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                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
                                    Depositor

                        LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                  Master Servicer and Securities Administrator

                     NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC.,
                                    Servicer

                          WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION,
                                Special Servicer

                                       and

                                 CITIBANK, N.A.,
                                     Trustee

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                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
                          Dated as of December 1, 2005

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                       FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST,
            MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FF12

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS....................................................      1

ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..     53

   SECTION 2.01.    Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.........................     53
   SECTION 2.02.    Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans......     56
   SECTION 2.03.    Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
                    Depositor............................................     58
   SECTION 2.04.    Representations and Warranties of the Master
                    Servicer;
                    Representations and Warranties of the Servicer;
                    Representations and Warranties of the Securities
                    Administrator........................................     62
   SECTION 2.05.    Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans that
                    are not "Qualified Mortgages.".......................     65
   SECTION 2.06.    Authentication and Delivery of Certificates..........     65
   SECTION 2.07.    REMIC Elections......................................     65
   SECTION 2.08.    [RESERVED]...........................................     69
   SECTION 2.09.    Covenants of the Servicer............................     69
   SECTION 2.10.    [RESERVED]...........................................     70
   SECTION 2.11.    Permitted Activities of the Trust....................     70
   SECTION 2.12.    Qualifying Special Purpose Entity....................     70

ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS...............     70

   SECTION 3.01.    Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans...................     70
   SECTION 3.02.    Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the
                    Obligations of Servicer..............................     72
   SECTION 3.03.    Rights of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator
                    and the Trustee in Respect of the Servicer...........     73
   SECTION 3.04.    Master Servicer to Act as Servicer...................     73
   SECTION 3.05.    Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection
                    Account; Certificate Account.........................     74
   SECTION 3.06.    Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items;
                    Escrow Accounts......................................     77
   SECTION 3.07.    Access to Certain Documentation and Information
                    Regarding the Mortgage Loans.........................     78
   SECTION 3.08.    Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
                    Certificate Account..................................     78
   SECTION 3.09.    [RESERVED]...........................................     80
   SECTION 3.10.    Maintenance of Hazard Insurance......................     80
   SECTION 3.11.    Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption
                    Agreements...........................................     81
   SECTION 3.12.    Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans;
                    Determination of Excess Proceeds.....................     82
   SECTION 3.13.    Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files......     86
   SECTION 3.14.    Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of
                    Servicer to be Held for the Trustee..................     87
   SECTION 3.15.    Servicing Compensation...............................     87
   SECTION 3.16.    Access to Certain Documentation......................     88
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   SECTION 3.17.    Annual Statement as to Compliance....................     88
   SECTION 3.18.    Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
                    Statement; Financial Statements......................     88
   SECTION 3.19.    Rights of the NIMs Insurer...........................     89
   SECTION 3.20.    [RESERVED]...........................................     89
   SECTION 3.21.    Annual Certificate by Securities Administrator.......     89
   SECTION 3.22.    Annual Certificate by Servicer.......................     89
   SECTION 3.23.    Prepayment Charge Reporting Requirements.............     90
   SECTION 3.24.    Statements to Securities Administrator...............     90
   SECTION 3.25.    Indemnification......................................     90
   SECTION 3.26.    Nonsolicitation......................................     92
   SECTION 3.27.    Transfer of Servicing to the Special Servicer........     92
   SECTION 3.28.    Special Servicer's Annual Statement as to
                    Compliance...........................................     92
   SECTION 3.29.    Special Servicer's Annual Independent Public
                    Accountants' Servicing Statement; Financial
                    Statements...........................................     93
   SECTION 3.30.    Annual Certificate by Special Servicer...............     93
   SECTION 3.31.    High Cost Mortgage Loans.............................     93

ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS.................................................     92

   SECTION 4.01.    Advances.............................................     92
   SECTION 4.02.    Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection
                    with Prepayment Interest Shortfalls..................     93
   SECTION 4.03.    Distributions on the REMIC Interests.................     94
   SECTION 4.04.    Distributions........................................     94
   SECTION 4.05.    Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.............    100

ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES...............................................    104

   SECTION 5.01.    The Certificates.....................................    104
   SECTION 5.02.    Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
                    Exchange of Certificates.............................    105
   SECTION 5.03.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates....    113
   SECTION 5.04.    Persons Deemed Owners................................    113
   SECTION 5.05.    Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
                    Addresses............................................    113
   SECTION 5.06.    Book-Entry Certificates..............................    113
   SECTION 5.07.    Notices to Depository................................    114
   SECTION 5.08.    Definitive Certificates..............................    114
   SECTION 5.09.    Maintenance of Office or Agency......................    115

ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SERVICER AND THE
           SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR......................................    115

   SECTION 6.01.    Respective Liabilities of the Depositor, the Master
                    Servicer, the Servicer and the Securities
                    Administrator........................................    115
   SECTION 6.02.    Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor, the Master
                    Servicer, the Servicer or the Securities
                    Administrator........................................    116
   SECTION 6.03.    Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
                    Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the
                    Servicer and Others..................................    116
   SECTION 6.04.    Limitation on Resignation of Servicer................    117
   SECTION 6.05.    Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.......    118
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   SECTION 6.06.    Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer.....    118
   SECTION 6.07.    Assignment of Master Servicing.......................    118

ARTICLE VII DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER.............................    119

   SECTION 7.01.    Events of Default....................................    119
   SECTION 7.02.    Servicer Trigger Event...............................    120
   SECTION 7.03.    Master Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor.....    121
   SECTION 7.04.    Notification to Certificateholders...................    123

ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR.....    123

   SECTION 8.01.    Duties of the Trustee and the Securities
                    Administrator........................................    123
   SECTION 8.02.    Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the
                    Securities Administrator.............................    124
   SECTION 8.03.    Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for
                    Certificates or Mortgage Loans.......................    126
   SECTION 8.04.    Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own
                    Certificates.........................................    126
   SECTION 8.05.    Trustee's and Securities Administrator's Fees and
                    Expenses.............................................    126
   SECTION 8.06.    Indemnification and Expenses of Trustee..............    126
   SECTION 8.07.    Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.................    127
   SECTION 8.08.    Resignation and Removal of Trustee...................    128
   SECTION 8.09.    Successor Trustee....................................    128
   SECTION 8.10.    Merger or Consolidation of Trustee...................    129
   SECTION 8.11.    Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee........    129
   SECTION 8.12.    Tax Matters..........................................    130

ARTICLE IX TERMINATION...................................................    132

   SECTION 9.01.    Termination upon Liquidation or Auction of all
                    Mortgage Loans.......................................    132
   SECTION 9.02.    Final Distribution on the Certificates...............    133
   SECTION 9.03.    Additional Termination Requirements..................    134

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.......................................    135

   SECTION 10.01.   Amendment............................................    135
   SECTION 10.02.   Counterparts.........................................    136
   SECTION 10.03.   Governing Law........................................    136
   SECTION 10.04.   Intention of Parties.................................    137
   SECTION 10.05.   Notices..............................................    137
   SECTION 10.06.   Severability of Provisions...........................    138
   SECTION 10.07.   Assignment...........................................    138
   SECTION 10.08.   Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders...........    138
   SECTION 10.09.   Inspection and Audit Rights..........................    139
   SECTION 10.10.   Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid............    139
   SECTION 10.11.   Third Party Rights...................................    139
   SECTION 10.12.   Additional Rights of the NIMs Insurer................    139
   SECTION 10.13.   Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities................    140

ARTICLE XI ADMINISTRATION AND MASTER SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.....    142

   SECTION 11.01.   Master Servicer......................................    142
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   SECTION 11.02.   Monitoring of Servicer...............................    143
   SECTION 11.03.   Fidelity Bond........................................    144
   SECTION 11.04.   Power to Act; Procedures.............................    144
   SECTION 11.05.   Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master
                    Servicer to Be Held for Trustee......................    145
   SECTION 11.06.   Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance
                    Policies and Documents...............................    145
   SECTION 11.07.   Compensation for the Master Servicer and the
                    Securities Administrator.............................    146
   SECTION 11.08.   Annual Statement as to Compliance....................    146
   SECTION 11.09.   Periodic Filings.....................................    146
   SECTION 11.10.   Obligation of the Master Servicer in Respect of
                    Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.......................    147
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EXHIBIT A     FORMS OF CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT B-1   MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE - MORTGAGE POOL
EXHIBIT B-2   MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE - GROUP ONE MORTGAGE LOANS
EXHIBIT B-3   MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE - GROUP TWO MORTGAGE LOANS
EXHIBIT C     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT D     FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT E-1   FORM OF CLASS R TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT E-2   FORM OF CLASS R TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT F     FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT G     FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER (ACCREDITED INVESTOR)
EXHIBIT H     FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER)
EXHIBIT I     FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
EXHIBIT J     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT K     FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
EXHIBIT L-1   FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER
EXHIBIT L-2   FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL SERVICER
EXHIBIT M-1   FORM OF DELINQUENCY REPORT
EXHIBIT M-2   FORM OF MONTHLY REMITTANCE ADVICE
EXHIBIT M-3   FORM OF REALIZED LOSS REPORT
EXHIBIT N-1   FORM OF CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-2   FORM OF CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-3   FORM OF SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O-1   ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O-2   ONE MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O-3   ONE MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT
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     POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of December 1,
2005, among MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as
depositor (the "Depositor"), LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association, as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and securities
administrator (the "Securities Administrator"), NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN
SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), WILSHIRE
CREDIT CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, as special servicer (the "Special
Servicer") and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the
"Trustee").

     The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to the
Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for federal income tax
purposes will consist of (i) two real estate mortgage investment conduits in a
tiered structure, (ii) the right to receive payments distributable to the Class
P Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof, (iii) each Cap Contract
and the Cap Contract Account and (iv) the grantor trusts described in Section
2.07 hereof. The Lower Tier REMIC will consist of all of the assets constituting
the Trust Fund (other than the assets described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv)
above and the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests) and will be evidenced by the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests (which will be uncertificated and will
represent the "regular interests" in the Lower Tier REMIC) and the Class LTR
Interest as the single "residual interest" in the Lower Tier REMIC. The Trustee
will hold the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests. The Upper Tier REMIC will
consist of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests and will be evidenced by the
REMIC Regular Interests (which will represent the "regular interests" in the
Upper Tier REMIC) and the Residual Interest as the single "residual interest" in
the Upper Tier REMIC. The Class R Certificate will represent beneficial
ownership of the Class LTR Interest and the Residual Interest. The "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests created
hereby will be the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

     All covenants and agreements made by the Seller in the Sale Agreement and
by the Depositor and the Trustee herein with respect to the Mortgage Loans and
the other property constituting the Trust Fund are for the benefit of the
Holders from time to time of the Certificates and, to the extent provided
herein, the NIMs Insurer.

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

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

     Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless
the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

     Accepted Master Servicing Practices: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as
applicable, either (x) those customary mortgage master servicing practices of
prudent master servicing institutions that master service mortgage loans of the
same type and quality as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the
related Mortgaged Property is located, to the extent applicable to the Master
Servicer (except in its capacity as successor to the Servicer), or (y) as
provided in Section 11.01 hereof, but in no event below the standard set forth
in clause (x) of this definition.

     Accepted Servicing Practices: The Servicer's normal servicing practices,
which will conform to the mortgage servicing practices of prudent mortgage
lending institutions that service for their own account mortgage loans of the
same type as the Mortgages Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related
Mortgaged Properties (or Underlying Mortgaged Properties in the case of Co-op
Loans) are located.

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     Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Certificates and the Lower
Tier REMIC Interests and any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the
immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, the Closing Date) and ending on the day immediately preceding
such Distribution Date. All calculations of interest on each Class of
Certificates and the Lower Tier REMIC Interests will be made on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period and a 360 day year.

     Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate that is adjustable.

     Adjustment Date: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, each date on
which the related Mortgage Rate is subject to adjustment, as provided in the
related Mortgage Note.

     Advance: The aggregate of the advances required to be made by the Servicer
or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to any Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.01, the amount of any such advances being equal to the sum
of the aggregate amount of all payments of principal and interest (net of the
Servicing Fee) on the Mortgage Loans that were due during the applicable Due
Period and not received as of the close of business on the related Determination
Date (other than the principal portion of any Balloon Amount), less the
aggregate amount of any such Delinquent payments that the Servicer has
determined would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance were an advance to be made
with respect thereto; provided, however, that with respect to any Mortgage Loan
that has been converted to an REO Property, the obligation to make advances
shall be limited to payments of interest.

     Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in Section
10.13.

     Advance Facility Notice: As defined in Section 10.13(b).

     Advance Financing Person: As defined in Section 10.13(a).

     Advance Reimbursement Amount: As defined in Section 10.13(b).

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

     Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination, the
sum of the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2C
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class R Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance, the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-6
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance and the Class B-3 Certificate Principal
Balance, in each case as of such date of determination.

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

     Applied Realized Loss Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
amount, if any, by which, the sum of (i) the Aggregate Certificate Principal
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Balance after distributions of principal on such Distribution Date exceeds the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution
Date.

     Appraised Value: With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were
used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property (or the related residential
dwelling unit in the Underlying Mortgaged Property in the case of a Co-op Loan),
the "Appraised Value" of a Mortgaged Property (or the related residential
dwelling unit in the Underlying Mortgaged Property in the case of a Co-op Loan)
is the lesser of (1) the appraised value based on an appraisal made for the
Seller by an independent fee appraiser at the time of the origination of the
related Mortgage Loan, and (2) the sales price of such Mortgaged Property (or
the related residential dwelling unit in the Underlying Mortgaged Property in
the case of a Co-op Loan) at such time of origination. With respect to a
Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing mortgage
loan, the "Appraised Value" is the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property (or
the related residential dwelling unit in the Underlying Mortgaged Property in
the case of a Co-op Loan) based upon the appraisal obtained at the time of
refinancing.

     Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer
(or UCC-3 assignment (or equivalent instrument) with respect to each Co-op Loan)
or equivalent instrument, in recordable form (except in the case of a Co-op
Loan) (except for the name of the assignee if such Mortgage Loan is endorsed in
blank), sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction where the related
Mortgaged Property (or Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op
Loan) is located to reflect of record the sale and assignment of the Mortgage
Loan to the Trustee, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent
instrument may, if permitted by law, be in the form of one or more blanket
assignments covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the
same county.

     Available Funds Cap: Any of the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap, the Class
A-2 Available Funds Cap or the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds Cap.

     Balloon Loan: A Mortgage Loan having an original term to stated maturity of
approximately 10 years which provides for level monthly payments of principal
and interest based on a 30-year amortization schedule, with a balloon payment of
the remaining outstanding principal balance due on such Mortgage Loan at its
stated maturity.

     Book-Entry Certificates: Any of the Certificates that shall be registered
in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which is
reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining
an account with the Depository (directly, as a "Depository Participant," or
indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the rules of the
Depository and as described in Section 5.06). As of the Closing Date, each of
the Class A (other than the Class R Certificate), Class M and Class B
Certificates constitutes a Class of Book-Entry Certificates.

     Business Day: Any day other than (1) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (2) a day
on which banking institutions in the State of California, State of Illinois,
State of Oregon and in the City of New York, New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

     Cap Contract: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract, the Class A-2 Cap Contract
or the Subordinated Certificate Cap Contract.

     Cap Contract Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 4.04(k)(i) in the name of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust Fund and designated "LaSalle Bank
National Association, as securities administrator for Citibank, N.A., as
trustee, in trust for registered holders of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
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Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FF12." Funds in the Cap Contract Account shall
be held in trust for the Trust Fund for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.

     Cap Contract Counterparty: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

     Cap Contract Notional Balance: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract Notional
Balance, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance or the Subordinated
Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance.

     Cap Contract Termination Date: Any of the Class A-1 Cap Contract
Termination Date, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Termination Date or the
Subordinated Certificate Cap Contract Termination Date.

     Certificate: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed by the
Securities Administrator and authenticated by the Securities Administrator in
substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account or Accounts created and
maintained by the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(e) in the
name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated
"LaSalle Bank National Association, as securities administrator for Citibank,
N.A., as trustee, in trust for registered holders of First Franklin Mortgage
Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FF12." Funds in
the Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for
the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.

     Certificate Group: Either of Certificate Group One or Certificate Group
Two.

     Certificate Group One: The Class A-1 and Class R Certificates. For purposes
of Section 2.07 hereof, Certificate Group One shall be related to Group One.

     Certificate Group Two: The Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C
Certificates. For purposes of Section 2.07 hereof, Certificate Group Two shall
be related to Group Two.

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

     Certificate Principal Balance: As to any Certificate and as of any
Distribution Date, the Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate
less the sum of (1) all amounts distributed with respect to such Certificate in
reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on previous Distribution
Dates pursuant to Section 4.04, and (2) any Applied Realized Loss Amounts
allocated to such Certificate on previous Distribution Dates pursuant to Section
4.04(i). On each Distribution Date, after all distributions of principal on such
Distribution Date, a portion of the Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount in an
amount equal to the excess of the Overcollateralization Amount on such
Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Amount as of the preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, the initial
Overcollateralization Amount) will be added to the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates (on a pro rata basis).
Notwithstanding the foregoing on any Distribution Date relating to a Due Period
in which a Subsequent Recovery has been received by the Servicer, the
Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates then outstanding for
which any Applied Realized Loss Amount has been allocated will be increased, in
order of seniority, by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Unpaid Realized
Loss Amount for such Class of Certificates and (ii) the total of any Subsequent
Recovery distributed on such date to the Certificateholders (reduced by the
amount of the increase in the Certificate Principal Balance of any more senior
Class of Certificates pursuant to this sentence on such Distribution Date).

     Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02
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     Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co., as nominee for
the Depository) in the case of any Class of Regular Certificates or the Class R
Certificate, except that solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant
to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor or
any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be deemed not to be Outstanding and the
Percentage Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account in
determining whether the requisite amount of Percentage Interests necessary to
effect such consent has been obtained; provided, however, that if any such
Person (including the Depositor) owns 100% of the Percentage Interests evidenced
by a Class of Certificates, such Certificates shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for purposes of any provision hereof that requires the consent of the Holders of
Certificates of a particular Class as a condition to the taking of any action
hereunder. The Securities Administrator and the Trustee are entitled to rely
conclusively on a certification of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the
Depositor in determining which Certificates are registered in the name of an
Affiliate of the Depositor.

     Class: All Certificates bearing the same Class designation as set forth in
Section 5.01 hereof.

     Class A Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
sum of the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance, the Class A-2C
Certificate Principal Balance and the Class R Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class A Certificates: Any of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2
Certificates and the Class R Certificates.

     Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date (1) prior to the related Stepdown Date or any Distribution Date on which a
Stepdown Trigger Event exists, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount for
such Distribution Date and (2) on or after the Stepdown Date where a Stepdown
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (B) the
lesser of (i) 55.90% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount; provided, however, that in no
event will the Class A Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates.

     Class A-1 Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x) the total
scheduled interest on the Mortgage Loans in Group One based on the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect on the related Due Date divided by (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group One as of the first day of the
related Accrual Period (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of
the Cut-off Date) and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1 Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement between the Trust
Fund or the Securities Administrator and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in the
form of Exhibit N-1 hereto).

     Class A-1 Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the Class A-1 Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for such
Distribution Date in the Class A-1 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table attached hereto as
Exhibit O-1.

     Class A-1 Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in October
2008.


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     Class A-1 Certificates: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates.

     Class A-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-1 Certificates.

     Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.240% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.480% per annum.

     Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate, adjusted to reflect the length of the related Accrual Period, equal
to the weighted average of the maximum lifetime Net Mortgage Rates on the
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in Group One and the Net Mortgage Rates on the
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans in Group One. The Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap shall
relate to the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates.

     Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.61875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-1 Margin and (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

     Class A-1 Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date with respect
to which payments are received on the Class A-1 Cap Contract, a rate equal to
the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 9.260% per annum.

     Class A-2 Available Funds Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x) the total
scheduled interest on the Mortgage Loans in Group Two based on the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect on the related Due Date divided by (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Group Two as of the first day of the
related Accrual Period (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of
the Cut-off Date) and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30, and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2 Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement between the Trust
Fund or the Securities Administrator and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in the
form of Exhibit N-2 hereto).

     Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the Class A-2 Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for such
Distribution Date in the Class A-2 One-Month LIBOR Cap Table attached hereto as
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     Class A-2 Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in October
2008.

     Class A-2 Certificates: Any of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C
Certificates.

     Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution Date, the per
annum rate, adjusted to reflect the length of the related Accrual Period, equal
to the weighted average of the maximum lifetime Net Mortgage Rates on the
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in Group Two and the Net Mortgage Rates on the
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans in Group Two. The Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap shall
relate to the Class A-2 Certificates.

     Class A-2 Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date with respect
to which payments are received on the Class A-2 Cap Contract, a rate equal to
the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 9.920% per annum.

     Class A-2A Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2A
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates.

     Class A-2A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-2A Certificates.
For purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a Distribution
Date will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in
which such Distribution Date occurs.

     Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2A Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-2A Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.090% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.180% per annum.

     Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.46875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class A-2A Margin and (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap for
such Distribution Date.

     Class A-2B Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2B
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2B Certificates.

     Class A-2B Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2B Certificate Principal Balance as


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of such Distribution Date plus the portion of any previous distributions on such
Class in respect of Current Interest or a Class A-2B Interest Carry Forward
Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy,
less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to
the Class A-2B Certificates. For purposes of calculating interest, principal
distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have been made on the
first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date occurs.

     Class A-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2B Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-2B Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2B Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.260% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.520% per annum.

     Class A-2B Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.63875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2B Margin and (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

     Class A-2C Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class A-2C
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class A-2C Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2C Certificates.

     Class A-2C Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2C Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2C Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a Class A-2C Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class A-2C Certificates.
For purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a Distribution
Date will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in
which such Distribution Date occurs.

     Class A-2C Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2C Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-2C Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class A-2C Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2C Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.330% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.660% per annum.

     Class A-2C Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.70875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2C Margin and (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

     Class B Certificates: Any of the Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
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     Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-1 Certificates.

     Class B-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates.

     Class B-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-1 Certificates.

     Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class B-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.650% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.475% per annum.

     Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 6.02875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-1 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance and the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance, have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, (F) the Class
M-5 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of
the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, (G) the
Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (H)
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 86.60% of the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of
the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date
over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
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Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-1
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M Certificates and (II) in no event
will the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-2 Certificates.

     Class B-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates.

     Class B-2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-2 Certificates. For
purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date
will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which
such Distribution Date occurs.

     Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-2 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class B-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.750% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.625% per annum.

     Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 6.12875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-2 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance and the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as
long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of
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Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E)
the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (F) the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (H) the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class B-1 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (I) the Class B-2 Certificate
Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the
lesser of (A) 88.80% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A, Class M and Class B-1 Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M and Class B-1 Certificates and (II)
in no event will the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-3 Certificates.

     Class B-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class B-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates.

     Class B-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or a Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class B-3 Certificates. For
purposes of calculating interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date
will be deemed to have been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which
such Distribution Date occurs.

     Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-3 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually


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distributed to the Class B-3 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior
Distribution Dates and (2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by
applicable law) at the Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual
Period.

     Class B-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.750% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.625% per annum.

     Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 6.12875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-3 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, the
Class M Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate Principal
Balance and the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to
zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event
does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the
Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D)
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (G) the Class M-6 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-6 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (H) the Class B-1 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class B-1
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (I) the Class B-2
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (J) the
Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 90.80% of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Class A, Class M, Class B-1 and Class B-2
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class B-3 Principal Distribution
Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution
Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class M, Class B-1 and
Class B-2 Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class B-3 Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-3
Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class B-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class B-3 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
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     Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the sum
of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans which
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class C Certificates.

     Class C Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class C Certificate"
on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein.

     Class C Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates.

     Class C Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest accrued
during the related Accrual Period at the Class C Distributable Interest Rate on
a notional amount equal to the aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests immediately prior to such Distribution Date, plus the
interest portion of any previous distributions on such Class that is recovered
as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported
Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class C
Certificates.

     Class C Distributable Interest Rate: The excess, if any, of (a) the
weighted average of the interest rates on the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests
over (b) two times the weighted average of the interest rates on the Lower Tier
REMIC I Marker Interests and the Class LTIX Interest (treating for purposes of
this clause (b) the interest rate on each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker
Interests as being subject to a cap and a floor equal to the interest rate of
the Corresponding Certificates and treating the Class LTIX Interest as being
capped at zero). The averages described in the preceding sentence shall be
weighted on the basis of the respective principal balances of the Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests immediately prior to any date of determination.

     Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (A) the Class C Current Interest with respect to prior Distribution
Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class C Certificates with
respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates or added to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates on such prior
Distribution Dates in accordance with the definition of "Certificate Principal
Balance".

     Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class C Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of
the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class LTA-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificates and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTA-2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTA-2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.


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     Class LTA-2C Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTB-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTIX Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) 50% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) the
initial principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests, and with
an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTIIX Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of (i) 50% of the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (ii) the
initial principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests, and with
an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTII1A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the excess of (i) the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate
Group One, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTII1B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans, and with an interest
rate equal to the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap.

     Class LTII2A Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the excess of (i) the
aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans over
(ii) the aggregate of the initial Certificate Principal Balances of Certificate
Group Two, and with an interest rate equal to the Net Rate.

     Class LTII2B Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans and with an interest rate
equal to the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap.

     Class LTM-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.


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     Class LTM-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-4 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-5 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTM-6 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/4 of the initial principal
balance of its Corresponding Certificate and an interest rate equal to the Net
Rate.

     Class LTR Interest: The sole class of "residual interest" in the Lower Tier
REMIC.

     Class M Certificates: Any of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5 or Class M-6 Certificates.

     Class M Certificate Principal Balance: For any date of determination, the
sum of the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate
Principal Balance, Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance and Class
M-6 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-1 Certificates.

     Class M-1 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates.

     Class M-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-1 Certificates.

     Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-1 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-1 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.


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     Class M-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.450% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.675% per annum.

     Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.82875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-1 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance has been
reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 63.20% of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated
Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the
Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates has been reduced to
zero, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x)
the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates and
(y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions
on such Class A Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class M-1
Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-1 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-1 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-2 Certificates.

     Class M-2 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates.

     Class M-2 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-2 Certificates.

     Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-2 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
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and (2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at
the Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class M-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.470% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.705% per annum.

     Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.84875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-2 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance and the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A)
69.80% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and the Class M-1 Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M-1 Certificates and (II) in no
event will the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-2 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-2 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-3 Certificates.

     Class M-3 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates.

     Class M-3 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
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trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on
such Distribution Date to the Class M-3 Certificates.

     Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-3 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-3 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class M-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.500% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.750% per annum.

     Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.87875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-3 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a
Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 74.20% of
the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date
and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of
such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates and the Class M-2 Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1 and Class M-2 Certificates and (II)
in no event will the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-3 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-3 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-4 Certificates.

     Class M-4 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-4
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
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     Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates.

     Class M-4 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-4 Certificates.

     Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-4 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-4 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class M-4 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.630% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.945% per annum.

     Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.00875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-4 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance and
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the
excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-3 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (D) the Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (A) 77.50% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum
Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the
Class M-2 Certificates and the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero,
the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates and (y)
100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on
such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 Certificates and (II) in no
event will the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-4 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the


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Certificate Principal Balance of such Class M-4 Certificates pursuant to the
last sentence of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-5 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-5 Certificates.

     Class M-5 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-5
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates.

     Class M-5 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-5 Certificates.

     Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-5 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-5 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class M-5 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.670% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.005% per annum.

     Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.04875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-5 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance,
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance and Class M-4 Certificate Principal
Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as
long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of
(A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into
account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (F) the Class M-5 Certificate
Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the
lesser of (A) 80.80% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as
of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balances
for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum Required
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the
Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class
A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2 Certificates, the
Class M-3 Certificates an the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero,
the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates and (y)
100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on
such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class M-4 Certificates and
(II) in no event will the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount with respect
to any Distribution Date exceed the Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-5 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-5 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-5 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-5 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class M-6 Applied Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of all Applied Realized Loss Amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans
which have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-6 Certificates.

     Class M-6 Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-6
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination,
the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates.

     Class M-6 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the portion of any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current
Interest or Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a
voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest
Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to the Class M-6 Certificates.

     Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class M-6 Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
M-6 Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class M-6 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.740% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.110% per annum.

     Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.11875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-6 Margin and (2) the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds
Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate Principal Balance, Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance,
Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance
and Class M-5 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a
Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long


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as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (D) the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (F) the Class M-5 Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and (G) the Class M-6
Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over
(2) the lesser of (A) 83.60% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date over the Minimum
Required Overcollateralization Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any
Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal
Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates
and the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class M-6 Principal
Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class
M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4 and Class M-5 Certificates and (II) in no
event will the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M-6 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class M-6 Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction of the Class M-6 Unpaid Realized Loss Amounts on
all previous Distribution Dates and (y) all increases in the Certificate
Principal Balance of such Class M-6 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

     Class P Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a Class P Certificate on
the face thereof, executed by the Securities Administrator and authenticated by
the Securities Administrator in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     Class R Certificate: The Class R Certificate executed by the Securities
Administrator and authenticated by the Securities Administrator in substantially
the form set forth in Exhibit A.

     Class R Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class R Certificate.

     Class R Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest accrued
during the related Accrual Period at the Class R Pass-Through Rate on the Class
R Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus the portion of
any previous distributions on such Class in respect of Current Interest or a
Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference
by a trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated
on such Distribution Date to the Class R Certificate. For purposes of
calculating interest, principal distributions on a Distribution Date will be
deemed to have been made on the first day of the Accrual Period in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

     Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the sum
of (1) the excess of (A) the Class R Current Interest with respect to prior
Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class R
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(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Class R Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class R Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the Initial
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.240% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.480% per annum.

     Class R Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.61875% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the lesser of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class R Margin and (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

     Closing Date: December 28, 2005.

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

     Collection Account: The separate Eligible Account created and initially
maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(d) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "National City
Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer for Citibank, N.A., as trustee, in trust
for registered holders of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FF12." Funds in the Collection Account
shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set
forth in this Agreement.

     Compensating Interest: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the portion of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls required to be deposited in the Collection Account by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof.

     Condemnation Proceeds: All awards or settlements in respect of a Mortgaged
Property (or Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan),
whether permanent or temporary, partial or entire, by exercise of the power of
eminent domain or condemnation, to the extent not required to be released either
to a Mortgagor in accordance with the terms of the related mortgage loan
documents or to the holder of a senior lien on the Mortgaged Property (or
Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan).

     Co-op Lease: With respect to a Co-op Loan, the lease with respect to a
dwelling unit occupied by the Mortgagor and relating to the stock allocated to
the related dwelling unit.

     Co-op Loan: A Mortgage Loan secured by the pledge of stock allocated to a
dwelling unit in a residential cooperative housing corporation and a collateral
assignment of the related Co-op Lease.

     Corresponding Certificates: With respect to the Class LTA-1 Interest, the
Class A-1 and Class R Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2A Interest,
the Class A-2A Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2B Interest, the
Class A-2B Certificates. With respect to the Class LTA-2C Interest, the Class
A-2C Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class M-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-2 Interest, the Class M-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-3 Interest, the Class M-3
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-4 Interest, the Class M-4
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-5 Interest, the Class M-5
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTM-6 Interest, the Class M-6
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-1 Interest, the Class B-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-2 Interest, the Class B-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-3 Interest, the Class B-3
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     Current Interest: Any of the Class A-1 Current Interest, the Class A-2A
Current Interest, the Class A-2B Current Interest, the Class A-C Current
Interest, the Class R Current Interest, the Class M-1 Current Interest, the
Class M-2 Current Interest, the Class M-3 Current Interest, the Class M-4
Current Interest, the Class M-5 Current Interest, the Class M-6 Current
Interest, the Class B-1 Current Interest, the Class B-2 Current Interest, the
Class B-3 Current Interest and the Class C Current Interest.

     Custodian: LaSalle Bank National Association.

     Cut-off Date: December 1, 2005.

     Cut-off Date Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal balance thereof as of the close of business on the calendar day
immediately preceding the Cut-off Date after application of all payments of
principal due on or prior to the Cut-off Date, whether or not received, and all
Principal Prepayments received prior to the Cut-off Date, but without giving
effect to any installments of principal received in respect of Due Dates after
the Cut-off Date.

     Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 5.06.

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

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

     Denomination: With respect to each Certificate, the amount set forth on the
face thereof as the "Initial Principal Balance of this Certificate."

     Depositor: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or any successor in interest.

     Depository: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), the nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any other organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the
registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all
times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York.

     Depository Agreement: With respect to Classes of Book-Entry Certificates,
the agreement between the Securities Administrator and the initial Depository.

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

     Designated Transaction: A transaction in which the assets underlying the
Certificates consist of single-family residential, multi-family residential,
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mortgage obligations that are secured by single-family residential, multi-family
residential, commercial real property or leasehold interests therein.

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

     Disqualified Organization: (1) the United States, any state or political
subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international organization, or
any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (2) any organization
(other than a cooperative described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt
from tax under Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code unless such organization is
subject to the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code and (3) any organization
described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code.

     Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month, or if such 25th day
is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in January
2006.

     Due Date: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, the
day during the related Due Period on which a Scheduled Payment is due.

     Due Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period beginning on
the second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs and ending on the first day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

     Eligible Account: An account that is (i) maintained with a depository
institution the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated by each
Rating Agency in one of its two highest rating categories, or (ii) maintained
with the corporate trust department of a bank which (A) has a rating of at least
Baa3 or P-3 by Moody's and (B) is either the Depositor or the corporate trust
department of a national bank or banking corporation which has a rating of at
least A-1 by S&P or F1 by Fitch, or (iii) an account or accounts the deposits in
which are fully insured by the FDIC, or (iv) an account or accounts, acceptable
to each Rating Agency without reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any Class
of Certificates, as evidenced in writing, by a depository institution in which
such accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limit established by the FDIC),
the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise secured such that, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to and acceptable to the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee and each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a
claim with respect to the funds in such account and a perfected first security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution with which such account is
maintained, or (v) maintained at an eligible institution whose commercial paper,
short-term debt or other short-term deposits are rated at least A-1+ by S&P and
F-1+ by Fitch, or (vi) maintained with a federal or state chartered depository
institution the deposits in which are insured by the FDIC to the applicable
limits and the short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case
of a depository institution that is a subsidiary of a holding company, the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated A-1 by
S&P or Prime-1 by Moody's at the time any deposits are held on deposit therein,
or (vii) otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter
from each Rating Agency to the Securities Administrator and the Trustee.

     ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, including any
successor or amendatory provisions.

     ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that would satisfy the requirements of
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-29, Exemption


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Application No. D-8012, 55 Fed. Reg. 21459 (1990), as amended, granted to the
Underwriter by the United States Department of Labor (or any other applicable
underwriter's exemption granted by the United States Department of Labor),
except, in relevant part, for the requirement that the certificates have
received a rating at the time of acquisition that is in one of the three (or
four, in the case of a "designated transaction") highest generic rating
categories by at least one of the Rating Agencies.

     ERISA Restricted Certificates: The Class C and Class P Certificates and any
other Certificate, as long as the acquisition and holding of such Certificate is
not covered by and exempt under the Underwriter's exemption.

     Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.

     Excess Interest: On any Distribution Date, for each Class of the Class A,
Class M and Class B Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the amount of
interest such Class of Certificates is entitled to receive on such Distribution
Date over (2) the amount of interest such Class of Certificates would have been
entitled to receive on such Distribution Date at an interest rate equal to the
REMIC Pass-Through Rate.

     Excess Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Loan, any Liquidation
Proceeds that are in excess of the sum of (1) the unpaid principal balance of
such Liquidated Loan as of the date of such liquidation plus (2) interest at the
Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced
to Certificateholders (and not reimbursed to the Servicer) up to the Due Date in
the month in which such Liquidation Proceeds are required to be distributed on
the unpaid principal balance of such Liquidated Loan outstanding during each Due
Period as to which such interest was not paid or advanced.

     Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date,
(1) prior to the Stepdown Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the Aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding such Distribution Date
reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date and (ii)
$90,397,250 over (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (2) on and after the Stepdown Date, (A)
the sum of (x) the Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding
such Distribution Date, reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such
Distribution Date and (y) the greater of (a) 9.20% of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and (b) the Minimum Required
Overcollateralization Amount less (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date; provided, however, that if on
any Distribution Date a Stepdown Trigger Event is in effect, the Extra Principal
Distribution Amount will not be reduced to the applicable percentage of the
then-current aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (and will
remain fixed at the applicable percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date immediately prior to the
Stepdown Trigger Event) until the next Distribution Date on which the Stepdown
Trigger Event is not in effect.

     Fannie Mae: A federally chartered and privately owned corporation organized
and existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any
successor thereto.

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

     Fitch: Fitch, Inc., or any successor in interest.

     Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage Loan
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     Floating Rate Certificate Carryover: With respect to a Distribution Date,
in the event that the Pass-Through Rate for a class of Class A, Class M or Class
B Certificates is based upon the related Available Funds Cap, the excess of (1)
the amount of interest that such Class would have been entitled to receive on
such Distribution Date had the Pass-Through Rate for that Class not been
calculated based on the related Available Funds Cap, up to but not exceeding
greater of (x) the related Maximum Rate Cap or (y) the sum of (i) the related
Available Funds Cap and (ii) the product of (A) a fraction, the numerator of
which is 360 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the
related Accrual Period and (B) the quotient obtained by dividing (I) an amount
equal to the proceeds, if any, payable under the related Cap Contract with
respect to such Distribution Date by (II) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of each of the Classes of Certificates to which such Cap Contract
relates for such Distribution Date over (2) the amount of interest such class
was entitled to receive on such Distribution Date based on the related Available
Funds Cap, together with (i) the unpaid portion of any such excess from prior
Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the then applicable
Pass-Through Rate, without giving effect to the applicable Available Funds Cap)
and (ii) any amount previously distributed with respect to Floating Rate
Certificate Carryover for such class that is recovered as a voidable preference
by a trustee in bankruptcy.

     Freddie Mac: A corporate instrumentality of the United States created and
existing under Title III of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended,
or any successor thereto.

     Grantor Trusts: The grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof.

     Gross Margin: The percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note for
each of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans which is to be added to the
applicable index for use in determining the Mortgage Rate on each Adjustment
Date, and which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule for each Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan.

     Group One: The portion of the Mortgage Pool identified as "Group One" in
the Prospectus Supplement.

     Group One Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan at any time identified in the
Group One Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B-2.

     Group One Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates and (ii) the product of (x) the Group One
Principal Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount; provided, however, that with respect to any Distribution Date on which
the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates are outstanding and the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero, the
Group One Principal Distribution Amount will equal the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount.

     Group One Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds received with respect to Mortgage Loans in
Group One and the denominator of which is the amount of Principal Funds received
from all of the Mortgage Loans in the mortgage pool.

     Group Two: The portion of the Mortgage Pool identified as "Group Two" in
the Prospectus Supplement.

     Group Two Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan at any time identified in the
Group Two Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B-3.


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     Group Two Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A-2 Certificates and (ii) the product of (x) the Group Two Principal
Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount;
provided, however, that with respect to any Distribution Date on which the Class
A-2 Certificates are outstanding and the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class A-1 and Class R Certificates have been reduced to zero, the Group Two
Principal Distribution Amount will equal the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount.

     Group Two Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds received with respect to Mortgage Loans in
Group Two and the denominator of which is the amount of Principal Funds received
from all of the Mortgage Loans in the mortgage pool.

     Indenture: An indenture relating to the issuance of notes guaranteed by the
NIMs Insurer.

     Initial Adjustment Date: As to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the first
Adjustment Date following the origination of such Mortgage Loan.

     Initial Certificate Principal Balance: With respect to any Certificate, the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate or any predecessor Certificate
on the Closing Date as set forth in Section 5.01 hereof.

     Initial Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Rate in
effect prior to the Initial Adjustment Date.

     Initial Optional Termination Date: The first Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (or if such Mortgage
Loan is an REO Property, the fair market value of such REO Property) is equal to
or less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date.

     Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or the related
Mortgaged Property (or the related Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of
a Co-op Loan) included in the Trust Fund, any insurance policy, including all
riders and endorsements thereto in effect with respect to such Mortgage Loan or
Mortgaged Property (or related Underlying Mortgage Property, in the case of a
Co-op Loan), including any replacement policy or policies for any insurance
policies.

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

     Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged
Property (or the related Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op
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     Interest Carry Forward Amount: Any of the Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class A-2A Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2B Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class A-2C Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class R
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-5 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-1
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount or the Class C Interest Carry Forward
Amount, as the case may be.

     Interest Determination Date: With respect to the Certificates, (i) for any
Accrual Period other than the first Accrual Period, the second LIBOR Business
Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period and (ii) for the first
Accrual Period, December 27, 2005.

     Interest Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum, without
duplication, of (1) all scheduled interest due during the related Due Period and
received before the related Servicer Remittance Date or advanced on or before
the related Servicer Remittance Date less the Servicing Fee, (2) all Advances
relating to interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans and such Distribution
Date, (3) all Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans and such
Distribution Date, (4) Liquidation Proceeds with respect to the Mortgage Loans
(to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds relate to interest) collected during
the related Prepayment Period, (5) all proceeds of any purchase pursuant to
Section 2.02 or 2.03 during the related Prepayment Period or pursuant to Section
9.01 not later than the related Determination Date (to the extent that such
proceeds relate to interest) less the Servicing Fee and (6) all Prepayment
Charges received with respect to the Mortgage Loans during the related
Prepayment Period less (A) all Non-Recoverable Advances relating to interest and
(B) other amounts reimbursable to the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.

     Latest Possible Maturity Date: The latest maturity date for any Mortgage
Loan in the Trust Fund plus one year.

     LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in the City of London, England
and New York City, U.S.A. are open and conducting transactions in foreign
currency and exchange.

     Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan that either (a) pursuant to Section 3.12 has been realized upon or
liquidated through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure sale, trustee's sale
or other realization as provided by applicable law governing the real property
subject to the related Mortgage and any security agreements and as to which the
Servicer has certified (in accordance with Section 3.12) in the related
Prepayment Period that it has received all amounts it expects to receive in
connection with such liquidation or (b) as to which is not a first lien Mortgage
Loan and is delinquent 180 days or longer, the Servicer has certified in a
certificate of an officer of the Servicer delivered to the Depositor and the
Master Servicer that it does not believe that there is a reasonable likelihood
that any further net proceeds will be received or recovered with respect to such
Mortgage Loan.

     Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds, received in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of a
Mortgage Loan, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale, sale by the
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise or amounts received in
connection with any condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property and
any other proceeds received in connection with the final sale of a related REO
Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Fees,
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     Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the lesser
of (X) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property (or applicable
dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) and (Y) the sales price of the
related Mortgaged Property (or applicable dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op
Loan) at the time of origination.

     Losses: Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses collectively.

     Lower Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.07.

     Lower Tier REMIC Interests: Each of the Class LTA-1 Interest, the Class
LTA-2A Interest, the Class LTA-2B Interest, the Class LTA-2C Interest, the Class
LTM-1 Interest, the Class LTM-2 Interest, the Class LTM-3 Interest, the Class
LTM-4 Interest, the Class LTM-5 Interest, the Class LTM-6 Interest, the Class
LTB-1 Interest, the Class LTB-2 Interest, the Class LTB-3 Interest, the Class
LTIX Interest, the Class LTIIX Interest, the Class LTII1A Interest, the Class
LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A Interest, the Class LTII2B Interest and the
Class LTR Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests: Each of the classes of Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests other than the Class LTIX Interest, the Class LTIIX
Interest, the Class LTII1A Interest, the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A
Interest, the Class LTII2B Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests: Each of the Class LTII1A Interest,
the Class LTII1B Interest, the Class LTII2A Interest and the Class LTII2B
Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the Lower Tier REMIC Interests
other than the Class LTR Interest.

     Lower Tier REMIC Subordinated Balance Ratio: The ratio of (i) the principal
balance of the Class LTII1A Interest to (ii) the principal balance of the Class
LTII2A Interest that is equal to the ratio of (i) the excess of (A) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group One over (B) the current Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates to (ii) the excess
of (A) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Group Two over (B) the current
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates.

     Master Servicer: LaSalle Bank National Association, a national banking
association, or any successor in interest.

     Maximum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the maximum rate of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage Note and
with respect to each Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, the rate of interest set forth in
the related Mortgage Note.

     Maximum Rate Cap: Any of the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap, the Class A-2
Maximum Rate Cap or the Subordinated Certificate Maximum Rate Cap.

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

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

     MERS System: The system of recording transfers of mortgage electronically
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     MIN: The loan number for any MERS Loan.

     Minimum Mortgage Rate: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
the minimum rate of interest set forth as such in the related Mortgage Note.

     Minimum Required Overcollateralization Amount: An amount equal to the
product of (x) 0.50% and (y) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date.

     MOM Loan: Any Mortgage Loan as to which MERS is acting as mortgagee, solely
as nominee for the originator of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and
assigns.

     Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.05.

     Moody's: Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor in interest.

     Mortgage: With respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan, the
mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument with all riders attached thereto
creating a first lien or a first priority ownership interest in an estate in fee
simple in real property securing a Mortgage Note. With respect to a Co-op Loan,
the security agreement with all riders attached thereto creating a security
interest in the stock allocated to a dwelling unit in a residential cooperative
housing corporation and pledged to secure such Co-op Loan and the related Co-op
Lease.

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

     Mortgage Group: Either of Group One or Group Two.

     Mortgage Loans: Such of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof as from time to time are held as a
part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Properties), the mortgage loans so
held being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure
or other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property. Any mortgage
loan that was intended by the parties hereto to be transferred to the Trust Fund
as indicated by such Mortgage Loan Schedule which is in fact not so transferred
for any reason shall continue to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder until the Purchase
Price with respect thereto has been paid to the Trust Fund.

     Mortgage Loan Schedule: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time
amended by the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee to reflect the deletion of
Deleted Mortgage Loans and the addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement transferred to the Trustee as part of the
Trust Fund and from time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as
Exhibits B-1, B-2 and B-3, setting forth the following information with respect
to each Mortgage Loan:

          (i) the loan number;

          (ii) the borrower name and address;

          (iii) the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans;

          (iv) the Initial Mortgage Rate;

          (v) the original maturity date and the months remaining before
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          (vi) the original principal balance;

          (vii) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

          (viii) the first payment due date of the Mortgage Loan;

          (ix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination with respect to a first
     lien Mortgage Loan;

          (x) a code indicating whether the residential dwelling at the time of
     origination was represented to be owner-occupied;

          (xi) a code indicating the property type;

          (xii) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan;

               (A)  the frequency of each Adjustment Date;

               (B)  the next Adjustment Date;

               (C)  the Maximum Mortgage Rate;

               (D)  the Minimum Mortgage Rate;

               (E)  the Mortgage Rate as of the Cut-off Date;

               (F)  the related Periodic Rate Cap;

               (G)  the Gross Margin;

               (H)  the lifetime rate cap;

          (xiii) location of the related Mortgaged Property (or Underlying
     Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan);

          (xiv) a code indicating whether a Prepayment Charge is applicable and,
     if so, the term of such Prepayment Charge;

          (xv) the Credit Score and date obtained; and

          (xvi) the MIN.

     Mortgage Note: The original executed note or other evidence of indebtedness
evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan and all
amendments, modifications and attachments thereto with all riders attached
thereto.

     Mortgage Pool: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

     Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.

     Mortgage Rate: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note from
time to time.

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     Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per annum
rate equal to the then current Mortgage Rate less the Servicing Fee Rate.

     Net Rate: With respect to any Distribution Date, the product of (x) the
weighted average Net Mortgage Rate for the Mortgage Loans calculated based on
the respective Net Mortgage Rates and the Stated Principal Balances of such
Mortgage Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the
first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) and (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of
days in the related Accrual Period.

