STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC.,
                                     SELLER

                         BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                     TRUSTEE

                WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                 MASTER SERVICER

                WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                            SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

                                       and

                            EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION



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                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

                             Dated as of May 1, 2001

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                   Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc.
           Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

                                  Series 2001-3




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                                                     ARTICLE I

                                                    Definitions


                                                    ARTICLE II

                                           Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
                                         Original Issuance of Certificates

         Section 2.01.     CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS TO TRUSTEE...............................................43
         Section 2.02.     ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY TRUSTEE...............................................44
         Section 2.03.     ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST IN THE MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT........................47
         Section 2.04.     SUBSTITUTION OF MORTGAGE LOANS........................................................48
         Section 2.05.     ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES..............................................................49
         Section 2.06.     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE SELLER..................................49

                                                    ARTICLE III

                                  Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans

         Section 3.01.     MASTER SERVICER.......................................................................51
         Section 3.02.     REMIC-RELATED COVENANTS...............................................................52
         Section 3.03.     MONITORING OF SERVICERS...............................................................52
         Section 3.04.     FIDELITY BOND.........................................................................53
         Section 3.05.     POWER TO ACT; PROCEDURES..............................................................53
         Section 3.06.     DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AGREEMENTS............................................54
         Section 3.07.     RELEASE OF MORTGAGE FILES.............................................................54
         Section 3.08.     DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF MASTER SERVICER TO BE HELD FOR
TRUSTEE..........................................................................................................55
         Section 3.09.     STANDARD HAZARD INSURANCE AND FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES................................56
         Section 3.10.     PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS AND COLLECTION OF PROCEEDS......................................56
         Section 3.11.     MAINTENANCE OF THE PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES................................57
         Section 3.12.     TRUSTEE TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS..............57
         Section 3.13.     REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.............................................58
         Section 3.14.     COMPENSATION FOR THE MASTER SERVICER..................................................58
         Section 3.15.     REO PROPERTY..........................................................................59
         Section 3.16.     ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.........................................59
         Section 3.17.     ANNUAL INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S SERVICING REPORT......................................60
         Section 3.18.     REPORTS FILED WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.................................60
         Section 3.19.     EMC...................................................................................61
         Section 3.20.     UCC...................................................................................61
         Section 3.21.     OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.........................................61


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                                                    ARTICLE IV

                                                     Accounts

         Section 4.01.     PROTECTED ACCOUNTS....................................................................62
         Section 4.02.     MASTER SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT....................................................63
         Section 4.03.     PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE MASTER SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT
                                                                                                                 64
         Section 4.04.     DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT..................................................................65
         Section 4.05.     PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.....................65

                                                     ARTICLE V

                                                   Certificates

         Section 5.01.     CERTIFICATES..........................................................................68
         Section 5.02.     REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES.................................75
         Section 5.03.     MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES.....................................78
         Section 5.04.     PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.................................................................79
         Section 5.05.     TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS ON RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES........................................79
         Section 5.06.     RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF CERTIFICATES.......................................80
         Section 5.07.     ERISA RESTRICTIONS....................................................................81
         Section 5.08.     RULE 144A INFORMATION.................................................................82

                                                    ARTICLE VI

                                          Payments to Certificateholders

         Section 6.01.     DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES.....................................................83
         Section 6.02.     ALLOCATION OF LOSSES..................................................................87
         Section 6.03.     PAYMENTS..............................................................................88
         Section 6.04.     STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS......................................................89
         Section 6.05.     MONTHLY ADVANCES......................................................................92

                                                    ARTICLE VII

                                                The Master Servicer

         Section 7.01.     LIABILITIES OF THE MASTER SERVICER....................................................94
         Section 7.02.     MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE MASTER SERVICER........................................94
         Section 7.03.     INDEMNIFICATION OF THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
                                                                                                                 94
         Section 7.04.     LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF THE MASTER SERVICER AND OTHERS............................95
         Section 7.05.     MASTER SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN.........................................................96
         Section 7.06.     SUCCESSOR MASTER SERVICER.............................................................96


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         Section 7.07.     SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF MASTER SERVICING...............................................96

                                                   ARTICLE VIII

                                                      Default

         Section 8.01.     EVENTS OF DEFAULT.....................................................................98
         Section 8.02.     TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR..............................................99
         Section 8.03.     NOTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS...................................................100
         Section 8.04.     WAIVER OF DEFAULTS...................................................................100
         Section 8.05.     LIST OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS...........................................................101

                                                    ARTICLE IX

                              Concerning the Trustee and the Securities Administrator

         Section 9.01.     DUTIES OF TRUSTEE....................................................................102
         Section 9.02.     CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR...............104
         Section 9.03.     TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR NOT LIABLE FOR CERTIFICATES OR MORTGAGE LOANS...106
         Section 9.04.     TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR MAY OWN CERTIFICATES............................106
         Section 9.05.     TRUSTEE'S AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR'S FEES AND EXPENSES...........................107
         Section 9.06.     ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR....................107
         Section 9.07.     INSURANCE............................................................................107
         Section 9.08.     RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR..................108
         Section 9.09.     SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND SUCCESSOR SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR.............................109
         Section 9.10.     MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE OR SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR.......................109
         Section 9.11.     APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE........................................109
         Section 9.12.     FEDERAL INFORMATION RETURNS AND REPORTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS; REMIC
                           ADMINISTRATION.......................................................................111
         Section 9.13.     MAINTENANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL PMI POLICY; COLLECTIONS THEREUNDER.......................112

                                                     ARTICLE X

                                                    Termination

         Section 10.01.    TERMINATION UPON REPURCHASE BY THE SELLER OR ITS DESIGNEE OR LIQUIDATION OF THE
                           MORTGAGE LOANS.......................................................................114
         Section 10.02.    ADDITIONAL TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS..................................................117

                                                    ARTICLE XI

                                             Mandatory Call Provisions

         Section 11.01.    THE MANDATORY CALL AGREEMENT.........................................................118
         Section 11.02.    DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE WITH RESPECT TO THE MANDATORY CALL.............................118


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         Section 11.03.    MANDATORY CALL CERTIFICATES..........................................................118

                                                    ARTICLE XII

                                             Miscellaneous Provisions

         Section 12.01.    INTENT OF PARTIES....................................................................120
         Section 12.02.    AMENDMENT............................................................................120
         Section 12.03.    RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT.............................................................121
         Section 12.04.    LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS...........................................121
         Section 12.05.    ACTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS...........................................................122
         Section 12.06.    GOVERNING LAW........................................................................123
         Section 12.07.    THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY..............................................................123
         Section 12.08.    NOTICES..............................................................................123
         Section 12.09.    SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS...........................................................124
         Section 12.10.    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS...............................................................124
         Section 12.11.    ARTICLE AND SECTION HEADINGS.........................................................124
         Section 12.12.    COUNTERPARTS.........................................................................124
         Section 12.13.    NOTICE TO RATING AGENCIES............................................................124
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                                    EXHIBITS

