Assessment of Compliance and Attestation.

(a) On or before March 15th of each calendar year, commencing in 2008:

(1) Each of the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Custodians shall deliver to the Depositor and the Securities Administrator a report regarding the Master Servicer’s, the Securities Administrator’s or Custodians’, as applicable, assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it during the immediately preceding calendar year, as required under Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB; provided, however, the Securities Administrator and Custodians shall deliver such report until the Trust fund is no longer reporting under the Exchange Act after a Form 15 is filed pursuant to Section 13.05. Such report shall be signed by an authorized officer of such Person and shall address each of the Servicing Criteria applicable to it identified in Exhibit K hereto delivered to the Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria so specified are not applicable to such Person, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Person and that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such report shall include such a statement to that effect. The Depositor and its respective officers and directors shall be entitled to rely on upon each such servicing criteria assessment.

(2) Each of the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Custodians shall deliver to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer a report of a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the assessment of compliance made by Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Custodians, as applicable, and delivered pursuant to the preceding paragraphs. Such attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, without limitation that in the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. To the extent any of the Servicing Criteria are not applicable to such Person, with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Person and that are backed by the same asset type backing the Certificates, such report shall include such a statement to that effect.

(3) The Master Servicer shall cause each Servicer and Reporting Subcontractor to deliver to the Depositor an assessment of compliance and accountant’s attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13.07.

(4) The Securities Administrator shall cause each Reporting Subcontractor under its employ, if any, to deliver to the Depositor and the Master Servicer an assessment of compliance and accountant’s attestation as and when provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

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(b) Each assessment of compliance provided by the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Custodians pursuant to Section 13.07(a)(2) shall address each of the Servicing Criteria applicable to it specified on a Exhibit K hereto delivered to the Depositor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement or, in the case of a securities administrator, master servicer or custodian subsequently appointed as such, on or prior to the date of such appointment. An assessment of compliance provided by a Subcontractor pursuant to Section 13.07(a)(3) or (4) need not address any elements of the Servicing Criteria other than those specified pursuant to Section 13.07(a)(1).

Section 13.08 Use of Subservicers and Subcontractors.

(a) The Master Servicer shall cause any subservicer used by the Master Servicer and shall cause each Servicer to cause any subservicer used by such servicer for the benefit of the Depositor to comply with the provisions of this Article XIII to the same extent as if such Servicer or subservicer were the Master Servicer (except with respect to the Master Servicer’s duties with respect to preparing and filing any Exchange Act Reports or as the Certifying Person). The Master Servicer shall be responsible for obtaining from each Servicer and subservicer and delivering to the Depositor any servicer compliance statement required to be delivered by such Servicer or subservicer pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 13.04, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Servicer or subservicer under Section 13.07 and any certification required to be delivered to the Certifying Person under Section 13.05 as and when required to be delivered.

(b) It shall not be necessary for the Master Servicer, any Servicer, any subservicer or the Securities Administrator to seek the consent of the Depositor or any other party hereto to the utilization of any Subcontractor. The Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall promptly upon request provide to the Depositor (or any designee of the Depositor, such as the Master Servicer or administrator) a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by such Person (or in the case of the Master Servicer, any Servicer or any subservicer), specifying (i) the identity of each such Subcontractor, (ii) which (if any) of such Subcontractors are “participating in the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, and (iii) which elements of the Servicing Criteria will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each Subcontractor identified pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph.

As a condition to the utilization of any Subcontractor determined to be a Reporting Subcontractor, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall cause any such Subcontractor used by such Person (or in the case of the Master Servicer, any Servicer or any subservicer) for the benefit of the Depositor to comply with the provisions of Section 13.07 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were the Master Servicer (except with respect to the Master Servicer’s duties with respect to preparing and filing any Exchange Act Reports or as the Certifying Person) or the Securities Administrator, as applicable. The Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall be responsible for obtaining from each Subcontractor and delivering to the Depositor and the Master Servicer, any assessment of compliance and attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 13.07, in each case as and when required to be delivered.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

	GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

	By:	/s/ Michelle Gill
		Name: Michelle Gill
		Title: Vice President

	CITIBANK, N.A., solely in its capacity as Trustee and not in its individual capacity

	By:	/s/ Louis Piscitelli
		Name: Louis Piscitelli
		Title: Vice President

	DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as a Custodian

	By:	/s/ Andrew Hays
		Name: Andrew Hays
		Title: Associate



	By:	/s/ Norma L. Catone
		Name: Norma L. Catone
		Title: Vice President

	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer and Securities Administrator