     NIM Notes: The notes to be issued pursuant to the Indenture.

     NIMs Insurer: Any of the one or more insurers, if any, that is guaranteeing
certain payments under any NIM Notes; provided, that upon the payment in full of
the NIM Notes, all rights of the NIMs Insurer hereunder shall terminate.

     NIMs Insurer Default: As defined in Section 10.12.

     Non-Recoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by the Servicer that, in the good faith judgment of the
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current delinquency, would not, be
ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related Mortgagor, related
Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise with respect to the related Mortgage Loan.

     Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance: Any portion of a Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Servicer that, in the good faith
judgment of the Servicer, will not or, in the case of a current Servicing
Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise with respect to the related
Mortgage Loan.

     Non-Supported Interest Shortfall: As defined in Section 4.02.

     Offered Certificates: The Class A, Class M, Class B and Class R
Certificates.

     Officer's Certificate: A certificate (1) signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a vice president (however
denominated), an Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one
of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer or the Securities Administrator (or any other
officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of
the above designated officers and also to whom, with respect to a particular
matter, such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with a particular subject) or (2), if provided for in this
Agreement, signed by a Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and delivered to
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator
or the Trustee, as the case may be, as required by this Agreement.

     One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined by
the Securities Administrator on the related Interest Determination Date on the
basis of (a) the offered rates for one-month United States dollar deposits, as
such rates appear on Telerate page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Interest Determination Date or (b) if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), the offered rates of the Reference Banks
for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination
Date. If One-Month LIBOR is determined pursuant to clause (b) above, on each
Interest Determination Date, One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual Period will
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          (i) If on such Interest Determination Date two or more Reference Banks
     provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual
     Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered quotations (rounded
     upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%).

          (ii) If on such Interest Determination Date fewer than two Reference
     Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the related
     Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i) One-Month LIBOR as determined on
     the previous Interest Determination Date and (ii) the Reserve Interest
     Rate.

     Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, reasonably acceptable to each addressee of such opinion;
provided, however, that with respect to Section 6.04 or 10.01, or the
interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions, such counsel must (1) in
fact be independent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or the
Securities Administrator, (2) not have any direct financial interest in the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator or in any affiliate of any such party and (3) not be connected
with the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter,
trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.

     Optional Termination: The termination of the Trust Fund hereunder pursuant
to clause (b) of Section 9.01 hereof.

     Optional Termination Amount: The amount received by the Securities
Administrator in connection with any purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and
REO Properties pursuant to Section 9.01(b).

     Optional Termination Price: On any date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date an amount equal to the sum of (i) the then aggregate
outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (or, if such Mortgage
Loan is an REO Property, the fair market value of such REO Property) plus
accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate through the Due Date in
the month in which the Optional Termination Price is to be distributed to the
Certificateholders; (ii) any unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed
to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the
Servicer, any unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Securities Administrator
Fees and all unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances, in each case incurred
by such party in the performance of its obligations and (iii) any unreimbursed
costs, penalties and/or damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with
any violation relating to any of the Mortgage Loans of any predatory or abusive
lending law.

     OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.

     Outstanding: With respect to the Certificates as of any date of
determination, all Certificates theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except: (1) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Securities
Administrator or delivered to the Securities Administrator for cancellation; and
(2) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other Certificates
have been executed by the Securities Administrator and delivered by the
Securities Administrator pursuant to this Agreement.

     Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Distribution Date, a Mortgage Loan
with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a Liquidated Loan, prior
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     Overcollateralization Amount: As of any date of determination, the excess
of (1) the sum of (x) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over
(2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates (other than the Class
P Certificates and the Class C Certificates).

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

     Pass-Through Rate: With respect to any Class of Certificates, the
corresponding Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates.

     Percentage Interest: With respect to:

          (i) any Class, the percentage interest in the undivided beneficial
     ownership interest evidenced by such Class which shall be equal to the
     Certificate Principal Balance of such Class divided by the aggregate
     Certificate Principal Balance of all Classes; and

          (ii) any Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby of the
     related Class shall equal the percentage obtained by dividing the
     Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the Denominations of
     all Certificates of such Class; except that in the case of any Class P
     Certificates, the Percentage Interest with respect to such Certificate
     shown on the face of such Certificate.

     Periodic Rate Cap: As to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and the related
Mortgage Note, the provision therein that limits permissible increases and
decreases in the Mortgage Rate on any Adjustment Date.

     Permitted Activities: The primary activities of the Trust Fund created
pursuant to this Agreement which shall be:

          (i) holding Mortgage Loans transferred from the Depositor and other
     assets of the Trust Fund, including the Cap Contracts and any credit
     enhancement and passive derivative financial instruments that pertain to
     beneficial interests issued or sold to parties other than the Depositor,
     its Affiliates, or its agents;

          (ii) issuing Certificates and other interests in the assets of the
     Trust Fund;

          (iii) receiving collections on the Mortgage Loans and the Cap
     Contracts and making payments on such Certificates and interests in
     accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and

          (iv) engaging in other activities that are necessary or incidental to
     accomplish these limited purposes, which activities cannot be contrary to
     the status of the Trust Fund as a qualified special purpose entity under
     existing accounting literature.

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

          (i) obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, provided
     such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
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          (ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of
     the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the highest
     long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency rating the Certificates;

          (iii) commercial or finance company paper, other than commercial or
     finance company paper issued by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator
     or any of its Affiliates, which is then receiving the highest commercial or
     finance company paper rating of each such Rating Agency;

          (iv) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers'
     acceptances (other than banker's acceptances issued by the Securities
     Administrator or any of its Affiliates) issued by any depository
     institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United
     States or of any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination
     by federal and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial
     paper and/or long term unsecured debt obligations of such depository
     institution or trust company are then rated one of the two highest
     long-term and the highest short-term ratings of each such Rating Agency for
     such securities;

          (v) demand or time deposits or certificates of deposit issued by any
     bank or trust company or savings institution to the extent that such
     deposits are fully insured by the FDIC;

          (vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance
     company or other corporation rated in the two highest long-term or the
     highest short-term ratings of each Rating Agency containing, at the time of
     the issuance of such agreements, such terms and conditions as will not
     result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
     Certificates by any such Rating Agency as evidenced by a letter from each
     Rating Agency;

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

          (viii) securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or
     instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the face amount
     thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation,
     other than the Securities Administrator or any of its Affiliates,
     incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
     which, at the time of such investment, have one of the two highest long
     term ratings of each Rating Agency;

          (ix) interests in any money market fund (including those offered by
     the Securities Administrator, the Trustee or their respective affiliates)
     which at the date of acquisition of the interests in such fund and
     throughout the time such interests are held in such fund has the highest
     applicable long term rating by each Rating Agency rating such fund; and

          (x) short term investment funds sponsored by any trust company or
     national banking association incorporated under the laws of the United
     States or any state thereof, other than the Securities Administrator or any
     of its Affiliates, which on the date of acquisition has been rated by each
     such Rating Agency in their respective highest applicable rating category;

provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is purchased at a
premium or above par or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount; provided,
further, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (A) if such
instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations
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such instrument provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of such underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be redeemed at
a price below the purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to apply to
investments in units of money market funds pursuant to clause (ix) above); and
provided, further, (I) that no amount beneficially owned by any REMIC
(including, without limitation, any amounts collected by the Servicer but not
yet deposited in the Collection Account) may be invested in investments (other
than money market funds) treated as equity interests for Federal income tax
purposes, unless the Servicer shall receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the
expense of the party requesting that such investment be made, to the effect that
such investment will not adversely affect the status of the any REMIC provided
for herein as a REMIC under the Code or result in imposition of a tax on the
Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein and (II) each such investment must
be a "permitted investment" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(5) of the
Code. Permitted Investments that are subject to prepayment or call may not be
purchased at a price in excess of par.

     Permitted Transferee: Any Person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign government, International Organization or any
agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization
(except certain farmers' cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) that
is exempt from tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed
by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess
inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the
Class R Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in
Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, and (v) a Person that is not a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (or other entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for United States federal income tax
purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
State thereof or the District of Columbia or an estate whose income from sources
without the United States is includable in gross income for United States
federal income tax purposes regardless of its connection with the conduct of a
trade or business within the United States, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more United States persons have authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust, unless, in the case of this clause (v), such
Person has furnished the transferor and the Securities Administrator with a duly
completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or applicable successor form. The
terms "United States," "State" and "International Organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code. A corporation will not be
treated as an instrumentality of the United States or of any State thereof for
these purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the
exception of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board
of directors is not selected by such government unit.

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

     Pool Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the aggregate
of the Stated Principal Balances, as of such Distribution Date, of the Mortgage
Loans that were Outstanding Mortgage Loans as of such date.

     Preference Claim: The meaning set forth in Section 4.04(j) hereof.

     Prepayment Assumption: A rate or rates of prepayment, as described in the
Prospectus Supplement in the definition of "Modeling Assumptions," relating to
the Offered Certificates.

     Prepayment Charges: Any prepayment fees, premiums or charges to be paid by
a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan in connection with any Principal Prepayment
pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage, as applicable,
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     Prepayment Interest Excesses: With respect to any Servicer Remittance Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a partial Principal Prepayment or
a Principal Prepayment in full during the portion of the related Prepayment
Period occurring between the first day of the calendar month in which such
Servicer Remittance Date occurs and the last day of the related Prepayment
Period, an amount equal to interest (to the extent received) at the applicable
Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such Principal Prepayment for the number of
days commencing on the first day of the calendar month in which such Servicer
Remittance Date occurs and ending on the date on which such Principal Prepayment
is so applied.

     Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date, for
each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full (other
than a Principal Prepayment in full resulting from the purchase of a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 9.01 hereof), the amount, if any, by
which (i) one month's interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding Distribution Date or
in the case of a partial Principal Prepayment, on the amount of such prepayment,
exceeds (ii) the amount of interest paid or collected in connection with such
Principal Prepayment.

     Prepayment Period: As to any Distribution Date, the period beginning with
the opening of business on the 15th day of the calendar month preceding the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or in the case of the first
Distribution Date, beginning with the opening of business on the Cut-off Date)
and ending on the close of business on the 14th day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

     Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to each Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the Principal Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) any Extra
Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.

     Principal Funds: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any Distribution
Date, the sum, without duplication, of (1) all scheduled principal due during
the related Due Period and received before the related Servicer Remittance Date
or advanced on or before the related Servicer Remittance Date, (2) Principal
Prepayments collected in the related Prepayment Period, (3) the Stated Principal
Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was purchased by the Depositor or the
Servicer during the related Prepayment Period or, in the case of a purchase
pursuant to Section 9.01, on any Business Day prior to such Distribution Date,
(4) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of any
Replacement Mortgage Loan is less than the aggregate unpaid principal of the
related Deleted Mortgage Loans delivered by the Seller in connection with a
substitution of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03(c), (5) all Liquidation
Proceeds collected during the related Prepayment Period (to the extent such
Liquidation Proceeds related to principal), (6) all Subsequent Recoveries
received during the related Due Period, and (7) all other collections and
recoveries in respect of principal during the related Prepayment Period less (A)
all Non-Recoverable Advances relating to principal with respect to the Mortgage
Loans and (B) other amounts reimbursable to the Servicer, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator and the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and
allocable to principal.

     Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of (or
proceeds with respect to) principal on a Mortgage Loan (including Mortgage Loans
purchased or repurchased under Sections 2.02, 2.03, 3.12 and 9.01 hereof) that
is received or recovered in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not
accompanied by an amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on
any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.
Partial Principal Prepayments shall be applied by the Servicer in accordance
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     Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated December 22, 2005
relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.

     PUD: A Planned Unit Development.

     Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
repurchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof or purchased
by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(c) hereof, an amount equal to the sum
of (i) 100% of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date
of such purchase together with any unreimbursed Servicing Advances, (ii) accrued
interest on such unpaid principal balance at the applicable Mortgage Rate from
(a) the date through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to (b) the
Due Date in the month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed to
Certificateholders and (iii) any unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages
incurred by the Trust Fund (or the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) in connection with any violation
relating to such Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law. With
respect to any REO Property purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section
3.12(c) hereof, an amount equal to the fair market value of such REO Property,
as determined in good faith by the Servicer

     Rating Agency: Either S&P or Moody's. If any such organization or its
successor is no longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be a nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person,
designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the
Trustee. References herein to a given rating category of a Rating Agency shall
mean such rating category without giving effect to any modifiers.

     Realized Loss: With respect to (1) a Liquidated Loan, the amount, if any,
by which the Stated Principal Balance and accrued interest thereon at the Net
Mortgage Rate exceeds the amount actually recovered by the Servicer with respect
thereto (net of reimbursement of Advances and Servicing Advances) at the time
such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Loan or (2) a Mortgage Loan which is not
a Liquidated Loan, any amount of principal that the Mortgagor is no longer
legally required to pay (except for the extinguishment of debt that results from
the exercise of remedies due to default by the Mortgagor).

     Record Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business
on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which the
applicable Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first Distribution
Date, the Closing Date).

     Reference Banks: Barclays Bank PLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Citibank,
N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and NatWest, N.A.; provided that if any of the
foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading
banks selected by the Securities Administrator which are engaged in transactions
in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an
established place of business in London, England, (ii) whose quotations appear
on the Reuters Screen LIBO Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date and
(iii) which have been designated as such by the Securities Administrator.

     Regular Certificate: Any one of the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates.

     Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act or any
successor provision thereto, in each case as the same may be amended from time
to time; and all references to any rule, section or subsection of, or definition
or term contained in, Regulation S means such rule, section, subsection,
definition or term, as the case may be, or any successor thereto, in each case
as the same may be amended from time to time.


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     Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates: Certificates sold in offshore
transactions in reliance on Regulation S in the form of one or more permanent
global Certificates in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons, which shall be deposited on behalf of the subscribers for such
Certificates represented thereby with the Securities Administrator, as custodian
for DTC and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC.

     Relief Act: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any similar state or
local law.

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

     REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
section 860D of the Code. References herein to "the REMICs" or "a REMIC" shall
mean either of (or, as the context requires, both of) the Lower Tier REMIC and
the Upper Tier REMIC.

     REMIC Pass-Through Rate: The Class A-1 Available Funds Cap (in the case of
a Class included in Certificate Group One), the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap
(in the case of a Class included in Certificate Group Two) or the Subordinated
Certificate Available Funds Cap (in the case of the Subordinated Certificates).

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

     REMIC Regular Interests: (i) any of the rights under any of the
Certificates (other than the Class P Certificates, the Class R Certificate and
the Class C Certificates) other than the rights in interest rate cap contracts
described in Section 2.07 and (ii) the Uncertificated Class C Interest.

     Remittance Report: As defined in Section 4.04(j) hereof.

     REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Servicer, on behalf of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, through foreclosure or
deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.

     Replacement Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on the date of such substitution, as
confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit I (1)
have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the
Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not
less than 90% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (2)
with respect to any Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Mortgage Rate not less than
or no more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and, with respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: (A) have a
Maximum Mortgage Rate no more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the Maximum
Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (B) have a Minimum Mortgage Rate no
more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (C) have the same index and Periodic Rate Cap as that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Gross Margin not more than 1% per annum higher
or lower than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (D) not permit conversion of
the related Mortgage Rate to a fixed Mortgage Rate and (F) currently be accruing
interest at a rate not more than 1% per annum higher or lower than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (3) have a similar or higher FICO


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score or credit grade than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (4) have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (5) have a
remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less
than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (6) provide for a Prepayment Charge on
terms substantially similar to those of the Prepayment Charge, if any, of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (7) have the same lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (8) constitute the same occupancy type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and
(9) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03
hereof.

     Request for Release: The Request for Release of Documents submitted by the
Servicer to the Trustee (or its custodian), substantially in the form of Exhibit
I hereto.

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

     Required Percentage: As of any Distribution Date following the Stepdown
Date, the quotient of (1) the excess of (A) the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date, over (B) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the most senior Class of Certificates outstanding as of such
Distribution Date, prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date and (2) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of such Distribution Date.

     Reserve Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Determination Date, the
rate per annum that the Securities Administrator determines to be (1) the
arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of
0.03125%) of the one-month United States dollar lending rates which New York
City banks selected by the Securities Administrator are quoting on the relevant
Interest Determination Date to the principal London offices of leading banks in
the London interbank market or (2) in the event that the Securities
Administrator can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United
States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected by the Securities
Administrator are quoting on such Interest Determination Date to leading
European banks.

     Residual Interest: An interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that is entitled to
all distributions of principal and interest on the Class R Certificate other
than distributions in respect of the Class LTR Interest and distributions on the
Class R Certificate in respect of Excess Interest.

     Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Servicer, any officer of the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Servicer with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and any other officer to
whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred because of
such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. When
used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also means any other
officer to whom, with respect to a particular matter, such matter is referred
because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.

     Reuters Screen LIBO Page: The display designated as page "LIBO" on the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace such LIBO
page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered
rates of major banks.

     S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or
any successor in interest.

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

     Section 302 Requirements: Any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (as such may be amended from time to time).

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

     Securities Administrator: LaSalle Bank National Association, a national
banking association, or any successor in interest.

     Securities Administrator Fee: The Securities Administrator is entitled to
the investment income earned on amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account as
set forth in Section 3.05(g) hereof.

     Seller: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
its successor in interest.

     Servicer: National City Home Loan Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or its successor in interest.

     Servicer Advance Date: As to any Distribution Date, the related Servicer
Remittance Date.

     Servicer Remittance Date: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 18th
day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) of
the month in which the related Distribution Date occurs.

     Servicer Trigger Event: As defined in Section 7.02 hereof.

     Servicer's Assignee: As defined in Section 10.14(a).

     Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket"
costs and expenses incurred in the performance of the Servicer's servicing
obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the
preservation, inspection, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property (or
Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan), including without
limitation advances in respect of real estate taxes and assessments, (2) any
collection, enforcement or judicial proceedings, including without limitation
foreclosures, collections and liquidations, (3) the conservation, management,
sale and liquidation of any REO Property, (4) executing and recording
instruments of satisfaction, substitutions of trustees on trust deeds, deeds of
reconveyance or Assignments of Mortgage to the extent not otherwise recovered
from the related Mortgagors or payable under this Agreement, (5) correcting
errors of prior servicers; costs and expenses charged to the Servicer by the
Trustee or Securities Administrator; tax tracking; title research; flood
certifications; lender paid mortgage insurance, (6) obtaining or correcting any
legal documentation required to be included in the Mortgage Files and reasonably
necessary for the Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement and
(7) compliance with the obligations under Sections 3.01 and 3.10; provided that
such amounts are required to be advanced only to the extent such advances
constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

     Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of (x) one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate and (y)
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding
Distribution Date or, in the event of any payment of interest that accompanies a
Principal Prepayment in full made by the Mortgagor, interest at the Servicing
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the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the preceding
Distribution Date for the period covered by such payment of interest.

     Servicing Fee Rate: 0.50% per annum.

     Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as
applicable, involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of
the Mortgage Loans whose name appears on a list of servicing officers furnished
to the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee by the
Servicer on the Closing Date or by the Special Servicer upon a servicing
transfer of any Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement, as such lists may
from time to time be amended.

     Servicing Rights Pledgee: One or more lenders, selected by the Servicer, to
which the Servicer may pledge and assign all of its right, title and interest
in, to and under this Agreement (other than rights with respect to Advances and
Servicing Advances herein), including JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the
representative of certain lenders.

     Servicing Transfer Costs: In the event that the Servicer does not reimburse
the Master Servicer under this Agreement, all costs associated with the transfer
of servicing from the predecessor Servicer, including, without limitation, any
costs or expenses associated with the termination of the predecessor servicer,
the appointment of a successor servicer, the complete transfer of all servicing
data and the manipulation, completion or correction of such servicing data as
may be required by the Master Servicer or any successor servicer to correct any
errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the
Master Servicer or successor servicer to service the Mortgage Loans properly and
effectively.

     SFAS 140: Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 140, Accounting
for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of
Liabilities dated September 2000, published by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation.

     Special Servicer: Wilshire Credit Corporation, a Nevada corporation, or its
successor in interest.

     Startup Day: As defined in Section 2.07 hereof.

     Stated Principal Balance: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property (1) as of the Cut-off Date, the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof,
and (2) as of any Distribution Date, such Cut-off Date Principal Balance minus
the sum of (A) the principal portion of the Scheduled Payments (x) due with
respect to such Mortgage Loan during each Due Period ending prior to such
Distribution Date and (y) that were received by the Servicer as of the close of
business on the Determination Date related to such Distribution Date or with
respect to which Advances were made on the Servicer Advance Date prior to such
Distribution Date and (B) all Principal Prepayments with respect to such
Mortgage Loan received on or prior to the last day of the related Prepayment
Period, and all Liquidation Proceeds to the extent applied by the Servicer as
recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.12 with respect to such
Mortgage Loan, that were received by the Servicer as of the close of business on
the last day of the related Due Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Stated Principal Balance of a Liquidated Loan shall be deemed to be zero.

     Stepdown Date: The later to occur of (1) the Distribution Date in January
2009 or (2) the first Distribution Date on which (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance (reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such
Distribution Date) is less than or equal to (B) 55.90% of the Stated Principal
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     Stepdown Required Loss Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the
applicable percentage for such Distribution Date set forth in the following
table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN   STEPDOWN REQUIRED LOSS PERCENTAGE
------------------------------   ---------------------------------
<S>                              <C>
January 2009 - December 2009     2.85% with respect to January 2009, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 1.40% for each month
                                 thereafter

January 2010 - December 2010     4.25% with respect to January 2010, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 0.50% for each month
                                 thereafter

January 2011 - December 2011     4.75% with respect to January 2011, plus an
                                 additional 1/12th of 0.25% for each month
                                 thereafter

January 2012 and thereafter      5.00%
</TABLE>

     Stepdown Trigger Event: With respect to the Certificates on or after the
Stepdown Date, a Distribution Date on which (1) the quotient of (A) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans which are 60 or more
days Delinquent measured on a rolling three month basis (including, for the
purposes of this calculation, Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and REO Properties
and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the applicable Mortgagor is in
bankruptcy) and (B) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
preceding Servicer Remittance Date, equals or exceeds the product of (i) 35.00%
and (ii) the Required Percentage or (2) the quotient (expressed as a percentage)
of (A) the aggregate Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date through the
last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and (B) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds
the Stepdown Required Loss Percentage.

     Subordinated Certificates: Each Class of the Class M and Class B
Certificates.

     Subordinated Certificate Available Funds Cap: With respect to a
Distribution Date, the per annum rate equal to the weighted average (weighted in
proportion to the results of subtracting the current Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates, in the case of Group One, or
the Class A-2 Certificates, in the case of Group Two, from the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Group as of the
immediately preceding Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first
Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date)) of the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap
and the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap.

     Subordinated Certificate Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement
between the Trust Fund or the Securities Administrator and the Cap Contract
Counterparty (in the form of Exhibit N-3 hereto).

     Subordinated Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Subordinated Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance
set forth for such Distribution Date in the Subordinated Certificate One Month
LIBOR Cap Table attached hereto as Exhibit O-3.

     Subordinated Certificate Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution
Date in October 2008.

     Subordinated Certificate Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to a Distribution
Date, the per annum rate equal to the weighted average (weighted in proportion
to the results of subtracting from the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans in each Mortgage Group as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the
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Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates, in the
case of Group One, or the Class A-2 Certificates, in the case of Group Two) of
the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap and the Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap.

     Subordinated Certificate Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution
Date with respect to which payments are received on the Subordinated Certificate
Cap Contract, a rate equal to the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 8.730% per
annum.

     Subsequent Recovery: Any amount received on a Mortgage Loan (net of amounts
reimbursed to the Servicer related to such Mortgage Loan) subsequent to such
Mortgage Loan being determined to be a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.

     Subservicing Agreement: As defined in Section 3.02(a).

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

     Tax Matters Person: The Person designated as "tax matters person" in the
manner provided under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d) and Treasury
regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.

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

     Transferor: First Franklin Financial Corporation.

     Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust (the "First Franklin Mortgage Loan
Trust, Series 2005-FF12") created hereunder consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans
and all interest and principal received on or with respect thereto on and after
the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in computing the Cut-off Date
Principal Balance thereof, exclusive of interest not required to be deposited in
the Collection Account; (ii) the Collection Account, the Certificate Account and
all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage Loan and has been acquired by
foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise; (iv) the mortgagee's
rights under the Insurance Policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans; (v) all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing
into cash or other liquid property; and (vi) the Cap Contracts and Cap Contract
Account.

     Trustee: Citibank, N.A., a national banking association, not in its
individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders under this Agreement, and any successor thereto, and any
corporation or national banking association resulting from or surviving any
consolidation or merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any
successor trustee as may from time to time be serving as successor trustee
hereunder.

     Uncertificated Class C Interest: An uncertificated interest with an initial
principal amount equal to the initial Overcollateralization Amount and having
(i) the same rights to payments as the Class C Certificates, other than the
rights to payments of amounts with respect to the Cap Contracts, and (ii) the
rights to the payments treated as distributed to the Class C Certificates under
Section 2.07(d), provided, however, that such interest shall have no obligation
to make any payments treated as paid by the Class C Certificates pursuant to
interest rate cap agreements under Section 2.07(d).

     Underlying Mortgaged Property: With respect to each Co-op Loan, the
underlying real property owned by the related residential cooperative housing
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     Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: The Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class M-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class M-5 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class M-6 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount,
Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss Amount and
Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount, collectively.

     Upper Collar: Any of the Class A-1 Upper Collar, the Class A-2 Upper Collar
or the Subordinated Certificate Upper Collar.

     Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement and Section
2.07.

     USAP Report: A report in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation
Program for Mortgage Bankers delivered in accordance with Section 3.18.

     Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all the Certificates
that is allocated to any of the Certificates for purposes of the voting
provisions hereunder. Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates
shall be allocated as follows: (1) 98% to the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates, with the allocation among such Certificates to be in proportion to
the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class relative to the Certificate
Principal Balance of all other Classes and (2) each Class of the Class C and
Class P will be allocated 1% of the Voting Rights. Voting Rights will be
allocated among the Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests.

                                   ARTICLE II

                          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     Section 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.

     The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does
hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Trustee without
recourse all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the assets
of the Trust Fund. Such assignment includes all interest and principal received
on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans, on or after the Cut-off Date (other
than Scheduled Payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date).

     It is agreed and understood by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee
that it is not intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the Trust that is,
without limitation, a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined by the Home Ownership and
Equity Protection Act of 1994 or any other applicable anti-predatory lending
laws, including but not limited to (i) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the
New Jersey Home Ownership Act effective November 27, 2003; (ii) a "High-Cost
Home Loan" as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective
January 1, 2004; or (iii) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the
Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004; (iv)
a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined by the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law
effective January 1, 2005 or (v) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined by the
Illinois High-Risk Home Loan Act effective January 1, 2004.

     (i) In connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver
to, and deposit with, the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf, the following
documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned that is
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          (A) The original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, "Pay to the order
     of Citibank, N.A., as trustee, without recourse" together with all riders
     thereto. The Mortgage Note shall include all intervening endorsements
     showing a complete chain of the title from the Transferor to
     [____________________];

          (B) Except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that is not a
     MERS Loan, the original recorded Mortgage with together all riders thereto,
     with evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has not
     yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of the original
     Mortgage together with all riders thereto certified by the Transferor to be
     true copy of the original of the Mortgage that has been delivered for
     recording in the appropriate recording office of the jurisdiction in which
     the Mortgaged Property is located and in the case of each MERS Loan, the
     original Mortgage together with all riders thereto, noting the presence of
     the MIN of the Loan and either language indicating that the Mortgage Loan
     is a MOM Loan or if the Mortgage Loan was not a MOM Loan at origination,
     the original Mortgage and the assignment thereof to MERS, with evidence of
     recording indicated thereon, or a copy of the Mortgage certified by the
     public recording office in which such Mortgage has been recorded;

          (C) In the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS Loan, the
     original Assignment of each Mortgage endorsed either in blank or, to
     "Citibank, N.A., as trustee;"

          (D) The original policy of title insurance (or a preliminary title
     report, commitment or binder if the original title insurance policy has not
     been received from the title insurance company);

          (E) Originals of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage, with
     evidence of recording thereon or, if the original intervening assignment
     has not yet been returned from the recording office, a copy of such
     assignment certified to be a true copy of the original of the assignment
     which has been sent for recording in the appropriate jurisdiction in which
     the Mortgaged Property is located; and

          (F) Originals of all assumption and modification agreements, if any.

     (ii) In connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver
to, and deposit with, the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf, the following
documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned that is
a Co-op Loan:

          (A) (i) The original Mortgage Note (or a lost note affidavit
     (including a copy of the original Mortgage Note)) or (ii) original
     consolidation, extension and modification agreement (or a lost note
     affidavit (including a copy of the original consolidation, extension and
     modification agreement)), in either case endorsed either in blank or, "Pay
     to the order of Citibank, N.A., as trustee, without recourse;"

          (B) The original Mortgage entered into by the Mortgagor with respect
     to such Co-Op Loan;

          (C) The original Assignment of Mortgage endorsed either in blank or to
     "Citibank, N.A., as trustee;"

          (D) Original assignments of Mortgage showing a complete chain of
     assignment from the originator of the related Co-Op Loan to the last
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          (E) Original Form UCC-1 and any continuation statements with evidence
     of filing thereon entered into by the Mortgagor with respect to such Co-Op
     Loan (or a recorded copy thereof);

          (F) Form UCC-3 (or copy thereof) by the Transferor or its agent
     assigning the security interest covered by such Form UCC-1 to "Citibank,
     N.A., as trustee," together with all Forms UCC-3 (or copies thereof)
     showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the related
     Co-op Loan to the Transferor, with evidence of recording thereon;

          (G) Original stock certificate representing the stock allocated to the
     related dwelling unit in the related residential cooperative housing
     corporation and pledged by the related Mortgagor to the originator of such
     Co-op Loan with a stock power in blank attached;

          (H) Original proprietary lease;

          (I) Original assignment of proprietary lease or a copy thereof, to the
     Trustee or in blank, and all intervening assignments thereof;

          (J) Original recognition agreement or a copy thereof of the interests
     of the mortgagee with respect to the Co-op Loan by the residential
     cooperative housing corporation, the stock of which was pledged by the
     related Mortgagor to the originator of such Co-op Loan; and

          (K) Originals of any assumption, consolidation or modification
     agreements relating to any of the items specified in (A) through (F) above
     with respect to such Co-op Loan.

     If in connection with any Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan, the
Depositor cannot deliver the Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption,
consolidation or modification, as the case may be, with evidence of recording
thereon, if applicable, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement solely because of a delay caused by the public recording office where
such Mortgage, Assignments of Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or
modification, as the case may be, has been delivered for recordation, the
Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee written notice
stating that such Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the
case may be, has been delivered to the appropriate public recording office for
recordation. Thereafter, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf such Mortgage, Assignments of
Mortgage or assumption, consolidation or modification, as the case may be, with
evidence of recording indicated thereon, if applicable, upon receipt thereof
from the public recording office. To the extent any required endorsement is not
contained on a Mortgage Note or an Assignment of Mortgage, the Depositor shall
make or cause such endorsement to be made.

     With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan, none of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be obligated to cause to be
recorded the Assignment of Mortgage referred to in this Section 2.01. With
respect to any Co-op Loan, none of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee shall be obligated to
cause to be filed the Form UCC-3 referred to in this Section 2.01. In the event
that any Assignment of Mortgage referred to in this Section 2.01 is not recorded
or is improperly recorded, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee shall have no liability for any failure to receive
or act on notices related to such Assignment of Mortgage.

     The ownership of each Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the contents of the
related Mortgage File is vested in the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or
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ownership and shall not claim any ownership interest therein. The Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer and Securities Administrator shall respond to any
third party inquiries with respect to ownership of the Mortgage Loans by stating
that such ownership is held by the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.
Mortgage documents relating to the Mortgage Loans not delivered to the Trustee
are and shall be held in trust by the Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee
as the owner thereof, and the Servicer's possession of the contents of each
Mortgage File so retained is for the sole purpose of servicing the related
Mortgage Loan, and such retention and possession by the Servicer is in a
custodial capacity only. The Depositor agrees to take no action inconsistent
with the Trustee's ownership of the Mortgage Loans, to promptly indicate to all
inquiring parties that the Mortgage Loans have been sold and to claim no
ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans.

     It is the intention of this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan. If a conveyance
of Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Depositor is characterized as a pledge
and not a sale, then the Depositor shall be deemed to have transferred to the
Trustee all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under the
obligations of the Seller deemed to be secured by said pledge; and it is the
intention of this Agreement that the Depositor shall also be deemed to have
granted to the Trustee a first priority security interest in all of the
Depositor's right, title, and interest in, to and under the obligations of the
Seller to the Depositor deemed to be secured by said pledge and that the Trustee
shall be deemed to be an independent custodian for purposes of perfection of the
security interest granted to the Depositor. If the conveyance of the Mortgage
Loans from the Depositor to the Trustee is characterized as a pledge, it is the
intention of this Agreement that this Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement under applicable law, and that the Depositor shall be deemed to have
granted to the Trustee a first priority security interest in all of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under the Mortgage Loans, all
payments of principal of or interest on such Mortgage Loans, all other rights
relating to and payments made in respect of the Trust Fund, and all proceeds of
any thereof. If the trust created by this Agreement terminates prior to the
satisfaction of the claims of any Person in any Certificates, the security
interest created hereby shall continue in full force and effect and the Trustee
shall be deemed to be the collateral agent for the benefit of such Person.

     In addition to the conveyance made in the first paragraph of this Section
2.01, the Depositor does hereby convey, assign and set over to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Certificateholders its rights and interests under the Sale
Agreement, including the Depositor's right, title and interest in the
representations and warranties contained in the Sale Agreement and the benefit
of the repurchase obligations and the obligation of the Seller contained in the
Sale Agreement to take, at the request of the Depositor or the Trustee, all
action on its part which is reasonably necessary to ensure the enforceability of
a Mortgage Loan. The Trustee hereby accepts such assignment, and shall be
entitled to exercise all rights of the Depositor under the Sale Agreement as if,
for such purpose, it were the Depositor. The foregoing sale, transfer,
assignment, set-over, deposit and conveyance does not and is not intended to
result in creation or assumption by the Trustee of any obligation of the
Depositor, the Seller, or any other Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans
or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto except as specifically set
forth herein.

     Section 2.02. Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.

     Except as set forth in the Exception Report delivered contemporaneously
herewith (the "Exception Report"), the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the
Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan and delivery of a Mortgage File (but does
not acknowledge receipt of all documents required to be included in such
Mortgage File) with respect to each Mortgage Loan and declares that it holds and
will hold such documents and any other documents constituting a part of the
Mortgage Files delivered to it or the Custodian on its behalf in trust for the
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Depositor will cause the Seller to repurchase any Mortgage Loan to which a
material exception was taken in the Exception Report unless such exception is
cured within 45 Business Days of the Closing Date.

     The Securities Administrator acknowledges receipt of the three Cap
Contracts (forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibits N-1, N-2 and N-3) and
the Sale Agreement.

     The Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf agrees, for the benefit of
Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer, to review each Mortgage File delivered
to it within 60 days after the Closing Date to ascertain and to certify, within
70 days of the Closing Date, to the NIMs Insurer, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Servicer that all documents required by Section 2.01 have been
executed and received, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans
identified in Exhibit B that have been conveyed to it. If the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf finds any document or documents constituting a part of a
Mortgage File to be missing or defective (that is, mutilated, damaged, defaced
or unexecuted) in any material respect, the Trustee or the Custodian on its
behalf shall promptly (and in any event within no more than five Business Days)
after such finding so notify the NIMs Insurer, the Servicer, the Special
Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Depositor. In addition, the
Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf shall also notify the NIMs Insurer, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Seller and the
Depositor if the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon with
respect to a Mortgage Loan is not received within 70 days of the Closing Date;
if it has not been received because of a delay caused by the public recording
office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation, the Depositor
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on its
behalf written notice stating that such Mortgage has been delivered to the
appropriate public recording office for recordation and thereafter the Depositor
shall deliver or cause to be delivered such Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon upon receipt thereof from the public recording office. The Trustee shall
request that the Seller correct or cure such omission, defect or other
irregularity, or substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the provisions of
Section 2.03, within 90 days from the date the Seller was notified of such
omission or defect and, if the Seller does not correct or cure such omission or
defect within such period, that the Seller purchase such Mortgage Loan from the
Trust Fund within 90 days from the date the Trustee or the Custodian on its
behalf notified the Seller of such omission, defect or other irregularity at the
Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan
purchased pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be paid to the Servicer and
deposited by the Servicer in the Certificate Account or Collection Account, as
appropriate, promptly upon receipt, and, upon receipt by the Trustee of written
notification of such deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf, upon receipt of a Request for Release, shall promptly
release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute
and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse, as
shall be requested by the Seller and necessary to vest in the Seller or its
designee, as the case may be, any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and
the Trustee shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage
Loan. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to purchase,
cure or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in or
omission of a constituent document exists shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting such defect or omission available to the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer. The preceding sentence shall not,
however, limit any remedies available to the Certificateholders, the NIMs
Insurer, the Depositor or the Trustee pursuant to the Sale Agreement. Neither
the Trustee nor the Custodian on its behalf shall be under any duty or
obligation to inspect, review and examine such documents, instruments,
certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine, enforceable,
recordable or appropriate to the represented purpose, or that they have actually
been recorded, or that they are other than what they purport to be on their
face. The Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee shall keep confidential the name of each Mortgagor
except as required by this Agreement and the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the
Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee shall not solicit
any such Mortgagor for the purpose of refinancing the related Mortgage Loan;
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing shall not be
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disclosure of any and all information that is or becomes publicly known, or
information obtained by the Trustee, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the
Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator from sources other than the
other parties hereto, (ii) disclosure of any and all information (A) if required
by any applicable law, rule or regulation, (B) to any government agency or
regulatory body having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee any aspects
of the Trustee's business or that of its affiliates, (C) pursuant to any
subpoena, civil investigation demand or similar demand or request of any court,
regulatory authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which Trustee or any
affiliate or an officer, director, employer or shareholder thereof is a party or
(D) to any affiliate, independent or internal auditor, agent, employee or
attorney of the Trustee, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer
or the Securities Administrator having a need to know the same, provided that
the Trustee, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, advises such recipient of the
confidential nature of the information being disclosed, or (iii) any other
disclosure authorized by the Depositor. It is understood and agreed that all
rights and benefits relating to the solicitation of any Mortgagors and the
attendant rights, title and interest in and to the list of Mortgagors and data
relating to their Mortgages shall be retained by the Servicer.

     Within 70 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee (or the custodian on its
behalf) shall deliver to the NIMs Insurer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer
and the Servicer the Initial Certification, substantially in the form of Exhibit
D attached hereto, evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any
exceptions noted thereto.

     Section 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor.

          (a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Servicer, the
Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the NIMs
Insurer and the Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:

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

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

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

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

          (v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
     governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
     performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the Depositor with, this
     Agreement and the Sale Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
     contemplated hereby, or if any such consent, approval, authorization or
     order is required, the Depositor has obtained the same. The Depositor
     hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee with respect to each Mortgage
     Loan as of the Closing Date and following the transfer of the Mortgage
     Loans to it by the Seller, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage
     Loans and the Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, claims, liens,
     mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest, defenses or counterclaims.

          (b) The representations and warranties of the Seller with respect to
the Mortgage Loans contained in the Sale Agreement were made as of the Closing
Date.

     To the extent that any fact, condition or event with respect to a Mortgage
Loan constitutes a breach of a representation or warranty of the Seller under
the Sale Agreement, the only right or remedy of the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer or
of any Certificateholder shall be the Trustee's right to enforce the obligations
of the Seller under such applicable representation or warranty made by it. The
Trustee acknowledges that the Depositor shall have no obligation or liability
with respect to any breach of any representation or warranty with respect to the
Mortgage Loans (except as set forth in Section 2.03(a)(v)) under any
circumstances.

          (c) Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the NIMs Insurer
or the Trustee of a breach of any of such representations and warranties that
adversely and materially affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan,
Prepayment Charges or the interests of the Certificateholders, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
Within 90 days of the discovery of such breach of any representation or
warranty, the Seller shall either (a) cure such breach in all material respects,
(b) repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in respect thereof
from the Trustee at the Purchase Price or (c) within the two year period
following the Closing Date, substitute a Replacement Mortgage Loan for the
affected Mortgage Loan. In the event of discovery of a breach of any
representation and warranty of the Seller, the Trustee shall enforce its rights
under the Sale Agreement for the benefit of Certificateholders and the NIMs
Insurer. If a breach of the representations and warranties set forth in the Sale
Agreement exists solely due to the unenforceability of a Prepayment Charge, the
Trustee shall notify the NIMs Insurer thereof and not seek to enforce the
repurchase remedy provided for herein unless directed in writing to do so by the
NIMs Insurer. In the event of a breach of the representations and warranties
with respect to the Mortgage Loans set forth in the Sale Agreement, the Trustee
shall, at the request of the NIMs Insurer, enforce the right of the Trust Fund
and the NIMs Insurer to be indemnified for such breach of representation and
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relates solely to the unenforceability of a Prepayment Charge, amounts received
in respect of such indemnity up to the amount of such Prepayment Charge shall be
distributed pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i). As provided in the Sale Agreement,
if the Seller substitutes for a Mortgage Loan for which there is a breach of any
representations and warranties in the Sale Agreement which adversely and
materially affects the value of such Mortgage Loan and such substitute mortgage
loan is not a Replacement Mortgage Loan, under the terms of the Sale Agreement,
the Seller will, in exchange for such substitute Mortgage Loan, (i) provide the
applicable Purchase Price for the affected Mortgage Loan or (ii) within two
years of the Closing Date, substitute such affected Mortgage Loan with a
Replacement Mortgage Loan. Any such substitution shall not be effected prior to
the additional delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf of a
Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit I and shall not be
effected unless it is within two years of the Startup Day. As provided in the
Sale Agreement, the Seller indemnifies and holds the Trust Fund, the Trustee,
the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Servicer and each Certificateholder harmless against any and
all taxes, claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees
and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the
Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator, the Servicer and any Certificateholder may sustain
in connection with any actions of the Seller relating to a repurchase of a
Mortgage Loan other than in compliance with the terms of this Section 2.03 and
the Sale Agreement, to the extent that any such action causes (i) any federal or
state tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein,
including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited
transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after
the startup day" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or (ii) any REMIC created
hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is
outstanding. In furtherance of the foregoing, if the Seller is not a member of
MERS and repurchases a Mortgage Loan which is registered on the MERS System, the
Seller, at its own expense and without any right of reimbursement, shall cause
MERS to execute and deliver an assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form to
transfer the Mortgage from MERS to the Seller and shall cause such Mortgage to
be removed from registration on the MERS System in accordance with MERS' rules
and regulations.

     With respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Depositor pursuant to
this Agreement, by the Seller pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the principal
portion of the funds received by the Servicer in respect of such repurchase of a
Mortgage Loan will be considered a Principal Prepayment and shall be deposited
by the Servicer in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 and the
Servicer shall notify the Securities Administrator of its receipt of the same.
The Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf, upon receipt of notice from the
Servicer of its receipt of the full amount of the Purchase Price for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan, or upon receipt of the Mortgage File for a Replacement Mortgage
Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, shall release or cause to be
released and reassign to the Depositor or the Seller, as applicable, the related
Mortgage File for the Deleted Mortgage Loan and shall execute and deliver such
instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse,
representation or warranty, as shall be necessary to vest in such party or its
designee or assignee title to any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant
hereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens and other encumbrances
created by this Agreement, which instruments shall be prepared by the Trustee
(or the custodian on its behalf), and neither the Trustee, the Custodian on its
behalf nor the Securities Administrator shall have any further responsibility
with respect to the Mortgage File relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan.

     With respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan to be delivered to the
Trustee (or the custodian on its behalf) pursuant to the terms of this Article
II in exchange for a Deleted Mortgage Loan: (i) the Depositor or the Seller, as
applicable, must deliver to the Trustee (or the custodian on its behalf) the
Mortgage File for the Replacement Mortgage Loan containing the documents set
forth in Section 2.01 along with a written certification certifying as to the
delivery of such Mortgage File and containing the granting language set forth in
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respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loan, each of the representations and
warranties made by it with respect to the related Deleted Mortgage Loan. The
Trustee (or the custodian on its behalf) shall review the Mortgage File with
respect to each Replacement Mortgage Loan and certify to the NIMs Insurer and
the Depositor that all documents required by Section 2.01 have been executed and
received.

     For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Replacement
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Seller will determine
the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal balance of all such
Replacement Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution and the aggregate
Prepayment Charges with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loans is less than
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (after application of the principal
portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution) and aggregate
Prepayment Charges of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans. An amount equal to the
aggregate of the deficiencies described in the preceding sentence (such amount,
the "Substitution Adjustment Amount") plus an amount equal to any unreimbursed
costs, penalties and/or damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with
any violation relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive
lending law shall be remitted by the Seller to the Servicer for deposit into the
Collection Account on the Determination Date for the Distribution Date relating
to the Prepayment Period during which the related Mortgage Loan became required
to be purchased or replaced hereunder.

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the right to
substitute Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Article II shall be subject to the
additional limitations that no substitution of a Replacement Mortgage Loan for a
Deleted Mortgage Loan shall be made unless the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the
Securities Administrator shall each have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the
expense of the party seeking to make the substitution) that, under current law,
such substitution will not (A) affect adversely the status of any REMIC
established hereunder as a REMIC, or of the related "regular interests" as
"regular interests" in any such REMIC, or (B) cause any such REMIC to engage in
a "prohibited transaction" or prohibited contribution pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions.

     The Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf shall cause the Mortgage Loan
Schedule to be amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

     The Seller shall give or cause to be given written notice to the
Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer that such substitution has taken place,
shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of such Deleted
Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the substitution of the
Replacement Mortgage Loan or Replacement Mortgage Loans and shall deliver a copy
of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the NIMs Insurer, the Servicer, the
Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the
Trustee. Upon such substitution by the Seller, such Replacement Mortgage Loan or
Replacement Mortgage Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall
be subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and the Sale
Agreement, including all applicable representations and warranties thereof
included in the Sale Agreement as of the date of substitution.

          (d) It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties
and indemnification (i) set forth in this Section 2.03 and (ii) of the Seller
and the Depositor set forth in the Sale Agreement and assigned to the Trustee by
the Depositor hereunder shall each survive delivery of the Mortgage Files and
the Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee or the Custodian
on its behalf and shall continue throughout the term of this Agreement.

          (e) The Depositor shall deliver a copy of the Mortgage Loan Schedule
to the Servicer on the Closing Date.

     Section 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Master Servicer;
Representations and Warranties of the Servicer; Representations and Warranties
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          (a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor, the Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee as follows, as of
the date hereof:

               (i) The Master Servicer is duly organized and is validly existing
as a national banking association and is duly authorized and qualified to
transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by
the Master Servicer.

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

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

               (iv) The Master Servicer, or an affiliate thereof, is an approved
servicer of mortgage loans for Fannie Mae and for Freddie Mac.

               (v) No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master
Servicer's knowledge, threatened, against the Master Servicer that would
materially and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of
this Agreement or its performance of any of its other obligations under this
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

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

          (b) The Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the
Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:


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               (i) The Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware and is an operating
subsidiary of National City Bank of Indiana. As a national bank operating
subsidiary, it is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and
is subject to applicable laws and regulations. The Servicer is authorized to
carry on its business as now being conducted as an operating subsidiary of a
national bank.

