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                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
                                    Depositor

                          WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION,
                                    Servicer

                                       and

                       LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                     Trustee

                                   ----------

                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
                            Dated as of March 1, 2006

                                   ----------

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST,
            MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WMC2

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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<S>                                                                         <C>
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS...................................................     10

ARTICLE II. CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.     62
   2.01.    Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.................................     62
   2.02.    Acceptance by the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans..............     65
   2.03.    Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor...     66
   2.04.    Representations and Warranties of the Servicer...............     70
   2.05.    Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans that are not
            "Qualified Mortgages"........................................     71
   2.06.    Authentication and Delivery of Certificates..................     72
   2.07.    REMIC Elections..............................................     72
   2.08.    [RESERVED]...................................................     77
   2.09.    Covenants of the Servicer....................................     77
   2.10.    [RESERVED]...................................................     77
   2.11.    Permitted Activities of the Trust............................     77
   2.12.    Qualifying Special Purpose Entity............................     77
   2.13.    Depositor Notification of NIM Notes..........................     77

ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS..............     77
   3.01.    Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans...........................     77
   3.02.    Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of
            Servicer.....................................................     79
   3.03.    Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the
            Servicer.....................................................     80
   3.04.    Trustee to Act as Servicer...................................     80
   3.05.    Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account;
            Certificate Account..........................................     81
   3.06.    Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow
            Accounts.....................................................     84
   3.07.    Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
            Mortgage Loans...............................................     84
   3.08.    Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and
            Certificate Account..........................................     84
   3.09.    [RESERVED]...................................................     87
   3.10.    Maintenance of Hazard Insurance..............................     87
   3.11.    Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements....     87
   3.12.    Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of
            Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation.....................     88
   3.13.    Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files..............     91
   3.14.    Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to be
            Held for the Trustee.........................................     92
   3.15.    Servicing Compensation.......................................     93
   3.16.    Access to Certain Documentation..............................     93
   3.17.    Annual Statement as to Compliance............................     93
   3.18.    Assessment of Compliance; Accountant's Attestation; Financial
            Statements...................................................     94
   3.19.    [RESERVED]...................................................     96
   3.20.    Periodic Filings.............................................     96
   3.21.    Indemnification by Trustee...................................    100
   3.22.    Indemnification by Servicer..................................    100
   3.23.    Prepayment Charge Reporting Requirements.....................    100
   3.24.    Information to the Trustee...................................    101
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<CAPTION>
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   3.25.    Indemnification..............................................    101
   3.26.    Nonsolicitation..............................................    102
   3.27.    High Cost Mortgage Loans.....................................    102

ARTICLE IV. DISTRIBUTIONS................................................    102
   4.01.    Advances.....................................................    102
   4.02.    Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with
            Prepayment Interest Shortfalls...............................    103
   4.03.    Distributions on the REMIC Interests.........................    104
   4.04.    Distributions................................................    104
   4.05.    Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.....................    112

ARTICLE V. THE CERTIFICATES..............................................    116
   5.01.    The Certificates.............................................    116
   5.02.    Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
            of Certificates..............................................    117
   5.03.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates............    121
   5.04.    Persons Deemed Owners........................................    122
   5.05.    Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses....    122
   5.06.    Book-Entry Certificates......................................    122
   5.07.    Notices to Depository........................................    123
   5.08.    Definitive Certificates......................................    123
   5.09.    Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................    123

ARTICLE VI. THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER...............................    124
   6.01.    Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer.....    124
   6.02.    Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer.....    124
   6.03.    Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and
            Others.......................................................    124
   6.04.    Limitation on Resignation of Servicer........................    125
   6.05.    Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds...............    125

ARTICLE VII. DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER............................    125
   7.01.    Events of Default............................................    125
   7.02.    Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.....................    127
   7.03.    Notification to Certificateholders...........................    128

ARTICLE VIII. CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE.....................................    128
   8.01.    Duties of the Trustee........................................    128
   8.02.    Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee........................    129
   8.03.    Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans........    131
   8.04.    Trustee May Own Certificates.................................    131
   8.05.    Trustee's Fees and Expenses..................................    131
   8.06.    Indemnification and Expenses of Trustee......................    131
   8.07.    Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.........................    132
   8.08.    Resignation and Removal of Trustee...........................    132
   8.09.    Successor Trustee............................................    132
   8.10.    Merger or Consolidation of Trustee...........................    133
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<S>                                                                         <C>

   8.11.    Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee................    134
   8.12.    Tax Matters..................................................    135

ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION..................................................    137
   9.01.    Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage
            Loans........................................................    137
   9.02.    Final Distribution on the Certificates.......................    138
   9.03.    Additional Termination Requirements..........................    139

ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS......................................    140
   10.01.   Amendment....................................................    140
   10.02.   Counterparts.................................................    142
   10.03.   Governing Law................................................    142
   10.04.   Intention of Parties.........................................    142
   10.05.   Notices......................................................    143
   10.06.   Severability of Provisions...................................    143
   10.07.   Assignment...................................................    144
   10.08.   Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders...................    145
   10.09.   Inspection and Audit Rights..................................    145
   10.10.   Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid....................    146
   10.11.   Compliance with Regulation AB................................    146
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<TABLE>
<S>           <C>
EXHIBIT A     FORMS OF CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT B     MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT C     [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT D     FORM OF TRUSTEE 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 BACK-UP CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT L     FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER
EXHIBIT M-1   [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT N-1   FORM OF CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-2   FORM OF CLASS A-2A CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-3   FORM OF FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT N-4   FORM OF SWAP AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT O-1   ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O-2   ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - CLASS A-2A CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT O-3   ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE - FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE
              CAP CONTRACT
EXHIBIT P     FORM OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
EXHIBIT Q     SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
EXHIBIT R     FORM OF SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT S     FORM OF ITEM 1123 CERTIFICATION OF SERVICER
SCHEDULE X    ITEMS FOR FORM 8-K
SCHEDULE Y    ITEMS FOR FORM 10-D
SCHEDULE Z    ITEMS FOR FORM 10-K
</TABLE>


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     POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of March 1, 2006 (the
"Agreement"), among MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware
corporation, as depositor (the "Depositor"), WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION, a
Nevada corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, 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) three real estate mortgage investment conduits,
(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, (iv) the grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof and
(v) the Supplemental Interest Trust, which in turn will hold the Swap Agreement.
The SWAP REMIC will consist of all of the assets constituting the Trust Fund
(other than the assets described in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above,
other than the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests and other than the Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests) and will be evidenced by the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests
(which will be uncertificated and will represent the "regular interests" in the
SWAP REMIC) and the Class SWR Interest as the single "residual interest" in the
SWAP REMIC. The Lower Tier REMIC will consist of SWAP 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 SWR Interest, 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 Transferor in the Transfer
Agreement, by the Sponsor 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.

THE SWAP REMIC

The following table sets forth the designations, initial principal balances and
interest rates for each interest in the SWAP REMIC:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Class     Initial Principal Balance   Interest Rate
-------   -------------------------   -------------
<S>       <C>                         <C>
1-SW1          $218,662,888.242            (1)
1-SW1A         $  7,567,173.301            (2)
1-SW1B         $  7,567,173.301            (3)
1-SW2A         $  8,298,049.461            (2)
1-SW2B         $  8,298,049.461            (3)
1-SW3A         $  8,873,669.530            (2)
1-SW3B         $  8,873,669.530            (3)
1-SW4A         $  9,375,983.012            (2)
1-SW4B         $  9,375,983.012            (3)
1-SW5A         $  9,608,140.101            (2)
1-SW5B         $  9,608,140.101            (3)
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                         <C>
1-SW6A         $  9,563,118.502            (2)
1-SW6B         $  9,563,118.502            (3)
1-SW7A         $  9,159,739.564            (2)
1-SW7B         $  9,159,739.564            (3)
1-SW8A         $  8,670,894.887            (2)
1-SW8B         $  8,670,894.887            (3)
1-SW9A         $  8,062,281.829            (2)
1-SW9B         $  8,062,281.829            (3)
1-SW10A        $  7,498,527.313            (2)
1-SW10B        $  7,498,527.313            (3)
1-SW11A        $  6,840,066.521            (2)
1-SW11B        $  6,840,066.521            (3)
1-SW12A        $  6,247,009.722            (2)
1-SW12B        $  6,247,009.722            (3)
1-SW13A        $  5,748,339.791            (2)
1-SW13B        $  5,748,339.791            (3)
1-SW14A        $  5,392,880.713            (2)
1-SW14B        $  5,392,880.713            (3)
1-SW15A        $  5,644,965.281            (2)
1-SW15B        $  5,644,965.281            (3)
1-SW16A        $  6,316,397.027            (2)
1-SW16B        $  6,316,397.027            (3)
1-SW17A        $  7,698,994.365            (2)
1-SW17B        $  7,698,994.365            (3)
1-SW18A        $  9,540,410.647            (2)
1-SW18B        $  9,540,410.647            (3)
1-SW19A        $  8,456,022.393            (2)
1-SW19B        $  8,456,022.393            (3)
1-SW20A        $    790,807.753            (2)
1-SW20B        $    790,807.753            (3)
1-SW21A        $  2,900,512.119            (2)
1-SW21B        $  2,900,512.119            (3)
1-SW22A        $  3,335,871.715            (2)
1-SW22B        $  3,335,871.715            (3)
1-SW23A        $  3,529,419.717            (2)
1-SW23B        $  3,529,419.717            (3)
1-SW24A        $  3,027,609.546            (2)
1-SW24B        $  3,027,609.546            (3)
1-SW25A        $  2,711,944.374            (2)
1-SW25B        $  2,711,944.374            (3)
1-SW26A        $  2,451,948.527            (2)
1-SW26B        $  2,451,948.527            (3)
1-SW27A        $  2,206,375.000            (2)
1-SW27B        $  2,206,375.000            (3)
1-SW28A        $  1,988,611.192            (2)
1-SW28B        $  1,988,611.192            (3)
1-SW29A        $  1,830,454.605            (2)
1-SW29B        $  1,830,454.605            (3)
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<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                         <C>
1-SW30A        $  1,698,192.771            (2)
1-SW30B        $  1,698,192.771            (3)
1-SW31A        $  1,557,207.856            (2)
1-SW31B        $  1,557,207.856            (3)
1-SW32A        $  1,395,702.806            (2)
1-SW32B        $  1,395,702.806            (3)
1-SW33A        $  1,246,599.877            (2)
1-SW33B        $  1,246,599.877            (3)
1-SW34A        $  1,126,115.740            (2)
1-SW34B        $  1,126,115.740            (3)
1-SW35A        $  1,034,996.677            (2)
1-SW35B        $  1,034,996.677            (3)
1-SW36A        $    947,861.174            (2)
1-SW36B        $    947,861.174            (3)
1-SW37A        $ 14,751,028.664            (2)
1-SW37B        $ 14,751,028.664            (3)
2-SW2          $221,867,449.888            (4)
2-SW1A         $  7,678,072.199            (5)
2-SW1B         $  7,678,072.199            (6)
2-SW2A         $  8,419,659.539            (5)
2-SW2B         $  8,419,659.539            (6)
2-SW3A         $  9,003,715.470            (5)
2-SW3B         $  9,003,715.470            (6)
2-SW4A         $  9,513,390.488            (5)
2-SW4B         $  9,513,390.488            (6)
2-SW5A         $  9,748,949.899            (5)
2-SW5B         $  9,748,949.899            (6)
2-SW6A         $  9,703,268.498            (5)
2-SW6B         $  9,703,268.498            (6)
2-SW7A         $  9,293,977.936            (5)
2-SW7B         $  9,293,977.936            (6)
2-SW8A         $  8,797,969.113            (5)
2-SW8B         $  8,797,969.113            (6)
2-SW9A         $  8,180,436.671            (5)
2-SW9B         $  8,180,436.671            (6)
2-SW10A        $  7,608,420.187            (5)
2-SW10B        $  7,608,420.187            (6)
2-SW11A        $  6,940,309.479            (5)
2-SW11B        $  6,940,309.479            (6)
2-SW12A        $  6,338,561.278            (5)
2-SW12B        $  6,338,561.278            (6)
2-SW13A        $  5,832,583.209            (5)
2-SW13B        $  5,832,583.209            (6)
2-SW14A        $  5,471,914.787            (5)
2-SW14B        $  5,471,914.787            (6)
2-SW15A        $  5,727,693.719            (5)
2-SW15B        $  5,727,693.719            (6)
2-SW16A        $  6,408,965.473            (5)
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<TABLE>
<S>       <C>                         <C>
2-SW16B        $  6,408,965.473            (6)
2-SW17A        $  7,811,825.135            (5)
2-SW17B        $  7,811,825.135            (6)
2-SW18A        $  9,680,227.853            (5)
2-SW18B        $  9,680,227.853            (6)
2-SW19A        $  8,579,947.607            (5)
2-SW19B        $  8,579,947.607            (6)
2-SW20A        $    802,397.247            (5)
2-SW20B        $    802,397.247            (6)
2-SW21A        $  2,943,019.881            (5)
2-SW21B        $  2,943,019.881            (6)
2-SW22A        $  3,384,759.785            (5)
2-SW22B        $  3,384,759.785            (6)
2-SW23A        $  3,581,144.283            (5)
2-SW23B        $  3,581,144.283            (6)
2-SW24A        $  3,071,979.954            (5)
2-SW24B        $  3,071,979.954            (6)
2-SW25A        $  2,751,688.626            (5)
2-SW25B        $  2,751,688.626            (6)
2-SW26A        $  2,487,882.473            (5)
2-SW26B        $  2,487,882.473            (6)
2-SW27A        $  2,238,710.000            (5)
2-SW27B        $  2,238,710.000            (6)
2-SW28A        $  2,017,754.808            (5)
2-SW28B        $  2,017,754.808            (6)
2-SW29A        $  1,857,280.395            (5)
2-SW29B        $  1,857,280.395            (6)
2-SW30A        $  1,723,080.229            (5)
2-SW30B        $  1,723,080.229            (6)
2-SW31A        $  1,580,029.144            (5)
2-SW31B        $  1,580,029.144            (6)
2-SW32A        $  1,416,157.194            (5)
2-SW32B        $  1,416,157.194            (6)
2-SW33A        $  1,264,869.123            (5)
2-SW33B        $  1,264,869.123            (6)
2-SW34A        $  1,142,619.260            (5)
2-SW34B        $  1,142,619.260            (6)
2-SW35A        $  1,050,164.823            (5)
2-SW35B        $  1,050,164.823            (6)
2-SW36A        $    961,752.326            (5)
2-SW36B        $    961,752.326            (6)
2-SW37A        $ 14,967,208.836            (5)
2-SW37B        $ 14,967,208.836            (6)
SWR                          (7)           (7)
</TABLE>

(1)  The interest rate on the Class 1-SW1 Interest shall be a per annum rate
     equal to the Group One Net WAC.


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(2)  For any Distribution Date, the interest rate on each SWAP REMIC Regular
     Interest beginning with the designation "1" and ending with the designation
     "A" shall be a per annum rate equal to 2 times the Group One Net WAC,
     subject to a maximum rate of 2 times the REMIC Swap Rate for such
     Distribution Date.

(3)  For any Distribution Date, the interest rate on each SWAP REMIC Regular
     Interest beginning with the designation "1" and ending with the designation
     "B" shall be a per annum rate equal to the greater of (x) the excess, if
     any, of (i) 2 times the Group One Net WAC over (ii) 2 times the REMIC Swap
     Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) 0.00%.

(4)  The interest rate on the Class 2-SW2 Interest shall be a per annum rate
     equal to the Group Two Net WAC.

(5)  For any Distribution Date, the interest rate on each SWAP REMIC Regular
     Interest beginning with the designation "2" and ending with the designation
     "A" shall be a per annum rate equal to 2 times the Group Two Net WAC,
     subject to a maximum rate of 2 times the REMIC Swap Rate for such
     Distribution Date.

(6)  For any Distribution Date, the interest rate on each SWAP REMIC Regular
     Interest beginning with the designation "2" and ending with the designation
     "B" shall be a per annum rate equal to the greater of (x) the excess, if
     any, of (i) 2 times the Group Two Net WAC over (ii) 2 times the REMIC Swap
     Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) 0.00%.

(7)  The Class SWR Interest shall have no principal amount and shall bear no
     interest.

THE LOWER TIER REMIC

The following table sets forth the designations, initial principal balances,
interest rates, Corresponding Classes of Certificates and related Mortgage Group
for each interest in the Lower Tier REMIC:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           Class(es) of
          Initial                         Corresponding
         Principal                   Certificates or Related
Class     Balance    Interest Rate        Mortgage Group
-----    ---------   -------------   -----------------------
<S>      <C>         <C>             <C>
LTA-1        (1)           (8)               A-1, R
LTA-2A       (1)           (8)                A-2A
LTA-2B       (1)           (8)                A-2B
LTA-2C       (1)           (8)                A-2C
LTA-2D       (1)           (8)                A-2D
LTM-1        (1)           (8)                 M-1
LTM-2        (1)           (8)                 M-2
LTM-3        (1)           (8)                 M-3
LTM-4        (1)           (8)                 M-4
LTM-5        (1)           (8)                 M-5
LTM-6        (1)           (8)                 M-6
LTB-1A       (1)           (8)                B-1A
LTB-2A       (1)           (8)                B-2A
LTB-3A       (1)           (8)                B-3A
LTB-1B       (1)           (8)                B-1B
LTB-2B       (1)           (8)                B-2B
LTB-3B       (1)           (8)                B-3B
LTIX         (2)           (8)                 N/A
LTII1A       (3)           (8)              Group One
LTII1B       (4)           (9)              Group One
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>      <C>         <C>             <C>
LTII2A       (5)           (8)              Group Two
LTII2B       (6)          (10)              Group Two
LTIIX        (7)           (8)                 N/A
LT-IO       (11)          (11)                 N/A
LTR         (12)          (12)                 N/A
</TABLE>

(1)  The initial principal balance of each of these Lower Tier REMIC Regular
     Interests shall equal 1/4 of the initial Certificate Principal Balance of
     its Corresponding Certificates.

(2)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTIX Interest shall equal 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.

(3)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTII1A Interest shall equal
     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.

(4)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTII1B Interest shall equal
     0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group One
     Mortgage Loans.

(5)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTII2A Interest shall equal
     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.

(6)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTII2B Interest shall equal
     0.05% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Group Two
     Mortgage Loans.

(7)  The initial principal balance of the Class LTIIX Interest shall equal 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.

(8)  For each Distribution Date, the interest rate for each of the Lower Tier
     REMIC Regular Interests (other than the Class LTII1B, the Class LTII2B and
     the Class LT-IO Interests) shall be a per annum rate (but not less than
     zero) equal to the product of (i) the weighted average of the interest
     rates on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests for such Distribution Date and
     (ii) a fraction the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which
     is the actual number of days in the Accrual Period for the LIBOR
     Certificates, provided however, that for any Distribution Date on which the
     Class LT-IO Interest is entitled to a portion of interest accruals on a
     SWAP REMIC Regular Interest ending with a designation "A" as described in
     footnote 11 below, such weighted average shall be computed by first
     subjecting the rate on such SWAP REMIC Regular Interest to a cap equal to
     Swap LIBOR for such Distribution Date.

(9)  For each Distribution Date, the interest rate for the Class LTII1B Interest
     shall be a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) the weighted average
     of the interest rates on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests beginning with
     the designation "1" for such Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction the
     numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number
     of days in the Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates, provided,
     however, that for any Distribution Date on which the Class LT-IO Interest
     is entitled to a portion of interest accruals on a SWAP REMIC Regular
     Interest ending with a designation "A" as described in footnote 11 below,
     such weighted average shall be computed by first subjecting the rate on
     such SWAP REMIC Regular Interest to a cap equal to Swap LIBOR for such
     Distribution Date.

(10) For each Distribution Date, the interest rate for the Class LTII2B Interest
     shall be a per annum rate equal to the product of (i) the weighted average
     of the interest rates on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests beginning with
     the designation "2" for such Distribution Date and (ii) a fraction the
     numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number
     of days in the Accrual Period for the LIBOR Certificates, provided,
     however, that for any Distribution Date on which the Class LT-IO Interest
     is entitled to a portion of interest accruals on a SWAP


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     REMIC Regular Interest ending with a designation "A" as described in
     footnote 11 below, such weighted average shall be computed by first
     subjecting the rate on such SWAP REMIC Regular Interest to a cap equal to
     Swap LIBOR for such Distribution Date.

(11) The Class LT-IO Interest is an interest-only class that does not have a
     principal balance. For only those Distribution Dates listed in the first
     column of the table below, the Class LT1-IO shall be entitled to interest
     accrued on the SWAP REMIC Regular Interest listed in the second column
     below at a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the interest
     rate for such SWAP REMIC Regular Interest for such Distribution Date over
     (ii) Swap LIBOR for such Distribution Date.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Distribution Date   SWAP REMIC Regular Interest
-----------------   ---------------------------
<S>                 <C>
7                   Class 1-SW1A
                    Class 2-SW1A
7-8                 Class 1-SW2A
                    Class 2-SW2A
7-9                 Class 1-SW3A
                    Class 2-SW3A
7-10                Class 1-SW4A
                    Class 2-SW4A
7-11                Class 1-SW5A
                    Class 2-SW5A
7-12                Class 1-SW6A
                    Class 2-SW6A
7-13                Class 1-SW7A
                    Class 2-SW7A
7-14                Class 1-SW8A
                    Class 2-SW8A
7-15                Class 1-SW9A
                    Class 2-SW9A
7-16                Class 1-SW10A
                    Class 2-SW10A
7-17                Class 1-SW11A
                    Class 2-SW11A
7-18                Class 1-SW12A
                    Class 2-SW12A
7-19                Class 1-SW13A
                    Class 2-SW13A
7-20                Class 1-SW14A
                    Class 2-SW14A
7-21                Class 1-SW15A
                    Class 2-SW15A
7-22                Class 1-SW16A
                    Class 2-SW16A
7-23                Class 1-SW17A
                    Class 2-SW17A
7-24                Class 1-SW18A
                    Class 2-SW18A
7-25                Class 1-SW19A
                    Class 2-SW19A
7-26                Class 1-SW20A
                    Class 2-SW20A
7-27                Class 1-SW21A
                    Class 2-SW21A
7-28                Class 1-SW22A
                    Class 2-SW22A
7-29                Class 1-SW23A
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>          <C>
7-30                Class 1-SW24A
                    Class 2-SW24A
7-31                Class 1-SW25A
                    Class 2-SW25A
7-32                Class 1-SW26A
                    Class 2-SW26A
7-33                Class 1-SW27A
                    Class 2-SW27A
7-34                Class 1-SW28A
                    Class 2-SW28A
7-35                Class 1-SW29A
                    Class 2-SW29A
7-36                Class 1-SW30A
                    Class 2-SW30A
7-37                Class 1-SW31A
                    Class 2-SW31A
7-38                Class 1-SW32A
                    Class 2-SW32A
7-39                Class 1-SW33A
                    Class 2-SW33A
7-40                Class 1-SW34A
                    Class 2-SW34A
7-41                Class 1-SW35A
                    Class 2-SW35A
7-42                Class 1-SW36A
                    Class 2-SW36A
7-43                Class 1-SW37A
                           Class 2-SW37A
</TABLE>

(12) The Class LTR Interest shall have no principal amount and shall bear no
     interest.

UPPER TIER REMIC

The following table sets forth the designation, the initial principal balances,
the interest rates and Classes of Related Certificates for each of the interests
in the Upper Tier REMIC.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  Initial Principal                Class of
Class                                  Balance        Rate   Related Certificates
-----                             -----------------   ----   --------------------
<S>                               <C>                 <C>    <C>
UTA-1                                    (1)           (2)           A-1
UTA-2A                                   (1)           (2)           A-2A
UTA-2B                                   (1)           (2)           A-2B
UTA-2C                                   (1)           (2)           A-2C
UTA-2D                                   (1)           (2)           A-2D
UTM-1                                    (1)           (2)           M-1
UTM-2                                    (1)           (2)           M-2
UTM-3                                    (1)           (2)           M-3
UTM-4                                    (1)           (2)           M-4
UTM-5                                    (1)           (2)           M-5
UTM-6                                    (1)           (2)           M-6
UTB-1A                                   (1)           (2)           B-1A
UTB-2A                                   (1)           (2)           B-2A
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>                 <C>    <C>
UTB-3A                                   (1)           (2)           B-3A
UTB-1B                                   (1)           (2)           B-1B
UTB-2B                                   (1)           (2)           B-2B
UTB-3B                                   (1)           (2)           B-3B
Uncertificated Class C Interest          (3)           (3)           N/A
UT-IO                                    (4)           (4)           N/A
Residual Interest                        (1)           (2)           R
</TABLE>

(1) The initial principal balance of each of these REMIC Regular Interests shall
equal the initial principal balance of its Class of Related Certificates.

(2) The interest rates on each of these REMIC Regular Interests shall be an
annual rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate for the Class of Related
Certificates, provided that in lieu of the applicable Available Funds Caps set
forth in the definition of an applicable Pass-Through Rate, the applicable Upper
Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap shall be used.

(3) The Uncertificated Class C Interest shall have an initial principal balance
equal to the initial Overcollateralization Amount. The Uncertificated Class C
Interest shall accrue interest on a notional balance set forth in the definition
of Class C Current Interest at a rate equal to the Class C Distributable
Interest Rate. The Uncertificated Class C Interest shall be represented by the
Class C Certificates.

(4) The Class UT-IO Interest shall have no principal amount and will not have an
interest rate, but will be entitled to 100% of the interest accrued with respect
to the Class LT-IO Interest. The Class UT-IO Interest shall be represented by
the Class C Certificates.

THE CERTIFICATES

The following table sets forth the Class designation, interest rate and initial
Class principal amount for each Class of Certificates comprising interests in
the Trust Fund.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Class   Initial Class Principal Amount   Interest Rate
-----   ------------------------------   -------------
<S>     <C>                              <C>
A-1                   (1)                       (2)
A-2A                  (1)                       (2)
A-2B                  (1)                       (2)
A-2C                  (1)                       (2)
A-2D                  (1)                       (2)
M-1                   (1)                       (2)
M-2                   (1)                       (2)
M-3                   (1)                       (2)
M-4                   (1)                       (2)
M-5                   (1)                       (2)
M-6                   (1)                       (2)
B-1A                  (1)                       (2)
B-2A                  (1)                       (2)
B-3A                  (1)                       (2)
B-1B                  (1)                       (2)
B-2B                  (1)                       (2)
B-3B                  (1)                       (2)
C                     (3)                       (3)
P                     (4)                       (4)
R                     (1)                    (2)(5)
</TABLE>


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(1) Each of these Classes of Certificates shall have initial principal balances
as set forth in Section 5.01 hereof.

(2) Each of these Classes of Certificates shall bear interest at a per annum
rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate for such Certificates set forth in the
definitions herein.

(3) For federal income tax purposes, the Class C Certificate shall represent (i)
the right to receive all distributions with respect to the REMIC Regular
Interests represented by the Uncertificated Class C Interest and the Class UT-IO
Interest and (ii) certain rights and obligations with respect to notional
principal contracts as described in Section 2.07.

(4) The Class P Certificates shall be entitled to the amounts distributable
pursuant to Section 4.04(b) hereof and shall not represent a REMIC regular
interest.

(5) The Class R Interest represents ownership of the Class SWR Interest, the
Class LTR Interest and the Residual Interest.

     In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor,
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 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 Mortgage Loans in the jurisdictions in which the related
Mortgaged Properties are located.

     Accountant's Attestation: As defined in Section 3.18.

     Accrual Period: With respect to each Class of Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates and their Corresponding REMIC Regular Interests (other than the
Class A-2B, Class A-2C, Class A-2D, Class B-1B, Class B-2B and Class B-3B
Certificates and their Corresponding REMIC Regular Interests) 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, and with respect to the Class A-2B, Class A-2C, Class
A-2D, Class B-1B, Class B-2B and Class B-3B Certificates, their Corresponding
REMIC Regular Interests and the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests and any
Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs. All calculations of interest on each Class of
Class A, Class M and Class B Certificates and their Corresponding REMIC Regular
Interests (other than the Class A-2B, Class A-2C, Class A-2D, Class B-1B, Class
B-2B and Class B-3B Certificates and their Corresponding REMIC Regular
Interests) 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
and all calculations of interest on the Class A-2B, Class A-2C, Class A-2D,
Class B-1B, Class B-2B and Class B-3B Certificates, their Corresponding REMIC
Regular Interests and the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests will be made on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.


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     Additional Form 10-D Disclosure Information: As defined in Section 3.20.

     Additional Form 10-K Disclosure Information: As defined in Section 3.20.

     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
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 of payments of
principal and interest (or, with respect to the Interest-Only Mortgage Loans,
payments of scheduled 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, 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 is 150 days
delinquent or more (whether or not the Mortgage Loan has been converted to an
REO Property) and any shortfalls in interest due to bankruptcy proceedings or
any shortfalls on the Mortgage Loans due to the application of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state legislation or regulations,
there will be no obligation to make advances and, provided further, however,
that with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has been converted to an REO
Property which is less than 150 days delinquent, the obligation to make Advances
shall be limited to payments of interest (net of the related Servicing Fees), to
be calculated after taking into account rental income.

     Advance Facility: A financing or other facility as described in Section
10.07.

     Advancing Person: A Person to whom the Servicer's rights under this
Agreement to be reimbursed for any Advances or Servicing Advances have been
assigned pursuant to Section 10.07.

     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 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
Balance and (ii) the Class C Certificate Principal Balance after distributions
of principal on such Distribution Date exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date.


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     Appraised Value: With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were
used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property, the "Appraised Value" of a
Mortgaged Property is the lesser of (1) the appraised value based on an
appraisal made for the Sponsor 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 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 based upon
the appraisal obtained at the time of refinancing.

     Assessment of Compliance: As defined in Section 3.18.

     Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer
or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Property 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.

     Auction: The one-time auction conducted by the Trustee, as described in
Section 9.01(b) hereof.

     Auction Date: The date on which the Auction occurs.

     Available Funds Cap: Any of the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap, the Class
A-2 Available Funds Cap, the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap or
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap.

     Back-Up Certification: As defined in Section 3.20.

     Balloon Loan: A Mortgage Loan having an original term to stated maturity of
approximately 15 or 30 years and that provides for level monthly payments of
principal and interest generally based on a 30-year or 40-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, Class M and Class B Certificates constitutes a Class of Book-Entry
Certificates.

     Bring Down Letter: That certain letter agreement, dated as of March 30,
2006, between MLML and the Transferor.

     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-2A Cap
Contract or the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract.

     Cap Contract Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04(k) in the name of the Trustee on behalf
of the Issuing Entity and designated


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"LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee, in trust for registered holders
of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2." Funds in the Cap Contract Account shall be held
in trust for the Issuing Entity for the uses and purposes set forth in this
Agreement.

     Cap Contract Counterparty: The Bank of New York, and any successor thereto.

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

     Cap Contract Termination Date: The Distribution Date in September 2006.

     Certificate: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed by the
Trustee and authenticated by the Trustee, as authenticating agent, in
substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Trustee 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 Trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2006-WMC2." 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, Class A-2C and Class
A-2D 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 (based on the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date)) 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


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sentence on such Distribution Date); this sentence shall be applied by, first,
computing any amounts under this sentence by treating each of the Class B-1
Certificates as a single Class of Certificates, each of the Class B-2
Certificates as a single Class of Certificates, and each of the Class B-3
Certificates as a single Class of Certificates, and second, allocating any such
amounts computed with respect to the Class B-1 Certificates pro rata between the
Class B-1A and Class B-1B Certificates based on their respective Certificate
Principal Balances, allocating any such amounts computed with respect to the
Class B-2 Certificates pro rata between the Class B-2A and Class B-2B
Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances, and
allocating any such amounts computed with respect to the Class B-3 Certificates
pro rata between the Class B-3A and Class B-3B Certificates.

     Certificate Register: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02
hereof.

     Certificateholder or Holder: The Person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co., as nominee for
the Depository) in the case of any 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 Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on a certification of
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor in determining which
Certificates are registered in the name of an Affiliate of the Depositor.

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

     Class A 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 A-2D Certificate Principal Balance and
the Class R Certificate Principal Balance.

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

     Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date (1) prior to the 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)
61.10% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of such
Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of the 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 Group One Mortgage Loans based on the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect on the related Due Date, less the pro rata portion (calculated
based on the ratio of the Group One Mortgage Loans to the total pool of Mortgage
Loans) allocable to the Group One Mortgage Loans of any Net Swap Payments or
Swap Termination Payments (other than


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Defaulted Swap Termination Payments) owed to the Swap Counterparty for such
Distribution Date, divided by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Group One Mortgage Loans 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 Trustee
on behalf of the Issuing Entity 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 lesser of (x) 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 and (y) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class A-1 Certificates.

     Class A-1 Certificate: 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 for the Certificates, 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 any Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to the product of (i) 12, (ii) the quotient of (x) the total
scheduled interest that would have been due on the Mortgage Loans in Group One
during the related Due Period had the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in Group
One provided for interest at their maximum lifetime Net Mortgage Rates and the
Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans in Group One provided for interest at their Net
Mortgage Rates, less the pro rata portion (calculated based on the ratio of the
Group One Mortgage Loans to the total pool of Mortgage Loans) allocable to the
Group One Mortgage Loans of any Net Swap Payments or Swap Termination Payments
owed to the Swap Counterparty for such Distribution Date (other than Defaulted
Swap Termination Payments), divided by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans as of the preceding Distribution Date
(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
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     Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.06250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-1 Margin, (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date

     Class A-1 Upper Collar: With respect to a 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 10.26% 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 Group Two Mortgage Loans based on the Net Mortgage
Rates in effect on the related Due Date, less the pro rata portion (calculated
based on the ratio of the Group Two Mortgage Loans to the total pool of Mortgage
Loans) allocable to the Group Two Mortgage Loans of any Net Swap Payments or
Swap Termination Payments (other than Defaulted Swap Termination Payments) owed
to the Swap Counterparty for such Distribution Date, divided by (y) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage Loans 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, in the case of the Class A-2A
Certificates, (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 Certificates: Each of the Class A-2A Certificates, the Class A-2B
Certificates, the Class A-2C Certificates and the Class A-2D Certificates.

     Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap: With respect to any Distribution Date, the per
annum rate equal to 12 times the quotient of (x) the total scheduled interest
that would have been due on the Group Two Mortgage Loans during the related Due
Period had the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in Group Two provided for interest
at their maximum lifetime Net Mortgage Rates and the Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans
in Group Two provided for interest at their Net Mortgage Rates, less the pro
rata portion (calculated based on the ratio of the Group Two Mortgage Loans to
the total pool of Mortgage Loans) allocable to the Group Two Mortgage Loans of
any Net Swap Payments or Swap Termination Payments owed to the Swap Counterparty
for such Distribution Date (other than Defaulted Swap Termination Payments),
divided by (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Group Two Mortgage
Loans in as of the preceding Distribution Date (or in the case of the first
Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date), and in the case of the Class A-2A
Certificates, multiplied by 30 and divided by the actual number of days in the
related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2A Cap Contract: The confirmation and agreement, between Trustee on
behalf of the Issuing Entity and the Cap Contract Counterparty (in the form of
Exhibit N-2 hereto).

     Class A-2A Cap Contract Notional Balance: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (x) Class A-2A Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for
such Distribution Date in the Class A-2A One-Month LIBOR Cap Table attached
hereto as Exhibit O-2 and (y) the outstanding Certificate Principal balance of
the Class A-2A Certificates.

     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
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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-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.

     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 for the Certificates, 0.060% per annum and, as
of any Distribution Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.120% per
annum.

     Class A-2A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 4.88250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class A-2A Margin, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class A-2A Upper Collar: With respect to each Distribution Date with
respect to which payments are received on the Class A-2A Cap Contract, a rate
equal to the lesser of One-Month LIBOR and 9.42% per annum.

     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 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.

     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 Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date up to and
including the Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, the least
of (1) 5.60900% per annum, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap. As of any Distribution Date after the Initial
Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.10900% per annum, (2) the Class
A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the Class A-2 Maximum Rate 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
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     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.

     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 Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date up to and
including the Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, the least
of (1) 5.95300% per annum, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap. As of any Distribution Date after the Initial
Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.45300% per annum, (2) the Class
A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such
Distribution Date.

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

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

     Class A-2D Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-2D Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-2D 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-2D 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-2D Certificates.

     Class A-2D Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class A-2D Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
A-2D 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-2D Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class A-2D Lockout Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the product of (x) the Class A-2D Lockout Distribution Percentage for such
Distribution Date and (y) the Class A-2D Pro Rata Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date.

     Class A-2D Lockout Distribution Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the
applicable percentage as listed below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATES                            LOCKOUT PERCENTAGE
------------------                            ------------------
<S>                                           <C>
April 2006 through and including March 2009   0%
April 2009 through and including March 2011   45%
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<TABLE>
<S>                                           <C>
April 2011 through and including March 2012   80%
April 2012 through and including March 2013   100%
April 2013 and thereafter                     300%
</TABLE>

     Class A-2D Pro Rata Distribution Amount: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2D Certificates immediately prior
to such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount for
such Distribution Date.

     Class A-2D Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date up to and
including the Initial Optional Termination Date for the Certificate, the least
of (1) 5.89500% per annum, (2) the Class A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the
Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap. As of any Distribution Date after the Initial
Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.39500% per annum, (2) the Class
A-2 Available Funds Cap and (3) the Class A-2 Maximum Rate Cap for such
Distribution Date.

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

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

     Class B-1 Certificates: Each of the Class B-1A Certificates and the Class
B-1B Certificates.

     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, 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 and the Class M-6
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) 90.20% 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 Certificates and Class M
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class


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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 such Class B-1 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

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

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

     Class B-1A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are 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-1A Certificates.

     Class B-1A Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-1A Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-1A 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-1A Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class B-1A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.100% per annum and as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.650% per annum.

     Class B-1A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.92250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-1A Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds
Cap and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

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

     Class B-1B Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1B Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1B Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are recovered as a voidable preference by a
trustee in bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on
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     Class B-1B Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-1B Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-1B 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-1B Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class B-1B Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date up to and
including the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.37500%, (2)
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date. As of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.87500%, (2)
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

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

     Class B-2 Certificates: Each of the Class B-2A Certificates and the Class
B-2B Certificates.

     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-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 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 (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) and (I) the
Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 93.00% 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 Certificates, Class M Certificates
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
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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 such Class B-2 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

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

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

     Class B-2A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-2A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-2A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are 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-2A Certificates.

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

     Class B-2A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.300% per annum and as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 1.950% per annum.

     Class B-2A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 6.12250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-2A Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds
Cap and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

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

     Class B-2B Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-2B Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-2B Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are 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-2B Certificates.

     Class B-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-2B 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 B-2B Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class B-2B Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date up to and
including the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.37500%, (2)
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date. As of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.87500%, (2)
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

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

     Class B-3 Certificates: Each of the Class B-3A Certificates and the Class
B-3B Certificates.

     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-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 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) and (I) the Class B-3 Certificate
Principal Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the
lesser of (A) 95.20% 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 Certificates, Class M Certificates, Class B-1
Certificates 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
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     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 such Class B-3 Certificates pursuant to the last sentence
of the definition of "Certificate Principal Balance."

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

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

     Class B-3A Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-3A Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-3A Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are 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-3A Certificates.

     Class B-3A Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-3A Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-3A 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-3A Pass-Through Rate for the related Accrual Period.

     Class B-3A Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 2.200% per annum and as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 3.300% per annum.

     Class B-3A Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 7.02250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class B-3A Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds
Cap and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution
Date.

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

     Class B-3B Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-3B Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-3B Certificate Principal Balance as of such Distribution Date plus
the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount portions of any previous
distributions on such Class that are 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-3B Certificates.

     Class B-3B Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class B-3B Current Interest with respect to
prior Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class
B-3B 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
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     Class B-3B Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date up to and
including the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.37500%, (2)
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date. As of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, the least of (1) 6.87500%, (2)
the Fixed Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap and (3) the Fixed Rate
Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     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
(other than the Class LT IO Interest) 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 REMIC Regular Interest of the
Corresponding Certificates (as adjusted for the length of the Accrual Period for
the LIBOR 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.

