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GSAMP Trust 2006-S3 · 424B5 · On 4/27/06

Filed On 4/27/06 7:24am ET   ·   SEC File 333-132809-03   ·   Accession Number 930413-6-3212

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Prospectus   ·   Rule 424(b)(5)
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11st Page
"Ocwen Loan Servicing, Llc
5Table of Contents
6Summary Information
"Depositor
"Servicer
"Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider
8Distribution Date
"Last Scheduled Distribution Date
"Record Date
9Interest Accrual Period
10Credit Enhancement
"Yield Maintenance Agreement
"The Mortgage Loans
11Advances
12Optional Repurchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans
"Erisa Considerations
13Legal Investment
"Ratings
14Risk Factors
30The Mortgage Loan Pool
"General
31The Mortgage Loans(1)
32Prepayment Premiums
"Fremont Underwriting Guidelines
33Fremont's Underwriting Standards
37Long Beach Underwriting Guidelines
"Underwriting by Long Beach of the Long Beach Mortgage Loans
40Credit Scores
41The Servicer
42Ocwen
45Ocwen's Policies and Procedures
46Compensation of the Servicer
"Indemnification and Third Party Claims
47Limitation of Liability of the Servicer
"Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer; Resignation
48Static Pool Information
"The Trustee
50Description of the Certificates
51Book-Entry Registration
54Definitive Certificates
55Assignment of the Mortgage Loans
56Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents
58Representations and Warranties Relating to the Mortgage Loans
65Payments on the Mortgage Loans
67Distributions
"Administration Fees
"Priority of Distributions Among Certificates
68Distributions of Interest and Principal
73Calculation of One-Month LIBOR
"Excess Reserve Fund Account
75Overcollateralization Provisions
76Reports to Certificateholders
78The Pooling and Servicing Agreement
"Subservicers
79Servicing, Trustee and Custodial Fees and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses
"P&I Advances and Servicing Advances
80Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
"Advance Facility; Pledge of Servicing Rights
81Servicer Reports
82Collection and Other Servicing Procedures
"Hazard Insurance
83Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans
"Optional Repurchase of Delinquent Mortgage Loans
84Removal and Resignation of the Servicer
85Eligibility Requirements for Trustee; Resignation and Removal of Trustee
86Termination; Optional Clean-up Call
87Amendment
88Certain Matters Regarding the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodians and the Trustee
89Prepayment and Yield Considerations
"Structuring Assumptions
92Defaults in Delinquent Payments
"Prepayment Considerations and Risks
94Subordinated Certificates
95Weighted Average Lives of the Offered Certificates
"Decrement Tables
"Prepayment Scenarios
101WAC Cap
102Use of Proceeds
"Federal Income Tax Consequences
103Taxation of Regular Interests
104Status of the Offered Certificates
"The Basis Risk Contract Component
"Other Matters
"State and Local Taxes
107Method of Distribution
"Legal Matters
109Glossary of Terms
121Annex I Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Documentation Requirements
123Annex Ii Yield Maintenance Agreement Notional Amount Amortization Schedule
125Schedule A
127Key Terms
"Offered Certificates
"LIBOR certificates
"Class A Certificates
"Class M Certificates
"Mortgage Loans
128Due Period
"Pricing Prepayment Assumption
"Excess Spread
"Compensating Interest
"Optional Clean-Up Call
129Structure of the Offered Certificates
131Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount
"Accrued Certificate Interest
"Principal Remittance Amount
"Principal Distribution Amount
"Basic Principal Distribution Amount
132Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow
"Principal Distributions on the Class A Certificates
"Class A Principal Distribution Amount
"Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
"Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount
"Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
"Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount
133Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
"Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount
"Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount
"Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount
134Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount
"Interest Distributions on the Certificates
"Principal Distributions on the Certificates
135Allocation of Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
149Prospectus
153Prospectus Supplement
"Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
154You May Have Difficulty Selling The Securities
"Book-Entry Securities May Delay Receipt of Payment and Reports
"Your Return on an Investment in The Securities Is Uncertain
155Prepayments on the Mortgage Assets Could Lead to Shortfalls in the Distribution of Interest on Your Securities
"Delay in Receipt of Liquidation Proceeds; Liquidation Proceeds May Be Less Than the Mortgage Loan Balance
156High Loan-to-Value Ratios Increase Risk of Loss
"Some of the Mortgage Loans May Have an Initial Interest-Only Period, Which May Result in Increased Delinquencies and Losses
"Your Yield May Be Subject to Any Negative Amortization on the Related Mortgage Loans
157Interest Only and Principal Only Securities Involve Additional Risk
"Subordinated Securities Involve More Risks and May Incur Losses
"Trust or Trust Fund Assets Are the Only Source of Payments on the Securities
158The Securities Are Obligations of the Trust Only
"Delays and Expenses Inherent in Foreclosure Procedures Could Delay Distributions to You or Result in Losses
"The Concentration of Mortgage Assets in Specific Geographic Areas May Increase the Risk of Loss
159Financial Instruments May Not Avoid Losses
"Environmental Conditions Affecting Mortgaged Properties May Result in Losses
160Security Interests in Manufactured Homes May Be Lost
"Residential Real Estate Values May Fluctuate and Adversely Affect Your Investment in the Securities
"Increased Use of New Mortgage Loan Products by Borrowers May Result in Decline in Real Estate Values Generally
161The Trust May Contain Mortgage Assets Secured by Subordinated Liens; These Mortgage Assets Are More Likely Than Mortgage Assets Secured by Senior Liens to Experience Losses
"Violation of Various Federal, State and Local Laws May Result in Losses on the Mortgage Loans
162If Consumer Protection Laws are Violated in the Origination or Servicing of the Loans, Losses on Your Investment Could Result
"Assets of the Trust or Trust Fund May Include Mortgage Loans Originated Under Less Stringent Underwriting Standards
163Assets of the Trust or Trust Fund May Include Delinquent and Sub-Performing Residential Mortgage Loans
"Value of Collateral Securing Cooperative Loans May Diminish in Value
"Bankruptcy of the Depositor or a Sponsor May Delay or Reduce Collections on Loans
164The Securities Are Not Suitable Investments for All Investors
"Your Investment May Not Be Liquid
165The Ratings on Your Certificates Could Be Reduced or Withdrawn
"Conflicts of Interest between the Master Servicer and the Trust
"Servicing Fee May be Insufficient to Engage Replacement Master Servicers or Servicers
"You May Have Income for Tax Purposes Prior to Your Receipt of Cash
166The Trusts or Trust Funds
167The Mortgage Loans - General
170Single Family and Cooperative Loans
"Multifamily Loans
"Manufactured Housing Contracts
171Revolving Credit Line Mortgage Loans
"Agency Securities
176Private Mortgage-Backed Securities
178U.S. Government Securities
"Substitution of Mortgage Assets
179Pre-Funding and Capitalized Interest Accounts
"The Depositor
180The Sponsor
182Goldman Sachs Mortgage Conduit Program Underwriting Guidelines
183Full Documentation
185Representations and Warranties; Repurchases
186Optional Purchase of Defaulted Loans
"Description of the Securities
188Distributions on Securities
"Available Funds
190Reports to Securityholders
"Exchangeable Securities
198Subordination
199Pool Insurance Policies
"Special Hazard Insurance Policies
200Bankruptcy Bonds
"FHA Insurance; VA Guarantees; RHS Guarantees
"FHA Loans
202VA Loans
203RHS Loans
205FHA Insurance on Multifamily Loans
"Reserve and Other Accounts
206Other Insurance, Guarantees and Similar Instruments or Agreements
"Overcollateralization
"Cross Support
"Yield and Prepayment Considerations
208Administration
"Assignment of Mortgage Assets
210Payments on Mortgage Loans; Deposits to Accounts
212Sub-Servicing
213Collection Procedures
217Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses
218Evidence as to Compliance
"Certain Matters Regarding the Master Servicer and Us
219Events of Default; Rights Upon Event of Default
222Duties of the Trustee
"Resignation and Removal of Trustee
224Termination; Optional Termination
"Legal Aspects of the Mortgage Loans
225Cooperative loans
226High Cost Loans
228Foreclosure/Repossession
231Rights Of Redemption
"Anti-Deficiency Legislation And Other Limitations On Lenders
233Due-On-Sale Clauses
"Prepayment Charges
234Subordinate Financing
"Applicability of Usury Laws
235Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and the California Military and Veterans Code
"Product Liability and Related Litigation
236Environmental Considerations
237Forfeiture for Drug, RICO and Money Laundering Violations
"Other Legal Considerations
239Miscellaneous Itemized Deductions
"Tax Treatment of REMIC Regular Interests and Other Debt Instruments
240Oid
242All Oid Election
243Interest Weighted Certificates and Non-Vrdi Certificates
244Anti-Abuse Rule
"Market Discount
245Amortizable Premium
"Consequences of Realized Losses
246Gain or Loss on Disposition
"Tax Treatment of Exchangeable Securities
249Treatment of Exchanges
"Taxation of Certain Foreign Holders of Debt Instruments
"Backup Withholding
250Reporting and Tax Administration
251Tax Treatment of REMIC Residual Interests
"Taxation of Residual Certificateholders
254Special Considerations for Certain Types of Investors
"Tax-Exempt Entities
255Foreign Residual Certificateholders
256Disposition of Residual Certificates
"Treatment by the REMIC of OID, Market Discount, and Amortizable Premium
"REMIC-Level Taxes
257REMIC Qualification
"Grantor Trusts
"Tax Treatment of the Grantor Trust Security
258Treatment of Pass-Through Securities
"Treatment of Strip Securities
259Determination of Income with Respect to Strip Securities
260Purchase of Complementary Classes of Strip Securities
"Possible Alternative Characterizations of Strip Securities
261Limitations on Deductions With Respect to Strip Securities
"Sale of a Grantor Trust Security
"Taxation of Certain Foreign Holders of Grantor Trust Securities
262Backup Withholding of Grantor Trust Securities
"Reporting and Tax Administration of Grantor Trust Securities
"Taxation of Owners of Owner Trust Securities
263Partnership Taxation
"Discount and Premium of Mortgage Loans
264Section 708 Termination
"Gain or Loss on Disposition of Partnership Securities
"Allocations Between Transferors and Transferees
265Section 731 Distributions
"Section 754 Election
"Administrative Matters
266Tax Consequences to Foreign Securityholders of a Partnership Trust
267Backup Withholding on Partnership Securities
"State, Foreign and Local Tax Consequences
"ERISA Considerations Relating to Certificates
"Plan Assets
269Underwriter Exemption
270Designated Transactions
273Pre-Funding Accounts
274Limitations on Scope of the Exemption
275ERISA Considerations Relating to Notes
279Financial Information
"Where You Can Find More Information
281Index
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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424B5 Registration No. 333-132809-03 PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 31, 2006 $459,106,000 (Approximate)(1) Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-S3 GSAMP TRUST 2006-S3 Issuing Entity GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. Depositor GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY Sponsor OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Servicer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE RISK FACTORS BEGINNING ON PAGE S-14 IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND PAGE 2 IN THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS. The certificates will represent interests in GSAMP Trust 2006-S3 only and will not represent interests in or obligations of the depositor, the underwriter, the servicer, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, the trustee or any of their respective affiliates. This prospectus supplement may be used to offer and sell the offered certificates only if accompanied by the prospectus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following securities are being offered: APPROXIMATE INITIAL PASS- CLASS PRINCIPAL THROUGH RATINGS CLASS BALANCE(1) RATE TYPE (S&P/MOODY'S) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-1 $240,738,000 6.085%(2) Senior AAA/Aaa A-2 $ 75,000,000 5.769%(3) Senior AAA/Aaa A-3 $ 20,000,000 Variable(4) Senior AAA/Aaa M-1 $ 47,221,000 Variable(5) Subordinate AA/Aa2 M-2 $ 12,609,000 Variable(6) Subordinate AA-/Aa3 M-3 $ 23,734,000 Variable(7) Subordinate A/A2 M-4 $ 11,373,000 Variable(8) Subordinate A-/A3 M-5 $ 10,631,000 7.175%(9) Subordinate BBB+/Baa1 M-6 $ 7,911,000 7.325%(10) Subordinate BBB/Baa2 M-7 $ 9,889,000 7.000%(11) Subordinate BBB-/Baa3 ---------- Footnotes appear on the following page Each class of certificates will receive monthly distributions of interest, principal or both, commencing on May 25, 2006. The table above contains a list of the classes of offered certificates, including the initial class principal balance, pass-through rate, and special characteristics of each class. ASSETS OF THE ISSUING ENTITY-- o Fixed-rate mortgage loans secured by second lien mortgages or deeds of trust on residential real properties. CREDIT ENHANCEMENT-- o Subordination of the subordinate certificates to the senior certificates as described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES-DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL"; o A yield maintenance agreement as described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES-YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT"; and o Excess interest and overcollateralization as described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES-OVERCOLLATERALIZATION PROVISIONS." Goldman, Sachs & Co., the underwriter, will offer the offered certificates from time to time in negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices to be determined at the time of sale plus accrued interest, if any, from the closing date. The proceeds to GS Mortgage Securities Corp. from the sale of the offered certificates (excluding accrued interest) will be approximately 99.92% of the class principal balance of the offered certificates before deducting expenses. The underwriter's commission will be the difference between the price it pays to GS Mortgage Securities Corp. for the offered certificates and the amount it receives from the sale of the offered certificates to the public. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES OR DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. GS MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. WILL NOT LIST THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES ON ANY SECURITIES EXCHANGE OR ON ANY AUTOMATED QUOTATION SYSTEM OF ANY SECURITIES ASSOCIATION. GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. The date of this prospectus supplement is April 25, 2006.
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---------- (1) Subject to a variance of +/-(10)%. (2) The Class A-1 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to 6.085% (6.585% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable). (3) The Class A-2 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to 5.769% (6.269% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable). (4) The Class A-3 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.200% (0.400% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable), and (ii) the WAC Cap, as described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS." (5) The Class M-1 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.370% (0.555% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable), and (ii) the WAC Cap. (6) The Class M-(2) certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.390% (0.585% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable), and (ii) the WAC Cap. (7) The Class M-(3) certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.520% (0.780% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable), and (ii) the WAC Cap. (8) The Class M-4 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the lesser of (i) one-month LIBOR plus 0.580% (0.870% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable), and (ii) the WAC Cap. (9) The Class M-5 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the lesser of (i) 7.175% (7.675% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable) and (ii) the WAC Cap. (10) The Class M-6 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the lesser of (i) 7.325% (7.825% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable) and (ii) the WAC Cap. (11) The Class M-7 certificates will have a pass-through rate equal to the lesser of (i) 7.000% (7.500% after the first distribution date on which the optional clean-up call is exercisable) and (ii) the WAC Cap. S-2
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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS We provide information to you about the certificates in two separate documents that progressively provide more detail: (a) the prospectus, which provides general information, some of which may not apply directly to your series of certificates, and (b) this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of your series of certificates. We include cross-references in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus to captions in these materials where you can find further related discussions. The following table of contents and the table of contents included in the prospectus provide the pages on which these captions are located. Capitalized terms used in this prospectus supplement and in the prospectus are either defined in the "GLOSSARY OF TERMS" beginning on page S-109 of this prospectus supplement, or have the meanings given to them on the page indicated in the "INDEX" beginning on page 129 of the prospectus. In this prospectus supplement, the terms "depositor", "we", "us" and "our" refer to GS Mortgage Securities Corp. S-3
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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a "Relevant Member State"), the underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the "Relevant Implementation Date") it has not made and will not make an offer of certificates to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the certificates which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of certificates to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time: (a) to legal entities which are authorised or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorised or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; (b) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than (euro)43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than (euro)50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or (c) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the issuing entity of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this provision, the expression an "offer of certificates to the public" in relation to any certificates in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the certificates to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the certificates, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression "Prospectus Directive" means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State. UNITED KINGDOM The underwriter has represented and agreed that: (a) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act (the "FSMA")) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the certificates in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the issuing entity; and (b) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the certificates in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. S-4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY INFORMATION..........................................................S-6 RISK FACTORS................................................................S-14 THE MORTGAGE LOAN POOL......................................................S-30 General.................................................................S-30 The Mortgage Loans(1)...................................................S-31 Prepayment Premiums.....................................................S-32 Fremont Underwriting Guidelines.........................................S-32 Long Beach Underwriting Guidelines......................................S-37 Credit Scores...........................................................S-40 THE SERVICER................................................................S-41 General.................................................................S-41 Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC...............................................S-41 Compensation of the Servicer............................................S-46 Indemnification and Third Party Claims..................................S-46 Limitation of Liability of the Servicer.................................S-47 Merger or Consolidation of the Servicer; Resignation..........................................................S-47 THE SPONSOR.................................................................S-47 STATIC POOL INFORMATION.....................................................S-48 THE DEPOSITOR...............................................................S-48 THE ISSUING ENTITY..........................................................S-48 THE TRUSTEE.................................................................S-48 THE CUSTODIANS..............................................................S-49 DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES.............................................S-50 Book-Entry Registration.................................................S-51 Definitive Certificates.................................................S-54 Assignment of the Mortgage Loans........................................S-55 Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents.....................................S-56 Representations and Warranties Relating to the Mortgage Loans................................................S-58 Payments on the Mortgage Loans..........................................S-65 Distributions...........................................................S-67 Administration Fees.....................................................S-67 Priority of Distributions Among Certificates.........................................................S-67 Distributions of Interest and Principal.................................S-68 Calculation of One-Month LIBOR..........................................S-73 Excess Reserve Fund Account.............................................S-73 Yield Maintenance Agreement.............................................S-74 Overcollateralization Provisions........................................S-75 Reports to Certificateholders...........................................S-76 THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.........................................S-78 General.................................................................S-78 Subservicers............................................................S-78 Servicing, Trustee and Custodial Fees and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses..........................................................S-79 P&I Advances and Servicing Advances.....................................S-79 Prepayment Interest Shortfalls..........................................S-80 Advance Facility; Pledge of Servicing Rights...............................................................S-80 Servicer Reports........................................................S-81 Collection and Other Servicing Procedures...........................................................S-82 Hazard Insurance........................................................S-82 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans................................................................S-83 Optional Repurchase of Delinquent Mortgage Loans.......................................................S-83 Removal and Resignation of the Servicer.............................................................S-84 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee; Resignation and Removal of Trustee...................................S-85 Termination; Optional Clean-up Call.....................................S-86 Amendment...............................................................S-87 Certain Matters Regarding the Depositor, the Servicer, the Custodians and the Trustee..............................................................S-88 PREPAYMENT AND YIELD CONSIDERATIONS.........................................S-89 Structuring Assumptions.................................................S-89 Defaults in Delinquent Payments.........................................S-92 Prepayment Considerations and Risks.....................................S-92 Overcollateralization Provisions........................................S-93 Subordinated Certificates...............................................S-94 Weighted Average Lives of the Offered Certificates.........................................................S-95 Decrement Tables........................................................S-95 WAC Cap................................................................S-101 Last Scheduled Distribution Date.......................................S-102 USE OF PROCEEDS............................................................S-102 FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES............................................S-102 General................................................................S-103 Taxation of Regular Interests..........................................S-103 Status of the Offered Certificates.....................................S-104 The Basis Risk Contract Component......................................S-104 Other Matters..........................................................S-104 STATE AND LOCAL TAXES......................................................S-104 ERISA CONSIDERATIONS.......................................................S-105 LEGAL INVESTMENT...........................................................S-106 METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.....................................................S-107 LEGAL MATTERS..............................................................S-107 RATINGS S-107 GLOSSARY OF TERMS..........................................................S-109 ANNEX I CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS..........I-1 ANNEX II YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT NOTIONAL AMOUNT AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE................................................................II-1 SCHEDULE A - STRUCTURAL AND COLLATERAL TERM SHEET............................A-1 S-5
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SUMMARY INFORMATION The following summary highlights selected information from this prospectus supplement. It does not contain all of the information you need to consider in making your investment decision. To understand the terms of the offered certificates, read carefully this entire prospectus supplement and the prospectus. This summary provides an overview of certain calculations, cash flows and other information to aid your understanding. This summary is qualified by the full description of these calculations, cash flows and other information in this prospectus supplement and the prospectus. THE TRANSACTION PARTIES SPONSOR. Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited partnership with its principal executive offices at 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, telephone number (212) 902-1000. DEPOSITOR. GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation with its principal executive offices at 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, telephone number (212) 902-1000. ISSUING ENTITY. GSAMP Trust 2006-S3. TRUSTEE. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national banking association. The corporate trust office of the trustee is located at 1761 East St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, California 92705-4934, Attention: Trust Administration - GS063S, and its telephone number is (714) 247-6000. For a description of the trustee, see "THE TRUSTEE" in this prospectus supplement. ORIGINAL SELLERS. Fremont Investment & Loan, a California industrial bank, and Long Beach Mortgage Company, a Delaware corporation. The principal executive office of Fremont is located at 2727 East Imperial Highway, Brea, California 92808 and its telephone number is (714) 961-5000. The principal executive office of Long Beach is located at 1400 South Douglass Road, Suite 100, Anaheim, California 92806, and its telephone number is (800) 743-3336. The original loan sellers also include certain entities that sold mortgage loans to the sponsor under its mortgage conduit program. Pursuant to the mortgage conduit program, the sponsor purchases mortgage loans originated by the original loan sellers if the mortgage loans generally satisfy the sponsor's underwriting guidelines. SERVICER. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The principal executive office of the servicer is located at 1661 Worthington Road, Centrepark West, Suite 100, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409, and its telephone number is (561) 682-8177. See "THE SERVICER" in this prospectus supplement. CUSTODIANS. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, will act as custodian with respect to the Fremont mortgage loans. J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, will act as a custodian with respect to approximately 88.80% of the Conduit mortgage loans, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, will act as a custodian with respect to approximately 11.20% of the Conduit mortgage loans. The trustee will have the custodial responsibilities with respect to the mortgage files for all of the Long Beach mortgage loans. The principal executive office of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is located at 1015 10th Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, and its telephone number is (612) 667-1117. The principal executive office of J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association is located at 2220 Chemsearch Boulevard, Suite 150, Irving, Texas 75062, and its telephone number is (972) 785-5274. The principal executive office of U.S. Bank is located at U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicoliet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, and its telephone number is (651) 695-6105. YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT PROVIDER. Goldman Sachs Mitsui Marine Derivative Products, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, will provide a yield maintenance agreement for S-6
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this transaction. The principal executive office of the swap provider is located at 85 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 and its telephone number is (212) 902-1000. See "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT" in this prospectus supplement. The following diagram illustrates the various parties involved in the transaction and their functions. ------------------------- Fremont Investment & Loan and Long Beach Mortgage Company (Original Loan Sellers) ------------------------- | | Loans | | \ / ------------------------- Goldman Sachs Mortgage ------------------------ Company Goldman Sachs Mitsui (Sponsor) Marine Derivative ------------------------- / Products, L.P. | Loans / (Yield Maintenance | / Agreement Provider) \ / / ------------------------ ------------------------- / Ocwen Loan Servicing, GS Mortgage Securities / / LLC Corp / / (Servicer) (Depositor) / / ------------------------ ------------------------- / / Deutsche Bank National | / / / Trust Company | Loans / / / (Trustee) | / / / ------------------------ | / / / Wells Fargo Bank, | / / / N.A., J.P. Morgan \ / / / / National Trust Company ---------------- --------- / / / and U.S. Bank National GSAMP Trust 2006-S3 ----------- / --- / --/ Association (Issuing Entity) (Custodians) ------------------------- ------------------------ THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES The GSAMP Trust 2006-S3 will issue the Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-S3. Ten classes of the certificates - Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class M-7 - are being offered to you by this prospectus supplement. The Class A-3, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class M-4 certificates are sometimes referred to as the "LIBOR certificates" in this prospectus supplement. The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates are sometimes referred to as the "Fixed certificates" in this prospectus supplement. The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class M-7 certificates represent interests in all of the mortgage loans in the trust. THE OTHER CERTIFICATES The trust will also issue six other classes of certificates - the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class X, Class X-1, Class P and Class R certificates - that will not be offered under this prospectus supplement. The Class B-1 certificates will have an initial class principal balance of approximately $12,856,000. The Class B-1 certificates represent interests in all of the mortgage loans in the trust. The Class B-2 certificates will have an initial class principal balance of approximately $8,406,000. The Class B-2 certificates represent interests in all of the mortgage loans in the trust. The Class X certificates will evidence the overcollateralization required by the pooling and servicing agreement. As of the closing date the amount of initial overcollateralization is equal to approximately 2.85%. The Class X-1 certificates will be entitled to any recoveries on charged-off loans that are released from the trust as described in the pooling and servicing agreement. The Class P certificates will not have a principal balance and will not be entitled to distributions in respect of principal or interest. The Class P certificates will be entitled to all prepayment premiums or charges received in respect of the mortgage loans. The Class R certificates are not expected to receive any distributions. The certificates will represent fractional undivided interests in the assets of the trust, which consist primarily of the mortgage loans. STRUCTURAL OVERVIEW The following chart illustrates generally the distribution priorities and the subordination features applicable to the offered certificates. S-7
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| ----------------- / \ | Class A-1, | | Class A-2, | | Class A-3* | | ----------------- | | | | Class M-1 | | ----------------- | | | | Class M-2 | | ----------------- | | | Accrued | Class M-3 | certificate | ----------------- | interest, | | Losses then | Class M-4 | principal | ----------------- | | | | Class M-5 | | ----------------- | | | | Class M-6 | | ----------------- | | | \ / Class M-7 ----------------- Non-Offered Certificates ----------------- *Principal distributions to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates will be distributed sequentially, to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates, in that order, in each case until the class certificate balance thereof has been reduced to zero. CLOSING DATE On or about April 27, 2006. CUT-OFF DATE April 1, 2006. All statistical information regarding the mortgage loans in this prospectus supplement is based on the scheduled principal balances of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. DISTRIBUTION DATE Distributions on the certificates will be made on the 25th day of each month, or, if the 25th day is not a business day, on the next business day, beginning in May 2006, to the holders of record on the preceding record date. LAST SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE The last scheduled distribution date is the distribution date in May 2036. See "PREPAYMENT AND YIELD CONSIDERATIONS--LAST SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE" in this prospectus supplement. RECORD DATE The record date for the offered certificates for any distribution date will be the last business day of the applicable interest accrual period, unless the certificates are issued in definitive form, in which case the record date will be the last business day of the month preceding the month in which the related distribution date occurs. PASS-THROUGH RATES The pass-through rates for each class of LIBOR certificates will be equal to the sum of one-month LIBOR plus a fixed margin, subject to caps on those pass-through rates described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS." The fixed margins will increase on the first day of the interest accrual period for the distribution date after the date on which the optional clean-up call is first exercisable as described under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL" and "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT--TERMINATION; OPTIONAL CLEAN-UP CALL" in this prospectus supplement. Interest will accrue on the LIBOR certificates on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the applicable interest accrual period. The pass-through rate for the Class A-1 certificates will be equal to a fixed interest rate of 6.085%. The fixed pass-through rate on the Class A-1 certificates will increase to 6.585% per annum on the first day of the interest accrual period for the distribution date after the date on which the optional clean-up call is first exercisable. The pass-through rate for the Class A-2 certificates will be equal to a fixed interest rate of 5.769%. The fixed pass-through rate on the Class A-2 certificates will increase to 6.269% per annum on the first day of the interest accrual period for the distribution date after the date on which the optional clean-up call is first exercisable. The pass-through rate for the Class M-5 certificates will be a fixed interest rate of 7.175%, subject to a cap described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS." The fixed pass-through rate on the Class M-5 certificates will increase to 7.675% per annum on the first day of the interest accrual period for the distribution date after the date on which the optional clean-up call is first exercisable. The pass-through rate for the Class M-6 certificates will be equal to a fixed interest rate of 7.325%, subject to a cap described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS." The fixed pass-through rate on the Class M-6 certificates will increase to 7.825% per annum on the first day of the interest accrual period for the distribution date after the date on which the optional clean-up call is first exercisable. The S-8