Exhibit A-1          -     Form of Class A Certificates
Exhibit A-2          -     Form of Class B Certificates
Exhibit A-3          -     Form of Class R Certificates
Exhibit B            -     Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C            -     [Reserved]
Exhibit D            -     Request for Release of Documents
Exhibit E            -     Form of Affidavit pursuant to Section 860E(e)(4)
Exhibit F-1          -     Form of Investment Letter
Exhibit F-2          -     Form of Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate
Exhibit G            -     Form of Custodial Agreement
Exhibit H-1 to H-7   -     Servicing Agreements
Exhibit I            -     Assignment Agreements
Exhibit J            -     Supplemental PMI Policy from Supplemental PMI Insurer
Exhibit K            -     Mandatory Call Agreement
Exhibit L            -     Notice of Call of Mandatory Call Certificates


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                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
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         Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2001, among
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., a Delaware corporation, as seller
(the "Seller"), Bank One, National Association, a national banking association,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the "Trustee"), Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master servicer (in such
capacity, the "Master Servicer") and as securities administrator (in such
capacity, the "Securities Administrator"), and EMC Mortgage Corporation ("EMC").

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

         On or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller acquired the Mortgage Loans
from EMC. On the Closing Date, the Seller will sell the Mortgage Loans and
certain other property to the Trust Fund and receive in consideration therefor
Certificates evidencing the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust
Fund.

         The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall make an election for the
assets constituting REMIC I to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
REMIC. On the Startup Day, the REMIC I Regular Interests will be designated
"regular interests" in such REMIC and the Class R-I Certificate will be
designated the "residual interests" in such REMIC.

         The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall make an election for the
assets constituting REMIC II to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
REMIC. On the Startup Day, the REMIC II Regular Interests will be designated
"regular interests" in such REMIC and the Class R-II Certificate will be
designated the "residual interests" in such REMIC.

         The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall make an election for the
assets constituting REMIC III to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
REMIC. On the Startup Day, all the Classes of REMIC III Regular Certificates
will be designated "regular interests" in such REMIC and the Class R-III
Certificate will be designated the "residual interests" in such REMIC.

         The Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date, after deducting all Scheduled Principal due on or before the
Cut-off Date, of approximately $1,302,438,000. The initial principal amount of
the Certificates will not exceed such Outstanding Principal Balance.

         In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Seller,
the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, EMC and the Trustee agree as
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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   Definitions

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

         ABN AMRO:  ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.

         ABN AMRO SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Purchase, Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2001, between EMC, as Purchaser and ABN AMRO, as
Seller and the related Term Sheet, dated May 16, 2001, between EMC and ABN AMRO,
attached hereto as Exhibit H-1.

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

         ACCOUNT: The Master Servicer Collection Account and the Protected
Account as the context may require.

         ACCRUED CERTIFICATE INTEREST: For any Certificate for any Distribution
Date, the interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the
applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Current Principal Amount, or in the case of
the Interest Only Certificates, the Notional Amount, of such Certificate
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, calculated on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, less (i) in the case of a
Senior Certificate, such Certificate's share of any Net Interest Shortfall and,
after the Cross-Over Date, the interest portion of any Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans allocated thereto in accordance with Section 6.02(g) and (ii) in
the case of a Subordinate Certificate, such Certificate's share of any Net
Interest Shortfall and the interest portion of any Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans allocated thereto in accordance with Section 6.02(g).

         ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL: As defined in the Cendant/MLCC Servicing
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit H-3.

         ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL MORTGAGE LOAN: As defined in the Cendant/MLCC
Servicing Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit H-3.



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         AFFILIATE: As to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled
by or under common control with such Person. "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. "Controlled" and
"Controlling" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. The Trustee may
conclusively presume that a Person is not an Affiliate of another Person unless
a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge to the contrary.

         AGGREGATE EXPENSE RATE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the sum of
the Servicing Fee Rate and the Supplemental PMI Insurance Premium Rate (if
applicable).

         AGREEMENT: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.

         ALLOCABLE SHARE: With respect to each Class of Subordinate
Certificates:

                  (a) as to any Distribution Date and amounts distributable
         pursuant to clauses (i) and (iii) of the definition of Subordinate
         Optimal Principal Amount, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
         numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount of such Class and
         the denominator of which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of
         all Classes of the Subordinate Certificates; and

                  (b) as to any Distribution Date and amounts distributable
         pursuant to clauses (ii), (iv) and (v) of the definition of Subordinate
         Optimal Principal Amount, and as to each Class of Subordinate
         Certificates (other than the Class of Subordinate Certificates having
         the lowest numerical designation as to which the Class Prepayment
         Distribution Trigger shall not be applicable) for which (x) the related
         Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger has been satisfied on such
         Distribution Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
         numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount of such Class and
         the denominator of which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of
         all such Classes of Subordinate Certificates and (y) the related Class
         Prepayment Distribution Trigger has not been satisfied on such
         Distribution Date, 0%; provided that if on a Distribution Date, the
         Current Principal Amount of any Class of Subordinate Certificates for
         which the related Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger was satisfied
         on such Distribution Date is reduced to zero, any amounts distributed
         pursuant to this clause (b), to the extent of such Class's remaining
         Allocable Share, shall be distributed to the remaining Classes of
         Subordinate Certificates which satisfy the related Class Prepayment
         Distribution Trigger and to the Class of Subordinate Certificates
         having the lowest numerical designation in reduction of their
         respective Current Principal Amounts in the order of their numerical
         Class designations.

         APPLICABLE CREDIT RATING: For any long-term deposit or security, a
credit rating of AAA in the case of S&P, Aaa in the case of Moody's or AAA in
the case of Fitch. For any short-term deposit or security, or a rating of A-l+
in the case of S&P, P-1 in the case of Moody's or F-1+ in the case of Fitch.


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         APPLICABLE STATE LAW: For purposes of Section 9.12(d), the Applicable
State Law shall be (a) the law of the State of New York and (b) such other state
law whose applicability shall have been brought to the attention of the
Securities Administrator and the Trustee by either (i) an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Securities Administrator and the Trustee delivered
to it by the Master Servicer or the Seller, or (ii) written notice from the
appropriate taxing authority as to the applicability of such state law.

         APPRAISED VALUE: For any Mortgaged Property related to a Mortgage Loan,
the amount set forth as the appraised value of such Mortgaged Property in an
appraisal made for the mortgage originator in connection with its origination of
the related Mortgage Loan.

         ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENTS: The agreements attached hereto as Exhibit I,
whereby the Servicing Agreements were assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of
the Certificateholders

         ASSUMED FINAL DISTRIBUTION DATE: June 25, 2031, or if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.

         ATLANTIC: Atlantic Mortgage and Investment Corporation.