	By:	/s/ Martin Reed
		Name: Martin Reed
		Title: Vice President

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE]

Master Servicing and Trust Agreement

	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Custodian

	By:	/s/ Patrick Garay-Heelan
		Name: Patrick Garay-Heelan
		Title: Assistant Vice President

	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Custodian

	By:	/s/ Leigh Taylor
		Name: Leigh Taylor
		Title: Vice President

Master Servicing and Trust Agreement

Certificate No.	:

Cut-off Date	:	October 1, 2007

First Distribution Date	:	November 26, 2007, 2007

Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate (“Denomination”)	:

Initial Certificate Balances of all Certificates of this Class	:

CUSIP
ISIN

Certificate No.	:	1
Cut-off Date	:	October 1, 2007
First Distribution Date	:	November 26, 2007
Notional Certificate Balance of this Certificate	:	$1000
Percentage Interest of this Certificate (“Denomination”)	:	[_____]%
CUSIP	:
ISIN	:

Certificate No.	:	[R][RC]

Cut-off Date	:	October 1, 2007

First Distribution Date	:	November 26, 2007

Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate (“Denomination”)	:	$100

Initial Certificate Balance of all Certificates of this Class:	:	$100

CUSIP	:

ISIN	:

	[DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY][U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION][WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION], not in its individual capacity, but solely as Custodian


	By:_________________________________
	Name:_______________________________
	Title:________________________________

	[DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY][U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION][WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION], not in its individual capacity, but solely as Custodian


	By:_________________________________
	Name:_______________________________
	Title:________________________________

	____________________________________

	Signature by or on behalf of assignor

	Dated:

	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Securities Administrator

	By:

	_______________________________
	Signature by or on behalf of assignor


	________________________________
	Signature by or on behalf of assignor

	_______________________________
	Print Name of Transferee


	By:______________________________
	Name:
	Title:

	___________________________
	NOTARY PUBLIC


	My Commission expires the __ day
	of _________, 20__

	Very truly yours,

	_________________________
	Print Name of Transferor


	By: ______________________
	Authorized Officer

	_____________________________

	Print Name of Transferee

	By: ___________________________
	Name:
	Title:


	Date: __________________________

	_________________________________
	Print Name of Transferee

	By: ______________________________
	Name:
	Title:


	IF AN ADVISER:



	_________________________________
	Print Name of Buyer


	Date: _____________________________

	Date: ________________________________

	By: ________________________________
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*Servicing Criteria*		*Master Servicer*	*Securities Administrator*	*Custodians*
Reference	Criteria
	General Servicing Considerations
1122(d)(1)(i)	Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(1)(ii)	If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.
1122(d)(1)(iii)	Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained.
1122(d)(1)(iv)	A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.	X
	Cash Collection and Administration
1122(d)(2)(i)	Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	X
1122(d)(2)(ii)	Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.	X
1122(d)(2)(iii)	Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.	X
1122(d)(2)(iv)	The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.	X
1122(d)(2)(v)	Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act.	X
1122(d)(2)(vi)	Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.	X
1122(d)(2)(vii)	Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	X
	Investor Remittances and Reporting
1122(d)(3)(i)	Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Servicer.	X	X
1122(d)(3)(ii)	Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.	X	X
1122(d)(3)(iii)	Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.	X
1122(d)(3)(iv)	Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.	X
	Pool Asset Administration
1122(d)(4)(i)	Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents.			X
1122(d)(4)(ii)	Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.			X
1122(d)(4)(iii)	Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(iv)	Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents.
1122(d)(4)(v)	The Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.
1122(d)(4)(vi)	Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.
1122(d)(4)(vii)	Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(viii)	Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).
1122(d)(4)(ix)	Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents.
1122(d)(4)(x)	Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xi)	Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xii)	Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.
1122(d)(4)(xiii)	Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xiv)	Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.
1122(d)(4)(xv)	Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.

To:	U.S. Bank National Assoc.	Attention:	Document Custody Services
	1133 Rankin Suite 100		Receiving Unit
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	St. Paul, MN 55116	FAX: (651) 695-6100 or 695-6101

FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
Item on Form 8-K	Responsible Party
Item 1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Disclosure is required regarding entry into or amendment of any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization, even if depositor is not a party. Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement. Note: disclosure not required as to definitive agreements that are fully disclosed in the prospectus	The party to this Agreement entering into such Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement Disclosure is required regarding termination of any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization (other than expiration in accordance with its terms), even if depositor is not a party. Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement.	The party to this Agreement requesting termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership Disclosure is required regarding the bankruptcy or receivership, with respect to any of the following:
▪ Sponsor (Seller)	Depositor/Sponsor (Seller)
▪ Depositor	Depositor
▪ Master Servicer	Master Servicer
▪ Affiliated Servicer	Servicer
▪ Other Servicer servicing 20% or more of the pool assets at the time of the report	Servicer
▪ Other material servicers	Servicer
▪ Trustee	Trustee
▪ Securities Administrator	Securities Administrator
▪ Significant Obligor	Depositor
▪ Credit Enhancer (10% or more)	Depositor
▪ Derivative Counterparty	Depositor
▪ Custodian	Custodian
Item 2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement Includes an early amortization, performance trigger or other event, including event of default, that would materially alter the payment priority/distribution of cash flows/amortization schedule. Disclosure will be made of events other than waterfall triggers which are disclosed in the monthly statements to the certificateholders.	Master Servicer and Securities Administrator
Item 3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders Disclosure is required of any material modification to documents defining the rights of Certificateholders, including the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.	Securities Administrator
Item 5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year Disclosure is required of any amendment “to the governing documents of the issuing entity”.	(i) Securities Administrator and (ii) Depositor with respect to any information relating to the Depositor
Item 6.01- ABS Informational and Computational Material	Depositor
Item 6.02- Change of Servicer or Securities Administrator Requires disclosure of any removal, replacement, substitution or addition of any master servicer, affiliated servicer, other servicer servicing 10% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers or trustee.	Master Servicer/Securities Administrator/ Servicer
Reg AB disclosure about any new servicer or master servicer is also required.	Servicer/Master Servicer/Depositor
Reg AB disclosure about any new Trustee is also required.	Depositor/Successor Trustee
Item 6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or External Support Covers termination of any enhancement in manner other than by its terms, the addition of an enhancement, or a material change in the enhancement provided. Applies to external credit enhancements as well as derivatives.	Depositor and Securities Administrator
Reg AB disclosure about any new enhancement provider is also required.	Depositor
Item 6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution	Securities Administrator
Item 6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure If any material pool characteristic differs by 5% or more at the time of issuance of the securities from the description in the final prospectus, provide updated Reg AB disclosure about the actual asset pool.	Depositor
If there are any new servicers or originators required to be disclosed under Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing, provide the information called for in Items 1108 and 1110 respectively.	Depositor
Item 7.01- Reg FD Disclosure	All Parties (excluding Custodian and Trustee)
Item 8.01- Other Events Any event, with respect to which information is not otherwise called for in Form 8-K, that the registrant deems of importance to certificateholders.	Depositor
Item 9.01- Financial Statements and Exhibits	Responsible party for reporting/disclosing the financial statement or exhibit

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE
Item on Form 10-D	Responsible Party
Item 1: Distribution and Pool Performance Information
Information included in the [Monthly Statement]	Servicer, Master Servicer and Securities Administrator
Any information required by 1121 which is NOT included on the [Monthly Statement]	Depositor
Item 2: Legal Proceedings Any legal proceeding pending against the following entities or their respective property, that is material to Certificateholders, including any proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities:
▪ Issuing Entity (Trust Fund)	Master Servicer, Securities Administrator and Depositor
▪ Sponsor (Seller)	Seller (if a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or Depositor
▪ Depositor	Depositor
▪ Trustee	Trustee
▪ Securities Administrator	Securities Administrator
▪ Master Servicer	Master Servicer
▪ Custodian	Custodian
▪ 1110(b) Originator	Depositor
▪ Any 1108(a)(2) Servicer (other than the Master Servicer or Securities Administrator)	Servicer
▪ Any other party contemplated by 1100(d)(1)	Depositor
Item 3: Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds Information from Item 2(a) of Part II of Form 10-Q: With respect to any sale of securities by the sponsor, depositor or issuing entity, that are backed by the same asset pool or are otherwise issued by the issuing entity, whether or not registered, provide the sales and use of proceeds information in Item 701 of Regulation S-K. Pricing information can be omitted if securities were not registered.	(i) Depositor (with respect to the Closing Date) and (ii) Master Servicer
Item 4: Defaults Upon Senior Securities Information from Item 3 of Part II of Form 10-Q: Report the occurrence of any Event of Default (after expiration of any grace period and provision of any required notice)	Securities Administrator
Item 5: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders Information from Item 4 of Part II of Form 10-Q	Securities Administrator
Item 6: Significant Obligors of Pool Assets Item 1112(b) –Significant Obligor Financial Information*	Depositor
*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Item.
Item 7: Significant Enhancement Provider Information Item 1114(b)(2) – Credit Enhancement Provider Financial Information*
▪ Determining applicable disclosure threshold	Depositor
▪ Requesting required financial information (including any required accountants’ consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by reference	Depositor
Item 1115(b) – Derivative Counterparty Financial Information*
▪ Determining current maximum probable exposure	Depositor
▪ Determining current significance percentage	Depositor
▪ Requesting required financial information (including any required accountants’ consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by reference	Depositor
*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Items.
Item 8: Other Information Disclose any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the period covered by the Form 10-D but not reported	Any party responsible for the applicable disclosure items on Form 8-K
Item 9: Exhibits
Monthly Statement to Certificateholders	Securities Administrator
Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, such as material agreements	Depositor