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pass-through rate for the Class M-7 certificates will be equal to a fixed interest rate of 7.000%, subject to a cap described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS." The fixed pass-through rate on the Class M-7 certificates will increase to 7.500% per annum on the first day of the interest accrual period for the distribution date after the date on which the optional clean-up call is first exercisable. The pass-through rate for the Class B-1 certificates will be equal to a fixed interest rate of 7.000%, subject to a cap described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS." The fixed pass-through rate on the Class B-1 certificates will increase to 7.500% per annum on the first day of the interest accrual period for the distribution date after the date on which the optional clean-up call is first exercisable. The pass-through rate for the Class B-2 certificates will be equal to a fixed interest rate of 7.000%, subject to a cap described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS." The fixed pass-through rate on the Class B-2 certificates will increase to 7.500% per annum on the first day of the interest accrual period for the distribution date after the date on which the optional clean-up call is first exercisable. Interest will accrue on the Fixed certificates on the basis of a 360-day year and 30 days elapsed in the applicable interest accrual period. INTEREST ACCRUAL PERIOD The interest accrual period for the LIBOR certificates for any distribution date will be the period from and including the preceding distribution date (or, in the case of the first distribution date, the closing date) through the day before the current distribution date. The interest accrual period for the Fixed certificates for any distribution date will be the calendar month preceding the month in which the distribution date occurs. DISTRIBUTION PRIORITIES Distributions on the certificates will be made on each distribution date from available funds (after giving effect to the payment of any fees and expenses of the servicer, trustee and the custodians) and will be made to the classes of certificates in the following order of priority: (a) from the portion of the available funds allocable to interest payments on the mortgage loans, (i) first, to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates, their accrued certificate interest for the related interest accrual period and any unpaid interest amounts from prior distribution dates, allocated pro rata based on their respective entitlements to those amounts, and (ii) second, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates, in that order, their accrued certificate interest; (b) (1) on each distribution date prior to the Stepdown Date or on which a Trigger Event is in effect, (i) first, sequentially, to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates, in that order, in each case until the class certificate balance thereof has been reduced to zero, and (ii) second, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates, in that order, until their respective class certificate balances have been reduced to zero; (2) on each distribution date on and after the Stepdown Date and on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, (i) first, an amount equal to the principal distribution entitlement for the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates (as further described in "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL"), until their aggregate class certificate balance has been reduced to zero, allocated sequentially, to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates, in that order, in each case until the class certificate balance thereof has been reduced to zero, and (ii) second, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates, in that order, in each case in an amount equal to the principal distribution entitlement for that class of certificates (as further described in "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL"), until their respective class certificate balances have been reduced to zero; (c) any amount remaining after the distributions in clauses (a) and (b) above, (i) first, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates, in that order, any unpaid interest amounts from prior distribution dates for those classes, (ii) second, to the excess reserve fund account, an amount equal to any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount (as defined in the "GLOSSARY OF TERMS" in this prospectus supplement) for that distribution date (to the extent not covered by yield maintenance agreement payments), (iii) third, from funds on deposit in the excess reserve fund account S-9
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(other than any amounts representing yield maintenance agreement payments), an amount equal to any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount with respect to the LIBOR certificates and the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates for that distribution date in the same order and priority in which accrued certificate interest is allocated among those classes of certificates, (iv) fourth, to the offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates, any Relief Act Shortfalls, on a pro rata basis, (v) fifth, to the Class X certificates, those amounts as set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement, and (vi) sixth, to the Class R certificates, any remaining amount. On each distribution date, the trustee is required to distribute to the holders of the Class P certificates all amounts representing prepayment premiums received in respect of the mortgage loans during the related prepayment period. "STEPDOWN DATE" is defined in the "GLOSSARY OF TERMS" included in this prospectus supplement and generally means the earlier to occur of (a) the date on which the aggregate class certificate balance of the Class A certificates has been reduced to zero and (b) the later to occur of (i) the distribution date in May 2009 and (ii) the first distribution date on which the subordination below the Class A certificates is greater than or equal to 71.60% of the aggregate stated principal balance of the mortgage loans for that distribution date. "TRIGGER EVENT" is defined in the "GLOSSARY OF TERMS" included in this prospectus supplement and generally means with respect to any distribution date, the circumstances in which (i) the rolling three month average of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the mortgage loans that are 60 days delinquent or more or (ii) the aggregate amount of realized losses incurred since the cut off date, in each case, exceeds the applicable percentages described in the definition of "Trigger Event" included in the "GLOSSARY OF TERMS." CREDIT ENHANCEMENT The credit enhancement provided for the benefit of the holders of the certificates consists solely of: o the use of excess interest to cover losses on the mortgage loans and as distribution of principal to build or maintain overcollateralization, o overcollateralization, o the subordination of distributions on the more subordinate classes of certificates to the required distributions on the more senior classes of certificates, o a yield maintenance agreement, and o the allocation of losses on the mortgage loans to the most subordinate classes of certificates then outstanding. YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT The certificates will have the benefit of a yield maintenance agreement, provided by Goldman Sachs Mitsui Marine Derivative Products, L.P., to cover certain shortfalls in interest and to restore overcollateralization to cover losses. All obligations of the depositor or the trust under the yield maintenance agreement will be paid on or prior to the closing date. For further information regarding the yield maintenance agreement, see "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT" in this prospectus supplement. THE MORTGAGE LOANS The mortgage loans to be included in the trust will be closed-end fixed-rate mortgage loans secured by second lien mortgages or deeds of trust on residential real properties. All of the mortgage loans were purchased by the sponsor from (a) Fremont Investment & Loan, (b) Long Beach Mortgage Company, and (c) various mortgage loan sellers through Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company's mortgage conduit program. Fremont Investment & Loan will make certain representations and warranties relating to the mortgage loans it sold to the sponsor. Long Beach Mortgage Company has made certain representations and warranties relating to the mortgage loans it sold to the sponsor. In addition, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company will make certain representations and warranties with respect to the mortgage loans. All percentages with respect to the characteristics of the mortgage loans shown in this prospectus supplement and in schedule A to this prospectus supplement are subject to a variance of plus or minus 5%. The aggregate stated principal balance of the mortgage loans is S-10
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subject to a variance of plus or minus 10%. If any material pool characteristic of the mortgage loans on the closing date differs by more than 5% or more from the description of the mortgage loans in this prospectus supplement, updated pool characteristics will be filed in a report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days following the closing date. On the closing date, the sponsor will transfer the mortgage loans to the depositor and the trust will acquire the mortgage loans from the depositor. As of the cut-off date, the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the mortgage loans was approximately $494,460,534. The mortgage loans have the following approximate characteristics as of the cut-off date: Scheduled Principal Balance: $494,460,534 Number of Mortgage Loans: 8,274 Average Scheduled Principal Balance: $59,761 Weighted Average Gross Interest Rate: 10.513% Weighted Average Net Interest Rate:(1) 10.003% Weighted Average Current FICO Score: 664 Weighted Average Original Combined LTV Ratio: 99.29% Weighted Average Stated Remaining Term (months): 335 Weighted Average Seasoning (months): 5 ---------- (1) The weighted average net interest rate is equal to the weighted average gross interest rate less the servicing and trustee fee rates. SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC will act as servicer of the mortgage loans, provided that with respect to all of the mortgage loans acquired through Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company's mortgage conduit program and with respect to approximately 1.60% of the mortgage loans acquired from Long Beach Mortgage Company, Ocwen will act as servicer commencing within 30 days of the closing date. The servicer will be obligated under the pooling and servicing agreement to service and administer the mortgage loans on behalf of the trust, for the benefit of the holders of the certificates. See "THE SERVICER" and "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT" in this prospectus supplement. OPTIONAL TERMINATION OF THE TRUST The majority holders in the aggregate of the Class X certificates may, at their option, direct Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC to purchase the mortgage loans and terminate the trust on any distribution date when the aggregate stated principal balance, as further described in this prospectus supplement, of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related due period is equal to or less than 10% of the aggregate stated principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. In addition, Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC may at its option purchase the mortgage loans and terminate the trust on any distribution date when the aggregate stated principal balance, as further described in this prospectus supplement, of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related due period is equal to or less than 5% of the aggregate stated principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date Any such purchase of the mortgage loans would result in the final distribution on the certificates on that distribution date. ADVANCES The servicer will be required to make cash advances with respect to delinquent payments of principal and interest on the mortgage loans and cash advances to preserve and protect the mortgaged property (such as for taxes and insurance) until the mortgage loans are 180 days delinquent in payment of principal and interest, unless the servicer reasonably believes that the cash advances cannot be repaid from future payments or other collections on the mortgage loans. These cash advances are only intended to maintain a regular flow of scheduled S-11
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interest and principal payments on the certificates or to preserve and protect the mortgaged property and are not intended to guarantee or insure against losses. DENOMINATIONS The offered certificates will be issued in minimum denominations of $25,000 initial principal amount and integral multiples of $1 in excess of $25,000, except that one certificate of each class may be issued in an amount less than $25,000. SERVICING, TRUSTEE AND CUSTODIAL FEES The servicer is entitled with respect to each mortgage loan serviced by it to a monthly servicing fee, which will be retained by the servicer from such mortgage loan or payable monthly from amounts on deposit in the collection account. The servicing fee will be an amount equal to interest at one twelfth of a rate equal to 0.50% on the stated principal balance of each mortgage loan. The trustee is entitled with respect to each mortgage loan to a monthly trustee fee, which will be remitted to the trustee monthly by the servicer from amounts on deposit in the collection account. The trustee fee will be an amount equal to one twelfth of a rate not greater than 0.01% on the stated principal balance of each mortgage loan. Each custodian is entitled, with respect to each applicable mortgage loan, to custodial fees in accordance with a fee schedule, which will be remitted to the custodians by the trustee and will be payable from the monthly trustee fee. OPTIONAL REPURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS The depositor has the option, but is not obligated, to purchase from the trust any mortgage loan that is 90 days or more delinquent as described in this prospectus supplement under "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT--OPTIONAL REPURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS." REQUIRED REPURCHASES OR SUBSTITUTIONS OF MORTGAGE LOANS If with respect to any mortgage loan any of the representations and warranties made by Fremont Investment & Loan, Long Beach Mortgage Company or GSMC, as applicable, are breached in any material respect as of the date made, or there exists any uncured material document defect, Fremont Investment & Loan, Long Beach Mortgage Company or GSMC, as applicable, will be obligated to repurchase, or except with respect to Long Beach Mortgage Company, substitute for, the mortgage loan as further described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOANS" and "--DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS." If a mortgagor with respect to a mortgage loan fails to make its first payment (or first and second payment in the case of the Conduit mortgage loans) after the date that mortgage loan was purchased by GSMC from Fremont Investment & Loan, Long Beach Mortgage Company or the other original loan seller, as applicable, the trustee, at its option, may direct Fremont Investment & Loan, Long Beach Mortgage Company or GSMC, as applicable, to repurchase that mortgage loan as further described in this prospectus supplement under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS." ERISA CONSIDERATIONS Subject to the conditions described under "ERISA Considerations" in this prospectus supplement, the offered certificates may be purchased by an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code. FEDERAL TAX ASPECTS Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP acted as tax counsel to GS Mortgage Securities Corp. and is of the opinion that: o portions of the trust will be treated as one or more real estate mortgage investment conduits, or REMICs, for federal income tax purposes, o the offered certificates and the Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class X certificates will represent regular interests in a REMIC, which will be treated as debt instruments of a REMIC, and, with S-12
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respect to the LIBOR Certificates and the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates, will represent interests in certain basis risk carry forward amounts pursuant to the payment priorities in the transaction, and o each interest in basis risk carry forward amounts will be treated as an interest rate cap contract for federal income tax purposes. LEGAL INVESTMENT The offered certificates will not constitute "mortgage related securities" for purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended. If your investment activities are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements, or review by regulatory authorities, then you may be subject to restrictions on investment in the offered certificates. You should consult your own legal advisors for assistance in determining the suitability of and consequences to you of the purchase, ownership, and sale of the offered certificates. See "RISK FACTORS--YOUR INVESTMENT MAY NOT BE LIQUID" in this prospectus supplement and "LEGAL INVESTMENT" in this prospectus supplement and in the prospectus. RATINGS In order to be issued, the offered certificates must be assigned ratings not lower than the following by Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and Moody's Investors Service, Inc.: CLASS S&P MOODY'S -------------------------------- --- ------- A-1............................. AAA Aaa A-2............................. AAA Aaa A-3............................. AAA Aaa M-1............................. AA Aa2 M-2............................. AA- Aa3 M-3............................. A A2 M-4............................. A- A3 M-5............................. BBB+ Baa1 M-6............................. BBB Baa2 M-7............................. BBB- Baa3 A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. These ratings may be lowered or withdrawn at any time by any of the rating agencies. S-13
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RISK FACTORS THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES ARE NOT SUITABLE INVESTMENTS FOR ALL INVESTORS. IN PARTICULAR, YOU SHOULD NOT PURCHASE ANY CLASS OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND AND ARE ABLE TO BEAR THE PREPAYMENT, CREDIT, LIQUIDITY AND MARKET RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CLASS DISCUSSED BELOW AND UNDER THE HEADING "RISK FACTORS" IN THE PROSPECTUS. THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES ARE COMPLEX SECURITIES AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU POSSESS, EITHER ALONE OR TOGETHER WITH AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR, THE EXPERTISE NECESSARY TO EVALUATE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION. ALL PERCENTAGES OF MORTGAGE LOANS IN THIS "RISK FACTORS" SECTION ARE PERCENTAGES OF THE SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCES OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AS OF THE CUT-OFF DATE OF APRIL 1, 2006. LESS STRINGENT UNDERWRITING The mortgage loans were made, in part, to STANDARDS AND THE RESULTANT borrowers who, for one reason or another, are POTENTIAL FOR DELINQUENCIES ON not able, or do not wish, to obtain financing THE MORTGAGE LOANS COULD LEAD TO from traditional sources. These mortgage LOSSES ON YOUR CERTIFICATES loans may be considered to be of a riskier nature than mortgage loans made by traditional sources of financing, so that the holders of the certificates may be deemed to be at greater risk of loss than if the mortgage loans were made to other types of borrowers. The underwriting standards used in the origination of the mortgage loans held by the trust are generally less stringent than those of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac with respect to a borrower's credit history and in certain other respects. Borrowers on the mortgage loans may have an impaired or unsubstantiated credit history. As a result of this less stringent approach to underwriting, the mortgage loans purchased by the trust may experience higher rates of delinquencies, defaults and foreclosures than mortgage loans underwritten in a manner which is more similar to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines. THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE SECURED All of the mortgage loans are secured by BY SUBORDINATE MORTGAGES; IN THE second lien mortgages which are subordinate EVENT OF A DEFAULT, THE MORTGAGE to the rights of the holder of the related LOANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO senior mortgages. As a result, the proceeds EXPERIENCE LOSSES from any liquidation, insurance or condemnation proceedings will be available to satisfy the principal balance of the mortgage loan only to the extent that the claims, if any, of each related senior mortgagee are satisfied in full, including any related foreclosure costs. In addition, a holder of a subordinate or junior mortgage may not foreclose on the mortgaged property securing such mortgage unless it either pays the entire amount of the senior mortgages to the mortgagees at or prior to the foreclosure sale or undertakes the obligation to make payments on each senior mortgage in the event of a default under the mortgage. The trust will have no source of funds to satisfy any senior mortgage or make payments due to any senior mortgagee. S-14
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An overall decline in the residential real estate markets could adversely affect the values of the mortgaged properties and cause the outstanding principal balances of the second lien mortgage loans, together with the senior mortgage loans secured by the same mortgaged properties, to equal or exceed the value of the mortgaged properties. This type of a decline would adversely affect the position of a second mortgagee before having the same effect on the related first mortgagee. A rise in interest rates over a period of time and the general condition of a mortgaged property as well as other factors may have the effect of reducing the value of the mortgaged property from the appraised value at the time the mortgage loan was originated. If there is a reduction in value of the mortgaged property, the ratio of the amount of the mortgage loan to the value of the mortgaged property may increase over what it was at the time the mortgage loan was originated. This type of increase may reduce the likelihood of liquidation or other proceeds being sufficient to satisfy the second lien mortgage loan after satisfaction of any senior liens. VIOLATION OF VARIOUS FEDERAL, There has been an increased focus by state STATE AND LOCAL LAWS MAY RESULT and federal banking regulatory agencies, IN LOSSES ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS state attorneys general offices, the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and state and local governmental authorities on certain lending practices by some companies in the subprime industry, sometimes referred to as "predatory lending" practices. Sanctions have been imposed by state, local and federal governmental agencies for practices including, but not limited to, charging borrowers excessive fees, imposing higher interest rates than the borrower's credit risk warrants and failing to adequately disclose the material terms of loans to the borrowers. Applicable state and local laws generally regulate interest rates and other charges, require certain disclosure, impact closing practices, and require licensing of originators. In addition, other state and local laws, public policy and general principles of equity relating to the protection of consumers, unfair and deceptive practices and debt collection practices may apply to the origination, servicing and collection of the mortgage loans. The mortgage loans are also subject to federal laws, including: o the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z promulgated under that Act, which require certain disclosures to the mortgagors regarding the terms of the mortgage loans; S-15
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o the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B promulgated under that Act, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, sex, religion, marital status, national origin, receipt of public assistance or the exercise of any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act, in the extension of credit; and o the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which regulates the use and reporting of information related to the mortgagor's credit experience. Violations of certain provisions of these federal, state and local laws may limit the ability of the servicer to collect all or part of the principal of, or interest on, the mortgage loans and in addition could subject the trust to damages and administrative enforcement (including disgorgement of prior interest and fees paid). In particular, an originator's failure to comply with certain requirements of federal and state laws could subject the trust (and other assignees of the mortgage loans) to monetary penalties, and result in the obligors' rescinding the mortgage loans against either the trust or subsequent holders of the mortgage loans. Fremont will represent with respect to each Fremont mortgage loan that each such mortgage loan originated or acquired by it is in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. In addition, Fremont will also represent with respect to each Fremont mortgage loan that none of those mortgage loans (i) are "high cost loans," (ii) are covered by the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, (iii) are in violation of, or classified as "high cost," "threshold," "predatory" or "covered" loans under, any other applicable state, federal or local law; no predatory or deceptive lending practices, as defined by applicable laws, including, without limitation, the extension of credit without regard to the ability of the mortgagor to repay and the extension of credit which has no apparent benefit to the mortgagor, were employed in the origination of the mortgage loan or (iv) is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as applicable (as such terms are defined in the then current Standard & Poor's LEVELS(R) Glossary). Long Beach has represented that each Long Beach mortgage loan is in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. In addition, Long Beach has also represented that none of the Long Beach mortgage loans are classified as (a) a "high cost" loan under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, or (b) a high cost, predatory or abusive loan under any other state, federal or local law (or any similarly classified loan using different terminology under any law regulation or ordinance) and that imposes legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees on purchasers or assignees from the original lender. S-16
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Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, the sponsor, will represent with respect to each Conduit mortgage loan that such mortgage loan is in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. In addition, the sponsor will also represent that none of those mortgage loans are classified as (a) a "high cost" loan under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, or (b) a "high cost home," "threshold," "covered," (excluding home loans defined as "covered home loans" in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002 that were originated between November 26, 2003 and July 7, 2004), "high risk home," "predatory" or similar loan under any other applicable state, federal or local law. In the event of a breach of any of such representations, Fremont, Long Beach or the sponsor, as applicable, will be obligated to cure such breach or repurchase or, in the case of Fremont or the sponsor, replace the affected mortgage loan. The trust shall be reimbursed for any and all costs, losses and damages associated with any violation of applicable state, federal or local anti-predatory or anti-abusive laws and regulations in the manner and to the extent described in this prospectus supplement. GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION OF THE Different geographic regions of the United MORTGAGE LOANS IN PARTICULAR States from time to time will experience JURISDICTIONS MAY RESULT IN weaker regional economic conditions and GREATER LOSSES IF THOSE housing markets, and, consequently, may JURISDICTIONS EXPERIENCE experience higher rates of loss and ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS delinquency on mortgage loans generally. Any concentration of the mortgage loans in a region may present risk considerations in addition to those generally present for similar mortgage-backed securities without that concentration. This may subject the mortgage loans held by the trust to the risk that a downturn in the economy in this region of the country would more greatly affect the pool than if the pool were more diversified. In particular, the following approximate percentages of mortgage loans were secured by mortgaged properties located in the following states: CALIFORNIA NEW YORK FLORIDA ILLINOIS 35.43% 9.87% 9.62% 5.62% Because of the relative geographic concentration of the mortgaged properties within the certain states, losses on the mortgage loans may be higher than would be the case if the mortgaged properties were more geographically diversified. For example, some of the mortgaged properties may be more susceptible to certain types of special hazards, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires and other natural disasters and major civil disturbances, than residential properties located in other parts of the country. No more than approximately 7.77% of the mortgage loans are secured by mortgaged properties that are located in areas in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas designated for individual assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, due to Hurricane S-17
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Katrina, Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Wilma. The depositor has not been able to determine whether, and to the extent to which, any of the mortgaged properties securing these mortgage loans have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Wilma. In selecting mortgage loans for inclusion in the trust, the depositor did not include mortgage loans secured by properties in certain of the areas designated by FEMA for individual assistance. Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company will represent and warrant that (i) to its knowledge, between the date on which Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company purchased the Fremont mortgage loans and the Long Beach mortgage loans and the closing date and (ii) with respect to each Conduit mortgage loan, each related mortgaged property was not damaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the mortgaged property as security for the mortgage loan or the use for which the premises were intended and each mortgaged property continues to be in good repair. In the event of a material breach of this representation and warranty, determined, in the case of the Fremont mortgage loans and Long Beach mortgage loans, without regard to whether Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company had knowledge of any such damage, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company will be required to cure, substitute for or repurchase the affected mortgage loan. Any such repurchase will have the same effect as a prepayment of a mortgage loan. Any damage to a property that secures a mortgage loan in the trust occurring after the closing date will not be a breach of this representation and warranty. In addition, the economies of the states with high concentrations of mortgaged properties may be adversely affected to a greater degree than the economies of other areas of the country by certain regional developments. If the residential real estate markets in an area of concentration experience an overall decline in property values after the dates of origination of the respective mortgage loans, then the rates of delinquencies, foreclosures and losses on the mortgage loans may increase and the increase may be substantial. The concentration of mortgage loans with specific characteristics relating to the types of properties, property characteristics, and geographic location are likely to change over time. Principal payments may affect the concentration levels. Principal payments could include voluntary prepayments and prepayments resulting from casualty or condemnation, defaults and liquidations and from repurchases due to breaches of representations and warranties. Because principal payments on the mortgage loans are payable to the subordinate certificates at a slower rate than principal payments are made to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates, the subordinate certificates are more likely to be exposed to any risks associated with changes in concentrations of mortgage loan or property characteristics. S-18
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EFFECT ON YIELDS CAUSED BY Mortgagors may prepay their mortgage loans in PREPAYMENTS, DEFAULTS AND LOSSES whole or in part at any time. A prepayment of a mortgage loan generally will result in a prepayment on the certificates. We cannot predict the rate at which mortgagors will repay their mortgage loans. We cannot assure you that the actual prepayment rates of the mortgage loans included in the trust will conform to any historical prepayment rates or any forecasts of prepayment rates described or reflected in any reports or studies relating to pools of mortgage loans similar to the types of mortgage loans included in the trust. If you purchase your certificates at a discount and principal is repaid slower than you anticipate, then your yield may be lower than you anticipate. If you purchase your certificates at a premium and principal is repaid faster than you anticipate, then your yield may be lower than you anticipate. The rate of prepayments on the mortgage loans will be sensitive to prevailing interest rates. Generally, if prevailing interest rates decline significantly below the interest rates on the mortgage loans, the mortgage loans are more likely to prepay than if prevailing rates remain above the interest rates on the mortgage loans. Conversely, if prevailing interest rates rise significantly, prepayments on the mortgage loans may decrease. Approximately 53.14% of the mortgage loans require the mortgagor to pay a prepayment premium in certain instances if the mortgagor prepays the mortgage loan during a stated period, which may be from one year to three years after the mortgage loan was originated. A prepayment premium may or may not discourage a mortgagor from prepaying the related mortgage loan during the applicable period. Fremont, Long Beach or the sponsor may be required to purchase mortgage loans from the trust in the event certain breaches of its representations and warranties with respect to those mortgage loans occur or certain material document defects occur, which in each case, have not been cured. In addition, Fremont, Long Beach or the sponsor may be required to purchase mortgage loans from the trust in the event that a mortgagor with respect to a mortgage loan failed to make its first payment (or, in the case of the sponsor, the first and second payment) after the date that the mortgage loan was sold to the sponsor by the applicable original loan seller. These purchases will have the same effect on the holders of the offered certificates as a prepayment of those mortgage loans. S-19