         ATLANTIC SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Servicing Agreement, dated as of
January 1, 2001, between EMC, as Owner, and Atlantic, as Servicer.

         AVAILABLE FUNDS: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the
Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5 and Group 6 Available Funds for such
Distribution Date.

         AVERAGE LOSS SEVERITY: With respect to any period and each Loan Group,
the fraction obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses
for the related Mortgage Loans for such period by (y) the number of related
Mortgage Loans which had Realized Losses for such period.

         BANKRUPTCY CODE: The United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended as
codified in 11 U.S.C. ss.ss.101-1330.

         BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES: Initially, all Classes of Certificates other
than the Private Certificates and the Residual Certificates.

         BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed or on which banking
institutions in New York City, Maryland, Minnesota, Illinois, Texas or
California, or the jurisdiction in which the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the
Securities Administrator is authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
be closed.

         CENDANT:  Cendant Mortgage Corp.



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         CENDANT/E*TRADE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase,
Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2000, as amended by the
First Amendment to the Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2000, between Cendant and Bishop's Gate
Residential Mortgage Trust, as Sellers and Telebank, as Purchaser, attached
hereto as Exhibit H-2.

         CENDANT/MLCC SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale
and Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2001, between EMC, as Purchaser
and Cendant and Bishop's Gate Residential Mortgage Trust, as Seller, attached
hereto as Exhibit H-3.

         CERTIFICATE: Any mortgage pass-through certificate evidencing a
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund signed and countersigned by the
Trustee in substantially the forms annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3,
with the blanks therein appropriately completed.

         CERTIFICATE OWNER: Any Person who is the beneficial owner of a
Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.

         CERTIFICATE PURCHASE PRICE: For each Mandatory Call Certificate, the
outstanding Current Principal Amount of such Certificate on the Mandatory Call
Date (after giving effect to any distributions of principal payable pursuant to
Section 6.01 of this Agreement on such date and the allocation of the principal
portion of Realized Losses on such date pursuant to Section 6.02 of this
Agreement).

         CERTIFICATE REGISTER: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02.

         CERTIFICATEHOLDER:  A Holder of a Certificate.

         CHEVY CHASE:  Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B.

         CHEVY CHASE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Purchase, Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2001, between EMC, as Purchaser and Chevy Chase,
as Company, attached hereto as Exhibit H-4.

         CLASS: With respect to the Certificates, I-A, R-I, R-II, R-III, II-A-1,
II-A-2, II-A-3, II-A-4, II-X, III-A, IV-A, V-A, VI-A, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5,
B-6.

         CLASS PREPAYMENT DISTRIBUTION TRIGGER: For a Class of Subordinate
Certificates for any Distribution Date, the Class Prepayment Distribution
Trigger is satisfied if the fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator
of which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of such Class and each Class
of Subordinate Certificates, respectively, subordinate thereto, if any, and the
denominator of which is the Scheduled Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage
Loans as of the related Due Date, equals or exceeds such percentage calculated
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         CLASS R CERTIFICATES: The Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
Certificates.

         CLOSING DATE:  May 31, 2001.

         CODE:  The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         COMMFED:  Commercial Federal Mortgage Corporation

         COMMFED SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Purchase, Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2001, between EMC, as Purchaser and CommFed, as
Company and the related Term Sheets, dated as of March 8, 2001, March 29, 2001,
and April 26, 2001, between EMC and CommFed, attached hereto as Exhibit H-5.

         COMPENSATING INTEREST PAYMENTS:  As defined in Section 6.07.

         COMPONENT: With respect to the Class II-X Certificates, II-X-1, II-X-2
and II-X-3. The Components of the Class II-X Certificates are not separately
transferable.

         CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business is administered, which office, at
the date of the execution of this Agreement, is located at 1 Bank One Plaza,
Mail Suite IL1-0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670, Attention: Global Corporate Trust
Services.

         CROSS-OVER DATE: The first Distribution Date on which the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates has been reduced to
zero (giving effect to all distributions on such Distribution Date).

         CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: With respect to any Certificate (other than
an Interest Only Certificate) as of any Distribution Date, the initial principal
amount of such Certificate, and reduced by (i) all amounts distributed on
previous Distribution Dates on such Certificate with respect to principal, (ii)
the principal portion of all Realized Losses allocated prior to such
Distribution Date to such Certificate, taking account of the Loss Allocation
Limitation and (iii) in the case of a Subordinate Certificate, such
Certificate's pro rata share, if any, of the applicable Subordinate Certificate
Writedown Amount for previous Distribution Dates. With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Interest Only Certificates), the Current Principal
Amount thereof will equal the sum of the Current Principal Amounts of all
Certificates in such Class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for purposes
of giving consents, directions, waivers, approvals, requests and notices, the
Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III Certificates after the Distribution Date
on which they each receive the distribution of the last dollar of their
respective original principal amount shall be deemed to have Current Principal
Amounts equal to their respective Current Principal Amounts on the day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date.

         CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT:  As defined in the Servicing Agreements.


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         CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT: An agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among
the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian in substantially
the form of Exhibit G hereto.

         CUSTODIAN: Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, or any
successor custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and of the
Custodial Agreement.

         CUT-OFF DATE:  May 1, 2001.

         CUT-OFF DATE BALANCE:  $1,302,438,000.

         DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION: Any reduction of the Scheduled Payments which a
Mortgagor is obligated to pay with respect to a Mortgage Loan as a result of any
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar state law or other
proceeding.

         DEFICIENT VALUATION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation of
the Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an amount less
than the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, which valuation
results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar state law or other proceeding.

         DEPOSITORY: The Depository Trust Company, the nominee of which is Cede
& Co., or any successor thereto.

         DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT: The meaning specified in Subsection 5.01(a)
hereof.

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

         DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION: A depository institution (commercial
bank, federal savings bank mutual savings bank or savings and loan association)
or trust company (which may include the Trustee), the deposits of which are
fully insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law.

         DETERMINATION DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Determination Date as defined in the related Servicing Agreement.

         DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION: Any of the following: (i) the United States,
any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States,
or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to
tax and, except for the Freddie Mac or any successor thereto, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign
government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization (other than certain farmers'
cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code) which is exempt from the


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tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511
of the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code or (v) any
other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that
the holding of an ownership interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person
may cause the Trust or any Person having an ownership interest in the Residual
Certificate (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax
imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the transfer
of an ownership interest in a Residual Certificate to such Person. The terms
"United States," "State" and "international organization" shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

         DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The trust account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.04, which shall be denominated "Bank One,
National Association, as Trustee f/b/o holders of Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc., Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2001-3 - Distribution Account."

         DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT DEPOSIT DATE: The Business Day prior to each
Distribution Date (or if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day prior
to such day).

         DISTRIBUTION DATE: The 25th day of any month, beginning in the month
immediately following the month of the Closing Date, or, if such 25th day is not
a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following.