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE
Item on Form 10-K	Responsible Party
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments	Depositor
Item 9B: Other Information Disclose any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter covered by the Form 10-K but not reported	Any responsible party for Disclosure Item on Form 8-K
Item 15: Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	(i) As to agreements, Securities Administrator/Depositor and (ii) as to financial statements, Reporting Parties (as to themselves) (excluding Custodian or Trustee)
Reg AB Item 1112(b): Significant Obligors of Pool Assets
Significant Obligor Financial Information*	Depositor
*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Item.
Reg AB Item 1114(b)(2): Credit Enhancement Provider Financial Information
▪ Determining applicable disclosure threshold	Depositor
▪ Requesting required financial information (including any required accountants’ consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by reference	Depositor
*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Items.
Reg AB Item 1115(b): Derivative Counterparty Financial Information
▪ Determining current maximum probable exposure	Depositor
▪ Determining current significance percentage	Depositor
▪ Requesting required financial information (including any required accountants’ consent to the use thereof) or effecting incorporation by reference	Depositor
*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Items.
Reg AB Item 1117: Legal Proceedings Any legal proceeding pending against the following entities or their respective property, that is material to Certificateholders, including any proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities:
▪ Issuing Entity (Trust Fund)	Master Servicer, Securities Administrator and Depositor
▪ Sponsor (Seller)	Seller (if a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or Depositor
▪ Depositor	Depositor
▪ Trustee	Trustee
▪ Securities Administrator	Securities Administrator
▪ Master Servicer	Master Servicer
▪ Custodian	Custodian
▪ 1110(b) Originator	Depositor
▪ Any 1108(a)(2) Servicer (other than the Master Servicer or Securities Administrator)	Servicer
▪ Any other party contemplated by 1100(d)(1)	Depositor
Reg AB Item 1119: Affiliations and Relationships
Whether (a) the Sponsor (Seller), Depositor or Issuing Entity is an affiliate of the following parties, and (b) to the extent known and material, any of the following parties are affiliated with one another:	Depositor as to (a) Sponsor/Seller as to (a)
▪ Master Servicer	Master Servicer
▪ Securities Administrator	Securities Administrator
▪ Any other 1108(a)(3) servicer	Servicer
▪ Any 1110 Originator	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1112(b) Significant Obligor	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1114 Credit Enhancement Provider	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1115 Derivate Counterparty Provider	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any other 1101(d)(1) material party	Depositor/Sponsor
Whether there are any “outside the ordinary course business arrangements” other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction between (a) the Sponsor (Seller), Depositor or Issuing Entity on the one hand, and (b) any of the following parties (or their affiliates) on the other hand, that exist currently or within the past two years and that are material to a Certificateholder’s understanding of the Certificates:	Depositor as to (a) Sponsor/Seller as to (a)
▪ Master Servicer	Master Servicer
▪ Securities Administrator	Securities Administrator
▪ Trustee	Depositor
▪ Any other 1108(a)(3) servicer	Servicer
▪ Any 1110 Originator	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1112(b) Significant Obligor	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1114 Credit Enhancement Provider	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1115 Derivate Counterparty Provider	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any other 1101(d)(1) material party	Depositor/Sponsor
Whether there are any specific relationships involving the transaction or the pool assets between (a) the Sponsor (Seller), Depositor or Issuing Entity on the one hand, and (b) any of the following parties (or their affiliates) on the other hand, that exist currently or within the past two years and that are material:	Depositor as to (a) Sponsor/Seller as to (a)
▪ Master Servicer	Master Servicer
▪ Securities Administrator	Securities Administrator
▪ Trustee	Depositor
▪ Any other 1108(a)(3) servicer	Servicer
▪ Any 1110 Originator	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1112(b) Significant Obligor	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1114 Credit Enhancement Provider	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any 1115 Derivate Counterparty Provider	Depositor/Sponsor
▪ Any other 1101(d)(1) material party	Depositor/Sponsor