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Certain persons may, at their option, purchase the mortgage loans and terminate the trust on any distribution date when the aggregate stated principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the last day of the related due period is equal to or less than 10% of the aggregate stated principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. IF THE RATE OF DEFAULT AND THE AMOUNT OF LOSSES ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS IS HIGHER THAN YOU EXPECT, THEN YOUR YIELD MAY BE LOWER THAN YOU EXPECT. As a result of the absorption of realized losses on the mortgage loans by excess interest, overcollateralization and payments received under the yield maintenance agreement as described in this prospectus supplement, liquidations of defaulted mortgage loans, whether or not realized losses are incurred upon the liquidations, will result in an earlier return of principal to the offered certificates and will influence the yield on the offered certificates in a manner similar to the manner in which principal prepayments on the mortgage loans will influence the yield on the offered certificates. The overcollateralization provisions are intended to result in an accelerated rate of principal distributions to holders of the offered certificates then entitled to principal distributions at any time that the overcollateralization provided by the mortgage loan pool falls below the required level. An earlier return of principal to the holders of the offered certificates as a result of the overcollateralization provisions will influence the yield on the offered certificates in a manner similar to the manner in which principal prepayments on the mortgage loans will influence the yield on the offered certificates. As of the closing date the amount of initial overcollateralization is equal to approximately 2.85%. The multiple class structure of the offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates causes the yield of certain classes of the offered certificates to be particularly sensitive to changes in the rates of prepayments of mortgage loans. Because distributions of principal will be made to the classes of offered certificates according to the priorities described in this prospectus supplement, the yield to maturity on those classes of offered certificates will be sensitive to the rates of prepayment on the mortgage loans experienced both before and after the commencement of principal distributions on those classes. In particular, the subordinated certificates (i.e., the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates) do not receive any portion of the amount of principal payable to the offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates prior to the distribution date in May 2009 unless the aggregate certificate principal balance of the Class A certificates has been reduced to zero. Thereafter, subject to the loss and delinquency performance of the mortgage loan pool, the subordinated certificates may continue to receive no portion of the amount of principal then payable to the offered certificates and Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 S-20
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certificates unless the aggregate certificate principal balance of the Class A certificates has been reduced to zero. The weighted average lives of the subordinated certificates will therefore be longer than would otherwise be the case. THE VALUE OF YOUR CERTIFICATES MAY BE REDUCED IF THE RATE OF DEFAULT OR THE AMOUNT OF LOSSES IS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. If the performance of the mortgage loans is substantially worse than assumed by the rating agencies, the ratings of any class of the certificates may be lowered in the future. This would probably reduce the value of those certificates. No one will be required to supplement any credit enhancement or to take any other action to maintain any rating of the certificates. NEWLY ORIGINATED MORTGAGE LOANS MAY BE MORE LIKELY TO DEFAULT, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSSES ON THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES. Defaults on mortgage loans tend to occur at higher rates during the early years of the mortgage loans. Substantially all of the mortgage loans have been originated within the 12 months prior to their sale to the trust. As a result, the trust may experience higher rates of default than if the mortgage loans had been outstanding for a longer period of time. THE CREDIT ENHANCEMENT FEATURES MAY BE INADEQUATE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES. The credit enhancement features described in this prospectus supplement are intended to enhance the likelihood that holders of the Class A certificates, and to a limited extent, the holders of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class M-7 certificates and, to a lesser degree, the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates, will receive regular payments of interest and principal. However, we cannot assure you that the applicable credit enhancement will adequately cover any shortfalls in cash available to pay your certificates as a result of delinquencies or defaults on the mortgage loans. If delinquencies or defaults occur on the mortgage loans, neither the servicer nor any other entity will advance scheduled monthly payments of interest and principal on delinquent or defaulted mortgage loans if the advances are not likely to be recovered. If substantial losses occur as a result of defaults and delinquent payments on the mortgage loans, you may suffer losses. INTEREST GENERATED BY THE The weighted average of the interest rates on MORTGAGE LOANS MAY BE the mortgage loans is expected to be higher INSUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THE than the pass-through rates on the offered REQUIRED LEVEL OF certificates and the Class B-1 certificates OVERCOLLATERALIZATION and Class B-2 certificates. The mortgage loans are expected to generate more interest than is needed to pay interest owed S-21
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on the offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates and to pay certain fees and expenses of the trust. Any remaining interest generated by the mortgage loans will then be used to absorb losses that occur on the mortgage loans. After these financial obligations of the trust are covered, the available excess interest generated by the mortgage loans will be used to build the overcollateralization to the required level and maintain the overcollateralization at the required level determined as described in this prospectus supplement. We cannot assure you, however, that enough excess interest will be generated to absorb losses or to maintain the required level of overcollateralization. The factors described below, as well as the factors described in the next Risk Factor, will affect the amount of excess interest that the mortgage loans will generate: Every time a mortgage loan is prepaid in full, excess interest may be reduced because the mortgage loan will no longer be outstanding and generating interest or, in the case of a partial prepayment, will be generating less interest. Every time a mortgage loan is liquidated or written off, excess interest may be reduced because those mortgage loans will no longer be outstanding and generating interest. If the rates of delinquencies, defaults or losses on the mortgage loans turn out to be higher than expected, excess interest will be reduced by the amount necessary to compensate for any shortfalls in cash available to make required distributions on the offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates. The mortgage loans have interest rates that do not adjust. As a result, the pass-through rates on the LIBOR certificates may increase relative to the weighted average of the interest rates on the mortgage loans, or the pass-through rates on the offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates may remain constant as the weighted average of the interest rates on the mortgage loans declines. In either case, this would require that more of the interest generated by the mortgage loans be applied to cover interest on the offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates. The pass-through rates on the LIBOR certificates cannot exceed the weighted average interest rate of the mortgage loan pool, less certain fees payable by the trust. If prepayments, defaults and liquidations occur more rapidly on the mortgage loans with relatively higher interest rates than on the mortgage loans with relatively lower interest rates, the amount of excess interest generated by the mortgage loans will be less than would otherwise be the case. Investors in the offered certificates, and particularly the most subordinate certificates, should consider the risk that the S-22
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excess interest, overcollateralization and payments received under the yield maintenance agreement may not be sufficient to protect your certificates from losses. EFFECT OF INTEREST RATES AND The LIBOR certificates accrue interest at OTHER FACTORS ON THE pass-through rates based on the one-month PASS-THROUGH RATES ON THE LIBOR index plus specified margins, subject OFFERED CERTIFICATES to certain limitations. Those limitations on the pass-through rates for the LIBOR certificates are based on the weighted average of the interest rates on the mortgage loans, less certain fees payable by the trust. A variety of factors, in addition to those described in the previous Risk Factor, could limit the pass-through rates and adversely affect the yield to maturity on the LIBOR certificates. Some of these factors are described below: The interest rates on the mortgage loans will not adjust. As a result of the limit on the pass-through rates on the LIBOR certificates, the LIBOR certificates may accrue less interest than they would accrue if their pass-through rates were based solely on the one-month LIBOR index plus the specified margins. The pass-through rates for the LIBOR certificates adjust monthly and are subject to maximum interest rate caps while the interest rates on the mortgage loans do not adjust. Consequently, the limit on the pass-through rates on the LIBOR certificates may limit increases in the pass-through rates for those classes for extended periods in a rising interest rate environment. In addition, the pass-through rates for the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates are subject to maximum interest rate caps. If prepayments, defaults and liquidations occur more rapidly on the mortgage loans with relatively higher interest rates than on the mortgage loans with relatively lower interest rates, the pass-through rates on the LIBOR certificates and the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates are more likely to be limited. S-23
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If the pass-through rates on the LIBOR certificates and the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates are limited for any distribution date due to a cap based on the weighted average net interest rates of all or a portion of the mortgage loans, the resulting interest shortfalls may be recovered by the holders of these certificates on the same distribution date or on future distribution dates on a subordinated basis to the extent that on that distribution date or future distribution dates there are available funds remaining after certain other distributions on the offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates and the payment of certain fees and expenses of the trust. These interest shortfalls on the LIBOR certificates may also be covered by amounts payable under the yield maintenance agreement. However, we cannot assure you that these funds will be sufficient to fully cover these shortfalls. PREPAYMENTS ON THE MORTGAGE When a principal prepayment is made by the LOANS COULD LEAD TO SHORTFALLS mortgagor on a mortgage loan, the mortgagor IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTEREST is charged interest on the amount of prepaid ON YOUR CERTIFICATES principal only up to the date of the prepayment, instead of for a full month. However, principal prepayments will only be passed through to the holders of the certificates once a month on the distribution date which follows the calendar month in which the prepayment was received by the servicer. The servicer is obligated to pay an amount without any right of reimbursement for those shortfalls in interest collections on the mortgage loans payable on the certificates that are attributable to the difference between the interest paid by a mortgagor in connection with a principal prepayment made during the related prepayment period and during the prior calendar month, and thirty days' interest on the prepaid mortgage loan, but only to the extent of the servicing fee payable to the servicer for such distribution date. If the servicer fails to make such payments or the shortfall exceeds the monthly servicing fee for that calendar month, there will be fewer funds available for the distribution of interest on the certificates. Such shortfalls of interest will result in a reduction of the yield on your certificates. ADDITIONAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH The weighted average lives of, and the yields THE SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATES to maturity on, the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates will be progressively more sensitive, in that order, to the rate and timing of mortgagor defaults and the severity of ensuing losses on the mortgage loans. If the actual rate and severity of losses on the mortgage loans is higher than those assumed by an investor in such certificates, the actual yield to maturity of such certificates may be lower than the yield anticipated by such holder based on such assumption. The timing of losses on the mortgage loans will also affect an investor's actual yield to maturity, even if the rate of defaults and severity of losses over the life of the mortgage loans are consistent with an investor's expectations. In general, the earlier a loss occurs, the greater the effect on an investor's yield to maturity. Realized losses on the mortgage loans, to S-24
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the extent they exceed the amounts received under the yield maintenance agreement, excess interest and the amount of overcollateralization following distributions of principal on the related distribution date will reduce the certificate principal balance of the Class B-2, Class B-1, Class M-7, Class M-6, Class M-5, Class M-4, Class M-3, Class M-2 and Class M-1 certificates, in that order. As a result of such reductions, less interest will accrue on such class of certificates than would otherwise be the case. Once a realized loss on a mortgage loan is allocated to a certificate, no principal or interest will be distributable with respect to such written down amount, and the holder of the certificate will not be entitled to reimbursements for such lost interest or principal even if funds are available for reimbursement, except to the extent of any subsequent recoveries received on liquidated mortgage loans after they have been liquidated. Unless the aggregate certificate principal balance of the Class A certificates have been reduced to zero, the subordinated certificates will not be entitled to any principal distributions until May 2009 or a later date as described in this prospectus supplement, or during any period in which delinquencies or cumulative losses on the mortgage loans exceed certain levels. As a result, the weighted average lives of the subordinated certificates will be longer than would otherwise be the case if distributions of principal were allocated among all of the certificates at the same time. As a result of the longer weighted average lives of the subordinated certificates, the holders of those certificates have a greater risk of suffering a loss on their investments. Further, because those certificates might not receive any principal if certain delinquency levels occur, it is possible for those certificates to receive no principal distributions even if no losses have occurred on the mortgage loan pool. In addition, the multiple class structure of the subordinated certificates causes the yield of those classes to be particularly sensitive to changes in the rates of prepayment of the mortgage loans. Because distributions of principal will be made to the holders of those certificates according to the priorities described in this prospectus supplement, the yield to maturity on those classes of subordinated certificates will be sensitive to the rates of prepayment on the mortgage loans experienced both before and after the commencement of principal distributions on those classes. The yield to maturity on such classes of certificates will also be extremely sensitive to losses due to defaults on the mortgage loans (and the timing of those losses), to the extent such losses are not covered by payments received under the yield maintenance agreement, excess interest, overcollateralization or a class of subordinated certificates with a lower payment priority. Furthermore, as described in this prospectus supplement, the timing of receipt of principal and interest by the subordinated certificates may be adversely affected by losses even if such classes of certificates do not ultimately bear such loss. S-25
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Finally, the effect on the market value of the subordinated certificates of changes in market interest rates or market yields for similar securities may be greater than for the Class A certificates. DELAY IN RECEIPT OF LIQUIDATION Substantial delays could be encountered in PROCEEDS; LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS connection with the liquidation of delinquent MAY BE LESS THAN THE MORTGAGE mortgage loans. Further, reimbursement of LOAN BALANCE advances made on a mortgage loan, liquidation expenses such as legal fees, real estate taxes, hazard insurance and maintenance and preservation expenses may reduce the portion of liquidation proceeds payable on the certificates. If a mortgaged property fails to provide adequate security for the mortgage loan, you will incur a loss on your investment if the credit enhancement described in this prospectus supplement is insufficient to cover the loss. HIGH COMBINED LOAN-TO-VALUE Mortgage loans with higher original combined RATIOS INCREASE RISK OF LOSS loan-to-value ratios may present a greater risk of loss than mortgage loans with original combined loan-to-value ratios of 80% or below. Approximately 99.61% of the mortgage loans had original combined loan-to-value ratios greater than 80%, calculated as described under "THE MORTGAGE LOAN POOL--GENERAL" in this prospectus supplement. Additionally, the determination of the value of a mortgaged property used in the calculation of the combined loan-to-value ratios of the mortgage loans may differ from the appraised value of such mortgaged properties if current appraisals were obtained. FREMONT OR LONG BEACH MAY NOT BE Fremont will make, and Long Beach has made, ABLE TO REPURCHASE DEFECTIVE various representations and warranties MORTGAGE LOANS related to the mortgage loans it sold to the sponsor. Those representations are summarized in "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS" in this prospectus supplement. If Fremont or Long Beach fails to cure a material breach of its representations and warranties with respect to any related mortgage loan in a timely manner, then Fremont or Long Beach, as applicable, would be required to repurchase or, in the case of Fremont only, substitute for, the defective mortgage loan. It is possible that Fremont or Long Beach may not be capable of repurchasing or substituting for any defective mortgage loans, for financial or other reasons. The inability of Fremont or Long Beach to repurchase or substitute for defective mortgage loans would likely cause the related mortgage loans to experience higher rates of delinquencies, defaults and losses. As a result, shortfalls in the distributions due on the certificates could occur. S-26
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THE YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT The assets of the trust include the yield IS SUBJECT TO COUNTERPARTY RISK maintenance agreement that will require the yield maintenance agreement provider to make certain payments for the benefit of the holders of the certificates. To the extent that payments on the certificates depend in part on payments to be received by the trustee under the yield maintenance agreement, the ability of the trustee to make those payments on the certificates will be subject to the credit risk of the yield maintenance agreement provider. THE TRANSFERS OF SERVICING MAY After the closing date, the servicing for all RESULT IN HIGHER DELINQUENCIES of the mortgage loans acquired through AND DEFAULTS WHICH MAY ADVERSELY Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company's mortgage AFFECT THE YIELD ON YOUR conduit program and with respect to CERTIFICATES approximately 1.60% of the mortgage loans acquired from Long Beach Mortgage Company will be transferred to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. The transfers of servicing are expected to take place by no later than 30 days after the closing date. All transfers of servicing involve the risk of disruption in collections due to data input errors, misapplied or misdirected payments, system incompatibilities, the requirement to notify the mortgagors about the servicing transfer, delays caused by the transfer of the related servicing mortgage files and records to the new servicer and other reasons. As a result of these servicing transfers or any delays associated with these transfers, the rate of delinquencies and defaults could increase at least for a period of time. We cannot assure you that there will be no disruptions associated with the transfers of servicing or that, if there are disruptions, that they will not adversely affect the yield on your certificates. EXTERNAL EVENTS MAY INCREASE THE In response to previously executed and RISK OF LOSS ON THE MORTGAGE threatened terrorist attacks in the United LOANS States and foreign countries, the United States has initiated military operations and has placed a substantial number of armed forces reservists and members of the National Guard on active duty status. It is possible that the number of reservists and members of the National Guard placed on active duty status in the near future may increase. To the extent that a member of the military, or a member of the armed forces reserves or National Guard who are called to active duty, is a mortgagor of a mortgage loan in the trust, the interest rate limitation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and any comparable state law, will apply. Substantially all of the mortgage loans have mortgage interest rates which exceed such limitation, if applicable. This may result in interest shortfalls on the mortgage loans, which, to the extent not covered by excess interest, in turn will be allocated ratably in reduction of accrued interest on all classes of offered certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates, irrespective of the availability of other credit enhancement. None of the depositor, the underwriter, the original loan sellers, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, the servicer, the trustee or any other person has taken any action to determine whether any of the mortgage loans would be affected by such interest rate limitation. See "LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS--SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT AND THE CALIFORNIA MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE" in the prospectus. S-27
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THE CERTIFICATES ARE OBLIGATIONS The certificates will not represent an OF THE TRUST ONLY interest in or obligation of the depositor, the underwriter, the original loan sellers, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, the servicer, the trustee or any of their respective affiliates. Neither the certificates nor the underlying mortgage loans will be guaranteed or insured by any governmental agency or instrumentality or by the depositor, the underwriter, the original loan sellers, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, the servicer, the trustee or any of their respective affiliates. Proceeds of the assets included in the trust will be the sole source of payments on the offered certificates, and there will be no recourse to the depositor, the underwriter, the original loan sellers, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, the servicer, the trustee or any other person in the event that such proceeds are insufficient or otherwise unavailable to make all payments provided for under the offered certificates. YOUR INVESTMENT MAY NOT BE The underwriter intends to make a secondary LIQUID market in the offered certificates, but it will have no obligation to do so. We cannot assure you that such a secondary market will develop or, if it develops, that it will continue. Consequently, you may not be able to sell your certificates readily or at prices that will enable you to realize your desired yield. The market values of the certificates are likely to fluctuate; these fluctuations may be significant and could result in significant losses to you. The secondary markets for asset-backed securities have experienced periods of illiquidity and can be expected to do so in the future. Illiquidity can have a severely adverse effect on the prices of securities that are especially sensitive to prepayment, credit, or interest rate risk, or that have been structured to meet the investment requirements of limited categories of investors. The offered certificates will not constitute "mortgage related securities" for purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended. Accordingly, many institutions that lack the legal authority to invest in securities that do not constitute "mortgage related securities" will not be able to invest in the offered certificates, thereby limiting the market for the offered certificates. If your investment activities are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements, or review by regulatory authorities, then you may be subject to restrictions on investment in the offered certificates. You should consult your own legal advisors for assistance in determining the suitability of and consequences to you of the purchase, ownership, and sale of the offered certificates. See "LEGAL INVESTMENT" in this prospectus supplement and in the prospectus. THE SERVICING FEE MAY BE No assurance can be made that the servicing INSUFFICIENT TO ENGAGE fee rate in the future will be sufficient to REPLACEMENT SERVICERS attract a replacement to accept an appointment for this series. In addition, to the extent the mortgage pool has amortized significantly at the time that a replacement servicer is sought, the aggregate fee that would be payable to any such replacement may not be sufficient to attract a replacement to accept such an appointment. S-28
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THE RATINGS ON YOUR CERTIFICATES Each rating agency rating the offered COULD BE REDUCED OR WITHDRAWN certificates may change or withdraw its initial ratings at any time in the future if, in its judgment, circumstances warrant a change. No person is obligated to maintain the ratings at their initial levels. If a rating agency reduces or withdraws its rating on one or more classes of the offered certificates, the liquidity and market value of the affected certificates is likely to be reduced. THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY NOT The offered certificates are not suitable BE SUITABLE INVESTMENTS investments for any investor that requires a regular or predictable schedule of monthly payments or payment on any specific date. The offered certificates are complex investments that should be considered only by investors who, either alone or with their financial, tax and legal advisors, have the expertise to analyze the prepayment, reinvestment, default and market risk, the tax consequences of an investment and the interaction of these factors. S-29
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THE MORTGAGE LOAN POOL The statistical information presented in this prospectus supplement concerning the mortgage loans is based on the scheduled principal balances of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date, which is April 1, 2006. The mortgage loan principal balances that are transferred to the trust will be the scheduled principal balances as of the cut-off date. With respect to the mortgage loan pool, some unscheduled principal amortization may occur from the cut-off date to the closing date. Moreover, certain mortgage loans included in the mortgage loan pool as of the cut-off date may not be included in the final mortgage loan pool because they may prepay in full prior to the closing date, or they may be determined not to meet the eligibility requirements for the final mortgage loan pool. In addition, certain other mortgage loans may be included in the final mortgage loan pool. As a result of the foregoing, the statistical distribution of characteristics as of the closing date for the final mortgage loan pool may vary somewhat from the statistical distribution of such characteristics as of the cut-off date as presented in this prospectus supplement, although such variance should not be material. In addition, the final mortgage loan pool may vary plus or minus 5.00% from the cut-off pool of mortgage loans described in this prospectus supplement. GENERAL The trust will consist of 8,274 conventional, fixed-rate, second lien residential mortgage loans with original terms to maturity from their first scheduled payment due date of not more than 30 years, having an aggregate scheduled principal balance of approximately $494,460,534. Approximately 53.99% of the mortgage loans in the trust (the "FREMONT MORTGAGE LOANS") were acquired by the sponsor, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company ("GSMC"), an affiliate of the depositor, from Fremont Investment & Loan ("FREMONT"), approximately 35.45% of the mortgage loans in the trust (the "LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOANS") were acquired by the sponsor from Long Beach Mortgage Company ("LONG BEACH") and approximately 10.56% of the mortgage loans in the trust (the "CONDUIT MORTGAGE LOANS") were acquired by the sponsor from various original loan sellers under the sponsor's mortgage conduit program. The Fremont mortgage loans and the Long Beach mortgage loans were originated or acquired generally in accordance with the underwriting guidelines described below under the headings "THE MORTGAGE LOAN POOL--FREMONT UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES" and "--LONG BEACH UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES," respectively. In general, because such underwriting guidelines do not conform to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac guidelines, the mortgage loans are likely to experience higher rates of delinquency, foreclosure and bankruptcy than if they had been underwritten in accordance with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac guidelines. Substantially all of the mortgage loans have scheduled monthly payment due dates on the first day of the month. Interest on the mortgage loans accrues on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. All of the mortgage loans are secured by second mortgages, deeds of trust or similar security instruments creating second liens, on residential properties consisting of single family homes, one- to four-family dwelling units, individual condominium units, townhouses or individual units in planned unit developments. Pursuant to its terms, each mortgage loan, other than a loan secured by a condominium unit, is required to be covered by a standard hazard insurance policy in an amount equal to the lower of the unpaid principal amount of that mortgage loan or the replacement value of the improvements on the related mortgaged property. Generally, a condominium association is responsible for maintaining hazard insurance covering the entire building. S-30
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Approximately 99.61% of the mortgage loans have original combined loan-to-value ratios in excess of 80.00%. The "COMBINED LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO" or "CLTV" of a mortgage loan at any time is the ratio of the (a) sum of (i) the principal balance of the related first lien mortgage loan, and (ii) the principal balance of the second lien mortgage loan to (b) the lesser of (i) the appraised value of the mortgaged property at the time the second lien mortgage loan is originated, or (ii) the sales price of the mortgaged property at the time of origination. However, in the case of a refinanced mortgage loan, the value is based solely upon the appraisal made at the time of origination of that refinanced mortgage loan. None of the mortgage loans are covered by existing primary mortgage insurance policies. All of the mortgage loans are fully amortizing, except for approximately 6.95% of the mortgage loans that are balloon mortgage loans and approximately 0.76% of the mortgage loans that have an initial interest-only period. THE MORTGAGE LOANS(1) The pool of mortgage loans is expected to have the following approximate aggregate characteristics as of the cut-off date: Scheduled Principal Balance: $494,460,534 Number of Mortgage Loans: 8,274 Average Scheduled Principal Balance: $59,761 Weighted Average Gross Interest Rate: 10.513% Weighted Average Net Interest Rate:(2) 10.003% Weighted Average Current FICO Score: 664 Weighted Average Original Combined LTV Ratio: 99.29% Weighted Average Stated Remaining Term (months): 335 Weighted Average Seasoning (months): 5 ---------- (1) All percentages calculated in this table are based on scheduled principal balances as of the cut-off date unless otherwise noted. (2) The weighted average net interest rate is equal to the weighted average gross interest rate less the servicing and trustee fee rates. The scheduled principal balances of the mortgage loans range from approximately $152 to approximately $435,000. The mortgage loans had an average scheduled principal balance of approximately $59,761. The weighted average original combined loan-to-value ratio of the mortgage loans is approximately 99.29% and approximately 99.61% of the mortgage loans have original combined loan-to-value ratios exceeding 80.00%. No more than approximately 0.33% of the mortgage loans are secured by mortgaged properties located in any one zip-code area. None of the mortgage loans imposes a Prepayment Premium for a term in excess of three years. As of the cut-off date not more than approximately 0.39% of the mortgage loans are one payment past due and not more than approximately 0.05% of the mortgage loans are two payments past due. A mortgage loan will be considered past due if the payment due on the related contractual payment date is not received by the immediately succeeding contractual payment date. Approximately 0.65% of the Fremont mortgage loans and Long Beach mortgage loans have been one payment past due one time in the twelve months preceding the cut-off date. Approximately 0.06% of the Fremont mortgage loans and Long Beach mortgage loans have been one payment past due two S-31
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times in the twelve months preceding the cut-off date. Approximately 0.01% of the Fremont mortgage loans and Long Beach mortgage loans have been one payment past due three times in the twelve months preceding the cut-off date. Approximately 0.03% of the Fremont mortgage loans and Long Beach mortgage loans have been two payments past due one time in the twelve months preceding the cut-off date. Information is not available regarding possible delinquencies on the Conduit mortgage loans in the twelve months preceding the cut-off date. The tables on Schedule A set forth certain statistical information with respect to the aggregate mortgage loan pool. Due to rounding, the percentages shown may not precisely total 100.00%. PREPAYMENT PREMIUMS Approximately 53.14% of the mortgage loans provide for payment by the borrower of a prepayment premium (each, a "PREPAYMENT PREMIUM") in connection with certain full or partial prepayments of principal. Generally, each such mortgage loan provides for payment of a Prepayment Premium in connection with certain full or partial prepayments made within the period of time specified in the related mortgage note, ranging from one year to three years from the date of origination of such mortgage loan, or the penalty period, as described in this prospectus supplement. The amount of the applicable Prepayment Premium, to the extent permitted under applicable federal or state law, is as provided in the related mortgage note. No mortgage loan imposes a Prepayment Premium for a term in excess of three years. Prepayment Premiums collected from borrowers will be paid to the holders of the Class P certificates and will not be available for payment to the offered certificates. The servicer may waive (or permit a subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Premium in accordance with the pooling and servicing agreement if the waiver would, in the servicer's judgment, maximize recoveries on the related mortgage loan, or (i) the Prepayment Premium is not permitted to be collected by applicable law, or the collection of the Prepayment Premium would be considered "predatory" pursuant to written guidance published by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such matters or (ii) the enforceability of such Prepayment Premium is limited (x) by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership or other similar laws relating to creditors' rights or (y) due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment. FREMONT UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES The information set forth in the following paragraphs with regard to Fremont and Fremont's underwriting standards has been provided by Fremont. GENERAL Fremont is a California industrial bank headquartered in Brea, California. Fremont currently operates wholesale residential real estate loan production offices located in Anaheim, California; Concord, California; Downers Grove, Illinois; Westchester County, New York; and Tampa, Florida. Fremont conducts business in 45 states and the District of Columbia and its primary source of originations is through licensed mortgage brokers. Established in 1937, Fremont is currently engaged in the business of residential sub prime real estate lending and commercial real estate lending. Acquired in 1990, Fremont is an indirect subsidiary of Fremont General Corporation, a financial services holding company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As of December 31, 2005, Fremont had approximately $11.31 billion in assets, approximately $9.76 billion in liabilities and approximately $1.55 billion in equity. As part of its residential sub-prime mortgage loan origination program, Fremont either, o sells its mortgage loans to third parties in whole loan sales transactions, o transfers such loans in connection with a securitization, or S-32