     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.


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     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.

     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 LTA-2D 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-1A 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-1B 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-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 LTB-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.

     Class LTB-3A 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-3B 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 LT-IO Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC with the characteristics set forth in the description of the Lower Tier
REMIC in the Preliminary Statement.

     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
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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% of the aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Group One Mortgage Loans, and with an interest
rate equal to the rate set forth in footnote 9 to the description of the Lower
Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement.

     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 rate set forth in footnote 10 to the description of the Lower Tier
REMIC in the Preliminary Statement.

     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.

     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 Certificate Principal Balance: As of any date of determination, the
sum of the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2 Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-3 Certificate


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Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-5
Certificate Principal Balance, and the Class M-6 Certificate Principal Balance.

     Class M Certificates: The Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2
Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class
M-5 Certificates and the Class M-6 Certificates.

     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 that
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.

     Class M-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.350% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.525% per annum.

     Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.17250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-1 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate 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) 67.60% 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 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
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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 that
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
M-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 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, 0.360% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.540% per annum.

     Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.18250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-2 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate 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)
73.60% 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
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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 that
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
voidable preference by a 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, 0.380% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.570% per annum.

     Class M-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.20250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-3 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate 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
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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) 77.20% 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 that
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
the right to distributions as set forth herein.

     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, 0.470% per annum and, as of any Distribution
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     Class M-4 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.29250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-4 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate 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 and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
and the 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), (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) and
(E) the Class M-4 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 80.60% 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, 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 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 that
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
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     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, 0.500% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.750% per annum.

     Class M-5 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.32250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-5 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate 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 and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance and the 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) 83.90% 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 and 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 that
have been applied to the reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the
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     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, 0.580% per annum and, as of any Distribution
Date after the Initial Optional Termination Date, 0.870% per annum.

     Class M-6 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 5.40250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class M-6 Margin, (2) the Floating Rate Subordinate Available Funds Cap
and (3) the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate 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 and Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance,
the Class M-3 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-4 Certificate Principal
Balance and the Class M-5 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) and (G) the Class M-6 Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A)
86.90% 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
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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 Trustee and authenticated by the Trustee 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 Trustee and
authenticated by the Trustee 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.

     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
Certificate 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
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, 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, 5.06250% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class R Margin, (2) the Class A-1 Available Funds Cap and (3) the Class
A-1 Maximum Rate Cap for such Distribution Date.

     Class SWR Interest: The sole class of "residual interest" in the SWAP
REMIC.

     Closing Date: March 30, 2006.

     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, "Wilshire
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Trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors
Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2." Funds in the
Collection Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the
uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.

     Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio: For any Mortgage Loan in a second lien
position, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the
sum of (1) the original principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (2)
any outstanding principal balances of Mortgage Loans the liens on which are
senior to the lien on such related Mortgage Loan (such sum calculated at the
date of origination of such related Mortgage Loan) and the denominator of which
is the lesser of (A) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property and
(B) the sales price of the related Mortgaged Property at time of origination.

     Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

     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, 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.

     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 LTA-2D Interest, the Class A-2D
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-1A Interest, the Class B-1A
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-1B Interest, the Class B-1B
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-2A Interest, the Class B-2A
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-2B Interest, the Class B-2B
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-3A Interest, the Class B-3A
Certificates. With respect to the Class LTB-3B Interest, the Class B-3B
Certificates.

     Corresponding REMIC Regular Interest: For each Class of Certificates, the
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC listed on the same row in the table entitled
"Upper Tier REMIC" in the Preliminary Statement.

     Current Interest: Any of the Class A-1 Current Interest, the Class R
Current Interest, the Class A-2A Current Interest, the Class A-2B Current
Interest, the Class A-2C Current Interest, the Class A-2D 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-1A Current Interest, the
Class B-1B Current Interest, the Class B-2A Current Interest, the Class B-2B
Current Interest, the Class B-3A Current Interest and the Class B-3B Current
Interest.

     Custodial Agreement: The Custodial Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2006, by
and between the Custodian and the Trustee.


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     Custodian: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

     Cut-off Date: March 1, 2006.

     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.

     Defaulted Swap Termination Payment: Any payment required to be made by the
Supplemental Interest Trust to the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the Swap
Agreement as a result of an event of default under the Swap Agreement with
respect to which the Swap Counterparty is the defaulting party or a termination
event (including a Downgrade Termination Event) under that agreement (other than
illegality or a tax event) with respect to which the Swap Counterparty is the
sole Affected Party (as defined in the Swap Agreement).

     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. With
respect to any Mortgage Loan due on any day other than the first day of the
month, such Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be due on the first day of the
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 be at all
times 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 Trustee 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
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     Designated Transaction: A transaction in which the assets underlying the
Certificates consist of single-family residential, multi-family residential,
home equity, manufactured housing and/or commercial 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 after the initial
issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in April 2006.

     Downgrade Termination Event: An event whereby (x) the Swap Counterparty (or
its guarantor) ceases to have short term unsecured and/or long term debt ratings
at least equal to the levels specified in the Swap Agreement, and (y) at least
one of the following events has not occurred (except to the extent otherwise
approved by the Rating Agencies): (i) within the time period specified in the
Swap Agreement with respect to such downgrade, the Swap Counterparty shall
transfer the Swap Agreement, in whole, but not in part, to a substitute swap
counterparty that satisfies the requirements set forth in the Swap Agreement,
subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition or (ii) within the
time period specified in the Swap Agreement with respect to such downgrade, the
Swap Counterparty shall collateralize its exposure to the Trust Fund pursuant to
an ISDA Credit Support Annex, subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency
Condition; provided that such ISDA Credit Support Annex shall be made a credit
support document for the Swap Counterparty pursuant to an amendment to the Swap
Agreement.

     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 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
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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, F-1 by Fitch or Prime-1 by Moody's at the time any deposits are held on
deposit therein, (vii) a trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate
trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company having capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 or (viii)
otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each
Rating Agency to 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 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 Certificates, the Class P
Certificates and any other Certificate, as long as the acquisition and holding
of such other Certificate is not covered by and exempt under any applicable
underwriter's exemption granted by the United States Department of Labor.

     Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.

     Excess Interest: On any Distribution Date, for the Class A Certificates,
Class M Certificates, and the 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, if any, 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) $29,632,391.04 over (B) the Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date and (2) on and after the Stepdown Date, the
excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (x) the Aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance immediately preceding such Distribution Date, reduced by the Principal
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the Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and (b) the Minimum
Required Overcollateralization Amount over (B) the Pool 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 Pool 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
Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate which is fixed.

     Fixed Rate Subordinate 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 as calculated with respect to the Class A-2A Certificates,
each multiplied by the actual number of days in the related accrual period and
divided by 30.

     Fixed Rate Subordinate Certificates: The Class B-1B, the Class B-2B and the
Class B-3B Certificates.

     Fixed Rate Subordinate 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
Cut-off Date) 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) of the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap and the Class A-2
Maximum Rate Cap as calculated with respect to the Class A-2A Certificates, each
multiplied by the actual number of days in the related accrual period and
divided by 30.

     Floating Rate Certificate Carryover: With respect to a Distribution Date,
in the event that the Pass-Through Rate for a class of the Class A, Class M and
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 the greater of (a) the related Maximum Rate Cap or (b) 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 the Cap
Contract relates for such Distribution Date over (2) the amount of interest such
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related Available Funds Cap together with (A) the unpaid portion of any such
excess from prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued thereon at the then
applicable Pass-Through Rate for such class, without giving effect to the
applicable Available Funds Cap) and (B) 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.

     Floating Rate Subordinate 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 as calculated with respect to the Class
A-2A Certificates.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract: The confirmation and
agreement, between the Issuing Entity or Trustee and the Cap Contract
Counterparty (in the form of Exhibit N-3 hereto).

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Floating Rate
Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract Notional Balance set forth for such
Distribution Date in the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate One-Month LIBOR
Cap Table attached hereto as Exhibit O-3 and (y) the outstanding Certificate
Principal Balance of the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Upper Collar: With respect to each
Distribution Date with respect to which payments are received on the Floating
Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract, a rate equal to the lesser of
One-Month LIBOR and 8.91% per annum.

     Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates: The Class M, the Class B-1A, the
Class B-2A and the Class B-3A Certificates.

     Floating Rate Subordinate 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
Cut-off Date) 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) of the Class A-1 Maximum Rate Cap and the Class A-2
Maximum Rate Cap as calculated with respect to the Class A-2A Certificates.

     Form 8-K Disclosure Information: As defined in Section 3.20.

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

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

     Group One Net WAC: The Net WAC of Group One.

     Group One Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (1) the sum of the respective Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates and (2) the product
of (x) the Group One Principal Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount; provided, however, that (A) with respect to the
Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of
the Class A-2 Certificates is initially reduced to zero (so long as the Class
A-1 and Class R Certificates are outstanding), the excess of (i) the Group Two
Principal Distribution Percentage of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount
over (ii) the amount necessary to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of
each of the Class A-2 Certificates to zero will be added to the Group One
Principal Distribution Amount and (B) with respect to any Distribution Date
thereafter, the Group One Principal Distribution Amount shall 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 with respect to such Distribution Date received
with respect to Group One Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is the
amount of all Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received on
all the Mortgage Loans.

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

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

     Group Two Net WAC: The Net WAC of Group Two.

     Group Two Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (1) the sum of the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-2 Certificates and (2) the product of (x) the Group Two Principal
Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount;
provided, however, that (A) with respect to the Distribution Date on which the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1 and Class R Certificates is
initially reduced to zero (so long as any of the Class A-2 Certificates is
outstanding), the excess of (i) the Group One Principal Distribution Percentage
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount over (ii) the amount necessary to
reduce the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A-1 Certificates to zero
will be added to the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount and (B) with
respect to any Distribution Date thereafter, the Group Two Principal
Distribution Amount shall 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 with respect to such Distribution Date received
with respect to Group Two Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is the
amount of all Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received on
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     Indenture: An indenture relating to the issuance of NIM Notes.

     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 Class A, Class
M, Class B or Class C 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 Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is equal to or less
than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the Cut-off Date.

     Institutional Accredited Investors: Institutions which are "accredited
investors" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) promulgated
pursuant to Regulation D.

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

     Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans pursuant
to any Insurance Policy or any other insurance policy covering a Mortgage 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 released to the Mortgagor 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 the Mortgage Loans.

     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
A-2D 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-1A Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class B-1B Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-2A Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-2B Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class
B-3A Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-3B Interest Carry Forward Amount
or the Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount, as the case may be.

     Interest Determination Date: With respect to the Class A, Class M and Class
B Certificates (other than the Class A-2B, Class A-2C, Class A-2D, Class B-1B,
Class B-2B and Class B-3B 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, March
28, 2006.

     Interest Funds: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum, without
duplication, of (1) all scheduled interest due during the related Due Period and
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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, (3) all Compensating Interest with respect to the Mortgage
Loans, (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 Trustee and a custodian pursuant to
this Agreement and allocable to interest.

     Issuing Entity: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-WMC2.

     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.

     LIBOR Certificates: Each Class of the Class A-1, Class R, Class A-2A, Class
M, Class B-1A, Class B-2A and Class B-3A Certificates.

     Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan that either (a) has been liquidated through deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, foreclosure sale, trustee's sale or other realization as provided
by applicable law governing the real property subject to the related Mortgage
and any security agreements and as to which the 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) is not a first lien Mortgage Loan and is delinquent 180 days or longer,
as to which the Servicer has certified in a certificate of an officer of the
Servicer delivered to the Depositor and to the Trustee 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 and
Insurance Proceeds, received in connection with the partial or complete
liquidation of Mortgage Loans, 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 an REO Property, less the sum
of related unreimbursed Advances, Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and any
other expenses related to such Mortgage Loan.

     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
LTA-2D 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-1A Interest, the Class LTB-1B Interest, the Class
LTB-2A Interest, the Class LTB-2B Interest, the Class LTB-3A Interest, the Class
LTB-3B 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, the Class LT-IO Interest and the Class LTR Interest.


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     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 and the Class LT-IO 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.

     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, the Floating Rate Subordinate Maximum Rate Cap and the Fixed
Rate Subordinate 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
maintained by MERS.

     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.

     MIN: The loan number for any MERS Loan.

     MLML: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its
successors in interest.

     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.

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     Mortgage: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the mortgage, deed of trust or
other instrument creating a first or second lien or a first or second priority
ownership interest in an estate in fee simple in real property securing a
Mortgage Note.

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

     Mortgage Group: Either of Group One or Group Two.

     Mortgage Loan Schedule: The lists of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time
amended by 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 (for
clarification purposes, the Trustee has physical possession of the Mortgage
Files) and from time to time subject to this Agreement, attached hereto as
Exhibit B-1, Exhibit B-2 and Exhibit B-3, setting forth the following
information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

          (i)  the loan number;

          (ii) 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
               maturity date;

          (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, or the Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio with
               respect to a second 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;

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

               (F)  the related Periodic Rate Cap;

               (G)  the Gross Margin;

          (xiii) location of the related Mortgaged Property;

          (xiv) a code indicating whether a Prepayment Charge is applicable and,
               if so,

               (A)  the period during which such Prepayment Charge is in effect;

               (B)  the amount of such Prepayment Charge;

               (C)  any limitations or other conditions on the enforceability of
                    such Prepayment Charge; and

               (D)  any other information pertaining to the Prepayment Charge
                    specified in the related Mortgage Note; and

          (xv) the Credit Score and date obtained.

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

     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.

     Mortgage Pool: The aggregate of the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule set out on Exhibit B-1.

     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.

     Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

     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: The per annum rate set forth in footnote 8 to the description of
the Lower Tier REMIC in the Preliminary Statement hereto (such rate being based
on the weighted average of the interest rates on the SWAP REMIC Regular
Interests as adjusted and as set forth in such footnote).

     Net Swap Payment: With respect to any Distribution Date, any net payment
(other than a Swap Termination Payment or Defaulted Swap Termination Payment)
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to the Swap Counterparty on the related Fixed Rate Payer Payment Date (as
defined in the Swap Agreement) or made by the Swap Counterparty to the
Supplemental Interest Trust on the related Floating Rate Payer Payment Date (as
defined in the Swap Agreement). In each case, the Net Swap Payment shall not be
less than zero.

     Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date and for any Mortgage Group,
the weighted average Net Mortgage Rate for the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage
Group 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).

     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.

     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 related to the Mortgage Loans.

     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 related to the Mortgage
Loans.

     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
Servicer or the Trustee (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 Servicer, 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 Trustee 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
be established by the Trustee as follows:

          (i)  If on such Interest Determination Date two or more Reference
               Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the
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               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 or the Servicer 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 or the Servicer, (2) not have any direct
financial interest in the Depositor or the Servicer or in any Affiliate of
either such party, and (3) not be connected with the Depositor or the Servicer
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 (a) of Section 9.01 hereof.

     Optional Termination Amount: The repurchase price received by the Trustee
in connection with any repurchase of all of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Section 9.01.

     Optional Termination Price: On any date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage Loan that has
become an REO Property) as of the Distribution Date on which the proceeds of the
Optional Termination are distributed to the Certificateholders, plus accrued
interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate as of the Due Date preceding
the Distribution Date on which the proceeds of the Optional Termination are
distributed to Certificateholders and the fair market value of any REO Property,
plus accrued interest thereon as of the Distribution Date on which the proceeds
of the Optional Termination are distributed to Certificateholders, (B) any
unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to the Trustee (including any
amounts incurred by the Trustee in connection with conducting the Auction) or
the Servicer and any unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances and
Servicing Advances, (C) any unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages
incurred by the Issuing Entity in connection with any violation relating to any
of the Mortgage Loans of any predatory or abusive lending law and (D) any Swap
Termination payment, other than a Defaulted Swap Termination Payment, owed to
the Swap Counterparty.

     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 Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; and (2) Certificates in exchange for
which or in lieu of which other Certificates have been executed by the Trustee
and delivered by the Trustee 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 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 the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class
A-1 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2A Certificates, the Class
A-2A Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2B Certificates, the Class
A-2B Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2C Certificates, the Class
A-2C Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2D Certificates, the Class
A-2D Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class
M-1 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-1A Certificates, the Class B-1A
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-1B Certificates, the Class B-1B
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-2A Certificates, the Class B-2A
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-2B Certificates, the Class B-2B
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-3A Certificates, the Class B-3A
Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-3B Certificates, the Class B-3B
Pass-Through Rate; and with respect to the Class R Certificate, the Class R
Pass-Through Rate.

     PCAOB: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

     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 created pursuant
to this Agreement, which shall be:

          (i)  holding the Mortgage Loans transferred from the Depositor and
               other assets of the Issuing Entity, including the Cap Contracts,
               the Supplemental Interest Trust subtrust, which in turn holds the
               Swap Agreement, 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
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          (ii) issuing Certificates and other interests in the assets of the
               Issuing Entity;

          (iii) receiving collections on the Mortgage Loans 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 Issuing Entity 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
               the timely payment of such obligations is backed by the full
               faith and credit of the United States;

          (ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of
               the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the
               highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency rating the
               Certificates;

          (iii) commercial or finance company paper, other than commercial or
               finance company paper issued by the Depositor, the Trustee or any
               of their 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
               Trustee 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
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               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 managed or
               advised by the Trustee or its 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 Trustee 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
underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such
instrument provide a yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to
maturity at par of such underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be redeemed at
a price below the purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to apply to
investments in units of money market funds pursuant to clause (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
Issuing Entity 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 a
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 Trustee 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
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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.

     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 premium or charge payable by a Mortgagor
in connection with any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
terms of the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage, as applicable.

     Prepayment Interest Excess: With respect to any Servicer Remittance Date,
for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of 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 and other than a Principal
Prepayment in full on a Mortgage Loan received during the period from and
including the first day to and including the 14th day of the month of such
Distribution Date), 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 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 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 Cut-off Date) and ending 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) the scheduled principal due during
the related Due Period and received before the related Servicer Remittance Date
or required to be advanced by the Servicer on or before the related Servicer
Remittance Date, (2) prepayments of principal in full 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
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the 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 Sponsor 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 relate to
principal and represent payment in full), (6) all Subsequent Recoveries received
during the related Due Period and (7) all other collections and recoveries in
respect of principal during the related Due 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 Trustee and the custodian 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
with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

     Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement, dated March 28, 2006,
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 Sponsor or the applicable Transferor 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 thereon 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 Issuing Entity in connection with any violation relating to such
Mortgage Loan of any predatory or abusive lending law.

     Rating Agency: Either of 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.

     Rating Agency Condition: As defined in the Swap Agreement.

     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) with respect to a Mortgage
Loan that 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
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     Record Date: With respect to the first Distribution Date, the Closing Date.
With respect to any other Distribution Date, the close of business on the last
Business Day of the month preceding the month in which the applicable
Distribution Date occurs.

     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 Trustee which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar
deposits in the international Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place
of business in London, England, and (ii) whose quotations appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date.

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

     Regulation AB: Subpart 229.1100 - Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB),
17 C.F.R. Sections 229.1100-229.1123, as such may be amended from time to time,
and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by
the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act
Release No. 33-8518, 70 Fed Reg. 1,506, 1.531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of
the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time
to time.

     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.

     Regulation S Global Securities: The Book-Entry Regulation S Global
Securities and the Definitive Regulation S Global Securities.

     Related Certificates: For each interest in the Upper Tier REMIC, the Class
of Certificates listed on the same row in the table entitled "Upper Tier REMIC"
in the Preliminary Statement.

     Relevant Servicing Criteria: The Servicing Criteria applicable to the
various parties, as set forth on Exhibit Q attached hereto. For clarification
purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant
Servicing Criteria. With respect to a Sub-Contractor engaged by the Trustee or
the Servicer, the term "Relevant Servicing Criteria" may refer to one or more
discrete functions specified in the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to
the Servicer or the Trustee.

     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 any of (or, as the context requires, all of) the SWAP REMIC, the Lower Tier
REMIC and the Upper Tier REMIC.

     REMIC Pass-Through Rate: In the case of a Class of the Class A, Class M and
Class B Certificates, the Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap for the Corresponding
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     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: Each of the interests in the Upper Tier REMIC as
set forth in the Preliminary Statement other than the Residual Interest.

     REMIC SWAP Rate: For each Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period), a per annum rate equal to the Fixed Rate under the Swap Agreement for
such Distribution Date, as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.

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

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

     Replacement Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Sponsor 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 score or credit grade
than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (4) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio (or
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, in the case of the Mortgage Loans in a second lien
position) 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.

     Reportable Event: As defined in Section 3.20.

     Request for Release: The Request for Release of Documents submitted by the
Servicer to the Trustee or the 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, 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


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Balance of the most senior Class of Certificates outstanding, 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 Trustee 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 Trustee 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 Trustee can determine no such arithmetic mean, the lowest
one-month United States dollar lending rate which New York City banks selected
by the Trustee 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 (i) distributions in respect of the Class SWR Interest and the Class LTR
Interest and (ii) distributions on the Class R Certificate in respect of Excess
Interest.

     Responsible Officer: When used with respect to the Trustee or the Servicer,
any officer of the Trustee or the Servicer 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 March 1, 2006, between the Depositor and MLML.

     Sarbanes-Oxley Certification: As defined in Section 3.20.

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

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

     Servicer: Wilshire Credit Corporation, a Nevada 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 later
of (x) the date that is two Business Days after the 15th day of the month in
which the related Distribution Date occurs and (y) the 18th day (or if such day
is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) of the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.

     Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of pocket"
costs and expenses incurred in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing
obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1) the
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Property, 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, deeds of reconveyance,
substitutions of trustees on deeds of trust 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, tax tracking, title
research, flood certifications, and 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.

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

     Servicing Fee: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of (x) 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 Fee Rate on
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 involved in, or responsible
for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and
facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to the
Trustee by the Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as such
lists may from time to time be amended.

     Servicing Transfer Costs: In the event that the Servicer does not reimburse
the Trustee 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 completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as
may be required by the Trustee or any successor servicer to correct any errors
or insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee 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.

     Significance Estimate: With respect to any Distribution Date, and in
accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB, shall be an amount determined by the
Depositor (and reported to the Trustee) based on the reasonable good-faith
estimate by the Depositor or its affiliate of the aggregate maximum probable
exposure of the outstanding Certificates to the Swap Agreement.

     Significance Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date, and in
accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB, shall be a percentage equal to the
Significance Estimate divided by the aggregate outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Certificates, prior to the distribution of the Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date.

     Sponsor: MLML, or its successors in interest.


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     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 earlier of (1) the first Distribution Date on which the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero and (2) the later
to occur of (A) the Distribution Date in April 2009 or (B) the first
Distribution Date on which (i) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance
(reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date) is less
than or equal to (ii) 61.10% of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage
Loans as of such Distribution Date.

     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   REQUIRED LOSS PERCENTAGE
------------------------------   ------------------------
<S>                              <C>
April 2008 - March 2009          1.50% with respect to April 2008, plus an additional
                                 1/12th of 1.85 % for each month thereafter

April 2009 - March 2010          3.35% with respect to April 2009, plus an additional
                                 1/12th of 1.90% for each month thereafter

April 2010 - March 2011          5.25% with respect to April 2010, plus an additional
                                 1/12th of 1.50% for each month thereafter

April 2011 - March 2012          6.75% with respect to April 2011, plus an additional
                                 1/12th of 0.75% for each month thereafter

April 2012 and thereafter        7.50%
</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 (B) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the preceding calendar month, equals or exceeds the product of (i) 36.62% 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.


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     Subcontractor: Any outsourcer that performs one or more discrete functions
identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to 5% or more of the
Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of a Servicer (measured by
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans, annually at the
commencement of the calendar year prior to the year in which an Assessment of
Compliance is required to be delivered, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of months during which such Subcontractor performs such
discrete functions and the denominator of which is 12, or, in the case of the
year in which the Closing Date occurs, the number of months elapsed in such
calendar year).

     Subordinate Certificates: The Class M and Class B Certificates.

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

     Sub-Servicer: Any Person that services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the
Servicer pursuant to a subservicing agreement and is responsible for the
performance of the material servicing functions required to be performed by the
Servicer under this Agreement that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation
AB with respect to 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans under the direction or
authority of the Servicer (measured by aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans, annually at the commencement of the calendar year prior to the
year in which an Assessment of Compliance is required to be delivered,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months during
which such Sub-Servicer services the related Mortgage Loans and the denominator
of which is 12, or, in the case of the year in which the Closing Date occurs,
the number of months elapsed in such calendar year). Any Sub-Servicer shall meet
the qualifications set forth in Section 3.02.

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

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

     Supplemental Interest Trust: The separate trust, established pursuant to
Section 4.04(l) of this Agreement and held by the Trustee for the benefit of the
holders of the Certificates as a segregated subtrust of the Trust Fund, in which
the Swap Agreement will be held, out of which any Swap Termination Payments or
Net Swap Payments owed to the Swap Counterparty will be paid, certain
distributions to Certificateholders will be made, and into which any Swap
Termination Payments or Net Swap Payments received from the Swap Counterparty
will be deposited as set forth in Section 4.04 hereof.

     Swap Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04(l)(i) in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust and designated "LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee, in trust for registered holders of Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2006-WMC2." Funds in the Swap Account shall be held in trust for the Issuing
Entity for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.

     Swap Agreement: The confirmation to the master agreement, dated as of March
21, 2006, between the Swap Counterparty and the trustee of the Supplemental
Interest Trust for the benefit of the Issuing Entity or any other cap agreement
or swap agreement (including any related schedules) held by the Supplemental
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     Swap Counterparty: The Bank of New York or any successor counterparty who
meets the requirements set forth in the Swap Agreement.

     Swap LIBOR: With respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) the product of (i) the Floating Rate Option (as defined in the Swap
Agreement for the related Swap Payment Date), (ii) two and (iii) the quotient of
(a) the actual number of days in the Accrual Period for the Lower Tier REMIC
Interests divided by (b) 30.

     Swap Payment Date: For so long as the Swap Agreement is in effect or
amounts remain unpaid thereunder, two (2) Business Days immediately preceding
each Distribution Date.

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

     SWAP REMIC Interests: Each of the interests in the SWAP REMIC as set forth
in the Preliminary Statement.

     SWAP REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the SWAP REMIC Interests other than
the Class SWR Interest.

     Swap Termination Payment: Any payment payable by the Supplemental Interest
Trust or the Swap Counterparty upon termination of the Swap Agreement as a
result of termination of the Swap Agreement.

     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.

     Transfer Agreement: The Master Mortgage Loan Purchase and Interim Servicing
Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2005 between MLML and WMC Mortgage Corp.

     Transferor: WMC Mortgage Corp.

     Trust Fund: The corpus of the Issuing Entity 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
and 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) the Cap Contracts and Cap Contract Account; (vi) the
Supplemental Interest Trust, which in turn holds the Swap Agreement, and (vii)
all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the
foregoing into cash or other liquid property.

     Trustee: LaSalle Bank National Association 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; it being understood that certain duties of the Trustee under
Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 3.13 with respect to the possession and administration
of the Mortgage Files generally may be carried out by a custodian engaged by the
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and shall initially be carried out by the Custodian. On the Closing Date, the
Trustee shall appoint the Custodian as custodian for the Mortgage Files pursuant
to the terms of the Custodial Agreement.

     Uncertificated Class C Interest: An uncertificated REMIC Regular Interest
having the characteristics described in the Preliminary Statement.

     United States Person: (i) A citizen or resident of the United States, (ii)
a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a corporation or
partnership for federal income tax purposes organized in or under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (unless, in
the case of a partnership, Treasury regulations provide otherwise), (iii) an
estate the income of which is includible in gross income for United States tax
purposes regardless of its source or (iv) 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. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to
the extent provided in Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on
August 20, 1996, and treated as United States persons prior to such date, that
elect to continue to be treated as United States persons will also be United
States Persons.

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

     Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap: In the case of the Class UTA-1 Interest and
the Residual Interest, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the
interest rate of the Class LTII1B Interest for such Distribution Date. In the
case of the Class UTA-2A, Class UTA-2B, Class UTA-2C and Class UTA-2D Interests,
a per annum rate equal to the weighted average of the interest rate for the
Class LTII2B for such Distribution Date (adjusted, in the case of the Class
UTA-2B, Class UTA-2C and Class UTA-2D Interests, to reflect accruals on the
basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day months). In the case of the
Class UTM-1, Class UTM-2, Class UTM-3, Class UTM-4, Class UTM-5, Class UTM-6,
Class UTB-1A, Class UTB-2A, Class UTB-3A, Class UTB-1B, Class UTB-2B and Class
UTB-3B Interests, a per annum rate equal to the weighted average (adjusted, in
the case of the Class UTB-1B, Class UTB-2B and Class UTB-3B Interests, to
reflect accruals on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day
months) of the interest rates of Class LTII1B and Class LTII2B Interests for
such Distribution weighted, respectively, on the basis of the uncertificated
principal balances of the Class LTII1A and the Class LTII2A Interests.

     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 Class Certificate Principal Balance of each Class relative to the Class
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 Certificates.
Voting Rights will be allocated among the Certificates of each such Class in
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                                   ARTICLE II.

          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     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 Servicer 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; (iii) a "High-Cost Home Loan" as defined in the Massachusetts
Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004; or (iv) a
"High-Cost Home Loan" as defined by the Indiana High Cost Home Loan Law
effective January 1, 2005.

     In connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver to,
and deposit with, the Trustee or the Custodian, the following documents or
instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

                    (A) The original Mortgage Note endorsed in blank or, "Pay to
          the order of LaSalle Bank National Association, 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 originator to [___________] or "Pay to the order of
          LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, without recourse."

                    (B) Except as provided below and for each Mortgage Loan that
          is not a MERS Loan, the original recorded Mortgage together with 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 to be a 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 "LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee."

                    (D) The original policy of title insurance (or a preliminary
          title report, commitment or binder if the original title insurance
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                    (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.

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

                    (G) If in connection with any Mortgage 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 or the Custodian 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 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 to be made such endorsement.

                    (H) With respect to any Mortgage Loan, none of the
          Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee (or the Custodian) shall be
          obligated to cause to be recorded the Assignment of Mortgage referred
          to in this Section 2.01. In the event an Assignment of Mortgage is not
          recorded, the Servicer shall have no liability for its failure to
          receive and 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. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall take any action
inconsistent with such ownership and shall not claim any ownership interest
therein. The Depositor and the Servicer 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 or the
Custodian 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 indicate promptly 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 Sponsor 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 Sponsor 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
Sponsor to the Depositor deemed to be secured by said pledge and that the
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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, the rights in
the Transfer Agreement described therein, and the benefit of the repurchase
obligations and the obligation of the Sponsor 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 Sponsor, or any other
Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto.

     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 or the
Custodian holds and will hold such documents and any other documents
constituting a part of the Mortgage Files delivered to it in trust for the use
and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. The Depositor will
cause the Sponsor to repurchase any Mortgage Loan to which a material exception
was taken in the Exception Report unless such exception is cured to the
satisfaction of the Trustee within 45 Business Days of the Closing Date.

     The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Cap Contracts (the form of each of
which is attached hereto), the Transfer Agreement, the Bring Down Letter and the
Sale Agreement.

     The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Swap Agreement that will be held in
the Supplemental Interest Trust and is hereby instructed to enter into the Swap
Agreement, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee for the Issuing
Entity and for the Supplemental Interest Trust.

     The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders to review (or
cause to be reviewed by the Custodian, on its behalf pursuant to a custodial
agreement) each Mortgage File delivered to it within 60 days after the Closing
Date. The Trustee (or the Custodian, as applicable) will ascertain and certify,
within 70 days of the Closing Date, to the Depositor 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-1 that have
been conveyed to it. It is herein acknowledged that, in conducting such review,
the Trustee shall not be under any duty or obligation to inspect, review or
examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to
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appropriate for the represented purpose, that they have actually been recorded
or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face. If the
Trustee or the Custodian 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 shall
promptly (and in any event within no more than five Business Days) after such
finding so notify the other (as applicable) and the Servicer, the Sponsor and
the Depositor. In addition, the Trustee or the Custodian shall also notify the
other (as applicable) and the Servicer, the Sponsor 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 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 Sponsor correct or cure
such omission, defect or other irregularity, or substitute a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.03(c), within 90 days from the date the
Sponsor was notified of such omission or defect and, if the Sponsor does not
correct or cure such omission or defect within such period, that the Sponsor
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Issuing Entity within 90 days from the date
the Trustee or the Custodian notified the Sponsor 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 or the Trustee or the Custodian upon receipt of a Request for Release,
shall promptly release to the Sponsor 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 Sponsor and necessary to vest in the
Sponsor 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 Sponsor 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. The preceding sentence shall not, however, limit any
remedies available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor or the Trustee
pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Bring Down
Letter. The Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review and
examine such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine
that they are genuine, enforceable, recordable, duly authorized, sufficient,
legal, valid 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 and the Trustee shall keep confidential the name of
each Mortgagor except as required by this Agreement and the Servicer 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 construed to prohibit (i) disclosure of any and all
information that is or becomes publicly known, or information obtained by the
Trustee from sources other than the other parties hereto, (ii) disclosure of any
and all information (A) if required to do so 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 or the Custodian's
business or that of any Affiliate, (C) pursuant to any subpoena, civil
investigation demand or similar demand or request of any court, regulatory
authority, arbitrator or arbitration to which the Trustee (or the Custodian) 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 or the Custodian having a need to know the same,
provided that the Trustee or the Custodian advises such recipient of the
confidential nature of the information being disclosed, or (iii) any other
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     Within 70 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee or the Custodian shall
deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer the Final Certification, substantially
in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, evidencing the completeness of the
Mortgage Files, with any exceptions noted thereto.

     2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor.

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

     (iv) No litigation is pending, or, to the best of the Depositor's
knowledge, threatened, against the Depositor that would materially and adversely
affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement 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 Sponsor, the
Depositor had good title to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgage Notes were
subject to no offsets, claims, liens, mortgage, pledge, charge, security
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          (b) The representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect
to the related Mortgage Loans in the Transfer Agreement, which have been
assigned to the Trustee hereunder, were made as of the date specified in the
Transfer Agreement and certain of those representations and warranties have been
brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the Bring Down Letter. The
representations and warranties of the Transferor with respect to the Mortgage
Loans contained in the Bring Down Letter were made as of the Closing Date. The
representations and warranties of the Sponsor 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 both (i) a representation or warranty of the Transferor under the
Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter and (ii) a representation or warranty of
the Sponsor under the Sale Agreement, the obligations of the Sponsor under the
Sale Agreement shall be enforced against the Transferor or the Sponsor, as
applicable, as set forth in the Sale Agreement. The Trustee is hereby directed
to and does acknowledge that the Sponsor shall have no obligation or liability
with respect to any breach of a representation or warranty made by it with
respect to any related Mortgage Loans, if the fact, condition or event
constituting such breach also constitutes a breach of a representation or
warranty made by the Transferor in the Transfer Agreement or Bring Down Letter,
without regard to whether the Transferor fulfills its contractual obligations in
respect of such representation or warranty. The Trustee also acknowledges that
the Sponsor shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any breach of
a representation or warranty made solely by the Transferor with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, without regard to whether the related Transferor fulfills its
contractual obligations in respect of such representation or warranty. The
Trustee further 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.

     In addition to the representations and warranties of the Transferor in the
Transfer Agreement that were brought forward to the Closing Date pursuant to the
related Bring Down Letter, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Transferor
made certain additional covenants regarding such Mortgage Loan, as set forth in
the related Transfer Agreement. With respect to any breach of such additional
covenants that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, the Sponsor shall (1) use reasonable
efforts to enforce such covenant against the Transferor and (2) if the Sponsor
successfully enforces any obligation of the Transferor to repurchase such
Mortgage Loan, the Sponsor shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan in accordance
with this Section 2.03. If the Sponsor does not successfully enforce the
obligation, if any, of the Transferor to repurchase a Mortgage Loan with respect
to any breach of any such additional covenants, the Sponsor shall have no
obligation or right to repurchase or cure such Mortgage Loan (and the Trustee
shall have no obligations with respect thereto).

          (c) Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the Servicer or the
Trustee or the Custodian 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 Transferor or the Sponsor, as applicable, 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 Transferor or
the Sponsor, the Trustee's rights shall be enforced under the Transfer Agreement
and the Sale Agreement for the benefit of Certificateholders. If a breach of the
representations and warranties set forth in the Transfer Agreement hereof exists
solely due to the unenforceability of a Prepayment Charge, the Trustee or the
other party having notice thereof shall notify the Servicer thereof and not seek
to enforce the repurchase remedy provided for herein unless such Mortgage Loan
is not current. In the event of a breach of the representations and warranties
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the Trustee shall enforce the right of the Issuing Entity to be indemnified for
such breach of representation and warranty. In the event that such breach
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 Sponsor substitutes for a Mortgage Loan for which there is a breach of
any representations and warranties in the Transfer 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 Sponsor 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 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. The Sponsor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Issuing
Entity, the Trustee or the Custodian, the Depositor, the Servicer and each
Certificateholder 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 Issuing Entity, the Trustee or the Custodian,
the Depositor, the Servicer and any Certificateholder may sustain in connection
with any actions of the Sponsor 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 Issuing Entity 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 Transferor or the Sponsor,
as applicable, is not a member of MERS and repurchases a Mortgage Loan which is
registered on the MERS System, the Transferor or the Sponsor, as applicable, 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 Transferor or the Sponsor, as applicable, 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 Sponsor pursuant to
the Sale Agreement or by the Transferor pursuant to the Transfer 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 in the Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.05. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of notice from the Servicer of receipt by the Servicer of
the full amount of the Purchase Price for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, and upon
receipt by the Trustee or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, of the
Mortgage File for a Replacement Mortgage Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage
Loan and a Request for Release, the Trustee shall release and reassign to the
Sponsor or the Transferor, 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 Depositor, the Sponsor or the
Transferor, and the Trustee and the Custodian shall have no 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 pursuant to the terms of this Article II in exchange
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan: (i) the applicable Transferor or the Sponsor, as
applicable, must deliver to the Trustee or the Custodian 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 Mortgage Loan satisfying
all requirements under the definition of Replacement Mortgage Loan and the
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set forth in Section 2.01; and (ii) the Depositor will be deemed to have made,
with 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 Depositor that all
documents required by Section 2.01(A)-(B), (C) (if applicable), and (D)-(E) have
been executed and received.

     For any month in which the Sponsor substitutes one or more Replacement
Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Sponsor 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 Issuing Entity in connection
with any violation relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan of any predatory or
abusive lending law shall be remitted by the Sponsor to the Trustee for deposit
into the Certificate Account by the Sponsor 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 shall 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 Depositor 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.
Upon such substitution by the Sponsor, 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, (ii) of the Sponsor and
the Depositor set forth in the Sale Agreement and assigned to the Trustee by the
Depositor hereunder and (iii) of each Transferor, assigned by the Sponsor to the
Depositor pursuant to 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 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.

          (f) The Depositor shall notify the Servicer and the Trustee when any
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     2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.

     The Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and the
Trustee as follows, as of the date hereof:

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

          (b) The Servicer has the corporate power and authority to service each
Mortgage Loan, and to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the 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
Servicer, enforceable against the 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.

          (c) 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.

          (d) The Servicer is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for Fannie
Mae and is an approved servicer of mortgage loans for Freddie Mac.

          (e) 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.

          (f) 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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          (g) 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.

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

     Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall promptly
(and in any event within five (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 direction 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.

     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 Trustee 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 Trustee,
as authenticating agent, 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.

     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, the Lower Tier
REMIC and the SWAP REMIC as a REMIC. The Trustee shall sign the returns
providing for such elections and such other tax or information returns that 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, the Lower Tier REMIC and the SWAP 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 SWAP 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 SWAP REMIC and the
interests issued by the Lower Tier REMIC, (iii) the grantor trusts described in
Section 2.07 hereof, (iv) each Cap Contract and the Cap Contract Account and (v)
the Swap Agreement and the Supplemental Interest Trust. The SWAP REMIC shall
issue the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests, which shall be designated as regular
interests of such REMIC, and shall issue the Class SWR Interest, which shall be
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of the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests shall have the characteristics set forth in
the Preliminary Statement and this Section 2.07.