               (ii) The Servicer has the full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform in accordance herewith; the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including all instruments
or transfer to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement) by the Servicer and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
authorized; this Agreement evidences the valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of the Servicer, regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in
equity or at law; and all requisite corporate action has been taken by the
Servicer to make this Agreement valid and binding upon the Servicer in
accordance with its terms, subject to (1) bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating
to creditors' rights generally, including, without limitation, the effect of
statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances or preferential
transfers, and (2) general principles of equity upon the specific enforceability
of any of the remedies, covenants or other provisions of the Agreement and upon
the availability of injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and the
application of principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) as such principles relate to,
limit or affect the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding for such enforcement may be
brought.

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

               (iv) [Reserved].

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

               (vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Servicer of, or compliance by the Servicer with, this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any
such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Servicer has
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               (vii) The Servicer has fully furnished and will fully furnish
(for the period it serviced the Mortgage Loans), 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 on a monthly basis.

               (viii) Notwithstanding any state or federal law to the contrary,
the Servicer shall not impose or collect a Prepayment Charge in any instance
when the mortgage debt is accelerated as the result of the Mortgagor's default
in making the Mortgage Loan payments.

          (c) The Securities Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer and the
Trustee as of the date hereof:

               (i) The Securities Administrator is duly organized and is validly
existing as a national banking association and is duly authorized and qualified
to transact any and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted
by the Securities Administrator.

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

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

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

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

          (d) The Special Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator and
the Trustee as of the date hereof:

               (i) The Special Servicer is duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada
and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all business
contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by the Special Servicer.

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

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

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

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

     SECTION 2.05. Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans that are not
"Qualified Mortgages."

     Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the
Special Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee that any Mortgage
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mortgage" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party
discovering such fact shall promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days of
discovery) give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection
therewith, the Depositor shall, at the Depositor's option, either (i)
substitute, if the conditions in Section 2.03(c) with respect to substitutions
are satisfied, a Replacement Mortgage Loan for the affected Mortgage Loan, or
(ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of such discovery in
the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan for a breach of representation or
warranty contained in Section 2.03. The Trustee, upon the written request of the
Depositor, shall reconvey to the Depositor the Mortgage Loan to be released
pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it
would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty
contained in Section 2.03.

     SECTION 2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates.

     The Trustee acknowledges the transfer and assignment to it of the Trust
Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, the Securities
Administrator has caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order
of the Depositor, in exchange for the Mortgage Loans, Certificates duly
authenticated by the Securities Administrator in authorized denominations
evidencing ownership of the entire Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the
Trust Fund and exercise the rights referred to above for the benefit of all
present and future Holders of the Certificates and to perform its duties set
forth in this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof to the best of
its abilities, to the end that the interests of the Holders may be adequately
and effectively protected.

     SECTION 2.07. REMIC Elections.

          (a) The Depositor hereby instructs and authorizes the Trustee to make
an appropriate election to treat each of the Upper Tier REMIC and the Lower Tier
REMIC as a REMIC. The Trustee, upon written direction of the Securities
Administrator, shall sign the returns providing for such elections and such
other tax or information returns which are required to be signed by the Trustee
under applicable law. This Agreement shall be construed so as to carry out the
intention of the parties that each of the Upper Tier REMIC and the Lower Tier
REMIC be treated as a REMIC at all times prior to the date on which the Trust
Fund is terminated.

          (b) The Preliminary Statement sets forth the designations and "latest
possible maturity date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests created
hereby. The "Startup Day" for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the
Closing Date. Each REMIC's fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

     The Lower Tier REMIC shall consist of all of the assets of the Trust Fund,
other than (i) amounts distributable to the Class P Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof, (ii) the interests issued by the Lower Tier REMIC,
(iii) the grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof and (iv) each Cap
Contract and the Cap Contract Account. The Lower Tier REMIC shall issue the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests which shall be designated as regular
interests of such REMIC and shall issue the Class LTR Interest that shall be
designated as the sole class of residual interest in the Lower Tier REMIC. Each
of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall have the characteristics set
forth in its definition.

     The assets of the Upper Tier REMIC shall be the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests. The REMIC Regular Interests shall be designated as the regular
interests in the Upper Tier REMIC and the Residual Interest shall be designated
as the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC. For federal
income tax purposes, (i) the pass-through rate on the REMIC Regular Interests
represented by the Class A-1 Certificates and on the sole class of residual
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC shall be subject to a cap equal to the Class
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Interests represented by the Class A-2 Certificates shall be subject to a cap
equal to the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap; and (iii) the pass-through rate on
the REMIC Regular Interests represented by the Subordinated Certificates shall
be subject to a cap equal to the Subordinated Certificate Available Funds Cap.

     The beneficial ownership of the Class LTR Interest and the Residual
Interest shall be represented by the Class R Certificate. The Class LTR Interest
shall not have a principal balance or bear interest.

          (c) The "tax matters person" with respect to the Lower Tier REMIC and
the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions shall be the
beneficial owner of the Class R Certificate; provided, however, that the Holder
of the Class R Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, irrevocably appoints the
Securities Administrator as its agent and attorney-in-fact to act as "tax
matters person" with respect to each such REMIC for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions. If there is more than one beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate, the "tax matters person" shall be the Person with the greatest
percentage interest in the Class R Certificate and, if there is more than one
such Person, shall be determined under Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-4(d)
and Treasury regulation Section 301.6231(a)(7)-1.

          (d) It is intended that the rights of each Class of the Class A, Class
M and Class B Certificates to receive payments in respect of Excess Interest
shall be treated as a right in interest rate cap contracts written by the Class
C Certificateholders in favor of the holders of each Class of the Class A, Class
M and Class B Certificates and such shall be accounted for as property held
separate and apart from the regular interests in the Upper Tier REMIC held by
the holders of the Class A (other than the Class R Certificate), Class M
Certificates, Class B Certificates and the residual interest in the Upper Tier
REMIC held by the holder of the Class R Certificate. For information reporting
requirements, the rights of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates to
receive payments in respect of Excess Interest shall be assumed to have zero or
a de minimis value. This provision is intended to satisfy the requirements of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(i) for the treatment of property rights
coupled with REMIC interests to be separately respected and shall be interpreted
consistently with such regulation. On each Distribution Date, to the extent that
any of the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates receive payments in respect
of Excess Interest, such amounts, to the extent not derived from payments on the
Cap Contracts, will be treated as distributed by the Upper Tier REMIC to the
Class C Certificates pro rata in payment of the amounts specified in Section
4.04(g) and then paid to the relevant Class of Certificates pursuant to the
related interest rate cap agreement.

          (e) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting
of the Uncertificated Class C Interest, the Cap Contracts, the Cap Contract
Account, and the obligation of the holders of the Class C Certificates to pay
amounts in respect of Excess Interest to the holders of the Class A, Class M and
Class B Certificates shall be treated as a "grantor trust" under the Code, for
the benefit of the holders of the Class C Certificates, and the provisions
hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of
such intention, the Securities Administrator shall (i) furnish or cause to be
furnished to the holders of the Class C Certificates information regarding their
allocable share, if any, of the income with respect to such grantor trust, (ii)
file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (together
with any necessary attachments) and such other forms as may be applicable and
(iii) comply with such information reporting obligations with respect to
payments from such grantor trust to the holders of Class A, Class M, Class B and
Class C Certificates as may be applicable under the Code.

          (f) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting
of the right to receive amounts distributable to the Class P Certificates
pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof shall be treated as a "grantor trust"
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the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In
furtherance of such intention, the Securities Administrator shall (i) furnish or
cause to be furnished to the holders of the Class P Certificates information
regarding their allocable share of the income with respect to such grantor trust
and (ii) file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041
(together with any necessary attachments) and such other forms as may be
applicable.

          (g) [RESERVED]

          (h) All payments of principal and interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on
each of the Mortgage Loans (other than amounts distributable to the Class P
Certificates pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) hereof) received from the Mortgage
Loans shall be paid to the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests until the
principal balance of all such interests have been reduced to zero and any losses
allocated to such interests have been reimbursed. Any excess amounts shall be
distributed to the Class LTR Interest. On each Distribution Date, payments and
losses shall be allocated among the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests so that
(i) each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests shall have a principal
balance equal to 25% of the principal balance of the Corresponding Certificates,
(ii) the Class LTIX Interest has a principal balance equal to the excess of (x)
50% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loans over (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests (if
necessary to reflect an increase in overcollateralization, accrued and unpaid
interest on the Class LTIX interest may be added to its principal amount to
achieve this result) and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of the Class
LTII1A Interest, Class LTII1B Interest, Class LTII2A Interest, Class LTII2B
Interest and the Class LTIIX Interest shall equal 50% of the remaining principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans. Distributions and losses allocated to the Lower
Tier REMIC Regular Interests described in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence
will be allocated among such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests in the following
manner: (x) such distributions shall be deemed made to such Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests first, so as to keep the principal balance of the each such
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest with "B" at the end of its designation equal
to 0.05% of the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in
the related Mortgage Group and second, to such Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests with "A" at the end of its designation so that the uncertificated
principal balance of each such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest is equal to
0.05% of the excess of (I) the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group over (II) the aggregate principal
balance of Certificate Group One, in the case of the Class LTII1A Interest, or
Certificate Group Two, in the case of the Class LTII2A Interest (except that if
0.05% of any such excess is greater than the principal amount of the related
Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation, the
least amount of principal shall be distributed to each Lower Tier REMIC II
Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation such that the Lower Tier
REMIC Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained) and finally, any remaining
distributions of principal to the Class LTIIX Interest and (y) such losses shall
be allocated among the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests described in clause
(iii) of the preceding sentence first, so as to keep the principal balance of
the each such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest with "B" at the end of its
designation equal to 0.05% of the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group; second, to such Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests with "A" at the end of its designation so that the
uncertificated principal balance of each such Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interest
is equal to 0.05% of the excess of (I) the aggregate scheduled principal balance
of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Group over (II) the aggregate
principal balance of Certificate Group One, in the case of the Class LTII1A
Interest, or Certificate Group Two, in the case of the Class LTII2A Interest
(except that if 0.05% of any such excess is greater than the principal amount of
the related Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its
designation, the least amount of losses shall be allocated to each Lower REMIC
II Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation such that the Lower
Tier REMIC Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained) and finally, any remaining
losses to the Class LTIIX Interest. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences,
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to any Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests. All computations with respect to the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall be taken out to ten decimal places.

     Any available funds remaining in the Lower Tier REMIC on a Distribution
Date after distributions to the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall be
distributed to the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LTR Interest.

     If on any Distribution Date the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class
of Certificates is increased pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of
"Certificate Principal Balance", then there shall be an equivalent increase in
the principal amounts of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests, with such
increase allocated (before the making of distributions and the allocation of
losses on the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests on such Distribution Date)
among the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests so that, to the greatest extent
possible, (i) each of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests has a principal
balance equal to 25% of the principal balance of the Corresponding Certificates,
(ii) the Class LTIX Interest has a principal balance equal to the excess of (x)
50% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loans over (y) the
aggregate principal balance of the Lower Tier REMIC I Marker Interests and (iii)
the aggregate principal amount of the Lower Tier REMIC II Marker Interests and
the Class LTIIX Interest shall equal 50% of the remaining principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans. Allocations in connection with clause (iii) shall be made so
that, to the greatest extent possible, (a) the principal balance of each Lower
Tier REMIC II Marker Interest with "B" at the end of its designation equals
0.05% of the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in
related Mortgage Group, (b) the principal balance of each Lower Tier REMIC II
Marker Interest with "A" at the end of its designation equals 0.05% of the
excess of (x) the aggregate scheduled principal balance of the Mortgage Loans in
related Mortgage Group over (y) the aggregate principal balance of Certificate
Group One in the case of the Class LTII1A Interest, or Certificate Group Two in
the case of the Class LTII2A Interest and (c) any remaining allocations are made
to the Class LTIIX Interest.

     For purposes of this Section 2.07, (i) the Class LTII1A Interest and Class
LTII1B Interest shall be related to Group One, and (ii) the Class LTII2A
Interest and Class LTII2B Interest shall be related to Group Two.

          (i) In the event that any REMIC provided for herein fails to qualify
as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC or incurs federal, state or local taxes
as a result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the
REMIC Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Servicer or the Special
Servicer, as applicable, of its duties and obligations set forth herein, the
Servicer, or the Special Servicer (as the case may be), shall indemnify the NIMs
Insurer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the
Trust Fund against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided,
however, that the Servicer, or the Special Servicer (as the case may be), shall
not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the action or inaction of the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the
Holder of the residual interest in such REMIC, as applicable, nor for any such
Losses resulting from misinformation provided by the Holder of the residual
interest in such REMIC on which the Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not
be deemed to limit or restrict the rights and remedies of the Holder of the
residual interest in such REMIC now or hereafter existing at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event shall the Servicer, or the
Special Servicer (as the case may be), have any liability (1) for any action or
omission that is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express
terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2)
for any Losses other than those arising out of a negligent performance by the
Servicer, or the Special Servicer (as the case may be), of its duties and
obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special or consequential damages
to Certificateholders (in addition to payment of principal and interest on the
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          (j) In the event that any REMIC provided for herein fails to qualify
as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC, or incurs federal, state or local taxes
as a result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the
REMIC Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Securities
Administrator of its duties and obligations set forth herein, the Securities
Administrator shall indemnify the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee and the Trust Fund
against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however,
that the Securities Administrator shall not be liable for any such Losses
attributable to the action or inaction of the Servicer, the Special Servicer,
the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Holder of the residual
interest in such REMIC, as applicable, nor for any such Losses resulting from
misinformation provided by the Holder of the residual interest in such REMIC on
which the Securities Administrator has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed
to limit or restrict the rights and remedies of the Holder of the residual
interest in such REMIC now or hereafter existing at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event shall the Securities
Administrator have any liability (1) for any action or omission that is taken in
accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or which is
expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any Losses other
than those arising out of a negligent performance by the Securities
Administrator of its duties and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any
special or consequential damages to Certificateholders (in addition to payment
of principal and interest on the Certificates).

     SECTION 2.08. [RESERVED]

     SECTION 2.09. Covenants of the Servicer.

     The Servicer hereby covenants to each of the other parties to this
Agreement as follows:

          (a) the Servicer shall comply in the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of the insurer
under each Required Insurance Policy;

          (b) no written information, certificate of an officer, statement
furnished in writing or written report delivered to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the NIMs Insurer or the Trustee, any
affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator,
the NIMs Insurer or the Trustee and prepared by the Servicer pursuant to this
Agreement is inaccurate in any material respect, provided, however, that the
Servicer shall not be responsible for inaccurate information provided to it by
third parties.

     SECTION 2.10. [RESERVED]

     SECTION 2.11. Permitted Activities of the Trust. The Trust is created for
the object and purpose of engaging in the Permitted Activities. In furtherance
of the foregoing, the Securities Administrator is hereby authorized and directed
to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust, and to perform the duties and
obligations of the Trustee under, the Cap Contracts, an insurance and indemnity
agreement with a NIMs Insurer and any other agreement or instrument related
thereto, in each case in such form as the Depositor shall direct or shall
approve, the execution and delivery of any such agreement by the Depositor to be
conclusive evidence of its approval thereof.

     SECTION 2.12. Qualifying Special Purpose Entity. For purposes of SFAS 140,
the parties hereto intend that the Trust Fund shall be treated as a "qualifying
special purpose entity" as such term is used in SFAS 140 and any successor rule
thereto and its power and authority as stated in Section 2.11 of this Agreement
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                                   ARTICLE III

                          ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
                                OF MORTGAGE LOANS

     SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.

     For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Servicer shall service and
administer the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation, any powers of
attorney, in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. In connection with
such servicing and administration, the Servicer shall have full power and
authority, acting alone and/or through subservicers as provided in Section 3.02
hereof, to do or cause to be done any and all things that it may deem necessary
or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration, including but
not limited to, the power and authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee,
customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to
consent to transfers of any Mortgaged Property (or the stock allocated to a
dwelling unit related to a Co-op Loan) and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and
related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided in this Agreement), (iii) to
collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds and (iv) subject
to Section 3.12(a), to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the
ownership of the Mortgaged Property (or the stock allocated to a dwelling unit
related to a Co-op Loan) securing any Mortgage Loan; provided that, subject to
Section 6.03, the Servicer shall not take any action that is inconsistent with
or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders in any
Mortgage Loan serviced by it under this Agreement or the rights and interests of
the other parties to this Agreement except as otherwise required by this
Agreement or by law. The Servicer shall not make or permit any modification,
waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan which would cause any of
the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the
imposition of any tax under Section 860G(a) or 860G(d) of the Code. The Servicer
shall represent and protect the interest of the Trust Fund in the same manner as
it currently protects its own interest in mortgage loans in its own portfolio in
any claim, proceeding or litigation regarding a Mortgage Loan, but in any case
not in any manner that is a lesser standard than that provided in the first
sentence of this Section 3.01. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Servicer, in its own name or in the name of the Depositor and the Trustee,
is hereby authorized and empowered by the Depositor and the Trustee, when the
Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificateholders or any
of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial
or full release or discharge, subordinations and all other comparable
instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to the
Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The
Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery
by any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to
service and administer the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation, any
powers of attorney. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and
deliver them to the Servicer. For purposes of this Section 3.01, the Trustee
hereby grants to the Servicer a limited power of attorney to execute and file
any and all documents necessary to fulfill the obligations of the Servicer under
this Section 3.01.

     The Trustee shall deliver Powers of Attorney to the Servicer promptly after
the Closing Date and additional Powers of Attorney promptly after request
therefor by the Servicer.

     In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Servicer
shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of
effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties if
making such advances is reasonably likely to increase net collections for the
Trust after reimbursement of such advances, which advances shall be reimbursable
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from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.06, and
further as provided in Section 3.08. To the extent that a Mortgage does not
provide for escrow payments, (i) the Servicer shall determine whether any such
payments are made by the Mortgagor in a manner and at a time that is necessary
to avoid the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or to foreclosure
as a result of a tax lien and (ii) the Servicer shall ensure that all insurance
required to be maintained on the Mortgaged Property pursuant to this Agreement
is maintained. If any such payment has not been made and the Servicer receives
notice of a tax lien being imposed with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the
Servicer will, to the extent required to avoid loss of the Mortgaged Property,
advance or cause to be advanced funds necessary to discharge such lien on the
Mortgaged Property if making such advances is reasonably likely to increase net
collections for the Trust after reimbursement of such advances.

     All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in effecting the timely
payments of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties and related
insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly
distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal
Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such
Mortgage Loans so permit.

     In the event that the Mortgage Loan Documents relating to any Mortgage Loan
contain provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to submit to binding
arbitration any disputes arising in connection with such Mortgage Loan, the
Servicer shall be entitled to waive any such provisions on behalf of the Trust
and to send written notice of such waiver to the related Mortgagor, although the
Mortgagor may still require arbitration of such disputes at its option.

     The Servicer shall not be required to make any Servicing Advance with
respect to a Mortgage Loan that is 150 days or more delinquent.

     The Servicer shall have at least 30 days' notice of the appointment of a
NIMs Insurer prior to being required to deliver any notices pursuant to this
Agreement to such NIMs Insurer.

     The Servicer shall deliver a list of Servicing Officers to the Master
Servicer and the Trustee by the Closing Date.

     The Servicer will transmit full-file credit reporting data for each
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Fannie Mae Guide Announcement 97-02 and for each
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer agrees that it shall report one of the following
statuses each month as follows: current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.),
foreclosed or charged-off.

     The Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf
of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the
Sub-Servicer, when the Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be,
believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on
the MERS System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan
on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment,
release and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment,
release or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for
the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result
of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection
with the MERS System, shall be subject to withdrawal by the Servicer from the
Collection Account (provided that such expenses constitute "unanticipated
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     In connection with any modification pursuant to this Section and to the
extent there are any unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances, the Servicer
shall reimburse itself for such amounts from the Collection Account.

     SECTION 3.02. Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
Servicer.

          (a) The Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan
by a subservicer, which may be an affiliate (each, a "subservicer") pursuant to
a Subservicing Agreement (each, a "Subservicing Agreement"); provided, however,
that (i) such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the related Subservicing
Agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage Loans in a manner
consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated hereunder, (ii) that
such agreement would not result in a withdrawal or downgrading by any Rating
Agency of the ratings of any Certificates or any of the NIM Notes evidenced by a
letter to that effect delivered by each Rating Agency to the Depositor and the
NIMs Insurer and (iii) the NIMs Insurer shall have consented to such
Subservicing Agreement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any Subservicing Agreement, any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Servicer and a subservicer or reference to actions taken through a subservicer
or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to the Depositor,
the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificateholders for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such
obligation or liability by virtue of such 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. Every Subservicing
Agreement entered into by the Servicer shall contain a provision giving any
successor servicer the option to terminate such agreement, with the consent of
the NIMs Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), in the
event a successor servicer is appointed. All actions of the each subservicer
performed pursuant to the related Subservicing Agreement shall be performed as
an agent of the Servicer with the same force and effect as if performed directly
by the Servicer. The Servicer shall deliver to the NIMs Insurer and the Master
Servicer copies of all Subservicing Agreements. The Trustee, the Master Servicer
and the Securities Administrator shall have no obligations, duties or
liabilities with respect to a subservicer, including, without limitation, any
obligation, duty or liability to monitor such subservicer or to pay a
subservicer's fees and expenses.

          (b) For purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to
have received any collections, recoveries or payments with respect to the
Mortgage Loans that are received by a subservicer regardless of whether such
payments are remitted by the subservicer to the Servicer.

     SECTION 3.03. Rights of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee in Respect of the Servicer.

     None of the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Depositor shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or
failure to act by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, and none of them is
obligated to supervise the performance of the Servicer or the Special Servicer
hereunder or otherwise except, with respect to the Master Servicer, as otherwise
expressly provided herein.

     SECTION 3.04. Master Servicer to Act as Servicer.

     Subject to Sections 6.04, 7.03 and 11.02, in the event that the Servicer
shall, for any reason, no longer be the servicer hereunder (including by reason
of an Event of Default), the Master Servicer or its designee shall, within a
period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of notice of
termination or resignation, thereupon assume all of the rights and obligations
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arising thereafter (except that the Master Servicer shall not be (i) liable for
losses of the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof or any acts or omissions
of any predecessor servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is
prohibited from doing so by applicable law, (iii) obligated to effectuate
repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans hereunder, including pursuant to
Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, (iv) responsible for any expenses of the Servicer
pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed to have made any representations and
warranties hereunder, including pursuant to Section 2.04 or the first paragraph
of Section 6.02 hereof; provided, however that the Master Servicer (subject to
clause (ii) above) or its designee, in its capacity as the successor servicer,
shall immediately assume the Servicer's obligation to make Advances and
Servicing Advances). No such termination or resignation shall affect any
obligation of the Servicer to pay amounts owed under this Agreement and to
perform its duties under this Agreement until its successor assumes all of its
rights and obligations hereunder. If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer
be the servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default), the Master
Servicer (or any other successor servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any
rights and obligations of the Servicer under any subservicing agreement in
accordance with the terms thereof; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
(or any other successor servicer) shall not incur any liability or have any
obligations in its capacity as servicer under a subservicing agreement arising
prior to the date of such succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to
the rights and obligations of the Servicer thereunder; and the Servicer shall
not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under the subservicing
agreement arising prior to the date of such succession. To the extent any costs
or expenses, including without limitation Servicing Transfer Costs incurred by
the Master Servicer in connection with this Section 3.04, Article VII or Section
11.02, are not paid by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable,
pursuant to this Agreement within 30 days of the date of the Master Servicer's
invoice thereof, such amounts shall be payable out of the Certificate Account;
provided that the terminated servicer shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any
such expense incurred by the Trust Fund upon receipt of a reasonably detailed
invoice evidencing such expenses. If the Master Servicer is unwilling or unable
to act as servicer, the Master Servicer shall seek to appoint a successor
servicer that is eligible in accordance with the criteria specified in this
Agreement and reasonably acceptable to the NIMs Insurer.

     The Servicer shall, upon request of the Master Servicer, but at the expense
of the Servicer, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records
relating to each subservicing agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being
serviced and otherwise use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient
transfer of the subservicing agreement to the assuming party.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, the Trustee and the
Depositor hereby agree that within 10 Business Days of delivery to the Master
Servicer by the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer
whereby the Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, the
Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee shall be appointed as successor
servicer (provided that at the time of such appointment the Servicing Rights
Pledgee or such designee meets the requirements of a successor servicer set
forth in Section 7.03 of this Agreement and the other requirements of Section
7.03 have been met) and the Servicing Rights Pledgee agrees to be subject to the
terms of this Agreement.

     SECTION 3.05. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account;
Certificate Account.

          (a) The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices to collect all payments called for under the terms
and provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall be
consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related
Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the foregoing and subject to Section
3.01, the Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment charge or,
if applicable, any default interest charge, or (ii) extend the due dates for
payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 180 days;
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affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any
computation hereunder, except as provided below; provided, further, that the
NIMs Insurer's prior written consent shall be required for any modification,
waiver or amendment after the Cut-off Date if the aggregate number of
outstanding Mortgage Loans which have been modified, waived or amended exceeds
5% of the number of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. In the event that
servicing of any Mortgage Loan has been transferred from the Servicer to the
Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.27(a), each of the Servicer and the
Special Servicer will notify the other party with respect to the aggregate
number of Mortgage Loans that have been modified, waived or amended after the
Cut-off Date. In the event of any such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii)
above, subject to Section 4.01, the Servicer shall make any Advances on the
related Mortgage Loan during the scheduled period in accordance with the
amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by
reason of such arrangements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that
any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the Servicer, such
default is reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer, consistent with the standards
set forth in Section 3.01, may also waive, modify or vary any term of such
Mortgage Loan (including modifications that would change the Mortgage Rate,
forgive the payment of principal or interest or extend the final maturity date
of such Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount
less than the Stated Principal Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage
Loan, or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or
otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor (any and all such waivers,
modifications, variances, forgiveness of principal or interest, postponements,
or indulgences collectively referred to herein as "forbearance"), provided,
however, that in no event shall the Servicer grant any such forbearance (other
than as permitted by the second sentence of this Section) with respect to any
one Mortgage Loan more than once in any 12 month period or more than three times
over the life of such Mortgage Loan, and provided, further, that in determining
which course of action permitted by this sentence it shall pursue, the Servicer
shall adhere to the standards of Section 3.01. In connection with any
modification pursuant to this Section 3.05(a) and to the extent there are any
unreimbursed Advances, the Servicer shall reimburse itself for such amounts from
the Collection Account.

          (b) The Servicer will not waive any Prepayment Charge or portion
thereof unless, (i) the enforceability thereof shall have been limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating
to creditors' rights generally or is otherwise prohibited by law, or (ii) the
collectability thereof shall have been limited due to acceleration in connection
with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment, or (iii) in the Servicer's
reasonable judgment as described in Section 3.01 hereof, (x) such waiver relates
to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default, (y) such waiver would maximize
recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment
Charge and related Mortgage Loan and (z) doing so is standard and customary in
servicing similar Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in
connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or
a reasonably foreseeable default), or (iv) sufficient information is not made
available to enable it to collect the Prepayment Charge. Except as provided in
the preceding sentence, in no event will the Servicer waive a Prepayment Charge
in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a
default or a reasonably foreseeable default. If the Servicer waives or does not
collect all or a portion of a Prepayment Charge relating to a Principal
Prepayment in full or in part due to any action or omission of the Servicer,
other than as provided above, the Servicer shall deposit the amount of such
Prepayment Charge (or such portion thereof as had been waived for deposit) into
the Collection Account for distribution in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.

          (c) The Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in
litigation with respect to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage,
Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with
respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing
the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment
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          (d) The Servicer shall establish and maintain so long as it is acting
as servicer hereunder, on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, the Collection Account. The Servicer shall deposit into the
Collection Account, within two Business Days of receipt thereof, in immediately
available funds, the following payments and collections received or made by it
on and after the Cut-Off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans:

               (i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans, other than principal due on the Mortgage
Loans on or prior to the Cut-off Date;

               (ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans
net of the related Servicing Fee permitted under Section 3.15, other than (x)
interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or prior to the Cut-off Date and (y)
Prepayment Interest Excess;

               (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, other than proceeds to be applied
to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property (or Underlying Mortgaged
Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan) or released to either the Mortgagor or
the holder of a senior lien on the Mortgaged Property (or Underlying Mortgaged
Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan) in accordance with the Servicer's normal
servicing procedures;

               (iv) all Subsequent Recoveries;

               (v) all Compensating Interest;

               (vi) any amount required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant
to Section 3.05(f) in connection with any losses on Permitted Investments;

               (vii) any amounts required to be deposited by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof;

               (viii) all Purchase Prices and Substitution Adjustment Amounts;

               (ix) all Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01;

               (x) all Prepayment Charges;

               (xi) all net monthly rental income from REO Properties required
to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12; and

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

     The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Servicer into the
Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all servicing-related fees,
including all late payment charges, insufficient funds charges, customary real
estate referral fees and payments in the nature of assumption fees (i.e. fees
related to the assumption of a Mortgage Loan upon the purchase of the related
Mortgaged Property or stock allocated to a dwelling unit in the case of a Co-op
Loan), modification fees, extension fees and other similar ancillary fees and
charges (other than Prepayment Charges) if collected, and any Prepayment
Interest Excess need not be remitted by the Servicer. Rather, such fees and
charges and similar amounts may be retained by the Servicer as additional
servicing compensation. In the event that the Servicer shall remit any amount
not required to be remitted and not otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to
Section 3.08 hereof, it may at any time withdraw or direct the Trustee, or such
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withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall maintain adequate records with
respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this Section. All funds deposited in
the Collection Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders until
withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In no event shall the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer incur liability for withdrawals
from the Collection Account at the direction of the Servicer.

     The Servicer shall give notice to the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator and the Trustee of the location of the Collection
Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change thereof. Upon
request, the Servicer shall forward to the NIMs Insurer, and upon request, to
the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor
the most current available bank statement for the Collection Account. Copies of
such statement shall be provided by the Securities Administrator to any
Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the Securities Administrator
as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon request at the expense of the
requesting party, provided such statement is delivered by the Servicer to the
Securities Administrator.

          (e) The Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain, on
behalf of the Certificateholders, the Certificate Account (which may consist of
one or more sub-accounts). The Securities Administrator shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit or cause to be deposited in the Certificate Account and retain
therein the following:

               (i) the aggregate amount withdrawn by the Servicer from the
Collection Account and required to be deposited in the Certificate Account;

               (ii) any amount required to be deposited by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(g) in connection with any losses on
Permitted Investments; and

               (iii) the Optional Termination Amount received by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to Section 9.01.

     Any amounts received by the Securities Administrator prior to 1:00 p.m. New
York City time (or such earlier deadline for investment in the Permitted
Investments designated by the Securities Administrator) which are required to be
deposited in the Certificate Account by the Servicer or Master Servicer may be
invested in Permitted Investments on the Business Day on which they were
received. The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Servicer and Master
Servicer and deposit by the Servicer and Master Servicer into the Certificate
Account shall be exclusive. In the event that the Servicer or the Master
Servicer shall remit any amount not required to be remitted and not otherwise
subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, it may at any time
withdraw such amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall
be held by the Securities Administrator in trust for the Certificateholders
until disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or withdrawn in accordance
with Section 3.08. In no event shall the Securities Administrator incur
liability for withdrawals from the Certificate Account at the direction of the
Servicer or the Master Servicer. The Securities Administrator shall give notice
to the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Servicer of the location of the
Certificate Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof.

          (f) Each institution that maintains the Collection Account or the
Certificate Account shall invest the funds in each such account as directed by
the Servicer or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, in writing, in
Permitted Investments, which shall mature not later than (i) in the case of the
Collection Account the Business Day preceding the related Servicer Remittance
Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the
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Collection Account or is otherwise immediately available, then such Permitted
Investment shall mature not later than the Servicer Remittance Date) and (ii) in
the case of the Certificate Account, the Business Day immediately preceding the
first Distribution Date that follows the date of such investment (except that if
such Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains
such Certificate Account or is otherwise immediately available, then such
Permitted Investment shall mature not later than such Distribution Date) and, in
each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such
Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the Servicer, or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders. All income and gain net of any losses realized from amounts
on deposit in the Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the Servicer as
servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it or withdrawn by it monthly as
provided herein. The amount of any losses incurred in the Collection Account in
respect of any such investments shall be deposited by the Servicer in the
Collection Account out of the Servicer's own funds immediately as realized.

          (g) All income and gain net of any losses realized from amounts on
deposit in the Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the Securities
Administrator. The amount of any losses incurred in the Certificate Account in
respect of any such investments shall be deposited by the Securities
Administrator in the Certificate Account out of the Securities Administrator's
own funds immediately as realized.

     SECTION 3.06. Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
Accounts.

     To the extent required by the related first lien Mortgage Note, the
Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (each, an "Escrow
Account") and deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors (or
advances by the Servicer) for the payment of taxes, assessments, hazard
insurance premiums or comparable items for the account of the Mortgagors.
Nothing herein shall require the Servicer to compel a Mortgagor to establish an
Escrow Account in violation of applicable law.

     Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be made
only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums,
condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse the
Servicer out of related collections for any payments made pursuant to Sections
3.01 hereof (with respect to taxes, assessments, dues or comparable items and
insurance premiums) and 3.10 hereof (with respect to hazard insurance), to
refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages, to pay
interest, if required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage or Mortgage
Note, to Mortgagors on balances in the Escrow Account to withdraw funds
deposited in error or amounts previously deposited but returned as unpaid due to
a "not sufficient funds" or other denial by the related Mortgagor's banking
institution or to clear and terminate the Escrow Account at the termination of
this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof. The Escrow Accounts shall
not be a part of the Trust Fund.

     SECTION 3.07. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
Mortgage Loans.

     Upon reasonable advance notice in writing if required by federal
regulation, the Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder that is a
savings and loan association, bank or insurance company certain reports and
reasonable access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to comply with applicable
regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities with respect to
investment in the Certificates; provided, that the Servicer shall be entitled to
be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the
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     The Special Servicer may from time to time provide the Depositor, and any
person designated by the Depositor, with reports and information regarding the
Mortgage Loans, including without limitation, information requested by the
Depositor or an originator of the Mortgage Loans for required institutional risk
control.

     SECTION 3.08. Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
Certificate Account.

          (a) The Servicer may from time to time, make withdrawals from the
Collection Account for the following purposes (the order below not constituting
an order of priority):

               (i) to pay to the Servicer (to the extent not previously paid to
or withheld by the Servicer), as servicing compensation in accordance with
Section 3.15, that portion of any payment or recovery of interest on a Mortgage
Loan that equals the Servicing Fee for the period with respect to which such
interest payment or recovery was made or allocated, and, as additional servicing
compensation, those other amounts set forth in Section 3.15;

               (ii) to reimburse the Servicer for Advances made by it (or to
reimburse the Advance Financing Person for Advances made by it) with respect to
the Mortgage Loans, such right of reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (ii)
being limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage Loan(s) (including, for
this purpose, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds)
that represent late recoveries of payments of principal and/or interest on such
particular Mortgage Loan(s) in respect of which any such Advance was made;

               (iii) to reimburse the Servicer and the Master Servicer (in its
capacity as successor Servicer) for any Non-Recoverable Advance previously made
and any Non-Recoverable Servicing Advances previously made to the extent that,
in the case of Non-Recoverable Servicing Advances, reimbursement therefor
constitutes "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii);

               (iv) to pay to the Servicer earnings on or investment income with
respect to funds in or credited to the Collection Account;

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

               (vi) to pay the Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees and to
reimburse it for any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (to the extent that
reimbursement for Servicing Advances would constitute an "unanticipated expense"
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)), the
Servicer's right to reimbursement of Servicing Advances pursuant to this
subclause (vi) with respect to any Mortgage Loan being limited to amounts
received on particular Mortgage Loan(s)(including, for this purpose, Liquidation
Proceeds and purchase and repurchase proceeds) that represent late recoveries of
the payments for which such advances were made pursuant to Section 3.01 or
Section 3.06;

               (vii) to pay to the Depositor or the Servicer, as applicable,
with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that
has been purchased pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03 or 3.12, all amounts received
thereon and not taken into account in determining the related Stated Principal
Balance of such repurchased Mortgage Loan;

               (viii) to pay the Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees for any
Mortgage Loan upon such Mortgage Loan being charged off and upon termination of
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               (ix) to reimburse the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or the Depositor for expenses incurred by any of them
in connection with the Mortgage Loans or the Certificates and reimbursable
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation,
Section 3.25 or Section 6.03 hereof;

               (x) to reimburse the Trustee for enforcement expenses reasonably
incurred in respect of a breach or defect giving rise to the purchase obligation
in Section 2.03 that were incurred in the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loans
including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the purchase
obligation; provided that any such expenses will be reimbursable under this
subclause (ix) only to the extent that such expenses would constitute
"unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii) if paid by one of the REMICs provided for herein;

               (xi) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Collection Account
and not required to be deposited therein;

               (xii) to withdraw funds deposited in error or amounts previously
deposited but returned as unpaid due to a "not sufficient funds" or other denial
by the related Mortgagor's banking institution;

               (xiii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof;

               (xiv) to reimburse the Servicer (including the Master Servicer as
successor Servicer) for Advances or Servicing Advances from amounts in the
Collection Account held for future distributions that were not included in
Interest Funds for the preceding Distribution Date. An amount equal to the
amount withdrawn from the Collection Account pursuant to this subclause (xiii)
shall be deposited in the Collection Account by the Servicer on the next
succeeding Distribution Date on which funds are to be distributed to
Certificateholders; and

               (xv) to reimburse the Servicer (including the Master Servicer as
successor Servicer) from any amounts in the Collection Account for any prior
Advances or Servicing Advances made by the Servicer that have not otherwise been
reimbursed to the Servicer at the time a Mortgage Loan is modified.

     In addition, no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall cause to be withdrawn from the Collection
Account the Interest Funds and the Principal Funds to the extent on deposit, and
such amount shall be deposited in the Certificate Account; provided, however, if
the Securities Administrator does not receive such Interest Funds and Principal
Funds by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, such Interest Funds and Principal Funds shall
be deposited in the Certificate Account on the next Business Day.

     The Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a Mortgage
Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from
the Collection Account.

     The Servicer shall provide written notification to the Securities
Administrator on or prior to the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date upon
making any withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (iii)
and (viii) above.

     In the event of any failure by the Servicer to remit to the Securities
Administrator for deposit into the Certificate Account any amounts (including
any Advance) required to be so remitted by the Servicer on the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall pay to the Securities Administrator, for its
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account, interest on such amounts at the "prime rate" (as specified in the New
York edition of The Wall Street Journal) until such failure is remedied.

     Unless otherwise specified, any amounts reimbursable to the Servicer or the
Securities Administrator from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or
the Certificate Accounts shall be deemed to come from first, Interest Funds, and
thereafter, Principal Funds for the related Distribution Date.

          (b) The Securities Administrator shall withdraw funds from the
Certificate Account for distribution to the Certificateholders in the manner
specified in this Agreement (and shall withhold from the amounts so withdrawn,
the amount of any taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to this
Agreement). In addition, the Securities Administrator may from time to time make
withdrawals from the Certificate Account for the following purposes (the order
below not constituting an order of priority):

               (i) to withdraw any amount deposited in the Certificate Account
and not required to be deposited therein;

               (ii) to clear and terminate the Certificate Account upon
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof (after paying all
amounts necessary to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer or the Servicer in connection with any such termination);

               (iii) to reimburse the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee for any fees, expenses and indemnification reimbursable
pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation Sections 3.04, 6.03,
8.05, 8.06 and 11.02 hereof; and

               (iv) to pay to the Securities Administrator earnings on or
investment income with respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate
Account as provided in Section 3.05(g).

     SECTION 3.09. [RESERVED]

     SECTION 3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.

     The Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each first lien Mortgage
Loan (other than a Co-op Loan), fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage
in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the replacement value
of the improvements that are part of such Mortgaged Property, or (ii) the
greater of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (b) an
amount such that the proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to prevent the
related Mortgagor and/or mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer or (iii) the
amount required under applicable HUD/FHA regulations. Each policy of standard
hazard insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that
contains, a standard mortgagee clause. The Servicer shall also cause flood
insurance to be maintained on property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu
of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, to the extent described below. Pursuant to
Section 3.05 hereof, any amounts collected by the Servicer under any such
policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of
the related Mortgaged Property or property thus acquired or amounts released to
the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures)
shall be deposited in the Collection Account. Any cost incurred by the Servicer
in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating
monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to the Securities
Administrator for their benefit, be added to the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit.
Such costs shall be recoverable by the Servicer out of late payments by the
related Mortgagor or out of Liquidation Proceeds to the extent and as otherwise
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and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of
any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other
than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property
is located at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally
designated special flood hazard area and such area is participating in the
national flood insurance program, the Servicer shall cause flood insurance to be
maintained with respect to such first lien Mortgage Loan. Such flood insurance
shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the original principal balance
of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the replacement value of the improvements
that are part of such Mortgaged Property, or (iii) the maximum amount of such
insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973, as amended.

     In the event that the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy
insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall
conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the
first sentence of this Section 3.10, it being understood and agreed that such
policy may contain a deductible clause on terms substantially equivalent to
those commercially available and maintained by comparable servicers. If such
policy contains a deductible clause, the Servicer shall, in the event that there
shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy
complying with the first sentence of this Section 3.10, and there shall have
been a loss that would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the
Collection Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as servicer
of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator for
the benefit of the Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy.

     SECTION 3.11. Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.11(a), when any
property subject to a Mortgage has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Servicer shall to the extent that it has knowledge of such
conveyance, enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or
Mortgage, but only to the extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect
or jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however,
that the Servicer shall not exercise any such right if the due-on-sale clause,
in the reasonable belief of the Servicer, is not enforceable under applicable
law. An opinion of counsel, which shall be reimbursable as a Servicing Advance
(to the extent it is an "unanticipated expense" within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)), delivered to the Securities
Administrator, Master Servicer, Trustee and the Depositor shall conclusively
establish the reasonableness of such belief to the extent permitted under
applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer is not required to
exercise such rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the
related Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case
of a Co-op Loan) has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed satisfies the
terms and conditions contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto
and the consent of the mortgagee under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not
otherwise so required under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to
such transfer. In the event that the Servicer is prohibited by law from
enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if coverage under any Required
Insurance Policy would be adversely affected, or if nonenforcement is otherwise
permitted hereunder, the Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.11(b), to
take or enter into an assumption and modification agreement from or with the
Person to whom such property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to
which such Person becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited
by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the
Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered (if so covered before the Servicer
enters such agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies. The
Servicer, subject to Section 3.11(b), is also authorized with the prior approval
of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a
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the original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is substituted
as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section
3.11(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption that the Servicer reasonably
believes it is restricted by law from preventing.

          (b) Subject to the Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale clause
to the extent set forth in Section 3.11(a) hereof, in any case in which a
Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op
Loan) has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person is to enter
into an assumption agreement or modification agreement or supplement to the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of the Trustee, or if an
instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the Mortgagor
from liability on the Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall prepare and deliver or
cause to be prepared and delivered to the Trustee for signature and shall
direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute the assumption agreement with the
Person to whom the Mortgaged Property (or the stock allocated to a dwelling
unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) is to be conveyed and such modification
agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or other instruments as
are reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the Mortgage Note or
Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws regarding assumptions
or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling
unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) to such Person. In connection with any such
assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note (including, but not limited
to, the Mortgage Rate, the amount of the Scheduled Payment, the Maximum Rate,
the Minimum Rate, the Gross Margin, the Periodic Rate Cap, the Adjustment Date,
any prepayment penalty and any other term affecting the amount or timing of
payment on the Mortgage Loan) may be changed. The Servicer shall notify the
Trustee and the NIMs Insurer that any such substitution or assumption agreement
has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee (with a copy to the NIMs
Insurer) the original of such substitution or assumption agreement, which in the
case of the original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for
all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as
all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. The Servicer
shall be responsible for recording any such assumption or substitution
agreements. Any fee collected by the Servicer for entering into an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement will be retained by the Servicer as
additional servicing compensation.

     SECTION 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of
Excess Proceeds.

          (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the
servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise
comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage
Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory
arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection
with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such
practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be
normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the
requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided,
however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in
connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage
due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration
will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after
reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be
recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have
priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to
Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and
expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it
shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of
the related Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the
case of a Co-op Loan) and if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance,
as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a
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Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan) that the Servicer is
contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is
located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous
waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the
Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a
Co-op Loan), consider such risks and only take action in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices.

     With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be
taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell
such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected
by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to
such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located
and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the
Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to
be in the best interest of the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the
period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or its affiliate may
receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in
connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall
prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented
showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in
connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such
times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting
requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any,
from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later
than the close of business on the Determination Date immediately following the
month concerned. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding
related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as
specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing
such tax and information returns, as may be required. A copy of any such
statements and reports will be delivered to the Master Servicer by the Servicer.

     In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property (or stock
allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) as aforesaid or
otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan,
the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a
dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) prior to the expiration of three
years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the
expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for
obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to
the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of
the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of
prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer
shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not
to be an expense of the Master Servicer, Securities Administrator, Trustee or
the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such
Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a
Co-op Loan) subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in
the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of
the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause
any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time
that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue
to hold such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the
case of a Co-op Loan) (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of
Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged
Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan)
acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be
rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the
Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such
Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a
Co-op Loan) to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC
provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income
taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a
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section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor
has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the
imposition of any such taxes.

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

     The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of
any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the
Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt
thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date.

     The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from
a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds and any net income from an REO
Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of
priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed
Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or
this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed
Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any
Prepayment Charges that may be collected and then to accrued and unpaid interest
(to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or
related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date
occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and
fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

          (b) On each Determination Date, the Servicer shall determine the
respective aggregate amounts of Excess Proceeds, if any, that occurred in the
related Prepayment Period.

          (c) [Reserved].

          (d) With respect to such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and
continue in default, the Servicer will decide, in its reasonable business
judgment, whether to (i) foreclose upon the Mortgaged Properties securing those
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 3.12(a), (ii) write off the unpaid principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans as bad debt (unless the Servicer, after making a
reasonable estimate of the expected recovery, determines that foreclosure
proceedings or other liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property would yield a
net recovery), (iii) take a deed in lieu of foreclosure, (iv) accept a short
sale or short refinance; (v) arrange for a repayment plan, or (vi) agree to a
modification of such Mortgage Loan.

          (e) Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off, pursuant to (d) above, may
continue to be serviced by the Servicer for the Certificateholders using
specialized collection procedures (including foreclosure, if appropriate). The
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expenses in connection with such Mortgage Loans after the date of charge off,
only to the extent of funds available from any recoveries on all such Mortgage
Loans.

     SECTION 3.13. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.

     Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Servicer will promptly notify the Trustee or
the Custodian on its behalf by delivering a Request for Release substantially in
the form of Exhibit I. Upon receipt of two copies of such request, the Trustee
or the Custodian on its behalf shall promptly release the related Mortgage File
to the Servicer, and the Servicer is authorized to cause the removal from the
registration on the MERS System of any such Mortgage if applicable, and the
Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee shall execute and deliver the request for
reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or
such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage together with the Mortgage
Note with written evidence of cancellation thereon. Expenses incurred in
connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be
chargeable to the Mortgagor to the extent permitted by law, and otherwise to the
Trust Fund to the extent such expenses constitute "unanticipated expenses"
within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-(1)(b)(3)(ii). From
time to time and as shall be appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan, including for such purpose, collection under any policy of flood
insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or omissions policy, or for the purposes
of effecting a partial release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the
Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage
or any of the other documents included in the Mortgage File, the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf shall, upon delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit I signed by a
Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to the Servicer. Subject to the
further limitations set forth below, the Servicer shall cause the Mortgage File
or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee or the Custodian on its
behalf when the need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the
Mortgage Loan is liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the
Collection Account.

     Each Request for Release may be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian
on its behalf (i) via mail or courier, (ii) via facsimile or (iii) by such other
means, including, without limitation, electronic or computer readable medium, as
the Servicer and the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf shall mutually
agree. The Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf shall promptly release the
related Mortgage File(s) within five (5) Business Days of receipt of a properly
completed Request for Release pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above.
Receipt of a properly completed Request for Release shall be authorization to
the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf to release such Mortgage Files,
provided the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf has determined that such
Request for Release has been executed, with respect to clauses (i) or (ii)
above, or approved, with respect to clause (iii) above, by an authorized
Servicing Officer of the Servicer, and so long as the Trustee or the Custodian
on its behalf complies with its duties and obligations under the agreement. If
the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf is unable to release the Mortgage
Files within the period previously specified, the Trustee or the Custodian on
its behalf shall immediately notify the Servicer indicating the reason for such
delay. If the Servicer is required to pay penalties or damages due to the
Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf's negligent failure to release the
related Mortgage File or the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf's negligent
failure to execute and release documents in a timely manner, the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf, shall be liable for such penalties or damages
respectively caused by it.

     On each day that the Servicer remits to the Trustee or the Custodian on its
behalf Requests for Releases pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above, the
Servicer shall also submit to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf a
summary of the total number of such Requests for Releases requested on such day
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     If the Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure proceeding in
respect of any Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the
case of a Co-op Loan) as authorized by this Agreement, the Servicer may deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf, for
signature, as appropriate or on behalf of the Trustee, execute any court
pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other documents necessary to
effectuate such foreclosure or any legal action brought to obtain judgment
against the Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or to obtain a
deficiency judgment or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall cause possession of any
Mortgage File or of the documents therein that shall have been released by the
Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf to be returned to the Trustee promptly
after possession thereof shall have been released by the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the
Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the
Collection Account, and the Servicer shall have delivered to the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit I or (ii)
the Mortgage File or document shall have been delivered to an attorney or to a
public trustee or other public official as required by law for purposes of
initiating or pursuing legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of
the Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a
Co-op Loan) and the Servicer shall have delivered to the Trustee or the
Custodian on its behalf an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer
certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which the Mortgage File
or the documents therein were delivered and the purpose or purposes of such
delivery.

     SECTION 3.14. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to be
Held for the Trustee.

     All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control of,
the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection of
principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, including but not
limited to, any funds on deposit in the Collection Account, shall be held by the
Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and
exclusive property of the Trust Fund, subject to the applicable provisions of
this Agreement. The Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or
subject any Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the Collection
Account or Certificate Account or in any Escrow Account, or any funds that
otherwise are or may become due or payable to the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to any claim, lien,
security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other encumbrance, or
assert by legal action or otherwise any claim or right of set off against any
Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan,
except, however, that the Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and
deduct from any such funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the
Servicer under this Agreement.

     SECTION 3.15. Servicing Compensation.

     As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to retain or withdraw from the Collection Account out of each payment
or recovery of interest on a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund an amount
equal to interest at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the immediately preceding
Distribution Date.

     Additional servicing compensation in the form of any Excess Proceeds, late
payment fees, assumption fees (i.e. fees related to the assumption of a Mortgage
Loan upon the purchase of the related Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to
a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op Loan)), modification fees, customary real
estate referral fees, extension fees and similar fees payable by the Mortgagor,
Prepayment Interest Excess, and all income and gain net of any losses realized
from Permitted Investments in the Collection Account shall be retained by the
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Collection Account pursuant to Sections 3.05 or 3.12(a) hereof. The Servicer
shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
servicing activities hereunder (including payment of any premiums for hazard
insurance, as required by Section 3.10 hereof and maintenance of the other forms
of insurance coverage required by Section 3.10 hereof) and shall not be entitled
to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in this Agreement. In
no event shall the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator
be liable for any Servicing Fee or for any differential between the Servicing
Fee and the amount necessary to induce a successor servicer to act as successor
servicer under this Agreement.

     SECTION 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation.

     The Servicer shall provide to the OTS and the FDIC and to comparable
regulatory authorities supervising Holders of the Certificates and the examiners
and supervisory agents of the OTS, the FDIC and such other authorities, access
to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans required by applicable
regulations of the OTS and the FDIC. Such access shall be afforded without
charge, but only upon reasonable and prior written request and during normal
business hours at the offices of the Servicer designated by it provided, that
the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder
for actual expenses incurred by the Servicer in providing such reports and
access Nothing in this Section shall limit the obligation of the Servicer to
observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information regarding the
Mortgagors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access as provided in this
Section as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this
Section.

     SECTION 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance.

     Pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer shall deliver to the Depositor,
the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Trustee on or before
March 15 of each year beginning in 2006, or such other date in order to remain
in compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, an Officer's Certificate
stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of
the Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of performance under this
Agreement or a similar agreement has been made under such officer's supervision,
and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the
Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout
such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such default known to such officers and the nature
and status thereof. The Master Servicer shall forward a copy of each such
statement received by it to each Rating Agency. Copies of such statement shall
be provided by the Securities Administrator to any Certificateholder upon
written request at the Certificateholder's expense, provided such statement has
been delivered by the Servicer to the Securities Administrator.

     SECTION 3.18. Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement;
Financial Statements.

     On or before March 15 of each year, beginning in 2006 or such other date in
order to remain in compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, the Servicer at
its expense shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer or any Affiliate
thereof) that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants to furnish a USAP Report to the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor. Copies of the USAP Report shall
be provided by the Securities Administrator to any Certificateholder upon
request at the Certificateholder's expense, provided such report has been
delivered by the Servicer to the Securities Administrator. The Securities
Administrator shall deliver to the NIMs Insurer upon written request: (i) a copy
of such USAP Report, and (ii) the Servicer's annual officer's certificate as to
compliance with this Agreement provided by the Servicer to the Trustee pursuant
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Section 3.17. In addition, at the NIMs Insurer's written request, the Servicer
shall deliver copies of evidence of the Servicer's fidelity bond or errors and
omissions insurance coverage to the NIMs Insurer.

     SECTION 3.19. Rights of the NIMs Insurer.

     Each of the rights of the NIMs Insurer set forth in this agreement shall
exist so long as the NIM Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture remain
outstanding or the NIMs Insurer is owed amounts in respect of its guarantee of
payment on such NIM notes.

     SECTION 3.20. [RESERVED]

     SECTION 3.21. Annual Certificate by Securities Administrator.

     For so long as the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator are the
same Person, the Securities Administrator shall not be required to satisfy or
perform the terms of Section 3.21(a) and (b).

          (a) On or before March 15 of each year (commencing in 2006), an
officer of the Securities Administrator shall execute and deliver an Officer's
Certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Securities Administrator or
any officer to whom that officer reports, to the Depositor and the Master
Servicer for the benefit of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Master Servicer
and their respective officers, directors and affiliates, certifying as to the
matters described in the Officer's Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit K.

          (b) The Securities Administrator shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Trustee and their respective
officers, directors, agents and affiliates from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs,
judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach by
the Securities Administrator or any of its officers, directors, agents or
affiliates of its obligations under this Section 3.21, any material misstatement
or omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Securities Administrator in
connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless the Depositor and the Master Servicer, then the
Securities Administrator agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by the Depositor or the Master Servicer as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities of the Depositor or the Master Servicer in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Securities
Administrator on the one hand and of the Depositor and the Master Servicer on
the other in connection with a breach of the Securities Administrator's
obligations under this Section 3.21, any material misstatement or omission in
the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the Securities
Administrator's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection
therewith.

     SECTION 3.22. Annual Certificate by Servicer.

          (a) On or before March 1st of each year (commencing in 2006), the
Servicer shall execute and deliver an Officer's Certificate in the form of
Exhibit L-1 attached hereto, signed by the senior officer in charge of servicing
of the Servicer or any officer to whom that officer reports, to the Master
Servicer and Depositor for the benefit of the Master Servicer and Depositor and
their respective officers, directors and affiliates.

          (b) The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the
Depositor and their respective officers, directors, agents and affiliates from
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reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses
arising out of or based upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its officers,
directors, agents or affiliates of its obligations under Section 3.17, Section
3.18 and this Section 3.22, (ii) any allegation that the Officer's Certificate
required under this Section contains a misstatement of a material fact or omits
or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
or (iii) the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in
connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor, then the Servicer agrees that
it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer on the
one hand and the Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the
Servicer's obligations under this Section 3.22, any material misstatement or
omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the
Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.

     SECTION 3.23. Prepayment Charge Reporting Requirements.

     Not later than the Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer and the Special
Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to the Depositor and the Master Servicer
the following information with regard to each Mortgage Loan that has prepaid
during the related Prepayment Period:

          (i) loan number;

          (ii) current Mortgage Rate;

          (iii) current principal balance;

          (iv) Prepayment Charge amount due;

          (v) Prepayment Charge amount collected; and

          (vi) reason why full Prepayment Charge amount was not collected, if
     applicable, if other than as a result of a requirement under state law or
     in connection with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.

     SECTION 3.24. Statements to Master Servicer.

     Not later than the tenth calendar day of each month, the Servicer shall
furnish to the Master Servicer a delinquency report for the period ending on the
last Business Day of the preceding month substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit M-1. No later than two Business Days after the fourteenth (14th) day of
each calendar month, the Servicer shall furnish to the Master Servicer a monthly
remittance advice substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit M-2 and a
realized loss report in the form set forth in Exhibit M-3 (or such other form or
forms as the Master Servicer and the Servicer may from time to time agree) for
the period ending on the close of business on the fourteenth (14th) day of the
month in which such Distribution Date occurs, or in the case of the Special
Servicer, ending on the last Business Day of the preceding month (and, with
respect to prepayments in full of Mortgage Loans serviced by the Special
Servicer, ending on the fourteenth (14th) day of the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs). No later than two Business Days after the fourteenth
(14th) day of each calendar month, the Servicer shall furnish to the Securities
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prepayments, in the format mutually agreed upon between the Servicer and the
Securities Administrator, including but not limited to information sufficient to
allow the Securities Administrator to prepare the Monthly Statement described in
Section 4.05(a). The Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer with a
remittance report (in a format mutually agreed upon between the Securities
Administrator and the Special Servicer, including information sufficient to
permit the Securities Administrator to prepare the monthly statements described
in Section 4.05(a)) on the Servicer Remittance Date in lieu of the above
reports.

     SECTION 3.25. Indemnification.

          (a) The Servicer shall indemnify the Seller, the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the
Special Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and their officers, directors, employees and
agents and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of
such parties may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Servicer to
perform its duties and service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with the terms
of this Agreement. The Servicer shall, as soon as practicable, notify the
Seller, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the
Special Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Depositor or any other relevant party
if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the
Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) the defense of any
such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees,
and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be
entered against it or any of such parties in respect of such claim. The Servicer
shall follow any reasonable written instructions received from the NIMs Insurer
and the Master Servicer in connection with such claim, it being understood that
the Master Servicer shall have no duty to monitor or give instructions with
respect to such claims. The Servicer shall provide the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Master Servicer with a
written report of all expenses and advances incurred by the Servicer pursuant to
this Section 3.25(a), and the Servicer shall promptly reimburse itself from the
assets of the Trust Fund in the Collection Account for all amounts advanced by
it pursuant to the preceding sentence except when and to the extent a
determination has been made that the claim in any way relates to the failure of
the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans in material compliance
with the terms of this Agreement or the gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct of the Servicer. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the outstanding Certificates.

          (b) The Master Servicer shall indemnify the Seller, the Trust Fund,
the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the Special Servicer
and the Depositor and their officers, directors, employees and agents and hold
each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs,
judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of such parties may
sustain in any way related to the failure of the Master Servicer to perform its
duties and master service the Mortgage Loans in compliance with the terms of
this Agreement. The Master Servicer immediately shall notify the Seller, the
Trustee, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Securities Administrator and
the Depositor or any other relevant party if a claim is made by a third party
with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) the defense of any such claim and pay all
expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay,
discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or
any of such parties in respect of such claim. The Master Servicer shall follow
any written instructions received from the Trustee in connection with such claim
it being understood that the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or give
instructions with respect to such claims. The Master Servicer shall provide the
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written report of all expenses and advances incurred by the Master Servicer
pursuant to this Section 3.25(b), and the Master Servicer shall promptly
reimburse itself from the assets of the Trust Fund in the Collection Account for
all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence except when and to
the extent a determination has been made that the claim in any way relates to
the failure of the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans
in material compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct of the Master Servicer. The provisions of this
paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
outstanding Certificates.

          (c) The Securities Administrator shall indemnify the Seller, the Trust
Fund, the Trustee, the Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and
the Depositor and their officers, directors, employees and agents and hold each
of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments,
and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of such parties may sustain in
any way related to the failure of the Securities Administrator to perform its
duties in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Securities
Administrator immediately shall notify the Seller, the Trustee, the Servicer,
the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor or any other
relevant party if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith,
including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or
decree which may be entered against it or any of such parties in respect of such
claim. The Securities Administrator shall follow any written instructions
received from the Trustee in connection with such claim it being understood that
the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or give instructions with respect to
such claims. The Securities Administrator shall provide the Trustee, the
Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Depositor with a written report of all
expenses and advances incurred by the Securities Administrator pursuant to this
Section 3.25(c), and the Securities Administrator shall promptly reimburse
itself from the assets of the Trust Fund in the Certificate Account for all
amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence except when and to the
extent a determination has been made that the claim in any way relates to the
failure of the Securities Administrator to perform its duties in material
compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct of the Securities Administrator. The provisions of this
paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
outstanding Certificates.

          (d) The Special Servicer shall indemnify the Seller, the Trust Fund,
the Trustee, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer,
the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and their officers, directors, employees and
agents and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that any of
such parties may sustain in any way related to the failure of the Special
Servicer to perform its duties and service any Mortgage Loans that it is
servicing in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Special Servicer
immediately shall notify the Seller, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator,
the Master Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Depositor or any other relevant
party if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the
Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) the defense of any
such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees,
and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be
entered against it or any of such parties in respect of such claim. The Special
Servicer shall follow any reasonable written instructions received from the NIMs
Insurer and the Master Servicer in connection with such claim, it being
understood that the Master Servicer shall have no duty to monitor or give
instructions with respect to such claims. The Special Servicer shall provide the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the
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a written report of all expenses and advances incurred by the Special Servicer
pursuant to this Section 3.25(d), and the Special Servicer shall promptly
reimburse itself from the assets of the Trust Fund in the Collection Account for
all amounts advanced by it pursuant to the preceding sentence except when and to
the extent a determination has been made that the claim in any way relates to
the failure of the Special Servicer to service and administer any Mortgage Loans
that it is servicing in material compliance with the terms of this Agreement or
the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Special Servicer.
The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and the payment of the outstanding Certificates.

     SECTION 3.26. Nonsolicitation.

     For as long as the Servicer services the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer
covenants that it will not, and that it will ensure that its affiliates and
agents will not, directly solicit or provide information for any other party to
solicit for prepayment or refinancing of any of the Mortgage Loans by the
related Mortgagors. Neither the Servicer nor any affiliate of the Servicer shall
be deemed to directly solicit any Mortgagor if the Servicer, or its affiliate,
responds to a request from a Mortgagor regarding a refinancing or if the
Mortgagor receives marketing materials that are generally disseminated. It is
understood that the promotions undertaken by the Servicer which are directed to
the general public at large, or certain segments thereof, shall not constitute
solicitation as that term is used in this Section 3.26.

     SECTION 3.27. Transfer of Servicing to the Special Servicer.

          (a) Servicing of Mortgage Loans that are ninety (90) days or more
delinquent will be transferred from the Servicer to the Special Servicer upon
the mutual consent of the holder of the Class C Certificates and the Special
Servicer (with notice to the Servicer and the Master Servicer), whereupon the
Special Servicer will be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee for such Mortgage
Loans plus an additional fee, if any, as mutually agreed upon by the Class C
Certificateholder and the Special Servicer. Neither the Trust, the Master
Servicer nor any other party hereto shall be responsible for any such additional
fee. Such Mortgage Loans shall be transferred pursuant to the Special Servicer's
then current transfer requirements and shall be serviced in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices Any fees and costs resulting from the transfer of
the servicing of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property to the Special Servicer shall
be the obligation of the Class C Certificateholder.

          (b) If any Class C Certificateholder (i) transfers its percentage
interest in any Class C Certificates such that such Class C Certificateholder
owns less than 75% of the then outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of such
Class, or (ii) purchases a percentage interest in any Class C Certificates such
that such Class C Certificateholder owns 75% or more of the then outstanding
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class, such Class C Certificateholder
shall promptly notify the Special Servicer in writing of any such transfer or
acquisition together with the contact information of any new Certificateholder.
Any such transfer or acquisition shall include the rights and obligations of the
Class C Certificateholder under this Agreement and any special servicer fee
agreement between the Special Servicer and the original Class C
Certificateholder. In the event any new Class C Certificateholder does not
perform the obligations of the Class C Certificateholder hereunder, or under any
special servicer fee agreement, the original Class C Certificateholder shall be
obligated therefor. Neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator shall have any obligation to monitor any such transfer or
acquisition or be obligated for the performance of the Class C Certificateholder
of its obligations under this Agreement or any special servicer fee agreement.

          (c) Upon the transfer to the Special Servicer of the servicing of any
Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 3.27(a), the Special Servicer shall
(i) deliver a list of Servicing Officers to the Master Servicer and the Trustee
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the Certificateholders, a collection account for the collection of all payments
called for under the terms and provisions of such Mortgage Loans. The Special
Servicer shall establish and maintain and make deposits to and withdrawals from
such collection account in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices and in
the same manner as the Servicer is obligated to establish and maintain the
Collection Account in accordance with Sections 3.05 and 3.08 of this Agreement.
In addition, the Special Servicer shall make Advances and Servicing Advances
with respect to Mortgage Loans it is servicing pursuant to this Section 3.27, in
accordance with and in the same manner and extent as the Servicer is obligated
to make pursuant to this Agreement.

     Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer
shall (i) in no event be obligated to effect any cure or remedy in connection
with a deficiency in the documentation for any Mortgage Loan to the extent such
deficiency existed at the time such Mortgage Loan was transferred to the Special
Servicer or (ii) have any responsibility for any obligations, duties, or
liabilities of the Servicer with respect to the servicing of such Mortgage Loan
that arose prior to the related transfer to the Special Servicer for such
Mortgage Loan.

     SECTION 3.28. Special Servicer's Annual Statement as to Compliance.

     Pursuant to this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Trustee on
or before March 15 of each year beginning in 2006, or such other date in order
to remain in compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, an Officer's
Certificate stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the
activities of the Special Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of
performance under this Agreement or a similar agreement has been made under such
officer's supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based
on such review, the Special Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under
this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such
officers and the nature and status thereof. The Master Servicer shall forward a
copy of each such statement received by it to each Rating Agency. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Securities Administrator to any
Certificateholder upon written request at the Certificateholder's expense,
provided such statement has been delivered by the Special Servicer to the
Securities Administrator.

     SECTION 3.29. Special Servicer's Annual Independent Public Accountants'
Servicing Statement; Financial Statements.

     On or before March 15 of each year, beginning in 2006 or such other date in
order to remain in compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, the Special
Servicer at its expense shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants (who may also render other services to the Special Servicer
or any Affiliate thereof) that is a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants to furnish a USAP Report to the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor. Copies of the
USAP Report shall be provided by the Securities Administrator to any
Certificateholder upon request at the Certificateholder's expense, provided such
report has been delivered by the Special Servicer to the Securities
Administrator. The Securities Administrator shall deliver to the NIMs Insurer
upon written request: (i) a copy of such USAP Report, and (ii) the Special
Servicer's annual officer's certificate as to compliance with this Agreement
provided by the Special Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.28. In
addition, at the NIMs Insurer's written request, the Special Servicer shall
deliver copies of evidence of the Special Servicer's fidelity bond or errors and
omissions insurance coverage to the NIMs Insurer.

     SECTION 3.30. Annual Certificate by Special Servicer.


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          (a) Within 15 days prior to the date on which a Form 10-K is required
to be filed with a Certification by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer
shall execute and deliver an Officer's Certificate in the form of Exhibit L-2
attached hereto, signed by the senior officer in charge of servicing of the
Special Servicer or any officer to whom that officer reports, to the Master
Servicer and Depositor for the benefit of the Master Servicer and Depositor and
their respective officers, directors and affiliates.

          (b) The Special Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Servicer and the
Depositor and their respective officers, directors, agents and affiliates from
and against (i) any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable
legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out
of or based upon a breach by the Special Servicer or any of its officers,
directors, agents or affiliates of its obligations under Section 3.28, Section
3.29 and this Section 3.30, (ii) any allegation that the Officer's Certificate
required under this Section contains a misstatement of a material fact or omits
or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
or (iii) the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Special Servicer
in connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer and the Depositor, then the Special Servicer
agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer and the Depositor as a result
of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Servicer and the Master Servicer on the one hand and the
Special Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the Special
Servicer's obligations under this Section 3.20, any material misstatement or
omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the Special
Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.

     SECTION 3.31. High Cost Mortgage Loans.

     In the event that the Servicer reasonably determines that a Mortgage Loan
may be a "high cost mortgage loan", "high cost home", "covered", "high cost",
"high risk home", "predatory" or similarly classified loan under any applicable
state, federal or local law, the Servicer may notify the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee thereof; the Servicer may terminate its servicing
thereof; and such determination shall be deemed to materially and adversely
affect the interests of the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan and the
Seller will repurchase the Mortgage Loan within a 30 day period from the date of
the notice in the manner described in Section 2.05.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

     SECTION 4.01. Advances.

          (a) Subject to the conditions of this Article IV, the Servicer, as
required below, shall make an Advance and deposit such Advance in the Collection
Account. Each such Advance shall be remitted to the Collection Account no later
than 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Servicer Remittance Date in immediately
available funds. The Servicer shall be obligated to make any such Advance only
to the extent that such advance would not be a Non-Recoverable Advance. If the
Servicer shall have determined that it has made a Non-Recoverable Advance or
that a proposed Advance or a lesser portion of such Advance would constitute a
Non-Recoverable Advance, the Servicer shall deliver (i) to the Securities
Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders, funds constituting the
remaining portion of such Advance, if applicable, and (ii) to the Depositor, the
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Servicer an Officer's Certificate setting forth the basis for such
determination. The Servicer may, in its sole discretion, make an Advance with
respect to the principal portion of the final Scheduled Payment on a Balloon
Loan, but the Servicer is under no obligation to do so; provided, however, that
nothing in this sentence shall affect the Servicer's obligation under this
Section 4.01 to advance the interest portion of the final Scheduled Payment with
respect to a Balloon Loan as if such Balloon Loan were a fully amortizing
Mortgage Loan. If a Mortgagor does not pay its final Scheduled Payment on a
Balloon Loan when due, the Servicer shall Advance (unless it determines in its
good faith judgment that such amounts would constitute a Non-Recoverable
Advance) a full month of interest (net of the Servicing Fee) on the Stated
Principal Balance thereof each month until its Stated Principal Balance is
reduced to zero.

     In lieu of making all or a portion of such Advance from its own funds, the
Servicer may (i) cause to be made an appropriate entry in its records relating
to the Collection Account that any amount held for future distribution has been
used by the Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any such Advance and
(ii) transfer such funds from the Collection Account to the Certificate Account.
In addition, the Servicer shall have the right to reimburse itself for any such
Advance from amounts held from time to time in the Collection Account to the
extent such amounts are not then required to be distributed. Any funds so
applied and transferred pursuant to the previous two sentences shall be replaced
by the Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account no later than the close of
business on the Servicer Advance Date on which such funds are required to be
distributed pursuant to this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed from the Collection Account for all Advances of its own funds made
pursuant to this Section as provided in Section 3.08. The obligation to make
Advances with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue until the earlier of
(i) the date such Mortgage Loan is paid in full, (ii) the date the related
Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a
Co-op Loan) or related REO Property has been liquidated or until the purchase or
repurchase thereof (or substitution therefor) from the Trust Fund pursuant to
any applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this
Section 4.01, or (iii) the date on which such Mortgage Loan becomes 150 days
delinquent as set forth below.

          (b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary
(including, but not limited to, Sections 3.01 and 4.01(a) hereof), no Advance or
Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if such
Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Non-Recoverable
Advance or a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance. The determination by the
Servicer that it has made a Non-Recoverable Advance or a Non-Recoverable
Servicing Advance or that any proposed Advance or Servicing Advance, if made,
would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance or a Non-Recoverable Servicing
Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the
Servicer delivered to the Depositor and the Master Servicer. In addition, the
Servicer shall not be required to advance any Relief Act Shortfalls. The
Servicer will not make any Advances of principal on REO Properties.

          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be required
to make any Advances for any Mortgage Loan after such Mortgage Loan becomes 150
days delinquent.

     SECTION 4.02. Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.

     In the event that any Mortgage Loan is the subject of a Prepayment Interest
Shortfall resulting from a Principal Prepayment in full, the Servicer shall,
from amounts in respect of the Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, deposit
into the Collection Account, as a reduction of the Servicing Fee for such
Distribution Date, no later than the Servicer Advance Date immediately preceding
such Distribution Date, an amount up to the Prepayment Interest Shortfall;
provided that the amount so deposited with respect to any Distribution Date
shall be limited to one half of the product of (x) one-twelfth of 0.25% and (y)
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aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans. In case of such
deposit, the Servicer shall not be entitled to any recovery or reimbursement
from the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee, the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders. With respect to any
Distribution Date, to the extent that the Prepayment Interest Shortfall exceeds
Compensating Interest (such excess, a "Non-Supported Interest Shortfall"), such
Non-Supported Interest Shortfall shall reduce the Current Interest with respect
to each Class of Certificates, pro rata, based upon the amount of interest each
such Class would otherwise be entitled to receive on such Distribution Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no reduction of the Servicing Fee
in connection with Prepayment Interest Shortfalls relating to the Relief Act and
the Servicer shall not be obligated to pay Compensating Interest with respect to
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls related to the Relief Act.

     SECTION 4.03. Distributions on the REMIC Interests.

     On each Distribution Date, amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account
shall be treated for federal income tax purposes as applied to distributions on
the interests in the Lower Tier REMIC in an amount sufficient to make the
distributions on the respective Certificates on such Distribution Date in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04.

     SECTION 4.04. Distributions.

          (a) [RESERVED]

          (b) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make
the following distributions from funds then available in the Certificate
Account, of an amount equal to the Interest Funds in the following order of
priority:

               (i) to the Class P Certificates, an amount equal to any
Prepayment Charges received with respect to the Mortgage Loans and all amounts
paid by the Servicer, the Seller or the Transferor in respect of Prepayment
Charges pursuant to this Agreement or the Sale Agreement, as applicable, and all
amounts received in respect of any indemnification paid as a result of a
Prepayment Charge being unenforceable in breach of the representations and
warranties set forth in the Sale Agreement for the related Prepayment Period;

               (ii) to each class of the Class A Certificates, the Current
Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to each such class;
provided, however, that if Interest Funds are insufficient to make a full
distribution of the aggregate Current Interest and the aggregate Interest Carry
Forward Amount to the Class A Certificates, Interest Funds will be distributed
pro rata among each class of the Class A Certificates based upon the ratio of
(x) the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount for each class of the
Class A Certificates to (y) the total amount of Current Interest and any
Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class A Certificates in the aggregate;

               (iii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Current Interest for
such class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such class;

               (iv) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such class;

               (v) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
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               (vi) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such class;

               (vii) to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Current Interest for
such class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such class;

               (viii) to the Class M-6 Certificates, the Current Interest for
such class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such class;

               (ix) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such class;

               (x) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such class;

               (xi) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Current Interest for such
class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such class; and

               (xii) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(f) hereof.

     On each Distribution Date, subject to the proviso in (ii) above, Interest
Funds received on the Group One Mortgage Loans will be deemed to be distributed
to the Class R and Class A-1 Certificates and Interest Funds received on the
Group Two Mortgage Loans will be deemed to be distributed to the Class A-2
Certificates, in each case, until the related Current Interest and Interest
Carry Forward Amount of each such class of Certificates for such Distribution
Date has been paid in full. Thereafter, Interest Funds not required for such
distributions are available to be applied to if necessary, to the class or
classes of Certificates that are not related to such group of Mortgage Loans.

          (c) [RESERVED]

          (d) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make
the following distributions from the Certificate Account of an amount equal to
the Principal Distribution Amount in the following order of priority, and each
such distribution shall be made only after all distributions pursuant to Section
4.04(b) above shall have been made until such amount shall have been fully
distributed for such Distribution Date:

               (i) to the Class A Certificates, the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount shall be distributed as follows:

                    (a) the Group One Principal Distribution Amount will be
     distributed as follows: sequentially to the Class R and Class A-1
     Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class
     has been reduced to zero;

                    (b) the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount will be
     distributed sequentially to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and the Class A-2C
     Certificates until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such class has
     been reduced to zero; provided, however, that on and after the Distribution
     Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M,
     Class B and Class C Certificates has been reduced to zero, any principal
     distributions allocated to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C
     Certificates are required to be allocated pro rata among such classes of
     Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances,
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               (ii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount;

               (iii) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount;

               (iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount;

               (v) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount;

               (vi) to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount;

               (vii) to the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6 Principal
Distribution Amount;

               (viii) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Principal
Distribution Amount;

               (ix) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Principal
Distribution Amount;

               (x) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Principal
Distribution Amount; and

               (xi) any remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(f) hereof.

          (e) [RESERVED]

          (f) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall make
the following distributions up to the following amounts from the Certificate
Account of the remainders pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(xii)and (d)(xi) hereof and
each such distribution shall be made only after all distributions pursuant to
Sections 4.04(b) and (d) above shall have been made until such remainders shall
have been fully distributed for such Distribution Date:

               (i) for distribution as part of the Principal Distribution
Amount, the Extra Principal Distribution Amount;

               (ii) to the Class M-1 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount for such class;

               (iii) to the Class M-2 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount for such class;

               (iv) to the Class M-3 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount for such class;

               (v) to the Class M-4 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
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               (vi) to the Class M-5 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount for such class;

               (vii) to the Class M-6 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount for such class;

               (viii) to the Class B-1 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount for such class;

               (ix) to the Class B-2 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount for such class;

               (x) to the Class B-3 Certificates, any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount for such class;

               (xi) to the Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates, on a pro
rata basis, based upon outstanding Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for each
such Class, the Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for each such Class; and

               (xii) the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g) hereof.

          (g) on each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall
allocate the remainders pursuant to Section 4.04(f)(xii) as follows:

               (i) to the Class C Certificates in the following order of
priority, (I) the Class C Current Interest, (II) the Class C Interest Carry
Forward Amount, (III) as principal on the Class C Certificate until the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates has been reduced to
zero and (IV) the Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount; and

               (ii) the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(h) hereof.

          (h) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall
allocate the remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g)(ii) hereof (i) to the
Securities Administrator to reimburse amounts or pay indemnification amounts
owing to the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator pursuant to
Section 6.03 and (ii) to the Class R Certificate and such distributions shall be
made only after all preceding distributions shall have been made until such
remainder shall have been fully distributed.

          (i) On each Distribution Date, after giving effect to distributions on
such Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall allocate the Applied
Realized Loss Amount for the Certificates to reduce the Certificate Principal
Balances of the Class C Certificates and the Subordinated Certificates in the
following order of priority:

               (i) to the Class C Certificates, until the Class C Certificate
Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (ii) to the Class B-3 Certificates until the Class B-3
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (iii) to the Class B-2 Certificates until the Class B-2
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               (iv) to the Class B-1 Certificates until the Class B-1
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (v) to the Class M-6 Certificates until the Class M-6 Certificate
Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (vi) to the Class M-5 Certificates until the Class M-5
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (vii) to the Class M-4 Certificates until the Class M-4
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (viii) to the Class M-3 Certificates until the Class M-3
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

               (ix) to the Class M-2 Certificates until the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero; and

               (x) to the Class M-1 Certificates until the Class M-1 Certificate
Principal Balance is reduced to zero.

          (j) Subject to Section 9.02 hereof respecting the final distribution,
on each Distribution Date the Securities Administrator shall make distributions
to each Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such holder at a bank
or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder has so
notified the Securities Administrator at least five (5) Business Days prior to
the related Record Date or, if not, by check mailed by first class mail to such
Certificateholder at the address of such holder appearing in the Certificate
Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 9.02 hereof
respecting the final distribution, distributions with respect to Certificates
registered in the name of a Depository shall be made to such Depository in
immediately available funds.

     In accordance with this Agreement, the Servicer and the Special Servicer,
as applicable, shall prepare and deliver a report (the "Remittance Report") to
the Master Servicer in the form of a computer readable magnetic tape (or by such
other means as the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the
Master Servicer may agree from time to time) containing such data and
information as to permit the Securities Administrator to prepare the Monthly
Statement to Certificateholders and make the required distributions for the
related Distribution Date and delivered to the Securities Administrator no later
than two business days after the fourteenth (14th) day of the month or, in the
case of the Special Servicer, on the Servicer Remittance Date. The Securities
Administrator will prepare the Monthly Report based solely upon the information
received from the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable.

     Neither the Master Servicer nor the Securities Administrator shall be
obligated to verify, recomputed, reconcile or recalculate any such information
or data provided by the Servicer or the Special Servicer. The Master Servicer
and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the
Mortgage Loan data provided by the Servicer or the Special Servicer and shall
have no liability for any errors in such Mortgage Loan data.

     The Trustee shall promptly notify the NIMs Insurer of any proceeding or the
institution of any action, of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge, seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer under
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law (a "Preference
Claim") of any distribution made with respect to the Class C Certificates or the
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Holder of the Class C Certificates or the Class P Certificates, by its purchase
of such Certificates and the Trustee hereby agree that the NIMs Insurer may at
any time during the continuation of any proceeding relating to a Preference
Claim direct all matters relating to such Preference Claim, including, without
limitation, (i) the direction of any appeal of any order relating to such
Preference Claim and (ii) the posting of any surety, supersedes or performance
bond pending any such appeal. In addition and without limitation of the
foregoing, the NIMs Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Trustee and
each Holder of the Class C Certificates and the Class P Certificates in the
conduct of any such Preference Claim, including, without limitation, all rights
of any party to an adversary proceeding action with respect to any court order
issued in connection with any such Preference Claim; provided, however, that the
NIMs Insurer will not have any rights with respect to any Preference Claim set
forth in this paragraph unless the indenture trustee with respect to the NIM
Notes or the holder of any NIMs Notes has been required to relinquish a
distribution made on the Class C Certificates, the Class P Certificates or the
NIM Notes, as applicable, and the NIMs Insurer made a payment in respect of such
relinquished amount.

          (k) The Securities Administrator is hereby directed by the Depositor
to execute the Cap Contracts on behalf of the Trust Fund in the form presented
to it by the Depositor and shall have no responsibility for the contents of such
Cap Contract, including, without limitation, the representations and warranties
contained therein. Any funds payable by the Securities Administrator under the
Cap Contracts at closing shall be paid by the Depositor. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Cap Contract, the Securities
Administrator shall not be required to make any payments to the counterparty
under any Cap Contract. Any payments received under the terms of the related Cap
Contract will be available to pay the holders of the related Class A, Class M
and Class B Certificates up to the amount of any Floating Rate Certificate
Carryovers remaining after all other distributions required under this Section
4.04 are made on such Distribution Date, other than Floating Rate Certificate
Carryovers attributable to the fact that Applied Realized Loss Amounts are not
allocated to the Class A Certificates. Any amounts received under the terms of
any Cap Contract on a Distribution Date that are not used to pay such Floating
Rate Certificate Carryovers will be distributed to the holders of the Class C
Certificates. Payments in respect of such Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers
from proceeds of a Cap Contract shall be paid to the related Classes of Class A,
Class M and Class B Certificates, pro rata based upon such Floating Rate
Certificate Carryovers for each such class of Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates. Amounts received on the Class A-1 Cap Contract will only be
available to make payments on the Class A-1 and Class R certificates, amounts
received on the Class A-2 Cap Contract will only be available to make payments
on the Class A-2A, Class A-2B and Class A-2C certificates and amounts received
on the Subordinated Certificate Cap Contract will only be available to make
payments on the Class M and Class B certificates.

               (i) The Securities Administrator shall establish and maintain,
for the benefit of the Trust Fund and the Certificateholders, the Cap Contract
Account. On or prior to the related Cap Contract Termination Date, amounts, if
any, received by the Securities Administrator for the benefit of the Trust Fund
in respect of the related Cap Contract shall be deposited by the Securities
Administrator into the Cap Contract Account and will be used to pay Floating
Rate Certificate Carryovers on the related Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates to the extent provided in the immediately preceding paragraph. With
respect to any Distribution Date on or prior to the related Cap Contract
Termination Date, the amount, if any, payable by the Cap Contract Counterparty
under the related Cap Contract will equal the product of (i) the excess of (x)
One-Month LIBOR (as determined by the Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a
cap equal to the rate with respect to such Distribution Date as shown under the
heading "1ML Upper Collar" in the schedule to the related Cap Contract), over
(y) the rate with respect to such Distribution Date as shown under the heading
"1ML Strike Lower Collar" in the schedule to the related Cap Contract, (ii) an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the related Cap Contract Notional Balance for
such Distribution Date and (y) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
the related classes of Certificates and (iii) the number of days in such Accrual
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the Trust Fund under a Cap Contract and the Securities Administrator is required
to distribute excess amounts to the holders of the Class C Certificates as
described above, information regarding such distribution will be included in the
monthly statement made available on the Securities Administrator's website
pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof.

               (ii) Amounts on deposit in the Cap Contract Account will remain
uninvested pending distribution to Certificateholders.

               (iii) Each Cap Contract is scheduled to remain in effect until
the related Cap Contract Termination Date and will be subject to early
termination only in limited circumstances. Such circumstances include certain
insolvency or bankruptcy events in relation to the Cap Contract Counterparty
(after a grace period of three Local Business Days, as defined in the related
Cap Contract, after notice of such failure is received by the Cap Contract
Counterparty) to make a payment due under the related Cap Contract, the failure
by the Cap Contract Counterparty (after a cure period of 20 days after notice of
such failure is received) to perform any other agreement made by it under the
related Cap Contract, the termination of the Trust Fund and the related Cap
Contract becoming illegal or subject to certain kinds of taxation.

     SECTION 4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.

          (a) Not later than each Distribution Date based solely on information
provided by the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable (which
information is not required to include any prediction of future performance as
to which such report relates) and without any obligation to recompute, verify or
confirm such information, the Securities Administrator shall prepare and make
available on its website located at www.etrustee.net to each Holder of a Class
of Certificates of the Trust Fund, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer, the Rating Agencies and the
Depositor a statement setting forth for the Certificates:

               (i) the amount of the related distribution to Holders of each
Class allocable to principal, separately identifying (A) the aggregate amount of
any Principal Prepayments included therein, (B) the aggregate of all scheduled
payments of principal included therein, (C) the Extra Principal Distribution
Amount, if any, and (D) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Charges, if any;

               (ii) the amount of such distribution to Holders of each Class
allocable to interest, together with any Non-Supported Interest Shortfalls
allocated to each Class;

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

               (iv) the Pool Stated Principal Balance for such Distribution
Date;

               (v) the amount of the Servicing Fee paid to or retained by the
Servicer, the amount of the Securities Administrator Fee paid to or retained by
the Securities Administrator and any amounts constituting reimbursement or
indemnification of the Servicer, Master Servicer, Securities Administrator or
Trustee;

               (vi) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates for
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               (vii) the amount of Advances included in the distribution on such
Distribution Date;

               (viii) the cumulative amount of (A) Realized Losses and (B)
Applied Realized Loss Amounts to date, in the aggregate and with respect to the
Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (ix) the amount of (A) Realized Losses and (B) Applied Realized
Loss Amounts with respect to such Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with
respect to the Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (x) the number and aggregate principal amounts of Mortgage Loans
(A) Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) (1) 31 to 60 days,
(2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days, and (B) in foreclosure and Delinquent
(1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days, in each case as of
the close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with respect to the Group One Mortgage
Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (xi) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number and Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the last
day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and the date of
acquisition thereof, in the aggregate and with respect to the Group One Mortgage
Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (xii) the total number and principal balance of any REO
Properties as of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month
preceding such Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with respect to the Group
One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (xiii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Liquidated
Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date, in the aggregate and with respect
to the Group One Mortgage Loans and Group Two Mortgage Loans;

               (xiv) whether a Stepdown Trigger Event has occurred and is in
effect;

               (xv) with respect to each Class of Certificates, any Interest
Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Distribution Date for each such Class,
any Interest Carry Forward Amount paid for each such Class and any remaining
Interest Carry Forward Amount for each such Class;

               (xvi) the number and Stated Principal Balance (as of the
preceding Distribution Date) of any Mortgage Loans which were purchased or
repurchased during the preceding Due Period and since the Cut-off Date;

               (xvii) the number of Mortgage Loans for which Prepayment Charges
were received during the related Prepayment Period and, for each such Mortgage
Loan, the amount of Prepayment Charges received during the related Prepayment
Period and in the aggregate of such amounts for all such Mortgage Loans since
the Cut-off Date;

               (xviii) the amount and purpose of any withdrawal from the
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               (xix) the amount of any payments to each Class of Certificates
that are treated as payments received in respect of a REMIC "regular interest"
or REMIC "residual interest" and the amount of any payments to each Class of
Certificates that are not treated as payments received in respect of a REMIC
"regular interest" or REMIC "residual interest";

               (xx) as of each Distribution Date, the amount, if any, to be
deposited in the Cap Contract Account pursuant to the related Cap Contract as
described in Section 4.04(k) and the amount thereof to be paid to the Class A,
Class M, Class B and Class C Certificates described in Section 4.04(k) hereof;

               (xxi) any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover paid and all
Floating Rate Certificate Carryover remaining on each class of the Class A,
Class M, Class B Certificates on such Distribution Date;

               (xxii) the number of Mortgage Loans with respect to which (i) a
reduction in the Mortgage Rate has occurred or (ii) the related borrower's
obligation to repay interest on a monthly basis has been suspended or reduced
pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or the California Military and
Veterans Code, as amended; and the amount of interest not required to be paid
with respect to any such Mortgage Loans during the related Due Period as a
result of such reductions in the aggregate and with respect to the Group One
Mortgage Loans and the Group Two Mortgage Loans.

          (b) The Securities Administrator will make the Monthly Statement (and,
at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an
alternative format) available each month to Certificateholders, other parties to
this Agreement and any other interested parties via the Securities
Administrator's Internet website. The Securities Administrator's Internet
website shall initially be located at "www.etrustee.net." Assistance in using
the website can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator's customer
service desk at (800) 246-5761. 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
customer service desk and indicating such. The Securities Administrator shall
have the right to change the way the monthly statements to Certificateholders
are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more
accessible to the above parties and the Securities Administrator shall provide
timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such
changes.

     The Securities Administrator shall 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 statement and may affix
thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion
(without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

     The Securities Administrator's responsibility for making the above
information available to the Certificateholders is limited to the availability,
timeliness and accuracy of the information derived from the Servicer, the
Special Servicer and, if applicable, the Depositor.

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

          (c) The Servicer shall deliver to the NIMs Insurer a copy of any
report delivered by the Servicer to the Securities Administrator.

          (d) If so requested in writing within a reasonable period of time
after the end of each calendar year, the Securities Administrator shall make
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furnished to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a
Certificateholder of record, a statement containing the information set forth in
clauses (a)(i) without regard to subclauses (A)-(D) thereof and (a)(ii) of this
Section 4.05 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof
during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the
Securities Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent
that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Securities
Administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as are from time to time
in effect.

          (e) Upon filing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities
Administrator shall furnish to the Holders of the Class R Certificate and the
NIMs Insurer each Form 1066Q and shall respond promptly to written requests made
not more frequently than quarterly by any Holder of a Class R Certificate with
respect to the following matters:

               (i) The original projected principal and interest cash flows on
the Closing Date on each Class of regular and residual interests created
hereunder and on the Mortgage Loans, based on the Prepayment Assumption;

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

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

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

               (v) The treatment of losses realized with respect to the Mortgage
Loans or the regular interests created hereunder, including the timing and
amount of any cancellation of indebtedness income of the REMICs with respect to
such regular interests or bad debt deductions claimed with respect to the
Mortgage Loans;

               (vi) The amount and timing of any non-interest expenses of the
REMICs; and

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

     The information pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall
be provided by the Depositor pursuant to Section 8.12.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                THE CERTIFICATES

     SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
           Minimum     Integral Multiples in   Original Certificate
Class   Denomination     Excess of Minimum       Principal Balance
-----   ------------   ---------------------   --------------------
<S>     <C>            <C>                     <C>
A-1      $25,000.00            $1.00               $663,543,000
A-2A     $25,000.00            $1.00               $440,895,000
A-2B     $25,000.00            $1.00               $406,266,000
A-2C     $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 21,136,000
M-1      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 71,728,000
M-2      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 64,850,000
M-3      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 43,233,000
M-4      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 32,425,000
M-5      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 32,425,000
M-6      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 27,512,000
B-1      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 29,477,000
B-2      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 21,616,000
B-3      $25,000.00            $1.00               $ 19,651,000
C                (1)              (1)                       100%
R        $   100.00              N/A               $     100.00
P                (2)              (2)                        (2)
</TABLE>

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(1)  The Class C Certificates shall not have minimum dollar denominations or
     certificate notional amounts and shall be issued in a minimum percentage
     interest of 10%.

(2)  The Class P Certificates shall not have minimum dollar denominations or
     Certificate Principal Balances and shall be issued in a minimum percentage
     interest of 100%.

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

     The Certificates sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S
shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global
certificates in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with
the applicable legends set forth in Exhibit A hereto added to the form of each
such Certificate (each, a "Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate"), which shall be
deposited on behalf of the Holders of such Certificates represented thereby with
the Securities Administrator, as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of
a nominee of DTC, duly executed and authenticated by the Securities
Administrator and the Authenticating Agent as hereinafter provided. The
aggregate principal amounts of the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments


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made on the records of the Securities Administrator or DTC or its nominee, as
the case may be, as hereinafter provided.

     The Certificates sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued initially in
the form of one or more permanent global certificates in definitive, fully
registered form without interest coupons with the applicable legends set forth
in Exhibit A hereto added to the form of each such Certificate (each, a "Rule
144A Book-Entry Certificate"), which shall be deposited on behalf of the Holders
of such Certificates represented thereby with the Securities Administrator, as
custodian for DTC and registered in the name of a nominee of DTC, duly executed
and authenticated by the Securities Administrator and the Authenticating Agent
as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amounts of the Rule 144A
Book-Entry Certificates may from time to time be increased or decreased by
adjustments made on the records of the Securities Administrator or DTC or its
nominee, as the case may be, as hereinafter provided.

     SECTION 5.02. Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
of Certificates.