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o retains the loans for long term portfolio investment. Fremont has been originating sub-prime residential mortgage loans since May 1994 and substantially all of its residential mortgage loan originations consist of sub-prime mortgage loans. Fremont's sub-prime residential originations totaled approximately $6.94 billion, $13.74 billion, $23.91 and $36.24 billion for the years ended 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively. UNDERWRITING STANDARDS All of the Fremont mortgage loans were originated or acquired by Fremont generally in accordance with the underwriting criteria described in this section. The following is a general summary of the underwriting guidelines believed by the Depositor to have been applied, with some variation, by Fremont to the Fremont mortgage loans. This summary does not purport to be a complete description of the underwriting standards of Fremont. FREMONT'S UNDERWRITING STANDARDS Substantially all of the mortgage loans originated by Fremont are based on loan application packages submitted through licensed mortgage brokers. These brokers must meet minimum standards set by Fremont based on an analysis of the following information submitted with an application for approval: applicable state license (in good standing), signed broker application and agreement, and signed broker authorization. Once approved, licensed mortgage brokers are eligible to submit loan application packages in compliance with the terms of a signed broker agreement. Mortgage loans are underwritten in accordance with Fremont's current underwriting programs, referred to as the Scored Programs ("SCORED PROGRAMS"), subject to various exceptions as described in this section. Fremont began originating mortgage loans pursuant to Scored Programs in 2001 and the Scored Programs have been the exclusive type of origination programs beginning in 2004. Fremont's underwriting guidelines are primarily intended to assess the ability and willingness of the borrower to repay the debt and to evaluate the adequacy of the mortgaged property as collateral for the mortgage loan. The Scored Programs assess the risk of default by using Credit Scores obtained from third party credit repositories along with, but not limited to, past mortgage payment history, seasoning on bankruptcy and/or foreclosure and loan-to-value ratios as an aid to, not a substitute for, the underwriter's judgment. All of the Fremont mortgage loans in the mortgage pool were underwritten with a view toward the resale of the mortgage loans in the secondary mortgage market. The Scored Programs were developed to simplify the origination process. In contrast to assignment of credit grades according to traditional non-agency credit assessment methods, i.e., mortgage and other credit delinquencies, the Scored Programs rely upon a borrower's Credit Score, mortgage payment history and seasoning on any bankruptcy/foreclosure initially to determine a borrower's likely future credit performance. Licensed mortgage brokers are able to access Credit Scores at the initial phases of the loan application process and use the Credit Score to determine the interest rates a borrower may qualify for based upon Fremont's Scored Programs risk-based pricing matrices. Final loan terms are subject to approval by Fremont. Under the Scored Programs, Fremont requires credit reports for each borrower, using the Credit Score of the primary borrower (the borrower with the highest percentage of total income) to determine program eligibility. Credit Scores must be requested from each national credit repository. For the purpose of determining program eligibility: o if Credit Scores are available from all three credit repositories, the middle of the three Credit Scores is used, o if Credit Scores are available from only two of the repositories, the lower of the two Credit Scores is used, and S-33
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o if a single Credit Score is available, the single Credit Score will be used; however, potential borrowers with a single Credit Score will not qualify for loan amounts in excess of $800,000, loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 90% or 80% (depending on type of program) and second mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 5%. Generally, the minimum applicable Credit Score allowed is 500, however borrowers with no Credit Scores are not automatically rejected and may be eligible for certain loan programs in appropriate circumstances. All of the Fremont mortgage loans were underwritten by Fremont's underwriters having the appropriate approval authority. Each underwriter is granted a level of authority commensurate with their proven judgment, experience and credit skills. On a case by case basis, Fremont may determine that, based upon compensating factors, a prospective mortgagor not strictly qualifying under the underwriting risk category guidelines described below is nonetheless qualified to receive a loan, i.e., an underwriting exception. Compensating factors may include, but are not limited to, low loan-to-value ratio, low debt to income ratio, substantial liquid assets, good credit history, stable employment and time in residence at the applicant's current address. It is expected that a substantial portion of the Fremont mortgage loans may represent such underwriting exceptions. There are three documentation types, Full Documentation ("FULL DOCUMENTATION"), Easy Documentation ("EASY DOCUMENTATION") and Stated Income ("STATED INCOME"). Fremont's underwriters verify the income of each applicant under various documentation types as follows: under Full Documentation, applicants are generally required to submit verification of stable income for the periods of one to two years preceding the application dependent on credit profile; under Easy Documentation, the borrower is qualified based on verification of adequate cash flow by means of personal or business bank statements; under Stated Income, applicants are qualified based on monthly income as stated on the mortgage application. The income is not verified under the Stated Income program; however, the income stated must be reasonable and customary for the applicant's line of work. Fremont originates loans secured by 1-4 unit residential properties made to eligible borrowers with a vested fee simple (or in some cases a leasehold) interest in the property. Fremont's underwriting guidelines are applied in accordance with a procedure which complies with applicable federal and state laws and regulations and require an appraisal of the mortgaged property, and if appropriate, a review appraisal. Generally, initial appraisals are provided by qualified independent appraisers licensed in their respective states. Review appraisals may only be provided by appraisers approved by Fremont. In some cases, Fremont relies on a statistical appraisal methodology provided by a third-party. Qualified independent appraisers must meet minimum standards of licensing and provide errors and omissions insurance in states where it is required to become approved to do business with Fremont. Each uniform residential appraisal report includes a market data analysis based on recent sales of comparable homes in the area and, where deemed appropriate, replacement cost analysis based on the current cost of constructing a similar home. The review appraisal may be a desk review, field review or an automated valuation report that confirms or supports the original appraiser's value of the mortgaged premises. Fremont requires title insurance on all first mortgage loans, which are secured by liens on real property. Fremont also requires that fire and extended coverage casualty insurance be maintained on the secured property in an amount at least equal to the principal balance of the related loan or the replacement cost of the property, whichever is less. Fremont conducts a number of quality control procedures, including a post-funding review as well as a full re-underwriting of a random selection of loans to assure asset quality. Under the funding review, all loans are reviewed to verify credit grading, documentation compliance and data accuracy. Under the asset quality procedure, a random selection of each month's originations is reviewed. The loan review confirms the existence and accuracy of legal documents, credit documentation, appraisal analysis and underwriting decision. A report detailing review findings and level of error is sent monthly to each loan production office for response. The review findings and branch responses are then reviewed by Fremont's senior management. Adverse findings are tracked monthly. This review procedure allows S-34
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Fremont to assess programs for potential guideline changes, program enhancements, appraisal policies, areas of risk to be reduced or eliminated and the need for additional staff training. Balloon Loans. The majority of loans originated by Fremont provide for the full amortization of the principal amount on the final maturity date. Beginning in September 2005, Fremont began originating certain mortgage loans that do not provide for full amortization prior to maturity, where the payment of any remaining unamortized principal balance is due in a single or balloon payment at maturity. These balloon loans originated by Fremont provide for amortization of principal based on a 40 year period with a term to maturity of 30 years ("40/30 LOANS"). Second Lien Mortgage Loans. Fremont currently has two programs for the origination of second lien mortgage loans. The current programs are limited to loans that are originated contemporaneously with the origination of a loan secured by a first lien. The first program allows for loans with up to 5% loan to value and maximum combined loan to values of 95%. This program is limited to borrowers with minimum Credit Scores of 580, credit grades of at least "C" and debt to income ratios not greater than 50%. Permissible loan balances for this program are from $15,000 to $44,444. The maximum term on these loans is 10 to 30 years; provided, that a 15 year amortization term is available only for Full Documentation or Easy Documentation loans with an original loan balance of $15,000 or greater. Terms over 15 years are available only for Full Documentation or Easy Documentation loans with an original loan balance of $25,000 or greater. Loans under this program are available for "owner occupied" or "non-owner occupied" properties. The second program is for borrowers with minimum Credit Scores of 580. This program allows for loans of up to 20% loan to value and 100% maximum combined loan to values and is limited to borrowers in credit grades of "A+" and "A" and debt ratios not greater than 50%. Permissible loan balances for this program are from $15,000 to $200,000. Combined loan balances (first and second lien mortgage loans) of up to $1,000,000 are allowed to borrowers under Full Documentation or Stated Documentation loans that have Credit Scores of 580 and greater. In addition, permissible loan balances from $15,000 to $250,000 are allowed for Full Documentation borrowers with Credit Scores of 640 or greater. Combined loan balances (first and second lien mortgage loans) or of up to $1,250,000 are allowed. The loans are available with amortization terms of 10, 15, 20 and 30 years, however loan balances must be at least $25,000 to qualify for an amortization term of 20 years or longer. Rural properties and properties in Alaska are not allowed under this program. Fremont recently discontinued an additional second lien mortgage program that was a stand alone program for borrowers with Credit Scores in excess of 580. This program allowed for loans of 20% loan to value and 100% maximum combined loan to values and was limited to borrowers in credit grades of "A+" and "A" and debt ratios not greater than 50%. Permissible loan balances for this program were from $10,000 to $125,000. Combined loan balances (first and second lien mortgage loans) of up to $625,000 were allowed to borrowers under Full Documentation loans that had Credit Scores of 620 and greater. The limit on the combined loan balance was $500,000 for Stated Income loans; provided that no Stated Income loan may have been a borrower with a Credit Score of less than 620. The loans were available with amortization terms of 10, 15, 20 and 30 years, however loan balances must have been at least $25,000 to qualify for a 20 year amortization term and at least $50,000 for a 30 year amortization term. Rural properties and properties in Alaska were not allowed under this program. RISK CATEGORIES Fremont's underwriting guidelines under the Scored Programs with respect to each rating category generally require: o debt to income ratios of 55% or less on mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios of 90% or less, however, debt to income ratios of 50% or less are required on loan-to-value ratios greater than 90%; o applicants have a Credit Score of at least 500; S-35
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o that no liens or judgments affecting title may remain open after the funding of the loan, other than liens in favor of the internal revenue service that are subordinated to the loan; and o that any collection, charge-off, or judgment not affecting title that is less than 1 year old must be paid in connection with closing if either its balance is greater than $1,000 or the aggregate balances of all such collections, charge-offs or judgments are greater than $2,500. In addition, the various risk categories generally have the following criteria for borrower eligibility: "A+." Under the "A+" category, an applicant must have no 30-day late mortgage payments within the last 12 months and it must be at least 24 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum loan-to-value ratio is 100% with a minimum Credit Score of 600. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "A." Under the "A" category, an applicant must have not more than one 30 -day late mortgage payment within the last 12 months and it must be at least 24 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum loan-to-value ratio is 100% with a minimum Credit Score of 600. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "A-." Under the "A-" category, an applicant must have not more than three 30-day late mortgage payments within the last 12 months and it must be at least 24 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum loan-to-value ratio is 90% with a minimum Credit Score of 550. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "B." Under the "B" category, an applicant must have not more than one 60-day late mortgage payment within the last 12 months and it must be at least 18 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum loan-to-value ratio is 90% with a Credit Score of 550. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "C." Under the "C" category, an applicant must have not more than one 90 -day late mortgage payment within the last 12 months and it must be at least 12 months since discharge of any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is 85% with a minimum Credit Score of 580. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "C-." Under the "C-" category, an applicant must not be more than 150 days delinquent with respect to its current mortgage payment and it must not be subject of a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy and/or foreclosure. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is 70% with a minimum Credit Score of 500. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced for: reduced income documentation, non-owner occupied properties, properties with 3-4 units, or properties with rural characteristics. "D." Under the "D" category, an applicant must not be more than 180 days delinquent with respect to its current mortgage payment. Any Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings and/or foreclosure actions must be paid in connection with closing. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is 65% with a minimum Credit Score of 500. The maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio is reduced to 60% if the property is currently subject to foreclosure proceedings. S-36
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LONG BEACH UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES The information set forth in the following paragraphs with regard to Long Beach and Long Beach's underwriting standards has been provided by Long Beach. GENERAL Long Beach is a Delaware corporation that originates, purchases and sells sub-prime mortgage loans secured by first and second liens on one to four-family residences that generally do not conform to the underwriting guidelines typically applied by banks and other primary lending institutions, particularly with respect to a prospective borrower's credit history and debt-to-income ratio. Borrowers who qualify under Long Beach's underwriting guidelines generally have equity in their property and repayment ability but may have a record of major derogatory credit items such as outstanding judgments or prior bankruptcies. Long Beach originates mortgage loans based on its underwriting guidelines and does not determine whether such mortgage loans would be acceptable for purchase by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The mortgage loans originated by Long Beach are not insured by the Federal Housing Administration or partially guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Long Beach is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Washington Mutual Bank, which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Washington Mutual, Inc. At December 31, 2005, Washington Mutual, Inc. and its subsidiaries had assets of $343.84 billion. The following table shows, for each of the most recent three years, the aggregate principal balance of all sub-prime first and second lien residential mortgage loans originated by Long Beach (including those purchased by Long Beach from correspondent lenders) during that year. LONG BEACH'S ORIGINATION OF SUB-PRIME RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS Year ended December 31, --------------------------------------------------- 2003 2004 2005 --------------------------------------------------- (Dollar Amounts in Millions) Aggregate Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans Originated by Long Beach ... $11,497 $16,175 $29,781 LONG BEACH'S ORIGINATION CHANNELS All of the Long Beach mortgage loans owned by the trust have been either originated by Long Beach through wholesale brokers or purchased by Long Beach from approved correspondents and were underwritten or re-underwritten by Long Beach generally in accordance with its underwriting guidelines as described in this prospectus supplement. Long Beach originates mortgage loans through its network of mortgage lending offices and loan origination centers. See "--UNDERWRITING BY LONG BEACH OF THE LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOANS" below. UNDERWRITING BY LONG BEACH OF THE LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOANS GENERAL. All of the Long Beach mortgage loans owned by the trust have been originated by Long Beach through wholesale brokers or re-underwritten upon acquisition from correspondents by Long Beach generally in accordance with Long Beach's underwriting guidelines described in this section. Long Beach's underwriting guidelines are primarily intended to evaluate the prospective borrower's credit standing and repayment ability as well as the value and adequacy of the mortgaged property as collateral. S-37
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Prospective borrowers are required to complete a standard loan application in which they provide financial information regarding the amount of income and related sources, liabilities and related monthly payments, credit history and employment history, as well as certain other personal information. During the underwriting or re-underwriting process, Long Beach reviews and verifies the prospective borrower's sources of income (only under the full documentation residential loan program), calculates the amount of income from all such sources indicated on the loan application, reviews the credit history and credit score(s) of the prospective borrower and calculates the debt-to-income ratio to determine the prospective borrower's ability to repay the loan, and determines whether the mortgaged property complies with Long Beach's underwriting guidelines. All of the mortgage loans originated by Long Beach are either originated under Long Beach's underwriting programs based on loan application packages submitted through wholesale mortgage brokerage companies or purchased from approved correspondents. Loan application packages submitted through mortgage brokerage companies, containing relevant credit, property and underwriting information on the loan request, are compiled by the mortgage brokerage company and submitted to Long Beach for approval and funding. The mortgage brokerage companies receive the loan origination fee charged to the borrower at the time the loan is made. No single mortgage brokerage company accounts for more than 5% of the mortgage loans originated or acquired by Long Beach, as measured by outstanding principal balance. Long Beach originates or acquires mortgage loans that generally do not conform to the underwriting guidelines typically applied by prime lending institutions, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, particularly with respect to a prospective borrower's credit history, credit score(s), loan-to-value and debt-to-income ratio. Borrowers who qualify under Long Beach's underwriting guidelines may have equity in their property and repayment ability but may have a record of major derogatory credit items such as outstanding judgments or prior bankruptcies. All debts in bankruptcy must be paid off or discharged or the proceeding dismissed prior to the funding of the mortgage loan. The underwriting guidelines permit Chapter 13 bankruptcy buyouts. EVALUATION OF THE BORROWER'S CREDIT STANDING. Long Beach obtains a credit report on each prospective borrower from a credit reporting company in addition to the one obtained from the wholesale broker or correspondent. Long Beach then compares the two credit reports. The report typically contains information relating to such matters as credit payment history with local and national merchants and lenders, installment debt payments, credit score(s) and any record of defaults, bankruptcy, repossession, suits or judgments. Long Beach uses a credit scoring methodology as part of its underwriting and re-underwriting process. The credit scoring methodology assesses a prospective borrower's ability to repay a mortgage loan based upon predetermined mortgage loan characteristics and credit risk factors. The credit scoring methodology generates a credit score usually ranging from around 300 to 800, with a higher score indicating a borrower with a relatively more favorable credit history. The credit score is based upon such factors as the prospective borrower's payment history, delinquencies on accounts, levels of outstanding debt, length of credit history and types of credit and bankruptcy experience. EVALUATION OF THE BORROWER'S REPAYMENT ABILITY. Long Beach's underwriting guidelines permit first lien mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios at origination of up to 100%, or 80% if at the time of origination of the first lien mortgage loan, the originator also originated a second lien mortgage loan. Long Beach's second lien mortgage underwriting guidelines permit second lien mortgage loans with a combined loan-to-value ratios at origination of up to 100%. The maximum allowable loan-to-value ratio varies based upon the residential loan program, income documentation, property type, creditworthiness and debt service-to-income ratio of the prospective borrower and the overall risks associated with the loan decision. The maximum combined loan-to-value ratio, including any second lien mortgage subordinate to Long Beach's first lien mortgage, is generally 100% under the "Premium A" and "A" risk categories. S-38
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EVALUATION OF THE ADEQUACY OF COLLATERAL. The adequacy of the mortgaged property as collateral is generally determined by an appraisal of the mortgaged property that generally conforms to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac appraisal standards and a review of that appraisal. The mortgaged properties are appraised by licensed independent appraisers who have satisfied the servicer's appraiser screening process. In most cases, properties in below average condition, including properties requiring major deferred maintenance, are not acceptable under Long Beach's underwriting programs. Each appraisal includes a market data analysis based on recent sales of comparable homes in the area and, where deemed appropriate, replacement cost analysis based on the current cost of constructing a similar home. Every independent appraisal is reviewed by an underwriter of Long Beach or its affiliate and is reviewed by one or more third party vendors which may refer the appraisal to Long Beach or one of its affiliates for additional further review before the loan is funded or re-underwritten. Depending upon the original principal balance and loan-to-value ratio of the mortgaged property, the appraisal review may include an administrative review, technical review, desk review or field review of the original appraisal. Long Beach requires that all mortgage loans in its underwriting programs have title insurance and be secured by liens on real property. Long Beach also requires that fire and extended coverage casualty insurance be maintained on the mortgaged property in an amount at least equal to the principal balance of the mortgage loan or the replacement cost of the property, whichever is less. Long Beach does not require that the mortgage loans originated or re-underwritten under its underwriting programs be covered by a primary mortgage insurance policy. UNDERWRITING EXCEPTIONS. On a case-by-case basis and only with the approval of an employee with appropriate risk level authority, Long Beach may determine that, based upon compensating factors, a prospective borrower not strictly qualifying under its underwriting risk category guidelines warrants an underwriting exception. Compensating factors may include, but are not limited to, low loan-to-value ratio, low debt-to-income ratio, good credit history, stable employment and time in residence at the prospective borrower's current address. It is expected that some of the mortgage loans owned by the trust will be underwriting exceptions. DOCUMENTATION PROGRAMS. The mortgage loans originated by Long Beach have been originated or re-underwritten upon acquisition, generally in accordance with guidelines established by Long Beach under its full documentation, limited documentation or stated income documentation residential loan programs. Under the full documentation residential loan program, salaried prospective borrowers are generally required to submit their most recent W-2s and pay stubs and self-employed prospective borrowers are generally required to submit their most recent federal income tax return. Under the stated income documentation residential loan program, prospective borrowers are required to state their income on the application but are not required to submit any documents in support. Under the limited documentation residential loan program, salaried prospective borrowers or self-employed prospective borrowers are generally required to submit their most recent six months of personal bank statements or business bank statements. Under the limited documentation and stated income documentation residential loan programs, the prospective borrower's employment and income sources must be stated on the prospective borrower's application. The prospective borrower's income as stated must be reasonable for the related occupation and such determination as to reasonableness is subject to the loan underwriter's discretion. However, the prospective borrower's income as stated on the application is not independently verified. Verification of employment is required for salaried prospective borrowers. Maximum loan-to-value ratios under the stated income documentation residential loan programs are generally lower than those permitted under the full documentation and limited documentation residential loan programs. Generally, the same underwriting guidelines that apply to the full documentation and limited documentation residential loan programs, except as noted in this section, apply to the stated income documentation residential loan programs. QUALITY CONTROL REVIEW. As part of its quality control system, Long Beach re-verifies information that has been provided by the mortgage brokerage company prior to funding a loan and Long Beach S-39
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conducts a post-funding audit of every origination file. In addition, Washington Mutual Bank ("WMB"), as subservicer, periodically audits files based on a statistical sample of closed loans. In the course of its pre-funding review, Long Beach re-verifies the income of each prospective borrower or, for a self-employed prospective borrower, reviews the income documentation obtained under the full documentation and limited documentation residential loan programs. Long Beach generally requires evidence of funds to close on the mortgage loan. RISK CATEGORIES. Under Long Beach's underwriting programs, various risk categories are used to grade the likelihood that the prospective borrower will satisfy the repayment conditions of the mortgage loan. These risk categories establish the maximum permitted loan-to-value ratio and loan amount, given the occupancy status of the mortgaged property and the prospective borrower's credit history and debt ratio. Mortgage loans are originated under Long Beach's underwriting guidelines using the following categories and criteria for grading the potential likelihood that a prospective borrower will satisfy the repayment obligations of a mortgage loan: Credit Grade: "Premium A". Under the "Premium A" risk category, the prospective borrower must have a credit report reflecting a one year credit history and a prior mortgage or rental history evidencing no 30-day late payments during the last 12 months. No notice of default filings or foreclosures may have occurred during the preceding 36 months. No open lawsuits are permitted; however, the prospective borrower may be a plaintiff in a lawsuit if a reasonable explanation is provided. Maximum qualifying debt service-to-income ratio is 5. A maximum loan-to-value ratio of 100% is permitted for owner occupied single-family, two-unit and condominium properties. Credit Grade: "A". Under the "A" risk category, a maximum of one 30-day late payment within the last 12 months is permitted on an existing mortgage loan. Rolling 30-day late payments are not allowed. No notice of default filings or foreclosures may have occurred during the preceding 36 months. The mortgaged property must be in at least average condition. A maximum loan-to-value ratio of 100% is permitted for owner occupied single-family, two-unit and condominium properties. Generally, the debt service-to-income ratio maximum may be 50%. In addition, the prospective borrower must have a credit score of 600 or higher. There can be no assurance that every mortgage loan originated by Long Beach was originated in conformity with the applicable underwriting guidelines in all material respects. Long Beach's underwriting guidelines include a set of specific criteria pursuant to which the underwriting evaluation is made. The application of Long Beach's underwriting guidelines does not imply that each specific criterion was satisfied with respect to every mortgage loan. Rather, a mortgage loan will be considered to be originated in accordance with a given set of underwriting guidelines if, based on an overall qualitative evaluation, the mortgage loan is in substantial compliance with those underwriting guidelines. For example, a mortgage loan may be considered to comply with a set of underwriting guidelines, even if one or more specific criteria included in those underwriting guidelines were not satisfied, if other factors compensated for the criteria that were not satisfied or if the mortgage loan is considered to be in substantial compliance with the underwriting guidelines. Long Beach applies its underwriting guidelines in accordance with a procedure that complies with applicable federal and state laws and regulations. CREDIT SCORES Credit scores are obtained by many lenders in connection with mortgage loan applications to help assess a borrower's creditworthiness (the "CREDIT SCORES"). Credit Scores are generated by models developed by a third-party which analyzed data on consumers in order to establish patterns which are believed to be indicative of the borrower's probability of default. The Credit Score is based on a borrower's historical credit data, including, among other things, payment history, delinquencies on accounts, levels of outstanding indebtedness, length of credit history, types of credit, and bankruptcy experience. Credit Scores range from approximately 250 to approximately 900, with higher scores indicating an individual with a more favorable credit history compared to an individual with a lower score. S-40
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However, a Credit Score purports only to be a measurement of the relative degree of risk a borrower represents to a lender, I.E., a borrower with a higher score is statistically expected to be less likely to default in payment than a borrower with a lower score. Lenders have varying ways of analyzing Credit Scores and, as a result, the analysis of Credit Scores across the industry is not consistent. In addition, it should be noted that Credit Scores were developed to indicate a level of default probability over a two-year period, which does not correspond to the life of a mortgage loan. Furthermore, Credit Scores were not developed specifically for use in connection with mortgage loans, but for consumer loans in general, and assess only the borrower's past credit history. Therefore, a Credit Score does not take into consideration the effect of mortgage loan characteristics (which may differ from consumer loan characteristics) on the probability of repayment by the borrower. There can be no assurance that the Credit Scores of the mortgagors will be an accurate predictor of the likelihood of repayment of the related mortgage loans. The tables on Schedule A set forth certain information as to the Credit Scores of the related mortgagors and for the mortgage loans, obtained in connection with the origination of each mortgage loan. THE SERVICER GENERAL Ocwen will act as servicer of the mortgage loans, provided that with respect to all of the Conduit mortgage loans and with respect to approximately 1.60% of the Long Beach mortgage loans, based upon scheduled principal balances of the Long Beach mortgage loans as of the cut-off date, Ocwen will act as servicer commencing no later than 30 days after the closing date. Ocwen will be required to service the mortgage loans in accordance with the pooling and servicing agreement. OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC GENERAL Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC ("OCWEN"), a Delaware limited liability company, has its primary servicing operations in Orlando, Florida and its corporate offices in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ocwen is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ocwen Financial Corporation, a public financial services holding company ("OCN") headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. OCN's primary businesses are the servicing, special servicing and resolution of nonconforming, subperforming and nonperforming residential and commercial mortgage loans for third parties, as well as providing loan servicing technology and business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the mortgage and real estate industries. As of December 31, 2005, OCN had approximately $1.854 billion in assets, including $269.6 million of cash, approximately $1.507 billion in liabilities and approximately $347 million in equity. For the year ended December 31, 2005, OCN's pre-tax income was approximately $20.9 million, as compared to approximately $25.4 million in 2004. Net income was approximately $15.0 million in 2005, as compared to approximately $57.7 million in 2004, which included a net tax benefit of $32.3 million. The servicing of the mortgage loans in Ocwen's servicing portfolio was transferred to Ocwen by its affiliate Ocwen Federal Bank FSB ("OFB"), effective on June 30, 2005. This service transfer was the result of OFB's voluntary dissolution, sale of its branch facility and deposits in Fort Lee, New Jersey to another bank, and cessation of operations as a federal savings bank. Upon OFB's dissolution and sale of the branch facility and deposits, all of OFB's remaining assets and liabilities, including its mortgage loan servicing business, were transferred to and assumed by Ocwen. Ocwen's management, servicing portfolio and platform was not changed as a result of the foregoing transactions. S-41