          The Lower Tier REMIC shall consist of the SWAP REMIC Regular
Interests. 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, which 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 and
the Preliminary Statement.

          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, the pass-through rate on each REMIC Regular
Interest (other than the Uncertificated Class C Interest and the Class UT-IO
Interest) and on the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC
shall be subject to a cap equal to the Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap.

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

          (c) The "tax matters person" with respect to each 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 Trustee 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) (i) 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 and 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 or the Swap Agreement, 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.

          (ii) It is intended that the beneficial owners of the Certificates
(other than the Class P and Class C Certificates) shall be treated as having
entered into a notional principal contract with respect to the beneficial owners
of the Class C Certificates. Pursuant to each such notional principal contract,
all beneficial owners of each Class of Certificates (other than the Class P and
Class C Certificates) shall be treated as having agreed to pay, on each
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Certificates an aggregate amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount
payable on such Distribution Date on the Corresponding REMIC Regular Interest of
such Class of Certificates over (ii) the amount payable on such Class of
Certificates on such Distribution Date (such excess, a "Class Payment
Shortfall"). A Class Payment Shortfall shall be allocated to each Class of
Certificates to the extent that interest accrued on such Class for the related
Accrual Period at the Pass-Through Rate for a Class, computed by substituting
"Upper Tier REMIC Net WAC Cap" for the Available Funds Cap set forth in the
definition thereof, exceeds the amount of interest accrued on such Certificate
at the Pass-Through Rate (without such substitution) for the related Accrual
Period, and a Class Payment Shortfall payable from principal collections shall
be allocated to the most subordinate Class of Certificates with an outstanding
principal balance to the extent of such balance.

          (e) The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting
of the Uncertificated Class C Interest, the uncertificated Class UT-IO Interest,
the rights to receive payments deemed made by the Class A, Class M and Class B
Certificates in respect of notional principal contracts described in Section
2.07(d)(ii), the Supplemental Interest Trust, which holds the Swap Agreement,
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 Trustee 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"
under the Code, for the benefit of the holders of the Class P Certificates, and
the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In
furtherance of such intention, the Trustee 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) The parties intend that amounts paid to the Swap Counterparty
under the Swap Agreement shall be deemed for federal income tax purposes to be
paid by the Class C Certificates first, out of funds deemed received in respect
of the Class UT-IO Interest, second, out of funds deemed received in respect of
the Uncertificated Class C Interest and third, out of funds deemed received in
respect of notional principal contracts described in Section 2.07(d)(ii), and
the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. On
each Distribution Date, to the extent that amounts paid to the Swap Counterparty
are deemed paid out of funds received in respect of the Uncertificated Class C
Interest, such amounts 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 Swap Counterparty pursuant to the Swap Agreement.

          The Supplemental Interest Trust shall be an "outside reserve fund" for
federal income tax purposes and not an asset of any REMIC. Furthermore, the
Holders of the Class C Certificates shall be the beneficial owners of the
Supplemental Interest Trust for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be
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          (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 by the SWAP REMIC
with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be paid to the SWAP 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
available funds remaining in the SWAP REMIC on a Distribution Date after
distributions to the SWAP REMIC Regular Interests shall be distributed to the
Class R Certificates on account of the Class SWR Interest. On each Distribution
Date, the Trustee shall distribute the aggregate Interest Funds (net of expenses
and payments to the Class P Certificates) with respect to each of the SWAP REMIC
Regular Interests based on the interest rates for each such SWAP REMIC Regular
Interest. On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the aggregate
Principal Funds with respect to the Group One Mortgage Loans first to the Class
1-SW1 Interest until its principal balance is reduced to zero and then
sequentially to each of the other SWAP REMIC Regular Interests beginning with
designation "1" in ascending order of their numerical class designation, in
equal amounts to each such class in such numerical designation, until the
principal balance of each such class is reduced to zero. All losses with respect
to the Group One Mortgage Loans shall be allocated among the SWAP REMIC Regular
Interests beginning with the designation "1" in the same manner that principal
distributions are allocated. On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
distribute the aggregate Principal Funds with respect to the Group Two Mortgage
Loans first to the Class 2-SW2 Interest until its principal balance is reduced
to zero and then sequentially to each of the other SWAP REMIC Regular Interests
beginning with designation "2" in ascending order of their numerical class
designation, in equal amounts to each such class in such numerical designation,
until the principal balance of each such class is reduced to zero. All losses
with respect to the Group Two Mortgage Loans shall be allocated among the SWAP
REMIC Regular Interests beginning with the designation "2" in the same manner
that principal distributions are allocated. Subsequent Recoveries with respect
to the Group One and Group Two Mortgage Loans shall be allocated in the reverse
fashion from the manner in which losses are allocated.

          All payments received by the Lower Tier REMIC with respect to the SWAP
REMIC Regular Interests 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
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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,
however, losses not allocated to any Class of Certificates will not be allocated
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.

          (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 of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, the Servicer shall indemnify the NIMs Insurer,
the Trustee and the Trust Fund against any and all Losses resulting from such
negligence; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable for any
such Losses attributable to the action or inaction of the Trustee, the Depositor
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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 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 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).

          (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 Trustee of its duties
and obligations set forth herein, the Trustee shall indemnify the Trust Fund
against any and all Losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the
action or inaction of the 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 Trustee 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 Trustee 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 Trustee 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).

     2.08. [RESERVED]

     2.09. Covenants of the Servicer.

     The Servicer hereby covenants to each of the other parties to this
Agreement that 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.

     2.10. [RESERVED]

     2.11. Permitted Activities of the Issuing Entity. The Issuing Entity is
created for the object and purpose of engaging in the Permitted Activities. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to
execute and deliver on behalf of the Issuing Entity, and to perform the duties
and obligations of the Trustee under, the Cap Contracts 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.

     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
shall be limited in accordance with paragraph 35 or SFAS 140.

     2.13. Depositor Notification of NIM Notes. The Depositor shall notify the
Servicer in writing when NIM Notes are issued and when all previously issued NIM
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                                  ARTICLE III.

                 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF MORTGAGE LOANS

     3.01. Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.

     For and on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Servicer shall service and
administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the Accepted Servicing
Practices. In connection with such servicing and administration, the Servicer
shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers,
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 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 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 Issuing Entity 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. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer
shall not make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of
any Mortgage Loan that 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 Issuing Entity 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 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, to the extent that the Servicer is
not permitted to execute and deliver such documents pursuant to the preceding
sentence. Upon receipt of such documents, the Depositor 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.

     Upon request of the Servicer, the Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with
any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary
or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage
Loans. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and the Servicer shall indemnify
the Trustee for any action taken by the Servicer pursuant to the application of
any power of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the Servicer shall not without the Trustee's written consent, hire or
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     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 deliver a list of Servicing Officers to 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 and
other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment 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 expenses" within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)).

     With respect to any second lien Mortgage Loan, the Servicer may consent to
the refinancing of the prior senior lien relating to such Mortgage Loan,
provided that the following requirements are met:

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

          (b) the interest rate for the loan evidencing the refinanced senior
lien is no more than 2.0% higher than the interest rate on the loan evidencing
the existing senior lien immediately prior to the date of such refinancing; and

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

     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 Sub-Servicer, which may be an Affiliate, pursuant to a subservicing
agreement (each, a "Subservicing Agreement") including, at the Servicer's
option, if requested to do so by the Holder of the Class C Certificate;
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 and (ii) that such agreement would not result in a withdrawal or
downgrading by any Rating Agency of the ratings of any Certificates evidenced by
a letter to that effect delivered by each Rating Agency to the Depositor (a copy
of which shall be provided to the Trustee). Notwithstanding the provisions of
any subservicing agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a Sub-Servicer or reference
to actions taken through a Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders
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obligation or liability by virtue of such subservicing agreements or
arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Sub-Servicer 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 in the event a
successor servicer is appointed. All actions of the each Sub-Servicer 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 Trustee copies of all subservicing
agreements. The Trustee shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities with
respect to a Sub-Servicer, including without limitation, any obligation, duty or
liability to monitor such Sub-Servicer or to pay a Sub-Servicer'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
related Mortgage Loans that are received by a Sub-Servicer regardless of whether
such payments are remitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Servicer.

          (c) The Servicer shall not permit a Sub-Servicer to perform any
servicing responsibilities hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans unless
that Sub-Servicer first agrees in writing with the Servicer to deliver an Annual
Statement of Compliance, an Assessment of Compliance and an Accountant's
Attestation in such manner and at such times that permits that Servicer to
comply with Sections 3.17 and 3.18 of this Agreement.

     3.03. Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Servicer.

     Neither the Trustee nor the Depositor shall have any responsibility or
liability for any action or failure to act by the Servicer, and neither of them
is obligated to supervise the performance of the Servicer hereunder or
otherwise.

     3.04. Trustee to Act as Servicer.

     Subject to Sections 6.04 and 7.02, 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 Trustee 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 of the Servicer hereunder
arising thereafter (except that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses
of the Servicer's acts or omissions pursuant to Section 3.10 hereof or any other
acts or omissions of such predecessor Servicer hereunder, (ii) obligated to make
Advances or Servicing 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 Trustee (subject to clause (ii) above) or its
designee, in its capacity as the successor servicer, shall immediately assume
the terminated or resigning 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 Trustee (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 Trustee (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
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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 Trustee in connection with this Section 3.04 or Section
7.02, are not paid by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement within 30 days of
the date of the Trustee's invoice thereof, such amounts shall be payable out of
the Certificate Account; provided that if the Servicer has been terminated by
reason of an Event of Default, 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 Trustee is
unwilling or unable to act as servicer, the Trustee shall seek to appoint a
successor servicer that is eligible in accordance with the criteria specified in
this Agreement.

     The Servicer shall, upon request of the Trustee, but at the expense of the
Servicer if the Servicer has been terminated by reason of an Event of Default,
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.

     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;
provided, however, that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not
affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any
computation hereunder, except as provided below. 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 determining which course of action
permitted by this sentence it shall pursue, the Servicer shall adhere to the
standards of Section 3.01. The Servicer's analysis supporting any forbearance
and the conclusion that any forbearance meets the standards of Section 3.01
shall be reflected in writing in the Mortgage File.

          (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 or 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) the Servicer has not
been provided with information sufficient to enable it to collect the Prepayment
Charge, or (iv) 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 and (y) such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking
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Mortgage Loan, or (v) the collection of such Prepayment Charge or portion
thereof, or of a similar type of Prepayment Charge, would be considered
"predatory" or "illegal" pursuant to written guidance published by any
applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority having jurisdiction over
such matters or has been challenged by any such authority, or only to the extent
that there are no NIM Notes outstanding or to the extent that the Depositor has
notified the Servicer in writing that all previously issued NIM Notes are no
longer outstanding, there is a certified class action in which a similar type of
prepayment charge is being challenged. 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
is required is prohibited by applicable law.

          (d) The Servicer shall establish and initially maintain, on behalf of
the Certificateholders, a Collection Account. The Servicer shall deposit into
such Collection Account daily, 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 released to the
     Mortgagor 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(g) 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 Advances made by the Servicer pursuant to Section
     4.01;

               (ix) all Prepayment Charges; and

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     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, late payment charges,
insufficient funds charges 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 and other similar ancillary fees (other than
Prepayment Charges)) if collected, and any Prepayment Interest Excess need not
be remitted by the Servicer. Rather, such fees and charges 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 other institution maintaining the
Collection Account, to 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 incur liability for withdrawals from the Collection Account at
the direction of the Servicer.

     The Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee of the location of the
Collection Account maintained by it when established and prior to any change
thereof. Not later than twenty days after each Distribution Date, the Servicer
shall forward to the Trustee and the Depositor the most current available bank
statement for the Collection Account. Copies of such statement shall be provided
by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the
Trustee 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 Trustee.

          (e) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Certificate Account. The Trustee 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) the Purchase Price and any Substitution Adjustment Amount;

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

               (iv) the Optional Termination Amount paid by the winning bidder
     at the Auction or by the Servicer pursuant to Section 9.01.

     Any amounts received by the Trustee prior to 1:00 p.m. New York City time
(or such earlier deadline for investment in the Permitted Investments designated
by the Trustee) that are required to be deposited in the Certificate Account by
the Servicer shall be invested in Permitted Investments on the Business Day on
which they were received. The foregoing requirements for remittance by the
Servicer and deposit by the Trustee into the Certificate Account shall be
exclusive. If the Servicer fails to remit any funds due by the time designated
herein, the Servicer shall pay to the Trustee, for its own account, interest
accrued on such funds at the then-current prime rate (as set forth in The Wall
Street Journal) from and including the applicable due date, to but excluding the
day such funds are paid to the Trustee. 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 cause the Trustee
to withdraw such amount from the Certificate Account, any provision herein to
the contrary notwithstanding. All funds deposited in the Certificate Account,
subject to Section 3.08(b), shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the
Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with this Agreement or
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shall the Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Certificate Account
at the direction of the Servicer. The Trustee shall give notice to 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 may, but shall not be required to, invest the funds in each
such account, as directed by the Servicer or the Trustee, 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 institution that maintains such 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 Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. All income
and gain net of any losses realized or other benefits received 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 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. All income and gain net
of any losses realized, together with other benefits received, from amounts on
deposit in the Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the Trustee and
shall be remitted to or withdrawn by it monthly as provided herein. The amount
of any losses incurred in the Certificate Account in respect of any such
investments shall be deposited by the Trustee in the Certificate Account out of
the Trustee's own funds immediately as realized.

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

     To the extent required by the related 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, hazard 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 and assessments 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 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.

     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
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entitled to be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses
incurred by the Servicer in providing such reports and access.

     The 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.

     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:

     (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 of interest that equals the Servicing Fee for
the period with respect to which such interest payment was made, and, as
additional servicing compensation, those other amounts set forth in Section
3.15;

     (ii) to reimburse the Servicer (or the Trustee as successor 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, 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 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) [reserved];

     (vii) to pay to the Servicer (or to the Trustee as successor 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 1.860-1(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;

     (viii) to pay to the Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees for any Mortgage
Loan upon such Mortgage Loan being charged off and upon termination of the
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     (ix) 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;

     (x) to reimburse the Servicer, the Trustee or the Depositor for expenses
incurred by any of them in connection with the Mortgage Loans or Certificates
and reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.25 or Section 6.03 hereof
provided that reimbursement therefor would constitute "unanticipated" expenses
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii);

     (xi) 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 (xi) 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;

     (xii) [reserved];

     (xiii) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 any amount deposited in the
Collection Account and not required to be deposited therein; and

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

     In addition, no later than 2:00 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 (without deduction of any
amounts that may be owed to the Trustee), to the extent on deposit, and such
amount shall be deposited in the Certificate Account; provided, however, if the
Trustee 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. In the event such funds are not
deposited by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Servicer Remittance Date, the
Servicer shall pay, out of its own funds, interest on such amount at a rate
equal to the then current "prime rate" (as published by The Wall Street Journal)
for each date or part thereof until such amount is paid in full.

     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 Trustee on or prior
to the next succeeding Servicer Remittance Date upon making any withdrawals from
the Collection Account pursuant to subclauses (iii) and (vii) above.

     Unless otherwise specified, any amounts reimbursable to the Servicer or the
Trustee 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 Trustee 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, prior to
making such distributions to the Certificateholders, the Trustee may from time
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     (i) to withdraw pursuant to Section 3.05 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
this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof (after paying all amounts
necessary to the Trustee or the Servicer in connection with any such
termination);

     (iii) to pay to the Trustee (or any custodian) for any fees, expenses and
indemnification reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement, including without
limitation Sections 3.04, 6.03, 8.05 and 8.06 hereof; and

     (iv) to pay to the Trustee earnings on or investment income with respect to
funds in or credited to the Certificate Account.

     3.09. [RESERVED].

     3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.

     The Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage Loan secured
by a first lien, fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage in an amount,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, that is at least equal to the lesser
of (i) the estimated replacement value of the improvements that are part of such
Mortgaged Property, which may be the last known coverage and (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. Each such 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 Trustee
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 as a Servicing Advance to the extent provided in
Section 3.08(a)(vii) hereof. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake or
other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on
property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other than pursuant to such
applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall
require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property with respect to a
Mortgage Loan secured by a first lien 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 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 estimated
replacement value of the improvements that are part of such Mortgaged Property,
which may be the last known coverage, 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
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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 and the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy

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

     When a Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Servicer shall, except as set forth below, to the extent it has
knowledge of such conveyance or prospective conveyance, exercise its rights to
accelerate the maturity of the related Mortgage Loan under any "due-on-sale"
clause contained in the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note; 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; provided, further, that the Servicer shall not take any action in relation
to the enforcement of any "due-on-sale" clause that would adversely affect or
jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. An Opinion of Counsel
at the expense of the Servicer (which expense shall constitute a Servicing
Advance) delivered to the Trustee and the Depositor shall conclusively establish
the reasonableness of the Servicer's belief that any "due-on-sale" clause is not
enforceable under applicable law, but which shall not be required. In such
event, the Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to enter into an assumption
and modification agreement with the Person to whom such property has been or is
about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the
Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable law or the Mortgage, the
Mortgagor remains liable thereon. If the foregoing is not permitted under
applicable law, the Servicer is authorized to enter into a substitution of
liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the original Mortgagor
is released from liability and such Person is substituted as Mortgagor and
becomes liable under the Note. In addition to the foregoing, the Servicer shall
not be required to enforce any "due-on-sale" clause if in the reasonable
judgment of the Servicer, entering into an assumption and modification agreement
with a Person to whom such property shall be conveyed and releasing the original
Mortgagor from liability would be in the best interests of the
Certificateholders. The Mortgage Loan, as assumed, shall conform in all respects
to the requirements, representations and warranties of this Agreement. The
Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such assumption or substitution
agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the original copy of
such assumption or substitution agreement (indicating the Mortgage File to which
it relates), which copy shall be added by the Trustee to the related Mortgage
File and which 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. In connection with any such assumption or
substitution agreement, the Monthly Payment on the related Mortgage Loan shall
not be changed but shall remain as in effect immediately prior to the assumption
or substitution, the stated maturity or outstanding principal amount of such
Mortgage Loan shall not be changed nor shall any required monthly payments of
principal or interest be deferred or forgiven. Any fee collected by the Servicer
for consenting to any such conveyance or entering into an assumption or
substitution agreement shall be retained by or paid to the Servicer as
additional servicing compensation.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this
Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any
other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a
Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any assumption which the Servicer may be
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     3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess
Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation.

          (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, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any
Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder
of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the
time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a
Mortgaged Property that it 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, 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 itself and the Certificateholders for the period
prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof 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 each Determination Date. 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.

     In the event that the Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a
Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to
the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the
Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Issuing Entity, 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 shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the
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expense of the Trustee), to the effect that the holding by the Issuing Entity of
such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will
not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the
Issuing Entity 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 Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to
any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Issuing
Entity 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 Issuing Entity in such
a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property
to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section
860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Issuing Entity 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 under section 860G(c) of the Code or
otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless the Issuing Entity 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, shall be applied 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 income shall be deemed, for all purposes in 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 the income
received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to
amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the
related 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 will be applied as between the
parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for
any related 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 accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made
for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date
occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed;
fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any
Prepayment Charges.

     The proceeds of 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 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, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and
unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the
related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date
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          (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 (provided that the Servicer has
determined that no net recovery is possible through foreclosure proceedings or
other liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property), (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. As to any
Mortgage Loan that becomes 120 days delinquent, the Servicer will be required to
have obtained or to obtain a broker's price opinion, the cost of which will be
reimbursable as a Servicing Advance. After obtaining the broker's price opinion,
the Servicer will determine, in its reasonable business judgment, whether a net
recovery is possible through foreclosure proceedings or other liquidation of the
related Mortgage Property. If the Servicer determines that no such recovery is
possible, it must charge off the related Mortgage Loan at the time it becomes
180 days delinquent. Once a Mortgage Loan has been charged off, the Servicer
will discontinue making Advances, the Servicer will not be entitled to future
Servicing Fees with respect to such Mortgage Loan except as provided below, and
the Mortgage Loan will be treated as a Liquidated Mortgage Loan. If the Servicer
determines that such net recovery is possible through foreclosure proceedings or
other liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property on a Mortgage Loan that
becomes 180 days delinquent, the Servicer need not charge off the Mortgage Loan
and may continue making Advances, the Servicer will continue to be entitled to
Servicing Fees and the Servicer will be required to notify the Trustee of such
decision.

          (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
Servicer will be entitled to Servicing Fees and reimbursement of expenses in
connection with such Mortgage Loans after the date of charge off, only to the
extent of funds available from any recoveries on any such Mortgage Loans. Any
such Mortgage Loans serviced in accordance with the specialized collection
procedures shall be serviced for approximately six months. Any net recoveries
received on such Mortgage Loans during such six month period will be treated as
Subsequent Recoveries. On the date which is six months after the date on which
the Servicer begins servicing such Mortgage Loans using the specialized
collection procedures, unless specific net recoveries are anticipated by the
Servicer on a particular Mortgage Loan, such charged off loan will be released
to the majority holder of the Class C Certificates and thereafter, (i) the
majority holder of the Class C Certificates, as identified with contact
information in writing to the Servicer by the Depositor, will be entitled to any
amounts subsequently received in respect of any such charged off Mortgage Loan,
subject to the Servicer's fees described below, (ii) the majority holder of the
Class C Certificates may designate any servicer to service any such charged off
Mortgage Loan, (iii) the majority holder of the Class C Certificates may sell
any such charged off Mortgage Loan to a third party and (iv) to the extent the
servicing of such charged off Mortgage Loan is not transferred from the
Servicer, the servicing of such charged off Mortgage Loan and the fees therefor
shall be governed by the most current servicing agreement between the Servicer
and the Depositor.

     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
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of Exhibit I. Upon receipt of a copy of such request, the Trustee or its
custodian shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer, the
cost of which may be charged to the Servicer by the Trustee or its custodian,
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 its custodian shall,
upon delivery to the Trustee or its custodian of a Request for Release in the
form of Exhibit I signed by a Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to
the Servicer and the cost of delivery of the Mortgage File may be charged to the
Servicer by the Trustee or its custodian. 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 its custodian 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 its custodian
(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 its custodian shall mutually agree. The Trustee or
its custodian shall promptly release the related Mortgage File(s) within four
(4) 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 its custodian to
release such Mortgage Files, provided the Trustee or its custodian 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
its custodian complies with its duties and obligations under the agreement. If
the Trustee or its custodian is unable to release the Mortgage Files within the
period previously specified, the Trustee or its custodian 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 its custodian's
negligent failure to release the related Mortgage File or the Trustee or its
custodian's negligent failure to execute and release documents in a timely
manner, the Trustee or its custodian, as applicable, shall be liable for such
penalties or damages respectively caused by it.

     On each day that the Servicer remits to the Trustee or its designee
Requests for Releases pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above, the Servicer
shall also submit to the Trustee or its designee a summary of the total number
of such Requests for Releases requested on such day by the same method as
described in such clauses (ii) and (iii).

     If the Servicer at any time seeks to initiate a foreclosure proceeding in
respect of any Mortgaged Property as authorized by this Agreement, the Servicer
may deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee or its custodian, 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
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Trustee or its custodian to be returned to the Trustee promptly after possession
thereof shall have been released by the Trustee or its custodian 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 its custodian 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 and the Servicer shall
have delivered to the Trustee or its custodian 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.

     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 Issuing Entity, 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, the Certificate Account or in any Escrow Account, or any funds that
otherwise are or may become due or payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ
of attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any
claim or right of set off against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on,
or in connection with, 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. The Servicer
shall maintain with respect to each Mortgage Loan and shall make available for
inspection by the Trustee the related servicing file during the time such
Mortgage Loan is subject to this Agreement and thereafter in accordance with
applicable law.

     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
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) and similar fees
payable by the Mortgagor, Prepayment Interest Excess, and all income and gain
net of any losses realized from Permitted Investments, together with other
benefits received from amounts in the Collection Account and the Escrow Account,
shall be retained by the Servicer to the extent not required to be deposited in
the Collection Account pursuant to Sections 3.05 or 3.12(a) hereof or the Escrow
Account pursuant to Section 3.06 hereof. The Servicer shall be required to pay
all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities
hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as
specifically provided in this Agreement. In no event shall the Trustee 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
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     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, as
applicable, 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.

     3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance.

     Not later than (a) March 12th of each calendar year (other than the
calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) or (b) with respect to any
calendar year during which an annual report on Form 10-K is not required to be
filed pursuant to Section 3.20 on behalf of the Issuing Entity, by April 15th of
each calendar year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
succeeding Business Day), the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the
Depositor, an Officers' Certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit S
stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of
such Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of the performance of such
Servicer under this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision,
and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, such
Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement in all material
respects throughout such year or a portion thereof, or, if there has been a
failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each
such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. With
respect to any Sub-Servicer that meets the criteria of Item 1108(a)(2)(i)
through (iii) of Regulation AB, the Servicer shall deliver, on behalf of that
Sub-Servicer, the Officer's Certificate set forth in this Section 3.17 as and
when required with respect to such Sub-Servicer. Promptly after receipt of each
such Officer's Certificate, the Depositor may review such Officer's Certificate
and, if applicable, consult with the Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, and the
Trustee, as applicable, as to the nature of any failures by such party, in the
fulfillment of any of such party's obligations hereunder or, in the case of any
Sub-Servicer, under such other applicable agreement.

     3.18. Assessment of Compliance; Accountant's Attestation; Financial
Statements.

          (a) Not later than (i) March 12th of each calendar year (other than
the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) or (ii) with respect to
any calendar year during which an annual report on Form 10-K is not required to
be filed pursuant to Section 3.20 on behalf of the Issuing Entity, by April 15th
of each calendar year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
succeeding Business Day), the Servicer, at its own expense, shall deliver to the
Trustee and the Depositor an officer's assessment of its compliance with the
Servicing Criteria during the preceding calendar year as required by Rules
13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (the
"Assessment of Compliance"), which assessment shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit P hereto.

          (b) Not later than (i) March 12th of each calendar year (other than
the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) or (ii) with respect to
any calendar year during which an annual report on Form 10-K is not required to
be filed pursuant to Section 3.20 on behalf of the Issuing Entity, April 15th of
each calendar year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
succeeding Business Day), the Servicer, at its own expense, shall cause a
nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent registered public
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Sponsor or any affiliate thereof) which is a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee and the
Depositor that attests to and reports on the assessment of compliance provided
by such Servicer pursuant to Section 3.18(a) (the "Accountant's Attestation").
Such Accountant's Attestation shall be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and
2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

          (c) The Servicer shall deliver on behalf of any Subservicer and each
Subcontractor (unless, in the case of any Subcontractor, the Depositor has
notified the Servicer and the Trustee in writing that such compliance statement
is not required by Regulation AB) not later than March 12th of each calendar
year (other than the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) with
respect to any calendar year during which the Issuing Entity's annual report on
Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission, to the Trustee and the Depositor, an
Assessment of Compliance, which assessment shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit P hereto. The Servicer shall deliver on behalf of any Subservicer (other
than the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) with respect to any
calendar year during which the Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is
not required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission, by April 15th of each calendar year (or, in each
case, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business
Day) to the Trustee and the Depositor an Assessment of Compliance, which
assessment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit P hereto.

          (d) Not later than March 12th of each calendar year (other than the
calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) with respect to any calendar
year during which the Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is required to
be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission, the Servicer shall cause each Subservicer and each Subcontractor
(unless, in the case of any Subcontractor, the Depositor has notified the
Trustee and Servicer in writing that such compliance statement is not required
by Regulation AB) to deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor an Accountant's
Attestation by a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports
on, the Assessment of Compliance pursuant to Section 3.18(c) above. Other than
the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs, with respect to any
calendar year during which the Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is
not required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission, not later than April 15 of each calendar year
(or, in each case, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding
Business Day), the Servicer shall cause each Subservicer to deliver to the
Trustee and the Depositor an Accountant's Attestation by a registered public
accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance
pursuant to Section 3.18(c) above.

          (e) Not later than, with respect to any calendar year during which the
Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10K is required to be filed in accordance
with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, 15
calendar days before the date on which the Issuing Entity's annual report on
Form 10-K with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission (or, in each case, if such day is not a Business
Day, the immediately preceding Business Day), the Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor and the Servicer an Assessment of Compliance with regard to the
Servicing Criteria applicable to the Trustee during the preceding calendar year,
which assessment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit P hereto.

          (f) Not later than, with respect to any calendar year during which the
Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10K is required to be filed in accordance
with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission, 15
calendar days before the date on which the Issuing Entity's annual report on
Form 10-K with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
required to be filed in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and
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each case, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business
Day), the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer an
Accountant's Attestation by a registered public accounting firm that attests to,
and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance pursuant to Section 3.18(e) above.

          (g) Not later than, with respect to any calendar year during which the
Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in
accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission, 15 calendar days before the date on which the Issuing Entity's
annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in accordance with the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission (or, in each case,
if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day), the
Depositor shall cause each custodian, including the Custodian, to deliver to the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee an Assessment of Compliance with regard
to the Servicing Criteria applicable to such custodian during the preceding
calendar year, which assessment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit P
hereto.

          (h) Not later than March 12th (or, in each case, if such day is not a
Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), of any calendar year
(other than the calendar year during which the Closing Date occurs) during which
the Issuing Entity's annual report on Form 10-K is required to be filed in
accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission, the Depositor shall cause each Custodian to deliver to the
Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee an Accountant's Attestation by a
registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the
Assessment of Compliance pursuant to Section 3.18(g) above.

          (i) [Reserved].

          (j) [Reserved].

          (k) The Depositor agrees to cause the Custodian to indemnify and hold
harmless the Trustee and the Servicer and each Person, if any, who "controls"
the Trustee or the Servicer within the meaning of the Securities Act and its
officers, directors and affiliates from and against any losses, damages,
penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related
costs, judgments and other costs and expenses that such Person may sustain
arising out of third party claims based on (i) the failure of the Custodian to
deliver when required any information required of it pursuant to Section 3.18 or
3.20 or (ii) any material misstatement or omission contained in any information
provided on its behalf pursuant to Section 3.18 or 3.20.

          (l) Copies of such Assessments of Compliance and Accountant's
Attestations shall be available on the Trustee's website at www.etrustee.net to
any Certificateholder, provided such statement is delivered to the Trustee. The
initial Assessments of Compliance and Accountant's Attestations required
pursuant to this Section 3.18 shall be delivered to the Trustee, and the
Depositor, as applicable, by each party no later than March 12, 2007.

          (m) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the
purpose of this Section 3.18 is to facilitate compliance by the Sponsor and the
Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB, as such may be amended or
clarified from time to time. Therefore, each of the parties agrees that the
parties' obligations hereunder will be supplemented and modified as necessary to
be consistent with any such amendments, interpretive advice or guidance,
convention or consensus among active participants in the asset-backed securities
markets, advice of counsel, or otherwise in respect of the requirements of
Regulation AB and the parties shall comply with requests made by the Sponsor or
the Depositor for delivery of additional or different information as the Sponsor
or the Depositor may determine in good faith is necessary to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB, provided that such information is available to such
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as may be reasonably requested. Any such supplementation or modification shall
be made in accordance with Section 10.01 without the consent of the
Certificateholders, and may result in a change in the reports filed by the
Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity under the Exchange Act.

     3.19. [RESERVED].

     3.20. Periodic Filings.

          (a) As set forth on Schedule X hereto, for so long as the Issuing
Entity is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than the
end of business on the second Business Day after the occurrence of an event
requiring disclosure on Form 8-K (a "reportable event") (i) the Depositor, the
Sponsor or the Servicer shall have timely notified the Trustee of an item
reportable on a Form 8-K (unless such item is specific to the Trustee, in which
case the Trustee will be deemed to have notice) and the Depositor, the Sponsor
or the Trustee, as applicable, shall notify the Servicer thereof by telephone
(unless such item is specific to the Servicer, in which case the Servicer will
be deemed to have notice) and (ii) shall have delivered to the Trustee no later
than two Business Days prior to the filing deadline for such Form 8-K, all
information, data, and exhibits required to be provided or filed with such Form
8-K in a word format agreed upon by the Trustee and Depositor, Sponsor or
Servicer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for determining what information
is required to be filed on a Form 8-K in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (unless such information is specific to the
Trustee, in which case the Trustee will be responsible for consulting with the
Depositor or Servicer in making such a determination) or what events shall cause
a Form 8-K to be required to be filed (unless such event is specific to the
Trustee, in which case the Trustee will be responsible for consulting with the
Depositor or Servicer before causing such Form 8-K to be filed) and shall not be
liable for any late filing of a Form 8-K in the event that it does not receive
all information, data and exhibits required to be provided or filed on or prior
to the second Business Day prior to the applicable filing deadline and, with
respect to signatures, by noon, New York City time, on the fourth Business Day
after the reportable event. After preparing the Form 8-K on behalf of the
Depositor, the Trustee shall, if required, forward electronically a draft copy
of the Form 8-K to the Depositor and the Servicer for review. No later than one
and one-half Business Days after receiving a final copy of the Form 8-K from the
Trustee, a duly authorized representative of the Servicer shall sign the Form
8-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an
original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee and the
Trustee shall file such Form 8-K within two business days; provided that the
Depositor has notified the Trustee of the Depositor's approval of the form and
substance of such Form 8-K. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a
previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the
procedures set forth in this Agreement. After filing with the Commission, the
Trustee will, pursuant to this Agreement, make available on its internet website
a final executed copy of each Form 8-K. The Trustee will have no obligation to
prepare, execute or file such Form 8-K or any liability with respect to any
failure to properly prepare, execute or file such Form 8-K resulting from the
Trustee's inability or failure to obtain or receive any information needed to
prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K within the time frames
required by this paragraph, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct.

          (b) Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, on
behalf of the Trust and in accordance with industry standards, file with the
Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (EDGAR), a
Form 10-D with a copy of the report to the Certificateholders for such
Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Any other information provided to the
Trustee by the Servicer or Depositor to be included in Form 10-D shall be
determined and prepared by and at the direction of the Depositor pursuant to the
following paragraph and the Trustee will have no duty or liability for any
failure hereunder to determine or prepare any additional information on Form
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          (c) As set forth in Schedule Y hereto, within five (5) calendar days
after the related Distribution Date (i) the parties hereto, as applicable, will
be required to provide to the Depositor and the Servicer, to the extent known to
such party, any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure (including any breaches of pool
asset representations and warranties or transaction covenants of which the party
has written notice and which has not been included on the monthly distribution
report for the period), if applicable, and (ii) the Depositor, to the extent it
deems necessary, forward to the Trustee in EDGAR-compatible form (with a copy to
the Servicer), or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Trustee and
the Depositor, the form and substance of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure by
the 8th calendar day after the distribution date. The Depositor will be
responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in
connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D
pursuant to this paragraph.

          (d) After preparing the Form 10-D at the direction of the Depositor,
the Trustee will forward electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-D to the
Depositor and the Servicer for review by the 9th calendar day after the
Distribution Date. No later than 2 business days after receipt of a final copy
after the related Distribution Date, unless the Servicer receives a notice from
the Trustee as described below or a notice from the Depositor that it has
discovered a material deficiency or irregularity with respect to such Form 10-D,
a duly authorized representative of the Servicer shall sign the Form 10-D and
return an electronic or fax copy of such Form 10-D (with an original executed
hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee and the Trustee shall file
such Form 10-D within two business days. Unless the Servicer shall have received
notice from the Trustee to the contrary, the Trustee will be deemed to have
represented to the Servicer that the monthly statement has been properly
prepared by the Trustee and the Servicer may rely upon the accuracy thereof in
it execution of the Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on time (because
of notice from the Trustee per the previous sentence or otherwise) or if a
previously filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the
procedures set forth in this Agreement. After filing with the Commission, the
Trustee will make available on its internet website a final executed copy of
each Form 10-D. The Trustee will have no liability with respect to any failure
to properly prepare, execute or file such Form 10-D resulting from the Trustee's
inability or failure to obtain or receive any information needed to prepare,
arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D on a timely basis.

          (e) Prior to March 30, 2007 (and, if applicable, prior to the 90th
calendar day after the end of the fiscal year for the Issuing Entity), the
Trustee shall, on behalf of the Issuing Entity and in accordance with industry
standards, prepare and file with the Commission via EDGAR a Form 10-K with
respect to the Issuing Entity. Such Form 10-K shall include the following items,
in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Trustee within the
applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement, (i) an annual compliance
statement for the Servicer and each Subservicer, as described in Section 3.17 of
this Agreement, (ii)(A) the annual reports on assessment of compliance with
servicing criteria for each Servicer, Subservicer and Subcontractor (unless the
Depositor has determined that such compliance statement is not required by
Regulation AB), as described in Section 3.18 of this Agreement, and (B) if any
Reporting Servicer's report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria
described in Section 3.18 identifies any material instance of noncompliance,
disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any report on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described in Section 3.18 of
this Agreement is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that
such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included,
(iii)(A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for the
Servicer and each Subservicer, as described in Section 3.18 of this Agreement,
and (B) if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described in
the Section 3.18 of this Agreement identifies any material instance of
noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any
such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an
exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an
explanation why such report is not included, and (iv) a Sarbanes-Oxley
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by the senior officer in charge of securitizations of the Servicer. Any
disclosure or information in addition to (i) through (iv) above that is required
to be included on Form 10-K ("Additional Form 10-K Disclosure") shall be
determined and prepared by and at the direction of the Depositor pursuant to the
following paragraph and the Trustee will have no duty or liability for any
failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure,
except as set forth in the next paragraph.

          (f) As set forth in Schedule Z hereto, no later than March 12th of
each year that the Issuing Entity is subject to the Exchange Act reporting
requirements, commencing in 2007, (i) certain parties to the transaction shall
be required to provide to the Depositor and the Servicer, to the extent known,
any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, if applicable, and (ii) the Depositor
shall, to the extent it deems necessary, forward to the Trustee in
EDGAR-compatible form, or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the
Trustee and the Depositor, the form and substance of the Additional Form 10-K
Disclosure by March 15. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable
fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with including any
Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K pursuant to this paragraph.

          (g) After preparing the Form 10-K, the Trustee shall forward
electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor and the Servicer
for review. Upon the request of the Servicer, the Depositor shall confirm that
it has reviewed the Form 10K, that it has been properly prepared and that the
Servicer may rely on the accuracy thereof (other than with respect to any
portion of the Form 10-K or any exhibit thereto provided by the Servicer (other
than any portion of the Form 10-K or any exhibit thereto with respect to which
the Servicer has relied on the Trustee)). No later than 5:00pm New York City
time on the third Business Day following receipt of a final copy of the Form
10-K and, if requested, the above described confirmation from the Depositor, a
senior officer of the Servicer shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic
or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to
follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall file such Form
10-K by March 30th. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously
filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the procedures set
forth in this Agreement. After filing with the Commission, the Trustee will,
pursuant to this Agreement, make available on its internet website a final
executed copy of each Form 10-K. The Trustee shall have no liability with
respect to any failure to properly prepare, execute or file such Form 10-K
resulting from the Trustee's inability or failure to obtain or receive any
information needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K on a
timely basis.

          (h) Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the "Sarbanes-Oxley
Certification"), which shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R. The
Servicer will cause its senior officer in charge of securitization to execute
the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification required pursuant to Rule 13a -14 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to deliver the original
executed Certification to the Trustee by March 12th of each year in which the
Issuing Entity is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. In
connection therewith, each of the Trustee and the Servicer shall sign a
certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K and Exhibit L,
respectively) for the benefit of the Servicer and its officers, directors and
affiliates regarding certain aspects of the Form 10-K Certification. To the
extent any information or exhibits required to be included in the Form 10-K are
not timely received by the Trustee prior to March 30th, the Trustee shall, on
behalf of the Issuing Entity, file a Form 12B-25 and one or more amended Form
10-Ks, to the extent such amendments are accepted by the Exchange Act, to
include such missing information or exhibits promptly after receipt thereof by
the Trustee.