         DTC CUSTODIAN: Bank One, National Association, or its successors in
interest as custodian for the Depository.

         DUE DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date in each month on
which its Scheduled Payment is due if such due date is the first day of a month
and otherwise is deemed to be the first day of the following month or such other
date specified in the related Servicing Agreement.

         DUE PERIOD: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage
Loan, the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month
in which the Distribution Date occurs and ending at the close of business on the
first day of the month in which the Distribution Date occurs.

         EMC:  EMC Mortgage Corporation.

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

         EVENT OF DEFAULT:  An event of default described in Section 8.01.

         EXCESS LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: To the extent that such amount is not
required by law to be paid to the related Mortgagor, the amount, if any, by
which Liquidation Proceeds with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan exceed the
sum of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such


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Mortgage Loan and accrued but unpaid interest at the related Mortgage Interest
Rate through the last day of the month in which the related Liquidation Date
occurs, plus (ii) related Liquidation Expenses.

         FANNIE MAE: Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor
thereto.

         FDIC:  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

         FINAL CERTIFICATION: The certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit Three to the Custodial Agreement.

         FITCH:  Fitch, Inc. and its successors in interest.

         FRACTIONAL UNDIVIDED INTEREST: With respect to any Class of
Certificates, the fractional undivided interest evidenced by any Certificate of
such Class the numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount, or Notional
Amount in the case of the Interest Only Certificates, of such Certificate and
the denominator of which is the Current Principal Amount, or Notional Amount in
the case of the Interest Only Certificates, of such Class. With respect to the
Certificates in the aggregate, the fractional undivided interest evidenced by
(i) a Residual Certificate will be deemed to equal 0.5% multiplied by the
percentage interest of such Residual Certificate, (ii) an Interest Only
Certificate will be deemed to equal 1.0% multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the Notional Amount of such Certificate and the denominator of which
is the aggregate Notional Amount of such respective Class and (ii) a Certificate
of any other Class will be deemed to equal 97.50% multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount of such Certificate and the
denominator of which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of all the
Certificates.

         FREDDIE MAC: Freddie Mac, formerly the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, or any successor thereto.

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

         GROSS MARGIN: As to each Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage set forth
in the related Mortgage Note and indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule which
percentage is added to the related Index on each Interest Adjustment Date to
determine (subject to rounding, the minimum and maximum Mortgage Interest Rate
and the Periodic Rate Cap) the Mortgage Interest Rate until the next Interest
Adjustment Date.

         GROUP 1 AVAILABLE FUNDS, GROUP 2 AVAILABLE FUNDS, GROUP 3 AVAILABLE
FUNDS, GROUP 4 AVAILABLE FUNDS, GROUP 5 AVAILABLE FUNDS OR GROUP 6 AVAILABLE
FUNDS: With respect to any


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Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate of the following amounts
with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group: (a) all previously
undistributed payments on account of principal (including the principal portion
of Scheduled Payments, Principal Prepayments and the principal portion of Net
Liquidation Proceeds) and all previously undistributed payments on account of
interest received after the Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related
Determination Date, (b) any Monthly Advances and Compensating Interest Payments
by the Servicer or the Master Servicer with respect to such Distribution Date,
(c) any other miscellaneous amounts remitted by the Master Servicer or the
applicable Servicers pursuant to the Servicing Agreements, and (d) any
reimbursed amount in connection with losses on investments of deposits in an
account, except:

                  (i) all payments that were due on or before the Cut-off Date;

                  (ii) all Principal Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds
                  received after the applicable Prepayment Period;

                  (iii) all payments, other than Principal Prepayments, that
                  represent early receipt of Scheduled Payments due on a date or
                  dates subsequent to the related Due Date;

                  (iv) amounts received on particular Mortgage Loans as late
                  payments of principal or interest and respecting which, and to
                  the extent that, there are any unreimbursed Monthly Advances;

                  (v) amounts representing Monthly Advances determined to be
                  Nonrecoverable Advances;

                  (vi) any investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the
                  Master Servicer Collection Account and the Distribution
                  Account and amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Master
                  Servicing Collection Account and the Distribution Account
                  pursuant to this Agreement;

                  (vii) amounts representing insurance premiums;

                  (viii) to pay the Servicing Fees or to reimburse any Servicer
                  or the Master Servicer for such amounts as are due under the
                  applicable Servicing Agreement and the Agreement and have not
                  been retained by or paid to such Servicer or the Master
                  Servicer; and

                  (ix) and any expenses of the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.05.

         In addition on each Distribution Date, the related Available Funds for
each Certificate Group shall be increased increased by any Required Surety
Payment.



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         GROUP 1 MORTGAGE LOANS: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         GROUP 2 MORTGAGE LOANS: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         GROUP 3 MORTGAGE LOANS: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         GROUP 4 MORTGAGE LOANS: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         GROUP 5 MORTGAGE LOANS: The Mortgage Loans identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule. GROUP 6 MORTGAGE LOANS: The Mortgage Loans identified as
such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         GROUP 1 SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class R-II, Class R-III and Class I-A
Certificates.

         GROUP 2 SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class R-I, Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2,
Class II-A-3, Class II-A-4 and Class II-X Certificates.

         GROUP 3 SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class III-A Certificates.

         GROUP 4 SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class IV-A Certificates.

         GROUP 5 SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class V-A Certificates.

         GROUP 6 SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class VI-A Certificates.

         GROUP 1 SENIOR OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, GROUP 2 SENIOR OPTIMAL
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, GROUP 3 SENIOR OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, GROUP 4 SENIOR
OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, GROUP 5 SENIOR OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT or GROUP 6
SENIOR OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT,: As to any Distribution Date, an amount equal
to the sum, without duplication, of:

                  (i) the applicable Senior Percentage of all scheduled payments
         of principal allocated to the Scheduled Principal Balance due on each
         Outstanding Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group on the related Due
         Date as specified in the amortization schedule at the time applicable
         thereto (after adjustments for previous Principal Prepayments but
         before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any
         bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or
         grace period);



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                  (ii) the applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of all
         Principal Prepayments in part received during the related Prepayment
         Period with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group,
         together with the applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
         Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan
         Group which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full during
         the related Prepayment Period;

                  (iii) the lesser of (a) the applicable Senior Prepayment
         Percentage of all Net Liquidation Proceeds, allocable to principal
         received in respect of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
         which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment
         Period; and (b) the applicable Senior Percentage of the Scheduled
         Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which
         became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period;
         and

                  (iv) the applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the sum of
         (a) the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in related
         Loan Group or related REO Property in the related Loan Group which was
         purchased by the Mortgage Loan Seller on such Distribution Date and (b)
         the excess, if any, of the Scheduled Principal Balance of a Mortgage
         Loan in the related Loan Group that has been replaced by EMC with a
         Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.04 of this Agreement on
         such Distribution Date over the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
         Substitute Mortgage Loan.