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Ocwen is rated as a "Strong" residential subprime servicer and residential special servicer by Standard & Poor's and has an "RPS2" rating as a subprime servicer and an "RSS2" rating as special servicer from Fitch Ratings. Ocwen is also rated "SQ2-" ("Above Average") as a primary servicer of subprime loans and "SQ2" ("Above Average") as a special servicer by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. On April 23, 2004, Standard & Poor's placed its "Strong" residential subprime servicer and residential special servicer ratings assigned to Ocwen on "Credit Watch with negative implications." Ocwen is an approved Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae seller/servicer. The liabilities assumed by Ocwen from OFB include contingent liabilities resulting from it having been named as a defendant in several potential class action lawsuits challenging its mortgage servicing practices. To date, no such lawsuit has been certified by any court as a class action. On April 13, 2004, these lawsuits were consolidated in a single proceeding in the United States District Court for the District of Illinois under caption styled: Ocwen Federal Bank FSB Mortgage Servicing Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1604. Ocwen believes that its servicing practices comply with legal requirements. Ocwen intends to defend against such lawsuits. Ocwen is also subject to various other routine pending litigation in the ordinary course of its business. While the outcome of litigation is always uncertain, Ocwen's management is of the opinion that the resolution of any of these claims and lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the results of its operations or financial condition or its ability to service the mortgage loans. On November 29, 2005, a jury in a Galveston, Texas county court returned a verdict of $11.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages and attorneys' fees against Ocwen in favor of a plaintiff borrower whose mortgage loan was serviced by Ocwen. The plaintiff brought the claims under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and other state statutes and common law generally alleging that Ocwen engaged in improper loan servicing practices. On February 9, 2006, the trial court entered its final judgment reducing the total jury award to approximately $1.8 million for actual damages and attorneys' fees and denying the punitive damages award. Ocwen believes that the damage award is against the weight of evidence and contrary to law and that the attorneys' fees should be reduced as impermissibly excessive. Ocwen intends to appeal the decision and will continue to vigorously defend this matter. Ocwen, including its predecessors, has significant experience in servicing residential and commercial mortgage loans and has been servicing residential mortgage loans since 1988, and non prime mortgage loans since 1994. Ocwen is one of the largest third-party subprime mortgage loan servicers in the United States. OCN and its related companies currently employ more than 3,500 people worldwide with domestic residential mortgage loan servicing and processing centers in Orlando, Florida and Chicago, Illinois and related international offices in Bangalore and Mumbai, India. Ocwen specializes in the management of sub-performing and non performing assets, including severely delinquent and labor-intensive mortgage loans and REO assets. Ocwen's servicing experience generally includes collection, loss mitigation, default reporting, bankruptcy, foreclosure and REO property management. As of December 31, 2005, Ocwen provided servicing for residential mortgage loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $42.8 billion, substantially all of which are being serviced for third parties, including loans in over 250 securitizations. The table below sets forth the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the subprime mortgage loans serviced by Ocwen at the end of each of the indicated periods. OCWEN SUBPRIME SERVICING PORTFOLIO (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) [Enlarge/Download Table] AGGREGATE AGGREGATE AGGREGATE AGGREGATE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE PRINCIPAL BALANCE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BALANCE AS OF BALANCE AS OF AS OF DECEMBER AS OF DECEMBER AS OF DECEMBER DECEMBER 31, 2001 DECEMBER 31, 2002 31, 2003 31, 2004 31, 2005 ------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- $17,422,016 $26,356,007 $30,551,242 $28,367,753 $37,424,696 S-42
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OCWEN'S DELINQUENCY AND FORECLOSURE EXPERIENCE The following tables set forth, for the subprime mortgage loan servicing portfolio serviced by Ocwen, certain information relating to the delinquency, foreclosure, REO and loss experience with respect to such mortgage loans (including loans in foreclosure in Ocwen's servicing portfolio (which portfolio does not include mortgage loans that are subserviced by others)) at the end of the indicated periods. The indicated periods of delinquency are based on the number of days past due on a contractual basis. No mortgage loan is considered delinquent for these purposes until it is one month past due on a contractual basis. Ocwen's portfolio may differ significantly from the mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool in terms of interest rates, principal balances, geographic distribution, types of properties, lien priority, origination and underwriting criteria, prior servicer performance and other possibly relevant characteristics. There can be no assurance, and no representation is made, that the delinquency and foreclosure experience with respect to the mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool will be similar to that reflected in the table below, nor is any representation made as to the rate at which losses may be experienced on liquidation of defaulted mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool. The actual delinquency experience with respect to the mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool will depend, among other things, upon the value of the real estate securing such mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool and the ability of the related borrower to make required payments. It should be noted that if the residential real estate market should experience an overall decline in property values, the actual rates of delinquencies and foreclosures could be higher than those previously experienced by Ocwen. In addition, adverse economic conditions may affect the timely payment by borrowers of scheduled payments of principal and interest on the mortgage loans in the mortgage loan pool and, accordingly, the actual rates of delinquencies and foreclosures with respect to the mortgage loan pool. Finally, the statistics shown below represent the delinquency experience for Ocwen's mortgage servicing portfolio only for the periods presented, whereas the aggregate delinquency experience with respect to the mortgage loans comprising the mortgage loan pool will depend on the results obtained over the life of the mortgage loan pool. OCWEN DELINQUENCIES AND FORECLOSURES (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) [Enlarge/Download Table] AS OF AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002 DECEMBER 31, 2003 ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- BY NO. PERCENT BY PERCENT BY BY NO. PERCENT BY PERCENT BY OF BY DOLLAR NO. OF DOLLAR OF BY DOLLAR NO. OF DOLLAR LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ Total Portfolio 229,335 $26,356,007 100.00% 100.00% 256,891 $30,551,242 100.00% 100.00% Period of Delinquency(1) 30-59 days 8,483 $ 858,552 3.70% 3.26% 10,662 $ 1,117,125 4.15% 3.66% 60-89 days 3,718 $ 393,762 1.62% 1.49% 4,595 $ 488,900 1.79% 1.60% 90 days or more 19,823 $ 1,820,509 8.64% 6.91% 24,050 $ 2,341,837 9.36% 7.67% Total Delinquent Loans 32,024 $ 3,072,823 13.96% 11.66% 39,307 $ 3,947,862 15.30% 12.92% Loans in Foreclosure(2) 8,323 $ 849,266 3.63% 3.22% 9,800 $ 1,057,710 3.81% 3.46% S-43
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[Enlarge/Download Table] AS OF AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004 DECEMBER 31, 2005 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- BY NO. PERCENT BY PERCENT BY BY NO. PERCENT BY PERCENT BY OF BY DOLLAR NO. OF DOLLAR OF BY DOLLAR NO. OF DOLLAR LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ Total Portfolio 237,985 $28,367,753 100.00% 100.00% 304,153 $37,424,696 100.00% 100.00% Period of Delinquency(1) 30-59 days 11,251 $ 1,127,427 4.73% 3.97% 15,854 $ 1,678,284 5.21% 4.48% 60-89 days 5,066 $ 515,826 2.13% 1.82% 7,701 $ 773,139 2.53% 2.07% 90 days or more 26,459 $ 2,545,313 11.12% 8.97% 34,669 $ 3,336,423 11.40% 8.92% Total Delinquent Loans 42,776 $ 4,188,566 17.97% 14.77% 58,224 $ 5,787,845 19.14% 15.47% Loans in Foreclosure(2) 9,599 $ 975,961 4.03% 3.44% 9,057 $ 924,118 2.98% 2.47% ---------- (1) Includes 25,483 loans totaling $2,393,333 for December 31, 2005, which were delinquent at the time of transfer to Ocwen. (2) Loans in foreclosure are also included under the heading "Total Delinquent Loans." OCWEN REAL ESTATE OWNED (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) [Enlarge/Download Table] AS OF AS OF AS OF AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002 DECEMBER 31, 2003 DECEMBER 31, 2004 DECEMBER 31, 2005 ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- BY NO. OF BY DOLLAR BY NO. OF BY DOLLAR BY NO. OF BY DOLLAR BY NO. OF BY DOLLAR LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT LOANS AMOUNT --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Total Portfolio 229,335 $26,356,007 256,891 $30,551,242 237,985 $28,367,753 304,153 $37,424,696 Foreclosed Loans(1) 3,484 $ 285,598 4,849 $ 437,510 4,858 $ 439,890 4,475 $ 390,412 Foreclosure Ratio(2) 1.52% 1.08% 1.89% 1.43% 2.04% 1.55% 1.47% 1.04% ---------- (1) For the purpose of these tables, "Foreclosed Loans" means the principal balance of mortgage loans secured by mortgaged properties the title to which has been acquired by Ocwen. (2) The "Foreclosure Ratio" is equal to the aggregate principal balance or number of Foreclosed Loans divided by the aggregate principal balance, or number, as applicable, of mortgage loans in the Total Portfolio at the end of the indicated period. S-44
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OCWEN LOAN GAIN/(LOSS) EXPERIENCE (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) [Enlarge/Download Table] AS OF AS OF AS OF AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002 DECEMBER 31, 2003 DECEMBER 31, 2004 DECEMBER 31, 2005 ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- Total Portfolio(1) $26,356,007 $ 30,551,242 $28,367,753 $37,424,696 Net Gains/(Losses)(2)(3) $ (275,036) $ (249,516) $ (348,145) $ (406,451) Net Gains/(Losses) as a Percentage of Total Portfolio (1.04)% (0.82)% (1.23)% (1.09)% ---------- (1) "Total Portfolio" on the date stated above, is the principal balance of the mortgage loans outstanding on the last day of the period. (2) "Net Gains/(Losses)" are actual gains or losses incurred on liquidated properties and shortfall payoffs for the preceding one year period. Gains or losses on liquidated properties are calculated as net sales proceeds less unpaid principal at the time of payoff. Shortfall payoffs are calculated as the difference between the principal payoff amount and unpaid principal at the time of payoff. (3) Includes ($123,605) as of December 31, 2005 of losses attributable to loans, which were delinquent at the time of transfer to Ocwen. PRIOR SECURITIZATIONS In the past three years, Ocwen has not been terminated as a servicer in a residential mortgage backed securities transaction due to a servicer default or application of a servicing performance test or trigger. In the past three years, Ocwen has not failed to make any required advance with respect to any issuance of residential mortgage backed securities transactions. OCWEN'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Upon boarding a mortgage loan, various types of information are automatically loaded into Ocwen's mortgage loan servicing system ("REALSERVICING"). Ocwen then makes all reasonable efforts to collect the contractual mortgage loan payments that are due by the borrower pursuant to the applicable mortgage loan documents and, consistent with the applicable servicing agreement, will follow such collection procedures that are customary with respect to comparable mortgage loans. Ocwen's collection policy seeks to identify payment problems at the early stage of delinquency and, if necessary, to address such delinquency in order to preserve the equity of a pre-foreclosure mortgage property. Ocwen uses a consistent application, a proactive consulting approach, defined call strategies, and enhanced payment methods to assist the collection process. On a monthly basis, borrowers are mailed their monthly statement in advance of the due date. All borrowers can obtain loan information and make payments via web access (www.ocwen.com), as well as direct dial customer service. Ocwen utilizes multiple strategies in order to identify payment problems while working with borrowers to make their monthly payment in a timely manner. The potential for losses is mitigated using internal proprietary models to project performance and required advances and to assist in identifying workout options. On a monthly basis the delinquency status is determined for each mortgage loan. A collector then calls the borrower to make payment arrangements. If payments have not been collected by the date a late charge becomes effective, a standard reminder letter is mailed to the borrower. Subject to the limitations set forth in the applicable servicing agreement, Ocwen, in its discretion, may waive any assumption fees, late payment charges, or other charges in connection with the underlying mortgage loans, modify any term of a mortgage loan, consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such terms, or grant indulgence to any borrower. S-45
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If a loan becomes non-performing, projections are conducted on a monthly basis using proprietary cash-flow models that help determine the recoverability of losses and the preservation of equity. Various marketing scenarios are analyzed using an updated broker price opinion and appraisals to assist in projecting property cash flow. If the projected loss severity reaches or exceeds 100% (proceeds less expenses) then future advances on the mortgage loan are deemed non-recoverable and a recommendation is then made to stop making such advances. A more in-depth analysis is conducted to determine if charge-off is appropriate. If reasonable collection efforts have not been successful, Ocwen will determine whether a foreclosure proceeding is appropriate. Additional proprietary models are used to project future costs that may occur while completing foreclosure and ultimately liquidating the loan. Ocwen complies with standard servicing practices in utilizing customary external vendors for such functions as obtaining property appraisals, broker price opinions, property preservation functions and legal counsel. These functions are monitored and reviewed by Ocwen. Over the past three years, there has been no material changes in Ocwen's servicing policies and procedures. COMPENSATION OF THE SERVICER As compensation for its services as servicer, the servicer will be entitled to receive a servicing fee and other compensation payable to the servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement. Under the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement, the servicer may withdraw from the collection account, (i) the servicing fee with respect to each distribution date, (ii) amounts necessary to reimburse the servicer for any previously unreimbursed advances and any advance that the servicer deems to be nonrecoverable from the applicable mortgage loan proceeds, (iii) amounts in respect of reimbursements to which the servicer is entitled in accordance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement and (iv) any other amounts permitted to be withdrawn under the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement. The servicer will be required to pay all ordinary expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities as servicer without reimbursement. INDEMNIFICATION AND THIRD PARTY CLAIMS The servicer will be required to indemnify the depositor and the trustee and hold each of them harmless against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses resulting from the failure of the servicer to perform its duties and service the mortgage loans in compliance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement. Any cause of action against the servicer relating to or arising out of the failure of the servicer to perform its duties and service the mortgage loans in compliance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement will accrue upon discovery of such third party claim by the servicer. The servicer will be obligated to assume the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection with the claim, including reasonable counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree that may be entered against it or the depositor or the trustee in respect of such claim. The trust will be obligated to indemnify the servicer and hold it 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 the pooling and servicing agreement or the certificates or any other unanticipated or extraordinary expense, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties under the pooling and servicing agreement or by reason of its reckless disregard of its duties and obligations under such agreement. The servicer will be entitled to reimbursement for any such indemnified amount from funds on deposit in the collection account. S-46
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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF THE SERVICER Neither the servicer nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents will be under any liability to the trust or the certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith, or for errors in judgment. However, the servicer will remain liable for any breach of its representations and warranties made by it in the pooling and servicing agreement and for its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence or reckless disregard in the performance of its duties under the pooling and servicing agreement. The servicer will be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties to service the mortgage loans in accordance with the pooling and servicing agreement and that in the opinion of the servicer may involve it in any expenses or liability. However, the servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of the pooling and servicing agreement and the rights and duties of the parties to that agreement and the interests of the trustee and the certificateholders under that agreement. In the event of any litigation regarding the servicer's duties, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting from such action will be borne by the trust. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE SERVICER; RESIGNATION Any entity into which the servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, consolidation or any entity that succeeds to the business of the servicer, will become the successor to the servicer, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to the pooling and servicing agreement. However, the successor servicer must be an entity that is qualified to service mortgage loans on behalf of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and such merger, consolidation or succession must not adversely affect the then-current rating or ratings on the Offered Certificates. The servicer will be permitted to resign if the servicer's duties under the pooling and servicing agreement are no longer permissible under applicable law or by mutual consent of the servicer, the depositor and the trustee. Any resignation of the servicer because its duties under the pooling and servicing agreement are no longer permissible under applicable law will be evidenced by an opinion of counsel prepared by counsel to the servicer and delivered to the depositor and the trustee. No such resignation will become effective until a successor servicer assumes the servicer's responsibilities and obligations under the pooling and servicing agreement. THE SPONSOR The sponsor is Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited partnership. GSMC is the parent of the depositor and an affiliate of the underwriter. GSMC has been the sponsor of securitizations backed by second-lien mortgage loans since 2005. The following table describes the approximate volume of second-lien mortgage loan securitizations sponsored by GSMC since 2005. YEAR APPROXIMATE VOLUME ---- ------------------ 2005 $1.430 billion See "THE SPONSOR" in the prospectus. S-47
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STATIC POOL INFORMATION Information concerning the sponsor's prior residential mortgage loan securitizations involving mortgage loans secured by second lien mortgages or deeds of trust in residential real properties issued by the depositor is available on the internet at www.gs.com/staticpoolinfo. On this website, under "Second Lien" and "GSAMP 2006-S3", you can view for each of these securitizations, summary pool information as of the date of the prospectus supplement for the related securitization, and delinquency, cumulative loss, and prepayment information as of each distribution date by securitization for the past five years or, since the applicable securitization closing date if the applicable securitization closing date occurred less than five years from the date of this prospectus supplement. Each of these mortgage loan securitizations is unique, and the characteristics of each securitized mortgage loan pool varies from each other as well as from the mortgage loans to be included in the trust that will issue the certificates offered by this prospectus supplement. In addition, the performance information relating to the prior securitizations described above may have been influenced by factors beyond the sponsor's control, such as housing prices and market interest rates. Therefore, the performance of these prior mortgage loan securitizations is likely not to be indicative of the future performance of the mortgage loans to be included in the trust related to this offering. In the event any changes or updates are made to the information available on the website, the depositor will provide to any person a copy of the information as it existed as of the date of this prospectus supplement upon request who writes or calls the depositor at 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Jennifer Cohen, telephone number (212) 357-2280. In addition, the information available on the website relating to any mortgage loan securitizations issued prior to January 1, 2006 is not deemed to be part of the accompanying prospectus or the depositor's registration statement. THE DEPOSITOR The depositor is GS Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation. The depositor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the sponsor, GSMC, and is an affiliate of the underwriter. The depositor will not have any business operations other than securitizing mortgage assets and related activities. THE ISSUING ENTITY GSAMP Trust 2006-S3, the issuing entity, will be formed on the closing date pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. The issuing entity will be a New York common law trust with no officers or directors and no continuing duties other than to hold and service the mortgage loans and related assets and issue the certificates. The fiscal year end for the issuing entity will be December 31, commencing with December 31, 2006. THE TRUSTEE Deutsche Bank National Trust Company ("DBNTC") will act as trustee. DBNTC is a national banking association which has an office in Santa Ana, California. DBNTC has previously been appointed to the role of trustee for numerous mortgage-backed transactions in which residential mortgages comprised the asset pool and has significant experience in this area. As trustee, DBNTC will be calculating certain items and reporting as set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. DBNTC has acted as calculation agent in numerous mortgage-backed transactions since 1991. DBNTC also will act as one of the custodians of the mortgage files pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. DBNTC has performed this custodial role in numerous mortgage-backed transactions since 1991. DBNTC will S-48
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maintain the mortgage files in secure, fire-resistant facilities. DBNTC will not physically segregate the mortgage files from other mortgage files in DBNTC's custody but they will be kept in shared facilities. However, DBNTC's proprietary document tracking system will show the location within DBNTC's facilities of each mortgage file and will show that the mortgage loan documents are held by the trustee on behalf of the trust. DBNTC has no pending legal proceedings that would materially affect its ability to perform its duties as trustee on behalf of the certificateholders or as custodian. DBNTC may perform certain of its obligations through one or more third party vendors. However, DBNTC shall remain liable for the duties and obligations required of it under the pooling and servicing agreement. DBNTC is providing the information in the foregoing paragraph at the depositor's request in order to assist the depositor with the preparation of its disclosure documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation AB. Otherwise, DBNTC has not participated in the preparation of such disclosure documents and assumes no responsibility or liability for their contents. Under the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement, the trustee is responsible for trust administration and certain calculation duties, which includes pool performance calculations, distribution calculations, the preparation of monthly distribution reports, and the preparation and filing of tax returns on behalf of the trust REMICs, monthly reports on Form 10-D (based on information included in the monthly distribution date statements and other information provided by other transaction parties) and annual reports on Form 10-K that are required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the issuing entity. The trustee also will act as paying agent and certificate registrar for the certificates. For information, with respect to the trustee's liability under the pooling and servicing agreement and any indemnification that the trustee will be entitled to from the trust, see "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT--CERTAIN MATTERS REGARDING THE DEPOSITOR, THE SERVICER, THE CUSTODIANS AND THE TRUSTEE" in this prospectus supplement. THE CUSTODIANS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association, will act as custodian with respect to the Fremont mortgage loans, J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association, will act as a custodian with respect to approximately 88.80% of the Conduit mortgage loans and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, will act as a custodian with respect to approximately 11.20% of the Conduit mortgage loans. The trustee will have the custodial responsibilities with respect to the mortgage files for all of the Long Beach mortgage loans. The principal executive office of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is located at 1015 10th Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, and its telephone number is (612) 667-1117. The principal executive office of J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association is located at 2220 Chemsearch Boulevard, Suite 150, Irving, Texas 75062, and its telephone number is (972) 785-5274. The principal executive office of U.S. Bank is located at U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicoliet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, and its telephone number is (651) 695-6105. Each custodian will act as a custodian of the applicable mortgage loan files pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. Each custodian will be responsible to hold and safeguard the applicable mortgage notes and other contents of the applicable mortgage files on behalf of the certificateholders. Each custodian segregates the applicable mortgage files for which it acts as custodian by boarding each applicable mortgage file in an electronic tracking system, which identifies the owner of the mortgage file and the mortgage file's specific location in the applicable custodian's vault. S-49
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For information, with respect to each custodian's liability under the pooling and servicing agreement and any indemnification that the custodian will be entitled to from the trust, see "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT--CERTAIN MATTERS REGARDING THE DEPOSITOR, THE SERVICER, THE CUSTODIANS AND THE TRUSTEE" in this prospectus supplement. DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES On the closing date, the trust will be created and the depositor will cause the trust to issue the certificates. The certificates will be issued in sixteen classes, the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class P, Class X, Class X-1 and Class R certificates. Only the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6 and Class M-7 certificates (collectively, the "OFFERED CERTIFICATES") will be offered under this prospectus supplement. The Class A-3, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class M-4 certificates are also referred to as "LIBOR CERTIFICATES" in this prospectus supplement. The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates are also referred to as "FIXED CERTIFICATES" in this prospectus supplement. The certificates will collectively represent the entire undivided ownership interest in the trust fund created and held under the pooling and servicing agreement, subject to the limits and priority of distribution provided for in that agreement. The trust fund will consist of: o the mortgage loans, together with the related mortgage files and all related collections and proceeds due and collected after the cut-off date, o such assets as from time to time are identified as REO property and related collections and proceeds, o assets that are deposited in the accounts, and invested in accordance with the pooling and servicing agreement, and o the Yield Maintenance Agreement. The Offered Certificates will be issued and available only in book-entry form, in denominations of $25,000 initial principal amount and integral multiples of $1 in excess of $25,000, except that one certificate of each class may be issued in an amount less than $25,000. Voting rights will be allocated among holders of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates in proportion to the Class Certificate Balances of their respective certificates on such date, except that the Class X and Class P certificates will each be allocated 1% of the voting rights. The Class X and Class P certificates will initially be held by Goldman, Sachs & Co. The Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates represent interests in all of the mortgage loans in the trust fund. S-50
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The following chart illustrates generally the distribution priorities and subordination features applicable to the Offered Certificates. | ----------------- / \ | Class A-1, | | Class A-2, | | Class A-3* | | ----------------- | | | | Class M-1 | | ----------------- | | | | Class M-2 | | ----------------- | | | Accrued | Class M-3 | certificate | ----------------- | interest, | | Losses then | Class M-4 | principal | ----------------- | | | | Class M-5 | | ----------------- | | | | Class M-6 | | ----------------- | | | \ / Class M-7 ----------------- Non-Offered Certificates ----------------- * Principal distributions to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates will be distributed sequentially, to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates, in that order, in each case until the class certificate balance thereof has been reduced to zero. BOOK-ENTRY REGISTRATION The Offered Certificates are sometimes referred to in this prospectus supplement as "BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES." No person acquiring an interest in the book-entry certificates will be entitled to receive a definitive certificate representing an obligation of the trust, except under the limited circumstances described in this prospectus supplement. Beneficial owners may elect to hold their interests through DTC, in the United States, or Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme or Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System, in Europe. Transfers within DTC, Clearstream or Euroclear, as the case may be, will be in accordance with the usual rules and operating procedures of the relevant system. So long as the Offered Certificates are book-entry certificates, such certificates will be evidenced by one or more certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., which will be the "holder" of such certificates, as the nominee of DTC or one of the relevant depositories. Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and counterparties holding directly or indirectly through Clearstream or Euroclear, on the other, will be effected in DTC through the relevant depositories of Clearstream or Euroclear, respectively, and each a participating member of DTC. The interests of the beneficial owners of interests in the Offered Certificates will be represented by book entries on the records of DTC and its participating members. All references in this prospectus supplement to the Offered Certificates reflect the rights of beneficial owners only as such rights may be exercised through DTC and its participating organizations for so long as such certificates are held by DTC. The beneficial owners of the Offered Certificates may elect to hold their certificates through DTC in the United States, or Clearstream or Euroclear if they are participants in such systems, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in such systems. The Offered Certificates will be issued in one or more certificates which in the aggregate equal the outstanding principal balance of the related class of certificates and will initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold omnibus positions on behalf of their participants through customers securities accounts in Clearstream's and Euroclear's names on the books of their respective depositories which in turn will hold such positions in customers' securities accounts in the depositories names on the books of DTC. Except as described below, no beneficial owner will be entitled to receive a physical or S-51