          (a) The Securities Administrator shall maintain, or cause to be
maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.09 hereof, a
Certificate Register for the Trust Fund in which, subject to the provisions of
subsections (b) and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Securities Administrator shall provide for the registration of
Certificates and of Transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of Transfer of any Certificate, the Securities
Administrator shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same Class and of
like aggregate Percentage Interest.

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

     No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of Transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any Transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required. All
Certificates surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange shall be
canceled and subsequently destroyed by a Securities Administrator in accordance
with such Securities Administrator's customary procedures.

          (b) No Transfer of a Class C or Class P Certificate shall be made
unless such Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt
from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state
securities laws. In the event that a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon an
exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance
with the Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect
such Transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall (except
with respect to the initial transfer of a Class C or Class P Certificate by
Merrill Lynch & Co. or, in connection with a transfer of a Class C or Class P
Certificate to the indenture trustee under an Indenture pursuant to which NIM
Notes are issued, whether or not such notes are guaranteed by the NIMs Insurer)
each certify to the Securities Administrator in writing the facts surrounding
the Transfer in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit F (the "Transferor
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letter in substantially the form of either Exhibit G (the "Investment Letter")
or Exhibit H (the "Rule 144A Letter") or (ii) there shall be delivered to the
Securities Administrator an Opinion of Counsel that such Transfer may be made
pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall
not be an expense of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee.
The Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Class C or Class P Certificate
and any prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information
regarding the related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other
information as shall be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set
forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) for Transfer of any such Certificate without
registration thereof under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration
exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Securities Administrator shall cooperate
with the Depositor in providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the
preceding sentence, including providing to the Depositor such information in the
possession of the Securities Administrator regarding the Certificates, the
Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall
reasonably request to meet its obligation under the preceding sentence. Each
Holder of a Class C or Class P Certificate desiring to effect such Transfer
shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee against any liability that may result if the
Transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.

     By acceptance of a Regulation S Global Security, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each Holder of such a Certificate acknowledges
the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth thereon and
agrees that it will only transfer such a Certificate as provided herein. In
addition, each Holder of a Regulation S Global Security shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted to the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and any
of their respective successors that: (i) such Person is not a "U.S. person"
within the meaning of Regulation S and was, at the time the buy order was
originated, outside the United States and (ii) such Person understands that such
Certificates have not been registered under the Securities Act and that (x)
until the expiration of the 40-day distribution compliance period (within the
meaning of Regulation S), no offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of such
Certificates or any interest therein shall be made in the United States or to or
for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (each as defined in Regulation S),
(y) if in the future it decides to offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer
such Certificates, such Certificates may be offered, resold, pledged or
otherwise transferred only (A) to a person which the seller reasonably believes
is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, that is purchasing such Certificates for its own account or for
the account of a qualified institutional buyer to which notice is given that the
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (B) in an offshore
transaction (as defined in Regulation S) in compliance with the provisions of
Regulation S, in each case in compliance with the requirements of this
Agreement; and it will notify such transferee of the transfer restrictions
specified in this Section.

     No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate
will be registered unless the Securities Administrator has received (A) a
representation that such transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to
Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject
to any state, local, federal, non-U.S. or other law substantively similar to the
foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code ("Similar Law") (collectively, a
"Plan"), and is not directly or indirectly acquiring such Certificate for, on
behalf of, or with any assets of any such Plan, (B) solely in the case of an
ERISA Restricted Certificate (I) if the Certificate has been the subject of an
ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, a representation that such transferee is an
insurance company that is acquiring the Certificate with assets contained in an
"insurance company general account," as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60, and the acquisition and holding of
the Certificate are covered and exempt under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60,
or (II) solely in the case of an ERISA Restricted Certificate that is a
Definitive Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Securities
Administrator, and upon which the Securities Administrator and the NIMs Insurer
shall be entitled to rely, to the effect that the acquisition and holding of
such Certificate will not constitute or result in a nonexempt prohibited
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Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer or the Depositor to any
obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in this Agreement, which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the NIMs Insurer or the Depositor.

Except in the case of a Definitive Certificate, the representations as set forth
in the immediately preceding paragraph, other than clause (B)(II) in the
immediately preceding paragraph, shall be deemed to have been made to the
Securities Administrator by the transferee's acceptance of an ERISA Restricted
Certificate or a Class R Certificate (or the acceptance by a Certificate Owner
of the beneficial interest in any Class of ERISA Restricted Certificates or a
Class R Certificate).

     Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, any purported
transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate to or on
behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the Securities Administrator of a
representation or an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Securities
Administrator as described above shall be void and of no effect. The Securities
Administrator shall not be under any liability to any Person for any
registration or transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(b), nor shall the
Securities Administrator be under any liability for making any payments due on
such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect
to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer
was registered by the Securities Administrator in accordance with the foregoing
requirements. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled, but not obligated,
to recover from any Holder of any ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R
Certificate that was in fact a Plan and that held such Certificate in violation
of this Section 5.02(b) all payments made on such ERISA Restricted Certificate
or a Class R Certificate at and after the time it commenced such holding. Any
such payments so recovered shall be paid and delivered to the last preceding
Holder of such Certificate that is not a Plan.

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

               (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
Class R Certificate shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall promptly notify
the Securities Administrator of any change or impending change in its status as
a Permitted Transferee.

               (ii) No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be
purchased, transferred or sold, directly or indirectly, except in accordance
with the provisions hereof. No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may
be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Securities
Administrator shall not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate unless,
in addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Securities
Administrator under subparagraph (b) above, the Securities Administrator shall
have been furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial
owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-1 and
an affidavit of the proposed transferor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E-2. In the absence of a contrary instruction from the transferor of a Class R
Certificate, declaration (11) in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit may be
left blank. If the transferor requests by written notice to the Securities
Administrator prior to the date of the proposed transfer that one of the two
other forms of declaration (11) in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit be used,
then the requirements of this Section 5.02(c)(ii) shall not have been satisfied
unless the Transfer Affidavit includes such other form of declaration.

               (iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
a Class R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any
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attempts to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, (B) to
obtain a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as
nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Class R
Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R
Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that such Person is
not a Permitted Transferee. Further, no transfer, sale or other disposition of
any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be made to a person who is
not a U.S. Person (within the meaning of Section 7701 of the Code) unless such
person furnishes the transferor and the Securities Administrator with a duly
completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor
thereto) and the Securities Administrator consents to such transfer, sale or
other disposition in writing.

               (iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership
Interest in a Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of a
Class R Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 5.02(c), then
the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to all rights as
Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of Transfer of such Class
R Certificate. The Securities Administrator shall be under no liability to any
Person for any registration of Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is in fact
not permitted by Section 5.02(b) and this Section 5.02(c) or for making any
payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other
action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so
long as the Transfer was registered after receipt of the related Transfer
Affidavit. The Securities Administrator shall be entitled but not obligated to
recover from any Holder of a Class R Certificate that was in fact not a
Permitted Transferee at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time
as it became other than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Class
R Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered by
the Securities Administrator shall be paid and delivered by the Securities
Administrator to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate.

               (v) At the option of the Holder of the Class R Certificate, the
Class LTR Interest and the residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC may be
severed and represented by separate certificates (with the certificate that
represents the Residual Interest also representing all rights of the Class R
Certificate to distributions attributable to an interest rate on the Class R
Certificate in excess of the REMIC Pass-Through Rate); provided, however, that
such separate certification may not occur until the Securities Administrator and
the NIMs Insurer receive an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that separate
certification in the form and manner proposed would not result in the imposition
of federal tax upon the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein or
cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC; and
provided further, that the provisions of Sections 5.02(b) and (c) will apply to
each such separate certificate as if the separate certificate were a Class R
Certificate. If, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, it is necessary to
preserve the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for herein, the Class
LTR Interest and the residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC shall be severed
and represented by separate Certificates (with the certificate that represents
the Residual Interest also representing all rights of the Class R Certificate to
distributions attributable to an interest rate on the Class R Certificate in
excess of the REMIC Pass-Through Rate).

               (vi) [RESERVED]

     The restrictions on Transfers of a Class R Certificate set forth in this
Section 5.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend
on a Class R Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring
after delivery to the Securities Administrator and the NIMs Insurer of an
Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the
Securities Administrator, the NIMs Insurer or the Depositor, to the effect that
the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any of the REMICs provided
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outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any REMIC
provided for herein, a Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding
or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate hereby consents to
any amendment of this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel furnished
to the Securities Administrator, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the
record ownership of, or any beneficial interest in, a Class R Certificate is not
transferred, directly or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee and (b) to provide for a means to compel the Transfer of a Class R
Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a
Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.

          (d) The transferor of the Class R Certificate shall notify the
Securities Administrator in writing upon the transfer of the Class R
Certificate.

          (e) [Reserved].

          (f) The preparation and delivery of all certificates, opinions and
other writings referred to above in this Section 5.02 shall not be an expense of
the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee.

     SECTION 5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.

     If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Securities
Administrator or the Securities Administrator receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and of the
ownership thereof and (b) there is delivered to the Securities Administrator and
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each
of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Securities Administrator
that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Securities
Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in
lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new
Certificate of like Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the
issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Securities
Administrator may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Securities Administrator and
the Trustee and their counsel) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. All
Certificates surrendered to the Securities Administrator under the terms of this
Section 5.03 shall be canceled and destroyed by the Securities Administrator in
accordance with its standard procedures without liability on its part.

     SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.

     The NIMs Insurer, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator and any agent
of the NIMs Insurer, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such
Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this
Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the NIMs Insurer,
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, nor any agent of the NIMs Insurer,
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.

     SECTION 5.05. Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses.

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

     SECTION 5.06. Book-Entry Certificates.

     The Regular Certificates, upon original issuance, shall be issued in the
form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing the Book-Entry
Certificates, to be delivered to the Depository by or on behalf of the
Depositor. The Class C, Class P and Class R Certificates shall be definitive
certificates. The Book-Entry Certificates shall initially be registered on the
Certificate Register in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and no
Certificate Owner of a Book-Entry Certificate will receive a definitive
certificate representing such Certificate Owner's interest in such Certificates,
except as provided in Section 5.08. Unless and until definitive, fully
registered Certificates ("Definitive Certificates") have been issued to the
Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates pursuant to Section 5.08:

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

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

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

          (d) the rights of the respective Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates shall be exercised only through the Depository and the Depository
Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between the Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates and the Depository and/or the
Depository Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until
Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.08, the Depository will
make book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants and receive and
transmit distributions of principal and interest on the related Certificates to
such Depository Participants;

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

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

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

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

     In the event that Definitive Certificates are issued pursuant to Section
5.08(b), clauses (a) through (g) of this Section 5.06 shall continue to apply
with respect to all remaining Book-Entry Certificates.

     SECTION 5.07. Notices to Depository.

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

     SECTION 5.08. Definitive Certificates.

     If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to any
Certificates, (i) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee that the Depository is no longer willing,
qualified or able to discharge properly its responsibilities under the
Depository Agreement with respect to such Certificates and the Securities
Administrator or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii)
the Depositor notifies the Securities Administrator of its intent to terminate
the book-entry system through the Depository and, upon receipt of notice of such
intent from the Depository, the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry
Certificates agree to initiate such termination or (iii) after the occurrence
and continuation of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry
Certificates having not less than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced by any
Class of Book-Entry Certificates advise the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee and the Depository in writing through the Depository Participants that
the continuation of a book-entry system with respect to Certificates of such
Class through the Depository (or its successor) is no longer in the best
interests of the Certificate Owners of such Class, then the Securities
Administrator shall notify all Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry
Certificates and the NIMs Insurer, through the Depository, of the occurrence of
any such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate
Owners of such Class requesting the same. The Depositor shall provide the
Securities Administrator with an adequate inventory of certificates to
facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon surrender
to the Securities Administrator of any such Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration,
the Securities Administrator shall authenticate and deliver such Definitive
Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Securities Administrator shall be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and each may conclusively
rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the
issuance of such Definitive Certificates, all references herein to obligations
imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed
upon and performed by the Securities Administrator, to the extent applicable
with respect to such Definitive Certificates and the Securities Administrator
shall recognize the Holders of such Definitive Certificates as
Certificateholders hereunder.

     SECTION 5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     The Securities Administrator will maintain or cause to be maintained at its
expense an office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The Securities
Administrator initially designates its offices at 135 S. LaSalle Street, Suite
1625, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services,
Ref: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF12 as offices for such
purposes. The Securities Administrator will give prompt written notice to the
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                                   ARTICLE VI

       THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SERVICER AND THE SECURITIES
                                  ADMINISTRATOR

     SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Servicer and the Securities Administrator.

     The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer and the Securities
Administrator shall each be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of
the obligations specifically and respectively imposed upon and undertaken by
them herein.

     SECTION 6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Servicer or the Securities Administrator.

     Except as provided in the next paragraph, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Servicer and the Securities Administrator will each keep in full
effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation, a limited
liability company, a limited partnership or banking association, or as a
national bank subsidiary for the Servicer, under the laws of the United States
or under the laws of one of the States thereof and will each obtain and preserve
its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Agreement, or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform
its respective duties under this Agreement.

     Any Person into which the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or
the Securities Administrator may be merged or consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Servicer or the Securities Administrator shall be a party, or any
Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Servicer or the Securities Administrator, shall be the successor of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Servicer, as
the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding (except for the execution of an assumption agreement
where such succession is not effected by operation of law); provided, however,
that the successor or surviving Person to the Servicer shall be qualified to
sell mortgage loans to, and to service mortgage loans on behalf of, Fannie Mae
or Freddie Mac.

     SECTION 6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer and Others.

     None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special
Servicer, the Securities Administrator nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the
Special Servicer or the Securities Administrator shall be under any liability to
the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for
errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or any such Person against any breach of
representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Securities
Administrator or any such Person from any liability that would otherwise be
imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special
Servicer or the Securities Administrator and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer
or the Securities Administrator may rely in good faith on any document of any
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respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Securities Administrator and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Securities Administrator shall be
indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or
expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of its attorneys and agents),
incurred in connection with the performance of their duties under this agreement
or incurred in connection with any audit, controversy or judicial proceeding
relating to a governmental taxing authority or any legal action (including a
pending or threatened claim or legal action) relating to this Agreement or the
Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense (i) incurred by reason
of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties
hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder
or (ii) which does not constitute an "unanticipated expense" within the meaning
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii). None of the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer nor the Securities
Administrator shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend
any legal action that is not incidental to its respective duties hereunder and
that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided,
however, that any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the
Special Servicer or the Securities Administrator in its discretion may undertake
any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this
Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal
expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be
expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Securities Administrator
shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection Account as
provided by Section 3.08 hereof.

     In addition, the Master Servicer and Securities Administrator shall be
entitled to be reimbursed out of the Certificate Account for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Master Servicer or Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trust Fund in
accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation: (A) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its counsel, but only for representation of each of the Master Servicer or
Securities Administrator acting in its capacity as Master Servicer or Securities
Administrator hereunder, respectively, and (B) to the extent that the Securities
Administrator must engage persons not regularly in its employ to perform acts or
services on behalf of the Trust Fund, which acts or services are not in the
ordinary course of the duties of a securities administrator, in the absence of a
breach or default by any party hereto, the reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements of such persons), except any such compensation, expense,
disbursement or advance that either (i) arises from its negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct or (ii) does not constitute an "unanticipated expense" within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

     In taking or recommending any course of action pursuant to this Agreement,
unless specifically required to do so pursuant to this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall not be required to investigate or make recommendations concerning
potential liabilities which the Trust might incur as a result of such course of
action by reason of the condition of the Mortgage Properties but shall give
notice to the Trustee if it has notice of such potential liabilities.

     The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any act or omission of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Special Servicer.

     The Master Servicer may perform any of its duties hereunder or exercise its
rights hereunder either directly or through Affiliates, agents or attorneys.

     SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Servicer.


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     Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the second paragraph of Section
7.02, the second paragraph of Section 6.02 and the following paragraph of this
Section 6.04, the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties
hereby imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no
longer permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such
effect delivered to the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Master Servicer. No
such resignation shall become effective until the Master Servicer or a successor
servicer reasonably acceptable to the NIMs Insurer and the Master Servicer is
appointed and has assumed the Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities
and obligations hereunder. Any such resignation shall not relieve the Servicer
of any of the obligations specified in Section 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that
survive the resignation or termination of the Servicer.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the previous paragraph of this
Section 6.04, the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer,
the Depositor and the NIMs Insurer hereby specifically (i) consent to the pledge
and assignment by the Servicer of all the Servicer's right, title and interest
in, to and under this Agreement to the Servicing Rights Pledgee, if any, for the
benefit of certain lenders, and (ii) agree that upon delivery to the Trustee by
the Servicing Rights Pledgee of a letter signed by the Servicer whereby the
Servicer shall resign as Servicer under this Agreement, notwithstanding anything
to the contrary which may be set forth in Section 3.04 above, the Trustee shall
appoint the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee as successor servicer,
provided that the Servicer's resignation will not be effective unless, at the
time of such appointment, the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee (i) meets
the requirements of a successor servicer under Section 7.03 of this Agreement
(including being acceptable to the Rating Agencies), provided, that the consent
and approval of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer,
the Depositor and the NIMS Insurer shall be deemed to have been given to the
Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee, and the Servicing Rights Pledgee and
its designee are hereby agreed to be acceptable to the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the NIMS Insurer and (ii)
agrees to be subject to the terms of this Agreement. If, pursuant to any
provision hereof, the duties of the Servicer are transferred to a successor
servicer, the entire amount of the Servicing Fee and other compensation payable
to the Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable to such successor
servicer.

     SECTION 6.05. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.

     The Servicer shall, for so long as it acts as servicer under this
Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of insurance
covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations as servicer
hereunder, and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees and
agents. Each such policy or policies and bond shall, together, comply with the
requirements from time to time of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for Persons
performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac
unless the Servicer has obtained a waiver of such requirements from the Seller.
The Servicer shall provide the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Master
Servicer, upon request and reasonable notice, with copies of such policies and
fidelity bond or a certification from the insurance provider evidencing such
policies and fidelity bond. The Servicer may be deemed to have complied with
this provision if an Affiliate of the Servicer has such errors and omissions and
fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such insurance policy or fidelity
bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Servicer. In the event
that any such policy or bond ceases to be in effect, the Servicer shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from
an insurer or issuer meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of
such replacement. Each year, together with the Annual Statement as to Compliance
delivered pursuant to Section 3.17, the Servicer shall cause to be delivered to
the Trustee proof of coverage of the fidelity bond and errors and omissions
insurance policy and a statement from the surety and the insurer that the surety
and the insurer shall endeavor to notify the Trustee within thirty (30) days
prior to such fidelity bond's errors and omissions insurance policy's
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     SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer.

     The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer
permissible under applicable law. Any such determination pursuant to the
preceding sentence permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer shall be
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect obtained at the expense of the
Master Servicer and delivered to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies. No
resignation of the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee, as
successor Master Servicer, or another successor Master Servicer shall have
assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties, liabilities (other than
those liabilities arising prior to the appointment of such successor) and
obligations under this Agreement. If the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator are the same Person, then at any time the Master Servicer is
terminated hereunder, the Securities Administrator shall likewise be removed as
securities administrator hereunder.

     SECTION 6.07. Assignment of Master Servicing.

     The Master Servicer may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties
and obligations in their entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement;
provided, however, that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accept in writing such
assignment and delegation and assume the obligations of the Master Servicer
hereunder and shall (a) be a Person which shall be qualified to service mortgage
loans for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac; (b) have a net worth of not less than
$15,000,000 (unless otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause
(ii) below); (c) be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor;
and (d) execute and deliver to the Trustee an agreement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and which contains an assumption by such
Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and
condition to be performed or observed by it as master servicer under this
Agreement, any custodial agreement from and after the effective date of such
agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency shall be given prior written notice of the
identity of the proposed successor to the Master Servicer and each Rating
Agency's rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such
assignment, sale and delegation will not be downgraded, qualified or withdrawn
as a result of such assignment, sale and delegation, as evidenced by a letter to
such effect delivered to the Master Servicer and the Trustee; and (iii) the
Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an independent Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this Agreement have
been completed and such action is permitted by and complies with the terms of
this Agreement. No such assignment or delegation shall affect any liability of
the Master Servicer arising out of acts or omissions prior to the effective date
thereof.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                        DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER

     SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.

     (a) With respect to the Servicer, "Event of Default," wherever used herein,
means any one of the following events:

               (i) any failure by the Servicer to make any Advance, to deposit
in the Collection Account or the Certificate Account or remit to the Securities
Administrator any payment (excluding a payment required to be made under Section
4.01 hereof) required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which
failure shall continue unremedied for three Business Days and, with respect to a
payment required to be made under Section 4.01 hereof, for one Business Day,
after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to
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Depositor, or to the Securities Administrator and the Servicer by the NIMs
Insurer or the Holders of Certificates evidencing greater than 50% of the Voting
Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or

               (ii) any failure by the Servicer to observe or perform in any
material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Servicer contained in this Agreement or any representation or warranty shall
prove to be untrue, which failure or breach shall continue unremedied for a
period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall
have been given to the Servicer by the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Trustee and the Depositor by the NIMs Insurer or
the Holders of Certificates evidencing greater than 50% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by the Certificates; or

               (iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator in
any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered against the Servicer and such decree or order shall have
remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or

               (iv) consent by the Servicer to the appointment of a receiver or
liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and
liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or all or
substantially all of the property of the Servicer; or

               (v) admission by a Servicer in writing of its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of, or
commence a voluntary case under, any applicable insolvency or reorganization
statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily
suspend payment of its obligations or

               (vi) any failure by the Servicer to duly perform, within the
required time period, its obligations under Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.22 of this
Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of ten (10) days
after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Master Servicer or any
other party to this Agreement.

     (b) With respect to the Special Servicer, "Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events:

               (i) any failure by the Special Servicer to make any Advance, to
deposit in a collection account (as described in Section 3.27(c) of this
Agreement) or remit to the Securities Administrator any payment (excluding a
payment required to be made under Section 4.01 hereof) required to be made under
the terms of this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for three
Business Days and, with respect to a payment required to be made under Section
4.01 hereof, for one Business Day, after the date on which written notice of
such failure shall have been given to the Special Servicer by the Securities
Administrator or the Depositor, or to the Securities Administrator and the
Special Servicer by the NIMs Insurer or the Holders of Certificates evidencing
greater than 50% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or

               (ii) any failure by the Special Servicer to observe or perform in
any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Special Servicer contained in this Agreement or any representation or warranty
shall prove to be untrue, which failure or breach shall continue unremedied for
a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall
have been given to the Special Servicer by the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Master Servicer, the
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the NIMs Insurer or the Holders of Certificates evidencing greater than 50% of
the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or

               (iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver or liquidator in
any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered against the Special Servicer and such decree or order shall
have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or

               (iv) consent by the Special Servicer to the appointment of a
receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of
assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Special
Servicer or all or substantially all of the property of the Servicer; or

               (v) admission by the Special Servicer in writing of its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage
of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable insolvency or
reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or

               (vi) any failure by the Special Servicer to duly perform, within
the required time period, its obligations under Sections 3.28, 3.29 and 3.30 of
this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of ten (10) days
after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be
remedied, shall have been given to the Special Servicer by the Master Servicer
or any other party to this Agreement.

(c) If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Servicer or the
Special Servicer, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Event
of Default shall not have been remedied within the applicable grace period, or
solely with respect to Sections 7.01(a)(i) and 7.01(b)(i) above by 5:00 p.m. on
the Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer may, or at the direction of
the NIMs Insurer or the Holders of Certificates evidencing greater than 50% of
the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates (with the written consent of the
NIMs Insurer, except after a NIMs Insurer Default), shall, by notice in writing
to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Servicing Rights
Pledgee, if any (with a copy to each Rating Agency), terminate all of the rights
and obligations of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, under
this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other
than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On or after the receipt by the
Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of such written notice, all
authority and power of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable,
hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass
to and be vested in the Master Servicer. To the extent the Event of Default
resulted from the failure of the Servicer or the Special Servicer to make a
required Advance, the Master Servicer shall thereupon make any Advance described
in Section 4.01 hereof subject to Section 3.04 hereof. The Master Servicer is
hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish
all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such
notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Unless
expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect any
obligation of the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to pay
amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII. Each of the Servicer and the Special
Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Master Servicer in effecting the
termination of the Servicer's or the Special Servicer's responsibilities and
rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Master
Servicer of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to the
Collection Account, or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage
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Servicer shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies of the occurrence of an Event
of Default or an event that, with notice, passage of time, other action or any
combination of the foregoing would be an Event of Default, such notice to be
provided in any event within two Business Days of such occurrence. In the case
of the termination of the Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.01,
appointment of a successor to the Special Servicer shall be made in accordance
and in the same manner as the appointment of a successor Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.03 of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Class C
Certificateholder shall designate any such successor Special Servicer.

     Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer or the
Special Servicer hereunder, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable,
shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection of a Scheduled Payment
on a Mortgage Loan that was due prior to the notice terminating the Servicer's
or the Special Servicer's rights and obligations as Servicer or Special Servicer
hereunder and received after such notice, that portion thereof to which the
Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, would have been entitled
pursuant to Sections 3.08(a)(i) through (viii), and any other amounts payable to
the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder the entitlement
to which arose prior to the termination of its activities hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon termination of the
Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Servicer or
the Special Servicer, as applicable, which accrued prior to such termination
shall survive such termination.

     SECTION 7.02. Servicer Trigger Event.

     A "Servicer Trigger Event," shall be deemed to have occurred on any
Distribution Date where the aggregate amount of cumulative Realized Losses
incurred since the Cut-off Date through the last day of the related Accrual
Period divided by the Pool Balance as of the Cut-off Date exceeds the applicable
percentages set forth below with respect to such Distribution Date:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN     PERCENTAGE
  ------------------------------     ----------
<S>                                  <C>
January 2009 through December 2009      5.00%
January 2010 through December 2010      6.00%
January 2011 through December 2011      7.50%
January 2012 and thereafter             8.00%
</TABLE>

     Upon discovery by the Securities Administrator that a Servicer Trigger
Event has occurred, the Securities Administrator shall promptly (and in any
event within 5 Business Days of discovery) give written notice thereof to the
Certificateholders and the Master Servicer. If a Servicer Trigger Event shall
occur, then the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 51% of the
Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates (with the written consent of the
NIMs Insurer, except after a NIMs Insurer Default), may, by notice in writing to
the Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency and the Master Servicer),
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement
and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than its rights
as a Certificateholder hereunder. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of
such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer hereunder, subject
to and in accordance with Section 6.04 hereof, whether with respect to the
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otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Master Servicer (or its designee)
as successor servicer. The Master Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered as
successor servicer to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as
attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and
to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect
the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination
shall affect any obligation of the Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to
Article VIII. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Master Servicer as
successor servicer and any successor servicer appointed by the Master Servicer
in effecting the termination of the Servicer's responsibilities and rights
hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the Master Servicer as
successor servicer of all cash amounts which shall at the time be credited to
the Collection Account, or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. The Servicer and the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Rating
Agencies of the occurrence of a Servicer Trigger Event, such notice to be
provided in any event within two Business Days of such occurrence.

     Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection
of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan that was due prior to the notice
terminating the Servicer's rights and obligations as Servicer hereunder and
received after such notice, that portion thereof to which the Servicer would
have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.08(a)(i) through (viii), and any other
amounts payable to the Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior
to the termination of its activities hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, upon termination of the Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of
the Servicer which accrued prior to such termination shall survive such
termination.

     SECTION 7.03. Master Servicer to Act; Appointment of Successor.

     On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01 or Section 7.02 hereof, the Master Servicer shall, to
the extent provided in Section 3.04, be the successor to the Servicer in its
capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or
provided for herein and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions
hereof and applicable law including the obligation to make advances pursuant to
Section 4.01. As compensation therefor, subject to the last paragraph of Section
7.01 and Section 7.02, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to all fees,
compensation and reimbursement for costs and expenses relating to the Mortgage
Loans that the Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if the Servicer
had continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Master
Servicer has become the successor to the Servicer in accordance with Section
7.01 and Section 7.02 hereof, the Master Servicer may, if it shall be unwilling
to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by applicable law from making Advances
pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof or if it is otherwise unable to so act, appoint,
or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established
mortgage loan servicing institution the appointment of which successor shall be
approved by the NIMs Insurer and which does not adversely affect the then
current rating of the Certificates by each Rating Agency as the successor to the
Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities,
duties or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder. Any successor Servicer shall be
an institution that is acceptable to the NIMs Insurer and is a Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer in good standing, that has a net worth of
at least $15,000,000, and that is willing to service the Mortgage Loans and
executes and delivers to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer an
agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, that contains an assumption
by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and
liabilities of the Servicer (other than liabilities of the Servicer under
Section 6.03 hereof incurred prior to termination of the Servicer under Section
7.01 or Section 7.02), with like effect as if originally named as a party to
this Agreement; and provided further that each Rating Agency acknowledges that
its rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment
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of such assignment and delegation. No appointment of a successor to the Servicer
hereunder shall be effective until the Master Servicer shall have consented
thereto, prior written consent of the NIMs Insurer is obtained (provided, that
such prior written consent shall not be required in the event that the Servicing
Rights Pledgee or its designee is so appointed as Successor Servicer) and
written notice of such proposed appointment shall have been provided by the
Securities Administrator to each Certificateholder. The Master Servicer shall
not resign as servicer until a successor servicer has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer
hereunder, the Master Servicer, unless the Master Servicer is prohibited by law
from so acting, shall, subject to Section 3.04 hereof, act in such capacity as
hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the
Master Servicer may make such arrangements for the compensation of such
successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall
agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that
permitted the Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer and such successor shall
take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession. Neither the Master Servicer nor any other
successor servicer shall be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any
failure to make, or any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any
portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any delay in performing, any
duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case caused by the failure of
the Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any
cash, information, documents or records to it.

     Any successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its service
as servicer maintain in force the policy or policies that the Servicer is
required to maintain pursuant to Section 6.05.

     In the event that the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
Servicer hereunder (including by reason of any Event of Default),
notwithstanding anything to the contrary above or anything to the contrary which
may be set forth in Section 3.04, the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer, the Depositor and the NIMS Insurer hereby agree that within 10
Business Days of delivery to the Master Servicer by the Servicing Rights Pledgee
of a letter signed by the Servicer whereby the Servicer shall resign as Servicer
under this Agreement, or within 10 days of Securities Administrator's
termination of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 or 7.02, the Servicing
Rights Pledgee or its designee shall be appointed as successor servicer;
provided that at the time of such appointment (i) the Servicing Rights Pledgee
or such designee meets the requirements of a successor servicer set forth above
in this Section 7.03, including acknowledgment by the Rating Agencies, (provided
that the consent and approval of the Securities Administrator, the Trustee, the
Master Servicer, the Depositor and the NIMs Insurer shall be deemed to have been
given to the Servicing Rights Pledgee or its designee, and the Servicing Rights
Pledgee and its designee are hereby agreed to be acceptable to the Securities
Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the NIMs
Insurer) and (ii) the Servicing Rights Pledgee or such designee agrees to be
subject to the terms of this Agreement.

     SECTION 7.04. Notification to Certificateholders.

          (a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Securities Administrator shall give prompt
written notice thereof to Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master Servicer
and to each Rating Agency.

          (b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Securities Administrator shall transmit by mail to the Master Servicer, all
Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer notice of each such Event of Default
hereunder known to the Securities Administrator, unless such Event of Default
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                                  ARTICLE VIII

             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

     SECTION 8.01. Duties of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator.

     The Trustee and the Securities Administrator, prior to the occurrence of an
Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, each shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Agreement. In case an Event of Default has
occurred and remains uncured, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs. In case an Event of
Default or other default by the Servicer or the Depositor hereunder shall occur
and be continuing, the Trustee shall, at the direction of the majority of the
Certificateholders or the NIMs Insurer, or may, proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Certificateholders or the NIMs Insurer under
this Agreement by a suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law or otherwise,
whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in
this agreement or in aid of the execution of any power granted in this Agreement
or for the enforcement of any other legal, equitable or other remedy, as the
Trustee, being advised by counsel and subject to the foregoing, shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any of the rights of the Trustee, the NIMs
Insurer and the Certificateholders.

     Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator, upon receipt of all
resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or
other instruments furnished to the Trustee that are specifically required to be
furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to
determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of this
Agreement. If any such instrument is found not to conform to the requirements of
this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as the case may be, shall take such action as it deems
appropriate to have the instrument corrected and if the instrument is not
corrected to the its satisfaction, the Securities Administrator will provide
notice to the Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer and take such further
action as directed by the Certificateholders and the NIMs Insurer.

     No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act or its own misconduct, its negligent failure to
perform its obligations in compliance with this Agreement, or any liability that
would be imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance or bad faith; provided,
however, that:

               (i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the
curing of all such Events of Default that may have occurred, the duties and
obligations of the Trustee, and at all times, the duties and obligations of the
Securities Administrator shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be
liable, individually or as Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable,
except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically
set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Agreement against the Trustee or the Securities Administrator and, the
Trustee and the Securities Administrator may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement that it
reasonably believed in good faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed
by the proper authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;

               (ii) neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall,
individually or as Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, be liable
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by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee unless the
Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, was negligent or acted in
bad faith or with willful misfeasance; and

               (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
Trustee, with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it
in good faith in accordance with the direction of the NIMs Insurer or the
Holders in accordance with this Agreement relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement.

     SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator.

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

               (i) the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may request and
conclusively rely upon and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate, certificate of auditors or
any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

               (ii) the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may consult
with counsel of its choice and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full
and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
Opinion of Counsel;

               (iii) neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall
be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Agreement;

               (iv) at all times the Securities Administrator, and prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing of all Events
of Default that may have occurred, the Trustee, in each case, shall not be bound
to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so
to do by the NIMs Insurer or the Holders of each Class of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of such Class;

               (v) the Trustee and the Securities Administrator may execute any
of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents, custodians, accountants or attorneys or
independent contractors and the Trustee and the Securities Administrator will
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent,
custodian, accountant, attorney or independent contractor appointed with due
care by it hereunder;

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

               (vii) neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall
be liable, individually or as Trustee or Securities Administrator, as
applicable, for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement
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               (viii) neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall
be deemed to take notice or be deemed to have notice or have knowledge of an
Event of Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, shall have received written notice thereof and in
the absence of such written notice, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
may conclusively assume that there is no Event of Default;

               (ix) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make any investigation
of matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation
hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the
NIMs Insurer or the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, unless the NIMs Insurer or such Certificateholders shall have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby;

               (x) if requested in writing by the Servicer, the Trustee shall
appoint the Servicer as the trustee's attorney-in-fact in order to carry out and
perform certain activities that are necessary or appropriate for the servicing
and administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement. Such
appointment shall be evidenced by a power of attorney in such form as may be
agreed to by the Trustee and the Servicer. The Trustee shall have no liability
for any action or inaction of the Servicer in connection with such power of
attorney and the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Servicer for all
liabilities, costs, expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with the
Servicer's use or misuse of such powers of attorney;

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

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

          (b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be prosecuted and enforced by the
Trustee without the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production
thereof at the trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit,
action or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for
the benefit of all the Holders of the Certificates or in its capacity as
trustee, subject to the provisions of this Agreement. Any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
benefit of the Certificateholders in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodian shall have any duty (A) to see
to any recording, filing, or depositing of this Agreement or any agreement
referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement
evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of any rerecording,
refilling or redepositing, as applicable, thereof, (B) to see to any insurance
or (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other
governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect
to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund.

          (c) The Custodian shall be entitled to all of the rights, protections,
exculpations, benefits, indemnities and immunities as are afforded to the
Trustee hereunder.

     SECTION 8.03. Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for
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     The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee, the Master
Servicer and the Securities Administrator assume no responsibility for their
correctness. None of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master
Servicer makes any representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Agreement, of any Mortgage Loan, or any related document other than with respect
to the execution and authentication of the Certificates, if it so executed or
authorized the Certificates. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
or the Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Servicer in respect of the Mortgage
Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or the
Certificate Account by the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer or the Servicer.

     SECTION 8.04. Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own Certificates.

     Each of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator in its individual or
any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same
rights as it would have if it was not the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator.

     SECTION 8.05. Trustee's and Securities Administrator's Fees and Expenses.

     The Securities Administrator shall be entitled to receive on each
Distribution Date the Securities Administrator Fee. The Securities Administrator
covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing by the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee (which shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust)
for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created
and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of
the Trustee.

     SECTION 8.06. Indemnification and Expenses of Trustee.

          (a) The Trustee and the Custodian and each of its respective
directors, officers, employees and agents shall be entitled to indemnification
from the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection
with any legal proceeding or incurred without negligence or willful misconduct
on their part, arising out of, or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trusts created hereunder or in connection with the
performance of their duties hereunder, including any applicable fees and
expenses payable hereunder, and the costs and expenses of defending themselves
against any claim in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their
powers or duties hereunder, provided that:

               (i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall have given
the Depositor and the Holders written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee
shall have knowledge thereof; provided that failure to so notify shall not
relieve the Trust Fund of the obligation to indemnify the Trustee; however, any
reasonable delay by the Trustee to provide written notice to the Depositor and
the Holders promptly after the Trustee shall have obtained knowledge of a claim
shall not relieve the Trust Fund of the obligation to indemnify the Trustee
under this Section 8.06;

               (ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee
shall cooperate and consult fully with the Depositor in preparing such defense;

               (iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
8.06, the Trust Fund shall not be liable for settlement of any such claim by the
Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the Depositor, which consent
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               (iv) any such loss, liability or expense to be indemnified by the
Trust Fund must constitute an "unanticipated expense" of the Trust Fund within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

          (b) The Trustee, the Custodian and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Trustee or Custodian shall be indemnified, by the Trust Fund and
held harmless against any loss, liability, reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advancements incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with this
Agreement (including fees and expenses of its counsel and all persons not
regularly in its employment) and the Certificates, except any such loss,
liability, expenses, disbursements and advancements that either (i) arise from
its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or (ii) do not constitute
"unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

          (c) The Trustee's right to indemnification and reimbursement shall be
subject to a cap of $300,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year, excluding
(i) any Servicing Transfer Costs and (ii) any costs, damages or expenses
incurred by the Trustee in connection with any "high cost" home loans or any
predatory or abusive lending laws, which amounts shall in no case be subject to
any such limitation; provided, however, that such cap shall apply only if NIM
Notes have been issued and shall cease to apply after the date on which any NIM
Notes are paid in full and all amounts which the NIMs Insurer is entitled to be
paid or reimbursed shall have been paid or reimbursed. Any amounts not in excess
of this cap may be withdrawn by the Trustee from the Certificate Account at any
time.

     Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event
shall the Trustee or the Custodian be liable for special, indirect or
consequential damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost
profits), even if the Trustee or the Custodian has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

     The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Custodian and
shall be construed to include, but not be limited to any loss, liability or
expense under any environmental law.

     SECTION 8.07. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.

     The Trustee hereunder shall, at all times, be a corporation or association
organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United States of
America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority and with a credit rating that would
not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce their respective ratings of any
Class of Certificates below the ratings issued on the Closing Date (or having
provided such security from time to time as is sufficient to avoid such
reduction) and reasonably acceptable to the NIMs Insurer. If such corporation or
association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section 8.07 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8.07, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.08 hereof. The corporation or
national banking association serving as Trustee may have normal banking and
trust relationships with the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the NIMs
Insurer and their respective Affiliates; provided, however, that such
corporation cannot be an Affiliate of the Servicer other than the Trustee in its
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     SECTION 8.08. Resignation and Removal of Trustee.

     The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby
created by (1) giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the
Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Securities Administrator by mailing notice of
resignation by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Certificateholders at
their addresses appearing on the Certificate Register and each Rating Agency,
not less than 60 days before the date specified in such notice when, subject to
Section 8.09, such resignation is to take effect, and (2) acceptance of
appointment by a successor trustee acceptable to the NIMs Insurer in accordance
with Section 8.09 and meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.07. If
no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee.

     If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor or the NIMs Insurer or (ii) the Trustee
shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent,
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or
(iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which
the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located, (B) the imposition of such tax would
be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee and (C) the Trustee fails
to indemnify the Trust Fund against such tax, then the Depositor or the NIMs
Insurer may remove the Trustee and the Depositor with the consent of the NIMS
insurer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee, one
copy of which shall be delivered to the Securities Administrator and one copy of
which shall be delivered to the successor trustee.

     The Holders evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights of all Classes of
Certificates, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, or the NIMs Insurer upon
failure of the Trustee to perform its obligations hereunder may at any time
remove the Trustee and the Depositor shall appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized (or by the NIMs Insurer), one complete
set of which instruments shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the
Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the
successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to
the NIMs Insurer and each Rating Agency by the successor trustee.

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

     If the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer are the same
Person, then at any time the Securities Administrator resigns or is removed
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall likewise be terminated as master servicer
hereunder.

     SECTION 8.09. Successor Trustee.

     Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.08 hereof shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Securities Administrator an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all
the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with
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     No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
8.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and its appointment shall
not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.

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

     SECTION 8.10. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.

     Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section
8.07 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for the execution of an assumption agreement where such
succession is not effected by operation of law).

     SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the time be
located, the Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and
shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer to act as co-trustee or co-trustees
jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or
any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such
capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the Trust
Fund or any part thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section 8.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. Any
such co-trustee or separate trustee shall be subject to the written approval of
the Servicer and the NIMs Insurer. The Trustee shall not be liable for the
actions of any co-trustee; provided the appointment of a co-trustee shall not
relieve the Trustee of its obligations hereunder. If the Servicer and the NIMs
Insurer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make
such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required
to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.07 and
no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 8.09.

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

               (i) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Trustee except for the obligation of the Trustee under this
Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the Servicer shall be conferred or
imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee
or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or
co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in
such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or
as successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
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Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised
and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the
direction of the Trustee;

               (ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

               (iii) The Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer, may at
any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

     Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Servicer, the NIMs Insurer, the Securities Administrator and the Depositor.

     Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee
its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not
prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on
its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die,
become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.

     SECTION 8.12. Tax Matters.

     (A) It is intended that each of the REMICs provided for herein shall
constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so as to
allow each such REMIC to qualify as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit"
as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions. It is also intended
that each of the grantor trusts provided for in Section 2.07 hereof shall
constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so as to
allow each such grantor trust to qualify as, a grantor trust under the
provisions of Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Code. In furtherance of
such intention, the Securities Administrator covenants and agrees that it shall
act as agent (and the Securities Administrator is hereby appointed to act as
agent) on behalf of each of the REMICs provided for herein and that in such
capacity it shall: (a) prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, in a
timely manner, a U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return
(Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and
prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue
Service and applicable state or local tax authorities income tax or information
returns for each taxable year with respect to each of the REMICs and grantor
trusts provided for herein, containing such information and at the times and in
the manner as may be required by the Code or state or local tax laws,
regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at such times and in
such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days of the Closing
Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service, on Forms
8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title, address, and
telephone number of the person that the holders of the Certificates may contact
for tax information relating thereto, together with such additional information
as may be required by such Form, and update such information at the time or
times in the manner required by the Code for each of the REMICs provided for
herein; (c) make or cause to be made elections, on behalf of each of the REMICs
provided for herein to be treated as a REMIC on the federal tax return of such
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taxable years (and, if necessary, under applicable state law); (d) prepare and
forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to
the Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all
information returns and reports as and when required to be provided to them in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions or other applicable law, including without
limitation, the calculation of any original issue discount using the Prepayment
Assumption; (e) provide information necessary for the computation of tax imposed
on the transfer of a Class R Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted
Transferee, or an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) of a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or a pass through entity in which a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest
(the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing such information may be charged
to the Person liable for such tax); (f) to the extent that they are under its
control conduct the affairs of each of the REMICs and grantor trusts provided
for herein at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain
the status of each of the REMICs provided for herein as a REMIC under the REMIC
Provisions and the status of each of the grantor trusts provided for herein as a
grantor trust under Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J of the Code; (g) not
knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would
cause the termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for
herein or result in the imposition of tax upon any such REMIC; (h) not knowingly
or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the
termination of the grantor trust status under Subpart E, Part I of Subchapter J
of the Code of any of the grantor trusts provided for herein or result in the
imposition of tax upon any such grantor trust; (i) pay, from the sources
specified in the last paragraph of this Section 8.12, the amount of any federal,
state and local taxes, including prohibited transaction taxes as described
below, imposed on each of the REMICs provided for herein prior to the
termination of the Trust Fund when and as the same shall be due and payable (but
such obligation shall not prevent the Trustee or any other appropriate Person
from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and shall not prevent
the Securities Administrator from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted
by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings); (j) sign or cause the Trustee
to sign federal, state or local income tax or information returns; (k) maintain
records relating to each of the REMICs provided for herein, including but not
limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of each of the REMICs
and grantor trusts provided for herein, and the fair market value and adjusted
basis of the Trust Fund property determined at such intervals as may be required
by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules,
statements or information; and (l) as and when necessary and appropriate,
represent each of the REMICs provided for herein in any administrative or
judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by any governmental
taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to any taxable year of
any of the REMICs provided for herein, enter into settlement agreements with any
governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating to any
tax item of any of the REMICs provided for herein, and otherwise act on behalf
of each of the REMICs provided for herein in relation to any tax matter
involving any of such REMICs or any controversy involving the Trust Fund.

     In order to enable the Securities Administrator to perform its duties as
set forth herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the
Securities Administrator within 10 days after the Closing Date all information
or data that the Securities Administrator requests in writing and determines to
be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and offering prices of the
Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, prepayment
assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans.
Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Securities Administrator promptly
upon written request therefor, any such additional information or data that the
Securities Administrator may, from time to time, request in order to enable the
Securities Administrator to perform its duties as set forth herein. The
Depositor hereby agrees to indemnify the Securities Administrator for any
losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Securities Administrator
arising from any errors or miscalculations of the Securities Administrator that
result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided,
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     In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any of
the REMICs provided for herein as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code, on
the "net income from foreclosure property" of any of such REMICs as defined in
Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the Trust Fund after the
Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is
imposed, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid by
(i) the Securities Administrator, if any such other tax arises out of or results
from a breach by the Securities Administrator of any of its obligations under
this Agreement or as a result of the location of the Securities Administrator,
(ii) any party hereto (other than the Securities Administrator) to the extent
any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by such other party of
any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the location of
such other party or (iii) in all other cases, or in the event that any liable
party here fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses (i) or
(ii), any such tax will be paid first with amounts (other than amounts derived
by the Trust Fund from a payment on the Cap Contracts) otherwise to be
distributed to the Class R Certificateholders (pro rata) pursuant to Section
4.04, and second with amounts (other than amounts derived by the Trust Fund from
a payment on the Cap Contracts) otherwise to be distributed to all other
Certificateholders in the following order of priority: first, to the Class C
Certificates (pro rata), second to the Class B-3 Certificates (pro rata), third
to the Class B-2 Certificates (pro rata), fourth to the Class B-1 Certificates
(pro rata), fifth to the Class M-6 Certificates (pro rata), sixth to the Class
M-5 Certificates (pro rata), seventh to the Class M-4 Certificates (pro rata),
eighth to the Class M-3 Certificates (pro rata), ninth to the Class M-2
Certificates (pro rata), tenth to the Class M-1 Certificates (pro rata) and
eleventh to the Class A Certificates (pro rata). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, to the extent that such tax is payable by the Class R
Certificate, the Securities Administrator is hereby authorized pursuant to such
instruction to retain on any Distribution Date, from the Holders of the Class R
Certificate (and, if necessary, from the Holders of all other Certificates in
the priority specified in the preceding sentence), funds otherwise distributable
to such Holders in an amount sufficient to pay such tax. The Securities
Administrator agrees to promptly notify in writing the party liable for any such
tax of the amount thereof and the due date for the payment thereof.