          (i) Promptly following the first date legally permissible under
applicable regulations and interpretations of the Commission, the Trustee shall,
on behalf of the Issuing Entity and in accordance with industry standards, file
with the Commission via EDGAR a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to
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          (j) The Servicer agrees to furnish to the Trustee promptly, 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 is reasonably necessary to prepare and file all necessary reports with the
Commission. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to file any items with the
Commission other than those specified in this section and the Servicer shall
execute any and all form 8-Ks and 10-Ks required hereunder.

          (k) If the Commission issues additional interpretative guidance or
promulgates additional rules or regulations with respect to Regulation AB or
otherwise, or if other changes in applicable law occur, that would require the
reporting arrangements, or the allocation of responsibilities with respect
thereto, described in this Section 3.20, to be conducted differently than as
described, the Depositor, the Servicer, and the Trustee will reasonably
cooperate to amend the provisions of this Section 3.20 in order to comply with
such amended reporting requirements and such amendment of this Section 3.20. Any
such amendment shall be made in accordance with Section 10.01 without the
consent of the Certificateholders, and may result in a change in the reports
filed by the Trustee on behalf of the Issuing Entity under the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee shall
not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this Section 3.20 that
adversely affects its obligations and immunities under this Agreement.

     The Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee agree to use their good faith
efforts to cooperate in complying with the requirements of this Section 3.20.

     3.21. Indemnification by Trustee.

     The Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor, the Servicer
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 Trustee or any of its officers, directors, agents or
Affiliates of its obligations under Sections 3.18 and 3.20, any material
misstatement or omission in any documents prepared thereunder (to the extent the
Trustee is responsible for providing information or calculating amounts included
in such information), the failure of the Trustee to deliver when required any
Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's Attestation required of it pursuant to
Section 3.18, as applicable, or any material misstatement or omission contained
in any Annual Statement of Compliance, Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's
Attestation provided on its behalf pursuant to Section 3.18, as applicable, or
the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Trustee in connection
therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the indemnified parties, then the Trustee agrees
that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified
parties as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the
indemnified parties in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Trustee on the one hand and of the indemnified parties on the
other.

     3.22. Indemnification by Servicer.

     The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the
Depositor 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 Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or
Affiliates of its obligations under Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20, any material
misstatement or omission in any documents prepared thereunder (to the extent the
Servicer is responsible for providing information or calculating amounts
included in such information), the failure of such Servicer or any related
Sub-Servicer or Subcontractor to deliver or cause to be delivered when required
any Assessment of Compliance or Accountant's Attestation required of it pursuant
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required pursuant to Section 3.17, as applicable, or any material misstatement
or omission contained in any Annual Statement as to Compliance, Assessment of
Compliance or Accountant's Attestation provided on its behalf pursuant to
Section 3.17 or 3.18, as applicable, or 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
indemnified parties, then the Servicer agrees that it shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by the indemnified parties as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities of the indemnified parties in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Servicer on the one hand and
the indemnified parties on the other.

     3.23. Prepayment Charge Reporting Requirements.

     Promptly after each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall provide to the
Depositor and the Trustee 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) original principal balance;

     (v) Prepayment Charge amount due; and

     (vi) Prepayment Charge amount collected.

     3.24. Information to the Trustee.

     Two Business Days after the 15th day of each month, but not later than the
18th day of each month, the Servicer shall furnish to the Trustee in electronic
format (1) the Remittance Report pursuant to Section 4.04 and (ii) a delinquency
report (or such other form or forms as the Trustee and the Servicer may from
time to time agree) for the period ending on the last Business Day of the
preceding month (and with respect to prepayments in full, for the period ending
on the 14th day of the month in which such report is to be furnished); provided,
however, that in the event the 18th day is not a Business Day, the
aforementioned reports shall be furnished by the Servicer to the Trustee on the
next Business Day; and provided, further, that in the event there are three
non-Business Days preceding the 18th day, the Servicer will (a) furnish to the
Trustee, on or before the 18th day of the month, the aforementioned reports,
which will not include information arising from the related Prepayment Period,
and (b) furnish to the Trustee, by 3:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the next
succeeding Business Day after the 18th day, a cumulative version of the
aforementioned reports which includes such information arising from the related
Prepayment Period.

     3.25. Indemnification.

     The Servicer shall indemnify the Sponsor, the Issuing Entity, the Trustee
(in its individual capacity and in its capacity as trustee), 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 Servicer to perform its duties and service the related
Mortgage Loans in compliance with the terms of this agreement by reason of
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hereunder. The Servicer promptly shall notify the Sponsor, the Trustee and the
Depositor or any other relevant party if a claim is made by a third party with
respect to such party and this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loans and, if
subject to this indemnification obligation, 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 Trustee (if the Trustee is the party to
be indemnified) 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, and the Servicer will not have any liability for following such
instructions. The Servicer shall provide the Depositor and the Trustee with a
written report of all expenses and advances incurred by the Servicer pursuant to
this Section 3.25, 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 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.

     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. It is understood that the promotions undertaken by the
Servicer or its Affiliates or agents 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.

     3.27. 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 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 related Transferor or
the Sponsor will repurchase the Mortgage Loan within a 30 day period from the
date of the notice in the manner described in Section 2.05.

     3.28. Special Servicing Agreements.

     The Servicer may enter into a special servicing advisory agreement with an
unaffiliated holder of the Class R Certificate and/or one or more other classes
of subordinated certificates or an advisor thereto designated by such holder.
Pursuant to such agreement, the Servicer may provide such holder or advisor, in
its capacity as special servicing advisor, with loan-level information with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, and such holder or advisor may advise the
Servicer with respect to the commencement of foreclosure proceedings or other
actions to liquidate such Mortgage Loans and/or any other efforts to maximize
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                                   ARTICLE IV.

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

     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 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, on the Servicer Advance 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 Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, funds constituting the remaining portion of
such Advance, if applicable, and (ii) to the Depositor, each Rating Agency and
the Trustee 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) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full, (ii) the related Mortgaged Property or
related REO Property has been liquidated or until the purchase or repurchase
thereof (or substitution therefor) from the Issuing Entity pursuant to any
applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this
Section 4.01, (iii) the Servicer determines in its good faith judgment that such
amounts would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance as provided in the preceding
paragraph or (iv) 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
(including for the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee as successor 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
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respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the Servicer
delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee. In addition, the Servicer shall not
be required to advance any Relief Act Shortfalls.

          (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. The Servicer shall identify such delinquent Mortgage Loans in
the Servicer Statement referenced in Section 3.24. In addition, the Servicer
shall provide the Trustee with an Officer's Certificate listing such delinquent
Mortgage Loans and certifying that such loans are 150 days or more delinquent.

     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, 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 the product of (x) one
twelfth of 0.25% per annum and (y) the 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 Trustee, the Issuing
Entity 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 related 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.

     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 each of the SWAP REMIC and 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.

     4.04. Distributions.

          (a) Reserved.

          (b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, to the extent of
funds then available, make the following distributions from 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
collected on the Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment Period and all
amounts paid by the Servicer, the Sponsor or the Transferors in respect of
Prepayment Charges pursuant to this Agreement, the Sale Agreement or the
Transfer Agreements, 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 or
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     (ii) to the Supplemental Interest Trust, any Net Swap Payments owed to the
Swap Counterparty;

     (iii) to the Supplemental Interest Trust, any Swap Termination Payment owed
by the Issuing Entity to the Swap Counterparty (other than Defaulted Swap
Termination Payments):

     (iv) concurrently, to each class of the Class A Certificates, the Current
Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such Class;
provided, however, if such amount is not sufficient to make a full distribution
of the Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to
the Class A Certificates, such amount will be distributed pro rata among each
class of the Class A Certificates based on 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;

     (v) to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Current Interest and any
Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

     (vi) to the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Current Interest and any
Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

     (vii) to the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Current Interest and any
Class M-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

     (viii) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Current Interest and
any Class M-4 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

     (ix) to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5 Current Interest and any
Class M-5 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

     (x) to the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6 Current Interest and any
Class M-6 Interest Carry Forward Amount;

     (xi) concurrently, to each class of the Class B-1 Certificates, the Current
Interest for such class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to
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 B-1 Certificates, Interest Funds will be
distributed pro rata between the classes of the Class B-1 Certificates based
upon the ratio of (x) the Current Interest and Interest Carry Forward Amount for
each class of the Class B-1 Certificates to (y) the total amount of Current
Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class B-1 Certificates;

     (xii) concurrently, to each class of the Class B-2 Certificates, the
Current Interest for such class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with
respect to 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 B-2 Certificates,
Interest Funds will be distributed pro rata between the classes of the Class B-2
Certificates based upon the ratio of (x) the Current Interest and Interest Carry
Forward Amount for each class of the Class B-2 Certificates to (y) the total
amount of Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class
B-2 Certificates;

     (xiii) concurrently, to each class of the Class B-3 Certificates, the
Current Interest for such class and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with
respect to such class; provided, however, that if Interest Funds are
insufficient to make a full distribution of the aggregate Current Interest and
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aggregate Interest Carry Forward Amount to the Class B-3 Certificates, Interest
Funds will be distributed pro rata between the classes of the Class B-3
Certificates based upon the ratio of (x) the Current Interest and Interest Carry
Forward Amount for each class of the Class B-3 Certificates to (y) the total
amount of Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class
B-3 Certificates; and

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

     On each Distribution Date, subject to the proviso in (iv) 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 each class of 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 the obligations or the
class or classes of certificates that are not related to such group of Mortgage
Loans.

          (c) [Reserved].

          (d) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, to the extent of
funds then available, 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
will 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; and

                    (B) the Group Two Principal Distribution Amount will be
          distributed as follows: (i) to the Class A-2D Certificates in an
          amount equal to the Class A-2D Lockout Distribution Amount until the
          Certificate Principal Balance of such class has been reduced to zero;
          and then (ii) sequentially, to the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C
          and Class A-2D 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
          have been reduced to zero, any principal distributions allocated to
          the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C and Class A-2D Certificates are
          required to be allocated pro rata among such classes of certificates,
          based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances, until their
          Certificate Principal Balances have been reduced to zero;

     (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
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     (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 will be distributed pro rata between the Class B-1A and Class B-1B
Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances;

     (ix) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Principal Distribution
Amount will be distributed pro rata between the Class B-2A and Class B-2B
Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances;

     (x) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Principal Distribution
Amount will be distributed pro rata between the Class B-3A and Class B-3B
Certificates, based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances; and

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

          (e) [Reserved]

          (f) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, to the extent of
funds then available, make the following distributions up to the following
amounts from the Certificate Account of the remainders pursuant to Section
4.04(b)(xiv) 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, the Class M-1 Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount;

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

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

     (v) to the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount;

     (vi) to the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5 Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount;

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

     (viii) to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount distributed pro rata between the Class B-1A and the Class B-1B
Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances;

     (ix) to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount distributed pro rata between the Class B-2A and the Class B-2B
Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal Balances;

     (x) to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount distributed pro rata between the Class B-3A and the Class B-3B
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     (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 Class; and

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

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

     (i) to the Supplemental Interest Trust, any Defaulted Swap Termination
Payment;

     (ii) 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

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

          (h) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the
remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g)(iii) hereof (i) to the Trustee (and its
custodian) to reimburse amounts or pay indemnification amounts owing to the
Trustee (and its custodian, as applicable) from the Issuing Entity pursuant to
Section 8.06 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 Trustee shall allocate the Applied Realized Loss
Amount for the Certificates to reduce the Certificate Principal Balances of the
Class C Certificates and the Subordinate 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 (pro rata between the Class B-3A and the
Class B-3B Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal
Balances) until the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

     (iii) to the Class B-2 Certificates (pro rata between the Class B-2A and
the Class B-2B Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal
Balances) until the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance is reduced to zero;

     (iv) to the Class B-1 Certificates (pro rata between the Class B-1A and the
Class B-1B Certificates based on their respective Certificate Principal
Balances) 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
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     (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 Trustee 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 Trustee 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 shall prepare and deliver a
report (the "Remittance Report") to the Trustee in the form of a computer
readable magnetic tape (or by such other electronic means as the Servicer and
the Trustee may agree from time to time) containing such data and information as
to permit the Trustee to prepare the Monthly Statement to Certificateholders and
make the required distributions for the related Distribution Date. The Trustee
will prepare the Monthly Report based solely upon the information received from
the Servicer.

          (k) The Trustee is hereby directed by the Depositor to execute the Cap
Contracts on behalf of the Issuing Entity in the form presented to it by the
Depositor and shall have no responsibility for the contents, adequacy or
sufficiency of the Cap Contracts, including, without limitation, the
representations and warranties contained therein. Any funds payable by the
Trustee under the Cap Contracts at closing shall be paid by the Depositor.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Cap
Contracts, the Trustee shall not be required to make any payments to the
counterparty under the Cap Contracts. Any payments received under the terms of
the related Cap Contract will be available to pay the holders of the Offered
Certificates (other than holders of the Class A-2B, Class A-2C, Class A-2D and
Fixed Rate Subordinate Certificates) up to the amount of any Floating Rate
Certificate Carryover remaining after the application of Section 4.04(f)(xi) on
such Distribution Date; provided, however, that payments received on the Cap
Contract will not be used to pay any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover that
results from a failure to allocate Applied Realized Loss Amounts to the Class A
Certificates. Any amounts in the Cap Contract Account on any Distribution Date
in excess of amounts required, subject to the restrictions set forth in the
preceding sentence, to pay outstanding Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers
(other than with respect to the Class A-2B, Class A-2C, Class A-2D and Fixed
Rate Subordinate Certificates) on such Distribution Date 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 Offered Certificates (other than the Class A-2B, Class A-2C,
Class A-2D and Fixed Rate Subordinate Certificates), pro rata based upon such
Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers for each such class of Offered
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-2A Cap Contract will only be available to make payments
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Certificates, amounts received on the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap
Contract will only be available to make payments on the Floating Rate
Subordinate Certificates.

     (i) The Trustee shall establish and maintain, for the benefit of the
Issuing Entity and the Certificateholders, the Cap Contract Account. On or prior
to the related Cap Contract Termination Date, amounts, if any, received by the
Trustee for the benefit of the Issuing Entity in respect of the related Cap
Contract shall be deposited by the Trustee into the Cap Contract Account and
will be used to pay Floating Rate Certificate Carryovers on the related Offered
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
(A) in the case of the Class A-1 Cap Contract, the Class A-1 Certificates, (B)
in the case of the Class A-2A Cap Contract, the Class A-2A Certificates and (C)
in the case of the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract the
Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates and (iii) the number of days in such
Accrual Period, divided by 360. If a payment is made to the Issuing Entity under
a Cap Contract and the Trustee 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 Trustee'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 related Cap Contract Counterparty (after a
grace period of three (3) 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 or the Trustee (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 Cap
Contract becoming illegal or subject to certain kinds of taxation.

          (l) On the Closing Date, the Supplemental Interest Trust shall be
established and maintained pursuant to this Agreement, as a separate trust, the
corpus of which shall be held by the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of
the Certificates as a segregated subtrust of the Trust Fund. The Supplemental
Interest Trust shall contain the Swap Account, which shall be an Eligible
Account, and funds deposited therein shall be held separate and apart from, and
shall not be commingled with, any other moneys, including, without limitation,
other moneys of the Trustee held pursuant to this Agreement. In no event shall
any funds deposited in the Swap Account be credited to or made available to any
other account of the Trust Fund. The records of the Trustee shall at all times
reflect that the Supplemental Interest Trust is a subtrust of the Trust Fund,
the assets of which are segregated from other assets of the Trust Fund.

     The Trustee shall enforce all of the rights of the Supplemental Interest
Trust and exercise any remedies under the Swap Agreement and, in the event the
Swap Agreement is terminated as a result of the designation by either party
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a replacement counterparty to enter into a replacement swap agreement utilizing
the amounts of the net Swap Termination Payments received.

     For each Distribution Date, through and including the Distribution Date in
October 2009, the Trustee shall, based on the Significance Estimate (which shall
be provided to the Trustee by the Depositor no later than five Business Days
prior to the Distribution Date), calculate the Significance Percentage of the
Swap Agreement. If on any such Distribution Date, the Significance Percentage is
equal to or greater than 9%, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Depositor and
the Depositor, on behalf of the Trustee, shall obtain the financial information
required to be delivered by the Swap Counterparty pursuant to the terms of the
Swap Agreement. If, on any succeeding Distribution Date through and including
the Distribution Date in October 2009, the Significance Percentage is equal to
or greater than 10%, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Depositor and the
Depositor shall, within five Business Days of such Distribution Date, deliver to
the Trustee the financial information provided to it by the Swap Counterparty
for inclusion in the Form 10-D relating to such Distribution Date; provided,
however, that, with respect to any calendar year during which an annual report
on Form 10-K is not required to be filed with the Commission on behalf of the
Issuing Entity, the Depositor and the Trustee shall not be required to comply
with the provisions of this paragraph.

     Any Swap Termination Payment received by the Trustee shall be deposited in
the Swap Account and shall be used to make any upfront payment required under a
replacement swap agreement and any upfront payment received from the
counterparty to a replacement swap agreement shall be used to pay any Swap
Termination Payment owed to the Swap Counterparty.

     Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in the event that a replacement
swap agreement cannot be obtained within 30 days after receipt by the Trustee of
the Swap Termination Payment paid by the terminated Swap Counterparty, the
Trustee shall deposit such Swap Termination Payment into a separate, segregated
non-interest bearing subtrust established by the Trustee and the Trustee shall,
on each Distribution Date following receipt of such Swap Termination Payment,
withdraw from such subtrust (which may be the Swap Account), an amount equal to
the Net Swap Payment, if any, that would have been paid to the Supplemental
Interest Trust by the original Swap Counterparty (computed in accordance with
the original Swap Agreement) and distribute such amount in accordance with
Section 4.04(l)(i)-(viii) of this Agreement. Any such subtrust shall not be an
asset of any REMIC. Any amounts remaining in such subtrust shall be distributed
to the holders of the Class C Certificates on the Distribution Date following
the earlier of (i) the termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01
and (ii) October 25, 2009.

     On any Distribution Date, any Swap Termination Payments or Net Swap
Payments owed to the Swap Counterparty will be paid out of, or any Net Swap
Payments or Swap Termination Payments received from the Swap Counterparty will
be deposited into, the Swap Account. The Supplemental Interest Trust will not be
an asset of any REMIC. Funds in the Swap Account within the Supplemental
Interest Trust shall be distributed in the following order of priority by the
Trustee:

     (i) to the Swap Counterparty, all Net Swap Payments, if any, owed to the
Swap Counterparty for such Distribution Date;

     (ii) to the Swap Counterparty, any Swap Termination Payment, other than a
Defaulted Swap Termination Payment, if any, owed to the Swap Counterparty;

     (iii) to each class of the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis, any
Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to such
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     (iv) sequentially, to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2
Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class
M-5 Certificates, the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class B-1 Certificates on a
pro rata basis, the Class B-2 Certificates on a pro rata basis and the Class B-3
Certificates on a pro rata basis, in that order, any Current Interest for such
class to the extent unpaid;

     (v) to the Class A, Class R, Class M and Class B Certificates, to pay
principal as described and in the same manner and order of priority as set forth
in Sections 4.04(d)(i) through 4.04(d)(x) in order to restore levels of the
Overcollateralization Amount, and after giving effect to distributions from
Principal Distribution Amount for each such Class;

     (vi) sequentially, to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2
Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class
M-5 Certificates, the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class B-1 Certificates on a
pro rata basis, the Class B-2 Certificates on a pro rata basis and the Class B-3
Certificates on a pro rata basis, in that order, any Interest Carry Forward with
respect to such class to the extent unpaid;

     (vii) sequentially, to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-2
Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class
M-5 Certificates, the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class B-1 Certificates on a
pro rata basis, the Class B-2 Certificates on a pro rata basis and the Class B-3
Certificates on a pro rata basis, in that order, any Unpaid Realized Loss Amount
for such class to the extent unpaid;

     (viii) to the Class A, Class R, Class M and Class B Certificates, on a pro
rata basis, any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover to the extent not paid based
on the amount of such unpaid Floating Rate Certificate Carryover;

     (ix) to the Swap Counterparty, any Defaulted Swap Termination Payment owed
to the Swap Counterparty to the extent not already paid; and

     (x) to the Class C Certificates any remaining amount.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, after giving effect to proposed
distributions on any Distribution Date, the sum of the cumulative amounts
distributed pursuant to clause (v) above and the cumulative amounts distributed
pursuant to clause (vii) above shall be limited to the aggregate amount of
cumulative Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date through the last day
of the related Prepayment Period.

     Upon termination of the Trust Fund, any amounts remaining in the Swap
Account within the Supplemental Interest Trust shall be distributed pursuant to
the priorities set forth in this Section 4.04(l).

     With respect to the failure of the Swap Counterparty to perform any of its
obligations under the Swap Agreement, the breach by the Swap Counterparty of any
of its representations and warranties made pursuant to the Swap Agreement, or
the termination of the Swap Agreement, the Trustee shall send any notices and
make any demands required hereunder.

     4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.

          (a) Not later than each Distribution, the Trustee shall prepare and
make available on its website located at www.etrustee.net to each Holder of a
Class of Certificates of the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the Rating Agencies
and the Depositor a statement setting forth for the Certificates the following
information; provided, however, that with respect to any calendar year during
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Form 10-K is not required to be filed with the Commission on behalf of the
Issuing Entity, information set forth in items (xxiv) through (xxxi) below are
not required to be included in such statement during any calendar year:

          (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 and any amounts constituting reimbursement or indemnification of
     the Servicer or Trustee;

          (vi) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Certificates for such
     Distribution Date;

          (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;


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          (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 Collection
     Account pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(viii);

          (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 Certificate Account pursuant to the related Cap Contract as
     described in Section 4.04(k) and the amount thereof to be paid to the
     Offered Certificates described in Section 4.04(k) hereof;

          (xxi) as of each Distribution Date, the amount, if any, to be
     deposited in the Supplemental Interest Trust pursuant to the Swap Agreement
     as described in Section 4.04(l) and the amount thereof to be paid to the
     Certificates;

          (xxii) any Floating Rate Certificate Carryover paid and all Floating
     Rate Certificate Carryover remaining on each class of the Offered
     Certificates (other than holders of the Class A-2B, Class A-2C, Class A-2D
     and Fixed Rate Subordinate Certificates) on such Distribution Date;

          (xxiii) 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.;

          (xxiv) with respect to each Class of Certificates, the amount of any
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          (xxv) the number and amount of pool assets at the beginning and ending
     of each period, and updated pool composition information;

          (xxvi) any material changes to methodology regarding calculations of
     delinquencies and charge-offs;

          (xxvii) information on the amount, terms and general purpose of any
     advances made or reimbursed during the period, including the general use of
     funds advanced and the general source of funds for reimbursements;

          (xxviii) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to pool
     asset terms, fees, penalties or payments during the distribution period or
     that have cumulatively become material over time;

          (xxix) material breaches of pool asset representations or warranties
     or transaction covenants;

          (xxx) information on ratio, coverage or other tests used for
     determining any early amortization, liquidation or other performance
     trigger and whether the trigger was met; and

          (xxxi) information regarding any pool asset changes (other than in
     connection with a pool asset converting into cash in accordance with its
     terms), such as pool asset substitutions and repurchases (and purchase
     rates, if applicable), and cash flows available for future purchases, such
     as the balances of any prefunding or revolving accounts, if applicable.

          (b) The Trustee 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 Trustee's Internet website. The Trustee's
Internet website shall initially be located at "www.etrustee.net." Assistance in
using the website can be obtained by calling the Trustee's customer service desk
at (312) 904-6709. 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 Trustee 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 Trustee shall provide timely and adequate notification to all
above parties regarding any such changes.

     The foregoing information and reports shall be prepared and determined by
the Trustee based on Mortgage Loan data provided to the Trustee by the Servicer
and information received by the Trustee from any other third party, including
the Swap Counterparty. In preparing or furnishing the foregoing information, the
Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the
information or data that has been provided to the Trustee by the Servicer, the
Swap Counterparty and any other party hereunder, and the Trustee shall have no
liability for any errors in such information or data.

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

          (c) [Reserved.]

          (d) If so requested in writing within a reasonable period of time
after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee shall make available on its
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at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder of record, a
statement containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i) 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
Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as are from time to time in effect.

          (e) Upon filing with the Internal Revenue Service, the Trustee shall
furnish to the Holders of the Class R Certificate each Form 1066 and 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
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                                   ARTICLE V.

                                THE CERTIFICATES

     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
dollar denominations, integral dollar multiples in excess thereof (except that
one Certificate of each Class may be issued in a different amount which must be
in excess of the applicable minimum dollar denomination) and aggregate dollar
denominations as set forth in the following table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               Integral Multiples in   Original Certificate
Class   Minimum Denomination     Excess of Minimum       Principal Balance
-----   --------------------   ---------------------   --------------------
<S>     <C>                    <C>                     <C>
A-1          $25,000.00                $1.00               $493,651,000
A-2A         $25,000.00                $1.00               $225,832,000
A-2B         $25,000.00                $1.00               $154,183,000
A-2C         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 70,782,000
A-2D         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 50,089,000
M-1          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 40,127,000
M-2          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 37,040,000
M-3          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 22,224,000
M-4          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 20,989,000
M-5          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 20,372,000
M-6          $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 18,520,000
B-1A         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 10,186,000
B-1B         $25,000.00                $1.00               $ 10,186,000
B-2A         $25,000.00                $1.00               $  8,643,000
B-2B         $25,000.00                $1.00               $  8,642,000
B-3A         $25,000.00                $1.00               $  6,790,000
B-3B         $25,000.00                $1.00               $  6,790,000
C                    (1)                  (1)                       100%
P                    (2)                  (2)                        (2)
R            $   100.00                  N/A               $     100.00
</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 25%.

(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 25%.

     The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on
behalf of the Trustee 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 Trustee shall bind
the Issuing Entity, 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
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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 Trustee, as authenticating
agent, shall authenticate the Certificates to be issued at the written direction
of the Depositor, or any Affiliate thereof.

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

          (a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.09 hereof, a Certificate Register
for the Issuing Entity in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b)
and (c) below and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Trustee 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 Trustee, as authenticating agent, 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 Trustee. Whenever any Certificates are
so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute and, in its capacity as
authenticating agent, shall 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
Trustee 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 Trustee in accordance with such
Trustee's customary procedures.

     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 shall (except with respect to the initial transfer of a Class C or
Class P Certificate by Merrill Lynch & Co. or in connection with any transfers
of a Class C or a Class P Certificate to the indenture trustee under an
Indenture pursuant to which NIM Notes are issued) certify to the Trustee in
writing the facts surrounding the Transfer in substantially the form set forth
in Exhibit F (the "Transferor Certificate") and (i) such Certificateholder's
prospective transferee shall deliver a 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 Trustee 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 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 Trustee shall cooperate with the Depositor in providing the Rule 144A
information referenced in the preceding sentence, including providing to the
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Trustee 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 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 Trustee 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" (a "QIB") 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 a Certificate that is neither an ERISA Restricted
Certificate nor a Class R Certificate shall be registered unless the transferee
provides the Trustee with a representation that either (i) such transferee is
not, and is not acting for, on behalf of or with any assets of, an employee
benefit plan or other arrangement subject to Title I of ERISA or plan subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, or (ii) until the termination of the Swap Agreement,
the acquisition and holding of the Certificate are eligible for exemptive relief
under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE
91-38, PTCE 95-60 or PTCE 96-23.

     No transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate or a Class R Certificate
will be registered unless the Trustee has received (I) a representation that the
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"), or any Person
directly or indirectly acquiring such Certificate for, on behalf of, or with any
assets of any such Plan or (II) solely in the case of an ERISA Restricted
Certificate, (A) 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 and the acquisition and
holding of the Certificate is covered and exempt under Sections I and III of
PTCE 95-60 (in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate other than Class C
Certificates or Class P Certificates, after the termination of the Swap
Agreement), or (B) solely in the case of any such Certificate that is a
Definitive Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and
upon which the Trustee 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 transaction under Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
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Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those expressly
undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Trustee, the Servicer or the Depositor.

     Except in the case of a Definitive Certificate, the representations as set
forth in the immediately preceding two paragraphs of this Subsection 5.02(a),
other than clause (II)(B) in the immediately preceding paragraph, shall be
deemed to have been made to the Trustee by the transferee's acceptance of the
Certificate (or the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest
in any Certificate).

     Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, any purported
transfer of a Certificate to or on behalf of a Plan without the delivery to the
Trustee of a representation or an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee
as described above shall be void and of no effect. The Trustee shall not be
under any liability to any Person for any registration or transfer of any
Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section 5.02(a), nor shall the
Trustee 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 Trustee in accordance with the foregoing requirements. The Trustee shall be
entitled, but not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any Certificate that
was in fact a Plan and that held such Certificate in violation of this Section
5.02(a) all payments made on such 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.

          (b) 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
Trustee 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 Trustee shall
not register the Transfer of any Class R Certificate unless, in addition to the
certificates required to be delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph (a)
above (if applicable), the Trustee 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 Trustee 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(b)(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 other Person
to whom such Person 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
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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 Trustee with a duly completed and effective
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor thereto) and the Trustee
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(b) 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(b), 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 Trustee 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(a) and this Section 5.02(b) or for making any payments due on
such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect
to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer
was registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit. The Trustee
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 Trustee shall be paid and
delivered by the Trustee to the last preceding Permitted Transferee of such
Certificate.

     (v) At the option of the Holder of the Class R Certificate, the Class SWR
Interest, the Class LTR Interest and the residual interest in the Upper Tier
REMIC may be severed and represented by separate certificates (with the separate
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 Trustee
receives 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 Issuing Entity 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(a) and (b) 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 SWR Interest, the Class LTR
Interest and the Residual Interest in the Upper Tier REMIC shall be severed and
represented by separate certificates (with the separate 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).

     The restrictions on Transfers of a Class R Certificate set forth in this
Section 5.02(b) 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 Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Issuing Entity, the Trustee or the Depositor, to
the effect that the elimination of such restrictions will not cause any of the
REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the
Certificates are outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the
Issuing Entity, 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 Trustee, 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
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          (c) The transferor of the Class R Certificate shall notify the Trustee
in writing upon the transfer of the Class R Certificate.

          (d) 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 Issuing Entity, the Depositor or the Trustee.

     5.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.

     If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee or the
Trustee 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 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 Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee 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 Trustee 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 Trustee and its 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 Trustee under the terms of this Section 5.03
shall be canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its standard
procedures without liability on its part.

     5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.

     The Trustee and any agent of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose
of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other
purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.

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

     If three or more Certificateholders (a) request such information in writing
from the Trustee, (b) state that such Certificateholders desire to communicate
with other Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement
or under the Certificates, and (c) provide a copy of the communication that such
Certificateholders propose to transmit or if the Depositor shall request such
information in writing from the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, within ten
Business Days after the receipt of such request, provide the Depositor, or such
Certificateholders at such recipients' expense the most recent list of the
Certificateholders of the Issuing Entity held by the Trustee, if any. The
Depositor and every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate,
agree that the Trustee 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.

     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 (as described below). The Book-Entry Certificates shall initially
be registered on the Certificate Register in the name of the Depository or its
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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 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 Trustee 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 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
any Class of Certificates, such direction or consent may be given by Certificate
Owners (acting through the Depository and the Depository Participants) owning
Book-Entry Certificates evidencing the requisite percentage of principal amount
of such Class of Certificates.

     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 Trustee shall give all such
notices and communications to the Depository.

     5.08. Definitive Certificates.

     If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to any
Certificates, (a) the Depository or the Depositor advises 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 Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified
successor, (b) the Depositor notifies the Trustee and the Depository of its
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upon receipt of notice of such intent from the Depository, the Certificate
Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates agree to initiate such termination or (c)
after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, Certificate Owners
of such Book-Entry Certificates having not less than 51% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by any Class of Book-Entry Certificates advise the 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 Trustee shall notify all Certificate
Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates, 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 Trustee with an adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the
issuance and transfer of Definitive Certificates. Upon surrender to the Trustee
of any such Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration
instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee, as
authenticating agent, shall authenticate and the Trustee shall deliver such
Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee 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 Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such
Definitive Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such
Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.

     5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     The Trustee 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 Trustee initially designates its
offices at 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625, Chicago, Illinois 60603,
Attention: Client Services Manager - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
Series 2006-WMC2 as offices for such purposes. The Trustee will give prompt
written notice to the Certificateholders of any change in such location of any
such office or agency.

                                  ARTICLE VI.

                         THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER

     6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer.

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

     6.02. Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer.

     Except as provided in the next paragraph, the Depositor and the Servicer
will each keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a
corporation or banking association 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 or the Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Depositor or the Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the
business of the Depositor or the Servicer, shall be the successor of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution
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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.

     6.03. Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and Others.

     None of the Depositor, the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be under any
liability to the Issuing Entity 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 Servicer or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor, the Servicer 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 duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations
and duties hereunder. The Depositor or the Servicer and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor or the Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be
indemnified by the Issuing Entity and held harmless against any loss, liability
or expense (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel),
incurred on their part that may be sustained in connection with, arising out of,
or related to 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 any 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). Neither the Depositor nor the
Servicer 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 either of the Depositor or the Servicer 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 Issuing Entity, and the Depositor and the Servicer
shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection Account as
provided by Section 3.08 hereof.

     Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in preparing or furnishing
any reports or certifications pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer shall be
entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the information or data
provided to it by any other party to the Agreement and shall have not liability
for any errors therein.

     6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Servicer.

     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. No such resignation shall become effective
until the Trustee or a successor servicer reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
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
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     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.
The Servicer shall provide the Trustee, upon request, with copies of such
policies and fidelity bond or a certification from the insurance provider
evidencing such policies and fidelity bond. In the event that any such policy or
bond ceases to be in effect, the Servicer shall use its reasonable commercial
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.

                                  ARTICLE VII.

                        DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER

     7.01. Events of Default.

          (a) "Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events:

     (i) any failure by the Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account or the
Certificate Account or remit to the Trustee (a) any payment (excluding Advances)
required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure shall
continue unremedied for three (3) Business Days or (b) Advances required to be
made under Section 4.01 hereof, which failure shall continue unremedied as of
3:00 p.m. New York City time on the Business Day immediately prior to the
related Distribution Date; 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 Trustee or the Depositor; 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 the 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
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     (vi) any failure by the Servicer to duly perform, within the required time
period, its obligations under Sections 3.17, 3.18, 3.20 and 3.22 of this
Agreement, which failure continues unremedied two (2) Business Days after
receipt by the Servicer of telephonic and written notice thereof.

     If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Servicer pursuant to
subsection (i) of this Section 7.01, the Trustee shall by notice in writing to
the Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency), 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. If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Servicer
pursuant to subsection (ii) - (vi) of this Section 7.01, 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, the Trustee may, or at the direction of the
Holders of Certificates evidencing greater than 50% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by the Certificates shall, by notice in writing to the Servicer (with
a copy to each Rating Agency), 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 any such written notice, all authority and
power of the Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee. To the extent the Event
of Default resulted from the failure of the Servicer to make a required Advance,
the Trustee shall thereupon make any Advance described in Section 4.01 hereof
subject to Section 3.04 hereof. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered
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 Trustee in effecting the termination of
the Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without
limitation, the transfer to the Trustee 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 Trustee 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 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.

     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 Section 3.08(a), 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.

     7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.

     On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee 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
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entitled to all fees, compensation and reimbursement for costs and expenses that
the Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if the Servicer had continued
to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has become the
successor to the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee
may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited by
applicable law from making Advances pursuant to 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 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 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 and the Trustee an
agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, that contains an assumption
by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and
liabilities of the Servicer (other than liabilities of the Servicer under
Section 6.03 hereof incurred prior to termination of the Servicer under Section
7.01), 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 and delegation will
not be qualified or reduced as a result of such assignment and delegation. No
appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder shall be effective until
the Trustee shall have consented thereto (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 Trustee to each
Certificateholder. The Trustee 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 Trustee, unless the
Trustee 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 Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such
successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in
excess of that permitted the Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such successor
shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor
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.

     7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.

          (a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders, the Depositor and to each Rating Agency.

          (b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of each such
Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of Default
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                                 ARTICLE VIII.

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     8.01. Duties of the Trustee.

     The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case 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 written direction of the majority of the Certificateholders, or
may, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Certificateholders 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 and the Certificateholders.

     The Trustee, 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 on its face to the requirements of this Agreement in a material
manner, the Trustee shall notify the person providing such Agreement of such
non-conformance, and if the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's
satisfaction, the Trustee will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders
and take such further action as directed by the Certificateholders.

     No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee
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:

          (a) 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 shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as Trustee,
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 and, the Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Agreement 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;

          (b) the Trustee shall not, individually or as Trustee, be liable for
an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee unless the Trustee was negligent or acted in bad faith
or with willful misfeasance; and

          (c) 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
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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.

     8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.

          (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

     (i) the Trustee 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 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) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

     (iv) 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 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 Holders of each Class of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of such Class;

     (v) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
custodians, accountants, attorneys or independent contractors and the Trustee
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) the Trustee shall not be required to expend its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder
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) the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as Trustee, for any
loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement (other than as issuer
of the investment security);

     (viii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of
Default until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof;

     (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
Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless the
Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
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     (x) if requested by the Servicer, the Trustee may 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 and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with the
Servicer's use or misuse of such powers of attorney; and

     (xi) the Trustee may rely on the sole judgment of the Depositor in
determining whether "Eligible Collateral" (as defined in the related Cap
Contract) has been delivered in an amount equal to the "Exposure" (as defined in
the related Cap Contract) as contemplated by Section 4(j) of the related Cap
Contract. The Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as Trustee, for any
action relating to the determination of whether collateral delivered pursuant to
the sentence above constitutes "Eligible Collateral."

          (b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be 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, subject to the provisions of
this Agreement. The Trustee shall have no duty (A) to record, file or deposit
this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or
continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to undertake any
rerecording, refiling or redepositing, as applicable, thereof, (B) to establish
or maintain 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 Issuing
Entity.

     8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.

     The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Mortgage Loan, or of any
related document other than with respect to the execution and authentication of
the Certificates, if the Trustee executed or authorized the Certificates. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or
the Servicer of any funds paid to the Depositor 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 or the Servicer.

     8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.

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

     8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.

     The Trustee and any custodian shall be entitled to compensation (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
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     8.06. Indemnification and Expenses of Trustee.

          (a) LaSalle Bank National Association (as Trustee and in its
individual capacity) and its directors, officers, employees and agents shall be
entitled to indemnification from the Issuing Entity for any loss, liability or
expense incurred in connection with (i) any audit, controversy or judicial
proceeding relating to a governmental authority or any legal proceeding 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
and (ii) the performance of their respective 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 written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have knowledge
thereof; provided that failure to so notify shall not relieve the Issuing Entity
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
Issuing Entity of the obligation to indemnify the Trustee under this Section
8.06;

     (ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee shall
reasonably cooperate and consult with the Depositor in preparing such defense;

     (iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.06, the
Issuing Entity shall not be liable for settlement of any such claim by the
Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the Depositor, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and

     (iv) indemnification therefor would constitute "unanticipated expenses"
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

     Any indemnification payments to the Trustee (or a custodian) pursuant to
this Section 8.06(a) shall be allocated first to principal and then, to the
extent remaining, to interest.

     The provisions of this Section 8.06 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and shall be construed
to include, but not be limited to any loss, liability or expense under any
environmental law.

          (b) The Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Issuing
Entity of all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances 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), except any such
expenses, disbursements and advances 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 $400,000 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 there is a NIMs Insurer and shall cease to apply
after the date on which any NIM Notes are paid in full or if there is no NIMs
Insurer; provided further, however, that amounts incurred by the Trustee in
excess of such annual limit in any calendar year shall be payable to the Trustee
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annual limit for each applicable calendar year. Any amounts reimbursable
hereunder not in excess of this cap may be withdrawn by the Trustee from the
Certificate Account at any time.