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definitive certificates. Unless and until definitive certificates are issued, it is anticipated that the only holder of the Offered Certificates will be Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Beneficial owners will not be holders or certificateholders as those terms are used in the pooling and servicing agreement. Beneficial owners are only permitted to exercise their rights indirectly through participants and DTC. The beneficial owner's ownership of a book-entry certificate will be recorded on the records of the brokerage firm, bank, thrift institution or other financial intermediary that maintains the beneficial owner's account for such purpose. In turn, the financial intermediary's ownership of such book-entry certificate will be recorded on the records of DTC or on the records of a participating firm that acts as agent for the financial intermediary, whose interest will in turn be recorded on the records of DTC, if the beneficial owner's financial intermediary is not a DTC participant and on the records of Clearstream or Euroclear, as appropriate. DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among DTC participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between participants' accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities. Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers, dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation ("DTCC"). DTCC, in turn, is owned by a number of participants of DTC and Members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, and Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation (NSCC, FICC and EMCC, also subsidiaries of DTCC), as well as by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly. The DTC rules applicable to its participants are on file with the SEC. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com and www.dtc.org. Under the rules, regulations and procedures creating and affecting DTC and its operations, DTC is required to make book-entry transfers of book-entry certificates, such as the Offered Certificates, among participants on whose behalf it acts with respect to the book-entry certificates and to receive and transmit distributions of principal of and interest on the book-entry certificates. Participants and indirect participants with which beneficial owners have accounts with respect to the book-entry certificates similarly are required to make book-entry transfers and receive and transmit such distributions on behalf of their respective beneficial owners. Beneficial owners that are not participants or indirect participants but desire to purchase, sell or otherwise transfer ownership of, or other interests in, book-entry certificates may do so only through participants and indirect participants. In addition, beneficial owners will receive all distributions of principal and interest from the trustee, or a paying agent on behalf of the trustee, through DTC participants. DTC will forward such distributions to its participants, which thereafter will forward them to indirect participants or beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not be recognized by the trustee or any paying agent as holders of the Offered Certificates, and beneficial owners will be permitted to exercise the rights of the holders of the Offered Certificates only indirectly through DTC and its participants. Because of time zone differences, it is possible that credits of securities received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and dated the business day following the DTC settlement date. Such credits or any transactions in such securities settled during such processing will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream participants on such business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of securities by or through a Clearstream participant or Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but, due to time zone differences, may S-52
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be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC. Transfers between participants will occur in accordance with DTC rules. Transfers between Clearstream participants and Euroclear participants will occur in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures. Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by the relevant depositary, each of which is a participating member of DTC; provided, however, that such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in such system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines. The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to the relevant depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving securities in DTC, and making or receiving distribution in accordance with normal procedures for same day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream participants and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to the relevant depositories for Clearstream or Euroclear. Clearstream holds securities for its participant organizations and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of Clearstream participants, thus eliminating the need for physical movement of securities. Transactions may be settled through Clearstream in many currencies, including United States dollars. Clearstream provides to its Clearstream participants, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. Clearstream participants are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Clearstream participant, either directly or indirectly. Euroclear was created to hold securities for its participants and to clear and settle transactions between its participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. The Euroclear System is owned by Euroclear plc and operated through a license agreement by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., a bank incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (the "EUROCLEAR OPERATOR"). The Euroclear Operator holds securities and book-entry interests in securities for participating organizations and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Euroclear participants, and between Euroclear participants and participants of certain other securities intermediaries through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of such participants or other securities intermediaries. Non-participants of Euroclear may hold and transfer book-entry interests in the Offered Certificates through accounts with a direct participant of Euroclear or any other securities intermediary that holds book-entry interests in the Offered Certificates through one or more securities intermediaries standing between such other securities intermediary and the Euroclear Operator. Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear Operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System, and applicable Belgian law. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear Operator acts only on behalf of Euroclear participants and has no record of or relationship with the persons holding through Euroclear participants. S-53
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Distributions on the book-entry certificates will be made on each Distribution Date by the trustee to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. DTC will be responsible for crediting the amount of such distributions to the accounts of the applicable DTC participants in accordance with DTC's normal procedures. Each DTC participant will be responsible for disbursing such distribution to the beneficial owners of the book-entry certificates that it represents and to each financial intermediary for which it acts as agent. Each such financial intermediary will be responsible for disbursing funds to the beneficial owners of the book-entry certificates that it represents. Under a book-entry format, beneficial owners of the book-entry certificates may experience some delay in their receipt of distributions, since such distributions will be forwarded by the trustee to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Distributions with respect to certificates held through Clearstream or Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants in accordance with the relevant system's rules and procedures, to the extent received by the relevant depositary. Such distributions will be subject to tax reporting in accordance with relevant United States tax laws and regulations. Because DTC can only act on behalf of financial intermediaries, the ability of a beneficial owner to pledge book-entry certificates to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such book-entry certificates, may be limited due to the lack of physical certificates for such book-entry certificates. In addition, issuance of the book-entry certificates in book-entry form may reduce the liquidity of such certificates in the secondary market since certain potential investors may be unwilling to purchase certificates for which they cannot obtain physical certificates. Monthly and annual reports on the trust provided by the trustee to Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, may be made available to beneficial owners upon request, in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures creating and affecting DTC, and to the financial intermediaries to whose DTC accounts the book-entry certificates of such beneficial owners are credited. DTC has advised the depositor that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of the Offered Certificates under the pooling and servicing agreement only at the direction of one or more participants to whose accounts with DTC the book-entry certificates are credited. Additionally, DTC has advised the depositor that it will take such actions with respect to specified percentages of voting rights only at the direction of and on behalf of participants whose holdings of book-entry certificates evidence such specified percentages of voting rights. DTC may take conflicting actions with respect to percentages of voting rights to the extent that participants whose holdings of book-entry certificates evidence such percentages of voting rights authorize divergent action. None of the trust, the depositor, the servicer or the trustee will have any responsibility for any aspect of the records relating to or distributions made on account of beneficial ownership interests of the book-entry certificates held by Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Although DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of certificates among participants of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. See "DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES--BOOK-ENTRY REGISTRATION" in the prospectus. See also the attached Annex I for certain information regarding U.S. federal income tax documentation requirements for investors holding certificates through Clearstream or Euroclear (or through DTC if the holder has an address outside the United States). DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES The Offered Certificates, which will be issued initially as book-entry certificates, will be converted to definitive certificates and reissued to beneficial owners or their nominees, rather than to DTC or its nominee, only if (a) DTC or the depositor advises the trustee in writing that DTC is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as depository with respect to the book-entry certificates and S-54
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the trustee or the depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor or (b) the depositor notifies the trustee and DTC of its intent to terminate the book-entry system through DTC and, upon receipt of notice of such intent from DTC, the participants holding beneficial interests in the certificates agree to initiate such termination. Upon the occurrence of any event described in the immediately preceding paragraph, DTC or the trustee, as applicable, will be required to notify all participants of the availability through DTC of definitive certificates. Upon delivery of definitive certificates, the trustee will reissue the book-entry certificates as definitive certificates to beneficial owners. Distributions of principal of, and interest on, the book-entry certificates will thereafter be made by the trustee, or a paying agent on behalf of the trustee, directly to holders of definitive certificates in accordance with the procedures set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. Definitive certificates will be transferable and exchangeable at the offices of the trustee, its agent or the certificate registrar designated from time to time for those purposes. As of the closing, the trustee designates the offices of its agent located at DB Services Tennessee, 648 Grassmere Park Road, Nashville, Tennessee 37211-3658, Attention: Transfer Unit, for those purposes. No service charge will be imposed for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection with the transfer or exchange. ASSIGNMENT OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS Pursuant to a certain mortgage loan purchase and warranties agreement, Fremont sold the Fremont mortgage loans, without recourse, to GSMC. Pursuant to a certain mortgage loan purchase and sale agreement (the "LONG BEACH SALE AGREEMENT"), Long Beach sold the Long Beach mortgage loans, without recourse, to GSMC. Pursuant to certain mortgage loan purchase and warranties agreement, the related original loan sellers sold the Conduit mortgage loans, without recourse, to GSMC. GSMC will sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey the Fremont mortgage loans, the Long Beach mortgage loans and the Conduit mortgage loans, including all principal outstanding (after giving effect to payments of principal due on that date, whether or not received) as of, and interest due and accruing after, the close of business on the cut-off date, without recourse, to the depositor on the closing date. Pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, the depositor will sell, without recourse, to the trust, all right, title and interest in and to each mortgage loan, including all principal outstanding (after giving effect to payments of principal due on that date, whether or not received) as of, and interest due after, the close of business on the cut-off date. Each such transfer will convey all right, title and interest in and to (a) principal outstanding 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) and (b) interest due and accrued on each such mortgage loan after the close of business on the cut-off date. However, GSMC will not convey to the depositor, and will retain all of its right, title and interest in and to (x) principal due on each mortgage loan on or prior to the cut-off date and principal prepayments in full and curtailments (I.E., partial prepayments) received on each such mortgage loan on or prior to the cut-off date and (y) interest due and accrued on each mortgage loan on or prior to the cut-off date. GSMC will also convey to the depositor, pursuant to an assignment, assumption and recognition agreement (the "FREMONT ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT"), and the depositor will convey to the trust, pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, certain rights of GSMC with respect to the Fremont mortgage loans under the mortgage loan purchase and warranties agreement between Fremont and GSMC. GSMC will also convey to the depositor, pursuant to a reconstitution agreement (the "LONG BEACH RECONSTITUTION AGREEMENT"), and the depositor will convey to the trust, pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, certain rights of GSMC with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans under the Long Beach Sale Agreement. S-55
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DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS In connection with the sale, transfer, assignment or pledge of the mortgage loans to the trust, the depositor will cause to be delivered to the applicable custodian or the trustee, as applicable, on or before the closing date, the following documents with respect to each mortgage loan, which documents constitute the mortgage file: (a) 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; (b) with respect to any Fremont mortgage loan, the original of any guaranty executed in connection with the mortgage note (if any); (c) the related original mortgage and evidence of its recording or, in certain circumstances, (i) in the case of the Fremont mortgage loans, a copy of the mortgage certified by the originator, escrow company, title company, or closing attorney, (ii) in the case of the Long Beach mortgage loans, a copy of the mortgage certified by Long Beach or the applicable public recording office or (iii) a copy of the mortgage together with an officer's certificate of the applicable original loan seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent or closing attorney) stating that such mortgage has been dispatched for recordation and the original recorded mortgage or a copy of such mortgage certified by the appropriate public recording office will be promptly delivered upon receipt by the applicable original loan seller; (d) (A) except with respect to each Long Beach mortgage loan and except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the originals of all intervening mortgage assignment(s), showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the related mortgage loan to the last endorsee or, in certain limited circumstances, (i) a copy of the intervening mortgage assignment together with an officer's certificate (or certified by) of the applicable original loan seller (or certified by the title company, escrow agent or closing attorney) stating that such intervening mortgage assignment has been dispatched for recordation and the original intervening mortgage assignment or a copy of such intervening mortgage assignment certified by the appropriate public recording office will be promptly delivered upon receipt by the applicable original loan seller, or (ii) a copy of the intervening mortgage assignment certified by the appropriate public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the recorded original and (B) with respect to each Long Beach mortgage loan, the intervening mortgage assignment(s), or copies of them certified by Long Beach or the applicable public recording office, showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the related mortgage loan to the last endorsee, which assignment may, at the originator's option, be combined with the assignment referred to in clause (e) below; (e) except with respect to each MERS Designated Mortgage Loan, the original mortgage assignment in recordable form, which, if acceptable for recording in the relevant jurisdiction, may be included in a blanket assignment or assignments, of each mortgage from the last endorsee in blank; (f) originals of all assumption, modification, and except with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans, consolidation and extension agreements, if provided, in those instances where the terms or provisions of a mortgage or mortgage note have been modified or such mortgage or mortgage note has been assumed; (g) (A) except with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans, an original (or a copy of the) lender's title insurance policy or a certified true copy of the related policy binder or commitment for title certified to be true and complete by the title insurance company and (B) with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans, an original (or a copy of the) lender's title insurance policy or an original or copy of the related preliminary title commitment; S-56
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(h) except with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans, the original (or a copy of) any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document executed in connection with the mortgage; and (i) with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans, the original or a copy, certified by the appropriate recording office, of the recorded power of attorney, if the mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with evidence of its recording. Pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, each custodian and the trustee will agree to execute and deliver on or prior to the closing date an acknowledgment of receipt of the original mortgage note, item (a) above, with respect to each of the mortgage loans, with any exceptions noted. Each custodian and the trustee will agree, for the benefit of the holders of the certificates, to review, or cause to be reviewed, each mortgage file within ninety days after the closing date and to deliver a certification generally to the effect that, as to each mortgage loan listed in the schedule of mortgage loans, o all documents required to be reviewed by it pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement are in its possession; o each such document has been reviewed by it and appears regular on its face and relates to such mortgage loan; o based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, certain information set forth on the schedule of mortgage loans accurately reflects the information set forth in the mortgage file delivered on such date; and o each mortgage note has been endorsed as provided in the pooling and servicing agreement. If the applicable custodian or the trustee, as applicable, during the process of reviewing the mortgage files, finds any document constituting a part of a mortgage file that is not executed, has not been received or is unrelated to the mortgage loans, or that any mortgage loan does not conform to the requirements above or to the description of the requirements as set forth in the schedule of mortgage loans, the applicable custodian or the trustee, as applicable, is required to promptly so notify the Fremont, Long Beach or GSMC, as applicable, the servicer and the depositor in writing. Fremont with respect to the Fremont mortgage loans and GSMC with respect to the Conduit mortgage loans will be required to use reasonable efforts to cause to be remedied a material defect in a document constituting part of a mortgage file of which it is so notified by the applicable custodian or the trustee, as applicable. The depositor, with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans, will be required to use reasonable efforts to cause Long Beach to cause to be remedied a material defect in a document constituting part of a mortgage file of which it is so notified by the trustee. If, however, within thirty days (in the case of the Fremont mortgage loans), sixty days (in the case of the Long Beach mortgage loans) or 180 days (in the case of the Conduit mortgage loans) after the earlier of either discovery by or notice to Fremont, Long Beach or GSMC, as applicable, of such defect, the Fremont, Long Beach or GSMC, as applicable, has not caused the defect to be remedied, Fremont, Long Beach or GSMC, as applicable, will be required to either (a) except with respect to Long Beach, substitute in lieu of such mortgage loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan for the defective mortgage loan only within one hundred twenty days of the applicable Original Sale Date, in the case of Fremont, or only within two years of the closing date, in the case of GSMC, and remit to the servicer any Substitution Adjustment Amount or (b) purchase such mortgage loan at a price equal to the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loan as of the date of purchase, plus all related accrued and unpaid interest, plus the amount of any unreimbursed servicing advances made by the servicer or other expenses of the servicer or trustee in connection with the mortgage loan or the purchase, plus any costs and damages incurred by the trust in connection with any violation by the related mortgage loan of any predatory or abusive lending law, which purchase price shall be deposited in the distribution account on the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date after deducting any amounts received in respect of such repurchased mortgage loan or loans and being held in the distribution account for future distribution to the extent such amounts have not yet been applied to principal or interest on such S-57
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mortgage loan. The obligations of Fremont, Long Beach and GSMC to cure such breach or to substitute or purchase any mortgage loan and in the case of Fremont and Long Beach, to indemnify for such breach, constitute the sole remedies respecting a material breach of any such representation or warranty available to the holders of the certificates, the servicer, the custodians, the trustee and the depositor. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS Pursuant to a mortgage loan purchase and warranties agreement and the Fremont Assignment Agreement (collectively, the "FREMONT AGREEMENTS"), Fremont will make certain representations and warranties with respect to each Fremont mortgage loan as of the closing date. Pursuant to the Long Beach Sale Agreement and the Long Beach Reconstitution Agreement (collectively, the "LONG BEACH AGREEMENTS"), Long Beach made certain representations and warranties with respect to each Long Beach mortgage loan as of the related Original Sale Date. Pursuant to a representations and warranties agreement (the "REPRESENTATIONS AGREEMENT"), GSMC will make certain representations and warranties with respect to each Conduit mortgage loan. The representations and warranties made by Fremont and GSMC include, but are not limited to: (1) Except with respect to approximately 0.26% and 1.22% of the Fremont mortgage loans and Conduit mortgage loans, respectively, which were one payment past due as of the cut-off date, and approximately 0.03% of the Fremont mortgage loans which were two payments past due as of the cut-off date, no payment required under the mortgage loan is one-month or more delinquent; (2) The mortgage loan is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including, without limitation, the defense of usury, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the mortgage note or the mortgage, or the exercise of any right under the mortgage note or the mortgage, render either the mortgage note or the mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including without limitation the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect to such mortgage note or mortgage; (3) Pursuant to the terms of the mortgage, all buildings or other improvements upon the mortgaged property are insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire or hazards of extended coverage meeting accepted origination practices; (4) The mortgage loan at origination complied in all material respects with all applicable federal, state and local laws; (5) The mortgage is a valid, subsisting and enforceable first or second (as applicable) lien on the mortgaged property, including all buildings and improvements on the mortgaged property and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to the related mortgaged property, with such exceptions as are generally acceptable to prudent mortgage lending companies, and such other exceptions to which similar properties are commonly subject and which do not individually, or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such mortgage. The lien of the mortgage is subject only to: (A) the related first lien; (B) the lien of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable; (C) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions generally and specifically referred to in the lender's title insurance policy delivered to the originator of the mortgage loan and (a) specifically referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal made for the originator of the mortgage loan or (b) which do not S-58
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adversely affect the appraised value of the mortgaged property set forth in such appraisal; and (D) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related mortgaged property; (6) The mortgage note and the mortgage and any other agreement executed and delivered by a mortgagor in connection with a mortgage loan are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the signatory enforceable in accordance with its terms. To the best of GSMC's knowledge, all parties to the mortgage note, the mortgage and any such other agreement had legal capacity to enter into the mortgage loan and to execute and deliver the mortgage note, the mortgage and any such other agreement, and the mortgage note, the mortgage and any such other agreement have been duly and properly executed by such person; (7) The mortgage loan is covered by an American Land Title Association lender's title insurance policy or other generally acceptable form of policy; (8) Except as otherwise set forth in paragraph (1) above, other than a mortgage loan which is one or more payments past due, there is no default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration under the mortgage or the mortgage note and no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration, and neither GSMC or Fremont, as applicable, nor their affiliates or any of their respective predecessors have waived any default, breach, violation or event which would permit acceleration; (9) The mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder of the mortgage adequate for the realization against the mortgaged property of the benefits of the security provided by the mortgaged property, including, (i) in the case of a mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure; (10) There is no proceeding pending or, to GSMC's or Fremont's knowledge, as applicable, threatened for the total or partial condemnation of the mortgaged property, and the mortgaged property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the mortgaged property as security for the mortgage loan or the use for which the premises were intended; (11) No mortgage loan is classified as (a) a "high cost" loan under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) a "high cost," "covered," (excluding home loans defined as "covered home loans" in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002 that were originated between November 26, 2003 and July 7, 2004), "threshold" or "predatory" loan under any other applicable federal, state or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); (12) No mortgage loan originated on or after October 1, 2002 imposes a prepayment premium for a term in excess of three years after its origination, unless such mortgage loan was modified to reduce the prepayment period to no more than three years from the date of the mortgage note and the mortgagor was notified in writing of such reduction in prepayment premium period. No mortgage loan originated prior to October 1, 2002, imposes a prepayment premium for a term in excess of five years after its origination; (13) No mortgage loan subject to the Georgia Fair Lending Act and secured by property located in the state of Georgia was originated on or after October 1, 2002 and prior to March 7, 2003; S-59
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(14) In connection with the origination of each mortgage loan, no proceeds from any mortgage loan were used to finance a single-premium credit-life insurance policy; (15) The applicable original loan seller has reported or caused to be reported in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) in its mortgagor credit files to Equifax, Experian and TransUnion Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories) on a monthly basis; and (16) With respect to any mortgage loan originated on or after August 1, 2004, neither the related mortgage nor the related mortgage note requires the mortgagor to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the mortgage loan transaction. The representations and warranties made by Long Beach include, but are not limited to: (1) Except with respect to no more than approximately 0.34% of the Long Beach mortgage loans which are one payment past due as of the cut-off date and approximately 0.10% of the Long Beach mortgage loans which are two payments past due as of the cut-off date, there are no defaults in complying with the terms of the mortgage, and either (1) any taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges or ground rents which previously became due and owing have been paid, or (2) an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed but is not yet due and payable; (2) Neither Long Beach nor any prior holder of the related mortgage has modified the mortgage in any respect, satisfied, canceled or subordinated the mortgage in whole or in part; released the related mortgaged property in whole or in part from the lien of the mortgage; or executed any instrument of release, cancellation, modification or satisfaction with respect thereto (except that the mortgage loan may have been modified by a written instrument signed by Long Beach or a prior holder of the mortgage loan); (3) There is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim to the related mortgage note (including any obligation of the mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or interest on the mortgage note) or the related mortgage, nor will the operation of any of the terms of the related mortgage note and the mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the mortgage note or the mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury; and no such right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect thereto; (4) The improvements upon the related mortgaged property are covered by a valid, binding and existing hazard insurance policy with a generally acceptable carrier that provides for fire extended coverage and coverage of such other hazards as are customarily covered by hazard insurance policies with extended coverage in the area where the mortgaged property is located representing coverage not less than the lesser of (A) the sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the related mortgage loan and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the related first lien mortgage loan or (B) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis; (5) Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws or unfair and deceptive practices laws applicable to the mortgage loan including, without limitation, any provisions relating to prepayment penalties, have been complied with, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Sale Agreement does not involve the violation of any such laws or regulations. Each mortgage loan at S-60
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origination complied in all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, without limitation, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws; (6) Each mortgage is a valid, enforceable and perfected second lien on the mortgaged property, including all improvements thereon, subject only to: (A) the lien of non-delinquent current real property taxes and assessments; (B) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, mineral right reservations, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of the mortgage, such exceptions generally being acceptable under prudent mortgage lending standards and specifically reflected in the appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related mortgage loan or specifically referred to in the mortgagee's policy of title insurance; (C) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the mortgage; and (D) a first lien on the mortgaged property; (7) The mortgage note and the related mortgage are genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the mortgagor enforceable against the mortgagor by the mortgagee or its representative in accordance with its terms, except only as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by law. All parties to the mortgage note and the mortgage had full legal capacity to execute all mortgage loan documents and to convey the estate purported to be conveyed by the mortgage and the mortgage note and mortgage have been duly and validly executed by such parties or pursuant to a valid power of attorney that has been recorded with the mortgage; (8) A lender's policy of title insurance together with a condominium endorsement and extended coverage endorsement, if applicable, or a commitment (binder) to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of the mortgage loan, each such policy is valid and remains in full force and effect, the transfer of the mortgage loan to GSMC does not affect the validity or enforceability of such policy and each such policy was issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the related mortgaged property is located and acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and in a form acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on the date of origination of the mortgage loan, which policy insures Long Beach and successor owners of indebtedness secured by the insured mortgage, as to the second priority lien of the mortgage in the original principal amount of the mortgage loan; where required by state law or regulation, the mortgagor has been given the opportunity to choose the carrier of the required mortgage title insurance; no claims have been made under such lender's title insurance policy and no prior holder of the related mortgage, including Long Beach, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender's title insurance policy, including without limitation, no unlawful fee, commission, kickback or other unlawful compensation or value of any kind has been or will be received, retained or realized by any attorney, firm or other person or entity, and no such unlawful items have been received, retained or realized by Long Beach; (9) Except with respect to no more than approximately 0.34% of the Long Beach mortgage loans which are one payment past due as of the cut-off date and approximately 0.10% of the Long Beach mortgage loans which are two payments past due as of the cut-off date, there is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the mortgage or the related mortgage note; and neither Long Beach nor any other entity involved in originating or servicing the mortgage loan has waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration. With respect to each mortgage loan (i) the first lien mortgage loan is in full force and effect, (ii) the first S-61