     (B) Each of the Depositor, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator and
the Trustee agrees not to take or omit to take knowingly or intentionally, any
action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC
status of any of the REMICs provided for herein or result in the imposition of a
tax upon any of the REMICs provided for herein.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   TERMINATION

     SECTION 9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Auction of all Mortgage
Loans.

          (a) Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Securities Administrator
and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate
upon the earlier of (a) an Optional Termination and (b) the later of (i) the
maturity or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust
Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
this Agreement, as applicable. In no event shall the trusts created hereby
continue beyond the earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of
the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador
of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the date hereof and
(ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

          (b) On or before the Determination Date following the Initial Optional
Termination Date, the Securities Administrator will attempt to terminate the
Trust Fund through a one-time auction process and thereby effect the retirement
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Mortgage Loans and REO Properties via a solicitation of bids from at least three
(3) bidders, each of which shall be a nationally recognized participant in
mortgage finance (the "Auction"). The Depositor and the Securities Administrator
agree to work in good faith to develop bid procedures in advance of the Initial
Optional Termination Date to govern the operation of the Auction. The Securities
Administrator shall be entitled to retain an investment banking firm and/or
other agents in connection with the Auction, the cost of which shall be included
in the Optional Termination Price (unless an Optional Termination does not occur
in which case such costs shall be an expense of the Trust Fund). The Securities
Administrator shall accept the highest bid received at the Auction; provided
that the amount of such bid equals or exceeds the Optional Termination Price.
The Securities Administrator shall determine the Optional Termination Price
based upon information provided by (i) the Servicer with respect to the amounts
described in clauses (A) and (B) of the definition of "Optional Termination
Price", (ii) the Depositor with respect to the information described in clause
(C) of the definition of "Optional Termination Price." The Securities
Administrator may conclusively rely upon the information provided to it in
accordance with the immediately preceding sentence and shall not have any
liability for the failure of any party to provide such information. The
Securities Administrator will also solicit bids from each Holder of a Class C
and Class P Certificate. Any such termination will occur only if the highest bid
received is at least equal to the Optional Termination Price. Proceeds from the
purchase will be distributed to the Certificateholders in the order of priority
described herein. Any such Optional Termination will result in an early
retirement of the Certificates.

               If the Trust Fund is not terminated because a sufficient purchase
price is not achieved at such auction, the NIMs Insurer, if any, may purchase
all of the Mortgage Loans, which would result in an early retirement of the
Certificates and the termination of the Trust Fund. If the auction fails to
achieve a sufficient purchase price and the NIMs Insurer, if any, fails to
exercise its option to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer may
purchase all of the Mortgage Loans at the Optional Termination Price, which
similarly would result in an early retirement of the Certificates and the
termination of the Trust Fund.

     SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.

     If on any Determination Date, (i) the Securities Administrator determines
that there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the
Trust Fund other than the funds in the Collection Account, the Securities
Administrator shall send a final distribution notice promptly to each
Certificateholder and the NIMs Insurer or (ii) the Securities Administrator
determines that a Class of Certificates shall be retired after a final
distribution on such Class, the Securities Administrator shall notify the
Certificateholders within seven (7) Business Days after such Determination Date
that the final distribution in retirement of such Class of Certificates is
scheduled to be made on the immediately following Distribution Date. Any final
distribution made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence will be made
only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the
Securities Administrator specified in such notice.

     Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution
Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of
the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the
Securities Administrator by letter to Certificateholders mailed no later than
the last calendar day of the month immediately preceding the month of such final
distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date upon which
final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation and
surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the location of
the office or agency at which such presentation and surrender must be made, and
(c) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not
applicable, distributions being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
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will give such notice to the NIMs Insurer and each Rating Agency at the time
such notice is given to Certificateholders.

     In the event such notice is given, the Servicer shall cause all funds in
the Collection Account to be deposited in the Certificate Account on the
Servicer Remittance Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in respect
of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with respect to the Trust Fund,
certification to the Trustee that such required amount has been deposited in the
Trust Fund and the receipt by the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf of a
Request for Release therefor, the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf shall
promptly release to the Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loans.

     Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Securities
Administrator shall cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class
the amounts allocable to such Certificates held in the Certificate Account in
the order and priority set forth in Section 4.04 hereof on the final
Distribution Date and in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.

     In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above mentioned written notice, the Securities Administrator shall give a second
written notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect
thereto. If within six months after the second notice all the applicable
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Securities
Administrator may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take
appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning
surrender of their Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the
funds and other assets that remain a part of the Trust Fund. If within one year
after the second notice all Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Class R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed
funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that remain subject hereto. Upon
payment to the Class R Certificateholders of such funds and assets, neither the
Securities Administrator nor the Trustee shall have any further duties or
obligations with respect thereto.

     SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.

          (a) In the event the Servicer completes an Optional Termination as
provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with
an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the NIMs Insurer or Servicer, as
applicable to the effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to comply with the
requirements of this Section 9.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes
on "prohibited transactions" of any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined
in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided for herein
to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding:

               (i) The Depositor shall establish a 90-day liquidation period and
notify the Trustee and the Securities Administrator thereof, and the Securities
Administrator shall in turn specify the first day of such period in a statement
attached to the final tax returns of each of the REMICs provided for herein
pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.860F-1. The Depositor shall satisfy
all the requirements of a qualified liquidation under Section 860F of the Code
and any regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel obtained
at the expense of the Servicer;

               (ii) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or prior to
the time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the Depositor as agent
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               (iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
Certificates, the Securities Administrator shall distribute or credit, or cause
to be distributed or credited, to the Class R Certificateholders all cash on
hand (other than cash retained to meet outstanding claims), and the Trust Fund
shall terminate at that time, whereupon neither the Securities Administrator nor
the Trustee shall have any further duties or obligations with respect to sums
distributed or credited to the Class R Certificateholders.

          (b) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby authorize the Depositor to specify the 90-day liquidation period for the
Trust Fund, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.

          (c) Upon the written request of the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator as agent for each REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and sign a plan of
complete liquidation as provided to it by the Depositor. The Securities
Administrator's obligation to adopt and sign such plan of complete liquidation
is subject to the Securities Administrator's receipt of the Opinion of Counsel
referred to in Section 9.03(a)(i). In addition, the Securities Administrator
shall take such other action in connection therewith as may be reasonably
requested by the Depositor.

                                    ARTICLE X

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SECTION 10.01. Amendment.

     This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer the Securities Administrator
and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMs Insurer and without the consent of
any of the Certificateholders to,

               (i) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake,

               (ii) to correct, modify or supplement any provision herein which
may be inconsistent with any other provision herein,

               (iii) to add any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement, or

               (iv) to modify, alter, amend, add to or rescind any of the terms
or provisions contained in this Agreement, provided, however, that, in the case
of clauses (iii) and (iv), such amendment will not, as evidenced by an Opinion
of Counsel addressed to the Trustee to such effect, adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holder; provided, further, however, that
such amendment will be deemed to not adversely affect in any material respect
the interest of any Holder if the Person requesting such amendment obtains a
letter from each Rating Agency stating that such amendment will not result in a
reduction or withdrawal of its rating of any Class of the Certificates, it being
understood and agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not represent a
determination as to the materiality of any such amendment and will represent a
determination only as to the credit issues affecting any such rating.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the
Special Servicer, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee may at any time
and from time to time amend this Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of
its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary or appropriate to maintain
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provided for herein as REMICs under the Code or to avoid or minimize the risk of
the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for
herein pursuant to the Code that would be a claim against the Trust Fund at any
time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates, provided that the
Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Securities Administrator shall have been
provided an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee, which opinion shall be
an expense of the party requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be
an expense of the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer or the Securities Administrator, to
the effect that such action is necessary or appropriate to maintain such
qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax.

     This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee and the Holders of the Certificates affected
thereby evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights, with the consent
of the NIMs Insurer, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided,
however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or
delay the timing of, payments required to be distributed on any Certificate
without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in
any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of Certificates
in a manner other than as described in (i), without the consent of the Holders
of Certificates of such Class evidencing 66 2/3% or more of the Voting Rights of
such Class or (iii) reduce the aforesaid percentages of Certificates the Holders
of which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of
the Holders of all such Certificates then outstanding.

     Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall
not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first
received an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee, which opinion shall be
an expense of the party requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be
an expense of the Trustee, to the effect that such amendment is permitted
hereunder and will not cause the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any of
the REMICs provided for herein or the Certificateholders or cause any of the
REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding. A copy of such Opinion of Counsel shall be
provided to the NIMs Insurer.

     Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring
the consent of Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator shall furnish
written notification of the substance of such amendment to each
Certificateholder and each Rating Agency.

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as
the Securities Administrator may prescribe.

     Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator to enter into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of
Counsel, satisfactory to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator that (i)
such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this Agreement and that all
requirements for amending this Agreement have been complied with; and (ii)
either (A) the amendment does not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder or (B) the conclusion set forth in the
immediately preceding clause (A) is not required to be reached pursuant to this
Section 10.01.

     The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any supplement,
modification or waiver which affects its rights, duties or obligations
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     SECTION 10.02. Counterparts.

     This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and
such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

     SECTION 10.03. Governing Law.

     THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO
BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.

     SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties.

     It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the
Mortgage Notes, Mortgages, assignments of Mortgages, title insurance policies
and any modifications, extensions and/or assumption agreements and private
mortgage insurance policies relating to the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to
the Trustee be, and be construed as, an absolute sale thereof to the Trustee. It
is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a
pledge thereof by the Depositor to the Trustee. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are held to be the
property of the Depositor, or if for any other reason this Agreement is held or
deemed to create a security interest in such assets, then (i) this Agreement
shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance provided for in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant by the Depositor
to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, of a security
interest in all of the assets that constitute the Trust Fund, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired.

     The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders shall, to the
extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to
ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the
assets of the Trust Fund, such security interest would be deemed to be a
perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of the Agreement. The Depositor shall
arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements in
connection with any security interest granted or assigned to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.

     SECTION 10.05. Notices.

          (a) The Securities Administrator shall use its best efforts to
promptly provide notice to each Rating Agency and the NIMs Insurer with respect
to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

               (i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

               (ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
cured;

               (iii) The resignation or termination of the Trustee, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Servicer and the
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               (iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Sections 2.02, 2.03 and 3.12;

               (v) The final payment to Certificateholders; and

               (vi) Any change in the location of the Certificate Account.

          (b) The Securities Administrator shall promptly furnish or make
available to each Rating Agency copies of the following:

               (i) Each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.05;

               (ii) Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section
3.17; and

               (iii) Each annual independent public accountant's servicing
report described in Section 3.18.

All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the case of the
Depositor, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. 250 Vesey Street, 4 World
Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10080, Attention: Asset-Backed
Finance; (b) in the case of the Rating Agencies, (i) Standard & Poor's Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New
York, New York 10041; and (ii) Moody's Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church
Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10007; (c) in the case of the Servicer,
National City Home Loan Services, Inc., 150 Allegheny Center, LOC23-501,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 Attention: Investor Reporting Manager; (d) in the
case of the Special Servicer, Wilshire Credit Corporation, 14523 SW Millikan
Way, Suite 200, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, Attention: V.P. Client Services; (e) in
the case of the Master Servicer and Securities Administrator, LaSalle Bank
National Association, 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625, Chicago, Illinois
60603, Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services Group/FFMLT 2005-FF12;
(f) in the case of the Trustee, Citibank, N.A., 388 Greenwich Street, 14th
Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Structured Finance Agency & Trust
FFMLT 2005-FF12, and in the case of any of the foregoing persons, such other
addresses as may hereafter be furnished by any such persons to the other parties
to this Agreement. Notices to Certificateholders shall be deemed given when
mailed, first class postage prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in
the Certificate Register.

     SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions.

     If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

     SECTION 10.07. Assignment.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided pursuant to Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Servicer without the prior written consent of the Securities Administrator and
Depositor.

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     The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the Trust
Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto or any of them.

     No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein
set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to
constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an
association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third
party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to
any provision hereof.

     No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself
of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding
in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of an Event
of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, the Holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by
the Certificates shall also have made written request to the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute any such
action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates and/or the NIMs
Insurer, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other
such Holder and/or the NIMs Insurer or to enforce any right under this
Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of
all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of
this Section 10.08, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be
entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

     SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.

     The Master Servicer and Servicer each agree that, on reasonable prior
notice, it will permit any representative of the Depositor or the Trustee during
the Master Servicer's or Servicer's normal business hours, to examine all the
books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Master Servicer or
Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make copies and extracts therefrom,
to cause such books to be audited by independent certified public accountants
selected by the Depositor or the Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances
and accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees,
agents, counsel and independent public accountants (and by this provision the
Master Servicer and the Servicer each hereby authorizes such accountants to
discuss with such representative such affairs, finances and accounts), all at
such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. Any
out-of-pocket expense incident to the exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee
of any right under this Section 10.09 shall be borne by the party requesting
such inspection; all other such expenses shall be borne by the Servicer or
Master Servicer, as the case may be.

     SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.

     It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be
personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the
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nonassessable for any reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due
authentication thereof by the Securities Administrator pursuant to this
Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.

     SECTION 10.11. Third Party Rights.

     The NIMs Insurer shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement to the same extent as if it were a party hereto, and shall have the
right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.

     SECTION 10.12. Additional Rights of the NIMs Insurer.

          (a) Each party to this Agreement, any agent thereof and any successor
thereto shall furnish to the NIMs Insurer a copy of any notice, direction,
demand, opinion, schedule, list, certificate, report, statement, filing,
information, data or other communication provided by it or on its behalf to any
other Person pursuant to this Agreement at the same time, in the same form and
in the same manner as such communication is so provided and shall address or
cause such communication to be addressed to the NIMs Insurer in addition to any
other addressee thereof. The Servicer shall cause the NIMs Insurer to be an
addressee of any report furnished pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to
the Securities Administrator, such obligation shall be satisfied with the
provision of access to the NIMs Insurer to the Securities Administrator's
website.

          (b) Wherever in this Agreement there shall be a requirement that there
be no downgrade, reduction, withdrawal or qualification of or other effect on
the rating of any Class of Certificates by any Rating Agency as of any date,
there also shall be deemed to be a requirement that there be no such effect on
any class of notes issued pursuant to the Indenture and guaranteed by the NIMs
Insurer as of such date. In addition, unless there exists a continuance of any
failure by the NIMs Insurer to make a required payment under the policy insuring
the NIM Notes (such event, a "NIMs Insurer Default"), wherever in this Agreement
there shall be a requirement that any Person or any communication, object or
other matter be acceptable or satisfactory to or otherwise receive the consent
or other approval of any other Person (whether as a condition to the eligibility
of such Person to act in any capacity, as a condition to any circumstance or
state of affairs related to such matter, or otherwise), there also shall be
deemed to be a requirement that such Person or matter be approved in writing by
the NIMs Insurer, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

     SECTION 10.13. Assignment; Sales; Advance Facilities.

          (a) The Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into a financing or
other facility (any such arrangement, an "Advance Facility"), the documentation
for which complies with Section 10.13(e) below, under which (1) the Servicer
assigns or pledges its rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any or
all Advances and/or Servicing Advances to (i) a Person, which may be a
special-purpose bankruptcy-remote entity (an "SPV"), (ii) a Person, which may
simultaneously assign or pledge such rights to an SPV or (iii) a lender (a
"Lender"), which, in the case of any Person or SPV of the type described in
either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), may directly or through other
assignees and/or pledgees, assign or pledge such rights to a Person, which may
include a trustee acting on behalf of holders of debt instruments (any such
Person or any such Lender, an "Advance Financing Person"), and/or (2) an Advance
Financing Person agrees to fund all of the Advances and/or Servicing Advances
required to be made by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of
the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the
Trustee, the Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before the
Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility nor shall the NIMs Insurer,
Securities Administrator, the Trustee or the Certificateholders be a third party
beneficiary of any obligation of an Advance Financing Person to the Servicer.
Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance Facility under which an Advance
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Advances, (A) the Servicer (i) shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement
to make Advances and/or Servicing Advances pursuant to and as required by this
Agreement and (ii) shall not be relieved of such obligations by virtue of such
Advance Facility and (B) neither the Advance Financing Person nor any Servicer's
Assignee (as hereinafter defined) shall have any right to proceed against or
otherwise contact any Mortgagor for the purpose of collecting any payment that
may be due with respect to any related Mortgage Loan or enforcing any covenant
of such Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

          (b) If the Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, the Servicer and
the related Advance Financing Person shall deliver to the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Trustee at the address set forth in
Section 10.05 hereof a written notice (an "Advance Facility Notice"), stating
(a) the identity of the Advance Financing Person, (b) the identity of the Person
(the "Servicer's Assignee") that will, subject to Section 10.13(c) hereof, have
the right to make withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section
3.08 hereof to reimburse previously unreimbursed Advances and/or Servicing
Advances ("Advance Reimbursement Amounts") and (c) that the Servicer's Assignee
shall agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 10.13. The Advance
Facility Notice shall be executed by the Servicer, the Advance Financing Person
and the Servicer's Assignee. Advance Reimbursement Amounts (i) shall consist
solely of amounts in respect of Advances and/or Servicing Advances for which the
Servicer would be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with Section 3.08
hereof, assuming the Servicer had made the related Advance(s) and/or Servicing
Advance(s) and (ii) shall not consist of amounts payable to a successor Servicer
in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof to the extent permitted under Section
10.13(e) below.

          (c) Notwithstanding the existence of an Advance Facility, the
Servicer, on behalf of the Advance Financing Person, shall be entitled to
receive reimbursements of Advances and/or Servicing Advances in accordance with
Section 3.08 hereof, which entitlement may be terminated by the Advance
Financing Person pursuant to a written notice to the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator in the manner set forth in Section 10.05 hereof. Upon receipt of
such written notice, the Servicer shall no longer be entitled to receive
reimbursement for any Advance Reimbursement Amounts and the Servicer's Assignee
shall immediately have the right to receive from the Collection Account all
Advance Reimbursement Amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the
avoidance of doubt, (i) the Servicer and/or the Servicer's Assignee shall only
be entitled to reimbursement of Advance Reimbursement Amounts hereunder pursuant
to Section 3.08 of this Agreement and shall not otherwise be entitled to make
withdrawals of, or receive, Advance Reimbursement Amounts that shall be
deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof, and (ii)
none of the Trustee or the Certificateholders shall have any right to, or
otherwise be entitled to, receive any Advance Reimbursement Amounts to which the
Servicer or Servicer's Assignee, as applicable, shall be entitled pursuant to
Section 3.08 hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Trustee, the
NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administration or the
Certificateholders shall have any right of set-off against Advance Reimbursement
Amounts hereunder. An Advance Facility may be terminated by the joint written
direction of the Servicer and the related Advance Financing Person. Written
notice of such termination shall be delivered to the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator in the manner set forth in Section 10.05 hereof. Upon an Event of
Default or if the Trustee otherwise shall reasonably request, the Servicer shall
maintain and provide to any successor servicer or the Trustee as successor
servicer a detailed accounting on a loan-by-loan basis as to amounts advanced
by, pledged or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advance Financing Person (and
such successor servicer or Trustee may rely on such information).

          (d) [RESERVED]


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          (e) As between a predecessor Servicer and its Advance Financing
Person, on the one hand, and a successor Servicer and its Advance Financing
Person, if any, on the other hand, Advance Reimbursement Amounts on a
loan-by-loan basis with respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which an Advance
and/or Servicing Advance shall have been made and be outstanding shall be
allocated on a "first-in, first out" basis. In the event the Servicer's Assignee
shall have received some or all of an Advance Reimbursement Amount related to
Advances and/or Servicing Advances that were made by a Person other than such
predecessor Servicer or its related Advance Financing Person in error, then such
Servicer's Assignee shall be required to remit any portion of such Advance
Reimbursement Amount to each Person entitled to such portion of such Advance
Reimbursement Amount. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed by the Advance Financing Person
for all Advances and/or Servicing Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent
the related Advance Reimbursement Amounts have not been assigned or pledged to
such Advance Financing Person or Servicer's Assignee.

          (f) For purposes of any certification of a Servicing Officer of the
Servicer made pursuant to Section 4.01, any Nonrecoverable Advance or
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance referred to therein may have been made by such
Servicer or any predecessor Servicer. In making its determination that any
Advance or Servicing Advance theretofore made has become a Nonrecoverable
Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Servicer shall apply the same
criteria in making such determination regardless of whether such Advance or
Servicing Advance shall have been made by the Servicer or any predecessor
Servicer.

          (g) None of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Master
Servicer shall, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, have any
additional duty or liability with respect to the payment of any Advance
Reimbursement Amount, have any additional responsibility to track or monitor
Advance Reimbursement Amounts or any Advance Facility, and, is not and shall not
be obligated to make any payment with respect to any Advance Reimbursement
Amount.

          (h) None of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee shall, as a result of the existence of any Advance
Facility, have any additional duty or liability with respect to the calculation
or payment of any Advance Reimbursement Amount, nor, as a result of the
existence of any Advance Facility, shall the Depositor, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Trustee have any additional
responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility or
the payment of Advance Reimbursement Amounts to the Servicer's Assignee. The
Servicer shall indemnify the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee, any successor servicer and the Trust Fund for any claim,
loss, liability or damage resulting from any claim by the related Advance
Financing Person, except to the extent that such claim, loss, liability or
damage resulted from or arose out of negligence, recklessness or willful
misconduct on the part of the Depositor, the Trustee or any successor servicer,
as the case may be, or failure by the successor servicer or the Trustee, as the
case may be, to remit funds as required by this Agreement or the commission of
an act or omission to act by the successor servicer or the Trustee, as the case
may be, and the passage of any applicable cure or grace period, such that an
Event of Default under this Agreement occurs or such entity is subject to
termination for cause under this Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE XI

            ADMINISTRATION AND MASTER SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS

     SECTION 11.01. Master Servicer.


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     The Master Servicer shall supervise, monitor and oversee the obligation of
the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and shall have full power and authority to do any and
all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such
master servicing and administration. In performing its obligations hereunder,
the Master Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master
Servicing Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult
with the Servicer as necessary from time to time to carry out the Master
Servicer's obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate certain
reports, information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by the
Servicer pursuant to this Agreement and shall enforce the Servicer's obligations
to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to be performed
or observed by the Servicer under this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall
independently and separately monitor the Servicer's servicing activities with
respect to each related Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring
with such information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and
coordinate corrective adjustments to the Servicer's and Master Servicer's
records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, prepare any
other information and statements required to be provided by the Master Servicer
hereunder. Except during any time where the Master Servicer is acting as
servicer hereunder, neither the Master Servicer nor the Securities Administrator
shall have any responsibility for reviewing or reconciling the Collection
Account or for any expenses or other consequences resulting from any failure of
such Collection Account to be so reconciled. The Master Servicer shall be
entitled to conclusively rely on the Mortgage Loan data provided by the Servicer
and the Depositor and shall have no liability for any errors in such Mortgage
Loan data.

     The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer and/or the Master Servicer with any
limited powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it
necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer and/or the Master Servicer to
execute in the name of the Trustee, as applicable, all documents reasonably
required to perform the servicing functions described in Article III or this
Article XI. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for any action of the
Master Servicer or the Servicer pursuant to any such limited power of attorney
and shall be indemnified by the Master Servicer or the Servicer, as applicable,
for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in connection with
such Person's misuse of any such power of attorney.

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

     The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer or the Master
Servicer upon written request any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale
or other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the foreclosure or trustee's
sale with respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought to
obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or any other Mortgage
Loan Document; (iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against the Mortgagor; or (iv)
enforce any other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or any other
Mortgage Loan Document or otherwise available at law or equity.

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          (a) The Master Servicer shall be responsible for monitoring the
compliance by the Servicer with its duties under this Agreement in accordance
with the provisions hereof. In the review of the Servicer's activities, the
Master Servicer may rely upon an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer with
regard to the Servicer's compliance with the terms of this Agreement. In the
event that the Master Servicer, in its judgment, determines that the Servicer
should be terminated in accordance with the terms hereof, or that a notice
should be sent pursuant to the terms hereof with respect to the occurrence of an
event that, unless cured, would constitute a Servicer Event of Default, the
Master Servicer shall notify the Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee thereof
and the Master Servicer shall issue such notice or take such other action as it
deems appropriate.

          (b) The Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of the Servicer under this
Agreement and shall, in the event that the Servicer fails to perform its
obligations in accordance with this Agreement, subject to the preceding
paragraph, Section 3.04 and Article VII, terminate the rights and obligations of
the Servicer hereunder in accordance with the provisions of Article VII. Such
enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims and
the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out
to such an extent and at such time as the Master Servicer, in its good faith
business judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage
Loans. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own
expense subject to its right of reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement,
provided that the Master Servicer shall not be required to prosecute or defend
any legal action except to the extent that the Master Servicer shall have
received reasonable indemnity for its costs and expenses in pursuing such
action.

          (c) Upon termination of the rights of the Servicer upon the Servicer's
failure to perform its obligations in accordance with this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Servicer (or from amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account if the Servicer is unable to fulfill its
obligations hereunder) for all reasonable out-of-pocket or third party costs
associated with the transfer of servicing from a predecessor Servicer (or if the
predecessor Servicer is the Master Servicer, from the Servicer immediately
preceding the Master Servicer), including, without limitation, any reasonable
out-of-pocket or third party costs or expenses associated with the complete
transfer of all servicing data and the completion, correction or manipulation of
such servicing data as may be required by the Master Servicer to correct any
errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the
Master Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans properly and effectively, upon
presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses.

          (d) The Master Servicer shall require the Servicer to comply with the
remittance requirements and other obligations set forth in this Agreement.

          (e) If the Master Servicer acts as successor to the Servicer, it will
not assume liability for the representations and warranties of the terminated
Servicer.

     SECTION 11.03. Fidelity Bond.

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


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     SECTION 11.04. Power to Act; Procedures.

     The Master Servicer shall master service the Mortgage Loans and shall have
full power and authority, subject to the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of
Section 8.12, to do any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable
in connection with the master servicing and administration of the Mortgage
Loans, including but not limited to the power and authority (i) to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents
or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of
any Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related
Mortgages, (iii) to collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and
(iv) to effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the
Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage Loan, in each case, in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
shall not (and, consistent with its responsibilities under Section 11.02, shall
not permit the Servicer to) knowingly or intentionally take any action, or fail
to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within its control
and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that, under the
REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, would cause any
REMIC formed hereby to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of
a tax upon the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited
transactions as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on
contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the
Master Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Master
Servicer) to the effect that the contemplated action will not cause any REMIC
formed hereby to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax
upon any REMIC. The Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer, upon written
request from a Servicing Officer, with any powers of attorney empowering the
Master Servicer to execute and deliver instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and to foreclose upon
or otherwise liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to appeal, prosecute or defend in
any court action relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in
accordance with this Agreement, and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such
other documents, as the Master Servicer may request, to enable the Master
Servicer to master service and administer the Mortgage Loans and carry out its
duties hereunder, in each case in accordance with Accepted Master Servicing
Practices (and the Trustee shall have no liability for misuse of any such powers
of attorney by the Master Servicer and shall be indemnified by the Master
Servicer for any cost, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee in
connection with such Person's use or misuse of any such power of attorney). If
the Master Servicer or the Trustee has been advised that it is likely that the
laws of the state in which action is to be taken prohibit such action if taken
in the name of the Trustee or that the Trustee would be adversely affected under
the "doing business" or tax laws of such state if such action is taken in its
name, the Master Servicer shall join with the Trustee in the appointment of a
co-Trustee pursuant to Section 8.11. In the performance of its duties hereunder,
the Master Servicer shall be an independent contractor and shall not, except in
those instances where it is taking action in the name of the Trustee, be deemed
to be the agent of the Trustee.

     SECTION 11.05. Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master
Servicer to Be Held for Trustee.

          (a) The Master Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee or the Custodian
on its behalf such documents and instruments coming into the possession of the
Master Servicer from time to time as are required by the terms hereof to be
delivered to the Trustee. Any funds received by the Master Servicer in respect
of any Mortgage Loan or which otherwise are collected by the Master Servicer as
Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan shall
be deposited in the Certificate Account. The Master Servicer shall, and shall
enforce the obligation of the Servicer to, provide access to information and
documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans to the Securities Administrator, its
agents and accountants at any time upon reasonable request and during normal
business hours, and to Certificateholders that are savings and loan
associations, banks or insurance companies, the OTS, the FDIC and the
supervisory agents and examiners of such Office and


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

          (b) All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the
control of, the Master Servicer, in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from
the collection of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds
or Insurance Proceeds, shall be deposited in the Certificate Account.

     SECTION 11.06. Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance Policies
and Documents.

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

     SECTION 11.07. Compensation for the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator.

     As compensation for the activities of the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator hereunder, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator shall be entitled to a portion of the income from investment of or
earnings on the funds held from time to time in the Certificate Account, as
provided in Section 3.05(g). Each of the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection
with its activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement
therefor except as provided in this Agreement.

     SECTION 11.08. Annual Statement as to Compliance.

     Pursuant to this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee on or before March 20 of
each year beginning in 2006, (or such other date that the Depositor gives the
Master Servicer at least 30 days prior notice of) in order to remain in
compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, an Officer's Certificate stating,
as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master
Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of performance under this
Agreement or a similar agreement has been made under such officer's supervision,
and (ii) to the best of such officers' knowledge, based on such review, the
Master Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any
such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officers and the
nature and status thereof. The Securities Administrator shall forward a copy of
each such statement received by it to each Rating Agency. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Securities Administrator to any
Certificateholder upon written request at the Certificateholder's expense,
provided such statement has been delivered by the Master Servicer to the
Securities Administrator.

     SECTION 11.09. Periodic Filings.


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          (a) As part of the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, the Securities Administrator shall include the
accountants reports required pursuant to Section 3.18 and Section 3.29, the
Officer's Certificate delivered by the Servicer and the Special Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.17 and Section 3.28, respectively, relating to each of the
Servicer's and the Special Servicer's performance of its obligations under this
Agreement and the Officer's Certificate delivered by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 11.08 relating to the Master Servicer's performance of its
obligations under this Agreement.

          (b) The Securities Administrator shall prepare (and the Master
Servicer shall execute), in accordance with industry standards, for filing,
(other than the initial filings and the Form 10-Ks), on behalf of the Trust
Fund, and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (i) within 15 days
after each Distribution Date in each month, each Monthly Statement on Form 8-K
under the Exchange Act executed by the Master Servicer, (ii) on or before March
30 of each year beginning in 2006 or such other date in order to remain in
compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, a Form 10-K under the Exchange Act
executed by the Master Servicer, including any certification (the
"Certification") required by the Section 302 Requirements, and (iii) any and all
reports, statements and information respecting the Trust Fund and/or the
Certificates required to be filed on behalf of the Trust Fund under the Exchange
Act, provided that the Depositor provides notice to the Securities
Administrator that such reports, statements or information is so required to be
filed. The Certification and Form 10-K shall be executed by a senior officer of
the Master Servicer. Upon such filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Securities Administrator shall promptly deliver to the Depositor
a copy of any such executed report, statement or information. Prior to making
any such filings and certifications, the Master Servicer shall comply with the
provisions set forth in this Section. The Securities Administrator shall file a
Form 15 under the Exchange Act unless the Depositor directs otherwise in
writing. The Depositor hereby grants to the Master Servicer a limited power of
attorney to execute and file each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such
power of attorney shall continue until either the earlier of (i) receipt by the
Master Servicer from the Depositor of written termination of such power of
attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund. The Depositor agrees to
promptly furnish to the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, from
time to time upon request, such further information, reports, and financial
statements within its control related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans
as the Depositor reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary
reports with the Commission. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Securities
Administrator shall have any responsibility to file any items other than those
specified in this Section.

          (c) [RESERVED]

          (d) The obligations set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section shall only apply with respect to periods for which the Securities
Administrator is obligated to file Form 8-Ks and 10-Ks pursuant to paragraph (b)
of this Section. In the event a Form 15 is properly filed pursuant to paragraph
(b) of this Section, there shall be no further obligations under paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this Section with respect to the fiscal year in which the Form 15 is
filed (other than the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section to
be performed in such fiscal year that relate back to the prior fiscal year).


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer and the Special Servicer have
caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto
duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

                                        MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
                                        as Depositor


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


                                        CITIBANK, N.A.
                                        as Trustee


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


                                        LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Securities Administrator


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


                                        LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Master Servicer


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


                                        NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC.,
                                        as Servicer


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

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                                        WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION,
                                        as Special Servicer


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              FORMS OF CERTIFICATES

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                                   EXHIBIT B-1

                     MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE - MORTGAGE POOL

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]


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                                   EXHIBIT B-2

                MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE - GROUP ONE MORTGAGE LOANS

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]


                                      B-2-1

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                                   EXHIBIT B-3

                MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE - GROUP TWO MORTGAGE LOANS

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]


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                                    EXHIBIT C

                                   [RESERVED]


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                                    EXHIBIT D

                          FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

National City Home Loan Services, Inc.
150 Allegheny Center, LOC 23-541
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Citibank, N.A.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Structured Finance Agency & Trust FFMLT 2005-FF12

Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-FF12

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of December 1, 2005 among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as
depositor, LaSalle Bank National Association, as master servicer and securities
administrator, Citibank, N.A., as trustee, National City Home Loan Services,
Inc., as servicer and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special servicer (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), the undersigned, as custodian, hereby
certifies that [, except as set forth in Schedule A hereto,] as to each Mortgage
Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto (other than any
Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment hereto) it has reviewed
the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined that:

     (i) All documents in the Mortgage File required to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are in
its possession;

     (ii) In connection with each Mortgage Loan or Assignment thereof as to
which documentary evidence of recording was not received on the Closing Date, it
has received evidence of such recording; and

     (iii) Such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their
face and relate to such Mortgage Loan.


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     The custodian has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond confirming (i) that the Mortgage Loan
number, the name of the Mortgagor, the street address (excluding zip code), the
mortgage interest rate at origination, the gross margin (if applicable), the
lifetime rate cap (if applicable), the periodic rate cap (if applicable), the
original principal balance, the first payment due date and the original maturity
date in each Mortgage File conform to the respective Mortgage Loan number and
name listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and (ii) the existence in each
Mortgage File of each of the documents listed in subparagraphs (i)(A) through
(F), inclusive, or (ii)(A) through (K), inclusive, as applicable, of Section
2.01 in the Agreement. The custodian makes no representations or warranties as
to the validity, legality, recordability, sufficiency, enforceability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage Loan or the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.

     Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-referenced Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

                                        LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        AS CUSTODIAN ON BEHALF OF CITIBANK, N.A.
                                        AS TRUSTEE


                                        BY:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        NAME:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        TITLE:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                   EXHIBIT E-1

                    FORM OF TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services/FFMLT 2005-FF12

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We propose to purchase First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FF12, Class R, described in the
Prospectus Supplement, dated December [__], 2005, and the Prospectus, dated
August 26, 2005. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated December
1, 2005 relating to this issuance of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FF12 (the "Pooling and
servicing Agreement").

     1. We certify that (a) we are not a disqualified organization and (b) we
are not purchasing such Class R Certificate on behalf of a disqualified
organization; for this purpose the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. We
understand that any breach by us of this certification may cause us to be liable
for an excise tax imposed upon transfers to disqualified organizations.

     2. We certify that (a) we have historically paid our debts as they became
due, (b) we intend, and believe that we will be able, to continue to pay our
debts as they become due in the future, (c) we understand that, as beneficial
owner of the Class R Certificate, we may incur tax liabilities in excess of any
cash flows generated by the Class R Certificate, and (d) we intend to pay any
taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificate as they become due and (e)
we will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a
foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an
applicable income tax treaty) of ours or another U.S. taxpayer.

     3. We acknowledge that we will be the beneficial owner of the Class R
Certificate and:(1)

          ___  The Class R Certificate will be registered in our name.

          ___  The Class R Certificate will be held in the name of our nominee,
               _________________, which is not a disqualified organization.

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(1)  Check appropriate box and if necessary fill in the name of the Transferee's
     nominee.


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     4. We certify that we are not an employee benefit plan subject to Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), a
plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan subject to federal, state,
local, non-U.S. or other law substantively similar to the foregoing provisions
of ERISA or the Code (each, a "Plan"), and are not directly or indirectly
acquiring the Class R Certificate on behalf of or with any assets of a Plan.

     5. We certify that (i) we are a U.S. person or (ii) we will hold the Class
R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States and have furnished the transferor and the Securities Administrator
with a duly completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or
successor form at the time and in the manner required by the Code; for this
purpose the term "U.S. person" means a citizen or resident of the United States,
a corporation, or partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury
regulations are adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under
the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
including an entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income
tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income
tax regardless of the source of its income, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more such U.S. persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable
Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are
eligible to elect to be treated as U.S. Persons. We agree that any breach by us
of this certification shall render the transfer of any interest in the Class R
Certificate to us absolutely null and void and shall cause no rights in the
Class R Certificate to vest in us.

     6. We agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to transfer
any interest in the Class R Certificate, we will transfer such interest in the
Class R Certificate only (a) to a transferee that (i) is not a disqualified
organization and is not purchasing such interest in the Class R Certificate on
behalf of a disqualified organization, (ii) is a U.S. person or will hold the
Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within
the United States and will furnish us and the Securities Administrator with a
duly completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or successor
form at the time and in the manner required by the Code and (iii) has delivered
to the Securities Administrator a letter in the form of this letter (including
the affidavit appended hereto) and, we will provide the Securities Administrator
a written statement substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

     7. We hereby designate _______________________ as our fiduciary to act as
the tax matters person for each of the REMICs provided for in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement in which the Class R Certificate represents the residual
interest.


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                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

Accepted as of __________ __, 200__

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS,
INC.


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


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                                   APPENDIX A

                                        Affidavit pursuant to (i) Section
                                        860E(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
                                        of 1986, as amended, and (ii) certain
                                        provisions of the Pooling and Servicing
                                        Agreement

Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that the following is true:

          1.   He or she is an officer of _________________________ (the
               "Transferee"),

          2.   the Transferee's Employer Identification number is __________,

          3.   the Transferee is not a "disqualified organization" (as defined
               below), has no plan or intention of becoming a disqualified
               organization, and is not acquiring any of its interest in the
               First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
               Certificates, Series 2005-FF12, Class R Certificate on behalf of
               a disqualified organization or any other entity,

          4.   unless Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.("MLMI") has
               consented to the transfer to the Transferee by executing the form
               of Consent affixed as Appendix B to the Transferee's Letter to
               which this Certificate is affixed as Appendix A, the Transferee
               is a "U.S. person" (as defined below),

          5.   that no purpose of the transfer is to avoid or impede the
               assessment or collection of tax,

          6.   the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became
               due,

          7.   the Transferee intends, and believes that it will be able, to
               continue to pay its debts as they become due in the future,

          8.   the Transferee understands that, as beneficial owner of the Class
               R Certificate, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash
               flows generated by the Class R Certificate,

          9.   the Transferee intends to pay any taxes associated with holding
               the Class R Certificate as they become due,

          10.  the Transferee consents to any amendment of the Pooling and
               Servicing Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by MLMI (upon
               advice of counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to
               ensure that the Class R Certificate will not be owned directly or
               indirectly by a disqualified organization, and

          11.  IF BRACKETED, THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS ARE INAPPLICABLE [the
               transfer is not a direct or indirect transfer of the Class R
               Certificate to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base
               (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the
               Transferee, and as to each of the residual interests represented
               by the Class R Certificate, the present value of


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               the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding such
               residual interest does not exceed the sum of:

               A.   the present value of any consideration given to the
                    Transferee to acquire such residual interest;

               B.   the present value of the expected future distributions on
                    such residual interest; and

               C.   the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated
                    with holding such residual interest as the related REMIC
                    generates losses.

     For purposes of this declaration, (i) the Transferee is assumed to pay tax
     at a rate equal to the highest rate of tax specified in Section 11(b)(1) of
     the Code, but the tax rate specified in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may
     be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in Section 11(b)(1) of the
     Code if the Transferee has been subject to the alternative minimum tax
     under Section 55 of the Code in the preceding two years and will compute
     its taxable income in the current taxable year using the alternative
     minimum tax rate, and (ii) present values are computed using a discount
     rate equal to the Federal short-term rate prescribed by Section 1274(d) of
     the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by
     the Transferee;]

[(11)(A)  at the time of the transfer, and at the close of each of the
          Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the Transferee's fiscal year
          of transfer, the Transferee's gross assets for financial reporting
          purposes exceed $100 million and its net assets for financial
          reporting purposes exceed $10 million; and

     (B)  the Transferee is an eligible corporation as defined in Treasury
          regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i) and has agreed in writing that
          any subsequent transfer of the Class R Certificate will be to another
          eligible corporation in a transaction that satisfies Treasury
          regulation Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), 1.860E-1(c)(4)(ii),
          1.860E-1(c)(4)(iii) and 1.860E-1(c)(5) and such transfer will not be a
          direct or indirect transfer to a foreign permanent establishment
          (within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of a domestic
          corporation.

For purposes of this declaration, the gross and net assets of the Transferee do
not include any obligation of any related person as defined in Treasury
regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii) or any other asset if a principal purpose
for holding or acquiring the other asset is to permit the Transferee to make
this declaration or to satisfy the requirements of Treasury regulation Section
1.860E-1(c)(5)(i).]

(12) The Transferee will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee or another U.S.
taxpayer.


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For purpose of this affidavit, the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code and the term
"U.S. Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or
partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations are
adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including an
entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes,
an estate whose income is subject to Unites States federal income tax regardless
of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to
exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or
more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions
of such trust, (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury regulations,
certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are eligible to elect to be
treated as U.S. Persons).

----------------------------------------


By:
    ------------------------------------

    ------------------------------------

    Address of Investor for receipt of
    distribution:

    Address of Investor for receipt of
    tax information:

    (Corporate Seal)

    Attest:

    ------------------------------------
                                        , Secretary
    ------------------------------------


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Personally appeared before me the above-named ______________, known or proved to
me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the
_______ of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his
free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.

Subscribed and sworn before me this
____ day of __, 200__.

-------------------------------------
Notary Public

County of
          ---------------------------
State of
         ----------------------------
My commission expires the ________ day
of ______________


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

Dated:
       ------------------------


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                                   EXHIBIT E-2

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services/FFMLT 2005-FF12

Re: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
    Series 2005-FF12

     _______________________ (the "Transferor") has reviewed the attached
affidavit of _____________________________ (the "Transferee"), and has no actual
knowledge that such affidavit is not true, and has no reason to believe that the
Transferee has the intention to impede the assessment or collection of any
federal, state or local taxes legally required to be paid with respect to the
Class R Certificate referred to in the attached affidavit. In addition, the
Transferor has conducted a reasonable investigation at the time of the transfer
and found that the Transferee had historically paid its debts as they came due
and found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not
continue to pay its debts as they become due.

                                        Very truly yours,


                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                    EXHIBIT F

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services/FFMLT 2005-FF12

RE:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-FF12

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with our disposition of the Class [____] Certificate, we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act and (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers
to buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action that would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act. All
capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1,
2005, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank
National Association, as master servicer and securities administrator, Citibank,
N.A., as trustee, National City Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer, and
Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special servicer.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name of Transferor


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title
                                              ----------------------------------


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                                    EXHIBIT G

                            FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
                              (ACCREDITED INVESTOR)

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services/FFMLT 2005-FF12

Re: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
    Series 2005-FF12

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ________________
(the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the "Transferred
Certificates") of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2005-FF12, Class [____] (the "Certificates"), issued
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), LaSalle Bank National Association as
master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and securities administrator (the
"Securities Administrator"), Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"),
National City Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer (the "Servicer") and
Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special servicer (the "Special Servicer"). [THE
PURCHASER INTENDS TO REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE IN THE NAME OF
____________________, AS NOMINEE FOR _________________.] All terms used and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

     For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor and the Securities Administrator that:

     1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not been
registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any state, (b) neither the
Depositor nor the Trustee is required, and neither of them intends, to so
register or qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates cannot be resold
unless (i) they are registered and qualified under the Securities Act and the
applicable state securities laws or (ii) an exemption from registration and
qualification is available and (d) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement contains
restrictions regarding the transfer of the Certificates.

     2. The Certificates will bear a legend to the following effect:

     THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
     AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE
     "1940 ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS, AND MAY NOT,
     DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, OR OFFERED FOR
     SALE, UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT,
     THE 1940 ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND SUCH TRANSFER
     ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE OTHER


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     PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO
     TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE SECURITIES
     ADMINISTRATOR SHALL HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO
     THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR (A) AN INVESTMENT LETTER FROM THE PROSPECTIVE
     INVESTOR; AND (B) REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING THE
     OFFERING AND SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES.

     3. The ERISA Restricted Certificates will bear a legend to the following
effect:

     NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE SECURITIES
     ADMINISTRATOR HAS RECEIVED (A) A REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT
     AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
     INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A PLAN SUBJECT TO
     SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE")
     OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO STATE, LOCAL, FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW
     SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE
     ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING THIS
     CERTIFICATE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, (B) IF
     THE CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ERISA-QUALIFYING UNDERWRITING, A
     REPRESENTATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT IS
     ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE WITH ASSETS OF AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL
     ACCOUNT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS
     EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 95-60 AND THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATE
     ARE COVERED AND EXEMPT UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (C)
     SOLELY IN THE CASE OF A DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
     SATISFACTORY TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, AND UPON WHICH THE SECURITIES
     ADMINISTRATOR SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RELY, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE ACQUISITION
     AND HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY THE PROSPECTIVE TRANSFEREE WILL NOT
     CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER TITLE I OF
     ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW AND WILL
     NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, THE NIMS INSURER, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
     SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION
     IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY SUCH ENTITIES IN THE POOLING AND
     SERVICING AGREEMENT, WHICH OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF
     THE TRUSTEE, THE NIMS INSURER, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES
     ADMINISTRATOR, THE SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR. IF THE CERTIFICATE IS NOT A
     DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, THE TRANSFEREE IS DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE
     REPRESENTATION IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE.

     4. The Class R Certificates will bear a legend to the following effect:

     NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
     TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR WITH A REPRESENTATION THAT
     SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
     EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), A
     PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A PLAN SUBJECT TO STATE, LOCAL,
     FEDERAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAW SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING
     PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE


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     CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING THIS
     CERTIFICATE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN.

     5. The Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Certificates for its own
account [FOR INVESTMENT ONLY]* and not with a view to or for sale or other
transfer in connection with any distribution of the Transferred Certificates in
any manner that would violate the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities laws, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that disposition of
the Purchaser's property shall at all times be and remain within its control.

     6. The Purchaser (a) is a substantial, sophisticated institutional investor
having such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, and in
particular in such matters related to securities similar to the Certificates,
such that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the
Certificates, (b) is able to bear the economic risks of such an investment and
(c) is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act.