         GROUP 1 SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 98.00%. On any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places rounded
up) obtained by dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Group 1
Senior Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group 1 Mortgage Loans as of the
beginning of the related Due Period.

         GROUP 2 SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 98.00%. On any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places rounded
up) obtained by dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Group 2
Senior Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group 2 Mortgage Loans as of the
beginning of the related Due Period.

         GROUP 3 SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 98.00%. On any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places rounded
up) obtained by dividing the Current Principal Amount of the Group 3 Senior
Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group 3 Mortgage Loans as of the beginning of
the related Due Period.

         GROUP 4 SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 98.00%. On any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places rounded
up) obtained by dividing the Current Principal Amount of the Group 4 Senior
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by the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group 4 Mortgage Loans as of
the beginning of the related Due Period.

         GROUP 5 SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 98.00%. On any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places rounded
up) obtained by dividing the Current Principal Amount of the Group 5 Senior
Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group 5 Mortgage Loans as of the beginning of
the related Due Period.

         GROUP 6 SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 98.00%. On any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places rounded
up) obtained by dividing the Current Principal Amount of the Group 6 Senior
Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group 6 Mortgage Loans as of the beginning of
the related Due Period.

         GROUP 1 SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                <C>
Period (dates inclusive)                           Group 1 Senior Prepayment Percentage
------------------------                           ------------------------------------
June 25, 2001 - May 25, 2008                       100%

June 25, 2008 - May 25, 2009                       Group 1 Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Group 1
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2009 - May 25, 2010                       Group 1 Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Group 1
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2010 - May 25, 2011                       Group 1 Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Group 1
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2011 - May 25, 2012                       Group 1 Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Group 1
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2012 and thereafter                       Group 1 Senior Percentage
</TABLE>

         In addition, no reduction of the Group 1 Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, either (A) (i) (x) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%,
or (y) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans
in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been


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acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans averaged over
the last six months, does not exceed 2.0%; and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses
on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2008 and May 2009, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2009 and May 2010, (c) 40%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 45% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including June 2011 and May 2012, and (e) 50% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after June 2012; or
(B) (i) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans
in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, does not exceed 4.0% of the then-current aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans; and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 10% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2008 and May
2009, (b) 15% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs between and including June 2009 and May 2010, (c) 20% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 25% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2011 and May 2012, and (e) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if
such Distribution Date occurs during or after June 2012.

         In addition, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average Subordinate
Percentage for the Certificates, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this
purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%
and (b)(i) prior to the Distribution Date in June 25, 2004 cumulative Realized
Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 10% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance and (i) on or after the Distribution Date in June 25, 2004
cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 20% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then, in each case, the Group 1 Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group 1 Senior
Percentage; provided, however, if the current weighted average Subordinate
Percentage for the Certificates is equal to or greater than two times the
initial weighted average Subordinate Percentage for the Certificates prior to
June 25, 2004, then the Group 1 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such
Distribution Date will equal the Group 1 Senior Percentage plus 50% of the
Subordinate Percentage.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date the Group 1
Senior Percentage exceeds the Group 1 Senior Percentage as of the Cut-Off Date,
the Group 1 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
100%. On the Distribution Date on which the


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Current Principal Amounts of the Group 1 Senior Certificates are reduced to
zero, the Group 1 Senior Prepayment Percentage shall be the minimum percentage
sufficient to effect such reduction and thereafter shall be zero.

         GROUP 2 SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Period (dates inclusive)                           Group 2 Senior Prepayment Percentage
------------------------                           ------------------------------------
<S>                                                <C>
June 25, 2001 - May 25, 2008                       100%

June 25, 2008 - May 25, 2009                       Group 2 Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Group 2
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2009 - May 25, 2010                       Group 2 Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Group 2
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2010 - May 25, 2011                       Group 2 Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Group 2
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2011 - May 25, 2012                       Group 2 Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Group 2
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2012 and thereafter                       Group 2 Senior Percentage
</TABLE>

         In addition, no reduction of the Group 2 Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, either (A) (i) (x) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%,
or (y) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans
in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, as a percentage of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans averaged over the last six months, does not exceed 2.0%; and (ii)
cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2008 and May 2009, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2009 and May 2010, (c) 40% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 45%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including June 2011 and May 2012, and (e) 50% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after
June 2012; or (B) (i) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such


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Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the
last six months, does not exceed 4.0% of the then-current aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans; and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses on
the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 10% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2008 and May
2009, (b) 15% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs between and including June 2009 and May 2010, (c) 20% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 25% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2011 and May 2012, and (e) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if
such Distribution Date occurs during or after June 2012.

         In addition, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average Subordinate
Percentage for the Certificates, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this
purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%
and (b)(i) prior to the Distribution Date in June 25, 2004 cumulative Realized
Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 10% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance and (i) on or after the Distribution Date in June 25, 2004
cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 20% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then, in each case, the Group 2 Senior
Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group 2 Senior
Percentage; provided, however, if the current weighted average Subordinate
Percentage for the Certificates is equal to or greater than two times the
initial weighted average Subordinate Percentage for the Certificates prior to
June 25, 2004, then the Group 2 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such
Distribution Date will equal the Group 2 Senior Percentage plus 50% of the
Subordinate Percentage.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date the Group 2
Senior Percentage exceeds the Group 2 Senior Percentage as of the Cut-Off Date,
the Group 2 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
100%. On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of the
Group 2 Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group 2 Senior Prepayment
Percentage shall be the minimum percentage sufficient to effect such reduction
and thereafter shall be zero.

         GROUP 3 SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Period (dates inclusive)                           Group 3 Senior Prepayment Percentage
------------------------                           ------------------------------------
<S>                                                <C>
June 25, 2001 - May 25, 2008                       100%



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June 25, 2008 - May 25, 2009                       Group 3 Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Group 3
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2009 - May 25, 2010                       Group 3 Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Group 3
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2010 - May 25, 2011                       Group 3 Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Group 3
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2011 - May 25, 2012                       Group 3 Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Group 3
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2012 and thereafter                       Group 3 Senior Percentage
</TABLE>

         In addition, no reduction of the Group 3 Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, either (A) (i) (x) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%,
or (y) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans
in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, as a percentage of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans averaged over the last six months, does not exceed 2.0%; and (ii)
cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2008 and May 2009, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2009 and May 2010, (c) 40% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 45%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including June 2011 and May 2012, and (e) 50% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after
June 2012; or (B) (i) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage
Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, does not exceed 4.0% of the then-current aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans; and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 10% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2008 and May
2009, (b) 15% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs between and including June 2009 and May 2010, (c) 20% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 25% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and


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including June 2011 and May 2012, and (e) 30% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after June 2012.