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lien mortgage or the related first lien mortgage note is not contractually delinquent for more than 30 days, and to the best of Long Beach's knowledge, there is no other default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the first lien mortgage or the related mortgage note, (iii) to the best of Long Beach's knowledge, no event which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration thereunder, and either (A) the first lien mortgage contains a provision which allows or (B) applicable law requires, the mortgagee under the mortgage loan to receive notice of, and affords the mortgagee an opportunity to cure any default by payment in full or otherwise under the first lien mortgage; (10) The mortgage loan was originated by, or generated on behalf of, Long Beach, or originated by a savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state authority, or by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act; (11) The related mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions which render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the realization against the mortgaged property of the benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case of a mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure. There is no homestead or other exemption available to the mortgagor which would interfere with the right to sell the mortgaged property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the mortgage; (12) All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the mortgaged property and, with respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to certificates of occupancy, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities and at the time of origination, the mortgaged property was lawfully occupied under applicable law; (13) The mortgage note is not and has not been secured by any collateral except the lien of the corresponding mortgage and the security interest of any applicable security agreement or chattel mortgage; (14) There is no proceeding pending, or to best of Long Beach's knowledge threatened, for the total or partial condemnation of the mortgaged property or the taking by eminent domain of any mortgaged property; (15) The appraisal of the mortgage loan that was used to determine the appraised value of the related mortgaged property was conducted generally in accordance with Long Beach's underwriting guidelines in effect at the time the mortgage loan was underwritten, and included an assessment by the appraiser of the fair market value of the related mortgaged property at the time of the appraisal. The credit file contains an appraisal of the applicable mortgaged property; (16) No mortgage loan is (a) a "high cost" loan under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) a high cost, predatory or abusive loan under any other state, federal or local law (or any similarly classified loan using different terminology under any law, regulation or ordinance) and that imposes legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees on purchasers or assignees from the originating lender; (17) The prepayment charge with respect to the mortgage loan, if any, is permissible and enforceable in accordance with its terms under applicable law upon the related mortgagor's voluntary principal prepayment (except to the extent that: (1) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally; or (2) the collectability thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary prepayment). If the related mortgage loan was S-62
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originated before October 1, 2002, it does not have a prepayment charge for a term in excess of five years from the date of its origination and if the related mortgage loan was originated on or after October 1, 2002, it does not have a prepayment charge for a term in excess of three years from the date of its origination; (18) No mortgage loan was originated on or after October 1, 2002 and on or prior to March 7, 2003, which is secured by property located in the State of Georgia and no mortgage loan is a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the Georgia Fair Lending Act, as amended; (19) No mortgagor was required to purchase any single premium credit insurance policy (e.g., life, disability, accident, unemployment, or health insurance product) or debt cancellation agreement as a condition of obtaining the extension of credit; no mortgagor obtained a prepaid single premium credit insurance policy (e.g., life, disability, accident, unemployment, mortgage, or health insurance) in connection with the origination of the mortgage loan; no proceeds from any mortgage loan were used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies or debt cancellation agreements as part of the origination of, or as a condition to closing, the mortgage loan; (20) The origination, underwriting and collection practices used by Long Beach with respect to each mortgage loan have been in all respects in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and have been in all material respects proper, prudent and customary in the subprime mortgage origination and servicing business; and (21) Long Beach has in its capacity as servicer, for each mortgage loan, fully furnished, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit repositories), on a monthly basis. Pursuant to the Representations Agreement, GSMC will represent and warrant, with respect to each Long Beach mortgage loan transferred by it, that to GSMC's knowledge, no event has occurred from the applicable Original Sale Date to the closing date which would render the representations and warranties as to such mortgage loan made by Long Beach (other than the representations and warranties in clauses (9)(ii) and (21) above) to be untrue in any material respect. Pursuant to the Fremont Agreements, the Long Beach Agreements and the Representations Agreement, as applicable, upon the discovery by any of a certificateholder, Fremont, Long Beach, GSMC, the servicer, the depositor, the custodians or the trustee that any of the representations and warranties contained in the Fremont Agreements, the Long Beach Agreements or the Representations Agreement, as applicable, have been breached in any material respect as of the date made, with the result that value of, or the interests of the trustee, or the holders of the certificates in the related mortgage loan were materially and adversely affected, the party discovering such breach will be required to give prompt written notice to the other parties. Subject to certain provisions of the Fremont Agreements, the Long Beach Agreements or the Representations Agreement, as applicable, within 30 or 60 days of the earlier to occur of Fremont's, Long Beach's or GSMC's, as applicable, discovery of or its receipt of notice of any such breach with respect to a mortgage loan for which it is making representations and warranties Fremont, Long Beach or GSMC, as applicable, will be required to: o promptly cure such breach in all material respects, o except with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans, remove each mortgage loan which has given rise to the requirement for action by Fremont or GSMC, as applicable, substitute one or more Substitute Mortgage Loans and, if the outstanding principal balance of such Substitute Mortgage Loans as of the date of such substitution is less than the outstanding principal balance, plus accrued and unpaid interest, of the replaced S-63
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mortgage loans as of the date of substitution, deliver to the depositor the amount of such shortfall (the "SUBSTITUTION ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT"), provided that such substitution occurs within 120 days of the applicable Original Sale Date with respect to the Fremont mortgage loans and within two years after the closing date with respect to any Conduit mortgage loans, or o repurchase such mortgage loan at a repurchase price equal to the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loan as of the date of repurchase, plus all related accrued and unpaid interest at the applicable interest rate, plus the amount of any outstanding advances owed to and reasonably incurred by any servicer, plus all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the servicer or the trustee in connection with the mortgage loan or the enforcement of the repurchase obligation and any costs and damages incurred by the trust in connection with any violation by the related mortgage loan of any predatory or abusive lending law. Investors should also note that GSMC will represent and warrant that (i) to its knowledge, between the date on which GSMC purchased the Fremont mortgage loans and the Long Beach mortgage loans and the closing date and (ii) with respect to each Conduit mortgage loan, each mortgaged property was not damaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the mortgaged property as security for the mortgage loan or the use for which the premises were intended and each mortgaged property continues to be in good repair. In the event of a material breach of this representation and warranty, determined, in the case of the Fremont mortgage loans and Long Beach mortgage loans, without regard to whether GSMC had knowledge of any such damage, GSMC will be required to cure, substitute for or repurchase the affected mortgage loan. Any such repurchase will have the same effect as a prepayment of a mortgage loan. Any damage to a property that secures a mortgage loan in the trust occurring after the closing date will not be a breach of such representation and warranty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to the terms of the Fremont Agreements, the Long Beach Agreements and the Representations Agreement, as applicable, in the event of discovery by any party to the pooling and servicing agreement that a mortgage loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code resulting from a breach of any representation or warranty contained in the Fremont Agreements, the Long Beach Agreements or the Representations Agreement, as applicable, Fremont, Long Beach or GSMC, as applicable, will be required to repurchase the related mortgage loan at the repurchase price within sixty days of such discovery or receipt of notice. The repurchase price with respect to such mortgage loan will be required to be deposited into the distribution account on the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date after deducting any amounts received in respect of such repurchased mortgage loan or mortgage loans and being held in the distribution account for future distribution to the extent such amounts have not yet been applied to principal or interest on such mortgage loan. The Fremont Agreements, the Long Beach Agreements and each of the mortgage loan purchase and warranties agreements with respect to the Conduit mortgage loans require the related original loan seller to repurchase any mortgage loan where the mortgagor fails to make its first payment, or first and second payment in the case of the Conduit mortgage loans, after the applicable "ORIGINAL SALE DATE". It is possible that a mortgagor with respect to a mortgage loan transferred to the trust might have failed to make its first payment (or their first and second payment, in the case of a Conduit mortgage loan) after the applicable Original Sale Date. In that circumstance, the trustee, at its option, may direct Fremont with respect to the Fremont mortgage loans, Long Beach with respect to the Long Beach mortgage loans and GSMC with respect to the Conduit mortgage loans, to repurchase such mortgage loans from the trust at the repurchase price described in the third preceding paragraph. In addition, the Fremont and Long Beach are obligated to indemnify the depositor, the servicer, the trust and the trustee for any third-party claims arising out of a breach by the Fremont or Long Beach, as applicable, of representations or warranties regarding the related mortgage loans. The obligations of Fremont, Long Beach and GSMC to cure such breach or repurchase or, in the case of Fremont, to S-64
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substitute for any mortgage loan and to indemnify for such breach constitute the sole remedies respecting a material breach of any such representation or warranty to the holders of the certificates, the servicer, the trustee and the depositor. The obligations of GSMC to cure such breach or to substitute or repurchase the applicable mortgage loan will constitute the sole remedies respecting a material breach of any such representation or warranty to the holders of the certificates, the servicer, the custodians, the trustee and the depositor. PAYMENTS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS The pooling and servicing agreement provides that the servicer is required to establish and maintain a separate collection account. The pooling and servicing agreement permits the servicer to direct any depository institution maintaining the collection account to invest the funds in the collection account in one or more eligible investments that mature, unless payable on demand, no later than the business day preceding the Servicer Remittance Date, as described below. The servicer is obligated to deposit or cause to be deposited in the collection account within two business days after receipt, amounts representing the following payments and other collections received by it on or with respect to the mortgage loans after the cut-off date, other than in respect of monthly payments on the mortgage loans due and accrued on each mortgage loan up to and including any due date occurring prior to the cut-off date: o all payments on account of principal, including prepayments of principal on the mortgage loans; o all payments on account of interest on the mortgage loans; o all Liquidation Proceeds; o all Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds on the mortgage loans to the extent such Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of the related mortgaged property or released to the related borrower in accordance with the express requirements of law or in accordance with prudent and customary servicing practices; o all Substitution Adjustment Amounts for Substitute Mortgage Loans; o all other amounts required to be deposited in the collection account pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement; and o any amounts required to be deposited in connection with net losses realized on investments of funds in the collection account. The servicer is not permitted to commingle funds in the collection account with any other funds or assets. The trustee will be obligated to set up a distribution account with respect to the certificates into which the servicer will be required to deposit or cause to be deposited the funds required to be remitted by the servicer on the Servicer Remittance Date. The pooling and servicing agreement permits, but does not obligate, the trustee to invest funds in the distribution account for its own benefit in one or more eligible investments that mature, unless payable on demand, no later than the business day preceding the related distribution date. The funds required to be remitted by the servicer on each Servicer Remittance Date will be equal to the sum, without duplication, of: S-65
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o all collections of scheduled principal and interest on the mortgage loans received by the servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date; o all principal prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds on the mortgage loans, if any, collected by the servicer during the related Prepayment Period; o all P&I Advances made by the servicer with respect to payments due to be received on the mortgage loans on the related due date; o amounts of compensating interest required to be deposited in connection with principal prepayments that are received on the mortgage loans during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring in the prior calendar month, as described under "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT--PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALLS" in this prospectus supplement; and o any other amounts required to be placed in the collection account by the servicer pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, but excluding the following: (a) for any mortgage loan with respect to which the servicer has previously made an unreimbursed P&I Advance, amounts received on such mortgage loan which represent late payments of principal and interest, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds, to the extent of such unreimbursed P&I Advance; (b) amounts received on a particular mortgage loan with respect to which the servicer has previously made an unreimbursed servicing advance, to the extent of such unreimbursed servicing advance; (c) for such Servicer Remittance Date, the aggregate servicing fee; (d) all net income from eligible investments that are held in the collection account for the account of the servicer; (e) all amounts actually recovered by the servicer in respect of late fees, assumption fees and similar fees; (f) for all mortgage loans for which P&I Advances or servicing advances are determined to be non-recoverable, all amounts equal to unreimbursed P&I Advances and servicing advances for such mortgage loans; (g) certain other amounts which are reimbursable to the depositor or the servicer as provided in the pooling and servicing agreement; (h) all funds inadvertently placed in the collection account by the servicer; and (i) all collections of principal and interest on the mortgage loans not required to be remitted on each Servicer Remittance Date. The amounts described in clauses (a) through (i) above may be withdrawn by the servicer from the collection account on or prior to each Servicer Remittance Date. S-66
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DISTRIBUTIONS Distributions on the certificates will be required to be made by the trustee on the 25th day of each month, or, if that day is not a business day, on the first business day thereafter, commencing in May 2006 (each, a "DISTRIBUTION DATE"), to the persons in whose names the certificates are registered on the related Record Date. Distributions on each Distribution Date will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the certificateholder at a bank or other depository institution having appropriate wire transfer facilities as directed by that certificateholder in its written wire instructions provided to the trustee or if no wire instructions are provided then by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to the distribution as it appears on the applicable certificate register. However, the final distribution in retirement of the certificates will be made only upon presentment and surrender of those certificates at the office of the trustee designated from time to time for those purposes. Initially, the trustee designates the offices of its agent located at DB Services Tennessee, 648 Grassmere Park Road, Nashville, Tennessee 37211-3658, Attention: Securities Payment Unit, for purposes of the surrender of certificates for the final distribution ADMINISTRATION FEES As described under the definition of "Available Funds" included in the "GLOSSARY OF TERMS" in this prospectus supplement, funds collected on the mortgage loans that are available for distribution to certificateholders will be net of the servicing fee and trustee fee payable on each mortgage loan. On each Distribution Date, the servicer, the custodians and the trustee will be entitled to their fee prior to the certificateholders receiving any distributions. The servicing fee and trustee fee for any Distribution Date for any mortgage loan will be an amount equal to one-twelfth of the servicing fee rate or trustee fee rate, as applicable, on the stated principal balance of such mortgage loan. Each custodian is entitled, with respect to each applicable mortgage loan, to custodial fees in accordance with a fee schedule, which will be remitted to the custodians by the trustee and will be payable from the monthly trustee fee. The following table identifies the per annum fee rate applicable in calculating the servicing fee and the trustee fee. FEE PER ANNUM FEE RATE ------------------------------- --------------------------- Servicing Fee 0.50% Trustee Fee less than or equal to 0.01% PRIORITY OF DISTRIBUTIONS AMONG CERTIFICATES As more fully described in this prospectus supplement, distributions on the certificates will be made on each Distribution Date from Available Funds and will be made to the classes of certificates in the following order of priority: (1) to interest on each class of Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates and unpaid interest on the Class A certificates, in the order and subject to the priorities set forth below under "--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL"; (2) to principal on the classes of Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates then entitled to receive distributions of principal, in the order and subject to the priorities set forth below under "--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL"; S-67
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(3) to unpaid interest on the Offered Certificates, other than the Class A certificates, and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates in the order and subject to the priorities described below under "--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL"; (4) to deposit into the Excess Reserve Fund Account to cover any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount; and (5) to be released to the Class X certificates, in each case subject to certain limitations set forth below under "--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL." DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL For any Distribution Date, the "PASS-THROUGH RATE" for each class of Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates will be a per annum rate as set forth below: (a) for the Class A-1 certificates, 6.085%, or on the Distribution Date immediately following the initial Distribution Date on which the Optional Clean-up Call is exercisable and each Distribution Date thereafter, 6.585%; (b) for the Class A-2 certificates, 5.769%, or on the Distribution Date immediately following the initial Distribution Date on which the Optional Clean-up Call is exercisable and each Distribution Date thereafter, 6.269%; (c) for the LIBOR Certificates, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR plus the related fixed margin for that class and that Distribution Date and (2) the WAC Cap; (d) for the Class M-5 certificates, the lesser of (1) 7.175%, or on the Distribution Date immediately following the initial Distribution Date on which the Optional Clean-up Call is exercisable and each Distribution Date thereafter, 7.675% and (2) the WAC Cap; (e) for the Class M-6 certificates, the lesser of (1) 7.325%, or on the Distribution Date immediately following the initial Distribution Date on which the Optional Clean-up Call is exercisable and each Distribution Date thereafter, 7.825% and (2) the WAC Cap; (f) for the Class M-7 certificates, the lesser of (1) 7.000%, or on the Distribution Date immediately following the initial Distribution Date on which the Optional Clean-up Call is exercisable and each Distribution Date thereafter, 7.500% and (2) the WAC Cap; (g) for the Class B-1 certificates, the lesser of (1) 7.000%, or on the Distribution Date immediately following the initial Distribution Date on which the Optional Clean-up Call is exercisable and each Distribution Date thereafter, 7.500% and (2) the WAC Cap; and (h) for the Class B-2 certificates, the lesser of (1) 7.000%, or on the Distribution Date immediately following the initial Distribution Date on which the Optional Clean-up Call is exercisable and each Distribution Date thereafter, 7.500% and (2) the WAC Cap. The "WAC CAP" will be a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the interest rates for each mortgage loan (in each case, less the applicable Expense Fee Rate) then in effect on the beginning of the related Due Period on the mortgage loans, multiplied, in the case of the LIBOR Certificates, by 30 divided by the actual number of days in such Interest Accrual Period. The fixed margin for each class of LIBOR Certificates is as follows: Class A-3, 0.200%; Class M-1, 0.370%; Class M-2, 0.390%; Class M-3, 0.520%; and Class M-4: 0.580%. On the Distribution Date immediately following the Distribution Date on which the Optional Clean-up Call is exercisable and each Distribution Date thereafter, the pass-through margin for each class of LIBOR Certificates will increase to S-68
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the following: Class A-3, 0.400%; Class M-1, 0.555%; Class M-2, 0.585%; Class M-3, 0.780%; and Class M-4: 0.870%. On each Distribution Date, distributions in reduction of the Class Certificate Balance of the certificates entitled to receive distributions of principal will be made in an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount. The "PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT" for each Distribution Date will equal the sum of (i) the Basic Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date and (ii) the Extra Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date. On each Distribution Date, the trustee will be required to make the disbursements and transfers specified below from the Available Funds then on deposit in the distribution account in the following order of priority: (i) to the holders of each class of Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates in the following order of priority: (A) from the Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class A certificates, on a pro rata basis based on their respective entitlements, the Accrued Certificate Interest and Unpaid Interest Amounts for those classes; (B) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class M-1 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class; (C) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class M-2 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class; (D) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class M-3 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class; (E) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class M-4 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class; (F) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class M-5 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class; (G) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class M-6 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class; (H) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class M-7 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class; (I) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class B-1 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class; and (J) from any remaining Interest Remittance Amount, to the Class B-2 certificates, the Accrued Certificate Interest for that class. (ii) (A) on each Distribution Date (a) before the Stepdown Date or (b) with respect to which a Trigger Event is in effect, to the holders of the class or classes of Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates then entitled to distributions of principal as set forth below, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount, sequentially to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates, in that order, until their respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero; S-69
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(B) on each Distribution Date (a) on and after the Stepdown Date and (b) as long as a Trigger Event is not in effect, to the holders of the class or classes of Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates then entitled to distribution of principal an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount in the following amounts and order of priority: (a) to the Class A certificates, the lesser of (x) the Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount, allocated sequentially to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates, in that order, until the respective Class Certificate Balances are reduced to zero; (b) to the Class M-1 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above and (y) the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; (c) to the Class M-2 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above and to the Class M-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above and (y) the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; (d) to the Class M-3 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above and to the Class M-2 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above and (y) the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; (e) to the Class M-4 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above and to the Class M-3 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above and (y) the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; (f) to the Class M-5 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above and to the Class M-4 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above and (y) the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; (g) to the Class M-6 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above and to the Class M-5 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above and (y) the Class M-6 S-70
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Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; (h) to the Class M-7 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above and to the Class M-6 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above and (y) the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; (i) to the Class B-1 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above and to the Class M-7 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above (y) the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero; and (j) to the Class B-2 certificates, the lesser of (x) the excess of (i) the Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount distributed to the Class A certificates in clause (ii)(B)(a) above, to the Class M-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(b) above, to the Class M-2 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(c) above, to the Class M-3 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(d) above, to the Class M-4 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(e) above, to the Class M-5 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(f) above, to the Class M-6 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(g) above, to the Class M-7 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(h) above and to the Class B-1 certificates in clause (ii)(B)(i) above and (y) the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount until their Class Certificate Balance has been reduced to zero. (iii) any amount remaining after the distributions in clauses (i) and (ii) above is required to be distributed in the following order of priority with respect to the certificates: (A) to the holders of the Class M-1 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; (B) to the holders of the Class M-2 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; (C) to the holders of the Class M-3 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; (D) to the holders of the Class M-4 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; (E) to the holders of the Class M-5 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; S-71
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(F) to the holders of the Class M-6 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; (G) to the holders of the Class M-7 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; (H) to the holders of the Class B-1 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; (I) to the holders of the Class B-2 certificates, any Unpaid Interest Amount for that class; (J) to the Excess Reserve Fund Account, the amount of any Basis Risk Payment for that Distribution Date, to the extent not covered, in the case of the LIBOR Certificates, by Yield Maintenance Agreement Payments; (K) from funds on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account (not including any Yield Maintenance Agreement Payments included in that account), an amount equal to any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount with respect to the LIBOR Certificates and the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates for that Distribution Date, FIRST, to the Class A-3 certificates, SECOND, to the Class M-1 certificates, THIRD, to the Class M-2 certificates, FOURTH, to the Class M-3 certificates, FIFTH, to the Class M-4 certificates, SIXTH, to the Class M-5 certificates, SEVENTH, to the Class M-6 certificates, EIGHTH, to the Class M-7 certificates, NINTH, to the Class B-1 certificates and TENTH, to the Class B-2 certificates, in each case up to their respective unpaid remaining Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts, in each case to the extent not covered by the Yield Maintenance Agreement Payments; (L) to the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates, any Relief Act Shortfalls, on a pro rata basis; (M) to the Class X certificates, those amounts as set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement; and (N) to the holders of the Class R certificates, any remaining amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Stepdown Date is the date on which the Class Certificate Balance of the Class A certificates is reduced to zero, any Principal Distribution Amount remaining after distribution thereof to the Class A certificates will be included as part of the distributions pursuant to clause (ii)(B) above. Notwithstanding the reduction of the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Class M, Class B and Class X certificates to zero, any principal distributions allocated to the Class A Certificates will be allocated concurrently on a pro rata basis by aggregate Class Certificate Balance to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates. On each Distribution Date, the trustee is required to distribute to the holders of the Class P certificates all amounts representing Prepayment Premiums in respect of the mortgage loans received during the related Prepayment Period, as set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. If on any Distribution Date, after giving effect to all distributions of principal as described above and application of any amounts received under the Yield Maintenance Agreement, the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the mortgage loans for that Distribution Date, the Class Certificate Balance of the applicable Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 or Class B-2 certificates will be reduced, in inverse order of seniority (beginning with the Class B-2 certificates) by an amount equal to that excess, until that S-72
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Class Certificate Balance is reduced to zero. That reduction is referred to as an "APPLIED REALIZED LOSS AMOUNT." No Applied Realized Loss Amounts will be allocated to the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 certificates. In the event Applied Realized Loss Amounts are allocated to any classes of certificates, their Class Certificate Balances will be reduced by the amount so allocated, and no funds will be distributable with respect to the written down amounts or with respect to interest or Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts on the written down amounts on that Distribution Date or any future Distribution Dates, even if funds are otherwise available for distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if after an Applied Realized Loss Amount is allocated to reduce the Class Certificate Balance of any class of certificates, prior to the time a mortgage loan is charged off as described in "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT--REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS" in this prospectus supplement, amounts are received with respect to that mortgage loan or related mortgaged property that had previously been liquidated or otherwise disposed of (any such amount being referred to as a "SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY"), the Class Certificate Balance of each class of certificates that has been previously reduced by Applied Realized Loss Amounts will be increased in order of seniority, by the amount of the Subsequent Recoveries (but not in excess of the Applied Realized Loss Amount allocated to the applicable class of certificates). Any Subsequent Recovery that is received during a Prepayment Period will be treated as Liquidation Proceeds and included as part of the Principal Remittance Amount for the related Distribution Date. On any Distribution Date, any shortfalls resulting from the application of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or other similar state statute (a "RELIEF ACT SHORTFALL") not covered pursuant to clause (iii) above, and any prepayment interest shortfalls not covered by Compensating Interest (as further described in "THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT--PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALLS" in this prospectus supplement) will be allocated as a reduction to the Accrued Certificate Interest for the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates on a pro rata basis based on the respective amounts of interest accrued on those certificates for that Distribution Date. THE HOLDERS OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS B-1 CERTIFICATES AND CLASS B-2 CERTIFICATES WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE ALLOCATION OF ANY OF THOSE SHORTFALLS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE. CALCULATION OF ONE-MONTH LIBOR On each LIBOR Determination Date, the trustee will be required to determine One-Month LIBOR for the next Interest Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates. EXCESS RESERVE FUND ACCOUNT The "BASIS RISK PAYMENT" for any Distribution Date will be the aggregate of the Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts for that date. However, with respect to any Distribution Date, the payment cannot exceed the amount of Available Funds otherwise distributable on the Class X certificates. If on any Distribution Date, the Pass-Through Rate for any class of LIBOR Certificates and the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates is based upon the WAC Cap, the sum of (x) the excess of (i) the amount of interest that class of certificates would have been entitled to receive on that Distribution Date had the Pass-Through Rate not been subject to the WAC Cap, over (ii) the amount of interest that class of certificates received on that Distribution Date based on its capped Pass-Through Rate and (y) the unpaid portion of any such excess described in clause (x) from prior Distribution Dates (and related accrued interest at the then applicable Pass-Through Rate on that class of certificates, without giving effect to the WAC Cap) is the "BASIS RISK CARRY FORWARD AMOUNT" for those classes of certificates. Any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount on any class of certificates will be paid on that Distribution Date or future Distribution Dates from and to the extent of funds available for distribution to that class of certificates in the Excess Reserve Fund Account with respect to such Distribution Date (each as described in this prospectus supplement), in the case of the LIBOR Certificates, to the extent not previously reimbursed by the Yield Maintenance Agreement. In the event any class of certificates is no longer outstanding, the applicable certificateholders will not be entitled to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts for that class of certificates, except to the extent the Class Certificate Balance of that class of certificates is increased as a result of any Subsequent Recoveries. In the event the Class Certificate Balance of any class of LIBOR Certificates or the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, S-73