     7. The Purchaser will not nor has it authorized nor will it authorize any
person to (a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer any
Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to
any person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or to accept a pledge,
disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c)
otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any Certificate, any interest in
any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d)
make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, or (e) take any other action, that would constitute a distribution of
any Certificate under the Securities Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the "1940 Act"), that would render the disposition of any
Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state
securities law, or that would require registration or qualification pursuant
thereto. Neither the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the
Certificates for sale or made any general solicitation by means of general
advertising or in any other manner with respect to the Certificates. The
Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in
compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     8. The Purchaser of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (A) is not an employee
benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, a plan subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S. or other law
substantively similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code ("Similar
Law") and is not directly or indirectly acquiring such Certificates by, on
behalf of, or with any assets of any such plan, or (B) if the Certificate has
been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, is an insurance company
that is acquiring the Certificate with assets of an "insurance company general
account," as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
("PTCE") 95-60, and the acquisition and holding of the Certificate are covered
and exempt under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (C) solely in the event
the Certificate is a Definitive Certificate, herewith delivers an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, and upon which the
Securities Administrator shall be entitled to rely, to the effect that the
acquisition and holding of the Certificate will not constitute or result in a
nonexempt prohibited transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code, or a violation of Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the NIMs
Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the
Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Servicer or the Depositor.

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*    Not required of a broker/dealer purchaser.


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     9. The Purchaser of a Class R Certificate is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, a plan
subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S. or other law substantively
similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code ("Similar Law"), or a
Person directly or indirectly acquiring such Certificate by, on behalf of, or
with any assets of any such plan.

     10. Prior to the sale or transfer by the Purchaser of any of the
Certificates, the Purchaser will obtain from any subsequent purchaser
substantially the same certifications, representations, warranties and covenants
contained in the foregoing paragraphs and in this letter or a letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     11. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability
that may result from any misrepresentation made herein.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                    EXHIBIT H

                       FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
                         (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER)

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services/FFMLT 2005-FF12

Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-FF12

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ________________
(the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the "Transferred
Certificates") of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2005-FF12, Class [____] (the "Certificates"), issued
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005 (the
"Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), LaSalle Bank National Association, as
master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and securities administrator (the
"Securities Administrator"), Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"),
National City Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer (the "Servicer") and
Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special servicer (the "Special Servicer"). [THE
PURCHASER INTENDS TO REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE IN THE NAME OF
____________________, AS NOMINEE FOR _________________.] All terms used and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

     For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

     In connection with our acquisition of the above Transferred Certificates we
certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not being registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that is exempt
from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b) we have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the Certificates,
(c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the
Depositor concerning the purchase of the Transferred Certificates and all
matters relating thereto or any additional information deemed necessary to our
decision to purchase the Transferred Certificates, (d) solely with respect to
ERISA Restricted Certificates, (A) we are not an employee benefit plan subject
to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"), a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), a plan subject to any state, local, federal, non-U.S.
or other law substantively similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the
Code ("Similar Law"), or Persons directly or indirectly acting on behalf of or
using any assets of any such plan, or (B) if the Certificate has been the
subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, we are an insurance company that is
acquiring the Certificate with assets of an "insurance company general account,"
as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE")
95-60, and the acquisition


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and holding of the Certificate are covered and exempt under Sections I and III
of PTCE 95-60, or (C) solely in the event the Certificate is a Definitive
Certificate, we will herewith deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Securities Administrator, and upon which the Securities Administrator shall be
entitled to rely, to the effect that the acquisition and holding of the
Certificate will not constitute or result in a nonexempt prohibited transaction
under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or a violation of Similar
Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the NIMs Insurer, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation in
addition to those expressly undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the NIMs
Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the
Depositor, (e) we have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered,
transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any
interest in the Certificates or any other similar security to, or solicited any
offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the
Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Certificates,
any interest in the Certificates or any other similar security with, any person
in any manner, or made any general solicitation by means of general advertising
or in any other manner, or taken any other action, that would constitute a
distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act or that would render
the disposition of the Certificates a violation of Section 5 of the Securities
Act or require registration pursuant thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized
or will authorize any person to act, in such manner with respect to the
Certificates, (f) we are a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and have completed one of the
forms of certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We
are aware that the sale of the Transferred Certificates to us is being made in
reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the Transferred Certificates for our own
account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and further understand that such
Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only (i) to a person
reasonably believed by us, based upon certifications of such purchaser or
information we have in our possession, to be a qualified institutional buyer
that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified
institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer
is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to another exemption
from registration under the Securities Act.

     We agree to indemnify the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator, the Servicer and the Depositor against any liability that may
result from any misrepresentation made herein.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                                                         ANNEX 1

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

          [FOR TRANSFEREES OTHER THAN REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]

     The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:

     1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial
Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the Buyer.

     2. In connection with the purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned and/or
invested on a discretionary basis $____________* in securities (except for the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii)
the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the category marked below.

          ___  Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other than a bank,
               savings and loan association or similar institution),
               Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or
               charitable organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
               Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          ___  Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking institution
               organized under the laws of any State, territory or the District
               of Columbia, the business of which is substantially confined to
               banking and is supervised by Federal, State or territorial
               banking commission or similar official or is a foreign bank or
               equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net worth of at
               least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest annual financial
               statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.

          ___  Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
               association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
               homestead association or similar institution, which is supervised
               and examined by a State or Federal authority having supervision
               over such institution or is a foreign savings and loan
               association or equivalent institution and (b) has an audited net
               worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its latest
               annual financial statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.

          ___  Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered pursuant to
               Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

----------
*    Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000
     in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case, Buyer must own
     and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least $10,000,000 in securities.


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          ___  Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
               primary and predominant business activity is the writing of
               insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance
               companies and which is subject to supervision by the insurance
               commissioner or a similar official or agency of the State,
               territory or the District of Columbia.

          ___  State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established and
               maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any agency
               or instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions,
               for the benefit of its employees.

          ___  ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan subject to
               Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
               as amended.

          ___  Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment advisor registered
               under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended.

          ___  Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small business
               investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
               Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business
               Investment Act of 1958, as amended.

          ___  Business Development Company. Buyer is a business development
               company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment
               Advisors Act of 1940, as amended.

     3. The term "securities" as used for purposes of the calculation of the
dollar amount in paragraph 2 excludes: (i) securities of issuers that are
affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part of an unsold allotment
to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer, (iii) securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi)
repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.

     4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the cost
of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.


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     5. The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.

     6. Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the Buyer will
notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any changes in
the information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification as of the date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a
bank or savings and loan as provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will
furnish to such parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they
become available.


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                        Date:
                                              ----------------------------------


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                                                                         ANNEX 2

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

           [FOR TRANSFEREES THAT ARE REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]

     The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:

     1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief Financial
Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because Buyer is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the Adviser.

     2. In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.

     ___  The Buyer owned $___________ in securities (other than the excluded
          securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
          fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
          144A).

     ___  The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies which owned in
          the aggregate $__________ in securities (other than the excluded
          securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
          fiscal year (such amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
          144A).

     3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means two or
more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the same
investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).

     4. The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i) securities of
issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any
instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and certificates of deposit,
(iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements, (vi) securities owned but
subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency, interest rate and
commodity swaps.

     5. The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the parties
listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this certification
relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In
addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.


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     6. Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the undersigned will
notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the Certificates will
constitute a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the
date of such purchase.


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

                                        IF AN ADVISER:

                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Print Name of Buyer

                                        Date:
                                              ----------------------------------


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                                    EXHIBIT I

                           FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE

                                     [DATE]

To:  LaSalle Bank National Association
     135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
     Chicago, Illinois 60603

Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-FF12

     In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you, as
Trustee, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1,
2005 among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank
National Association, as master servicer and securities administrator, Citibank,
N.A., as trustee, National City Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer, and
Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special servicer (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), we request the release, and hereby acknowledge receipt, of the
Mortgage File for the Mortgage Loan described below, for the reason indicated.

Mortgage Loan Number: __________________________

Mortgagor Name, Address & Zip Code: ____________________________________________

Reason for Requesting Documents (check one):

____ 1. Mortgage Paid in Full

____ 2. Foreclosure

____ 3. Substitution

____ 4. Other Liquidation (Repurchases, etc.)

____ 5. Nonliquidation
____

Address to which the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf should deliver the
Mortgage File:


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                   (authorized signer)
                                        Address:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                        Date:
                                              ----------------------------------


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If box 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage File was
previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt on file
with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession relating to the
above specified Mortgage Loan.

If box 3, 4, 5 or 6 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above
documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in the
space indicated below, and returning this form.

Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature and date
below:

LaSalle Bank National Association,
as Custodian


By:
    ---------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
    Signature                           Date

Documents returned to Custodian:


By:
    ---------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
    Signature                           Date


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                                    EXHIBIT J

                                   [RESERVED]


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                                    EXHIBIT K

            FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-FF12

     I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of LaSalle Bank National
Association, as securities administrator under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005 among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank National Association, as master servicer and
securities administrator, Citibank, N.A., as trustee, National City Home Loan
Services, Inc., as servicer, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special
servicer (the "Agreement"), hereby certify to the Depositor, and its officers,
directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely
upon this certification, that:

1.   I have reviewed the Monthly Statements delivered pursuant to the Agreement
     since the last Officer's Certificate executed pursuant to Section 3.21 of
     the Agreement [or in the case of the first certification, since the Cut-off
     Date] (the "Securities Administrator Information").

2.   Based on my knowledge, the information in the Monthly Statement, taken as a
     whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
     state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
     the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as
     of the date hereof;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the Monthly Statements required to be prepared by
     the Securities Administrator under the Agreement has been prepared and
     provided in accordance with the Agreement; and

4.   I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Securities
     Administrator under the Agreement and the Securities Administrator has, as
     of the date hereof fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement and there
     are no significant deficiencies relating to the Securities Administrator's
     compliance with the Agreement.

Date:
      ----------------------

                                        LaSalle Bank National Association,
                                        as Securities Administrator


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                   EXHIBIT L-1

                    FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services/FFMLT 2005-FF12

Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-FF12

     I, [identify the certifying individual], an authorized representative of
National City Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005 among Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors, Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank National Association, as master
servicer and securities administrator, Citibank, N.A., as trustee, National City
Home Loan Services, Inc., as servicer, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as
special servicer (the "Agreement"), hereby certify to the Securities
Administrator and the Depositor, and each of their respective officers,
directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely
upon this certification, that:

     1. Based on my knowledge, the information in the annual statement of
compliance identified in Section 3.17 of the Agreement, the annual independent
public accountants' report identified in Section 3.18 of the Agreement and all
servicing reports, officer's certificates and other information relating to the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted to the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading as of the date of this certification;

     2. The servicing information required to be provided to the Master Servicer
and the Securities Administrator by the Servicer under the Agreement has been
provided to the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator;

     3. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer
under the Agreement and based upon the review required hereunder, and except as
disclosed in the annual statement of compliance identified in Section 3.17 of
the Agreement, the annual independent public accountants' report identified in
Section 3.18 of the Agreement and all servicing reports, officer's certificates
and other information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted
to the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, the Servicer has, as of
the date of this certification, fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement;
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     4. I have disclosed to the Master Servicer all significant deficiencies
relating to the Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards in
accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard as set forth under
the Agreement.

Date:
      --------------------------

                                        National City Home Loan Services, Inc.,
                                        as Servicer


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                   EXHIBIT L-2

                FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL SERVICER

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services/FFMLT 2005-FF12

Re:  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2005-FF12

     I, [identify the certifying individual], an authorized representative of
Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special servicer under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005 among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank National Association, as master servicer and
securities administrator, Citibank, N.A., as trustee, National City Home Loan
Services, Inc., as servicer, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special
servicer (the "Agreement"), hereby certify to the Securities Administrator and
the Depositor, and each of their respective officers, directors and affiliates,
and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification,
that:

     1. Based on my knowledge, the information in the annual statement of
compliance identified in Section 3.28 of the Agreement, the annual independent
public accountants' report identified in Section 3.29 of the Agreement and all
servicing reports, officer's certificates and other information relating to the
servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted to the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading as of the date of this certification;

     2. The servicing information required to be provided to the Master Servicer
and the Securities Administrator by the Special Servicer under the Agreement has
been provided to the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator;

     3. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Special
Servicer under the Agreement and based upon the review required hereunder, and
except as disclosed in the annual statement of compliance identified in Section
3.28 of the Agreement, the annual independent public accountants' report
identified in Section 3.29 of the Agreement and all servicing reports, officer's
certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage
Loans submitted to the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator, the
Special Servicer has, as of the date of this certification, fulfilled its
obligations under this Agreement; and


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     4. I have disclosed to the Master Servicer all significant deficiencies
relating to the Special Servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing
standards in accordance with a review conducted in compliance with the Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar standard as set forth
under the Agreement.

Date:
      --------------------

                                        Wilshire Credit Corporation,
                                        as Special Servicer


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                   EXHIBIT M-1

                           FORM OF DELINQUENCY REPORT

     STANDARD FILE LAYOUT - DELINQUENCY REPORTING

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COLUMN/HEADER NAME                               DESCRIPTION                        DECIMAL    FORMAT COMMENT
------------------            ---------------------------------------------------   -------   ----------------
<S>                           <C>                                                   <C>       <C>
SERVICER_LOAN_NBR             A unique number assigned to a loan by the Servicer.
                              This may be different than the LOAN_NBR
LOAN_NBR                      A unique identifier assigned to each loan by the
                              originator.
CLIENT_NBR                    Servicer Client Number
SERV_INVESTOR_NBR             Contains a unique number as assigned by an external
                              servicer to identify a group of loans in their
                              system.
BORROWER_FIRST_NAME           First Name of the Borrower.
BORROWER_LAST_NAME            Last name of the borrower.
PROP_ADDRESS                  Street Name and Number of Property
PROP_STATE                    The state where the property located.
PROP_ZIP                      Zip code where the property is located.
BORR_NEXT_PAY_DUE_DATE        The date that the borrower's next payment is due to             MM/DD/YYYY
                              the servicer at the end of processing
                              cycle, as reported by Servicer.
LOAN_TYPE                     Loan Type (i.e. FHA, VA, Conv)
BANKRUPTCY_FILED_DATE         The date a particular bankruptcy claim was filed.               MM/DD/YYYY
BANKRUPTCY_CHAPTER_CODE       The chapter under which the bankruptcy was filed.
BANKRUPTCY_CASE_NBR           The case number assigned by the court to the
                              bankruptcy filing.
POST_PETITION_DUE_DATE        The payment due date once the bankruptcy has been
                              approved by the courts                                          MM/DD/YYYY
BANKRUPTCY_DCHRG_DISM_DATE    The Date The Loan Is Removed From Bankruptcy.                   MM/DD/YYYY
                              Either by Dismissal, Discharged and/or a Motion For
                              Relief Was Granted.
LOSS_MIT_APPR_DATE            The Date The Loss Mitigation Was Approved By The                MM/DD/YYYY
                              Servicer
LOSS_MIT_TYPE                 The Type Of Loss Mitigation Approved For A Loan
                              Such As;
LOSS_MIT_EST_COMP_DATE        The Date The Loss Mitigation /Plan Is Scheduled To              MM/DD/YYYY
                              End/Close
LOSS_MIT_ACT_COMP_DATE        The Date The Loss Mitigation Is Actually Completed              MM/DD/YYYY
FRCLSR_APPROVED_DATE          The date DA Admin sends a letter to the servicer
                              with instructions to MM/DD/YYYY begin foreclosure
                              proceedings.
ATTORNEY_REFERRAL_DATE        Date File Was Referred To Attorney to Pursue                    MM/DD/YYYY
                              Foreclosure
FIRST_LEGAL_DATE              Notice of 1st legal filed by an Attorney in a                   MM/DD/YYYY
                              Foreclosure Action
FRCLSR_SALE_EXPECTED_DATE     The date by which a foreclosure sale is expected to             MM/DD/YYYY
                              occur.
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                           <C>                                                   <C>       <C>
FRCLSR_SALE_DATE              The actual date of the foreclosure sale.                        MM/DD/YYYY
EVICTION_START_DATE           The date the servicer initiates eviction of the                 MM/DD/YYYY
                              borrower.
EVICTION_COMPLETED_DATE       The date the court revokes legal possession of the              MM/DD/YYYY
                              property from the borrower.
LIST_PRICE                    The price at which an REO property is marketed.          2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
LIST_DATE                     The date an REO property is listed at a particular              MM/DD/YYYY
                              price.
OFFER_AMT                     The dollar value of an offer for an REO property.        2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
OFFER_DATE_TIME               The date an offer is received by DA Admin or by the             MM/DD/YYYY
                              Servicer.
REO_CLOSING_DATE              The date the REO sale of the property is scheduled              MM/DD/YYYY
                              to close.
REO_ACTUAL_CLOSING_DATE       Actual Date Of REO Sale                                         MM/DD/YYYY
OCCUPANT_CODE                 Classification of how the property is occupied.
PROP_CONDITION_CODE           A code that indicates the condition of the
                              property.
PROP_INSPECTION_DATE          The date a property inspection is performed.                    MM/DD/YYYY
APPRAISAL_DATE                The date the appraisal was done.                                MM/DD/YYYY
CURR_PROP_VAL                 The current "as is" value of the property based on       2
                              brokers price opinion or appraisal.
IF APPLICABLE:
DELINQ_STATUS_CODE            FNMA Code Describing Status of Loan
DELINQ_REASON_CODE            The circumstances which caused a borrower to stop
                              paying on a loan. Code indicates the reason why the
                              loan is in default for this cycle.
MI_CLAIM_FILED_DATE           Date Mortgage Insurance Claim Was Filed With                    MM/DD/YYYY
                              Mortgage Insurance Company.
MI_CLAIM_AMT                  Amount of Mortgage Insurance Claim Filed                        No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
MI_CLAIM_PAID_DATE            Date Mortgage Insurance Company Disbursed Claim                 MM/DD/YYYY
                              Payment
MI_CLAIM_AMT_PAID             Amount Mortgage Insurance Company Paid On Claim          2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
POOL_CLAIM_FILED_DATE         Date Claim Was Filed With Pool Insurance Company                MM/DD/YYYY
POOL_CLAIM_AMT                Amount of Claim Filed With Pool Insurance Company        2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
POOL_CLAIM_PAID_DATE          Date Claim Was Settled and The Check Was Issued By              MM/DD/YYYY
                              The Pool Insurer
POOL_CLAIM_AMT_PAID           Amount Paid On Claim By Pool Insurance Company           2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                           <C>                                                   <C>       <C>
FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_FILED_DATE   Date FHA Part A Claim Was Filed With HUD                        MM/DD/YYYY
FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_AMT          Amount of FHA Part A Claim Filed                         2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_PAID_DATE    Date HUD Disbursed Part A Claim Payment                         MM/DD/YYYY
FHA_PART_A_CLAIM_PAID_AMT     Amount HUD Paid on Part A Claim                          2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_FILED_DATE   Date FHA Part B Claim Was Filed With HUD                        MM/DD/YYYY
FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_AMT          Amount of FHA Part B Claim Filed                         2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_PAID_DATE    Date HUD Disbursed Part B Claim Payment                         MM/DD/YYYY
FHA_PART_B_CLAIM_PAID_AMT     Amount HUD Paid on Part B Claim                          2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
VA_CLAIM_FILED_DATE           Date VA Claim Was Filed With the Veterans Admin                 MM/DD/YYYY
VA_CLAIM_PAID_DATE            Date Veterans Admin. Disbursed VA Claim Payment                 MM/DD/YYYY
VA_CLAIM_PAID_AMT             Amount Veterans Admin. Paid on VA Claim                  2      No commas(,) or
                                                                                              dollar signs ($)
</TABLE>


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STANDARD FILE CODES - DELINQUENCY REPORTING

The LOSS MIT TYPE field should show the approved Loss Mitigation Code as
follows:

ASUM - Approved Assumption
BAP - Borrower Assistance Program
CO - Charge Off
DIL - Deed-in-Lieu
FFA - Formal Forbearance Agreement
MOD - Loan Modification
PRE - Pre-Sale
SS - Short Sale
MISC - Anything else approved by the PMI or Pool Insurer

NOTE: LaSalle Bank National Association will accept alternative Loss Mitigation
Types to those above, provided that they are consistent with industry standards.
If Loss Mitigation Types other than those above are used, the Servicer must
supply LaSalle Bank National Association with a description of each of the Loss
Mitigation Types prior to sending the file.

The OCCUPANT CODE field should show the current status of the property code as
follows:

Mortgagor
Tenant
Unknown
Vacant

The PROPERTY CONDITION field should show the last reported condition of the
property as follows:

Damaged
Excellent
Fair
Gone
Good
Poor
Special Hazard
Unknown


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                                   EXHIBIT M-2

                        FORM OF MONTHLY REMITTANCE ADVICE

STANDARD FILE LAYOUT - SCHEDULED/SCHEDULED

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COLUMN NAME                                     DESCRIPTION                         DECIMAL            FORMAT COMMENT
-----------              --------------------------------------------------------   -------   --------------------------------
<S>                      <C>                                                        <C>       <C>
LOAN_NBR                 Loan Number assigned by investor                                     Text up to 10 digits
SERVICER LOAN_NBR        Servicer Loan Number                                                 Text up to 10 digits
SCHED_PMT_AMT            P&I constant                                                  2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
NOTE_INT_RATE            Gross Interest Rate                                           4      Max length of 6
NET_RATE                 Gross Interest Rate less the Service Fee Rate                 4      Max length of 6
SERV_FEE_RATE            Service Fee Rate                                              4      Max length of 6
ARM_INDEX_RATE           ARM loan's index Rate used                                    4      Max length of 6
ACTL_BEG_BAL             Beginning Actual Balance                                      2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
ACTL_END_BAL             Ending Actual Balance                                         2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
NEXT_DUE_DATE            Borrower's next due date                                             MM/DD/YYYY
CURT_AMT_1               Curtailment Amount                                            2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_DATE_1              Due date Curtailment was applied to                                  MM/DD/YYYY
CURT_ADJ_ AMT_1          Curtailment Interest if applicable                            2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_AMT_2               Curtailment Amount 2                                          2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_DATE_2              Due date Curtailment was applied to                                  MM/DD/YYYY
CURT_ADJ_ AMT2           Curtailment Interest if applicable                            2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_AMT_3               Curtailment Amount 3                                          2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
CURT_DATE_3              Due date Curtailment was applied to                                  MM/DD/YYYY
CURT_ADJ_AMT3            Curtailment Interest, if applicable                           2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SCHED_BEG_BAL            Beginning Scheduled Balance                                   2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SCHED_END_BAL            Ending Scheduled Balance                                      2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SCHED_PRIN_AMT           Scheduled Principal portion of P&I                            2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SCHED_NET_INT            Scheduled Net Interest (less Service Fee) portion of P&I      2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
LIQ_AMT                  Liquidation Principal Amt to bring balance to zero            2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
PIF_DATE                 Liquidation Date                                                     MM/DD/YYYY
ACTION_CODE              Either 60 for liquidation or 65 for Repurchase                       Max length of 2
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COLUMN NAME                                     DESCRIPTION                         DECIMAL            FORMAT COMMENT
-----------              --------------------------------------------------------   -------   --------------------------------
<S>                      <C>                                                        <C>       <C>
PRIN_ADJ_AMT             Principal Adjustments made to loan, if applicable             2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
INT_ADJ_AMT              Interest Adjustment made to loan, if applicable               2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
PREPAYMENT PENALTY AMT   Prepayment penalty amount, if applicable                      2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
SOILDER_SAILOR ADJ AMT   Soldier and Sailor Adjustment amount, if applicable           2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
NON ADV LOAN AMT         Non Recoverable Loan Amount, if applicable                    2      No commas(,) or dollar signs ($)
</TABLE>


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                                   EXHIBIT M-3

                          FORM OF REALIZED LOSS REPORT

[LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION] - CALCULATION OF REALIZED LOSS/GAIN FORM 332

Prepared by: __________________  Date:  _______________
Phone: ______________________    Email Address: _____________________

Servicer Loan No.          Servicer Name               Servicer Address
________________________   _________________________   _________________________

[LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION] LOAN NO.______________________________

Borrower's Name: _________________________________________________________
Property Address: ________________________________________________________

LIQUIDATION TYPE: REO SALE   3RD PARTY SALE   SHORT SALE   CHARGE OFF

WAS THIS LOAN GRANTED A BANKRUPTCY DEFICIENCY OR CRAMDOWN   YES [ ] NO [ ]

If "Yes," provide deficiency or cramdown amount _______________________________

 LIQUIDATION AND ACQUISITION EXPENSES:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                     <C>
(1)  Actual Unpaid Principal Balance of Mortgage Loan   $_______________(1)
(2)  Interest accrued at Net Rate                       ________________(2)
(3)  Accrued Servicing Fees                             ________________(3)
(4)  Attorney's Fees                                    ________________(4)
(5)  Taxes (see page 2)                                 ________________(5)
(6)  Property Maintenance                               ________________(6)
(7)  MI/Hazard Insurance Premiums (see page 2)          ________________(7)
(8)  Utility Expenses                                   ________________(8)
(9)  Appraisal/BPO                                      ________________(9)
(10) Property Inspections                               ________________(10)
(11) FC Costs/Other Legal Expenses                      ________________(11)
(12) Other (itemize)                                    ________________(12)
     Cash for Keys ________________________             ________________(12)
     HOA/Condo Fees _______________________             ________________(12)
     ______________________________________             ________________(12)

     TOTAL EXPENSES                                     $_______________(13)

CREDITS:

(14) Escrow Balance                                     $_______________(14)
(15) HIP Refund                                         ________________(15)

</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                                                     <C>
(16) Rental Receipts                                    ________________(16)
(17) Hazard Loss Proceeds                               ________________(17)
(18) Primary Mortgage Insurance / Gov't Insurance       ________________(18a)
HUD Part A
                                                        ________________(18b)

HUD Part B
(19) Pool Insurance Proceeds                            ________________(19)
(20) Proceeds from Sale of Acquired Property            ________________(20)
(21) Other (itemize)                                    ________________(21)
     ________________________________                   ________________(21)

   TOTAL CREDITS                                        $_______________(22)

TOTAL REALIZED LOSS (OR AMOUNT OF GAIN)                 $_______________(23)
</TABLE>


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ESCROW DISBURSEMENT DETAIL

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    TYPE                  PERIOD OF   TOTAL    BASE
(TAX /INS.)   DATE PAID    COVERAGE    PAID   AMOUNT   PENALTIES   INTEREST
-----------   ---------   ---------   -----   ------   ---------   --------
<S>           <C>         <C>         <C>     <C>      <C>         <C>

</TABLE>


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                       [LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION]
         CALCULATION OF REALIZED LOSS/GAIN FORM 332 - INSTRUCTION SHEET

NOTE: DO NOT NET OR COMBINE ITEMS. SHOW ALL EXPENSES INDIVIDUALLY AND ALL
CREDITS AS SEPARATE LINE ITEMS. CLAIM PACKAGES ARE DUE ON THE REMITTANCE REPORT
DATE. LATE SUBMISSIONS MAY RESULT IN CLAIMS NOT BEING PASSED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING
MONTH.

The numbers on the 332 form correspond with the numbers listed below.

LIQUIDATION AND ACQUISITION EXPENSES:

1.   The Actual Unpaid Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan. For
     documentation, an Amortization Schedule from date of default through
     liquidation breaking out the net interest and servicing fees advanced is
     required.

2.   The Total Interest Due less the aggregate amount of servicing fee that
     would have been earned if all delinquent payments had been made as agreed.
     For documentation, an Amortization Schedule from date of default through
     liquidation breaking out the net interest and servicing fees advanced is
     required.

3.   Accrued Servicing Fees based upon the Scheduled Principal Balance of the
     Mortgage Loan as calculated on a monthly basis. For documentation, an
     Amortization Schedule from date of default through liquidation breaking out
     the net interest and servicing fees advanced is required.

4-12. Complete as applicable. Required documentation:

     *    For interest advances - an amortization schedule (evidencing
          calculation of interest advances)

     *    For taxes and insurance advances - see page 2 of 332 form - breakdown
          required showing period

          of coverage, base tax, interest, penalty. Advances prior to default
          require evidence of servicer efforts to recover advances.

     *    For escrow advances - complete payment history

          (to calculate advances from last positive escrow balance forward)

     *    Other expenses - copies of corporate advance history showing all
          payments

     *    REO repairs > $1500 require explanation

     *    REO repairs > $3000 require evidence of at least 2 bids.

     *    Short Sale or Charge Off require P&L supporting the decision

     *    Unusual or extraordinary items may require further documentation.

13.  The total of lines 1 through 12.


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CREDITS:

14-21. Complete as applicable. Required documentation:

     *    Copy of the HUD 1 from the REO sale. If a 3rd Party Sale, copy of
          attorney letter of Foreclosure proceeds.

     *    Copy of EOB for any MI or gov't guarantee

     *    All other credits need to be clearly defined on the 332 form

22.  The total of lines 14 through 21.

Please Note: For HUD/VA loans, use line (18a) for Part A/Initial proceeds and
line (18b) for Part B/Supplemental proceeds.

TOTAL REALIZED LOSS (OR AMOUNT OF ANY GAIN)

23.  The total derived from subtracting line 22 from 13. If the amount
     represents a realized gain, show the amount in parenthesis ( ).


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                                   EXHIBIT N-1

                         FORM OF CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT

DATE:                28 December 2005

TO:                  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF12
                     c/o LaSalle Bank, National Association, solely in its
                     capacity as Securities Administrator

ATTENTION:           Amanda C. Hellyer, Global Securities and Trust Services
TELEPHONE:           312-904-6299
FACSIMILE:           312-904-1368

TO:                  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc.
ATTENTION:           Vince A. Mora, Jr.
TELEPHONE:           212-449-1437
FACSIMILE:           212-738-1110

FROM:                The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
TELEPHONE:           203-618-2406
FACSIMILE:           203-618-2580

SUBJECT:             Fixed Income Derivatives Confirmation and Agreement

REFERENCE NUMBER(S): [____________]

     The purpose of this letter agreement ("Agreement") is to confirm the terms
and conditions of the Transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below
(the "Transaction") between The Royal Bank of Scotland plc ("Cap Provider"),
First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF12 ("Counterparty") and,
solely with respect to Sections 7 and 8, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc.
("MLML"). This Agreement, which evidences a complete and binding agreement
between you and us to enter into the Transaction on the terms set forth below,
constitutes a "Confirmation" as referred to in the "ISDA Form Master Agreement"
(as defined below), as well as a "Schedule" as referred to in the ISDA Form
Master Agreement.

1. This Agreement is subject to the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the "Definitions"),
as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
("ISDA"). You and we have agreed to enter into this Agreement and in lieu of
negotiating a Schedule to the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency--Cross
Border) form (the "ISDA Form Master Agreement"), an ISDA Form Master Agreement
shall be deemed to have been executed by you and us on the date we entered into
the Transaction. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of
this Agreement and the Definitions or the ISDA Form Master Agreement, this
Agreement shall prevail for purposes of the Transaction. For the avoidance of
doubt, this Agreement is intended to be a stand alone agreement and is therefore
not subject to any ISDA Master Agreement actually executed and existing between
the parties hereto.


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<PAGE>

2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates
are as follows:

<TABLE>
<S>                    <C>
Type of Transaction:   Rate Cap

Notional Amount:       Shall equal the lesser of (1) the Notional Amount as
                       detailed in Appendix A attached hereto and (2) the
                       aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1
                       Certificates immediately prior to the related Floating
                       Rate Payer Payment Date. The Securities Administrator
                       shall make available each month via the Securities
                       Administrator's website a statement containing the
                       aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1
                       Certificates as of the first day of such Calculation
                       Period and shall notify the Cap Provider at least five
                       (5) Business Days prior to the related Floating Rate
                       Payer Payment Date of the aggregate Certificate Principal
                       Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates as of the first day
                       of such Calculation Period and shall send such
                       notification to the Cap Provider at the following email
                       addresses: james.koo@gcm.com, painei@gcm.com, and
                       NADerivSupport@rbsgc.com; provided, however, that if the
                       Securities Administrator shall not provide such email
                       notification, the Cap Provider shall rely upon the
                       statement of Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
                       A-1 Certificates made available on the Securities
                       Administrator's website. The Securities Administrator's
                       internet website shall initially be located at
                       www.etrustee.net and assistance in using the website can
                       be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator's
                       investor relations desk at 800-246-5761.

                       Any payment by RBS to the Counterparty in excess of the
                       amount due under this Transaction on any Floating Rate
                       Payer Payment Date (as a result of the Notional Amount
                       for the related Calculation Period being other than the
                       amount set forth in Appendix A hereto for such
                       Calculation Period) shall be returned by the Counterparty
                       to RBS as soon as the Counterparty becomes aware of such
                       overpayment. Other than the return of such overpayment,
                       neither the Counterparty nor RBS shall incur any penalty
                       or liability hereunder with respect to such overpayment.

Trade Date:            December 15, 2005

Effective Date:        December 28, 2005

Termination Date:      October 25, 2008, subject to adjustment in accordance
                       with the Business Day Convention.

FIXED AMOUNT:

   Fixed Rate Payer:   Counterparty

   Fixed Rate Payer    December 28, 2005
   Payment Date:
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                    <C>
   Fixed Amount:       [_____________]

FLOATING AMOUNTS:

   Floating Rate       Cap Provider
   Payer:

   Cap Rate:           For the Floating Payer Period End Date the percentage set
                       forth in Appendix A as the Cap Rate for such Floating
                       Rate Payer Period End Date.

   Floating Rate       The 25th calendar day of each month during the Term of
   Payer Period End    this Transaction, commencing January 25, 2006 and ending
   Dates:              on the Termination Date, subject to adjustment in
                       accordance with the Business Day Convention.

   Floating Rate       Early Payment shall be applicable. The Floating Rate
   Payer Payment       Payer Payment Date shall be two Business Days prior to
   Dates:              each Floating Rate Payer Period End Date.

   Floating Rate       USD-LIBOR-BBA; provided, however, if the Floating Rate
   Option:             Option for any Calculation Period is greater than 9.260%
                       then the Floating Rate Option for such Calculation Period
                       shall be deemed to be 9.260%.

   Floating Amount     To be determined in accordance with the following
                       formula: the greater of (i) (Floating Rate Option - Cap
                       Rate) * Notional Amount * Floating Rate Day Count
                       Fraction and (ii) zero.

   Designated          One month.
   Maturity:

   Floating Rate Day   Actual/360
   Count Fraction:

   Reset Dates:        The first day of each Calculation Period.

   Compounding:        Inapplicable

Business Days:         New York

Business Day           Following
Convention:

Calculation Agent:     Cap Provider

3. Additional          1) Each party hereto is hereby advised and acknowledges
Provisions:            that the other party has engaged in (or refrained from
                       engaging in) substantial financial transactions and has
                       taken (or refrained from taking) other material actions
                       in reliance upon the entry by the parties into the
                       Transaction being entered into on the terms and
                       conditions set forth herein and in the Confirmation
                       relating to such Transaction, as applicable. This
                       paragraph (1) shall be deemed repeated on the trade date
                       of each Transaction.
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

4. Provisions Deemed Incorporated in a Schedule to the Master Agreement:

     1) The parties agree that subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) of the ISDA
     Form Master Agreement will apply to any Transaction.

     2) Termination Provisions. For purposes of the Master Agreement:

          (a) "Specified Entity" is not applicable to Cap Provider or
          Counterparty for any purpose.

          (b) "Specified Transaction" is not applicable to Cap Provider or
          Counterparty for any purpose, and, accordingly, Section 5(a)(v) shall
          not apply to Cap Provider or Counterparty.

          (c) The "Cross Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not apply
          to Counterparty.

          (d) The provisions of Section 5 (a) (ii), (iii), and (iv) will not
          apply to Counterparty.

          (e) The "Credit Event Upon Merger" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) will
          not apply to Cap Provider or Counterparty.

          (f) The "Automatic Early Termination" provision of Section 6(a) will
          not apply to Cap Provider or to Counterparty.

          (g) Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section 6(e) of
          this Agreement:

               (i) Market Quotation will apply.

               (ii) The Second Method will apply.

          (h) "Termination Currency" means United States Dollars.

     3) Tax Representations.

          Payer Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(e) of the
          Agreement, Cap Provider and Counterparty each makes the following
          representation:

          It is not required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice
          of any relevant governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant
          Jurisdiction to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of
          any Tax from any payment (other than interest under Section 2(e),
          6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of the Agreement) to be made by it to the other party
          under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may rely on:


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          (i) the accuracy of any representation made by the other party
          pursuant to Section 3(f) of the Agreement;

          (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained in
          Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement and the accuracy and
          effectiveness of any document provided by the other party pursuant to
          Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement; and

          (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained
          in Section 4(d) of the Agreement;

          provided that it shall not be a breach of this representation where
          reliance is placed on clause (ii), and the other party does not
          deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement by
          reason of material prejudice to its legal or commercial position.

          Payee Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f) of the
          Agreement,

          (i) Cap Provider makes no Payee Tax Representations.

               Counterparty makes no Payee Tax Representations.

     4) Miscellaneous.

          (a) Address for Notices: For the purposes of Section 12(a) of this
          Agreement:

          Address for notices or communications to Cap Provider:

          Address: 20 Bishopsgate
                   London EC2M 4RB

          Attention: Legal Department - Derivatives Documentation

          Facsimile: 1-203-618-2533/2534

          Phone: 1-203-618-2531/2532

          Address for notices or communications to the Counterparty:

          Address: 135 South LaSalle Street
                   Suite 1625
                   Chicago, Illinois 60603

          Attention: Amanda C. Hellyer, Global Securities and Trust Services


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          Facsimile: 312-904-1368

          (b) Process Agent. For the purpose of Section 13(c): Not Applicable.

          (c) Offices. The provisions of Section 10(a) will apply to this
          Agreement.

          (d) Multibranch Party. For the purpose of Section 10(c) of this
          Agreement:

          Cap Provider is a Multibranch Party.

          The Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

          (e) Credit Support Document. Not applicable for either Cap Provider or
          the Counterparty.

          (f) Credit Support Provider. Not applicable for either Cap Provider or
          the Counterparty.

          (g) Governing Law. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree that the
          law of the State of New York shall govern their rights and duties in
          whole, without regard to conflict of law provisions thereof, other
          than New York General Obligation Law Section 5-1401.

          (h) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of
          this Agreement, or the application thereof to any party or
          circumstance, shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable (in whole
          or in part) for any reason, the remaining terms, provisions,
          covenants, and conditions hereof shall continue in full force and
          effect as if this Agreement had been executed with the invalid or
          unenforceable portion eliminated, so long as this Agreement as so
          modified continues to express, without material change, the original
          intentions of the parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement
          and the deletion of such portion of this Agreement will not
          substantially impair the respective benefits or expectations of the
          parties.

          The parties shall endeavor to engage in good faith negotiations to
          replace any invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition with a valid or enforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to
          that of the invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition.

          (i) Consent to Recording. Each party hereto consents to the monitoring
          or recording, at any time and from time to time, by the other party of
          any and all communications between officers or employees of the
          parties, waives any further notice of such monitoring or recording,
          and agrees to notify its officers and employees of such monitoring or
          recording.

          (j) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives any right it may have to a
          trial by jury in respect of any Proceedings relating to this Agreement
          or any Credit Support Document.

          (k) Transfer, Amendment and Assignment. Cap Provider shall not
          unreasonably withhold its consent to any Assignment of this Agreement.


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          (l) Proceedings. Cap Provider shall not institute against or cause any
          other person to institute against, or join any other person in
          instituting against, Counterparty or any bankruptcy, reorganization,
          arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
          proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law for a
          period of one year and one day following payment in full of the
          Securities.

     5) Section 3 of the ISDA Form Master Agreement is hereby amended by adding
     at the end thereof the following subsection (g):

          "(g) Relationship Between Parties.

          Each party represents to the other party on each date when it enters
          into a Transaction that:

                    (1) Nonreliance. It is not relying on any statement or
representation of the other party regarding the Transaction (whether written or
oral), other than the representations expressly made in this Agreement in
respect of that Transaction.

                    (2) Evaluation and Understanding.

                              (i) Cap Provider is acting for its own account.
                              Each Party has made its own independent decisions
                              to enter into this Transaction and as to whether
                              this Transaction is appropriate or proper for it
                              based upon its own judgment and upon advice from
                              such advisors as it has deemed necessary. It is
                              not relying on any communication (written or oral)
                              of the other party as investment advice or as a
                              recommendation to enter into this Transaction; it
                              being understood that information and explanations
                              related to the terms and conditions of this
                              Transaction shall not be considered investment
                              advice or a recommendation to enter into this
                              Transaction. It has not received from the other
                              party any assurance or guarantee as to the
                              expected results of this Transaction.

                              (ii) It is capable of evaluating and understanding
                              (on its own behalf or through independent
                              professional advice), and understands and accepts,
                              the terms, conditions and risks of this
                              Transaction. It is also capable of assuming, and
                              assumes, the financial and other risks of this
                              Transaction.

                              (iii) The other party is not acting as a fiduciary
                              or an advisor for it in respect of this
                              Transaction.

                    (3) Purpose. It is an "eligible contract participant" as
defined in Section 1(a)(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

     6) Additional Provisions. Notwithstanding the terms of Sections 5 and 6 of
     the ISDA Form Master Agreement, if Counterparty has satisfied its payment
     obligations under Section 2(a)(i)


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     of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, then unless Cap Provider is required
     pursuant to appropriate proceedings to return to Counterparty or otherwise
     returns to Counterparty upon demand of Counterparty any portion of such
     payment, (a) the occurrence of an event described in Section 5(a) of the
     ISDA Form Master Agreement with respect to Counterparty shall not
     constitute an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default with respect
     to Counterparty as the Defaulting Party and (b) Cap Provider shall be
     entitled to designate an Early Termination Event pursuant to Section 6 of
     the ISDA Form Master Agreement only as a result of a Termination Event set
     forth in either Section 5(b)(i) or Section 5(b)(ii) of the ISDA Form Master
     Agreement with respect to Cap Provider as the Affected Party or Section
     5(b)(iii) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement with respect to Cap Provider as
     the Burdened Party. For purposes of the Transaction to which this Agreement
     relates, Counterparty's only obligation under Section 2(a)(i) of the ISDA
     Form Master Agreement is to pay the Fixed Amount on the Fixed Rate Payer
     Payment Date.

     7) Set-off. The provisions for Set-off set forth in Section 6(e) of the
     Agreement shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.

     8) Third party Beneficiary. Each of the Note Insurer and the Backup Note
     Issuer insuring the Securities, if any, is a third party beneficiary of
     this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may
     enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.

     9) Additional Termination Events. Additional Termination Events will apply.
     If a Rating Agency Downgrade has occurred and Cap Provider has not, within
     30 days, complied with Section 10 below, then an Additional Termination
     Event shall have occurred with respect to Cap Provider and Cap Provider
     shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such an Additional
     Termination Event.

     10) Rating Agency Downgrade. If a Ratings Event (as defined below) occurs
     with respect to Cap Provider, then Cap Provider shall, at is own expense,
     (i) assign this Transaction hereunder to a third party within thirty (30)
     days of such Ratings Event that meets or exceeds, or as to which any
     applicable credit support provider meets or exceeds, the Approved Ratings
     Thresholds (as defined below) or (ii) deliver Eligible Collateral in a form
     acceptable to Counterparty and with Valuation Percentages as determined in
     Counterparty's sole discretion, in an amount equal to the Exposure (as
     defined below), and an executed 1994 ISDA Credit Support Annex (subject to
     New York law), within thirty (30) days of such Ratings Event and if any
     Securities are outstanding, subject to the applicable Rating Agencies'
     written confirmation that delivery of such collateral in the context of
     such downgrade will not result in a withdrawal, qualification or downgrade
     of the then current ratings assigned to the Securities. Threshold shall
     mean zero with respect to Cap Provider. Minimum Transfer Amounts shall mean
     zero. For the avoidance of doubt, a downgrade of the rating on the
     Securities could occur in the event that Cap Provider does not post
     sufficient collateral. For purposes of this Transaction, a "RATINGS EVENT"
     shall occur with respect to Cap Provider, if its counterparty credit rating
     ceases to be rated at least "AA-" by S&P, and at least "Aa3" by Moody's
     (including in connection with a merger, consolidation or other similar
     transaction by Cap Provider) such ratings being referred to herein as the
     "Approved Ratings Thresholds", (unless, within 30 days after such
     withdrawal or downgrade, the


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     applicable Rating Agencies have reconfirmed the rating of the Securities,
     as applicable, which was in effect immediately prior to such withdrawal or
     downgrade). Only with respect to such Ratings Event, "Exposure" shall mean
     the following: (i) the mark-to-market value of the Transaction as of the
     Valuation Date as such term is defined in the 1994 ISDA Credit Support
     Annex (subject to New York law). The provisions of Section 6(c) shall apply
     to Counterparty. In the event that the parties hereto execute a 1994 ISDA
     Credit Support Annex upon the occurrence of a Ratings Event, Cap Provider
     shall request its legal counsel to deliver to S&P, Fitch and Moody's an
     opinion as to the enforceability of the Agreement and the 1994 ISDA Credit
     Support Annex.

5.   Account Details and Settlement     PAYMENTS TO CAP PROVIDER:
     Information:                       J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, New York
                                        Agent Swift Address: [___________]
                                        ABA#: [__________]
                                        Beneficiary: The Royal Bank of Scotland
                                        plc
                                        Account #[________]

                                        PAYMENTS TO COUNTERPARTY:
                                        ABA #[___________]
                                        [________________]
                                        Account: [________]
                                        Re: FFMLT 2005-FF12,
                                        Attn: Amanda Hellyer

6.   Limitation of Liability of Securities Administrator

     It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this
     Agreement is executed and delivered by LaSalle Bank, National Association,
     not individually but solely as Securities Administrator (the "Securities
     Administrator") of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF12
     (the "Trust Fund"), in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
     upon and vested in it under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
     December 1, 2005, by and among Citibank, N.A., as trustee, LaSalle Bank,
     National Association, as master servicer and Securities Administrator,
     Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, National City Home
     Loan Services, Inc., as servicer, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as
     special servicer (the "Pooling Agreement") and that the Securities
     Administrator shall perform its duties and obligations hereunder in
     accordance with the standard of care set forth in the Pooling Agreement,
     (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein is made
     and intended not as a personal representation, undertaking or agreement of
     the Securities Administrator but is made and intended for the purpose of
     binding on the Trust, and (c) under no circumstances shall the Securities
     Administrator be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or
     expenses of the Trust Fund or be liable for the breach or failure of any
     obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the
     Trust Fund herein; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall relieve
     the Securities Administrator from performing its duties and obligations
     hereunder in accordance with the standard of care set forth in the Pooling
     Agreement.

7.   MLML Shall Not Benefit

     The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that amounts paid hereunder are
     not intended to benefit the holder of any class of certificates rated by
     any rating agency if such holder is MLML or any of its affiliates. If MLML
     or any of its affiliates receives any such amounts, it will promptly remit
     (or, if such amounts are received by an affiliate of MLML, MLML hereby
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     cause such affiliate to promptly remit) such amounts to the Securities
     Administrator, whereupon the Securities Administrator will promptly remit
     such amounts to the Cap Provider.

8.   In the event that the transaction to which the Pooling Agreement relates
     does not occur, and the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series
     2005-FF12 is not formed, the Cap Provider and MLML agree that MLML shall
     become the Cap Counterparty under this Agreement.

     This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.

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     We are very pleased to have executed this Transaction with you and we look
forward to completing other transactions with you in the near future.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

                                        BY: GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., ITS
                                        AGENT


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

     Counterparty, acting through its duly authorized signatory, hereby agrees
to, accepts and confirms the terms of the foregoing as of the Trade Date.