          (d) The Custodian shall be entitled to indemnification and
reimbursement of expenses to the same extent as the Trustee is entitled to such
amounts pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 8.06, without regard
to subsection (c) of this Section 8.06.

     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 long-term deposit rating of
at least "A2" by Moody's and "A" by S&P. 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 and its respective Affiliates; provided,
however, that such corporation cannot be an Affiliate of the Servicer other than
the Trustee in its role as successor to the Servicer.

     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 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 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 (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, then the
Depositor may remove the Trustee and 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 Servicer
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, 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, one complete set of which
instruments shall be delivered by the successor trustee to the Trustee so
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appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to 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.

     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 Servicer an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become
effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally
named as trustee herein.

     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.

     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).

     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 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 compensated by the Issuing Entity and
subject to the written approval of the Servicer. The Trustee shall not be liable
for the actions of any co-trustee appointed with due care; provided that the
appointment of a co-trustee shall not relieve the Trustee of its obligations
hereunder. If the Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15
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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:

          (a) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
upon the Trustee 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, duties and obligations (including
the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee
or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;

          (b) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

          (c) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove
any separate trustee or co-trustee.

     Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article 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 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.

     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 Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and
the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of each of the REMICs
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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 REMICs for their first 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 Trustee from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending
the outcome of such proceedings); (j) sign or cause to be signed 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 (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 Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein,
the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee within 10
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the Trustee requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes
to the valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including, without
limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of
the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide
to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor, any such additional
information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time, request in order to
enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor
hereby agrees to indemnify the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages,
claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of
the Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to
cause to be provided, accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely
basis.

     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 Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by
the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the
location of the Trustee, (ii) any party hereto (other than the Trustee) 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
received as payments on the Swap Agreement or received by the Issuing Entity as
a payment on any Cap Contract) otherwise to be distributed to the Class R
Certificateholders (pro rata) pursuant to Section 4.04, and second with amounts
(other than amounts received as payments on the Swap Agreement or received by
the Issuing Entity as a payment on any Cap Contract) 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 Trustee 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 Trustee 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 and the Trustee agrees not to
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 a tax upon any of the REMICs provided for
herein.

                                   ARTICLE IX.

                                   TERMINATION

     9.01. Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage Loans.

          (a) Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities of
the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the
Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional Termination and
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respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and the
disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement, as
applicable. In no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the
earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of
the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States
to the Court of St. James'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 Trustee shall attempt to terminate the Trust Fund by
conducting an auction of all of the 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"). In
addition, the Trustee will also solicit a bid from each Holder of a Class C
Certificate. The Depositor and the Trustee 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 Trustee 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 Issuing Entity). The Trustee shall accept the highest bid received at the
Auction; provided that the amount of such bid equals or exceeds the Optional
Termination Price. The Trustee 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" (other than Trustee expenses), (ii) the Depositor with respect to the
information described in clause (C) of the definition of "Optional Termination
Price." The Trustee 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.

     If an Optional Termination does not occur as a result of the Auction's
failure to achieve the Optional Termination Price, the Servicer may, on any
Distribution Date following such Auction, at its option, terminate the Trust
Fund by purchasing all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal
to the Optional Termination Price. In connection with such termination, the
Optional Termination Price shall be delivered to the Trustee no later than the
Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Optional Termination Amount
paid to the Trustee by the winning bidder at the Auction or by the Servicer
shall be deposited by the Trustee directly into the Certificate Account
immediately upon receipt. Upon any termination as a result of an Auction, the
Trustee shall, out of the Optional Termination Amount deposited into the
Certificate Account, (x) reimburse the Trustee for its costs and expenses
necessary to conduct the Auction and any other unreimbursed amounts owing to it
and (y) pay to the Servicer, the aggregate amount of any unreimbursed
out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to the Servicer and any unpaid or
unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances and Servicing Advances.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (b) above, in
the event that the Trustee receives the written opinion of a nationally
recognized participant in mortgage finance acceptable to the Sponsor that the
Mortgage Loans and REO Properties to be included in the Auction will not be
saleable at a price sufficient to achieve the Optional Termination Price, the
Trustee need not conduct the Auction. In such event, the Servicer shall have the
option to purchase the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at the Optional
Termination Price as of the Initial Optional Termination Date.

     9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.

     If on any Determination Date, (i) the Trustee 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 Trustee shall send a final
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determines that a Class of Certificates shall be retired after a final
distribution on such Class, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders as
soon as practicable 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 Trustee 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 Trustee
by letter to Certificateholders mailed no later than the last calendar day of
the month immediately preceding the month of such final distribution (or with
respect to an Auction, mailed no later than one Business Day following
completion of such Auction). 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 Certificates at the office therein specified.
The Trustee will give such notice to 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 of a Request for Release therefor, the
Trustee (or the Custodian) shall promptly release the Mortgage Files for the
Mortgage Loans.

     Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee 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 Trustee 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 Trustee 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, the Trustee shall have no further duties or obligations with
respect thereto.

     9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.

          (a) In the event the Trustee or 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 Trustee or the
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
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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 thereof, and the Trustee 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 of the
Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund for cash; and

     (iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the Certificates,
the Trustee 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 the Trustee shall have no 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) The Trustee as agent for each REMIC hereby agrees, upon the
written request of the Depositor and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel
referred to in Section 9.03(a), to adopt and sign such a plan of complete
liquidation prepared and delivered to it by the Depositor and to take such other
action in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Depositor.

          (d) Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, prior to any
termination of the Trust Fund, the Servicer may prepare a reconciliation of all
Advances and Servicing Advances made by it for which it has not been reimbursed
and a reasonable estimate of all additional Servicing Advances and other costs
for which it would be entitled to be reimbursed if the Trust Fund were not being
terminated, including without limitation, any Servicing Advances and other costs
arising under Section 6.03 (Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the
Servicer and Others), and the Servicer may recover these Advances, Servicing
Advances and estimated Servicing Advances and other costs from the Collection
Account (to the extent that such recovery of Servicing Advances, estimated
Servicing Advances and other costs constitutes "unanticipated expenses" within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)).

          (e) Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, unless the
Servicer previously has notified the Trustee that it has entered into a
servicing agreement for the servicing after the termination date of the Trust
Fund assets, at least 20 days prior to any termination of the Trust Fund, the
Trustee or the Depositor shall notify the Servicer in writing to transfer the
assets of the Trust Fund as of the termination date to the person specified in
the notice, or if such person is not then known, to continue servicing the
assets until the date that is 20 days after the termination date and on the
termination date, the Trustee or the Depositor shall notify the Servicer of the
person to whom the assets should be transferred on that date. In the latter
event the Servicer shall be entitled to recover its servicing fee and any
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the Trust and the new owner of the assets, and the agreements for the new owner
to obtain ownership of the assets of the Trust Fund shall so provide.

                                   ARTICLE X.

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     10.01. Amendment.

     This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee but 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 the Prospectus Supplement or 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 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. In addition, this Agreement may be
amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee but
without the consent of any of the Certificateholders to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, but without the consent of the
Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Servicer 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
the qualification of any of the REMICs provided for herein as REMICs under the
Code or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on the
Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein pursuant to the Code
that would be a claim against the Issuing Entity at any time prior to the final
redemption of the Certificates, provided that the Trustee 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 or the Issuing Entity, 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
Servicer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Certificates affected thereby
evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights, 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
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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 or the Issuing Entity, to the effect that such
amendment will not cause the imposition of any tax on the Issuing Entity, 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.

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

     It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as
the Trustee may prescribe.

     Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to enter into an
amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to the Trustee
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
hereunder.

     The Trustee shall not enter into any amendment to this Agreement that would
have a materially adverse effect on the Cap Counterparty or the Swap
Counterparty without first obtaining the consent of the Cap Counterparty or the
Swap Counterparty, as applicable.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.01, the Trustee
and the Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor and its counsel
to enter into such amendments or modifications to this Agreement as may be
necessary to comply with Regulation AB and any interpretation thereof by the
Commission.

     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
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     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.

     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 this 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.

     10.05. Notices.

          (a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:

     (i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

     (ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;

     (iii) The resignation or termination of the Trustee or the Servicer and the
appointment of any successor;

     (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

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          (b) The Trustee 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 accountants' 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,
Wilshire Credit Corporation, 14523 S.W. Millikan Way, Suite 200, Beaverton,
Oregon 97005, Attention: Heidi Peterson; (d) in the case of the Trustee, LaSalle
Bank National Association, 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625, Chicago,
Illinois 60603, Attention: Global Securities and Trust Services - Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-WMC2; (e) in the case of the Cap Contract
Counterparty and the Swap Counterparty, The Bank of New York, 32 Old Slip, 16th
Floor, New York, New York 10286; 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.

     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.

     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 Trustee and Depositor;
provided, however, the Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into an Advance
Facility under which (l) the Servicer sells, assigns or pledges to an Advancing
Person the Servicer's rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any
Advances or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an Advancing Person agrees to fund
some or all Advances or Servicing Advances required to be made by the Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of the Trustee, Certificateholders or any
other party is required before the Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility.
Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance Facility under which an Advancing
Person agrees to fund Advances and/or Servicing Advances on the Servicer's
behalf, the Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant to this Agreement to make
Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to and as required by this Agreement,
and shall not be relieved of such obligations by virtue of such Advance
Facility.

     Reimbursement amounts shall consist solely of amounts in respect of
Advances and/or Servicing Advances made with respect to the Mortgage Loans for
which the Servicer would be permitted to


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reimburse itself in accordance with this Agreement, assuming the Servicer had
made the related Advance(s) and/or Servicing Advance(s).

     The Servicer shall maintain and provide to any successor servicer a
detailed accounting on a loan by loan basis as to amounts advanced by, pledged
or assigned to, and reimbursed to any Advancing Person. The successor servicer
shall be entitled to rely on any such information provided by the predecessor
Servicer, and the successor servicer shall not be liable for any errors in such
information.

     An Advancing Person who purchases or receives an assignment or pledge of
the rights to be reimbursed for Advances and/or Servicing Advances, and/or whose
obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of Advances and/or Servicing
Advances shall not be required to meet the criteria for qualification of a
Sub-Servicer set forth in this Agreement.

     The documentation establishing any Advance Facility shall require that such
reimbursement amounts distributed with respect to each Mortgage Loan be
allocated to outstanding unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances (as the
case may be) made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a "first in, first out"
(FIFO) basis. Such documentation shall also require the Servicer to provide to
the related Advancing Person or its designee loan by loan information with
respect to each such reimbursement amount distributed to such Advancing Person
or Advance Facility trustee on each Distribution Date, to enable the Advancing
Person or Advance Facility trustee to make the FIFO allocation of each such
reimbursement amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall
remain entitled to be reimbursed by the Advancing Person or Advance Facility
trustee for all Advances and Servicing Advances funded by the Servicer to the
extent the related rights to be reimbursed therefor have not been sold, assigned
or pledged to an Advancing Person.

     Any amendment to this Section 10.07 or to any other provision of this
Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an Advance
Facility as described generally in this Section 10.07, including amendments to
add provisions relating to a successor servicer, may be entered into by the
Trustee and the Servicer, without the consent of any Certificateholder
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon receipt by the
Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel that such amendment has no material adverse
effect on the Certificateholders or written confirmation from the Rating
Agencies that such amendment will not adversely affect the ratings on the
Certificates. Prior to entering into an Advance Facility, the Servicer shall
notify the lender under such facility in writing that: (a) the Advances financed
by and/or pledged to the lender are obligations owed to the Servicer on a non
recourse basis payable only from the cash flows and proceeds received under this
Agreement for reimbursement of Advances only to the extent provided herein, and
the Trustee and the Issuing Entity are not otherwise obligated or liable to
repay any Advances financed by the lender; (b) the Servicer will be responsible
for remitting to the lender the applicable amounts collected by it as
reimbursement for Advances funded by the lender, subject to the restrictions and
priorities created in this Agreement; and (c) the Trustee shall not have any
responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the financing
arrangement between the Servicer and the lender.

     10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.

     The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition or winding up of the Trust
Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto or any of them.

     No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as provided
herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the
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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 (as Trustee and individually) such
indemnity satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses, and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it being
understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by each
Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no
one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever
by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this
Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other
of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference
to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in
the manner herein provided and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders.
For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 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.

     10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.

     The Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any
representative of the Depositor, subject to a reasonable confidentiality
agreement, or the Trustee during the Servicer's normal business hours, to
examine all the books of account, records, reports and other papers of the
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
Servicer hereby authorizes such accountants to discuss with such representative
such affairs, finances and accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often
as may be reasonably requested. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the
exercise by the Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09
shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection (except in the case of
the Trustee in which case such expenses shall be borne by the requesting
Certificateholder(s)); all other such expenses shall be borne by the Servicer.

     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 Issuing Entity, that the interests in
the Issuing Entity represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for
any reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication
thereof by the Trustee, as authenticating agent, pursuant to this Agreement, are
and shall be deemed fully paid.

     10.11. Compliance with Regulation AB.

     Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the purpose of
Sections 3.17, 3.18 and 3.20 of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by
the Depositor with the provisions of Regulation AB,


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as such may be amended or clarified from time to time. Therefore, each of the
parties agrees that (a) the obligations of the parties hereunder shall be
interpreted in such a manner as to accomplish compliance with Regulation AB, (b)
the parties' obligations hereunder will be supplemented and modified as
necessary to be consistent with any such amendments, interpretive advice or
guidance, or convention or consensus among active participants in the
asset-backed securities markets in respect of the requirements of Regulation AB
and (c) the parties shall comply with reasonable requests made by the Depositor
for delivery of that or different information as is necessary to comply with the
provisions of Regulation AB.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Trustee and the 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: Tom Saywell
                                        Title: Vice President


                                        LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Rita Lopez
                                        Title: Vice President


                                        WILSHIRE CREDIT CORPORATION,
                                        as Servicer


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name: Heidi Peterson
                                        Title: Vice President

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              FORMS OF CERTIFICATES

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]


                                      A-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT B-1

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
                                  MORTGAGE POOL

                           On file at the Offices of:
                                Steven J. Molitor
                                   Dechert LLP
                                   Cira Centre
                                2929 Arch Street
                           Philadelphia, PA 19104-2808


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                                   EXHIBIT B-2

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
                            GROUP ONE MORTGAGE LOANS

                           On file at the Offices of:
                                Steven J. Molitor
                                   Dechert LLP
                                   Cira Centre
                                2929 Arch Street
                           Philadelphia, PA 19104-2808


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                                   EXHIBIT B-3

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
                            GROUP TWO MORTGAGE LOANS

                           On file at the Offices of:
                                Steven J. Molitor
                                   Dechert LLP
                                   Cira Centre
                                2929 Arch Street
                           Philadelphia, PA 19104-2808


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                                    EXHIBIT C

                                   [RESERVED]


                                      C-1

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                           FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 S.W. Millikan Way,
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
     Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of March 1, 2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as
depositor, LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, and Wilshire Credit
Corporation, as 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:

          (a) 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;

          (b) 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

          (c) Such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on
their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan.

     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
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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.

                                        [WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                        as Custodian]


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


                                       D-2
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                                   EXHIBIT E-1

                FORM OF CLASS R TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We propose to purchase Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2, Class R, described in the
Prospectus Supplement, dated March 28, 2006, and Prospectus, dated January 18,
2006.

     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.

     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

----------
(1)  Check appropriate box and if necessary fill in the name of the Transferee's
     nominee.


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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 Trustee 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 Trustee 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 Trustee a
letter in the form of this letter (including the affidavit appended hereto) and,
we will provide the Trustee 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.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        [PURCHASER]


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------

Accepted as of __________ __, 200__

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS,
INC.


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


                                      E-1-2

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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 Merrill
          Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
          Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2, 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 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;


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          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.

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


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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 CLASS R TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT

                                     [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC2

Re: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
    Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

     _______________________ (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: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC2

RE: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
    Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

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 March 1,
2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank
National Association, as trustee, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as 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: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC2

Re: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
    Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ________________
(the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the "Transferred
Certificates") of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2, Class [____] (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2006
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), LaSalle Bank National Association, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as servicer (the
"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:

     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 PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND
     SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS
     THE TRUSTEE SHALL


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     HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE (A) AN
     INVESTMENT LETTER FROM THE PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR; AND (B) REPRESENTATIONS
     FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING THE OFFERING AND SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES.

     3. All Certificates other than ERISA Restricted Certificates and Class R
Certificates will be a legend to the following effect:

     UNTIL THE TERMINATION OF THE SWAP AGREEMENT, EACH TRANSFEREE OF THIS
     CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT (OR IN THE CASE OF A DEFINITIVE
     CERTIFICATE, SHALL REPRESENT) TO THE TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS
     NOT, AND IS NOT ACTING FOR, ON BEHALF OF OR WITH ANY ASSETS OF, ANY
     EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE
     EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR
     ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
     AMENDED (THE "CODE"), OR (B) THE TRANSFEREE'S ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF
     THIS CERTIFICATE IS COVERED BY AND EXEMPT UNDER ANY OF PROHIBITED
     TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE 91-38, PTCE
     95-60, PTCE 96-23, EACH AS AMENDED.

     4. The ERISA Restricted Certificates will bear a legend to the following
effect:

     NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE 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 (IN THE CASE OF ANY ERISA RESTRICTED CERTIFICATE OTHER
     THAN CLASS C CERTIFICATES OR CLASS P CERTIFICATES, AFTER THE TERMINATION OF
     THE SWAP AGREEMENT), OR (C) SOLELY IN THE CASE OF A DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE,
     AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE, AND UPON WHICH THE
     TRUSTEE 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 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 SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR. IF


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     THE CERTIFICATE IS NOT A DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATE, THE TRANSFEREE IS DEEMED
     TO HAVE MADE THE REPRESENTATION IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE.

     5. The Class R Certificate will bear a legend to the following effect:

     NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REGISTERED UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE
     TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE 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 CODE ("SIMILAR LAW"), AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR
     INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR WITH ANY ASSETS
     OF ANY SUCH PLAN.

     6. The Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Certificates for its own
account [FOR INVESTMENT ONLY](2) 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.

     7. 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.

     8. 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.

     9. Either (i) the Purchaser of a Certificate that is neither an ERISA
Restricted Certificate nor a Class R Certificate is not, and is not acting for,
on behalf of or with any assets of, an employee benefit plan or other
arrangement subject to Title I of ERISA or plan subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, or (ii) until the termination of the Swap Agreement, such Purchaser's
acquisition and holding of such Certificates are eligible for exemptive relief
under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE
91-38, PTCE 95-60 or PTCE 96-23

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(2)      Not required of a broker/dealer purchaser.


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     10. 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") (collectively, a "Plan") 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 (in
the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate other than Class C Certificates or
Class P Certificates, after the termination of the Swap Agreement), or (C)
solely in the event the Certificate is a Definitive Certificate, herewith
delivers an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which the
Trustee 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 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 Servicer or the Depositor.

     11. 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.

     12. 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.

     13. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Trustee, 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: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC2

Re: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
    Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from ________________
(the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the "Transferred
Certificates") of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2, Class [____] (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2006
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), LaSalle Bank National Association as
trustee (the "Trustee"), Wilshire Credit Corporation, as servicer (the
"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 in the case of a
Certificate other than an ERISA Restricted Certificate or Class R Certificate,
either (i) we are not, and are not acquiring the Certificate for, on behalf of
or with any assets of, any employee benefit plan or other arrangement subject to
Title I of ERISA or any plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (ii) until
the termination of the Swap Agreement, our acquisition and holding of the
Certificate is covered by and exempt under any of Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption ("PTCE") 84-14, PTCE 90-1, PTCE 91-38, PTCE 95-60, or PTCE 96-23, (e)
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
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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 and holding of the Certificate are covered and exempt under Sections
I and III of PTCE 95-60 (in the case of any ERISA Restricted Certificate other
than Class C Certificates or Class P Certificates, after the termination of the
Swap Agreement), or (C) solely in the event the Certificate is a Definitive
Certificate, we will herewith deliver an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee, and upon which the Trustee 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 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 Servicer or the Depositor,
(f) 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 and
(g) 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 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 $____________(3) 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.

          [ ]  Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company whose
               primary and predominant business activity is the writing of
               insurance or the reinsuring of risks

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(3)  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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               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.

     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
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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:
                                              ----------------------------------


                                      H-7
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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: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
    Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

     In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you, as
Trustee, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1,
2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, LaSalle Bank
National Association, as trustee, and Wilshire Credit Corporation, as 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 Custodian should deliver the Mortgage File:


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            (authorized signer)

                                        Address:
                                                 -------------------------------
                                        Date:
                                              ----------------------------------


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<PAGE>

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:

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Custodian


BY:
    ---------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
    SIGNATURE                           DATE


DOCUMENTS RETURNED TO CUSTODIAN:


BY:
    ---------------------------------   ----------------------------------------
    SIGNATURE                           DATE


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                                    EXHIBIT J

                                   [RESERVED]


                                       J-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT K

                    FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION OF TRUSTEE

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 SW Millikan Way
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of March 1,
     2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wilshire
     Credit Corporation, as servicer, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
     trustee, relating to Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
     Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

     The Trustee hereby certifies to the Depositor, the Servicer and their
officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they
will rely upon this certification, that:

     (1) I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
[2006] (the "Annual Report"), and all reports on Form 8-K (if any) and on Form
10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Annual Report
(collectively with the Annual Report, the "Reports"), of the Issuing Entity;

     (2) To the best of my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the
statements required to be made or data required to be delivered by the Servicer
and Depositor (to the extent that such statements or data were received by the
Trustee and are relevant to the statements made by the Trustee in this Back-Up
Certification), the information in the Reports relating to 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 with respect
to the period covered by the Annual Report;

     (3) To the best of my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the
statements required to be made or data required to be delivered or provided by
the Servicer, the Depositor or any third party (to the extent that such
statements or data were received by the Trustee and are relevant to the
statements made by the Trustee in this Back-Up Certification), the distribution
and any other information required to be provided by the Trustee to the
Depositor and the Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for
inclusion in the Reports is included in the Reports; and

     (4) The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for
asset-backed securities of the Trustee and its related attestation report on
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria required to be included in the
Annual Report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act
Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been included as an exhibit to the Annual Report.
Any material instances of non-compliance are described in such report and have
been disclosed in the Annual Report.


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<PAGE>

                                        LaSalle Bank National Association,
                                        as Trustee


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


                                       K-2

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT L

                    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

Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

     Wilshire Credit Corporation (the "Servicer") certifies to the Depositor and
the Trustee, and their officers, directors and affiliates, and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

     (1) I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and I have reviewed, or persons under
my supervision have reviewed, the servicer compliance statement of the Servicer
and the compliance statements of each Sub-Servicer, if any, engaged by the
Servicer provided to the Depositor and the Trustee for the Issuing Entity's
fiscal year [___] in accordance with Item 1123 of Regulation AB (each a
"Compliance Statement"), the report on assessment of the Servicer's compliance
with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (the
"Servicing Criteria") and reports on assessment of compliance with servicing
criteria for asset-backed securities of the Servicer and of each Sub-Servicer
[or Sub-Contractor], if any, engaged or utilized by the Servicer provided to the
Depositor and the Trustee for the Issuing Entity's fiscal year [___] in
accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act") and Item 1122 of Regulation AB (each a
"Servicing Assessment"), the registered public accounting firm's attestation
report provided in accordance with Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 under the Exchange
Act and Section 1122(b) of Regulation AB related to each Servicing Assessment
(each a "Attestation Report"), and all servicing reports, officer's certificates
and other information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the
Servicer during 200[ ] that were delivered or caused to be delivered by the
Servicer pursuant to the Agreement (collectively, the "Servicing Information");

     (2) Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the information
provided to the Servicer in connection with the transfer of servicing of the
Mortgage Loans to the Servicer, the Servicing Information, 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 the light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect
to the period of time covered by the Servicing Information;

     (3) Based on my knowledge, the servicing information required to be
provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement has been provided to the Trustee;

     (4) Based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing
each Compliance Statement of the Servicer and, if applicable, reviewing each
Compliance Statement of each Sub-Servicer, if any, engaged by the Servicer, and
except as disclosed in such Compliance Statement[(s)],


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the Servicer [(directly and through its Sub-Servicers, if any)] has fulfilled
its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material
respects.

     (5) Each Servicing Assessment of the Servicer and of each Sub-Servicer or
Subcontractor, if any, engaged or utilized by the Servicer and its related
Attestation Report required to be included in the Annual Report in accordance
with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has
been provided to the Depositor and the Trustee. Any material instances of
non-compliance are described in any such Servicing Assessment or Attestation
Report.

Date:
      -------------------------------

                                        Wilshire Credit Corporation,
                                        as Servicer


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


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                                   EXHIBIT M-1

                                   [RESERVED]


                                      M-1-1
<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT N-1

                         FORM OF CLASS A-1 CAP CONTRACT

                                                           Dated: March 21, 2006

                              RATE CAP TRANSACTION

                           RE: BNY REFERENCE NO. 37521

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The purpose of this letter agreement ("AGREEMENT") is to confirm the terms
and conditions of the rate Cap Transaction entered into on the Trade Date
specified below (the "TRANSACTION") between The Bank of New York ("BNY"), a
trust company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, and the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2 (the "COUNTERPARTY"), as represented by LaSalle
Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective March 1, 2006,
among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Lending, Inc., as Sponsor and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
Trustee (the "POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT"). 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.   FORM OF AGREEMENT. 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 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, as modified by the Schedule
     terms in Paragraph 4 of this Confirmation (the "MASTER AGREEMENT"), shall
     be deemed to have been executed by you and us on the date we entered into
     the Transaction. Except as otherwise specified, references herein to
     Sections shall be to Sections of the ISDA Form Master Agreement and the
     Master Agreement, and references to Paragraphs shall be to paragraphs of
     this Agreement. Each party hereto agrees that the Master Agreement deemed
     to have been executed by the parties hereto shall be the same Master
     Agreement referred to in the agreement setting forth the terms of
     transaction reference numbers 37520, 37522 and 37523. 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. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
     or in the Definitions or the Master Agreement shall have the meaning
     defined for such term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2.   CERTAIN TERMS. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this
     Confirmation relates are as follows:

<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>
     Type of Transaction:         Rate Cap

     Notional Amount:             With respect to any Calculation Period shall
                                  equal the lesser of (1) the amount set forth
                                  for such period on Schedule I attached hereto
                                  and (2) the outstanding Certificate Principal
                                  Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates as of
                                  the first day of the Calculation Period. The
                                  Trustee shall make available each month via
                                  the
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>
                                  Trustee's website a statement containing the
                                  outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
                                  the Class A-1 Certificates as of the first day
                                  of such Calculation Period and shall notify
                                  BNY at least five (5) Business Days prior to
                                  the related Floating Rate Payer Payment Date
                                  of the outstanding Certificate Principal
                                  Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates as of
                                  the first day of such Calculation Period and
                                  shall send such notification to BNY provided,
                                  however, that if the Trustee shall not provide
                                  such notification, BNY is permitted to rely
                                  upon the statement of Certificate Principal
                                  Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates made
                                  available on the Trustee's website. The
                                  Trustee's internet website shall initially be
                                  located at www.etrustee.net and assistance in
                                  using the website can be obtained by calling
                                  Megan Olson at 312-904-6709.

     Trade Date:                  March 21, 2006

     Effective Date:              March 30, 2006

     Termination Date:            September 25, 2006, subject to adjustment in
                                  accordance with the Modified Following
                                  Business Day Convention.

FLOATING AMOUNTS

     Floating Rate Payer:         BNY

     Cap Rate:                    For each Calculation Period, as set forth for
                                  such period on Schedule I attached hereto.

     Floating Rate for initial
     Calculation Period:          To be determined

     Floating Rate Day Count
     Fraction:                    Actual/360

     Floating Rate Option:        USD-LIBOR-BBA, provided, however, if the
                                  Floating Rate Option for a Calculation Period
                                  is greater than 10.26% -then the Floating Rate
                                  Option for such Calculation Period shall be
                                  deemed equal to 10.26%.

     Designated Maturity:         One month

     Spread:                      Inapplicable

     Floating Rate Payer
     Period End Dates:            The 25th day of each month, beginning on April
                                  25, 2006 and ending on the Termination Date,
                                  subject to adjustment in accordance with the
                                  Modified Following Business Day Convention.

     Floating Rate Payer
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>
     Payment Dates:               Early Payment shall be applicable. The
                                  Floating Rate Payer Payment Date shall be two
                                  (2) Business Days preceding each Floating Rate
                                  Payer Period End Date.

     Reset Dates:                 The first day of each Calculation Period or
                                  Compounding Period, if Compounding is
                                  applicable.

     Compounding:                 Inapplicable

     Business Days for Payments
     By both parties:             New York

     Calculation Agent:           BNY
</TABLE>

3.   ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:

     1) RELIANCE. Each party hereto is hereby advised and 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.

     2) TRANSFER, AMENDMENT AND ASSIGNMENT. No transfer, amendment, waiver,
     supplement, assignment or other modification of this Transaction shall be
     permitted by either party unless each of Standard & Poor's Ratings Service,
     a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc ("S&P") and Moody's Investors
     Service, Inc. ("MOODY'S"), has been provided notice of the same and
     confirms in writing (including by facsimile transmission) that it will not
     downgrade, qualify, withdraw or otherwise modify its then-current ratings
     on the Class A-1 Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing
     Agreement (the "CERTIFICATES").

4.   PROVISIONS DEEMED INCORPORATED IN A SCHEDULE TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT:

     1)   NO NETTING BETWEEN TRANSACTIONS. The parties agree that subparagraph
          (ii) of Section 2(c) will apply to any Transaction.

     2)   TERMINATION PROVISIONS. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 4(10)
          below, for purposes of the Master Agreement:

          (a)  "SPECIFIED ENTITY" is not applicable to BNY or the Counterparty
               for any purpose.

          (b)  The "BREACH OF AGREEMENT" provision of Section 5(a)(ii) will not
               apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (c)  The "CREDIT SUPPORT DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) will
               not apply to BNY (except with respect to credit support furnished
               pursuant to Paragraph 4 9) below or the Counterparty.

          (d)  The "MISREPRESENTATION" provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) will not
               apply to BNY or the Counterparty.


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          (e)  "DEFAULT UNDER SPECIFIED TRANSACTION" is not applicable to BNY or
               the Counterparty for any purpose, and, accordingly, Section
               5(a)(v) shall not apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (f)  The "CROSS DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not apply
               to BNY or to the Counterparty.

          (g)  The "BANKRUPTCY" provisions of Section 5(a)(vii)(2) will not
               apply to the Counterparty; the words "trustee" and "custodian" in
               Section 5(a)(vii)(6) will not include the Trustee; and the words
               "specifically authorized " are inserted before the word "action"
               in Section 5(a)(vii)(9).

          (h)  The "CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv)
               will not apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (i)  The "AUTOMATIC EARLY TERMINATION" provision of Section 6(a) will
               not apply to BNY or to the Counterparty.

          (j)  PAYMENTS ON EARLY TERMINATION. For the purpose of Section 6(e):

               (i)  Market Quotation will apply.

               (ii) The Second Method will apply.

          (k)  "TERMINATION CURRENCY" means United States Dollars.

          (l)  NO ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY COUNTERPARTY. The Counterparty
               shall not be required to pay any additional amounts pursuant to
               Section 2(d)(i)(4) or 2(d)(ii).

     3)   TAX REPRESENTATIONS.

          (a)  PAYER REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(e), BNY and
               the Counterparty make the following representations:

                    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)) to be made by it to the other
               party under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may
               rely on:

               (i)  the accuracy of any representations made by the other party
                    pursuant to Section 3(f);

               (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement contained in Section 4
                    (a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) and the accuracy and effectiveness of
                    any document provided by the other party pursuant to Section
                    4 (a)(i) or 4(a)(iii); and

               (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party
                    contained in Section 4(d), provided that it shall not be a
                    breach of this representation where


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                    reliance is placed on clause (ii) and the other party does
                    not deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) by
                    reason of material prejudice of its legal or commercial
                    position.

          (b)  PAYEE REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(f), BNY and
               the Counterparty make the following representations.

               (i)  The following representation will apply to BNY:

                    (x) It is a "U.S. person" (as that term is used in section
                    1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of the United States Treasury
                    Regulations) for United States federal income tax purposes,
                    (y) it is a trust company duly organized and existing under
                    the laws of the State of New York, and (y) its U.S. taxpayer
                    identification number is 135160382.

               (ii) The following representation will apply to the Counterparty:

                    It is a "U.S. person" (as that term is used in section
                    1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of United States Treasury Regulations)
                    for United States federal income tax purposes.

     4)   DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 4(A):

          (a)  Tax forms, documents or certificates to be delivered are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARTY REQUIRED TO DELIVER                                                    DATE BY WHICH TO BE      COVERED BY SECTION 3(D)
        DOCUMENT                    FORM/DOCUMENT/ CERTIFICATE                    DELIVERED                REPRESENTATION
-------------------------   ------------------------------------------   --------------------------   -----------------------
<S>                         <C>                                          <C>                          <C>
BNY and Counterparty        Any document required or reasonably          Upon the execution and                 Yes
                            requested to allow the other party to make   delivery of this Agreement
                            payments under this Agreement without any
                            deduction or withholding for or on the
                            account of any tax.
</TABLE>

          (b)  Other documents to be delivered are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARTY REQUIRED TO DELIVER                                                    DATE BY WHICH TO BE      COVERED BY SECTION 3(D)
        DOCUMENT                    FORM/DOCUMENT/ CERTIFICATE                    DELIVERED                REPRESENTATION
-------------------------   ------------------------------------------   --------------------------   -----------------------
<S>                         <C>                                          <C>                          <C>
BNY                         A certificate of an authorized officer of    Upon the execution                     Yes
                            the party, as to the incumbency and          and delivery of this
                            authority of the respective officers of      Agreement
                            the party signing this Agreement, any
                            relevant Credit Support Document, or any
                            Confirmation, as the case may be.

Counterparty                (i) a copy of the executed Pooling and       Upon the execution                     Yes
                            Servicing Agreement, and (ii) an             and delivery of this
                            incumbency certificate verifying the true    Agreement
                            signatures and authority of the person or
                            persons signing this letter agreement on
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                         <C>                                          <C>                          <C>
                            behalf of the Counterparty.

BNY                         A copy of the most recent publicly           Promptly after                         Yes
                            available regulatory call report.            request by the other
                                                                         party

BNY                         Legal Opinion as to enforceability of the    Upon the execution                     Yes
                            Swap Agreement.                              and delivery of this
                                                                         Agreement.

Counterparty                Certified copy of the Board of Directors     Upon the execution                     Yes
                            resolution (or equivalent authorizing        and delivery of this
                            documentation) which sets forth the          Agreement.
                            authority of each signatory to the
                            Confirmation signing on its behalf and the
                            authority of such party to enter into
                            Transactions contemplated and performance
                            of its obligations hereunder.
</TABLE>

     5)   MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a)  ADDRESS FOR NOTICES: For the purposes of Section 12(a):

               Address for notices or communications to BNY:

                    The Bank of New York
                    Swaps and Derivative Products Group
                    Global Market Division
                    32 Old Slip 15th Floor
                    New York, New York 10286
                    Attention: Steve Lawler

                    with a copy to:

                    The Bank of New York
                    Swaps and Derivative Products Group
                    32 Old Slip 16th Floor
                    New York, New York 10286
                    Attention: Andrew Schwartz
                    Tele: 212-804-5103
                    Fax: 212-804-5818/5837

                    (For all purposes)

               Address for notices or communications to the Counterparty:

                    LaSalle Bank National Association
                    135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
                    Chicago, Illinois 60603

                    Attention: Megan Olson
                    Reference: MLMI 2006 WMC2


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                    Tele: 312-904-6709
                    Fax: 312-904-1368

          (b)  PROCESS AGENT. For the purpose of Section 13(c):

               BNY appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable

               The Counterparty appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable

          (c)  OFFICES. The provisions of Section 10(a) will not apply to this
               Agreement; neither BNY nor the Counterparty have any Offices
               other than as set forth in the Notices Section and BNY agrees
               that, for purposes of Section 6(b), it shall not in future have
               any Office other than one in the United States.

          (d)  MULTIBRANCH PARTY. For the purpose of Section 10(c):

                    BNY is not a Multibranch Party.

                    The Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

          (e)  CALCULATION AGENT.         The Calculation Agent is BNY.

          (f)  CREDIT SUPPORT DOCUMENT.   Not applicable for either BNY (except
                                          with respect to credit support
                                          furnished pursuant to Paragraph 9) or
                                          the Counterparty.

          (g)  CREDIT SUPPORT PROVIDER.

                    BNY:                  Not Applicable (except with respect to
                                          credit support furnished pursuant to
                                          Paragraph 9)

                    Counterparty:         Not Applicable

          (h)  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 Obligations Law Sections
               5-1401 and 5-1402.

          (i)  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


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               comes as close as possible to that of the invalid or
               unenforceable term, provision, covenant or condition.

          (j)  RECORDING OF CONVERSATIONS. Each party (i) consents to the
               recording of telephone conversations between the trading,
               marketing and other relevant personnel of the parties in
               connection with this Agreement or any potential Transaction, (ii)
               agrees to obtain any necessary consent of, and give any necessary
               notice of such recording to, its relevant personnel and (iii)
               agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that
               recordings may be submitted in evidence in any Proceedings.

          (k)  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.

          (l)  NON-RECOURSE. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in the ISDA
               Form Master Agreement to the contrary, the obligations of the
               Counterparty hereunder are limited recourse obligations of the
               Counterparty, payable solely from the Trust Fund and the proceeds
               thereof to satisfy the Counterparty's obligations hereunder. In
               the event that the Trust Fund and proceeds thereof should be
               insufficient to satisfy all claims outstanding and following the
               realization of the Trust Fund and the distribution of the
               proceeds thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, any claims against or obligations of the Counterparty
               under the ISDA Form Master Agreement or any other confirmation
               thereunder, still outstanding shall be extinguished and
               thereafter not revive. This provision shall survive the
               expiration of this Agreement.

          (m)  LIMITATION ON INSTITUTION OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. BNY shall
               not institute against or cause any other person to institute
               against, or join any other person in instituting against the
               Counterparty, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
               insolvency or liquidation proceedings, under any of the laws of
               the United States or any other jurisdiction, for a period of one
               year and one day (or, if longer, the applicable preference
               period) following indefeasible payment in full of the
               Certificates. This provision shall survive the expiration of this
               Agreement.

          (n)  REMEDY OF FAILURE TO PAY OR DELIVER. The ISDA Form Master
               Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the word "third" in the
               third line of Section 5(a)(i) by the word "second".

          (o)  "AFFILIATE" will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of the
               ISDA Form Master Agreement, provided that the Counterparty shall
               not be deemed to have any Affiliates for purposes of this
               Agreement, including for purposes of Section 6(b)(ii).

          (p)  TRUSTEE'S CAPACITY. It is expressly understood and agreed by the
               parties hereto that insofar as this Confirmation is executed by
               the Trustee (i) this Confirmation is executed and delivered by
               LaSalle Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
               but solely as Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
               and vested in it thereunder and pursuant to instruction set forth
               therein (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and
               agreements herein made on behalf of the trust is


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               made and intended not as a personal representation, undertaking
               or agreement of the Trustee but is made and intended for the
               purpose of binding only the Counterparty, and (iii) under no
               circumstances will LaSalle Bank National Association, in its
               individual capacity be personally liable for the payment of any
               indebtedness or expenses or be personally liable for the breach
               or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or
               covenant made or undertaken under this Confirmation.

          (q)  TRUSTEE'S REPRESENTATION. LaSalle Bank National Association, as
               Trustee, represents and warrants that:

               It has been directed under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to
               enter into this letter agreement as Trustee on behalf of the
               Counterparty.

          (r)  AMENDMENT TO POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding any
               provisions to the contrary in the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, none of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee
               shall enter into any amendment thereto which could have a
               material adverse affect on BNY without the prior written consent
               of BNY.

     6)   ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS. Section 3 is hereby amended, by
          substituting for the words "Section 3(f)" in the introductory sentence
          thereof the words "Sections 3(f) and 3(i)" and by adding, at the end
          thereof, the following Sections 3(g), 3(h) and 3(i):

          "(g) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIES.