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Class B-1 or Class B-2 Certificates is reduced because of Applied Realized Loss Amounts (and is not subsequently increased as a result of any Subsequent Recoveries), the applicable certificateholders will not be entitled to receive Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts on the written down amounts on that Distribution Date or any future Distribution Dates, even if funds are otherwise available for distribution. The ratings on the certificates do not address the likelihood of the payment of any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount. Pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, an account (referred to as the "EXCESS RESERVE FUND ACCOUNT") will be established, which is held in trust, as part of the trust fund, by the trustee. The Excess Reserve Fund Account will not be an asset of any REMIC. Holders of the LIBOR Certificates and the Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7, Class B-1 and Class B-2 certificates will be entitled to receive, to the extent described in this prospectus supplement, payments from the Excess Reserve Fund Account in an amount equal to any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for that class of certificates. The Excess Reserve Fund Account is required to be funded from amounts otherwise to be paid to the Class X certificates and any Yield Maintenance Agreement Payments. Holders of the LIBOR Certificates will also be entitled to receive, to the extent described in this prospectus supplement, Yield Maintenance Agreement Payments, if any, deposited into the Excess Reserve Fund Account with respect to any Distribution Date to cover Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts on the LIBOR Certificates prior to the application, for that purpose, of any amounts that would otherwise be paid to the Class X certificates. Any distribution by the trustee from amounts in the Excess Reserve Fund Account is required to be made on the applicable Distribution Date. YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT The trust will have the benefit of a yield maintenance agreement (the "YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT") for the benefit of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates with an initial notional amount of approximately $106,768,083. The Yield Maintenance Agreement is provided by Goldman Sachs Mitsui Marine Derivative Products, L.P. (the "YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT PROVIDER"). The Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider is primarily engaged in the business of dealing in derivative instruments. The Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider has a counterparty rating of "Aaa" from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and a credit rating of "AA+" from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider is an affiliate of the sponsor, the depositor and the underwriter. All obligations of the depositor under the Yield Maintenance Agreement will be paid on or prior to the closing date. On the business day prior to each Distribution Date, the Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider will be obligated under the Yield Maintenance Agreement to pay to the trustee for an amount equal to the product of (a) the number of basis points by which (i) one-month LIBOR (determined in accordance with the terms of the Yield Maintenance Agreement) exceeds (ii) 5.90%, (b) a notional amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount set forth as the yield maintenance agreement notional amount on the schedule attached as Annex II to this prospectus supplement and (ii) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the LIBOR Certificates, and (c) the actual number of days in the applicable interest accrual period divided by 360. Amounts, if any, payable under the Yield Maintenance Agreement with respect to any Distribution Date will be applied as follows: (i) to the LIBOR Certificates, to pay Accrued Certificate Interest and, if applicable, any Unpaid Interest Amounts as described in clause (i) under "--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL" above, to the extent unpaid from other Available Funds; (ii) to the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates, as part of the Extra Principal Distribution Amount, to pay principal as described in clause (ii) under "--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL" above, but only to the extent necessary to maintain or restore the Overcollateralized Amount by covering current period or prior period Realized Losses (prior to distribution of any amounts due); S-74
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(iii) to the LIBOR Certificates, to pay any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts, in the priority described in clause (iii)(K) under "--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL" above; and (iv) to the Class X certificates, any remaining amounts. The Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider's obligations under the Yield Maintenance Agreement will terminate following the Distribution Date in November 2010. The significance percentage (as calculated in accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB) of the Yield Maintenance Agreement is less than 10%. The Yield Maintenance Agreement Provider may be replaced in certain circumstances, including if the aggregate significance percentage of the Yield Maintenance Agreement is equal to or greater than 10%. OVERCOLLATERALIZATION PROVISIONS The Total Monthly Excess Spread, if any, on any Distribution Date may be applied as an accelerated payment of principal of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates, to the limited extent described below. Any such application of Total Monthly Excess Spread to the payment of Extra Principal Distribution Amount to the class or classes of certificates then entitled to distributions of principal would have the effect of accelerating the amortization of those certificates relative to the amortization of the mortgage loans. The portion, if any, of the Available Funds and Yield Maintenance Agreement Payments not required to be distributed to holders of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates as described above on any Distribution Date will be paid to the holders of the Class X certificates, to the extent not needed to cover Unpaid Interest Amounts, Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts or Relief Act Shortfalls, and will not be available on any future Distribution Date to cover Extra Principal Distribution Amounts. With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the mortgage loans for that Distribution Date over (b) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates as of that date (after taking into account the distribution of the Principal Remittance Amount on those certificates on that Distribution Date) is the "OVERCOLLATERALIZED AMOUNT" as of that Distribution Date. As of the closing date the amount of initial overcollateralization is equal to approximately 2.85%. The pooling and servicing agreement requires that the Total Monthly Excess Spread be applied, after application of any amounts received under the Yield Maintenance Agreement available for such purpose, on each Distribution Date, as an accelerated payment of principal on the certificates then entitled to receive distributions of principal to the extent that the Specified Overcollateralized Amount exceeds the Overcollateralized Amount as of that Distribution Date (the excess is referred to as an "OVERCOLLATERALIZATION DEFICIENCY"). Any amount of Total Monthly Excess Spread and amounts received under the Yield Maintenance Agreement and available for such purpose actually applied as an accelerated payment of principal is an "EXTRA PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT." The required level of the Overcollateralized Amount with respect to a Distribution Date is the "SPECIFIED OVERCOLLATERALIZED AMOUNT" and is set forth in the definition of Specified Overcollateralized Amount in the "GLOSSARY OF TERMS" in this prospectus supplement. As described above, the Specified Overcollateralized Amount may, over time, decrease, subject to certain floors and triggers. If a Trigger Event occurs, the Specified Overcollateralized Amount may not "step down." Total Monthly Excess Spread will then be applied to the payment in reduction of principal of the class or classes of certificates then entitled to distributions of principal during the period that a Trigger Event is in effect. In the event that a Specified Overcollateralized Amount is permitted to decrease or "step down" on a Distribution Date in the future, or in the event that an Excess Overcollateralized Amount otherwise exists, the pooling and servicing agreement provides that some or all of the principal which would otherwise be distributed to the holders of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates on that Distribution Date will be distributed to the holders of the Class X certificates on that Distribution Date (to the extent not required to pay Unpaid Interest Amounts, Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts or Relief Act Shortfalls to the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and S-75
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Class B-2 certificates) until the Excess Overcollateralized Amount is reduced to zero. This has the effect of decelerating the amortization of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates relative to the amortization of the mortgage loans, and of reducing the related Overcollateralized Amount. With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralized Amount on that Distribution Date over (b) the Specified Overcollateralized Amount is the "EXCESS OVERCOLLATERALIZED AMOUNT" with respect to that Distribution Date. If, on any Distribution Date, the Excess Overcollateralized Amount is, or, after taking into account all other distributions to be made on that Distribution Date, would be, greater than zero (I.E., the related Overcollateralized Amount is or would be greater than the related Specified Overcollateralized Amount), then any amounts relating to principal which would otherwise be distributed to the holders of the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates on that Distribution Date will instead be distributed to the holders of the Class X certificates (to the extent not required to pay Unpaid Interest Amounts, Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts or Relief Act Shortfalls to the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates) in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Excess Overcollateralized Amount and (y) the Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow (referred to as the "OVERCOLLATERALIZATION REDUCTION AMOUNT" for that Distribution Date). The "NET MONTHLY EXCESS CASH FLOW" is the amount of Available Funds remaining after the amount necessary to make all payments of interest and principal to the Offered Certificates and the Class B-1 certificates and Class B-2 certificates. REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS On each Distribution Date the trustee will make available to the depositor and each holder of an Offered Certificate a distribution report, based in part on information provided to the trustee by the servicer, containing the following: o the amount of the distribution allocable to principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount of any principal prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds included in that distribution; o the amount of the distribution allocable to interest, any Unpaid Interest Amounts included in such distribution and any remaining Unpaid Interest Amounts after giving effect to such distribution, any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount for such Distribution Date and the amount of all Basis Risk Carry Forward Amounts covered by withdrawals from the Excess Reserve Fund Account on such Distribution Date; o 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 of the shortfall as between principal and interest, including any Basis Risk Carry Forward Amount not covered by amounts in the Excess Reserve Fund Account; o the Class Certificate Balance of each class of certificates after giving effect to the distribution of principal on such Distribution Date; o the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the mortgage loans for the following Distribution Date; o the amount of the expenses and fees paid to or retained by the servicer and paid to or retained by the trustee with respect to such Distribution Date; o the Pass-Through Rate for each such class of certificates with respect to such Distribution Date; o the amount of advances included in the distribution on such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of advances reported by the servicer (and the trustee as successor servicer and any other successor servicer, if applicable) as outstanding (if reported by the servicer) as of the close of business on the Determination Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date; S-76
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o the number and aggregate outstanding principal balances of mortgage loans (1) as to which the scheduled payment is delinquent 31 to 60 days, 61 to 90 days, 91 to 120 days, 121 to 150 days, 151 to 180 days and more than 180 days, (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; o for each of the preceding 12 calendar months, or all calendar months since the related cut-off date, whichever is less, the aggregate dollar amount of the scheduled payments (A) due on all outstanding mortgage loans on each of the Due Dates in each such month and (B) delinquent 60 days or more on each of the Due Dates in each such month; o with respect to all mortgage loans that became REO properties during the preceding calendar month, the aggregate number of such mortgage loans and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of such mortgage loans as of the close of business on the last business day of the immediately preceding month; o the total number and principal balance of any REO properties (and market value, if available) as of the close of business on the last business day of the immediately preceding month; o whether a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing; o the amount on deposit in the Excess Reserve Fund Account (after giving effect to distributions on such Distribution Date); o in the aggregate and for each class of certificates, the aggregate amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts incurred during the preceding calendar month and aggregate Applied Realized Loss Amounts through such Distribution Date; o the amount of any Net Monthly Excess Cash Flow on such Distribution Date and the allocation of it to the certificateholders with respect to Unpaid Interest Amounts; o the Overcollateralized Amount and Specified Overcollateralized Amount; o Prepayment Premiums collected by the servicer; o 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; o the amount distributed on the Class X certificates; o the amount of any Subsequent Recoveries for such Distribution Date; o the amount, if any, of any Yield Maintenance Agreement Payment for such distribution date; and o the Record Date for such Distribution Date. The monthly distribution report will be filed with the SEC through its EDGAR system located at http://www.sec.gov under the name of the issuing entity as an exhibit to the issuing entity's Form 10-D for so long as the issuing entity is subject to the reporting requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The trustee will provide the monthly distribution report via the trustee's internet website. The trustee's website will initially be located at https://www.tss.db.com/invr and assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the trustee's investor relations desk at 1-800-735-7777. Parties that are unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by calling the investor relations desk and requesting a copy. The trustee will have the right to change the way the monthly statements to certificateholders are distributed in order to make such S-77
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distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the trustee shall provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such changes. As a condition to access the trustee's internet website, the trustee may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. Reports on Forms 10-D, 10-K and 8-K that have been filed with respect to the trust through the EDGAR system will not be made available on the website of any party to this transaction. However, the trustee will provide electronic or paper copies of those filings free of charge upon request. The trustee will not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with the pooling and servicing agreement. The trustee will also be entitled to rely on but shall not be responsible for the content or accuracy of any information provided by third parties for purposes of preparing the monthly distribution report and may affix to that report any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party). Any materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in conjunction with this issuance may be read and copied at the Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The issuing entity's annual reports, monthly distribution reports, current reports and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)) may also be obtained at the Securities and Exchange Commission's internet site located at http://www.sec.gov. Such filings will be made under the name of GS Mortgage Securities Corp. and under the Securities and Exchange Commission file number 333-127620. THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT GENERAL Ocwen will act as the servicer of the mortgage loans under the pooling and servicing agreement. See "THE SERVICER" in this prospectus supplement. In servicing the mortgage loans, the servicer will be required to use the same care as it customarily employs in servicing and administering similar mortgage loans for its own account, in accordance with customary and standard mortgage servicing practices of mortgage lenders and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans and in accordance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement. SUBSERVICERS The servicer may enter into subservicing agreements with subservicers for the servicing and administration of the mortgage loans. The terms of any subservicing agreement may not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement. Any subservicing agreement will include the provision that such agreement may be immediately terminated by the depositor or the trustee without fee, in accordance with the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement, in the event that the subservicer, for any reason, is no longer the subservicer (including termination due to a servicer event of default). The servicer will remain obligated and primarily liable to the trust and the trustee for the servicing and administering of the mortgage loans in accordance with the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of the subservicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the subservicer and to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the servicer alone were servicing and administering the mortgage loans. The servicer will be solely liable for all fees owed by it to any subservicer, regardless of whether the servicer's compensation is sufficient to pay the subservicer fees. S-78
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SERVICING, TRUSTEE AND CUSTODIAL FEES AND OTHER COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT OF EXPENSES As compensation for its activities as servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement, the servicer is entitled with respect to each mortgage loan serviced by it to the servicing fee, which will be retained by the servicer or payable monthly from amounts on deposit in the collection account. The servicing fee is required to be an amount equal to one-twelfth of the servicing fee rate for the applicable mortgage loan on the Stated Principal Balance of such mortgage loan. See "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--ADMINISTRATION FEES" in this prospectus supplement. In addition, the servicer is entitled to receive, as additional servicing compensation, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related mortgage notes, any late payment charges, modification fees, assumption fees or similar items (other than Prepayment Premiums). The servicer is also entitled to withdraw from the collection account any net interest or other income earned on deposits in the collection account and any excess interest resulting from principal prepayments occurring during the portion of the Prepayment Period occurring in the same month as the related Distribution Date. The servicer is required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities under the pooling and servicing agreement and is not entitled to reimbursement for such expenses, except as specifically provided in the pooling and servicing agreement. As compensation for its activities as trustee under the pooling and servicing agreement, the trustee will be entitled with respect to each mortgage loan to the trustee fee, which will be remitted to the trustee monthly by the servicer from amounts on deposit in the collection account. The trustee fee will be an amount equal to one-twelfth of the trustee fee rate for each mortgage loan on the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loan as of the last day of the related Due Period for the preceding Distribution Date (or as of the closing date in the case of the first Distribution Date). See "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--ADMINISTRATION FEES" in this prospectus supplement. In addition to the trustee fee, the trustee will be entitled to any income earned on deposits in the applicable distribution account. As compensation for its activities as a custodian under the pooling and servicing agreement, each custodian will be entitled with respect to each mortgage loan for which it acts as custodian of the related mortgage loan files to custodial fees in accordance with a fee schedule, which will be remitted to the custodians by the trustee and will be payable from the monthly trustee fee. See "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--ADMINISTRATION FEES" in this prospectus supplement. P&I ADVANCES AND SERVICING ADVANCES The servicer is required to make P&I Advances on each Servicer Remittance Date with respect to each mortgage loan it services until the mortgage loan is 180 days delinquent in payment of principal and interest, subject to the servicer's determination in its good faith business judgment that such advance would be recoverable. Such P&I Advances by the servicer are reimbursable to the servicer subject to certain conditions and restrictions, and are intended to provide sufficient funds for the payment of interest to the holders of the certificates. Notwithstanding the servicer's determination in its good faith business judgment that a P&I Advance was recoverable when made, if a P&I Advance becomes a nonrecoverable advance, the servicer will be entitled to reimbursement for that advance from any amounts in the collection account. See "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--PAYMENTS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS" in this prospectus supplement. The servicer is required to advance amounts with respect to the mortgage loans, subject to the servicer's determination that such advance would be recoverable, constituting reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and expenses relating to: o the preservation, restoration, inspection and protection of the mortgaged property, o enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, and o certain other customary amounts described in the pooling and servicing agreement. S-79
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These servicing advances by the servicer (and the trustee as successor servicer and any other successor servicer, if applicable) are reimbursable to the servicer subject to certain conditions and restrictions. In the event that, notwithstanding the servicer's good faith determination at the time the servicing advance was made that it would be recoverable, the servicing advance becomes a nonrecoverable advance, the servicer will be entitled to reimbursement for that advance from any amounts in the collection account. The servicer (and the trustee as successor servicer and any other successor servicer, if applicable) may recover P&I Advances and servicing advances to the extent permitted by the pooling and servicing agreement. This reimbursement may come from late collections on the related mortgage loan, including Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and such other amounts as may be collected by the servicer from the mortgagor or otherwise relating to the mortgage loan. In the event a P&I Advance or a servicing advance becomes a nonrecoverable advance, the servicer (and the trustee as successor servicer and any other successor servicer, if applicable) may be reimbursed for such advance from any amounts in the collection account. The servicer (and the trustee as successor servicer and any other successor servicer, if applicable) will not be required to make any P&I Advance or servicing advance which it determines would be a nonrecoverable P&I Advance or nonrecoverable servicing advance. A P&I Advance or servicing advance is "nonrecoverable" if in the good faith business judgment of the servicer (and the trustee as successor servicer and any other successor servicer, if applicable) (as stated in an officer's certificate delivered to the trustee), such P&I Advance or servicing advance would not ultimately be recoverable from collections on or proceeds of the related mortgage loan. PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALLS With respect to each Distribution Date, in the event of any full or partial principal prepayments on any mortgage loans during the portion of the applicable Prepayment Period occurring in the calendar month prior to the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, the servicer is obligated to pay, by no later than the Servicer Remittance Date in the month of such Distribution Date, compensating interest, without any right of reimbursement, for those shortfalls in interest collections resulting from such prepayments. The amount of compensating interest payable by the servicer ("COMPENSATING INTEREST") will be equal to the difference between the interest paid by the applicable mortgagors for that month in connection with those prepayments and thirty days' interest on the related mortgage loans, but only up to the servicing fee payable to the servicer for such distribution date. ADVANCE FACILITY; PLEDGE OF SERVICING RIGHTS The pooling and servicing agreement may provide that the servicer may enter into a facility with any party under which such party may fund the servicer's P&I Advances or servicing advances, although no such facility will reduce or otherwise affect the servicer's obligation to fund such P&I Advances or servicing advances. Any P&I Advances or servicing advances made by an advancing party will be reimbursed to the advancing party in the same manner as reimbursement would be made to the servicer. The pooling and servicing agreement also provides that the servicer may pledge its servicing rights under the pooling and servicing agreement to one or more lenders. No such pledge will reduce or otherwise affect the servicer's servicing obligations under the pooling and servicing agreement. Upon a Servicer event of default by the servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement, the trustee may remove the servicer as the servicer and the trustee will, or under certain circumstances, the servicer or its designee may, appoint a successor servicer. In any event, the successor servicer must meet the requirements for successor servicers under the pooling and servicing agreement. See "--REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF THE SERVICER" below. In the event the servicer is removed as the servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement, its servicing rights will be transferred to any successor servicers, and none of the trust, the depositor or the trustee will have any right or claim to the portion of the servicer's servicing rights pledged, or any unreimbursed P&I Advances or servicing advances that were pledged. S-80
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SERVICER REPORTS As set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement, on a date preceding the applicable Distribution Date, the servicer is required to deliver to the trustee a servicer remittance report setting forth the information necessary for the trustee to make the distributions set forth under "DESCRIPTION OF THE CERTIFICATES--DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL" in this prospectus supplement and containing the information to be included in the distribution report for that Distribution Date delivered by the trustee. In addition, the servicer will be required to deliver to the trustee and the depositor certain monthly reports relating to the mortgage loans and the mortgaged properties. The trustee will provide these monthly reports to certificateholders, at the expense of the requesting certificateholder, who make written requests to receive such information. On or prior to March 15th of each year, commencing with March 15, 2007, the servicer will be required to deliver to the depositor and the trustee an officer's certificate (a "SERVICER COMPLIANCE STATEMENT") stating that (i) a review of the servicer's servicing activities during the preceding calendar year and of performance under the pooling and servicing agreement has been made under the supervision of the officer, and (ii) to the best of the officer's knowledge, based on the review, the servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under the pooling and servicing agreement in all material respects throughout the year, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying the failure known to the officer and the nature and status of the failure. In addition, on or prior to March 15th of each year, commencing with March 15, 2007, each of the servicer, the custodians and the trustee will be required to deliver annually to the depositor and the trustee, a report (an "ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE") that assesses compliance by that party with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (17 CFR 229.1122) that contains the following: (a) a statement of the party's responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it; (b) a statement that the party used the criteria in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB to assess compliance with the applicable servicing criteria; (c) the party's assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria during the preceding calendar year, setting forth any material instance of noncompliance identified by the party; (d) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on the party's assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria during the preceding calendar year; and (e) a statement as to which of the servicing criteria, if any, are not applicable to the party, which statement shall be based on the activities it performs with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving that party, that are backed by the same asset type as the mortgage loans. Each of the servicer, the custodians and the trustee will also be required to simultaneously deliver a report (an "ATTESTATION REPORT") of a registered public accounting firm, prepared in accordance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, that attests to, and reports on, the party's assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria. You may obtain copies of these Servicer Compliance Statements, Assessments of Compliance and Attestation Reports without charge upon written request to the trustee at the address provided in this prospectus supplement. Copies of these statements and reports will be filed with the SEC under the name of the issuing entity as an exhibit to the issuing entity's annual statement on Form 10-K. S-81
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COLLECTION AND OTHER SERVICING PROCEDURES The servicer will be responsible for making reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the mortgage loans and will, consistent with the pooling and servicing agreement, follow such collection procedures as it follows with respect to loans held for its own account which are comparable to the mortgage loans. Consistent with the above, the servicer may (i) waive any late payment charge or, if applicable, any penalty interest or (ii) extend the due dates for the monthly payments for a period of not more than 180 days, subject to the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement. The servicer will be required to act with respect to mortgage loans in default, or as to which default is reasonably foreseeable, in accordance with procedures set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. These procedures among other things, result in (i) foreclosing on the mortgage loan, (ii) accepting the deed to the related mortgaged property in lieu of foreclosure, (iii) granting the borrower under the mortgage loan a modification or forbearance, or (iv) accepting payment from the borrower of an amount less than the principal balance of the mortgage loan in final satisfaction of the mortgage loan. These procedures are intended to maximize recoveries on a net present value basis on these mortgage loans. The servicer will be required to accurately and fully report its borrower payment histories to all three national credit repositories in a timely manner with respect to each mortgage loan. If a mortgaged property has been or is about to be conveyed by the mortgagor, the servicer will be obligated to accelerate the maturity of the mortgage loan, unless the servicer, in its sole business judgment, believes it is unable to enforce that mortgage loan's "due-on-sale" clause under applicable law or that such enforcement is not in the best interest of the trust fund. If it reasonably believes it may be restricted for any reason from enforcing such a "due-on-sale" clause or that such enforcement is not in the best interest of the trust fund, the servicer may enter into an assumption and modification agreement with the person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes liable under the mortgage note. Any fee collected by the servicer for entering into an assumption or modification agreement will be retained by the servicer as additional servicing compensation. In connection with any such assumption or modification, none of the outstanding principal amount, the interest rate borne by the mortgage note relating to each mortgage loan nor the final maturity date for such mortgage loan may be changed, unless the mortgagor is in default with respect to the mortgage loan or such default is, in the judgment of the servicer, reasonably foreseeable. For a description of circumstances in which the servicer may be unable to enforce "due-on-sale" clauses, see "LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS--DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES" in the prospectus. HAZARD INSURANCE The servicer is required to cause to be maintained a blanket policy insuring against losses arising from fire and hazards covered under extended coverage on all of the mortgage loans, which policy shall provide coverage in an amount equal to the least of (a) the maximum insurable value of such mortgaged property, (b) the amount necessary to fully compensate for any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part of such property on a replacement cost basis or (c) the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loan, but in no event may such amount be less than is necessary to prevent the borrower from becoming a coinsurer under the policy. The servicer will not be obligated to determine whether or not each mortgagor has obtained adequate hazard insurance. As set forth above, all amounts collected by the servicer under any hazard policy, except for amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the mortgaged property or released to the borrower in accordance with the servicer's normal servicing procedures, to the extent they constitute net Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, will ultimately be deposited in the collection account. If such blanket policy con