                                        FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST,
                                        SERIES 2005-FF12

                                        BY: LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT
                                        SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS SECURITIES
                                        ADMINISTRATOR,


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

     Solely with respect to Sections 7 and 8,

                                        MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                   APPENDIX A


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                                   EXHIBIT N-2

                         FORM OF CLASS A-2 CAP CONTRACT

DATE:                28 December 2005

TO:                  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF12
                     c/o LaSalle Bank, National Association, solely in its
                     capacity as Securities Administrator
ATTENTION:           Amanda C. Hellyer, Global Securities and Trust Services
TELEPHONE:           312-904-6299
FACSIMILE:           312-904-1368

TO:                  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc.
ATTENTION:           Vince A. Mora, Jr.
TELEPHONE:           212-449-1437
FACSIMILE:           212-738-1110

FROM:                The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
TELEPHONE:           203-618-2406
FACSIMILE:           203-618-2580

SUBJECT:             Fixed Income Derivatives Confirmation and Agreement

REFERENCE NUMBER(S): [____________]

     The purpose of this letter agreement ("Agreement") is to confirm the terms
and conditions of the Transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below
(the "Transaction") between The Royal Bank of Scotland plc ("Cap Provider"),
First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF12 ("Counterparty") and,
solely with respect to Sections 7 and 8, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc.
("MLML"). This Agreement, which evidences a complete and binding agreement
between you and us to enter into the Transaction on the terms set forth below,
constitutes a "Confirmation" as referred to in the "ISDA Form Master Agreement"
(as defined below), as well as a "Schedule" as referred to in the ISDA Form
Master Agreement.

8. This Agreement is subject to the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the "Definitions"),
as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
("ISDA"). You and we have agreed to enter into this Agreement and in lieu of
negotiating a Schedule to the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency--Cross
Border) form (the "ISDA Form Master Agreement"), an ISDA Form Master Agreement
shall be deemed to have been executed by you and us on the date we entered into
the Transaction. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of
this Agreement and the Definitions or the ISDA Form Master Agreement, this
Agreement shall prevail for purposes of the Transaction. For the avoidance of
doubt, this Agreement is intended to be a stand alone agreement and is therefore
not subject to any ISDA Master Agreement actually executed and existing between
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9. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates
are as follows:

<TABLE>
<S>                    <C>
Type of Transaction:   Rate Cap

Notional Amount:       Shall equal the lesser of (1) the Notional Amount as
                       detailed in Appendix A attached hereto and (2) the
                       aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-2
                       Certificates immediately prior to the related Floating
                       Rate Payer Payment Date. The Securities Administrator
                       shall make available each month via the Securities
                       Administrator's website a statement containing the
                       aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2
                       Certificates as of the first day of such Calculation
                       Period and shall notify the Cap Provider at least five
                       (5) Business Days prior to the related Floating Rate
                       Payer Payment Date of the aggregate Certificate Principal
                       Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates as of the first day
                       of such Calculation Period and shall send such
                       notification to the Cap Provider at the following email
                       addresses: james.koo@gcm.com, painei@gcm.com, and
                       NADerivSupport@rbsgc.com; provided, however, that if the
                       Securities Administrator shall not provide such email
                       notification, the Cap Provider shall rely upon the
                       statement of Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
                       A-2 Certificates made available on the Securities
                       Administrator's website. The Securities Administrator's
                       internet website shall initially be located at
                       www.etrustee.net and assistance in using the website can
                       be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator's
                       investor relations desk at 800-246-5761.

                       Any payment by RBS to the Counterparty in excess of the
                       amount due under this Transaction on any Floating Rate
                       Payer Payment Date (as a result of the Notional Amount
                       for the related Calculation Period being other than the
                       amount set forth in Appendix A hereto for such
                       Calculation Period) shall be returned by the Counterparty
                       to RBS as soon as the Counterparty becomes aware of such
                       overpayment. Other than the return of such overpayment,
                       neither the Counterparty nor RBS shall incur any penalty
                       or liability hereunder with respect to such overpayment.

Trade Date:            December 15, 2005

Effective Date:        December 28, 2005

Termination Date:      April 25, 2009, subject to adjustment in accordance with
                       the Business Day Convention.

FIXED AMOUNT:

   Fixed Rate Payer:   Counterparty

   Fixed Rate Payer    December 28, 2005
   Payment Date:
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                    <C>
   Fixed Amount:       [_______________]

FLOATING AMOUNTS:

   Floating Rate       Cap Provider
   Payer:

   Cap Rate:           For the Floating Payer Period End Date the percentage set
                       forth in Appendix A as the Cap Rate for such Floating
                       Rate Payer Period End Date.

   Floating Rate       The 25th calendar day of each month during the Term of
   Payer Period End    this Transaction, commencing January 25, 2006 and ending
   Dates:              on the Termination Date, subject to adjustment in
                       accordance with the Business Day Convention.

   Floating Rate       Early Payment shall be applicable. The Floating Rate
   Payer Payment       Payer Payment Date shall be two Business Days prior to
   Dates:              each Floating Rate Payer Period End Date.

   Floating Rate       USD-LIBOR-BBA; provided, however, if the Floating Rate
   Option:             Option for any Calculation Period is greater than 9.920%
                       then the Floating Rate Option for such Calculation Period
                       shall be deemed to be 9.920%.

   Floating Amount     To be determined in accordance with the following
                       formula: the greater of (i) (Floating Rate Option - Cap
                       Rate) * Notional Amount * Floating Rate Day Count
                       Fraction and (ii) zero.

   Designated          One month.
   Maturity:

   Floating Rate Day   Actual/360
   Count Fraction:

   Reset Dates:        The first day of each Calculation Period.

   Compounding:        Inapplicable

Business Days:         New York

Business Day           Following
Convention:

Calculation Agent:     Cap Provider

10. Additional         1) Each party hereto is hereby advised and acknowledges
    Provisions:        that the other party has engaged in (or refrained from
                       engaging in) substantial financial transactions and has
                       taken (or refrained from taking) other material actions
                       in reliance upon the entry by the parties into the
                       Transaction being entered into on the terms and
                       conditions set forth herein and in the Confirmation
                       relating to such Transaction, as applicable. This
                       paragraph (1) shall be deemed repeated on the trade date
                       of each Transaction.
</TABLE>


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11.  Provisions Deemed Incorporated in a Schedule to the Master Agreement:

     1) The parties agree that subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) of the ISDA
     Form Master Agreement will apply to any Transaction.

     2) Termination Provisions. For purposes of the Master Agreement:

          (a) "Specified Entity" is not applicable to Cap Provider or
          Counterparty for any purpose.

          (b) "Specified Transaction" is not applicable to Cap Provider or
          Counterparty for any purpose, and, accordingly, Section 5(a)(v) shall
          not apply to Cap Provider or Counterparty.

          (c) The "Cross Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not apply
          to Counterparty.

          (d) The provisions of Section 5 (a) (ii), (iii), and (iv) will not
          apply to Counterparty.

          (e) The "Credit Event Upon Merger" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) will
          not apply to Cap Provider or Counterparty.

          (f) The "Automatic Early Termination" provision of Section 6(a) will
          not apply to Cap Provider or to Counterparty.

          (g) Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section 6(e) of
          this Agreement:

               (i)  Market Quotation will apply.

               (ii) The Second Method will apply.

          (h) "Termination Currency" means United States Dollars.

     3) Tax Representations.

          Payer Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(e) of the
          Agreement, Cap Provider and Counterparty each makes the following
          representation:

          It is not required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice
          of any relevant governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant
          Jurisdiction to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of
          any Tax from any payment (other than interest under Section 2(e),
          6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of the Agreement) to be made by it to the other party
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          (i) the accuracy of any representation made by the other party
          pursuant to Section 3(f) of the Agreement;

          (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained in
          Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement and the accuracy and
          effectiveness of any document provided by the other party pursuant to
          Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement; and

          (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained
          in Section 4(d) of the Agreement;

          provided that it shall not be a breach of this representation where
          reliance is placed on clause (ii), and the other party does not
          deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement by
          reason of material prejudice to its legal or commercial position.

          Payee Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f) of the
          Agreement,

          (i)  Cap Provider makes no Payee Tax Representations.

               Counterparty makes no Payee Tax Representations.

     4)   Miscellaneous.

          (a) Address for Notices: For the purposes of Section 12(a) of this
          Agreement:

          Address for notices or communications to Cap Provider:

          Address: 20 Bishopsgate
                   London EC2M 4RB

          Attention: Legal Department - Derivatives Documentation

          Facsimile: 1-203-618-2533/2534

          Phone: 1-203-618-2531/2532

          Address for notices or communications to the Counterparty:

          Address: 135 South LaSalle Street
                   Suite 1625
                   Chicago, Illinois 60603

          Attention: Amanda C. Hellyer, Global Securities and Trust Services


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          Facsimile: 312-904-1368

          (b) Process Agent. For the purpose of Section 13(c): Not Applicable.

          (c) Offices. The provisions of Section 10(a) will apply to this
          Agreement.

          (d) Multibranch Party. For the purpose of Section 10(c) of this
          Agreement:

          Cap Provider is a Multibranch Party.

          The Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

          (e) Credit Support Document. Not applicable for either Cap Provider or
          the Counterparty.

          (f) Credit Support Provider. Not applicable for either Cap Provider or
          the Counterparty.

          (g) Governing Law. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree that the
          law of the State of New York shall govern their rights and duties in
          whole, without regard to conflict of law provisions thereof, other
          than New York General Obligation Law Section 5-1401.

          (h) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of
          this Agreement, or the application thereof to any party or
          circumstance, shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable (in whole
          or in part) for any reason, the remaining terms, provisions,
          covenants, and conditions hereof shall continue in full force and
          effect as if this Agreement had been executed with the invalid or
          unenforceable portion eliminated, so long as this Agreement as so
          modified continues to express, without material change, the original
          intentions of the parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement
          and the deletion of such portion of this Agreement will not
          substantially impair the respective benefits or expectations of the
          parties.

          The parties shall endeavor to engage in good faith negotiations to
          replace any invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition with a valid or enforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to
          that of the invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition.

          (i) Consent to Recording. Each party hereto consents to the monitoring
          or recording, at any time and from time to time, by the other party of
          any and all communications between officers or employees of the
          parties, waives any further notice of such monitoring or recording,
          and agrees to notify its officers and employees of such monitoring or
          recording.

          (j) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives any right it may have to a
          trial by jury in respect of any Proceedings relating to this Agreement
          or any Credit Support Document.

          (k) Transfer, Amendment and Assignment. Cap Provider shall not
          unreasonably withhold its consent to any Assignment of this Agreement.


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          (l) Proceedings. Cap Provider shall not institute against or cause any
          other person to institute against, or join any other person in
          instituting against, Counterparty or any bankruptcy, reorganization,
          arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
          proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law for a
          period of one year and one day following payment in full of the
          Securities.

     5) Section 3 of the ISDA Form Master Agreement is hereby amended by adding
     at the end thereof the following subsection (g):

          "(g) Relationship Between Parties.

          Each party represents to the other party on each date when it enters
          into a Transaction that:

                    (1) Nonreliance. It is not relying on any statement or
representation of the other party regarding the Transaction (whether written or
oral), other than the representations expressly made in this Agreement in
respect of that Transaction.

                    (2) Evaluation and Understanding.

                              (i) Cap Provider is acting for its own account.
                              Each Party has made its own independent decisions
                              to enter into this Transaction and as to whether
                              this Transaction is appropriate or proper for it
                              based upon its own judgment and upon advice from
                              such advisors as it has deemed necessary. It is
                              not relying on any communication (written or oral)
                              of the other party as investment advice or as a
                              recommendation to enter into this Transaction; it
                              being understood that information and explanations
                              related to the terms and conditions of this
                              Transaction shall not be considered investment
                              advice or a recommendation to enter into this
                              Transaction. It has not received from the other
                              party any assurance or guarantee as to the
                              expected results of this Transaction.

                              (ii) It is capable of evaluating and understanding
                              (on its own behalf or through independent
                              professional advice), and understands and accepts,
                              the terms, conditions and risks of this
                              Transaction. It is also capable of assuming, and
                              assumes, the financial and other risks of this
                              Transaction.

                              (iii) The other party is not acting as a fiduciary
                              or an advisor for it in respect of this
                              Transaction.

                    (3) Purpose. It is an "eligible contract participant" as
defined in Section 1(a)(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

     6) Additional Provisions. Notwithstanding the terms of Sections 5 and 6 of
     the ISDA Form Master Agreement, if Counterparty has satisfied its payment
     obligations under Section 2(a)(i)


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     of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, then unless Cap Provider is required
     pursuant to appropriate proceedings to return to Counterparty or otherwise
     returns to Counterparty upon demand of Counterparty any portion of such
     payment, (a) the occurrence of an event described in Section 5(a) of the
     ISDA Form Master Agreement with respect to Counterparty shall not
     constitute an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default with respect
     to Counterparty as the Defaulting Party and (b) Cap Provider shall be
     entitled to designate an Early Termination Event pursuant to Section 6 of
     the ISDA Form Master Agreement only as a result of a Termination Event set
     forth in either Section 5(b)(i) or Section 5(b)(ii) of the ISDA Form Master
     Agreement with respect to Cap Provider as the Affected Party or Section
     5(b)(iii) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement with respect to Cap Provider as
     the Burdened Party. For purposes of the Transaction to which this Agreement
     relates, Counterparty's only obligation under Section 2(a)(i) of the ISDA
     Form Master Agreement is to pay the Fixed Amount on the Fixed Rate Payer
     Payment Date.

     7) Set-off. The provisions for Set-off set forth in Section 6(e) of the
     Agreement shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.

     8) Third party Beneficiary. Each of the Note Insurer and the Backup Note
     Issuer insuring the Securities, if any, is a third party beneficiary of
     this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may
     enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.

     9) Additional Termination Events. Additional Termination Events will apply.
     If a Rating Agency Downgrade has occurred and Cap Provider has not, within
     30 days, complied with Section 10 below, then an Additional Termination
     Event shall have occurred with respect to Cap Provider and Cap Provider
     shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such an Additional
     Termination Event.

     10) Rating Agency Downgrade. If a Ratings Event (as defined below) occurs
     with respect to Cap Provider, then Cap Provider shall, at is own expense,
     (i) assign this Transaction hereunder to a third party within thirty (30)
     days of such Ratings Event that meets or exceeds, or as to which any
     applicable credit support provider meets or exceeds, the Approved Ratings
     Thresholds (as defined below) or (ii) deliver Eligible Collateral in a form
     acceptable to Counterparty and with Valuation Percentages as determined in
     Counterparty's sole discretion, in an amount equal to the Exposure (as
     defined below), and an executed 1994 ISDA Credit Support Annex (subject to
     New York law), within thirty (30) days of such Ratings Event and if any
     Securities are outstanding, subject to the applicable Rating Agencies'
     written confirmation that delivery of such collateral in the context of
     such downgrade will not result in a withdrawal, qualification or downgrade
     of the then current ratings assigned to the Securities. Threshold shall
     mean zero with respect to Cap Provider. Minimum Transfer Amounts shall mean
     zero. For the avoidance of doubt, a downgrade of the rating on the
     Securities could occur in the event that Cap Provider does not post
     sufficient collateral. For purposes of this Transaction, a "RATINGS EVENT"
     shall occur with respect to Cap Provider, if its counterparty credit rating
     ceases to be rated at least "AA-" by S&P, and at least "Aa3" by Moody's
     (including in connection with a merger, consolidation or other similar
     transaction by Cap Provider) such ratings being referred to herein as the
     "Approved Ratings Thresholds", (unless, within 30 days after such
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     applicable Rating Agencies have reconfirmed the rating of the Securities,
     as applicable, which was in effect immediately prior to such withdrawal or
     downgrade). Only with respect to such Ratings Event, "Exposure" shall mean
     the following: (i) the mark-to-market value of the Transaction as of the
     Valuation Date as such term is defined in the 1994 ISDA Credit Support
     Annex (subject to New York law). The provisions of Section 6(c) shall apply
     to Counterparty. In the event that the parties hereto execute a 1994 ISDA
     Credit Support Annex upon the occurrence of a Ratings Event, Cap Provider
     shall request its legal counsel to deliver to S&P, Fitch and Moody's an
     opinion as to the enforceability of the Agreement and the 1994 ISDA Credit
     Support Annex.

     12. Account Details and   PAYMENTS TO CAP PROVIDER:
       Settlement Information: J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, New York
                               Agent Swift Address: [____________]
                               ABA#: [____________]
                               Beneficiary: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
                               Account #[____________]

                               PAYMENTS TO COUNTERPARTY:
                               ABA #[____________]
                               [_________]
                               Account: [____________]
                               Re: FFMLT 2005-FF12, Attn: Amanda Hellyer

     13.  Limitation of Liability of Securities Administrator

          It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a)
          this Agreement is executed and delivered by LaSalle Bank, National
          Association, not individually but solely as securities administrator
          (the "Securities Administrator") of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan
          Trust, Series 2005-FF12 (the "Trust Fund"), in the exercise of the
          powers and authority conferred upon and vested in it under the Pooling
          and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005, by and among
          Citibank, N.A., as trustee, LaSalle Bank, National Association, as
          master servicer and securities administrator, Merrill Lynch Mortgage
          Investors, Inc., as depositor, National City Home Loan Services, Inc.,
          as servicer, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as special servicer (the
          "Pooling Agreement") and that the Securities Administrator shall
          perform its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with the
          standard of care set forth in the Pooling Agreement, (b) each of the
          representations, undertakings and agreements herein is made and
          intended not as a personal representation, undertaking or agreement of
          the Securities Administrator but is made and intended for the purpose
          of binding on the Trust, and (c) under no circumstances shall the
          Securities Administrator be personally liable for the payment of any
          indebtedness or expenses of the Trust Fund or be liable for the breach
          or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant
          made or undertaken by the Trust Fund herein; provided that nothing in
          this paragraph shall relieve the Securities Administrator from
          performing its duties and obligations hereunder in accordance with the
          standard of care set forth in the Pooling Agreement.

     14.  MLML Shall Not Benefit

          The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that amounts paid hereunder
          are not intended to benefit the holder of any class of certificates
          rated by any rating agency if such holder is MLML or any of its
          affiliates. If MLML or any of its affiliates receives any such
          amounts, it will promptly remit (or, if such amounts are received by
          an affiliate of MLML, MLML hereby agrees that it will


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          cause such affiliate to promptly remit) such amounts to the Securities
          Administrator, whereupon the Securities Administrator will promptly
          remit such amounts to the Cap Provider.

     8.   In the event that the transaction to which the Pooling Agreement
          relates does not occur, and the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
          Series 2005-FF12 is not formed, the Cap Provider and MLML agree that
          MLML shall become the Cap Counterparty under this Agreement.

          This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
     shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one
     and the same instrument.

                      [SIGNATURE PAGE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS]


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     We are very pleased to have executed this Transaction with you and we look
forward to completing other transactions with you in the near future.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

                                        BY: GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,
                                        ITS AGENT


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

     Counterparty, acting through its duly authorized signatory, hereby agrees
to, accepts and confirms the terms of the foregoing as of the Trade Date.

                                        FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST,
                                        SERIES 2005-FF12

                                        BY: LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT
                                        SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS SECURITIES
                                        ADMINISTRATOR,


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

     Solely with respect to Sections 7 and 8,

                                        MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                   APPENDIX A


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                                   EXHIBIT N-3

                  FORM OF SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT

DATE:                28 December 2005

TO:                  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series
                     2005-FF12
                     c/o LaSalle Bank, National Association, solely in its
                     capacity as Securities Administrator

ATTENTION:           Amanda C. Hellyer
TELEPHONE:           312-904-6299
FACSIMILE:           312-904-1368

TO:                  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc.
ATTENTION:           Vince A. Mora, Jr.
TELEPHONE:           212-449-1437
FACSIMILE:           212-738-1110

FROM:                The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
TELEPHONE:           203-618-2406
FACSIMILE:           203-618-2580

SUBJECT:             Fixed Income Derivatives Confirmation and Agreement

REFERENCE NUMBER(S): [____________]

     The purpose of this letter agreement ("Agreement") is to confirm the terms
and conditions of the Transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below
(the "Transaction") between The Royal Bank of Scotland plc ("Cap Provider"),
First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF12 ("Counterparty") and,
solely with respect to Sections 7 and 8, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc.
("MLML"). This Agreement, which evidences a complete and binding agreement
between you and us to enter into the Transaction on the terms set forth below,
constitutes a "Confirmation" as referred to in the "ISDA Form Master Agreement"
(as defined below), as well as a "Schedule" as referred to in the ISDA Form
Master Agreement.

15. This Agreement is subject to the 2000 ISDA Definitions (the "Definitions"),
as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
("ISDA"). You and we have agreed to enter into this Agreement and in lieu of
negotiating a Schedule to the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency--Cross
Border) form (the "ISDA Form Master Agreement"), an ISDA Form Master Agreement
shall be deemed to have been executed by you and us on the date we entered into
the Transaction. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of
this Agreement and the Definitions or the ISDA Form Master Agreement, this
Agreement shall prevail for purposes of the Transaction. For the avoidance of
doubt, this Agreement is intended to be a stand alone agreement and is therefore
not subject to any ISDA Master Agreement actually executed and existing between
the parties hereto.


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16. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates
are as follows:

<TABLE>
<S>                        <C>
Type of Transaction:       Rate Cap

Notional Amount:           Shall equal the lesser of (1) the Notional Amount as
                           detailed in Appendix A attached hereto and (2) the
                           aggregate Certificate Balance of the Subordinate
                           Certificates immediately prior to the related
                           Floating Rate Payer Payment Date. The Securities
                           Administrator shall make available each month via the
                           Securities Administrator's website a statement
                           containing the aggregate Certificate Principal
                           Balance of the Subordinate Certificates as of the
                           first day of such Calculation Period and shall notify
                           the Cap Provider at least five (5) Business Days
                           prior to the related Floating Rate Payer Payment Date
                           of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
                           Subordinate Certificates as of the first day of such
                           Calculation Period and shall send such notification
                           to the Cap Provider at the following email addresses:
                           james.koo@gcm.com, painei@gcm.com, and
                           NADerivSupport@rbsgc.com; provided, however, that if
                           the Securities Administrator shall not provide such
                           email notification, the Cap Provider shall rely upon
                           the statement of Certificate Principal Balance of the
                           Subordinate Certificates made available on the
                           Securities Administrator's website. The Securities
                           Administrator's internet website shall initially be
                           located at www.etrustee.net and assistance in using
                           the website can be obtained by calling the Securities
                           Administrator's investor relations desk at
                           800-246-5761.

                           Any payment by RBS to the Counterparty in excess of
                           the amount due under this Transaction on any Floating
                           Rate Payer Payment Date (as a result of the Notional
                           Amount for the related Calculation Period being other
                           than the amount set forth in Appendix A hereto for
                           such Calculation Period) shall be returned by the
                           Counterparty to RBS as soon as the Counterparty
                           becomes aware of such overpayment. Other than the
                           return of such overpayment, neither the Counterparty
                           nor RBS shall incur any penalty or liability
                           hereunder with respect to such overpayment.

Trade Date:                December 15, 2005

Effective Date:            December 28, 2005

Termination Date:          October 25, 2008, subject to adjustment in accordance
                           with the Business Day Convention.

FIXED AMOUNT:
   Fixed Rate Payer:       Counterparty

   Fixed Rate Payer        December 28, 2005
   Payment Date:
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                        <C>
   Fixed Amount:           [____________]

FLOATING AMOUNTS:
   Floating Rate Payer:    Cap Provider

   Cap Rate:               For the Floating Payer Period End Date the percentage
                           set forth in Appendix A as the Cap Rate for such
                           Floating Rate Payer Period End Date.

   Floating Rate Payer      The 25th calendar day of each month during the Term
   Period End Dates:        of this Transaction, commencing January 25, 2006 and
                            ending on the Termination Date, subject to adjustment
                            in accordance with the Business Day Convention.

   Floating Rate Payer     Early Payment shall be applicable. The Floating Rate
   Payment Dates:          Payer Payment Date shall be two Business Days prior
                           to each Floating Rate Payer Period End Date.

   Floating Rate Option:   USD-LIBOR-BBA; provided, however, if the Floating
                           Rate Option for any Calculation Period is greater
                           than 8.730% then the Floating Rate Option for such
                           Calculation Period shall be deemed to be 8.730%.

   Floating Amount         To be determined in accordance with the following
                           formula: the greater of (i) (Floating Rate Option -
                           Cap Rate) * Notional Amount * Floating Rate Day Count
                           Fraction and (ii) zero.

   Designated Maturity:    One month.

   Floating Rate Day       Actual/360
   Count Fraction:

   Reset Dates:            The first day of each Calculation Period.

   Compounding:            Inapplicable

Business Days:             New York

Business Day Convention:   Following

Calculation Agent:         Cap Provider

17. Additional             1) Each party hereto is hereby advised and
   Provisions:             acknowledges that the other party has engaged in (or
                           refrained from engaging in) substantial financial
                           transactions and has taken (or refrained from taking)
                           other material actions in reliance upon the entry by
                           the parties into the Transaction being entered into
                           on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in
                           the Confirmation relating to such Transaction, as
                           applicable. This paragraph (1) shall be deemed
                           repeated on the trade date of each Transaction.
</TABLE>


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18. Provisions Deemed Incorporated in a Schedule to the Master Agreement:

     1) The parties agree that subparagraph (ii) of Section 2(c) of the ISDA
     Form Master Agreement will apply to any Transaction.

     2) Termination Provisions. For purposes of the Master Agreement:

          (a) "Specified Entity" is not applicable to Cap Provider or
          Counterparty for any purpose.

          (b) "Specified Transaction" is not applicable to Cap Provider or
          Counterparty for any purpose, and, accordingly, Section 5(a)(v) shall
          not apply to Cap Provider or Counterparty.

          (c) The "Cross Default" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not apply
          to Counterparty.

          (d) The provisions of Section 5 (a) (ii), (iii), and (iv) will not
          apply to Counterparty.

          (e) The "Credit Event Upon Merger" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv) will
          not apply to Cap Provider or Counterparty.

          (f) The "Automatic Early Termination" provision of Section 6(a) will
          not apply to Cap Provider or to Counterparty.

          (g) Payments on Early Termination. For the purpose of Section 6(e) of
          this Agreement:

               (i) Market Quotation will apply.

               (ii) The Second Method will apply.

          (h) "Termination Currency" means United States Dollars.

     3) Tax Representations.

          Payer Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(e) of the
          Agreement, Cap Provider and Counterparty each makes the following
          representation:

          It is not required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice
          of any relevant governmental revenue authority, of any Relevant
          Jurisdiction to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of
          any Tax from any payment (other than interest under Section 2(e),
          6(d)(ii) or 6(e) of the Agreement) to be made by it to the other party
          under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may rely on:


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          (i) the accuracy of any representation made by the other party
          pursuant to Section 3(f) of the Agreement;

          (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained in
          Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement and the accuracy and
          effectiveness of any document provided by the other party pursuant to
          Section 4(a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement; and

          (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party contained
          in Section 4(d) of the Agreement;

          provided that it shall not be a breach of this representation where
          reliance is placed on clause (ii), and the other party does not
          deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) of the Agreement by
          reason of material prejudice to its legal or commercial position.

          Payee Tax Representations. For the purpose of Section 3(f) of the
          Agreement,

          (i) Cap Provider makes no Payee Tax Representations.

               Counterparty makes no Payee Tax Representations.

     4) Miscellaneous.

          (a) Address for Notices: For the purposes of Section 12(a) of this
          Agreement:

          Address for notices or communications to Cap Provider:

          Address: 20 Bishopsgate
                   London EC2M 4RB

          Attention: Legal Department - Derivatives Documentation

          Facsimile: 1-203-618-2533/2534

          Phone: 1-203-618-2531/2532

          Address for notices or communications to the Counterparty:

          Address: 135 South LaSalle Street
                   Suite 1625
                   Chicago, Illinois 60603

          Attention: Amanda C. Hellyer, Global Securities and Trust Services


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          Facsimile: 312-904-1368

          (b) Process Agent. For the purpose of Section 13(c): Not Applicable.

          (c) Offices. The provisions of Section 10(a) will apply to this
          Agreement.

          (d) Multibranch Party. For the purpose of Section 10(c) of this
          Agreement:

          Cap Provider is a Multibranch Party.

          The Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

          (e) Credit Support Document. Not applicable for either Cap Provider or
          the Counterparty.

          (f) Credit Support Provider. Not applicable for either Cap Provider or
          the Counterparty.

          (g) Governing Law. The parties to this Agreement hereby agree that the
          law of the State of New York shall govern their rights and duties in
          whole, without regard to conflict of law provisions thereof, other
          than New York General Obligation Law Section 5-1401.

          (h) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant, or condition of
          this Agreement, or the application thereof to any party or
          circumstance, shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable (in whole
          or in part) for any reason, the remaining terms, provisions,
          covenants, and conditions hereof shall continue in full force and
          effect as if this Agreement had been executed with the invalid or
          unenforceable portion eliminated, so long as this Agreement as so
          modified continues to express, without material change, the original
          intentions of the parties as to the subject matter of this Agreement
          and the deletion of such portion of this Agreement will not
          substantially impair the respective benefits or expectations of the
          parties.

          The parties shall endeavor to engage in good faith negotiations to
          replace any invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition with a valid or enforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to
          that of the invalid or unenforceable term, provision, covenant or
          condition.

          (i) Consent to Recording. Each party hereto consents to the monitoring
          or recording, at any time and from time to time, by the other party of
          any and all communications between officers or employees of the
          parties, waives any further notice of such monitoring or recording,
          and agrees to notify its officers and employees of such monitoring or
          recording.

          (j) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives any right it may have to a
          trial by jury in respect of any Proceedings relating to this Agreement
          or any Credit Support Document.

          (k) Transfer, Amendment and Assignment. Cap Provider shall not
          unreasonably withhold its consent to any Assignment of this Agreement.


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          (l) Proceedings. Cap Provider shall not institute against or cause any
          other person to institute against, or join any other person in
          instituting against, Counterparty or any bankruptcy, reorganization,
          arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
          proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law for a
          period of one year and one day following payment in full of the
          Securities.

     5) Section 3 of the ISDA Form Master Agreement is hereby amended by adding
     at the end thereof the following subsection (g):

          "(g) Relationship Between Parties.

          Each party represents to the other party on each date when it enters
          into a Transaction that:

                    (1) Nonreliance. It is not relying on any statement or
representation of the other party regarding the Transaction (whether written or
oral), other than the representations expressly made in this Agreement in
respect of that Transaction.

                    (2) Evaluation and Understanding.

                              (i) Cap Provider is acting for its own account.
                              Each Party has made its own independent decisions
                              to enter into this Transaction and as to whether
                              this Transaction is appropriate or proper for it
                              based upon its own judgment and upon advice from
                              such advisors as it has deemed necessary. It is
                              not relying on any communication (written or oral)
                              of the other party as investment advice or as a
                              recommendation to enter into this Transaction; it
                              being understood that information and explanations
                              related to the terms and conditions of this
                              Transaction shall not be considered investment
                              advice or a recommendation to enter into this
                              Transaction. It has not received from the other
                              party any assurance or guarantee as to the
                              expected results of this Transaction.

                              (ii) It is capable of evaluating and understanding
                              (on its own behalf or through independent
                              professional advice), and understands and accepts,
                              the terms, conditions and risks of this
                              Transaction. It is also capable of assuming, and
                              assumes, the financial and other risks of this
                              Transaction.

                              (iii) The other party is not acting as a fiduciary
                              or an advisor for it in respect of this
                              Transaction.

                    (3) Purpose. It is an "eligible contract participant" as
defined in Section 1(a)(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

     6) Additional Provisions. Notwithstanding the terms of Sections 5 and 6 of
     the ISDA Form Master Agreement, if Counterparty has satisfied its payment
     obligations under Section 2(a)(i)


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     of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, then unless Cap Provider is required
     pursuant to appropriate proceedings to return to Counterparty or otherwise
     returns to Counterparty upon demand of Counterparty any portion of such
     payment, (a) the occurrence of an event described in Section 5(a) of the
     ISDA Form Master Agreement with respect to Counterparty shall not
     constitute an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default with respect
     to Counterparty as the Defaulting Party and (b) Cap Provider shall be
     entitled to designate an Early Termination Event pursuant to Section 6 of
     the ISDA Form Master Agreement only as a result of a Termination Event set
     forth in either Section 5(b)(i) or Section 5(b)(ii) of the ISDA Form Master
     Agreement with respect to Cap Provider as the Affected Party or Section
     5(b)(iii) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement with respect to Cap Provider as
     the Burdened Party. For purposes of the Transaction to which this Agreement
     relates, Counterparty's only obligation under Section 2(a)(i) of the ISDA
     Form Master Agreement is to pay the Fixed Amount on the Fixed Rate Payer
     Payment Date.

     7) Set-off. The provisions for Set-off set forth in Section 6(e) of the
     Agreement shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.

     8) Third party Beneficiary. Each of the Note Insurer and the Backup Note
     Issuer insuring the Securities, if any, is a third party beneficiary of
     this Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may
     enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto.

     9) Additional Termination Events. Additional Termination Events will apply.
     If a Rating Agency Downgrade has occurred and Cap Provider has not, within
     30 days, complied with Section 10 below, then an Additional Termination
     Event shall have occurred with respect to Cap Provider and Cap Provider
     shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such an Additional
     Termination Event.

     10) Rating Agency Downgrade. If a Ratings Event (as defined below) occurs
     with respect to Cap Provider, then Cap Provider shall, at is own expense,
     (i) assign this Transaction hereunder to a third party within thirty (30)
     days of such Ratings Event that meets or exceeds, or as to which any
     applicable credit support provider meets or exceeds, the Approved Ratings
     Thresholds (as defined below) or (ii) deliver Eligible Collateral in a form
     acceptable to Counterparty and with Valuation Percentages as determined in
     Counterparty's sole discretion, in an amount equal to the Exposure (as
     defined below), and an executed 1994 ISDA Credit Support Annex (subject to
     New York law), within thirty (30) days of such Ratings Event and if any
     Securities are outstanding, subject to the applicable Rating Agencies'
     written confirmation that delivery of such collateral in the context of
     such downgrade will not result in a withdrawal, qualification or downgrade
     of the then current ratings assigned to the Securities. Threshold shall
     mean zero with respect to Cap Provider. Minimum Transfer Amounts shall mean
     zero. For the avoidance of doubt, a downgrade of the rating on the
     Securities could occur in the event that Cap Provider does not post
     sufficient collateral. For purposes of this Transaction, a "RATINGS EVENT"
     shall occur with respect to Cap Provider, if its counterparty credit rating
     ceases to be rated at least "AA-" by S&P, and at least "Aa3" by Moody's
     (including in connection with a merger, consolidation or other similar
     transaction by Cap Provider) such ratings being referred to herein as the
     "Approved Ratings Thresholds", (unless, within 30 days after such
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     applicable Rating Agencies have reconfirmed the rating of the Securities,
     as applicable, which was in effect immediately prior to such withdrawal or
     downgrade). Only with respect to such Ratings Event, "Exposure" shall mean
     the following: (i) the mark-to-market value of the Transaction as of the
     Valuation Date as such term is defined in the 1994 ISDA Credit Support
     Annex (subject to New York law). The provisions of Section 6(c) shall apply
     to Counterparty. In the event that the parties hereto execute a 1994 ISDA
     Credit Support Annex upon the occurrence of a Ratings Event, Cap Provider
     shall request its legal counsel to deliver to S&P, Fitch and Moody's an
     opinion as to the enforceability of the Agreement and the 1994 ISDA Credit
     Support Annex.

19.  Account Details and     PAYMENTS TO CAP PROVIDER:
     Settlement Information: J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, New York
                             Agent Swift Address: [____________]
                             ABA#: [____________]
                             Beneficiary: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
                             Account #[____________]

                             PAYMENTS TO COUNTERPARTY:

                             ABA #[____________]5

                             [____________]
                             Account: [____________]
                             Re: FFMLT 2005-FF12, Attn: Amanda Hellyer

20.  Limitation of Liability of Securities Administrator

     It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (a) this
     Agreement is executed and delivered by LaSalle Bank, National Association,
     not individually but solely as Securities Administrator (the "Securities
     Administrator") of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF12
     (the "Trust Fund"), in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
     upon and vested in it under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
     December 1, 2005, by and among Citibank, N.A., as trustee, LaSalle Bank,
     National Association, as master servicer and Securities Administrator,
     Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, National City Home
     Loan Services, Inc., as servicer, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as
     special servicer (the "Pooling Agreement") and that the Securities
     Administrator shall perform its duties and obligations hereunder in
     accordance with the standard of care set forth in the Pooling Agreement,
     (b) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein is made
     and intended not as a personal representation, undertaking or agreement of
     the Securities Administrator but is made and intended for the purpose of
     binding on the Trust, and (c) under no circumstances shall the Securities
     Administrator be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or
     expenses of the Trust Fund or be liable for the breach or failure of any
     obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the
     Trust Fund herein; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall relieve
     the Securities Administrator from performing its duties and obligations
     hereunder in accordance with the standard of care set forth in the Pooling
     Agreement.

21.  MLML Shall Not Benefit

     The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that amounts paid hereunder are
     not intended to benefit the holder of any class of certificates rated by
     any rating agency if such holder is MLML or any of its affiliates. If MLML
     or any of its affiliates receives any such amounts, it will promptly remit
     (or, if such amounts are received by an affiliate of MLML, MLML hereby
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     cause such affiliate to promptly remit) such amounts to the Securities
     Administrator, whereupon the Securities Administrator will promptly remit
     such amounts to the Cap Provider.

8.   In the event that the transaction to which the Pooling Agreement relates
     does not occur, and the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series
     2005-FF12 is not formed, the Cap Provider and MLML agree that MLML shall
     become the Cap Counterparty under this Agreement.

     This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.

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     We are very pleased to have executed this Transaction with you and we look
forward to completing other transactions with you in the near future.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

                                        BY: GREENWICH CAPITAL MARKETS,
                                        INC., ITS AGENT


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

     Counterparty, acting through its duly authorized signatory, hereby agrees
to, accepts and confirms the terms of the foregoing as of the Trade Date.

                                        FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST,
                                        SERIES 2005-FF12

                                        BY: LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT
                                        SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS SECURITIES
                                        ADMINISTRATOR,


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

     Solely with respect to Sections 7 and 8,

                                        MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                   APPENDIX A


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                                   EXHIBIT O-1

                      ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - CLASS A-1

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               1ML STRIKE
         BEGINNING    ENDING      NOTIONAL    LOWER COLLAR   UPPER COLLAR
PERIOD    ACCRUAL     ACCRUAL    BALANCE($)      (%) (1)          (%)
------   ---------   --------   -----------   ------------   ------------
<S>      <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>            <C>
   1      12/28/05   01/25/06   663,543,000       6.802          9.260
   2      01/25/06   02/25/06   658,107,425       6.120          9.260
   3      02/25/06   03/25/06   650,830,022       6.802          9.260
   4      03/25/06   04/25/06   641,715,845       6.120          9.260
   5      04/25/06   05/25/06   630,766,744       6.333          9.260
   6      05/25/06   06/25/06   618,009,572       6.121          9.260
   7      06/25/06   07/25/06   603,469,708       6.333          9.260
   8      07/25/06   08/25/06   587,198,436       6.121          9.260
   9      08/25/06   09/25/06   569,245,461       6.121          9.260
  10      09/25/06   10/25/06   549,953,536       6.333          9.260
  11      10/25/06   11/25/06   529,386,173       6.124          9.260
  12      11/25/06   12/25/06   509,401,456       6.337          9.260
  13      12/25/06   01/25/07   489,982,490       6.125          9.260
  14      01/25/07   02/25/07   471,113,065       6.125          9.260
  15      02/25/07   03/25/07   452,777,437       6.808          9.260
  16      03/25/07   04/25/07   434,960,320       6.126          9.260
  17      04/25/07   05/25/07   417,646,867       6.340          9.260
  18      05/25/07   06/25/07   400,822,724       6.128          9.260
  19      06/25/07   07/25/07   384,473,826       6.341          9.260
  20      07/25/07   08/25/07   368,584,330       6.129          9.260
  21      08/25/07   09/25/07   353,143,470       6.129          9.260
  22      09/25/07   10/25/07   326,365,353       6.343          9.260
  23      10/25/07   11/25/07   301,025,275       7.850          9.260
  24      11/25/07   12/25/07   277,093,330       8.108          9.260
  25      12/25/07   01/25/08   254,440,275       7.827          9.260
  26      01/25/08   02/25/08   232,994,092       7.815          9.260
  27      02/25/08   03/25/08   219,533,744       8.364          9.260
  28      03/25/08   04/25/08   206,521,428       7.804          9.260
  29      04/25/08   05/25/08   193,941,839       8.639          9.260
  30      05/25/08   06/25/08   181,789,535       8.345          9.260
  31      06/25/08   07/25/08   170,040,305       8.623          9.260
  32      07/25/08   08/25/08   158,680,413       8.330          9.260
  33      08/25/08   09/25/08   147,696,596       8.322          9.260
  34      09/25/08   10/25/08   137,076,053       8.599          9.260
</TABLE>

(1)  With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by
     the Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 9.260%) exceeds
     the Lower Collar, the Trust Fund will receive payments pursuant to the
     Class A-1 Cap Contract.


                                     O-1-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT O-2

                      ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - CLASS A-2

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         BEGINNING    ENDING      NOTIONAL    LOWER COLLAR   UPPER COLLAR
PERIOD    ACCRUAL     ACCRUAL    BALANCE($)      (%) (1)          (%)
------   ---------   --------   -----------   ------------   ------------
<S>      <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>            <C>
   1      12/28/05   01/25/06   868,297,000       6.379          9.920
   2      01/25/06   02/25/06   861,353,365       5.740          9.920
   3      02/25/06   03/25/06   851,933,522       6.379          9.920
   4      03/25/06   04/25/06   840,042,697       5.740          9.920
   5      04/25/06   05/25/06   825,680,322       5.943          9.920
   6      05/25/06   06/25/06   808,881,629       5.744          9.920
   7      06/25/06   07/25/06   789,678,284       5.943          9.920
   8      07/25/06   08/25/06   768,139,114       5.744          9.920
   9      08/25/06   09/25/06   744,330,445       5.744          9.920
  10      09/25/06   10/25/06   718,468,468       5.943          9.920
  11      10/25/06   11/25/06   690,647,280       5.751          9.920
  12      11/25/06   12/25/06   663,633,800       5.950          9.920
  13      12/25/06   01/25/07   637,404,069       5.751          9.920
  14      01/25/07   02/25/07   611,935,263       5.751          9.920
  15      02/25/07   03/25/07   587,205,221       6.391          9.920
  16      03/25/07   04/25/07   563,192,429       5.751          9.920
  17      04/25/07   05/25/07   539,876,004       5.955          9.920
  18      05/25/07   06/25/07   517,235,808       5.756          9.920
  19      06/25/07   07/25/07   495,252,011       5.956          9.920
  20      07/25/07   08/25/07   473,905,506       5.757          9.920
  21      08/25/07   09/25/07   453,177,740       5.757          9.920
  22      09/25/07   10/25/07   415,477,167       5.957          9.920
  23      10/25/07   11/25/07   379,866,518       7.865          9.920
  24      11/25/07   12/25/07   346,257,409       8.129          9.920
  25      12/25/07   01/25/08   314,507,708       7.855          9.920
  26      01/25/08   02/25/08   284,513,468       7.849          9.920
  27      02/25/08   03/25/08   266,403,785       8.404          9.920
  28      03/25/08   04/25/08   248,921,816       7.845          9.920
  29      04/25/08   05/25/08   232,045,618       8.832          9.920
  30      05/25/08   06/25/08   215,759,425       8.536          9.920
  31      06/25/08   07/25/08   200,037,047       8.825          9.920
  32      07/25/08   08/25/08   184,858,790       8.530          9.920
  33      08/25/08   09/25/08   170,205,654       8.526          9.920
  34      09/25/08   10/25/08   156,059,303       8.814          9.920
  35      10/25/08   11/25/08   142,402,047       9.686          9.920
  36      11/25/08   12/25/08   129,226,982       9.920          9.920
  37      12/25/08   01/25/09   116,506,784       9.676          9.920
  38      01/25/09   02/25/09   116,506,784       9.670          9.920
  39      02/25/09   03/25/09   116,506,784       9.920          9.920
  40      03/25/09   04/25/09   116,506,784       9.659          9.920
</TABLE>

(1)  With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by
     the Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 9.920%) exceeds
     the Lower Collar, the Trust Fund will receive payments pursuant to the
     Class A-2 Cap Contract.


                                     O-2-1

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT O-3

        ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - SUBORDINATED CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         BEGINNING    ENDING      NOTIONAL    LOWER COLLAR   UPPER COLLAR
PERIOD    ACCRUAL     ACCRUAL    BALANCE($)      (%) (1)          (%)
------   ---------   --------   -----------   ------------   ------------
<S>      <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>            <C>
   1      12/28/05   01/25/06   342,917,000       6.021          8.730
   2      01/25/06   02/25/06   342,917,000       5.364          8.730
   3      02/25/06   03/25/06   342,917,000       6.021          8.730
   4      03/25/06   04/25/06   342,917,000       5.364          8.730
   5      04/25/06   05/25/06   342,917,000       5.570          8.730
   6      05/25/06   06/25/06   342,917,000       5.366          8.730
   7      06/25/06   07/25/06   342,917,000       5.570          8.730
   8      07/25/06   08/25/06   342,917,000       5.366          8.730
   9      08/25/06   09/25/06   342,917,000       5.366          8.730
  10      09/25/06   10/25/06   342,917,000       5.571          8.730
  11      10/25/06   11/25/06   342,917,000       5.371          8.730
  12      11/25/06   12/25/06   342,917,000       5.576          8.730
  13      12/25/06   01/25/07   342,917,000       5.372          8.730
  14      01/25/07   02/25/07   342,917,000       5.372          8.730
  15      02/25/07   03/25/07   342,917,000       6.030          8.730
  16      03/25/07   04/25/07   342,917,000       5.372          8.730
  17      04/25/07   05/25/07   342,917,000       5.581          8.730
  18      05/25/07   06/25/07   342,917,000       5.376          8.730
  19      06/25/07   07/25/07   342,917,000       5.581          8.730
  20      07/25/07   08/25/07   342,917,000       5.377          8.730
  21      08/25/07   09/25/07   342,917,000       5.377          8.730
  22      09/25/07   10/25/07   342,917,000       5.583          8.730
  23      10/25/07   11/25/07   342,917,000       7.317          8.730
  24      11/25/07   12/25/07   342,917,000       7.579          8.730
  25      12/25/07   01/25/08   342,917,000       7.301          8.730
  26      01/25/08   02/25/08   342,917,000       7.293          8.730
  27      02/25/08   03/25/08   342,917,000       7.845          8.730
  28      03/25/08   04/25/08   342,917,000       7.286          8.730
  29      04/25/08   05/25/08   342,917,000       8.207          8.730
  30      05/25/08   06/25/08   342,917,000       7.912          8.730
  31      06/25/08   07/25/08   342,917,000       8.196          8.730
  32      07/25/08   08/25/08   342,917,000       7.902          8.730
  33      08/25/08   09/25/08   342,917,000       7.896          8.730
  34      09/25/08   10/25/08   342,917,000       8.180          8.730
</TABLE>

(1)  With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by
     the Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 8.730%) exceeds
     the Lower Collar, the Trust Fund will receive payments pursuant to the
     Subordinated Certificate Cap Contract.