               (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 or the Confirmation in
                    respect of that Transaction.

               (2)  EVALUATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

                    (i)  Each Party acknowledges that LaSalle Bank National
                         Association, has been directed under the Pooling and
                         Servicing Agreement to enter into this Transaction as
                         Trustee on behalf of the Counterparty.

                    (ii) It is acting for its own account and has the capacity
                         to evaluate (internally or through independent
                         professional advice) the Transaction and has made its
                         own decision to enter into the Transaction; it is not
                         relying on any communication (written or oral) of the
                         other party as investment advice or as a recommendation
                         to enter into such transaction; it being understood
                         that information and explanations related to the terms
                         and conditions of such transaction shall not be
                         considered investment advice or a recommendation to
                         enter into such transaction. No communication (written
                         or oral) received from the other party shall be deemed
                         to be an assurance or guarantee as to the expected
                         results of the transaction; and


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                    (iii) It understands the terms, conditions and risks of the
                         Transaction and is willing and able to accept those
                         terms and conditions and to assume (and does, in fact
                         assume) those risks, financially and otherwise.

               (3)  PRINCIPAL. The other party is not acting as a fiduciary or
                    an advisor for it in respect of this Transaction.

          (h)  EXCLUSION FROM COMMODITIES EXCHANGE ACT. (A) It is an "eligible
               contract participant" within the meaning of Section 1a(12) of the
               Commodity Exchange Act, as amended; (B) this Agreement and each
               Transaction is subject to individual negotiation by such party;
               and (C) neither this Agreement nor any Transaction will be
               executed or traded on a "trading facility" within the meaning of
               Section 1a(33) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

          (i)  ERISA (PENSION PLANS). It is not a pension plan or employee
               benefits plan and it is not using assets of any such plan or
               assets deemed to be assets of such a plan in connection with this
               Transaction.

     7)   SET-OFF. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other
          existing or future agreement (but without limiting the provisions of
          Section 2(c) and Section 6, except as provided in the next sentence),
          each party irrevocably waives any and all rights it may have to set
          off, net, recoup or otherwise withhold or suspend or condition payment
          or performance of any obligation between it and the other party
          hereunder against any obligation between it and the other party under
          any other agreements. The last sentence of the first paragraph of
          Section 6(e) shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.

     8)   ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENTS. The following Additional Termination
          Events will apply, in each case with respect to BNY as the sole
          Affected Party (unless otherwise provided below):

          (i)  REMEDY OF RATINGS EVENTS. BNY fails to comply with the provisions
               of Paragraph 9.

          (ii) AMENDMENT OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT WITHOUT CONSENT OF
               BNY. If the Trustee permits the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
               to be amended in a manner which could have a material adverse
               affect on BNY without first obtaining the prior written consent
               of BNY. The Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party with
               respect to the occurrence of a Termination Event described in
               this Paragraph 8(ii).

          (iii) FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY REGULATION AB. If the
               Depositor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement still has a
               reporting obligation with respect to this Transaction pursuant to
               Regulation AB under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
               the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("REGULATION AB")
               and BNY has not, within 30 days after receipt of a Swap
               Disclosure Request complied with the provisions set forth below
               in this Paragraph 4(8)(iii) (provided that if the significance
               percentage reaches 10% after a Swap Disclosure Request has been
               made to BNY, BNY must comply with the provisions set forth below
               in this Section 4(8)(iii) within 10 days of BNY being informed of
               the significance percentage reaching 10%), then an Additional


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               Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to BNY and BNY
               shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional
               Termination Event.

               BNY acknowledges that for so long as there are reporting
               obligations with respect to this Transaction under Regulation AB,
               the Depositor is required under Regulation AB to disclose certain
               information set forth in Regulation AB regarding BNY or its group
               of affiliated entities, if applicable, depending on the aggregate
               "significance percentage" of this Agreement and any other
               derivative contracts between BNY or its group of affiliated
               entities, if applicable, and the Counterparty, as calculated from
               time to time in accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

               If the Depositor determines, reasonably and in good faith, that
               the significance percentage of this Agreement has increased to
               nine (9) percent, then the Depositor may request on a Business
               Day after the date of such determination from BNY the same
               information set forth in Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB that would
               have been required if the significance percentage had in fact
               increased to ten (10) percent (such request, a "SWAP DISCLOSURE
               REQUEST" and such requested information, subject to the last
               sentence of this paragraph, is the "SWAP FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE").
               The Counterparty or the Depositor shall provide BNY with the
               calculations and any other information reasonably requested by
               BNY with respect to the Depositor's determination that led to the
               Swap Disclosure Request. The parties hereto further agree that
               the Swap Financial Disclosure provided to meet the Swap
               Disclosure Request may be, solely at BNY's option, either the
               information set forth in Item 1115(b)(1) or Item 1115(b)(2) of
               Regulation AB.

               Upon the occurrence of a Swap Disclosure Request, BNY, at its own
               expense, shall (x) provide the Depositor with the Swap Financial
               Disclosure, or (y) subject to Rating Agency Confirmation, secure
               another entity to replace BNY as party to this Agreement on terms
               substantially similar to this Agreement which entity is able to
               provide the Swap Financial Disclosure. If permitted by Regulation
               AB, any required Swap Financial Disclosure may be provided by
               incorporation by reference from reports filed pursuant to the
               Securities Exchange Act.

     9)   PROVISIONS RELATING TO DOWNGRADE OF BNY DEBT RATINGS.

          (i)  For purposes of this Transaction:

               (a)  A "COLLATERALIZATION RATINGS EVENT" shall occur with respect
                    to BNY (or any applicable credit support provider) if:

                    (x)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is reduced to "P-1 on watch for downgrade" or below,
                         and its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
                         reduced to "A1 on watch for downgrade" or below (or, if
                         it has no short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt
                         rating, its long term rating is reduced to "Aa3 on
                         watch for downgrade" or below) by Moody's, or


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                    (y)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is reduced below "A-1" by S&P.

                    Such ratings are referred to herein as the "QUALIFYING
                    RATINGS."

               (b)  A "RATINGS EVENT" shall occur with respect to BNY (or any
                    applicable credit support provider) if:

                    (x)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is withdrawn or reduced to "P-2" or below by Moody's
                         and its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
                         reduced to "A3" or below (or, if it has no short-term
                         unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating, its long term
                         rating is reduced to "A2" or below) by Moody's, or

                    (y)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is withdrawn or reduced below "A-2" by S&P.

                    For purposes of (a) and (b) above, such events include those
                    occurring in connection with a merger, consolidation or
                    other similar transaction by BNY or any applicable credit
                    support provider, but they shall be deemed not to occur if,
                    within 30 days thereafter, subject to the rating agency
                    confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, a downgrade of the
                    rating on the Certificates could occur in the event that BNY
                    does not post sufficient collateral.

               (c)  "RATING AGENCY CONDITION" means, with respect to any
                    particular proposed act or omission to act hereunder, that
                    the Trustee shall have received prior written confirmation
                    from each of Moody's and S&P, and shall have provided notice
                    thereof to BNY, that the proposed action or inaction would
                    not cause a downgrade or withdrawal of their then-current
                    ratings of the Certificates.

          (ii) Subject, in each case set forth in (a) and (b) below, to
               satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition:

               (a)  COLLATERALIZATION RATINGS EVENT. If a Collateralization
                    Ratings Event occurs with respect to BNY (or any applicable
                    credit support provider), then BNY shall, at its own
                    expense, within thirty (30) days of such Collateralization
                    Ratings Event:

                    (w)  post collateral under agreements and other instruments
                         approved by the Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such
                         approval not to be unreasonably withheld, and
                         satisfactory to Moody's and S&P, which will be
                         sufficient to restore the immediately prior ratings of
                         the Certificates,

                    (x)  assign this Transaction to a third party, the ratings
                         of the debt of which (or the ratings of the debt of the
                         credit support provider of which) meet or exceed the
                         Qualifying Ratings, on terms substantially similar to
                         this Confirmation, which party is


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                         approved by the Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such
                         approval not to be unreasonably withheld,

                    (y)  obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of,
                         another person, the ratings of the debt of which (or
                         the ratings of the debt of the credit support provider
                         of which) meet or exceed the Qualifying Ratings, to
                         honor BNY's obligations under this Agreement, provided
                         that such other person is approved by the Counterparty
                         and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be
                         unreasonably withheld, or

                    (z)  establish any other arrangement approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld and satisfactory to Moody's
                         and S&P which will be sufficient to restore the
                         immediately prior ratings of their Certificates.

               (b)  RATINGS EVENT. If a Ratings Event occurs with respect to BNY
                    (or any applicable credit support provider), then BNY shall,
                    at its own expense, within ten (10) Business Days of such
                    Ratings Event, subject to the rating agency confirmation:

                    (x)  assign this Transaction to a third party, the ratings
                         of the debt of which (or the ratings of the debt of the
                         credit support provider of which) meet or exceed the
                         Qualifying Ratings, on terms substantially similar to
                         this Confirmation, which party is approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld,

                    (y)  obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of,
                         another person, the ratings of the debt of which (or
                         the ratings of the debt of the credit support provider
                         of which) meet or exceed the Qualifying Ratings, to
                         honor BNY's obligations under this Agreement, provided
                         that such other person is approved by the Counterparty
                         and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be
                         unreasonably withheld, or

                    (z)  establish any other arrangement approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld and satisfactory to Moody's
                         and S&P which will be sufficient to restore the
                         immediately prior ratings of their Certificates,
                         provided, that, if BNY is required to post collateral
                         as a condition to the restoration of such rating
                         pursuant to this Paragraph 4(9)(ii)(b)(z), the
                         collateral must be pledged, and reasoned opinions on
                         enforceability, confirming, subject to the
                         qualifications and assumptions customary for such
                         opinions, that the collateral will be available upon a
                         bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty, must be
                         delivered and reviewed by Standard & Poor's within 30
                         days of the occurrence of a Ratings Event.


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          10)  ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding the terms of Sections 5
               and 6 of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, if the Counterparty has
               satisfied its payment obligations under Section 2(a)(i) of the
               ISDA Form Master Agreement, and shall, at the time, have no
               future payment or delivery obligation, whether absolute or
               contingent, then unless BNY is required pursuant to appropriate
               proceedings to return to the Counterparty or otherwise returns to
               the Counterparty upon demand of the 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 the
               Counterparty shall not constitute an Event of Default or
               Potential Event of Default with respect to the Counterparty as
               the Defaulting Party and (b) BNY shall be entitled to designate
               an Early Termination Date 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 BNY as the Affected Party
               or Section 5(b)(iii) of the ISDA Form Master Agreement with
               respect to BNY as the Burdened Party.

          11)  RETURN OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY MLML OR ITS AFFILIATES. Merrill
               Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc. ("MLML") agrees and acknowledges
               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 cause such affiliate to promptly
               remit) such amounts to the Trustee, whereupon such Trustee will
               promptly remit such amounts to BNY. MLML further agrees to
               provide notice to BNY upon any remittance to the Trustee.

          12)  BNY PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO TRUSTEE. BNY will, unless otherwise
               directed by the Trustee, make all payments hereunder to the
               Trustee. Payment made to the Trustee at the account specified
               herein or to another account specified in writing by the Trustee
               shall satisfy the payment obligations of BNY hereunder to the
               extent of such payment.

     5.   ACCOUNT DETAILS AND SETTLEMENT INFORMATION:

          Payments to BNY:

               The Bank of New York
               Derivative Products Support Department
               32 Old Slip, 16th Floor
               New York, New York 10286
               Attention: Renee Etheart
               ABA #021000018
               Account #890-0068-175
               Reference: Interest Rate Swap

          Payments to Counterparty:

               LaSalle Bank N.A.
               ABA # 071000505
               LaSalle CHGO/ BNF/LaSalle Trust
               Ref Trust Acct #: 723561.2
               Attn: Megan Olson, 312-904-6709


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6. COUNTERPARTS. 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.

     Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our
agreement by executing this agreement and returning it via facsimile to
Derivative Products Support Dept., Attn: Kenny Au-Yeung at 212-804-5818/5837.
Once we receive this we will send you two original confirmations for execution.

     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 BANK OF NEW YORK


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------

     The Counterparty, acting through its duly authorized signatory, hereby
agrees to, accepts and confirms the terms of the foregoing as of the Trade Date.

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2006-WMC2

BY: LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE
ON BEHALF OF MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WMC2


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


Solely with respect to Paragraph 4(11)
MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


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                                   SCHEDULE I

    All dates subject to adjustment in accordance with the Modified Following
                            Business Day Convention.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 ACCRUAL START DATES   ACCRUAL END DATES   NOTIONAL AMOUNT IN USD   CAP RATE (%)
--------------------   -----------------   ----------------------   ------------
<S>                    <C>                 <C>                      <C>
      3/30/2006            4/25/2006             493,651,000           8.4860%
      4/25/2006            5/25/2006             490,924,581           7.3230%
      5/25/2006            6/25/2006             486,878,064           7.0790%
      6/25/2006            7/25/2006             481,500,113           7.3230%
      7/25/2006            8/25/2006             474,793,601           7.0790%
      8/25/2006            9/25/2006             466,761,028           7.0800%
</TABLE>


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                                   EXHIBIT N-2

                         FORM OF CLASS A-2A CAP CONTRACT

                                                           Dated: March 21, 2006

                              RATE CAP TRANSACTION

                           RE: BNY REFERENCE NO. 37522

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The purpose of this letter agreement ("AGREEMENT") is to confirm the terms
and conditions of the rate Cap Transaction entered into on the Trade Date
specified below (the "TRANSACTION") between The Bank of New York ("BNY"), a
trust company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, and the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2 (the "COUNTERPARTY"), as represented by LaSalle
Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective March 1, 2006,
among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Lending, Inc., as Sponsor and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
Trustee (the "POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT"). 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.   FORM OF AGREEMENT. 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 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, as modified by the Schedule
     terms in Paragraph 4 of this Confirmation (the "MASTER AGREEMENT"), shall
     be deemed to have been executed by you and us on the date we entered into
     the Transaction. Except as otherwise specified, references herein to
     Sections shall be to Sections of the ISDA Form Master Agreement and the
     Master Agreement, and references to Paragraphs shall be to paragraphs of
     this Agreement. Each party hereto agrees that the Master Agreement deemed
     to have been executed by the parties hereto shall be the same Master
     Agreement referred to in the agreement setting forth the terms of
     transaction reference numbers 37520, 37521 and 37523. 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. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
     or in the Definitions or the Master Agreement shall have the meaning
     defined for such term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2.   CERTAIN TERMS. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this
     Confirmation relates are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     Type of Transaction:        Rate Cap
     --------------------        --------
<S>                              <C>
     Notional Amount:            With respect to any Calculation Period shall
                                 equal the lesser of (1) the amount set forth
                                 for such period on Schedule I attached hereto
                                 and (2) the outstanding Certificate Principal
                                 Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates as of
                                 the first day of the Calculation Period. The
                                 Trustee shall make available each month via the
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>
                                 Trustee's website a statement containing the
                                 outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
                                 the Class A-2A Certificates as of the first day
                                 of such Calculation Period and shall notify BNY
                                 at least five (5) Business Days prior to the
                                 related Floating Rate Payer Payment Date of the
                                 outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
                                 the Class A-2A Certificates as of the first day
                                 of such Calculation Period and shall send such
                                 notification to BNY provided, however, that if
                                 the Trustee shall not provide such
                                 notification, BNY is permitted to rely upon the
                                 statement of Certificate Principal Balance of
                                 the Class A-2A Certificates made available on
                                 the Trustee's website. The Trustee's internet
                                 website shall initially be located at
                                 www.etrustee.net and assistance in using the
                                 website can be obtained by calling Megan Olson
                                 at 312-904-6709.

     Trade Date:                 March 21, 2006

     Effective Date:             March 30, 2006

     Termination Date:           September 25, 2006, subject to adjustment in
                                 accordance with the Modified Following Business
                                 Day Convention.

FLOATING AMOUNTS

     Floating Rate Payer:        BNY

     Cap Rate:                   For each Calculation Period, as set forth for
                                 such period on Schedule I attached hereto.

     Floating Rate for initial
     Calculation Period:         To be determined

     Floating Rate Day Count
     Fraction:                   Actual/360

     Floating Rate Option:       USD-LIBOR-BBA, provided, however, if the
                                 Floating Rate Option for a Calculation Period
                                 is greater than 9.42% -then the Floating Rate
                                 Option for such Calculation Period shall be
                                 deemed equal to 9.42%.

     Designated Maturity:        One month

     Spread:                     Inapplicable

     Floating Rate Payer
     Period End Dates:           The 25th day of each month, beginning on April
                                 25, 2006 and ending on the Termination Date,
                                 subject to adjustment in accordance with the
                                 Modified Following Business Day Convention.

     Floating Rate Payer
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>
     Payment Dates:              Early Payment shall be applicable. The Floating
                                 Rate Payer Payment Date shall be two (2)
                                 Business Days preceding each Floating Rate
                                 Payer Period End Date.

     Reset Dates:                The first day of each Calculation Period or
                                 Compounding Period, if Compounding is
                                 applicable.

     Compounding:                Inapplicable

     Business Days for
     Payments By both parties:   New York

     Calculation Agent:          BNY
</TABLE>

3.   ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:

     1) RELIANCE. Each party hereto is hereby advised and 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.

     2) TRANSFER, AMENDMENT AND ASSIGNMENT. No transfer, amendment, waiver,
     supplement, assignment or other modification of this Transaction shall be
     permitted by either party unless each of Standard & Poor's Ratings Service,
     a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc ("S&P") and Moody's Investors
     Service, Inc. ("MOODY'S"), has been provided notice of the same and
     confirms in writing (including by facsimile transmission) that it will not
     downgrade, qualify, withdraw or otherwise modify its then-current ratings
     on the Class A-2A Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing
     Agreement (the "CERTIFICATES").

4.   PROVISIONS DEEMED INCORPORATED IN A SCHEDULE TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT:

     2)   NO NETTING BETWEEN TRANSACTIONS. The parties agree that subparagraph
          (ii) of Section 2(c) will apply to any Transaction.

     2)   TERMINATION PROVISIONS. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 4(10)
          below, for purposes of the Master Agreement:

          (a)  "SPECIFIED ENTITY" is not applicable to BNY or the Counterparty
               for any purpose.

          (b)  The "BREACH OF AGREEMENT" provision of Section 5(a)(ii) will not
               apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (c)  The "CREDIT SUPPORT DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) will
               not apply to BNY (except with respect to credit support furnished
               pursuant to Paragraph 4 9) below or the Counterparty.

          (d)  The "MISREPRESENTATION" provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) will not
               apply to BNY or the Counterparty.


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          (e)  "DEFAULT UNDER SPECIFIED TRANSACTION" is not applicable to BNY or
               the Counterparty for any purpose, and, accordingly, Section
               5(a)(v) shall not apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (f)  The "CROSS DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not apply
               to BNY or to the Counterparty.

          (g)  The "BANKRUPTCY" provisions of Section 5(a)(vii)(2) will not
               apply to the Counterparty; the words "trustee" and "custodian" in
               Section 5(a)(vii)(6) will not include the Trustee; and the words
               "specifically authorized " are inserted before the word "action"
               in Section 5(a)(vii)(9).

          (h)  The "CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv)
               will not apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (i)  The "AUTOMATIC EARLY TERMINATION" provision of Section 6(a) will
               not apply to BNY or to the Counterparty.

          (j)  PAYMENTS ON EARLY TERMINATION. For the purpose of Section 6(e):

               (i)  Market Quotation will apply.

               (ii) The Second Method will apply.

          (k)  "TERMINATION CURRENCY" means United States Dollars.

          (l)  NO ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY COUNTERPARTY. The Counterparty
               shall not be required to pay any additional amounts pursuant to
               Section 2(d)(i)(4) or 2(d)(ii).

     3)   TAX REPRESENTATIONS.

          (a)  PAYER REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(e), BNY and
               the Counterparty make the following representations:

                    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)) to be made by it to the other
               party under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may
               rely on:

               (i)  the accuracy of any representations made by the other party
                    pursuant to Section 3(f);

               (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement contained in Section 4
                    (a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) and the accuracy and effectiveness of
                    any document provided by the other party pursuant to Section
                    4 (a)(i) or 4(a)(iii); and

               (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party
                    contained in Section 4(d), provided that it shall not be a
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                    reliance is placed on clause (ii) and the other party does
                    not deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) by
                    reason of material prejudice of its legal or commercial
                    position.

          (b)  PAYEE REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(f), BNY and
               the Counterparty make the following representations.

               (i)  The following representation will apply to BNY:

                    (x) It is a "U.S. person" (as that term is used in section
                    1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of the United States Treasury
                    Regulations) for United States federal income tax purposes,
                    (y) it is a trust company duly organized and existing under
                    the laws of the State of New York, and (y) its U.S. taxpayer
                    identification number is 135160382.

               (ii) The following representation will apply to the Counterparty:

                    It is a "U.S. person" (as that term is used in section
                    1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of United States Treasury Regulations)
                    for United States federal income tax purposes.

     4)   DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 4(A):

          (a)  Tax forms, documents or certificates to be delivered are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARTY REQUIRED TO                                 DATE BY WHICH TO    COVERED BY SECTION 3(D)
 DELIVER DOCUMENT   FORM/DOCUMENT/ CERTIFICATE      BE DELIVERED           REPRESENTATION
-----------------   --------------------------   ------------------   -----------------------
<S>                 <C>                          <C>                  <C>
BNY and             Any document required or     Upon the execution             Yes
Counterparty        reasonably requested to      and delivery of
                    allow the other party to     this Agreement
                    make payments under this
                    Agreement without any
                    deduction or withholding
                    for or on the account of
                    any tax.
</TABLE>

          (b)  Other documents to be delivered are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARTY REQUIRED TO                                 DATE BY WHICH TO    COVERED BY SECTION 3(D)
 DELIVER DOCUMENT   FORM/DOCUMENT/ CERTIFICATE      BE DELIVERED           REPRESENTATION
-----------------   --------------------------   ------------------   -----------------------
<S>                 <C>                          <C>                  <C>
BNY                 A certificate of an          Upon the execution             Yes
                    authorized officer of the    and delivery of
                    party, as to the             this Agreement
                    incumbency and authority
                    of the respective officers
                    of the party signing this
                    Agreement, any relevant
                    Credit Support Document,
                    or any Confirmation, as
                    the case may be.

Counterparty        (i) a copy of the executed   Upon the execution             Yes
                    Pooling and Servicing        and delivery of
                    Agreement, and (ii) an       this Agreement
                    incumbency certificate
                    verifying the true
                    signatures and authority
                    of the person or persons
                    signing this letter
                    agreement on behalf of the
                    Counterparty.
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                 <C>                          <C>                  <C>
BNY                 A copy of the most recent    Promptly after                 Yes
                    publicly available           request by the
                    regulatory call report.      other party

BNY                 Legal Opinion as to          Upon the execution             Yes
                    enforceability of the Swap   and   delivery of
                    Agreement.                   this Agreement.

Counterparty        Certified copy of the        Upon the execution             Yes
                    Board of Directors           and delivery of
                    resolution (or equivalent    this Agreement.
                    authorizing documentation)
                    which sets forth the
                    authority of each
                    signatory to the
                    Confirmation signing on
                    its behalf and the
                    authority of such party to
                    enter into Transactions
                    contemplated and
                    performance of its
                    obligations hereunder.
</TABLE>

     5)   MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a)  ADDRESS FOR NOTICES: For the purposes of Section 12(a):

               Address for notices or communications to BNY:

                    The Bank of New York
                    Swaps and Derivative Products Group
                    Global Market Division
                    32 Old Slip 15th Floor
                    New York, New York 10286
                    Attention: Steve Lawler

                    with a copy to:

                    The Bank of New York
                    Swaps and Derivative Products Group
                    32 Old Slip 16th Floor
                    New York, New York 10286
                    Attention: Andrew Schwartz
                    Tele: 212-804-5103
                    Fax: 212-804-5818/5837

                    (For all purposes)

               Address for notices or communications to the Counterparty:

                    LaSalle Bank National Association
                    135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
                    Chicago, Illinois 60603

                    Attention: Megan Olson
                    Reference: MLMI 2006 WMC2
                    Tele: 312-904-6709


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                    Fax: 312-904-1368

          (b)  PROCESS AGENT. For the purpose of Section 13(c):

               BNY appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable

               The Counterparty appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable

          (c)  OFFICES. The provisions of Section 10(a) will not apply to this
               Agreement; neither BNY nor the Counterparty have any Offices
               other than as set forth in the Notices Section and BNY agrees
               that, for purposes of Section 6(b), it shall not in future have
               any Office other than one in the United States.

          (d)  MULTIBRANCH PARTY. For the purpose of Section 10(c):

                    BNY is not a Multibranch Party.

                    The Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

          (e)  CALCULATION AGENT. The Calculation Agent is BNY.

          (f)  CREDIT SUPPORT DOCUMENT. Not applicable for either BNY (except
                                        with respect to credit support furnished
                                        pursuant to Paragraph 9) or the
                                        Counterparty.

          (g)  CREDIT SUPPORT PROVIDER.

                    BNY:          Not Applicable (except with respect to credit
                                  support furnished pursuant to Paragraph 9)

                    Counterparty: Not Applicable

          (h)  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 Obligations Law Sections
               5-1401 and 5-1402.

          (i)  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.


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          (j)  RECORDING OF CONVERSATIONS. Each party (i) consents to the
               recording of telephone conversations between the trading,
               marketing and other relevant personnel of the parties in
               connection with this Agreement or any potential Transaction, (ii)
               agrees to obtain any necessary consent of, and give any necessary
               notice of such recording to, its relevant personnel and (iii)
               agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that
               recordings may be submitted in evidence in any Proceedings.

          (k)  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.

          (l)  NON-RECOURSE. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in the ISDA
               Form Master Agreement to the contrary, the obligations of the
               Counterparty hereunder are limited recourse obligations of the
               Counterparty, payable solely from the Trust Fund and the proceeds
               thereof to satisfy the Counterparty's obligations hereunder. In
               the event that the Trust Fund and proceeds thereof should be
               insufficient to satisfy all claims outstanding and following the
               realization of the Trust Fund and the distribution of the
               proceeds thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, any claims against or obligations of the Counterparty
               under the ISDA Form Master Agreement or any other confirmation
               thereunder, still outstanding shall be extinguished and
               thereafter not revive. This provision shall survive the
               expiration of this Agreement.

          (m)  LIMITATION ON INSTITUTION OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. BNY shall
               not institute against or cause any other person to institute
               against, or join any other person in instituting against the
               Counterparty, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
               insolvency or liquidation proceedings, under any of the laws of
               the United States or any other jurisdiction, for a period of one
               year and one day (or, if longer, the applicable preference
               period) following indefeasible payment in full of the
               Certificates. This provision shall survive the expiration of this
               Agreement.

          (n)  REMEDY OF FAILURE TO PAY OR DELIVER. The ISDA Form Master
               Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the word "third" in the
               third line of Section 5(a)(i) by the word "second".

          (o)  "AFFILIATE" will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of the
               ISDA Form Master Agreement, provided that the Counterparty shall
               not be deemed to have any Affiliates for purposes of this
               Agreement, including for purposes of Section 6(b)(ii).

          (p)  TRUSTEE'S CAPACITY. It is expressly understood and agreed by the
               parties hereto that insofar as this Confirmation is executed by
               the Trustee (i) this Confirmation is executed and delivered by
               LaSalle Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
               but solely as Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
               and vested in it thereunder and pursuant to instruction set forth
               therein (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and
               agreements herein made on behalf of the trust is made and
               intended not as a personal representation, undertaking or
               agreement of the Trustee but is made and intended for the purpose
               of binding only the


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               Counterparty, and (iii) under no circumstances will LaSalle Bank
               National Association, in its individual capacity be personally
               liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses or be
               personally liable for the breach or failure of any obligation,
               representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken under
               this Confirmation.

          (q)  TRUSTEE'S REPRESENTATION. LaSalle Bank National Association, as
               Trustee, represents and warrants that:

               It has been directed under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to
               enter into this letter agreement as Trustee on behalf of the
               Counterparty.

          (r)  AMENDMENT TO POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding any
               provisions to the contrary in the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, none of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee
               shall enter into any amendment thereto which could have a
               material adverse affect on BNY without the prior written consent
               of BNY.

     6)   ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS. Section 3 is hereby amended, by
          substituting for the words "Section 3(f)" in the introductory sentence
          thereof the words "Sections 3(f) and 3(i)" and by adding, at the end
          thereof, the following Sections 3(g), 3(h) and 3(i):

          "(g) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIES.

               (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 or the Confirmation in
                    respect of that Transaction.

               (2)  EVALUATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

                    (ii) Each Party acknowledges that LaSalle Bank, National
                         Association, has been directed under the Pooling and
                         Servicing Agreement to enter into this Transaction as
                         Trustee on behalf of the Counterparty.

                    (ii) It is acting for its own account and has the capacity
                         to evaluate (internally or through independent
                         professional advice) the Transaction and has made its
                         own decision to enter into the Transaction; it is not
                         relying on any communication (written or oral) of the
                         other party as investment advice or as a recommendation
                         to enter into such transaction; it being understood
                         that information and explanations related to the terms
                         and conditions of such transaction shall not be
                         considered investment advice or a recommendation to
                         enter into such transaction. No communication (written
                         or oral) received from the other party shall be deemed
                         to be an assurance or guarantee as to the expected
                         results of the transaction; and

                    (iii) It understands the terms, conditions and risks of the
                         Transaction and is willing and able to accept those
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                         to assume (and does, in fact assume) those risks,
                         financially and otherwise.

               (3)  PRINCIPAL. The other party is not acting as a fiduciary or
                    an advisor for it in respect of this Transaction.

          (h)  EXCLUSION FROM COMMODITIES EXCHANGE ACT. (A) It is an "eligible
               contract participant" within the meaning of Section 1a(12) of the
               Commodity Exchange Act, as amended; (B) this Agreement and each
               Transaction is subject to individual negotiation by such party;
               and (C) neither this Agreement nor any Transaction will be
               executed or traded on a "trading facility" within the meaning of
               Section 1a(33) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

          (i)  ERISA (PENSION PLANS). It is not a pension plan or employee
               benefits plan and it is not using assets of any such plan or
               assets deemed to be assets of such a plan in connection with this
               Transaction.

     7)   SET-OFF. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other
          existing or future agreement (but without limiting the provisions of
          Section 2(c) and Section 6, except as provided in the next sentence),
          each party irrevocably waives any and all rights it may have to set
          off, net, recoup or otherwise withhold or suspend or condition payment
          or performance of any obligation between it and the other party
          hereunder against any obligation between it and the other party under
          any other agreements. The last sentence of the first paragraph of
          Section 6(e) shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.

     8)   ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENTS. The following Additional Termination
          Events will apply, in each case with respect to BNY as the sole
          Affected Party (unless otherwise provided below):

          (i)  REMEDY OF RATINGS EVENTS. BNY fails to comply with the provisions
               of Paragraph 9.

          (ii) AMENDMENT OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT WITHOUT CONSENT OF
               BNY. If the Trustee permits the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
               to be amended in a manner which could have a material adverse
               affect on BNY without first obtaining the prior written consent
               of BNY. The Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party with
               respect to the occurrence of a Termination Event described in
               this Paragraph 8(ii).

          (iii) FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY REGULATION AB. If the
               Depositor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement still has a
               reporting obligation with respect to this Transaction pursuant to
               Regulation AB under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
               the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("REGULATION AB")
               and BNY has not, within 30 days after receipt of a Swap
               Disclosure Request complied with the provisions set forth below
               in this Paragraph 4(8)(iii) (provided that if the significance
               percentage reaches 10% after a Swap Disclosure Request has been
               made to BNY, BNY must comply with the provisions set forth below
               in this Section 4(8)(iii) within 10 days of BNY being informed of
               the significance percentage reaching 10%), then an Additional
               Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to BNY and BNY
               shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional
               Termination Event.


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               BNY acknowledges that for so long as there are reporting
               obligations with respect to this Transaction under Regulation AB,
               the Depositor is required under Regulation AB to disclose certain
               information set forth in Regulation AB regarding BNY or its group
               of affiliated entities, if applicable, depending on the aggregate
               "significance percentage" of this Agreement and any other
               derivative contracts between BNY or its group of affiliated
               entities, if applicable, and the Counterparty, as calculated from
               time to time in accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

               If the Depositor determines, reasonably and in good faith, that
               the significance percentage of this Agreement has increased to
               nine (9) percent, then the Depositor may request on a Business
               Day after the date of such determination from BNY the same
               information set forth in Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB that would
               have been required if the significance percentage had in fact
               increased to ten (10) percent (such request, a "SWAP DISCLOSURE
               REQUEST" and such requested information, subject to the last
               sentence of this paragraph, is the "SWAP FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE").
               The Counterparty or the Depositor shall provide BNY with the
               calculations and any other information reasonably requested by
               BNY with respect to the Depositor's determination that led to the
               Swap Disclosure Request. The parties hereto further agree that
               the Swap Financial Disclosure provided to meet the Swap
               Disclosure Request may be, solely at BNY's option, either the
               information set forth in Item 1115(b)(1) or Item 1115(b)(2) of
               Regulation AB.

               Upon the occurrence of a Swap Disclosure Request, BNY, at its own
               expense, shall (x) provide the Depositor with the Swap Financial
               Disclosure, or (y) subject to Rating Agency Confirmation, secure
               another entity to replace BNY as party to this Agreement on terms
               substantially similar to this Agreement which entity is able to
               provide the Swap Financial Disclosure. If permitted by Regulation
               AB, any required Swap Financial Disclosure may be provided by
               incorporation by reference from reports filed pursuant to the
               Securities Exchange Act.

     9)   PROVISIONS RELATING TO DOWNGRADE OF BNY DEBT RATINGS.

          (i)  For purposes of this Transaction:

               (a)  A "COLLATERALIZATION RATINGS EVENT" shall occur with respect
                    to BNY (or any applicable credit support provider) if:

                    (x)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is reduced to "P-1 on watch for downgrade" or below,
                         and its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
                         reduced to "A1 on watch for downgrade" or below (or, if
                         it has no short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt
                         rating, its long term rating is reduced to "Aa3 on
                         watch for downgrade" or below) by Moody's, or

                    (y)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is reduced below "A-1" by S&P.


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                    Such ratings are referred to herein as the "QUALIFYING
                    RATINGS."

               (b)  A "RATINGS EVENT" shall occur with respect to BNY (or any
                    applicable credit support provider) if:

                    (x)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is withdrawn or reduced to "P-2" or below by Moody's
                         and its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
                         reduced to "A3" or below (or, if it has no short-term
                         unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating, its long term
                         rating is reduced to "A2" or below) by Moody's, or

                    (y)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is withdrawn or reduced below "A-2" by S&P.

                    For purposes of (a) and (b) above, such events include those
                    occurring in connection with a merger, consolidation or
                    other similar transaction by BNY or any applicable credit
                    support provider, but they shall be deemed not to occur if,
                    within 30 days thereafter , subject to the rating agency
                    confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, a downgrade of the
                    rating on the Certificates could occur in the event that BNY
                    does not post sufficient collateral.

               (c)  "RATING AGENCY CONDITION" means, with respect to any
                    particular proposed act or omission to act hereunder, that
                    the Trustee shall have received prior written confirmation
                    from each of Moody's and S&P , and shall have provided
                    notice thereof to BNY, that the proposed action or inaction
                    would not cause a downgrade or withdrawal of their
                    then-current ratings of the Certificates.

          (ii) Subject, in each case set forth in (a) and (b) below, to
               satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition:

               (a)  COLLATERALIZATION RATINGS EVENT. If a Collateralization
                    Ratings Event occurs with respect to BNY (or any applicable
                    credit support provider), then BNY shall, at its own
                    expense, within thirty (30) days of such Collateralization
                    Ratings Event:

                    (w)  post collateral under agreements and other instruments
                         approved by the Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such
                         approval not to be unreasonably withheld, and
                         satisfactory to Moody's and S&P, which will be
                         sufficient to restore the immediately prior ratings of
                         the Certificates,

                    (x)  assign this Transaction to a third party, the ratings
                         of the debt of which (or the ratings of the debt of the
                         credit support provider of which) meet or exceed the
                         Qualifying Ratings, on terms substantially similar to
                         this Confirmation, which party is approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
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                    (y)  obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of,
                         another person, the ratings of the debt of which (or
                         the ratings of the debt of the credit support provider
                         of which) meet or exceed the Qualifying Ratings, to
                         honor BNY's obligations under this Agreement, provided
                         that such other person is approved by the Counterparty
                         and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be
                         unreasonably withheld, or

                    (z)  establish any other arrangement approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld and satisfactory to Moody's
                         and S&P which will be sufficient to restore the
                         immediately prior ratings of their Certificates,
                         provided, that, if BNY is required to post collateral
                         as a condition to the restoration of such rating
                         pursuant to this Paragraph 4(9)(ii)(b)(z), the
                         collateral must be pledged, and reasoned opinions on
                         enforceability, confirming, subject to the
                         qualifications and assumptions customary for such
                         opinions, that the collateral will be available upon a
                         bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty, must be
                         delivered and reviewed by Standard & Poor's within 30
                         days of the occurrence of a Ratings Event.

               (b)  RATINGS EVENT. If a Ratings Event occurs with respect to BNY
                    (or any applicable credit support provider), then BNY shall,
                    at its own expense, within ten (10) Business Days of such
                    Ratings Event, subject to the rating agency confirmation:

                    (x)  assign this Transaction to a third party, the ratings
                         of the debt of which (or the ratings of the debt of the
                         credit support provider of which) meet or exceed the
                         Qualifying Ratings, on terms substantially similar to
                         this Confirmation, which party is approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld,

                    (y)  obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of,
                         another person, the ratings of the debt of which (or
                         the ratings of the debt of the credit support provider
                         of which) meet or exceed the Qualifying Ratings, to
                         honor BNY's obligations under this Agreement, provided
                         that such other person is approved by the Counterparty
                         and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be
                         unreasonably withheld, or

               (z)  establish any other arrangement approved by the Counterparty
                    and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be unreasonably
                    withheld and satisfactory to Moody's and S&P which will be
                    sufficient to restore the immediately prior ratings of their
                    Certificates.

     10)  ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding the terms of Sections 5 and 6
          of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, if the Counterparty has satisfied
          its payment obligations under Section 2(a)(i) of the ISDA Form Master
          Agreement, and shall, at the time, have no future payment or delivery
          obligation, whether absolute or contingent, then unless BNY is
          required pursuant to appropriate proceedings to return to the
          Counterparty or otherwise


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          returns to the Counterparty upon demand of the 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 the
          Counterparty shall not constitute an Event of Default or Potential
          Event of Default with respect to the Counterparty as the Defaulting
          Party and (b) BNY shall be entitled to designate an Early Termination
          Date 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 BNY
          as the Affected Party or Section 5(b)(iii) of the ISDA Form Master
          Agreement with respect to BNY as the Burdened Party.

     11)  RETURN OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY MLML OR ITS AFFILIATES. Merrill Lynch
          Mortgage Lending, Inc. ("MLML") agrees and acknowledges 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 cause such
          affiliate to promptly remit) such amounts to the Trustee, whereupon
          such Trustee will promptly remit such amounts to BNY. MLML further
          agrees to provide notice to BNY upon any remittance to the Trustee.

     12)  PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO TRUSTEE. BNY will, unless otherwise directed by
          the Trustee, make all payments hereunder to the Trustee. Payment made
          to the Trustee at the account specified herein or to another account
          specified in writing by the Trustee shall satisfy the payment
          obligations of BNY hereunder to the extent of such payment.