         In addition, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average Subordinate
Percentage for the Certificates, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this
purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%
and (b) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 10% of
the Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then the Group 3 Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group 3 Senior Percentage;
provided, however, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage for
the Certificates is equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted
average Subordinate Percentage for the Certificates prior to June 25, 2004, then
the Group 3 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
the Group 3 Senior Percentage plus 50% of the Subordinate Percentage.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date the Group 3
Senior Percentage exceeds the Group 3 Senior Percentage as of the Cut-Off Date,
the Group 3 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
100%. On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of the
Group 3 Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group 3 Senior Prepayment
Percentage shall be the minimum percentage sufficient to effect such reduction
and thereafter shall be zero.

         GROUP 4 SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Period (dates inclusive)                           Group 4 Senior Prepayment Percentage
------------------------                           ------------------------------------
<S>                                                <C>
June 25, 2001 - May 25, 2008                       100%

June 25, 2008 - May 25, 2009                       Group 4 Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Group 4
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2009 - May 25, 2010                       Group 4 Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Group 4
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2010 - May 25, 2011                       Group 4 Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Group 4
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2011 - May 25, 2012                       Group 4 Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Group 4
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2012 and thereafter                       Group 4 Senior Percentage
</TABLE>



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         In addition, no reduction of the Group 4 Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, either (A) (i) (x) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%,
or (y) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans
in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, as a percentage of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans averaged over the last six months, does not exceed 2.0%; and (ii)
cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2008 and May 2009, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2009 and May 2010, (c) 40% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 45%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including June 2011 and May 2012, and (e) 50% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after
June 2012; or (B) (i) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage
Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, does not exceed 4.0% of the then-current aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans; and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 10% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2008 and May
2009, (b) 15% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs between and including June 2009 and May 2010, (c) 20% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 25% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2011 and May 2012, and (e) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if
such Distribution Date occurs during or after June 2012.

         In addition, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average Subordinate
Percentage for the Certificates, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this
purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%
and (b) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 10% of
the Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then the Group 4 Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group 4 Senior Percentage;
provided, however, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage for
the Certificates is equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted
average Subordinate Percentage for the Certificates prior to June 25,


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2004, then the Group 4 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date
will equal the Group 4 Senior Percentage plus 50% of the Subordinate Percentage.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date the Group 4
Senior Percentage exceeds the Group 4 Senior Percentage as of the Cut-Off Date,
the Group 4 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
100%. On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of the
Group 4 Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group 4 Senior Prepayment
Percentage shall be the minimum percentage sufficient to effect such reduction
and thereafter shall be zero.

         GROUP 5 SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Period (dates inclusive)                           Group 5 Senior Prepayment Percentage
------------------------                           ------------------------------------
<S>                                                <C>
June 25, 2001 - May 25, 2008                       100%

June 25, 2008 - May 25, 2009                       Group 5 Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Group 5
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2009 - May 25, 2010                       Group 5 Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Group 5
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2010 - May 25, 2011                       Group 5 Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Group 5
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2011 - May 25, 2012                       Group 5 Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Group 5
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2012 and thereafter                       Group 5 Senior Percentage
</TABLE>

         In addition, no reduction of the Group 5 Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, either (A) (i) (x) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%,
or (y) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans
in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, as a percentage of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans averaged over the last six months, does not exceed 2.0%; and (ii)
cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2008 and May 2009, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date


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occurs between and including June 2009 and May 2010, (c) 40% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 45% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2011 and May
2012, and (e) 50% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs during or after June 2012; or (B) (i) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more
(including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and such
Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been
acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six months, does not exceed 4.0%
of the then-current aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans;
and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 10%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including June 2008 and May 2009, (b) 15% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including June 2009 and May 2010, (c) 20% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2010 and May
2011, (d) 25% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs between and including June 2011 and May 2012, and (e) 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during
or after June 2012.

         In addition, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average Subordinate
Percentage for the Certificates, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this
purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%
and (b) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 10% of
the Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then the Group 5 Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group 5 Senior Percentage;
provided, however, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage for
the Certificates is equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted
average Subordinate Percentage for the Certificates prior to June 25, 2004, then
the Group 5 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
the Group 5 Senior Percentage plus 50% of the Subordinate Percentage.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date the Group 5
Senior Percentage exceeds the Group 5 Senior Percentage as of the Cut-Off Date,
the Group 5 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
100%. On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of the
Group 5 Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group 5 Senior Prepayment
Percentage shall be the minimum percentage sufficient to effect such reduction
and thereafter shall be zero.

         GROUP 6 SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Period (dates inclusive)                           Group 6 Senior Prepayment Percentage
------------------------                           ------------------------------------
<S>                                                <C>
June 25, 2001 - May 25, 2008                       100%

June 25, 2008 - May 25, 2009                       Group 6 Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Group 6
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2009 - May 25, 2010                       Group 6 Senior Percentage plus 60% of the Group 6
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2010 - May 25, 2011                       Group 6 Senior Percentage plus 40% of the Group 6
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2011 - May 25, 2012                       Group 6 Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Group 6
                                                   Subordinate Percentage

June 25, 2012 and thereafter                       Group 6 Senior Percentage
</TABLE>

         In addition, no reduction of the Group 6 Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, either (A) (i) (x) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including
for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%,
or (y) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans
in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, as a percentage of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans averaged over the last six months, does not exceed 2.0%; and (ii)
cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including June 2008 and May 2009, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2009 and May 2010, (c) 40% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2010 and May 2011, (d) 45%
of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs
between and including June 2011 and May 2012, and (e) 50% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after
June 2012; or (B) (i) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage
Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six
months, does not exceed 4.0% of the then-current aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans; and (ii) cumulative Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 10% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2008 and May
2009, (b) 15% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs between and including June 2009 and May 2010, (c) 20% of the
Original Subordinate


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Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including June
2010 and May 2011, (d) 25% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including June 2011 and May 2012, and (e)
30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs during or after June 2012.

         In addition, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage is
equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted average Subordinate
Percentage for the Certificates, and (a) the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this
purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and such Mortgage Loans with
respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust),
averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%
and (b) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed 10% of
the Original Subordinate Principal Balance, then the Group 6 Senior Prepayment
Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal the Group 6 Senior Percentage;
provided, however, if the current weighted average Subordinate Percentage for
the Certificates is equal to or greater than two times the initial weighted
average Subordinate Percentage for the Certificates prior to June 25, 2004, then
the Group 6 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
the Group 6 Senior Percentage plus 50% of the Subordinate Percentage.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date the Group 6
Senior Percentage exceeds the Group 6 Senior Percentage as of the Cut-Off Date,
the Group 6 Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Distribution Date will equal
100%. On the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal Amounts of the
Group 6 Senior Certificates are reduced to zero, the Group 6 Senior Prepayment
Percentage shall be the minimum percentage sufficient to effect such reduction
and thereafter shall be zero.

         GROUP 1 SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group 1 Senior Percentage.

         GROUP 2 SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group 2 Senior Percentage.