5.   ACCOUNT DETAILS AND SETTLEMENT INFORMATION:

     Payments to BNY:

          The Bank of New York
          Derivative Products Support Department
          32 Old Slip, 16th Floor
          New York, New York 10286
          Attention: Renee Etheart
          ABA #021000018
          Account #890-0068-175
          Reference: Interest Rate Swap

     Payments to Counterparty:

          LaSalle Bank N.A.
          ABA # 071000505
          LaSalle CHGO/ BNF/LaSalle Trust
          Ref Trust Acct #: 723561.2
          Attn: Megan Olson, 312-904-6709


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6. COUNTERPARTS. 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.

     Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our
agreement by executing this agreement and returning it via facsimile to
Derivative Products Support Dept., Attn: Kenny Au-Yeung at 212-804-5818/5837.
Once we receive this we will send you two original confirmations for execution.

     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 BANK OF NEW YORK


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------

     The Counterparty, acting through its duly authorized signatory, hereby
agrees to, accepts and confirms the terms of the foregoing as of the Trade Date.

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2006-WMC2

BY: LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE
ON BEHALF OF MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WMC2


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------

Solely with respect to Paragraph 4(11)
MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


                                     N-2-15

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE I

   All dates subject to adjustment in accordance with the Modified Following
                            Business Day Convention.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ACCRUAL START   ACCRUAL END      NOTIONAL
    DATES          DATES      AMOUNT IN USD   CAP RATE (%)
-------------   -----------   -------------   ------------
<S>             <C>           <C>             <C>
  3/30/2006      4/25/2006     225,832,000       9.0060%
  4/25/2006      5/25/2006     222,894,847       7.7950%
  5/25/2006      6/25/2006     218,636,390       7.5410%
  6/25/2006      7/25/2006     213,049,610       7.7960%
  7/25/2006      8/25/2006     206,136,173       7.5430%
  8/25/2006      9/25/2006     197,902,705       7.5460%
</TABLE>


                                     N-2-16
<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT N-3

           FORM OF FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE CAP CONTRACT

                                                           Dated: March 21, 2006

                              RATE CAP TRANSACTION

                           RE: BNY REFERENCE NO. 37523

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The purpose of this letter agreement ("AGREEMENT") is to confirm the terms
and conditions of the rate Cap Transaction entered into on the Trade Date
specified below (the "TRANSACTION") between The Bank of New York ("BNY"), a
trust company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, and the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2 (the "COUNTERPARTY"), as represented by LaSalle
Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective March 1, 2006,
among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Lending, Inc., as Sponsor and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
Trustee (the "POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT"). 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. FORM OF AGREEMENT. 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
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, as modified by the Schedule terms in Paragraph 4 of this
Confirmation (the "MASTER AGREEMENT"), shall be deemed to have been executed by
you and us on the date we entered into the Transaction. Except as otherwise
specified, references herein to Sections shall be to Sections of the ISDA Form
Master Agreement and the Master Agreement, and references to Paragraphs shall be
to paragraphs of this Agreement. Each party hereto agrees that the Master
Agreement deemed to have been executed by the parties hereto shall be the same
Master Agreement referred to in the agreement setting forth the terms of
transaction reference numbers 37520, 37521 and 37522. 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. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein or in the
Definitions or the Master Agreement shall have the meaning defined for such term
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2.   CERTAIN TERMS. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this
     Confirmation relates are as follows:

<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>
   Type of Transaction:        Rate Cap

   Notional Amount:            With respect to any Calculation Period shall equal the lesser of (1)
                               USD 184,891,000.00 and (2) the outstanding Certificate Principal
                               Balance of the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates as of the first
                               day of the Calculation Period.  The Trustee shall make available each
                               month via the Trustee's website a statement
</TABLE>


                                     N-3-1

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>
                               containing the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the
                               Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates as of the first day of such
                               Calculation Period and shall notify BNY at least five (5) Business
                               Days prior to the related Floating Rate Payer Payment Date of the
                               outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Floating Rate
                               Subordinate Certificates as of the first day of such Calculation
                               Period and shall send such notification to BNY provided, however,
                               that if the Trustee shall not provide such notification, BNY is
                               permitted to rely upon the statement of Certificate Principal Balance
                               of the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates made available on the
                               Trustee's website. The Trustee's internet website shall initially be
                               located at www.etrustee.net and assistance in using the website can
                               be obtained by calling Megan Olson at 312-904-6709.

   Trade Date:                 March 21, 2006

   Effective Date:             March 30, 2006

   Termination Date:           September 25, 2006, subject to adjustment in accordance with the
                               Modified Following Business Day Convention.

FLOATING AMOUNTS

   Floating Rate Payer:        BNY

   Cap Rate:                   For each Calculation Period, as set forth for such period on Schedule
                               I attached hereto.

   Floating Rate for initial
   Calculation Period:         To be determined

   Floating Rate Day Count
   Fraction:                   Actual/360

   Floating Rate Option:       USD-LIBOR-BBA, provided, however, if the Floating Rate Option for a
                               Calculation Period is greater than 8.91% then the Floating Rate
                               Option for such Calculation Period shall be deemed equal to 8.91%.

   Designated Maturity:        One month

   Spread:                     Inapplicable

   Floating Rate Payer
   Period End Dates:           The 25th day of each month, beginning on April 25, 2006 and ending on
                               the Termination Date, subject to adjustment in accordance with the
                               Modified Following Business Day Convention.

   Floating Rate Payer
</TABLE>


                                     N-3-2

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>
Payment Dates:                 Early Payment shall be applicable. The Floating Rate Payer Payment
                               Date shall be two (2) Business Days preceding each Floating Rate
                               Payer Period End Date.

Reset Dates:                   The first day of each Calculation Period or Compounding Period, if
                               Compounding is applicable.

Compounding:                   Inapplicable

Business Days for Payments
By both parties:               New York

Calculation Agent:             BNY
</TABLE>

3.   ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:

     1) RELIANCE. Each party hereto is hereby advised and 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.

     2) TRANSFER, AMENDMENT AND ASSIGNMENT. No transfer, amendment, waiver,
     supplement, assignment or other modification of this Transaction shall be
     permitted by either party unless each of Standard & Poor's Ratings Service,
     a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc ("S&P") and Moody's Investors
     Service, Inc. ("MOODY'S"), has been provided notice of the same and
     confirms in writing (including by facsimile transmission) that it will not
     downgrade, qualify, withdraw or otherwise modify its then-current ratings
     on the Floating Rate Subordinate Certificates issued under the Pooling and
     Servicing Agreement (the "CERTIFICATES").

4.   PROVISIONS DEEMED INCORPORATED IN A SCHEDULE TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT:

     3)   NO NETTING BETWEEN TRANSACTIONS. The parties agree that subparagraph
          (ii) of Section 2(c) will apply to any Transaction.

     2)   TERMINATION PROVISIONS. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 4(10)
          below, for purposes of the Master Agreement:

          (a)  "SPECIFIED ENTITY" is not applicable to BNY or the Counterparty
               for any purpose.

          (b)  The "BREACH OF AGREEMENT" provision of Section 5(a)(ii) will not
               apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (c)  The "CREDIT SUPPORT DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) will
               not apply to BNY (except with respect to credit support furnished
               pursuant to Paragraph 4 9) below or the Counterparty.

          (d)  The "MISREPRESENTATION" provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) will not
               apply to BNY or the Counterparty.


                                     N-3-3
<PAGE>

          (e)  "DEFAULT UNDER SPECIFIED TRANSACTION" is not applicable to BNY or
               the Counterparty for any purpose, and, accordingly, Section
               5(a)(v) shall not apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (f)  The "CROSS DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not apply
               to BNY or to the Counterparty.

          (g)  The "BANKRUPTCY" provisions of Section 5(a)(vii)(2) will not
               apply to the Counterparty; the words "trustee" and "custodian" in
               Section 5(a)(vii)(6) will not include the Trustee; and the words
               "specifically authorized " are inserted before the word "action"
               in Section 5(a)(vii)(9).

          (h)  The "CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv)
               will not apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (i)  The "AUTOMATIC EARLY TERMINATION" provision of Section 6(a) will
               not apply to BNY or to the Counterparty.

          (j)  PAYMENTS ON EARLY TERMINATION. For the purpose of Section 6(e):

                    (i)  Market Quotation will apply.

                    (ii) The Second Method will apply.

          (k)  "TERMINATION CURRENCY" means United States Dollars.

          (l)  NO ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY COUNTERPARTY. The Counterparty
               shall not be required to pay any additional amounts pursuant to
               Section 2(d)(i)(4) or 2(d)(ii).

     3)   TAX REPRESENTATIONS.

          (a)  PAYER REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(e), BNY and
               the Counterparty make the following representations:

                    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)) to be made by it to the other
               party under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may
               rely on:

               (i)  the accuracy of any representations made by the other party
                    pursuant to Section 3(f);

               (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement contained in Section 4
                    (a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) and the accuracy and effectiveness of
                    any document provided by the other party pursuant to Section
                    4 (a)(i) or 4(a)(iii); and

               (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party
                    contained in Section 4(d), provided that it shall not be a
                    breach of this representation where


                                     N-3-4

<PAGE>

                    reliance is placed on clause (ii) and the other party does
                    not deliver a form or document under Section 4(a)(iii) by
                    reason of material prejudice of its legal or commercial
                    position.

          (b)  PAYEE REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(f), BNY and
               the Counterparty make the following representations.

               (i)  The following representation will apply to BNY:

                    (x) It is a "U.S. person" (as that term is used in section
                    1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of the United States Treasury
                    Regulations) for United States federal income tax purposes,
                    (y) it is a trust company duly organized and existing under
                    the laws of the State of New York, and (y) its U.S. taxpayer
                    identification number is 135160382.

               (ii) The following representation will apply to the Counterparty:

                    It is a "U.S. person" (as that term is used in section
                    1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of United States Treasury Regulations)
                    for United States federal income tax purposes.

     4)   DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 4(A):

          (a)  Tax forms, documents or certificates to be delivered are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARTY REQUIRED TO                                              DATE BY WHICH TO BE    COVERED BY SECTION
 DELIVER DOCUMENT          FORM/DOCUMENT/ CERTIFICATE               DELIVERED        3(D) REPRESENTATION
-----------------          --------------------------          -------------------   -------------------
<S>                 <C>                                        <C>                   <C>
BNY and             Any document required or reasonably        Upon the execution            Yes
Counterparty        requested to allow the other party to      and delivery of
                    make payments under this Agreement         this Agreement
                    without any deduction or withholding for
                    or on the account of any tax.
</TABLE>

          (b)  Other documents to be delivered are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARTY REQUIRED TO                                              DATE BY WHICH TO BE    COVERED BY SECTION
 DELIVER DOCUMENT          FORM/DOCUMENT/ CERTIFICATE               DELIVERED        3(D) REPRESENTATION
-----------------          --------------------------          -------------------   -------------------
<S>                 <C>                                        <C>                   <C>
BNY                 A certificate of an authorized officer     Upon the execution            Yes
                    of the party, as to the incumbency and     and delivery of
                    authority of the respective officers of    this Agreement
                    the party signing this Agreement, any
                    relevant Credit Support Document, or any
                    Confirmation, as the case may be.

Counterparty        (i) a copy of the executed Pooling and     Upon the execution            Yes
                    Servicing Agreement, and (ii) an           and delivery of
                    incumbency certificate verifying the       this Agreement
                    true signatures and authority of the
                    person or persons signing this letter
                    agreement on behalf of the Counterparty.
</TABLE>


                                     N-3-5

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                 <C>                                        <C>                   <C>
BNY                 A copy of the most recent publicly         Promptly after                Yes
                    available regulatory call report.          request by the
                                                               other party

BNY                 Legal Opinion as to enforceability of      Upon the execution            Yes
                    the Swap Agreement.                        and delivery of
                                                               this Agreement.

Counterparty        Certified copy of the Board of Directors   Upon the execution            Yes
                    resolution (or equivalent authorizing      and delivery of
                    documentation) which sets forth the        this Agreement.
                    authority of each signatory to the
                    Confirmation signing on its behalf and
                    the authority of such party to enter
                    into Transactions contemplated and
                    performance of its obligations
                    hereunder.
</TABLE>

     5)   MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a)  ADDRESS FOR NOTICES: For the purposes of Section 12(a):

               Address for notices or communications to BNY:

                    The Bank of New York
                    Swaps and Derivative Products Group
                    Global Market Division
                    32 Old Slip 15th Floor
                    New York, New York 10286
                    Attention: Steve Lawler

                    with a copy to:

                    The Bank of New York
                    Swaps and Derivative Products Group
                    32 Old Slip 16th Floor
                    New York, New York 10286
                    Attention: Andrew Schwartz
                    Tele: 212-804-5103
                    Fax: 212-804-5818/5837

                    (For all purposes)

               Address for notices or communications to the Counterparty:

                    LaSalle Bank National Association
                    135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
                    Chicago, Illinois 60603

                    Attention: Megan Olson
                    Reference: MLMI 2006 WMC2
                    Tele: 312-904-6709
                    Fax: 312-904-1368


                                     N-3-6
<PAGE>

               Fax: 312-904-1368

          (b)  PROCESS AGENT. For the purpose of Section 13(c):

               BNY appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable

               The Counterparty appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable

          (c)  OFFICES. The provisions of Section 10(a) will not apply to this
               Agreement; neither BNY nor the Counterparty have any Offices
               other than as set forth in the Notices Section and BNY agrees
               that, for purposes of Section 6(b), it shall not in future have
               any Office other than one in the United States.

          (d)  MULTIBRANCH PARTY. For the purpose of Section 10(c):

                    BNY is not a Multibranch Party.

                    The Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

          (e)  CALCULATION AGENT. The Calculation Agent is BNY.

          (f)  CREDIT SUPPORT DOCUMENT. Not applicable for either BNY (except
                                        with respect to credit support furnished
                                        pursuant to Paragraph 9) or the
                                        Counterparty.

          (g)  CREDIT SUPPORT PROVIDER.

                    BNY:          Not Applicable (except with respect to credit
                                  support furnished pursuant to Paragraph 9)

                    Counterparty: Not Applicable

          (h)  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 Obligations Law Sections
               5-1401 and 5-1402.

          (i)  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.


                                     N-3-7

<PAGE>

          (j)  RECORDING OF CONVERSATIONS. Each party (i) consents to the
               recording of telephone conversations between the trading,
               marketing and other relevant personnel of the parties in
               connection with this Agreement or any potential Transaction, (ii)
               agrees to obtain any necessary consent of, and give any necessary
               notice of such recording to, its relevant personnel and (iii)
               agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that
               recordings may be submitted in evidence in any Proceedings.

          (k)  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.

          (l)  NON-RECOURSE. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in the ISDA
               Form Master Agreement to the contrary, the obligations of the
               Counterparty hereunder are limited recourse obligations of the
               Counterparty, payable solely from the Trust Fund and the proceeds
               thereof to satisfy the Counterparty's obligations hereunder. In
               the event that the Trust Fund and proceeds thereof should be
               insufficient to satisfy all claims outstanding and following the
               realization of the Trust Fund and the distribution of the
               proceeds thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, any claims against or obligations of the Counterparty
               under the ISDA Form Master Agreement or any other confirmation
               thereunder, still outstanding shall be extinguished and
               thereafter not revive. This provision shall survive the
               expiration of this Agreement.

          (m)  LIMITATION ON INSTITUTION OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. BNY shall
               not institute against or cause any other person to institute
               against, or join any other person in instituting against the
               Counterparty, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
               insolvency or liquidation proceedings, under any of the laws of
               the United States or any other jurisdiction, for a period of one
               year and one day (or, if longer, the applicable preference
               period) following indefeasible payment in full of the
               Certificates. This provision shall survive the expiration of this
               Agreement.

          (n)  REMEDY OF FAILURE TO PAY OR DELIVER. The ISDA Form Master
               Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the word "third" in the
               third line of Section 5(a)(i) by the word "second".

          (o)  "AFFILIATE" will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of the
               ISDA Form Master Agreement, provided that the Counterparty shall
               not be deemed to have any Affiliates for purposes of this
               Agreement, including for purposes of Section 6(b)(ii).

          (p)  TRUSTEE'S CAPACITY. It is expressly understood and agreed by the
               parties hereto that insofar as this Confirmation is executed by
               the Trustee (i) this Confirmation is executed and delivered by
               LaSalle Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
               but solely as Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
               and vested in it thereunder and pursuant to instruction set forth
               therein (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and
               agreements herein made on behalf of the trust is made and
               intended not as a personal representation, undertaking or
               agreement of the Trustee but is made and intended for the purpose
               of binding only the


                                     N-3-8

<PAGE>

               Counterparty, and (iii) under no circumstances will LaSalle Bank
               National Association, in its individual capacity be personally
               liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses or be
               personally liable for the breach or failure of any obligation,
               representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken under
               this Confirmation.

          (q)  TRUSTEE'S REPRESENTATION. LaSalle Bank National Association, as
               Trustee, represents and warrants that:

               It has been directed under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to
               enter into this letter agreement as Trustee on behalf of the
               Counterparty.

          (r)  AMENDMENT TO POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding any
               provisions to the contrary in the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, none of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee
               shall enter into any amendment thereto which could have a
               material adverse affect on BNY without the prior written consent
               of BNY.

     6)   ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS. Section 3 is hereby amended, by
          substituting for the words "Section 3(f)" in the introductory sentence
          thereof the words "Sections 3(f) and 3(i)" and by adding, at the end
          thereof, the following Sections 3(g), 3(h) and 3(i):

          "(g) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIES.

               (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 or the Confirmation in
                    respect of that Transaction.

               (2)  EVALUATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

                    (iii) Each Party acknowledges that LaSalle Bank National
                         Association, has been directed under the Pooling and
                         Servicing Agreement to enter into this Transaction as
                         Trustee on behalf of the Counterparty.

                    (ii) It is acting for its own account and has the capacity
                         to evaluate (internally or through independent
                         professional advice) the Transaction and has made its
                         own decision to enter into the Transaction; it is not
                         relying on any communication (written or oral) of the
                         other party as investment advice or as a recommendation
                         to enter into such transaction; it being understood
                         that information and explanations related to the terms
                         and conditions of such transaction shall not be
                         considered investment advice or a recommendation to
                         enter into such transaction. No communication (written
                         or oral) received from the other party shall be deemed
                         to be an assurance or guarantee as to the expected
                         results of the transaction; and

                    (iii) It understands the terms, conditions and risks of the
                         Transaction and is willing and able to accept those
                         terms and conditions and


                                     N-3-9

<PAGE>

                         to assume (and does, in fact assume) those risks,
                         financially and otherwise.

               (3)  PRINCIPAL. The other party is not acting as a fiduciary or
                    an advisor for it in respect of this Transaction.

          (h)  EXCLUSION FROM COMMODITIES EXCHANGE ACT. (A) It is an "eligible
               contract participant" within the meaning of Section 1a(12) of the
               Commodity Exchange Act, as amended; (B) this Agreement and each
               Transaction is subject to individual negotiation by such party;
               and (C) neither this Agreement nor any Transaction will be
               executed or traded on a "trading facility" within the meaning of
               Section 1a(33) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

          (i)  ERISA (PENSION PLANS). It is not a pension plan or employee
               benefits plan and it is not using assets of any such plan or
               assets deemed to be assets of such a plan in connection with this
               Transaction.

     7)   SET-OFF. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other
          existing or future agreement (but without limiting the provisions of
          Section 2(c) and Section 6, except as provided in the next sentence),
          each party irrevocably waives any and all rights it may have to set
          off, net, recoup or otherwise withhold or suspend or condition payment
          or performance of any obligation between it and the other party
          hereunder against any obligation between it and the other party under
          any other agreements. The last sentence of the first paragraph of
          Section 6(e) shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.

     8)   ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENTS. The following Additional Termination
          Events will apply, in each case with respect to BNY as the sole
          Affected Party (unless otherwise provided below):

          (i)  REMEDY OF RATINGS EVENTS. BNY fails to comply with the provisions
               of Paragraph 9.

          (ii) AMENDMENT OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT WITHOUT CONSENT OF
               BNY. If the Trustee permits the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
               to be amended in a manner which could have a material adverse
               affect on BNY without first obtaining the prior written consent
               of BNY. The Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party with
               respect to the occurrence of a Termination Event described in
               this Paragraph 8(ii).

          (iii) FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY REGULATION AB. If the
               Depositor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement still has a
               reporting obligation with respect to this Transaction pursuant to
               Regulation AB under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
               the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("REGULATION AB")
               and BNY has not, within 30 days after receipt of a Swap
               Disclosure Request complied with the provisions set forth below
               in this Paragraph 4(8)(iii) (provided that if the significance
               percentage reaches 10% after a Swap Disclosure Request has been
               made to BNY, BNY must comply with the provisions set forth below
               in this Section 4(8)(iii) within 10 days of BNY being informed of
               the significance percentage reaching 10%), then an Additional
               Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to BNY and BNY
               shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional
               Termination Event.


                                     N-3-10

<PAGE>

               BNY acknowledges that for so long as there are reporting
               obligations with respect to this Transaction under Regulation AB,
               the Depositor is required under Regulation AB to disclose certain
               information set forth in Regulation AB regarding BNY or its group
               of affiliated entities, if applicable, depending on the aggregate
               "significance percentage" of this Agreement and any other
               derivative contracts between BNY or its group of affiliated
               entities, if applicable, and the Counterparty, as calculated from
               time to time in accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

               If the Depositor determines, reasonably and in good faith, that
               the significance percentage of this Agreement has increased to
               nine (9) percent, then the Depositor may request on a Business
               Day after the date of such determination from BNY the same
               information set forth in Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB that would
               have been required if the significance percentage had in fact
               increased to ten (10) percent (such request, a "SWAP DISCLOSURE
               REQUEST" and such requested information, subject to the last
               sentence of this paragraph, is the "SWAP FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE").
               The Counterparty or the Depositor shall provide BNY with the
               calculations and any other information reasonably requested by
               BNY with respect to the Depositor's determination that led to the
               Swap Disclosure Request. The parties hereto further agree that
               the Swap Financial Disclosure provided to meet the Swap
               Disclosure Request may be, solely at BNY's option, either the
               information set forth in Item 1115(b)(1) or Item 1115(b)(2) of
               Regulation AB.

               Upon the occurrence of a Swap Disclosure Request, BNY, at its own
               expense, shall (x) provide the Depositor with the Swap Financial
               Disclosure, or (y) subject to Rating Agency Confirmation, secure
               another entity to replace BNY as party to this Agreement on terms
               substantially similar to this Agreement which entity is able to
               provide the Swap Financial Disclosure. If permitted by Regulation
               AB, any required Swap Financial Disclosure may be provided by
               incorporation by reference from reports filed pursuant to the
               Securities Exchange Act.

     9)   PROVISIONS RELATING TO DOWNGRADE OF BNY DEBT RATINGS.

          (i)  For purposes of this Transaction:

               (a)  A "COLLATERALIZATION RATINGS EVENT" shall occur with respect
                    to BNY (or any applicable credit support provider) if:

                    (x)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is reduced to "P-1 on watch for downgrade" or below,
                         and its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
                         reduced to "A1 on watch for downgrade" or below (or, if
                         it has no short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt
                         rating, its long term rating is reduced to "Aa3 on
                         watch for downgrade" or below) by Moody's, or

                    (y)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is reduced below "A-1" by S&P.


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                    Such ratings are referred to herein as the "QUALIFYING
                    RATINGS."

               (b)  A "RATINGS EVENT" shall occur with respect to BNY (or any
                    applicable credit support provider) if:

                    (x)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is withdrawn or reduced to "P-2" or below by Moody's
                         and its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
                         reduced to "A3" or below (or, if it has no short-term
                         unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating, its long term
                         rating is reduced to "A2" or below) by Moody's, or

                    (y)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is withdrawn or reduced below "A-2-" by S&P.

                    For purposes of (a) and (b) above, such events include those
                    occurring in connection with a merger, consolidation or
                    other similar transaction by BNY or any applicable credit
                    support provider, but they shall be deemed not to occur if,
                    within 30 days thereafter, subject to the rating agency
                    confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, a downgrade of the
                    rating on the Certificates could occur in the event that BNY
                    does not post sufficient collateral.

               (c)  "RATING AGENCY CONDITION" means, with respect to any
                    particular proposed act or omission to act hereunder, that
                    the Trustee shall have received prior written confirmation
                    from each of Moody's and S&P , and shall have provided
                    notice thereof to BNY, that the proposed action or inaction
                    would not cause a downgrade or withdrawal of their
                    then-current ratings of the Certificates.

          (ii) Subject, in each case set forth in (a) and (b) below, to
               satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition:

               (a)  COLLATERALIZATION RATINGS EVENT. If a Collateralization
                    Ratings Event occurs with respect to BNY (or any applicable
                    credit support provider), then BNY shall, at its own
                    expense, within thirty (30) days of such Collateralization
                    Ratings Event:

                    (w)  post collateral under agreements and other instruments
                         approved by the Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such
                         approval not to be unreasonably withheld, and
                         satisfactory to Moody's and S&P, which will be
                         sufficient to restore the immediately prior ratings of
                         the Certificates,

                    (x)  assign this Transaction to a third party, the ratings
                         of the debt of which (or the ratings of the debt of the
                         credit support provider of which) meet or exceed the
                         Qualifying Ratings, on terms substantially similar to
                         this Confirmation, which party is approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld,


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<PAGE>

                    (y)  obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of,
                         another person, the ratings of the debt of which (or
                         the ratings of the debt of the credit support provider
                         of which) meet or exceed the Qualifying Ratings, to
                         honor BNY's obligations under this Agreement, provided
                         that such other person is approved by the Counterparty
                         and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be
                         unreasonably withheld, or

                    (z)  establish any other arrangement approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld and satisfactory to Moody's
                         and S&P which will be sufficient to restore the
                         immediately prior ratings of their Certificates.

               (b)  RATINGS EVENT. If a Ratings Event occurs with respect to BNY
                    (or any applicable credit support provider), then BNY shall,
                    at its own expense, within ten (10) Business Days of such
                    Ratings Event, subject to the rating agency confirmation:

                    (x)  assign this Transaction to a third party, the ratings
                         of the debt of which (or the ratings of the debt of the
                         credit support provider of which) meet or exceed the
                         Qualifying Ratings, on terms substantially similar to
                         this Confirmation, which party is approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld,

                    (y)  obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of,
                         another person, the ratings of the debt of which (or
                         the ratings of the debt of the credit support provider
                         of which) meet or exceed the Qualifying Ratings, to
                         honor BNY's obligations under this Agreement, provided
                         that such other person is approved by the Counterparty
                         and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be
                         unreasonably withheld, or

                    (z)  establish any other arrangement approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld and satisfactory to Moody's
                         and S&P which will be sufficient to restore the
                         immediately prior ratings of their Certificates,
                         provided, that, if BNY is required to post collateral
                         as a condition to the restoration of such rating
                         pursuant to this Paragraph 4(9)(ii)(b)(z), the
                         collateral must be pledged, and reasoned opinions on
                         enforceability, confirming, subject to the
                         qualifications and assumptions customary for such
                         opinions, that the collateral will be available upon a
                         bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty, must be
                         delivered and reviewed by Standard & Poor's within 30
                         days of the occurrence of a Ratings Event..

     10)  ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. Notwithstanding the terms of Sections 5 and 6
          of the ISDA Form Master Agreement, if the Counterparty has satisfied
          its payment obligations under Section 2(a)(i) of the ISDA Form Master
          Agreement, and shall, at the time, have no future payment or delivery
          obligation, whether absolute or contingent, then unless BNY is


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          required pursuant to appropriate proceedings to return to the
          Counterparty or otherwise returns to the Counterparty upon demand of
          the 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 the Counterparty shall not constitute an Event of Default
          or Potential Event of Default with respect to the Counterparty as the
          Defaulting Party and (b) BNY shall be entitled to designate an Early
          Termination Date 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 BNY as the Affected Party or Section 5(b)(iii) of the
          ISDA Form Master Agreement with respect to BNY as the Burdened Party.

     11)  RETURN OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY MLML OR ITS AFFILIATES. Merrill Lynch
          Mortgage Lending, Inc. ("MLML") agrees and acknowledges 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 cause such
          affiliate to promptly remit) such amounts to the Trustee, whereupon
          such Trustee will promptly remit such amounts to BNY. MLML further
          agrees to provide notice to BNY upon any remittance to the Trustee.

     12)  BNY PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO TRUSTEE. BNY will, unless otherwise
          directed by the Trustee, make all payments hereunder to the Trustee.
          Payment made to the Trustee at the account specified herein or to
          another account specified in writing by the Trustee shall satisfy the
          payment obligations of BNY hereunder to the extent of such payment.

5.   ACCOUNT DETAILS AND SETTLEMENT INFORMATION:

     Payments to BNY:

          The Bank of New York
          Derivative Products Support Department
          32 Old Slip, 16th Floor
          New York, New York 10286
          Attention: Renee Etheart
          ABA #021000018
          Account #890-0068-175
          Reference: Interest Rate Swap

     Payments to Counterparty:

          LaSalle Bank N.A.
          ABA # 071000505
          LaSalle CHGO/ BNF/LaSalle Trust
          Ref Trust Acct #: 723561.2
          Attn: Megan Olson, 312-904-6709

6. COUNTERPARTS. 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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     Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our
agreement by executing this agreement and returning it via facsimile to
Derivative Products Support Dept., Attn: Kenny Au-Yeung at 212-804-5818/5837.
Once we receive this we will send you two original confirmations for execution.

     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 BANK OF NEW YORK


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------

     The Counterparty, acting through its duly authorized signatory, hereby
agrees to, accepts and confirms the terms of the foregoing as of the Trade Date.

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2006-WMC2

BY: LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE
ON BEHALF OF MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WMC2


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


Solely with respect to Paragraph 4(11)
MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING, INC.


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


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                                   SCHEDULE I

   All dates subject to adjustment in accordance with the Modified Following
                            Business Day Convention.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
  ACCRUAL      ACCRUAL
START DATES   END DATES   CAP RATE (%)
-----------   ---------   ------------
<S>           <C>         <C>
 3/30/2006    4/25/2006      8.3180%
 4/25/2006    5/25/2006      7.1300%
 5/25/2006    6/25/2006      6.8810%
 6/25/2006    7/25/2006      7.1310%
 7/25/2006    8/25/2006      6.8820%
 8/25/2006    9/25/2006      6.8840%
</TABLE>


                                     N-3-16
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                                   EXHIBIT N-4

                             FORM OF SWAP AGREEMENT

                                                           Dated: March 21, 2006

                              RATE SWAP TRANSACTION

                           RE: BNY REFERENCE NO. 37520

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The purpose of this letter agreement ("AGREEMENT") is to confirm the terms
and conditions of the rate Swap Transaction entered into on the Trade Date
specified below (the "TRANSACTION") between The Bank of New York ("BNY"), a
trust company duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, and the Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2 (the "COUNTERPARTY"), as represented by LaSalle
Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated and effective March 1, 2006,
among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor, Merrill Lynch
Mortgage Lending, Inc., as Sponsor and LaSalle Bank National Association as
Trustee (the "POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT"). 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. FORM OF AGREEMENT. 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
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, as modified by the Schedule terms in Paragraph 4 of this
Confirmation (the "MASTER AGREEMENT"), shall be deemed to have been executed by
you and us on the date we entered into the Transaction. Except as otherwise
specified, references herein to Sections shall be to Sections of the ISDA Form
Master Agreement and the Master Agreement, and references to Paragraphs shall be
to paragraphs of this Agreement. Each party hereto agrees that the Master
Agreement deemed to have been executed by the parties hereto shall be the same
Master Agreement referred to in the agreement setting forth the terms of
transaction reference numbers 37521, 37522 and 37533. 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. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein or in the
Definitions or the Master Agreement shall have the meaning defined for such term
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

2. CERTAIN TERMS. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this
Confirmation relates are as follows:

<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>
     Type of Transaction:         Rate Swap

     Notional Amount:             With respect to any Calculation Period the
                                  amount set forth for such period on Schedule
                                  I attached hereto.
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>
     Trade Date:                  March 21, 2006

     Effective Date:              September 25, 2006

     Termination Date:            October 25, 2009, subject to adjustment in
                                  accordance with the Following Business Day
                                  Convention.

FIXED AMOUNTS

     Fixed Rate Payer:            Counterparty

     Fixed Rate:                  5.10%

     Fixed Rate Day Count
     Fraction:                    30/360

     Fixed Rate Payer
     Period End Dates:            The 25th day of each month, beginning on
                                  October 25, 2006 and ending on the Termination
                                  Date, subject to adjustment in accordance with
                                  the Following Business Day Convention with No
                                  Adjustment.

     Fixed Rate Payer
     Payment Dates:               Early Payment shall be applicable. The Fixed
                                  Rate Payer Payment Date shall be two (2)
                                  Business Days preceding each Fixed Rate Payer
                                  Period End Date.

FLOATING AMOUNTS

     Floating Rate Payer:         BNY

     Floating Rate for initial
     Calculation Period:          To be determined

     Floating Rate Day Count
     Fraction:                    Actual/360

     Floating Rate Option:        USD-LIBOR-BBA

     Designated Maturity:         One month

     Spread:                      Inapplicable

     Floating Rate Payer
     Period End Dates:            The 25th day of each month, beginning on
                                  October 25, 2006 and ending on the Termination
                                  Date, subject to adjustment in accordance with
                                  the Following Business Day Convention.

     Floating Rate Payer
     Payment Dates:               Early Payment shall be applicable. The
                                  Floating Rate Payer Payment Date shall be two
                                  (2) Business Days preceding each Floating Rate
                                  Payer Period End Date.
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                               <C>
     Reset Dates:                 The first day of each Calculation Period or
                                  Compounding Period, if Compounding is
                                  applicable.

     Compounding:                 Inapplicable

     Business Days for Payments
     By both parties:             New York

     Calculation Agent:           BNY

     Additional Fees:             The Counterparty shall pay BNY
                                  USD 125,000.00 on March 30, 2006.
</TABLE>

3.   ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:

     1) RELIANCE. Each party hereto is hereby advised and 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.

     2) TRANSFER, AMENDMENT AND ASSIGNMENT. No transfer, amendment, waiver,
     supplement, assignment or other modification of this Transaction shall be
     permitted by either party unless each of Standard & Poor's Ratings Service,
     a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc ("S&P") and Moody's Investors
     Service, Inc. ("MOODY'S"), has been provided notice of the same and
     confirms in writing (including by facsimile transmission) that it will not
     downgrade, qualify, withdraw or otherwise modify its then-current ratings
     on the Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the
     "CERTIFICATES").

4.   PROVISIONS DEEMED INCORPORATED IN A SCHEDULE TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT:

     4)   NO NETTING BETWEEN TRANSACTIONS. The parties agree that subparagraph
          (ii) of Section 2(c) will apply to any Transaction.

     2)   TERMINATION PROVISIONS. For purposes of the Master Agreement:

          (a)  "SPECIFIED ENTITY" is not applicable to BNY or the Counterparty
               for any purpose.

          (b)  The "BREACH OF AGREEMENT" provisions of Section 5(a)(ii) will not
               apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (c)  The "CREDIT SUPPORT DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(iii) will
               not apply to BNY (except with respect to credit support furnished
               pursuant to Paragraph 4(9) below or the Counterparty.

          (d)  The "MISREPRESENTATION" provisions of Section 5(a)(iv) will not
               apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (e)  "DEFAULT UNDER SPECIFIED TRANSACTION" is not applicable to BNY or
               the Counterparty for any purpose, and, accordingly, Section
               5(a)(v) shall not apply to BNY or the Counterparty.


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<PAGE>

          (f)  The "CROSS DEFAULT" provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) will not apply
               to BNY or to the Counterparty.

          (g)  The "BANKRUPTCY" provisions of Section 5(a)(vii)(2) will not
               apply to the Counterparty; the words "trustee" and "custodian" in
               Section 5(a)(vii)(6) will not include the Trustee; and the words
               "specifically authorized " are inserted before the word "action"
               in Section 5(a)(vii)(9)

          (h)  The "CREDIT EVENT UPON MERGER" provisions of Section 5(b)(iv)
               will not apply to BNY or the Counterparty.

          (i)  The "AUTOMATIC EARLY TERMINATION" provision of Section 6(a) will
               not apply to BNY or to the Counterparty.

          (j)  PAYMENTS ON EARLY TERMINATION. For the purpose of Section 6(e):

               (i)  Market Quotation will apply.

               (ii) The Second Method will apply.

          (k)  "TERMINATION CURRENCY" means United States Dollars.

          (l)  NO ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY COUNTERPARTY. The Counterparty
               shall not be required to pay any additional amounts pursuant to
               Section 2(d)(i)(4) or 2(d)(ii).

     3)   TAX REPRESENTATIONS.

          (a)  PAYER REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(e), BNY and
               the Counterparty make the following representations:

                    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)) to be made by it to the other
               party under this Agreement. In making this representation, it may
               rely on:

               (i)  the accuracy of any representations made by the other party
                    pursuant to Section 3(f);

               (ii) the satisfaction of the agreement contained in Section 4
                    (a)(i) or 4(a)(iii) and the accuracy and effectiveness of
                    any document provided by the other party pursuant to Section
                    4 (a)(i) or 4(a)(iii); and

               (iii) the satisfaction of the agreement of the other party
                    contained in Section 4(d), 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) by reason of material
                    prejudice of its legal or commercial position.


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<PAGE>

          (b)  PAYEE REPRESENTATIONS. For the purpose of Section 3(f), BNY and
               the Counterparty make the following representations.

               (i)  The following representation will apply to BNY:

                    (x) It is a "U.S. person" (as that term is used in section
                    1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of the United States Treasury
                    Regulations) for United States federal income tax purposes,
                    (y) it is a trust company duly organized and existing under
                    the laws of the State of New York, and (y) its U.S. taxpayer
                    identification number is 135160382.

               (ii) The following representation will apply to the Counterparty:

                    It is a "U.S. person" (as that term is used in section
                    1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of United States Treasury Regulations)
                    for United States federal income tax purposes.

     4)   DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECTION 4(A):

          (a)  Tax forms, documents or certificates to be delivered are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARTY REQUIRED TO                                 DATE BY WHICH     COVERED BY SECTION
DELIVER DOCUMENT    FORM/DOCUMENT/ CERTIFICATE   TO BE DELIVERED   3(D) REPRESENTATION
-----------------   --------------------------   ---------------   -------------------
<S>                 <C>                          <C>               <C>
BNY and             Any document required or     Upon the                  Yes
Counterparty        reasonably requested to      execution and
                    allow the other party to     delivery of
                    make payments under this     this Agreement
                    Agreement without any
                    deduction or withholding
                    for or on the account of
                    any tax.
</TABLE>

          (b)  Other documents to be delivered
               are:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARTY REQUIRED TO                                 DATE BY WHICH     COVERED BY SECTION
DELIVER DOCUMENT    FORM/DOCUMENT/ CERTIFICATE   TO BE DELIVERED   3(D) REPRESENTATION
-----------------   --------------------------   ---------------   -------------------
<S>                 <C>                          <C>               <C>
BNY                 A certificate of an          Upon the                  Yes
                    authorized officer of the    execution and
                    party, as to the             delivery of
                    incumbency and authority     this Agreement
                    of the respective officers
                    of the party signing this
                    Agreement, any relevant
                    Credit Support Document,
                    or any Confirmation, as
                    the case may be.

Counterparty        (i) a copy of the executed   Upon the                  Yes
                    Pooling and Servicing        execution and
                    Agreement, and (ii) an       delivery of
                    incumbency certificate       this Agreement
                    verifying the true
                    signatures and authority
                    of the person or persons
                    signing this letter
                    agreement on behalf of the
                    Counterparty.

BNY                 A copy of the most recent    Promptly after            Yes
                    publicly available           request by the
                    regulatory call report.      other party
</TABLE>


                                      N-4-5

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                 <C>                          <C>               <C>
BNY                 Legal Opinion as to          Upon the                  Yes
                    enforceability of the Swap   execution and
                    Agreement.                   delivery of
                                                 this Agreement

Counterparty        Certified copy of the        Upon the                  Yes
                    Board of Directors           execution and
                    resolution (or equivalent    delivery of
                    authorizing documentation)   this Agreement
                    which sets forth the
                    authority of each
                    signatory to the
                    Confirmation signing on
                    its behalf and the
                    authority of such party to
                    enter into Transactions
                    contemplated and
                    performance of its
                    obligations hereunder.
</TABLE>

     5)   MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a)  ADDRESS FOR NOTICES: For the purposes of Section 12(a):

               Address for notices or communications to BNY:

                    The Bank of New York
                    Swaps and Derivative Products Group
                    Global Market Division
                    32 Old Slip 15th Floor
                    New York, New York 10286
                    Attention: Steve Lawler

                    with a copy to:

                    The Bank of New York
                    Swaps and Derivative Products Group
                    32 Old Slip 16th Floor
                    New York, New York 10286
                    Attention: Andrew Schwartz
                    Tele: 212-804-5103
                    Fax: 212-804-5818/5837

                    (For all purposes)

               Address for notices or communications to the Counterparty:

                    LaSalle Bank National Association
                    135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
                    Chicago, Illinois 60603

                    Attention: Megan Olson
                    Reference: MLMI 2006 WMC2
                    Tele: 312-904-6709
                    Fax: 312-904-1368

          (b)  PROCESS AGENT. For the purpose of Section 13(c):

               BNY appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable


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<PAGE>

               The Counterparty appoints as its Process Agent: Not Applicable

          (c)  OFFICES. The provisions of Section 10(a) will not apply to this
               Agreement; neither BNY nor the Counterparty have any Offices
               other than as set forth in the Notices Section and BNY agrees
               that, for purposes of Section 6(b), it shall not in future have
               any Office other than one in the United States.

          (d)  MULTIBRANCH PARTY. For the purpose of Section 10(c):

                    BNY is not a Multibranch Party.

                    The Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

          (e)  CALCULATION AGENT. The Calculation Agent is BNY.

          (f)  CREDIT SUPPORT DOCUMENT. Not applicable for either BNY (except
               with respect to credit support furnished pursuant to Paragraph 9)
               or the Counterparty.

          (g)  CREDIT SUPPORT PROVIDER.

                    BNY:          Not Applicable (except with respect to credit
                                  support furnished pursuant to Paragraph 9)

                    Counterparty: Not Applicable

          (h)  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 Obligations Law Sections
               5-1401 and 5-1402.

          (i)  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.


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<PAGE>

          (j)  RECORDING OF CONVERSATIONS. Each party (i) consents to the
               recording of telephone conversations between the trading,
               marketing and other relevant personnel of the parties in
               connection with this Agreement or any potential Transaction, (ii)
               agrees to obtain any necessary consent of, and give any necessary
               notice of such recording to, its relevant personnel and (iii)
               agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that
               recordings may be submitted in evidence in any Proceedings.

          (k)  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.

          (l)  NON-RECOURSE. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in the ISDA
               Form Master Agreement to the contrary, the obligations of the
               Counterparty hereunder are limited recourse obligations of the
               Counterparty, payable solely from the Trust Fund and the proceeds
               thereof to satisfy the Counterparty's obligations hereunder. In
               the event that the Trust Fund and proceeds thereof should be
               insufficient to satisfy all claims outstanding, and following the
               realization of the Trust Fund and the distribution of the
               proceeds thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, any claims against or obligations of the Counterparty
               under the ISDA Form Master Agreement, or any other confirmation
               thereunder, still outstanding shall be extinguished and
               thereafter not revive. This provision shall survive the
               expiration of this Agreement.

          (m)  LIMITATION ON INSTITUTION OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. BNY shall
               not institute against or cause any other person to institute
               against, or join any other person in instituting against the
               Counterparty, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
               insolvency or liquidation proceedings, under any of the laws of
               the United States or any other jurisdiction, for a period of one
               year and one day (or, if longer, the applicable preference
               period) following indefeasible payment in full of the
               Certificates. This provision shall survive the expiration of this
               Agreement.

          (n)  REMEDY OF FAILURE TO PAY OR DELIVER. The ISDA Form Master
               Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the word "third" in the
               third line of Section 5(a)(i) by the word "second".

          (o)  "AFFILIATE" will have the meaning specified in Section 14 of the
               ISDA Form Master Agreement, provided that the Counterparty shall
               not be deemed to have any Affiliates for purposes of this
               Agreement, including for purposes of Section 6(b)(ii).

          (p)  TRUSTEE'S CAPACITY. It is expressly understood and agreed by the
               parties hereto that insofar as this Confirmation is executed by
               the Trustee (i) this Confirmation is executed and delivered by
               LaSalle Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
               but solely as Trustee pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred
               and vested in it thereunder and pursuant to instruction set forth
               therein (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and
               agreements herein made on behalf of the trust is made and
               intended not as a personal representation, undertaking or
               agreement of the Trustee but is made and intended for the purpose
               of binding only the Counterparty, and (iii) under no
               circumstances will LaSalle Bank National


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               Association, in its individual capacity be personally liable for
               the payment of any indebtedness or expenses or be personally
               liable for the breach or failure of any obligation,
               representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken under
               this Confirmation.

          (q)  TRUSTEE'S REPRESENTATION. LaSalle Bank National Association, as
               Trustee, represents and warrants that:

               It has been directed under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to
               enter into this letter agreement as Trustee on behalf of the
               Counterparty.

          (r)  AMENDMENT TO POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding any
               provisions to the contrary in the Pooling and Servicing
               Agreement, none of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee
               shall enter into any amendment thereto which could have a
               material adverse affect on BNY without the prior written consent
               of BNY.

     6)   ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS. Section 3 is hereby amended, by
          substituting for the words "Section 3(f)" in the introductory sentence
          thereof the words "Sections 3(f) and 3(i)" and by adding, at the end
          thereof, the following Sections 3(g), 3(h) and 3(i):

          "(g) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIES.

               (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 or the Confirmation in respect
               of that Transaction.

               (2) EVALUATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

                    (i) Each party acknowledges that LaSalle Bank National
                    Association, has been directed under the Pooling and
                    Servicing Agreement to enter into this Transaction as
                    Trustee on behalf of the Counterparty.

                    (ii) It is acting for its own account and has the capacity
                    to evaluate (internally or through independent professional
                    advice) the Transaction and has made its own decision to
                    enter into the Transaction; it is not relying on any
                    communication (written or oral) of the other party as
                    investment advice or as a recommendation to enter into such
                    transaction; it being understood that information and
                    explanations related to the terms and conditions of such
                    transaction shall not be considered investment advice or a
                    recommendation to enter into such transaction. No
                    communication (written or oral) received from the other
                    party shall be deemed to be an assurance or guarantee as to
                    the expected results of the transaction; and

                    (iii) It understands the terms, conditions and risks of the
                    Transaction and is willing and able to accept those terms
                    and conditions and to assume (and does, in fact assume)
                    those risks, financially and otherwise.


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               (3) PRINCIPAL. The other party is not acting as a fiduciary or an
               advisor for it in respect of this Transaction.

          (h) EXCLUSION FROM COMMODITIES EXCHANGE ACT. (A) It is an "eligible
          contract participant" within the meaning of Section 1a(12) of the
          Commodity Exchange Act, as amended; (B) this Agreement and each
          Transaction is subject to individual negotiation by such party; and
          (C) neither this Agreement nor any Transaction will be executed or
          traded on a "trading facility" within the meaning of Section 1a(33) of
          the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

          (i) ERISA (PENSION PLANS). It is not a pension plan or employee
          benefits plan and it is not using assets of any such plan or assets
          deemed to be assets of such a plan in connection with this
          Transaction.

     7)   SET-OFF. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other
          existing or future agreement (but without limiting the provisions of
          Section 2(c) and Section 6, except as provided in the next sentence),
          each party irrevocably waives any and all rights it may have to set
          off, net, recoup or otherwise withhold or suspend or condition payment
          or performance of any obligation between it and the other party
          hereunder against any obligation between it and the other party under
          any other agreements. The last sentence of the first paragraph of
          Section 6(e) shall not apply for purposes of this Transaction.

     8)   ADDITIONAL TERMINATION EVENTS. The following Additional Termination
          Events will apply, in each case with respect to the Counterparty as
          the sole Affected Party (unless otherwise provided below):

          (i)  REMEDY OF RATINGS EVENTS. BNY fails to comply with the provisions
               of Paragraph 9. For all purposes of this Agreement, BNY shall be
               the sole Affected Party with respect to the occurrence of a
               Termination Event described in this Paragraph 8(i).

          (ii) TERMINATION OF TRUST FUND. The Trust Fund shall be terminated
               pursuant to any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
               The Early Termination Date with respect to such Additional
               Termination Event shall be the Distribution Date upon which the
               Trust Fund is terminated and final payment is made in respect of
               the Certificates.

          (iii) AMENDMENT OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT WITHOUT CONSENT OF
               BNY. If the Trustee permits the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
               to be amended in a manner which could have a material adverse
               affect on BNY without first obtaining the prior written consent
               of BNY.

          (iv) FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY REGULATION AB. If the
               Depositor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement still has a
               reporting obligation with respect to this Transaction pursuant to
               Regulation AB under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
               the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("REGULATION AB")
               and BNY has not, within 30 days after receipt of a Swap
               Disclosure Request complied with the provisions set forth below
               in this Paragraph 4(8)(iv) (provided that if the significance
               percentage reaches 10% after a Swap Disclosure Request has been
               made to BNY, BNY must comply with the provisions set forth below
               in this Section 4(8)(iv) within 10 days of BNY being


                                     N-4-10

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               informed of the significance percentage reaching 10%), then an
               Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to
               BNY and BNY shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such
               Additional Termination Event.

               BNY acknowledges that for so long as there are reporting
               obligations with respect to this Transaction under Regulation AB,
               the Depositor is required under Regulation AB to disclose certain
               information set forth in Regulation AB regarding BNY or its group
               of affiliated entities, if applicable, depending on the aggregate
               "significance percentage" of this Agreement and any other
               derivative contracts between BNY or its group of affiliated
               entities, if applicable, and the Counterparty, as calculated from
               time to time in accordance with Item 1115 of Regulation AB.

               If the Depositor determines, reasonably and in good faith, that
               the significance percentage of this Agreement has increased to
               nine (9) percent, then the Depositor may request on a Business
               Day after the date of such determination from BNY the same
               information set forth in Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB that would
               have been required if the significance percentage had in fact
               increased to ten (10) percent (such request, a "SWAP DISCLOSURE
               REQUEST" and such requested information, subject to the last
               sentence of this paragraph, is the "SWAP FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE").
               The Counterparty or the Depositor shall provide BNY with the
               calculations and any other information reasonably requested by
               BNY with respect to the Depositor's determination that led to the
               Swap Disclosure Request. The parties hereto further agree that
               the Swap Financial Disclosure provided to meet the Swap
               Disclosure Request may be, solely at BNY's option, either the
               information set forth in Item 1115(b)(1) or Item 1115(b)(2) of
               Regulation AB.

               Upon the occurrence of a Swap Disclosure Request, BNY, at its own
               expense, shall (x) provide the Depositor with the Swap Financial
               Disclosure, or (y) subject to Rating Agency Confirmation, secure
               another entity to replace BNY as party to this Agreement on terms
               substantially similar to this Agreement which entity is able to
               provide the Swap Financial Disclosure. If permitted by Regulation
               AB, any required Swap Financial Disclosure may be provided by
               incorporation by reference from reports filed pursuant to the
               Securities Exchange Act.

     9)   PROVISIONS RELATING TO DOWNGRADE OF BNY DEBT RATINGS.

          (i)  For purposes of this Transaction:

               (a)  A "COLLATERALIZATION RATINGS EVENT" shall occur with respect
                    to BNY (or any applicable credit support provider) if:

                    (x)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is reduced to "P-1 on watch for downgrade" or below,
                         and its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
                         reduced to "A1 on watch for downgrade" or below (or, if
                         it has no short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt
                         rating, its long term rating is reduced to "Aa3 on
                         watch for downgrade" or below) by Moody's, or


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                    (y)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is reduced below "A-1" by S&P.

                    Such ratings are referred to herein as the "QUALIFYING
                    RATINGS."

               (b)  A "RATINGS EVENT" shall occur with respect to BNY (or any
                    applicable credit support provider) if:

                    (x)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is withdrawn or reduced to "P-2" or below by Moody's
                         and its long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt is
                         reduced to "A3" or below (or, if it has no short-term
                         unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating, its long term
                         rating is reduced to "A2" or below) by Moody's, or

                    (y)  its short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating
                         is withdrawn or reduced below "A-2" by S&P.

                    For purposes of (a) and (b) above, such events include those
                    occurring in connection with a merger, consolidation or
                    other similar transaction by BNY or any applicable credit
                    support provider, but they shall be deemed not to occur if,
                    within 30 days thereafter, subject to rating agency
                    confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, a downgrade of the
                    rating on the Certificates could occur in the event that BNY
                    does not post sufficient collateral.

               (c)  "RATING AGENCY CONDITION" means, with respect to any
                    particular proposed act or omission to act hereunder, that
                    the Trustee shall have received prior written confirmation
                    from each of Moody's and S&P, and shall have provided notice
                    thereof to BNY, that the proposed action or inaction would
                    not cause a downgrade or withdrawal of their then-current
                    ratings of the Certificates.

          (ii) Subject, in each case set forth in (a) and (b) below, to
               satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition:

               (a)  COLLATERALIZATION RATINGS EVENT. If a Collateralization
                    Ratings Event occurs with respect to BNY (or any applicable
                    credit support provider), then BNY shall, at its own
                    expense, within thirty (30) days of such Collateralization
                    Ratings Event:

                    (w)  post collateral under agreements and other instruments
                         approved by the Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such
                         approval not to be unreasonably withheld, and
                         satisfactory to Moody's and S&P, which will be
                         sufficient to restore the immediately prior ratings of
                         the Certificates,

                    (x)  assign this Transaction to a third party, the ratings
                         of the debt of which (or the ratings of the debt of the
                         credit support provider of which) meet or exceed the
                         Qualifying Ratings, on terms substantially similar to
                         this Confirmation, which party is


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<PAGE>

                         approved by the Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such
                         approval not to be unreasonably withheld,

                    (y)  obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of,
                         another person, the ratings of the debt of which (or
                         the ratings of the debt of the credit support provider
                         of which) meet or exceed the Qualifying Ratings, to
                         honor BNY's obligations under this Agreement, provided
                         that such other person is approved by the Counterparty
                         and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be
                         unreasonably withheld, or

                    (z)  establish any other arrangement approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld and satisfactory to Moody's
                         and S&P which will be sufficient to restore the
                         immediately prior ratings of their Certificates.

               (b)  RATINGS EVENT. If a Ratings Event occurs with respect to BNY
                    (or any applicable credit support provider), then BNY shall,
                    at its own expense, within ten (10) Business Days of such
                    Ratings Event, subject to the rating agency confirmation:

                    (x)  assign this Transaction to a third party, the ratings
                         of the debt of which (or the ratings of the debt of the
                         credit support provider of which) meet or exceed the
                         Qualifying Ratings, on terms substantially similar to
                         this Confirmation, which party is approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld,

                    (y)  obtain a guaranty of, or a contingent agreement of,
                         another person, the ratings of the debt of which (or
                         the ratings of the debt of the credit support provider
                         of which) meet or exceed the Qualifying Ratings, to
                         honor BNY's obligations under this Agreement, provided
                         that such other person is approved by the Counterparty
                         and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to be
                         unreasonably withheld, or

                    (z)  establish any other arrangement approved by the
                         Counterparty and the NIMS Insurer, such approval not to
                         be unreasonably withheld and satisfactory to Moody's
                         and S&P which will be sufficient to restore the
                         immediately prior ratings of their Certificates,
                         provided, that, if BNY is required to post collateral
                         as a condition to the restoration of such rating
                         pursuant to this Paragraph 4(9)(ii)(b)(z), the
                         collateral must be pledged, and reasoned opinions on
                         enforceability, confirming, subject to the
                         qualifications and assumptions customary for such
                         opinions, that the collateral will be available upon a
                         bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty, must be
                         delivered and reviewed by Standard & Poor's within 30
                         days of the occurrence of a Ratings Event.


                                     N-4-13

<PAGE>

     10)  BNY PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO TRUSTEE. BNY will, unless otherwise
          directed by the Trustee, make all payments hereunder to the Trustee.
          Payment made to the Trustee at the account specified herein or to
          another account specified in writing by the Trustee shall satisfy the
          payment obligations of BNY hereunder to the extent of such payment.

     11)  RETURN OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY MLML OR ITS AFFILIATES. Merrill Lynch
          Mortgage Lending, Inc. ("MLML") agrees and acknowledges 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 cause such
          affiliate to promptly remit) such amounts to the Trustee, whereupon
          such Trustee will promptly remit such amounts to BNY. MLML further
          agrees to provide notice to BNY upon any remittance to the Trustee.

5.   ACCOUNT DETAILS AND SETTLEMENT INFORMATION:

     Payments to BNY:

          The Bank of New York
          Derivative Products Support Department
          32 Old Slip, 16th Floor
          New York, New York 10286
          Attention: Renee Etheart
          ABA #021000018
          Account #890-0068-175
          Reference: Interest Rate Swap

     Payments to Counterparty:

          LaSalle Bank N.A.
          ABA # 071000505
          LaSalle CHGO/ BNF/LaSalle Trust
          Ref Trust Acct #: 723561.2
          Attn: Megan Olson, 312-904-6709

6. COUNTERPARTS. 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.

     Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our
agreement by executing this agreement and returning it via facsimile to
Derivative Products Support Dept., Attn: Kenny Au-Yeung at 212-804-5818/5837.
Once we receive this we will send you two original confirmations for execution.


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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 BANK OF NEW YORK


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------

     The Counterparty, acting through its duly authorized signatory, hereby
agrees to, accepts and confirms the terms of the foregoing as of the Trade Date.

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED-CERTIFICATES,
SERIES 2006-WMC2

BY: LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE
ON BEHALF OF MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC. MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WMC2


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


Solely with respect to Paragraph
4(11) MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE LENDING,
INC.


By:
    ---------------------------------
Name:
      -------------------------------
Title:
       ------------------------------


                                     N-4-15

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE I

All dates subject to adjustment in accordance with the Following Business Day
Convention.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ACCRUAL START   ACCRUAL END      NOTIONAL
    DATES          DATES      AMOUNT IN USD
-------------   -----------   -------------
<S>             <C>           <C>
  9/25/2006     10/25/2006     794,152,622
 10/25/2006     11/25/2006     763,662,131
 11/25/2006     12/25/2006     730,226,713
 12/25/2006      1/25/2007     694,471,943
  1/25/2007      2/25/2007     656,693,196
  2/25/2007      3/25/2007     617,979,016
  3/25/2007      4/25/2007     579,446,242
  4/25/2007      5/25/2007     542,538,807
  5/25/2007      6/25/2007     507,601,079
  6/25/2007      7/25/2007     475,115,642
  7/25/2007      8/25/2007     444,901,747
  8/25/2007      9/25/2007     417,340,995
  9/25/2007     10/25/2007     392,169,853
 10/25/2007     11/25/2007     369,008,007
 11/25/2007     12/25/2007     347,278,416
 12/25/2007      1/25/2008     324,533,098
  1/25/2008      2/25/2008     299,082,373
  2/25/2008      3/25/2008     268,060,734
  3/25/2008      4/25/2008     229,619,457
  4/25/2008      5/25/2008     195,547,517
  5/25/2008      6/25/2008     192,361,107
  6/25/2008      7/25/2008     180,674,043
  7/25/2008      8/25/2008     167,232,780
  8/25/2008      9/25/2008     153,011,652
  9/25/2008     10/25/2008     140,812,473
 10/25/2008     11/25/2008     129,885,207
 11/25/2008     12/25/2008     120,005,545
 12/25/2008      1/25/2009     111,115,375
  1/25/2009      2/25/2009     103,102,643
  2/25/2009      3/25/2009      95,727,173
  3/25/2009      4/25/2009      88,884,627
  4/25/2009      5/25/2009      82,610,153
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>             <C>           <C>
  5/25/2009      6/25/2009      76,986,433
  6/25/2009      7/25/2009      71,963,495
  7/25/2009      8/25/2009      67,426,025
  8/25/2009      9/25/2009      63,255,702
  9/25/2009     10/25/2009      59,436,475
</TABLE>


                                     N-4-17
<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT O-1

                       CLASS A-1 ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         BEGINNING    ENDING                     1ML STRIKE         1ML STRIKE
PERIOD    ACCRUAL     ACCRUAL   BALANCE ($)   LOWER COLLAR (%)   UPPER COLLAR (%)
------   ---------   --------   -----------   ----------------   ----------------
<S>      <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>                <C>
  1       03/30/06   04/25/06   493,651,000         8.486             10.260
  2       04/25/06   05/25/06   490,924,581         7.323             10.260
  3       05/25/06   06/25/06   486,878,064         7.079             10.260
  4       06/25/06   07/25/06   481,500,113         7.323             10.260
  5       07/25/06   08/25/06   474,793,601         7.079             10.260
  6       08/25/06   09/25/06   466,761,028         7.080             10.260
</TABLE>

With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by the
Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 10.260%) exceeds the
amount set out for such Distribution Date in the column headed "1 ML Strike
Lower Collar," the Issuing Entity will receive payments pursuant to the Class
A-1 Cap Contract.


                                      O-1-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT O-2

                      CLASS A-2A ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         BEGINNING    ENDING                     1ML STRIKE         1ML STRIKE
PERIOD    ACCRUAL     ACCRUAL   BALANCE ($)   LOWER COLLAR (%)   UPPER COLLAR (%)
------   ---------   --------   -----------   ----------------   ----------------
<S>      <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>                <C>
  1       03/30/06   04/25/06   225,832,000         9.006              9.420
  2       04/25/06   05/25/06   222,894,847         7.795              9.420
  3       05/25/06   06/25/06   218,636,390         7.541              9.420
  4       06/25/06   07/25/06   213,049,610         7.796              9.420
  5       07/25/06   08/25/06   206,136,173         7.543              9.420
  6       08/25/06   09/25/06   197,902,705         7.546              9.420
</TABLE>

With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by the
Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 9.420%) exceeds the
amount set out for such Distribution Date in the column headed "1 ML Strike
Lower Collar,," the Issuing Entity will receive payments pursuant to the Class
A-2A Cap Contract.


                                      O-2-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT O-3

         FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE ONE-MONTH LIBOR CAP TABLE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         BEGINNING    ENDING      NOTIONAL       1ML STRIKE         1ML STRIKE
PERIOD    ACCRUAL     ACCRUAL   BALANCE ($)   LOWER COLLAR (%)   UPPER COLLAR (%)
------   ---------   --------   -----------   ----------------   ----------------
<S>      <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>                <C>
   1      03/30/06   04/25/06   184,891,000         8.318              8.910
   2      04/25/06   05/25/06   184,891,000         7.130              8.910
   3      05/25/06   06/25/06   184,891,000         6.881              8.910
   4      06/25/06   07/25/06   184,891,000         7.131              8.910
   5      07/25/06   08/25/06   184,891,000         6.882              8.910
   6      08/25/06   09/25/06   184,891,000         6.884              8.910
</TABLE>

With respect to any Distribution Date, if One-Month LIBOR (as determined by the
Cap Contract Counterparty and subject to a cap equal to 8.910%) exceeds the
amount set out for such Distribution Date in the column headed "1 ML Strike
Lower Collar," the Issuing Entity will receive payments pursuant to the Floating
Rate Subordinate Certificate Cap Contract.


                                      O-3-1

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT P

                        FORM OF ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

                                     [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: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
Series 2006-WMC2

Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 SW Millikan Way
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
99 Church Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10007

Standard & Poor's, a division of
   The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
25 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, New York 10004

     Re: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of March
         1, 2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor,
         Wilshire Credit Corporation, as servicer, and LaSalle Bank National
         Association, as trustee, relating to Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors
         Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2 (the
         "Issuing Entity")

     For the calendar year ending December 31, [2006] or portion thereof,
[Wilshire Credit Corporation, as Servicer] [LaSalle Bank National Association,
as Trustee] for the Issuing Entity has complied in all material respects with
the Relevant Servicing Criteria in Exhibit Q of the Agreement.

     All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.

Date:
      -------------------------------


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


                                      P-1
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                                    EXHIBIT Q

                       SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED
                           IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE
                          (RMBS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)

DEFINITIONS                                                    KEY:
PRIMARY SERVICER - transaction party having borrower contact   X - obligation
CUSTODIAN - safe keeper of certain  pool assets
TRUSTEE - fiduciary of the transaction and safe keeper of
certain pool assets

WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHECKS FOR CRITERIA THE ATTESTING PARTY WILL IDENTIFY
IN THEIR MANAGEMENT ASSERTION THAT THEY ARE ATTESTING ONLY TO THE PORTION OF THE
DISTRIBUTION CHAIN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE RELATED TRANSACTION
AGREEMENTS.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT        WELLS        LASALLE
                                                        CORPORATION      FARGO          BANK
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)   (CUSTODIAN)    (TRUSTEE)     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ------------------                   -----------   -----------    ---------     ----------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
                   GENERAL SERVICING  CONSIDERATIONS

1122(d)(1)(i)      Policies and procedures are                                           X
                   instituted to monitor any
                   performance or other triggers and
                   events of default in accordance
                   with the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(1)(ii)     If any material servicing                 IF           IF             IF
                   activities are outsourced to third    APPLICABLE   APPLICABLE     APPLICABLE
                   parties, policies and procedures        FOR A         FOR A         FOR A
                   are instituted to monitor the        TRANSACTION   TRANSACTION   TRANSACTION
                   third party's performance and        PARTICIPANT   PARTICIPANT   PARTICIPANT
                   compliance with such servicing
                   activities.

1122(d)(1)(iii)    Any requirements in the                  N/A           N/A           N/A
                   transaction agreements to maintain
                   a back-up servicer for the Pool
                   Assets are maintained.

1122(d)(1)(iv)     A fidelity bond and errors and            X
                   omissions policy is in effect on
                   the party participating in the
                   servicing function throughout the
                   reporting period in the amount of
                   coverage required by and otherwise
                   in accordance with the terms of
                   the transaction agreements.

                   CASH COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION

1122(d)(2)(i)      Payments on pool assets are               X                           X
                   deposited into the appropriate
                   custodial bank accounts and
                   related bank clearing accounts no
                   more than two business days
                   following receipt, or such other
                   number of days specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

1122(d)(2)(ii)     Disbursements made via wire               X                           X        Servicer disburses funds
                   transfer on behalf of an obligor                                               to trustee.  Trustee
                   or to an                                                                       disburses
</TABLE>


                                       Q-1

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT        WELLS        LASALLE
                                                        CORPORATION      FARGO          BANK
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)   (CUSTODIAN)    (TRUSTEE)     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ------------------                   -----------   -----------    ---------     ----------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
                   investor are made only by                                                      funds to
                   authorized personnel.                                                          certificateholders.

1122(d)(2)(iii)    Advances of funds or guarantees           X
                   regarding collections, cash flows
                   or distributions, and any interest
                   or other fees charged for such
                   advances, are made, reviewed and
                   approved as specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

1122(d)(2)(iv)     The related accounts for the              X                           X
                   transaction, such as cash reserve
                   accounts or accounts established
                   as a form of over
                   collateralization, are separately
                   maintained (e.g., with respect to
                   commingling of cash) as set forth
                   in the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(2)(v)      Each custodial account is                 X                           X
                   maintained at a federally insured
                   depository institution as set
                   forth in the transaction
                   agreements. For purposes of this
                   criterion, "federally insured
                   depository institution" with
                   respect to a foreign financial
                   institution means a foreign
                   financial institution that meets
                   the requirements of Rule
                   13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities
                   Exchange Act.

1122(d)(2)(vi)     Unissued checks are safeguarded so        X                           X
                   as to prevent unauthorized access.

1122(d)(2)(vii)    Reconciliations are prepared on a         X                           X
                   monthly basis for all asset-backed
                   securities related bank accounts,
                   including custodial accounts and
                   related bank clearing accounts.
                   These reconciliations are (A)
                   mathematically accurate; (B)
                   prepared within 30 calendar days
                   after the bank statement cutoff
                   date, or such other number of days
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements; (C) reviewed and
                   approved by someone other than the
                   person who prepared the
                   reconciliation; and (D) contain
                   explanations for reconciling
                   items.  These reconciling items
                   are resolved within 90 calendar
                   days of their original
                   identification, or such other
                   number of days specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

                   INVESTOR REMITTANCES AND REPORTING

1122(d)(3)(i)      Reports to investors, including           X                           X
                   those to be filed with the
                   Commission, are maintained in
                   accordance with the transaction
                   agreements and applicable
                   Commission requirements.
                   Specifically, such reports (A) are
                   prepared in accordance with
                   timeframes and other terms set
                   forth in the transaction
                   agreements; (B)
</TABLE>


                                       Q-2
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT        WELLS       LASALLE
                                                        CORPORATION      FARGO         BANK
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)   (CUSTODIAN)   (TRUSTEE)    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ------------------                   -----------   -----------   ---------   ------------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>         <C>
                   provide information calculated in
                   accordance with the terms
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements; (C) are filed with the
                   Commission as required by its
                   rules and regulations; and (D)
                   agree with investors' or the
                   trustee's records as to the total
                   unpaid principal balance and
                   number of Pool Assets serviced by
                   the Servicer.

1122(d)(3)(ii)     Amounts due to investors are              X                          X       Wilshire remits cash and
                   allocated and remitted in                                                    loan level data to
                   accordance with timeframes,                                                  trustees based on
                   distribution priority and other                                              timelines established in
                   terms set forth in the transaction                                           the PSA. The trustee is
                   agreements.                                                                  responsible for the
                                                                                                allocation of funds to
                                                                                                certificateholders using
                                                                                                the appropriate
                                                                                                distribution priority as
                                                                                                established by the PSA.

1122(d)(3)(iii)    Disbursements made to an investor                                    X       Trustee disburses funds
                   are posted within two business                                               to certificateholders.
                   days to the Servicer's investor
                   records, or such other number of
                   days specified in the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(3)(iv)     Amounts remitted to investors per         X                          X       Servicer remits funds
                   the investor reports agree with                                              and provides certain
                   cancelled checks, or other form of                                           investor reports to
                   payment, or custodial bank                                                   trustees within
                   statements.                                                                  guidelines and
                                                                                                timeframes established
                                                                                                in PSA. Trustee
                                                                                                disburses funds to
                                                                                                certificateholders.

                   POOL ASSET ADMINISTRATION

1122(d)(4)(i)      Collateral or security on pool            X             X            X
                   assets is maintained as required
                   by the transaction agreements or
                   related pool asset documents.

1122(d)(4)(ii)     Pool assets  and related documents        X             X            X
                   are safeguarded as required by the
                   transaction agreements

1122(d)(4)(iii)    Any additions, removals or                X                          X
                   substitutions to the asset pool
                   are made, reviewed and approved in
                   accordance with any conditions or
                   requirements in the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(4)(iv)     Payments on pool assets, including        X
                   any payoffs, made in accordance
                   with the related pool asset
                   documents are posted to the
                   Servicer's obligor records
                   maintained no more than two
                   business days after receipt, or
                   such other number of days
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements, and allocated to
                   principal, interest or other items
                   (e.g., escrow) in accordance with
                   the related pool asset documents.
</TABLE>


                                       Q-3

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT        WELLS       LASALLE
                                                        CORPORATION      FARGO         BANK
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)   (CUSTODIAN)   (TRUSTEE)    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ------------------                   -----------   -----------   ---------   ------------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>         <C>
1122(d)(4)(v)      The Servicer's records regarding          X
                   the pool assets agree with the
                   Servicer's records with respect to
                   an obligor's unpaid principal
                   balance.

1122(d)(4)(vi)     Changes with respect to the terms         X
                   or status of an obligor's pool
                   assets (e.g., loan modifications
                   or re-agings) are made, reviewed
                   and approved by authorized
                   personnel in accordance with the
                   transaction agreements and related
                   pool asset documents.

1122(d)(4)(vii)    Loss mitigation or recovery               X
                   actions (e.g., forbearance plans,
                   modifications and deeds in lieu of
                   foreclosure, foreclosures and
                   repossessions, as applicable) are
                   initiated, conducted and concluded
                   in accordance with the timeframes
                   or other requirements established
                   by the transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(viii)   Records documenting collection            X
                   efforts are maintained during the
                   period a pool asset is delinquent
                   in accordance with the transaction
                   agreements.  Such records are
                   maintained on at least a monthly
                   basis, or such other period
                   specified in the transaction
                   agreements, and describe the
                   entity's activities in monitoring
                   delinquent pool assets including,
                   for example, phone calls, letters
                   and payment rescheduling plans in
                   cases where delinquency is deemed
                   temporary (e.g., illness or
                   unemployment).

1122(d)(4)(ix)     Adjustments to interest rates or          X
                   rates of return for pool assets
                   with variable rates are computed
                   based on the related pool asset
                   documents.

1122(d)(4)(x)      Regarding any funds held in trust         X
                   for an obligor (such as escrow
                   accounts): (A) such funds are
                   analyzed, in accordance with the
                   obligor's pool asset documents, on
                   at least an annual basis, or such
                   other period specified in the
                   transaction agreements; (B)
                   interest on such funds is paid, or
                   credited, to obligors in
                   accordance with applicable pool
                   asset documents and state laws;
                   and (C) such funds are returned to
                   the obligor within 30 calendar
                   days of full repayment of the
                   related pool assets, or such other
                   number of days specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xi)     Payments made on behalf of an             X
                   obligor (such as tax or insurance
                   payments) are made on or before
                   the related penalty
</TABLE>


                                       Q-4

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          WILSHIRE
                                                           CREDIT        WELLS       LASALLE
                                                        CORPORATION      FARGO         BANK
REG AB REFERENCE   SERVICING CRITERIA                    (SERVICER)   (CUSTODIAN)   (TRUSTEE)    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
----------------   ------------------                   -----------   -----------   ---------   ------------------------
<S>                <C>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>         <C>
                   or expiration dates, as indicated
                   on the appropriate bills or
                   notices for such payments,
                   provided that such support has
                   been received by the servicer at
                   least 30 calendar days prior to
                   these dates, or such other number
                   of days specified in the
                   transaction agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xii)    Any late payment penalties in             X
                   connection with any payment to be
                   made on behalf of an obligor are
                   paid from the Servicer's funds and
                   not charged to the obligor, unless
                   the late payment was due to the
                   obligor's error or omission.

1122(d)(4)(xiii)   Disbursements made on behalf of an        X
                   obligor are posted within two
                   business days to the obligor's
                   records maintained by the
                   servicer, or such other number of
                   days specified in the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xiv)    Delinquencies, charge-offs and            X
                   uncollectible accounts are
                   recognized and recorded in
                   accordance with the transaction
                   agreements.

1122(d)(4)(xv)     Any external enhancement or other                                    X
                   support, identified in Item
                   1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item
                   1115 of Regulation AB, is
                   maintained as set forth in the
                   transaction agreements.
</TABLE>


                                       Q-5
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT R

                          SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION

                                     [DATE]

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Wilshire Credit Corporation
14523 SW Millikan Way
Suite 200
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Re:  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
     Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

     I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

     1. I have reviewed the report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D
required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form
10-K of [identify the issuing entity] (the "Exchange Act periodic reports");

     2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a
whole, do 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 with respect
to the period covered by this report;

     3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other
information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by
this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

     4. [I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the
servicer(s) and based on my knowledge and the compliance review(s) conducted in
preparing the servicer compliance statement(s) required in this report under
Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic
reports, the servicer(s) [has/have] fulfilled [its/their] obligations under the
servicing agreement(s); and]

     5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria
for ABS and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with
servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this
report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules
13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as
otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance
described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.


                                      R-1

<PAGE>

     [In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on
information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties [name of
servicer, sub-servicer, co-servicer, depositor or trustee].]

Date:
      -------------------------------


                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        [Signature]
                                        [Title]


                                      R-2

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT S

                   FORM OF ITEM 1123 CERTIFICATION 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: Corporate Trust Services - Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
           Series 2006-WMC2

Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of March 1,
     2006, among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, Wilshire
     Credit Corporation, as servicer, and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
     trustee, relating to Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan
     Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-WMC2

I, [identify name of certifying individual], [title of certifying individual] of
Wilshire Credit Corporation (the "Servicer"), hereby certify that:

     (1) A review of the activities of the Servicer during the preceding
calendar year and of the performance of the Servicer under the Agreement has
been made under my supervision; and

     (2) To the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has
fulfilled all its obligations under the Agreement in all material respects
throughout such year or a portion thereof[, or, if there has been a failure to
fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, I have specified below each
such failure known to me and the nature and status thereof].

Date:
      -------------------------------

                                        Wilshire Credit Corporation,
                                        as Servicer


                                        By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                              ----------------------------------
                                        Title:
                                               ---------------------------------


                                      S-1

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE X

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                     Item on Form 8-K                            Party Responsible
                     ----------------                            -----------------
<S>                                                     <C>
*Item 1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive            All parties
Agreement

*Item 1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive        All parties
Agreement

Item 1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership                   Depositor

Item 2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or         Depositor
Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an
Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

*Item 3.03- Material Modification to Rights of          Trustee
Security Holders

Item 5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or   Depositor
Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year

Item 6.01- ABS Informational and Computational          Depositor
Material

*Item 6.02- Change of Servicer or Trustee               Servicer, Primary Servicer, Trustee

*Item 6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or External    Depositor/Trustee
Support

*Item 6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution     Trustee

Item 6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure           Depositor

Item 7.01- Reg FD Disclosure                            Depositor

Item 8.01                                               Depositor

Item 9.01                                               Depositor
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE Y

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                     Item on Form 10-D                           Party Responsible
                     -----------------                           -----------------

<S>                                                     <C>
Item 1: Distribution and Pool Performance Information   Trustee and Servicer (with respect
Plus any information required by 1121 which is NOT      to underlying Mortgage Loan data)
included on the monthly statement to                    Servicer and Trustee (to the extent
Certificateholders                                      required by Regulation AB)

Item 2: Legal Proceedings  per Item 1117 of Reg AB      All parties to the Pooling and
                                                        Servicing Agreement (as to
                                                        themselves), the
                                                        depositor/trustee/servicer (to the
                                                        extent known) as to the issuing
                                                        entity, the sponsor, 1106(b)
                                                        originator, any 1100(d)(1) party

Item 3:  Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds         Depositor

Item 4:  Defaults Upon Senior Securities                Trustee

Item 5:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security    Trustee
Holders

Item 6:  Significant Obligors of Pool Assets            Depositor/Sponsor/Mortgage Loan
                                                        Seller/ Servicer

Item 7:  Significant Enhancement Provider Information   Depositor/Sponsor

Item 8:  Other Information                              All parties to the Pooling and
                                                        Servicing Agreement (as to
                                                        themselves) responsible for
                                                        disclosure items on Form 8-K

Item 9:  Exhibits                                       Trustee
</TABLE>

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                                   SCHEDULE Z

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 Item on Form 10-K                              Party Responsible
                 -----------------                              -----------------
<S>                                                  <C>
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments                   Depositor

*Item 9B:  Other Information                         Trustee and any other party
                                                     responsible for disclosure items on
                                                     Form 8-K

*Item 15:  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules   Trustee/Servicer/Depositor

*Additional Item:                                    All parties to the PSA (as to
Disclosure per Item 1117 of Reg AB                   themselves), the
                                                     Depositor/Trustee/Servicer (to the
                                                     extent known) as to the Issuing
                                                     Entity, the Sponsor, 1106(b)
                                                     originator, any 1100(d)(1) party

*Additional Item:                                    All parties to the PSA, the Sponsor,
Disclosure per Item 1119 of Reg AB                   Originator, significant obligor,
                                                     enhancement or support provider

Additional Item:                                     Depositor/Sponsor/Mortgage Loan
Disclosure per Item 1112(b) of Reg AB                Seller/Servicer

Additional Item:                                     Depositor/Sponsor
Disclosure per Items 1114(b) and 1115(b) of Reg AB
</TABLE>