         GROUP 3 SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group 3 Senior Percentage.

         GROUP 4 SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group 4 Senior Percentage.

         GROUP 5 SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group 5 Senior Percentage.

         GROUP 6 SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group 6 Senior Percentage.


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         GROUP 1 SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group 1
Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group 1 Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amounts of the Group 1 Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, the Group 1 Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal 100%.

         GROUP 2 SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group 2
Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group 2 Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amounts of the Group 2 Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, the Group 2 Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal 100%.

         GROUP 3 SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group 3
Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group 3 Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amounts of the Group 3 Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, the Group 3 Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal 100%.

         GROUP 4 SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group 4
Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group 4 Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amounts of the Group 4 Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, the Group 4 Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal 100%.

         GROUP 5 SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group 5
Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group 5 Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amounts of the Group 5 Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, the Group 5 Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal 100%.

         GROUP 6 SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group 6
Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group 6 Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amounts of the Group 6 Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, the Group 6 Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal 100%.

         HOLDER: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the
Certificate Register, except that, subject to Subsections 12.02(b) and 12.05(e),
solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any
Certificate registered in the name of the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the
Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account
in determining whether the requisite percentage of Fractional Undivided
Interests necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained.

         HOMESIDE:  Homeside Lending, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida.

         HOMESIDE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Servicing Agreement, dated as of
January 1, 2001, between EMC, as Owner and Homeside, as Servicer.



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         INDEMNIFIED PERSONS: The Trustee, the Master Servicer, and the
Securities Administrator and their officers, directors, agents and employees
and, with respect to the Trustee, any separate co- trustee and its officers,
directors, agents and employees.

         INDEPENDENT: When used with respect to any specified Person, this term
means that such Person (a) is in fact independent of the Seller or the Master
Servicer and of any Affiliate of the Seller or the Master Servicer, (b) does not
have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest
in the Seller or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Seller or the
Master Servicer and (c) is not connected with the Seller or the Master Servicer
or any Affiliate as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee,
partner, director or person performing similar functions.

         INDEX: The index, if any, specified in a Mortgage Note by reference to
which the related Mortgage Interest Rate will be adjusted from time to time.

         INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE: Any Private Certificate registered in the name
of the Holder other than the Depository or its nominee.

         INITIAL CERTIFICATION: The initial certification to be delivered by the
Custodian or the Trustee in the form set forth in Exhibit One, as described in
Section 2.02(a).

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

         INSURANCE POLICY: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any standard
hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy or title insurance policy.

         INSURANCE PROCEEDS: Amounts paid by the insurer under any Insurance
Policy covering any Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property other than amounts
required to be paid over to the Mortgagor pursuant to law or the related
Mortgage Note or Security Instrument and other than amounts used to repair or
restore the Mortgaged Property or to reimburse insured expenses.

         INTEREST ACCRUAL PERIOD: With respect to each Distribution Date, for
each Class of Certificates, the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

         INTEREST ADJUSTMENT DATE: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the date, if
any, specified in the related Mortgage Note on which the Mortgage Interest Rate
is subject to adjustment.

         INTEREST ONLY CERTIFICATES:  The Class II-X Certificates.

         INTEREST SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date and each
Mortgage Loan that during the related Prepayment Period was the subject of a
Principal Prepayment or constitutes a Relief Act Mortgage Loan, an amount
determined as follows:


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                  (a) Partial principal prepayments received during the relevant
         Prepayment Period: The difference between (i) one month's interest at
         the applicable Net Rate on the amount of such prepayment and (ii) the
         amount of interest for the calendar month of such prepayment (adjusted
         to the applicable Net Rate) received at the time of such prepayment;

                  (b) Principal prepayments in full received during the relevant
         Prepayment Period: The difference between (i) one month's interest at
         the applicable Net Rate on the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
         Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such prepayment and (ii) the amount
         of interest for the calendar month of such prepayment (adjusted to the
         applicable Net Rate) received at the time of such prepayment; and

                  (c) Relief Act Mortgage Loans: As to any Relief Act Mortgage
         Loan, the excess of (i) 30 days' interest (or, in the case of a
         principal prepayment in full, interest to the date of prepayment) on
         the Scheduled Principal Balance thereof (or, in the case of a principal
         prepayment in part, on the amount so prepaid) at the related Net Rate
         over (ii) 30 days' interest (or, in the case of a principal prepayment
         in full, interest to the date of prepayment) on such Scheduled
         Principal Balance (or, in the case of a Principal Prepayment in part,
         on the amount so prepaid) at the Net Rate required to be paid by the
         Mortgagor as limited by application of the Relief Act.

         INTERIM CERTIFICATION: The certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit Two to the Custodial Agreement.

         INVESTMENT LETTER: The letter to be furnished by each Institutional
Accredited Investor which purchases any of the Private Certificates in
connection with such purchase, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit
F-1 hereto.

         LIQUIDATED MORTGAGE LOAN: Any defaulted Mortgage Loan as to which the
related Servicer or the Master Servicer has determined that all amounts it
expects to recover from or on account of such Mortgage Loan have been recovered.

         LIQUIDATION DATE: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
date on which the Master Servicer or the related Servicer has certified that
such Mortgage Loan has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.

         LIQUIDATION EXPENSES: With respect to a Mortgage Loan in liquidation,
unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred by or for the account of the Master
Servicer, such expenses including (a) property protection expenses, (b) property
sales expenses, (c) foreclosure and sale costs, including court costs and
reasonable attorneys' fees, and (d) similar expenses reasonably paid or incurred
in connection with liquidation.



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         LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Cash received in connection with the liquidation
of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale,
Insurance Proceeds, condemnation proceeds or otherwise.

         LOAN GROUP: Loan Group 1, Loan Group 2, Loan Group 3, Loan Group 4,
Loan Group 5 or Loan Group 6, as applicable.

         LOAN GROUP 1: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group 1 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         LOAN GROUP 2: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group 2 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         LOAN GROUP 3: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group 3 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         LOAN GROUP 4: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group 4 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         LOAN GROUP 5: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group 5 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         LOAN GROUP 6: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group 6 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the
Original Value of the related Mortgaged Property.

         LOSS ALLOCATION LIMITATION: The meaning specified in Section 6.02(c)
hereof.

         LOST NOTES: The original Mortgage Notes that have been lost, as
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         MANDATORY CALL AGREEMENT: The Mandatory Call Agreement by and among the
Seller, the Trustee and the Mandatory Call Provider, attached hereto as Exhibit
K.

         MANDATORY CALL CERTIFICATES: The Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2 and Class
II-A-3 Certificates.

         MANDATORY CALL DATE: April 25, 2006, or if such day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day.

         MANDATORY CALL PROVIDER: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or any
successor thereto.


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         MASTER SERVICER: As of the Closing Date, Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association and, thereafter, its respective successors in interest who
meet the qualifications of the Servicing Agreements and this Agreement.

         MASTER SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT: The trust account or accounts
created and maintained pursuant to Section 4.02, which shall be denominated
"Bank One, National Association, as Trustee f/b/o holders of Structured Asset
Mortgage Investments Inc., Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2001-3 - Master Servicer Collection Account."

         MASTER SERVICING FEE: As to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the product of (i) the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the preceding calendar month and (ii) the
Master Servicing Fee Rate.

         MAXIMUM LIFETIME MORTGAGE RATE: The maximum level to which a Mortgage
Interest Rate can adjust in accordance with its terms, regardless of changes in
the applicable Index.

         MINIMUM LIFETIME MORTGAGE RATE: The minimum level to which a Mortgage
Interest Rate can adjust in accordance with its terms, regardless of changes in
the applicable Index.

         MLCC:  Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation

         MONTHLY ADVANCE: An advance of principal or interest required to be
made by the applicable Servicer pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement or
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.05.

         MOODY'S:  Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in interest.

         MORTGAGE FILE: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01(b)
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.

         MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE: The annual rate at which interest accrues from
time to time on any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Mortgage Note, which
rate is equal to the "Mortgage Interest Rate" set forth with respect thereto on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         MORTGAGE LOAN: A mortgage loan transferred and assigned to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.04 and held as a part of the Trust Fund,
as identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, including a mortgage loan the
property securing which has become an REO Property.

         MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
dated as of May 31, 2001, between EMC, as seller, and Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc., as purchaser, and all amendments thereof and supplements
thereto.



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         MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE: The schedule, attached hereto as Exhibit B with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and as amended from time to time to reflect the
repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement.

         MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER: EMC Mortgage Corporation, as mortgage loan seller
under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

         MORTGAGE NOTE: The originally executed note or other evidence of the
indebtedness of a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan.

         MORTGAGED PROPERTY: Land and improvements securing the indebtedness of
a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan or, in the case of REO Property,
such REO Property.

         MORTGAGOR:  The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

         NET INTEREST SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date net of Compensating
Interest Payments made with respect to such Distribution Date.

         NET LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: As to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan,
Liquidation Proceeds net of (i) Liquidation Expenses which are payable therefrom
by the related Servicer or the Master Servicer in accordance with the related
Servicing Agreement or this Agreement and (ii) unreimbursed advances by the
related Servicer or the Master Servicer and Monthly Advances.

         NET RATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Interest
Rate in effect from time to time less the Aggregate Expense Rate (expressed as a
per annum rate).

         NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE: Any advance or Monthly Advance (i) which was
previously made or is proposed to be made by the Master Servicer or applicable
Servicer and (ii) which, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer or
applicable Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed advance or Monthly
Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer or
applicable Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or future
payments on the Mortgage Loan for which such advance or Monthly Advance was
made.

         NOTIONAL AMOUNT: The Notional Amount of the Class II-X Certificates
shall consist of the sum of three components (i) the Current Principal Amount of
the Class II-A-1 Certificates, which is equal to the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest 2A-1, (ii) the Current Principal Amount of
the Class II-A-2 Certificates, which is equal to the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest 2A-2 and (iii) the Current Principal Amount
of the Class II-A-3 Certificates, which is equal to the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest 2A-3. The Class II-X Certificates will bear
interest (A) at a pass-through rate on the Notional Amount in clause (i) above
equal to, up to the Mandatory Call Date, 1.025% per annum, and 0.00% thereafter;
(B) at a pass-through rate on the Notional Amount in clause (ii) above equal


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to, up to the Mandatory Call Date, 0.525% per annum, and 0.00% thereafter; and
(C) at a pass- through rate on the Notional Amount in clause (iii) above equal
to, up to the Mandatory Call Date, the greater of (x) zero and (y) (1) the
weighted average net rate of the Group 2 Mortgage Loans over (2) the
pass-through rate on the Class II-A-3 Certificates, and 0.00% thereafter.

         OFFERED CERTIFICATE: Any Senior Certificate or Offered Subordinate
Certificate.

         OFFERED SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES: The Class B-l, Class B-2 and Class
B-3 Certificates.

         OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President or
Assistant Vice President or other authorized officer of the Master Servicer or
the Seller, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee, as required by this
Agreement.

         OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel who is or are
acceptable to the Trustee and who, unless required to be Independent (an
"Opinion of Independent Counsel"), may be internal counsel for EMC, the Master
Servicer or the Seller.

         ORIGINAL SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: The sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amounts of each Class of Subordinate Certificates as of the
Closing Date.

         ORIGINAL VALUE: The lesser of (i) the Appraised Value or (ii) the sales
price of a Mortgaged Property at the time of origination of a Mortgage Loan,
except in instances where either clauses (i) or (ii) is unavailable, the other
may be used to determine the Original Value, or if both clauses (i) and (ii) are
unavailable, Original Value may be determined from other sources reasonably
acceptable to the Seller.

         OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE LOAN: With respect to any Due Date, a Mortgage
Loan which, prior to such Due Date, was not the subject of a Principal
Prepayment in full, did not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan and was not
purchased or replaced.

         OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE: As of the time of any determination, the
principal balance of a Mortgage Loan remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor, or,
in the case of an REO Property, the principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor at the time such property was
acquired by the Trust Fund less any Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect
thereto to the extent applied to principal.

         PASS-THROUGH RATE: As to each Class of Certificates, the rate of
interest determined as provided with respect thereto, in Section 5.01(d). Any
monthly calculation of interest at a stated rate shall be based upon annual
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         PERIODIC RATE CAP: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the maximum
adjustment that can be made to the Mortgage Interest Rate on each Interest
Adjustment Date in accordance with its terms, regardless of changes in the
applicable Index.

         PERMITTED INVESTMENTS: Any one or more of the following obligations or
securities held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders:

                                    (i) direct obligations of, and obligations
                           the timely payment of which are fully guaranteed by
                           the United States of America or any agency or
                           instrumentality of the United States of America the
                           obligations of which are backed by the full faith and
                           credit of the United States of America;

                  (ii) (a) demand or time deposits, federal funds or bankers'
         acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company
         incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
         state thereof (including the Trustee or the Master Servicer each acting
         in its commercial banking capacity) and subject to supervision and
         examination by federal and/or state banking authorities, provided that
         the commercial paper and/or the short-term debt rating and/or the
         long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository institution or
         trust company at the time of such investment or contractual commitment
         providing for such investment have the Applicable Credit Rating or
         better from each Rating Agency and (b) any other demand or time deposit
         or certificate of deposit that is fully insured by the Federal Deposit
         Insurance Corporation;

                  (iii) repurchase obligations with respect to (a) any security
         described in clause (i) above or (b) any other security issued or
         guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
         America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and
         credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into
         with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal)
         described in clause (ii)(a) above where the Trustee holds the security
         therefor;

                  (iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued
         by any corporation (including the Trustee or the Master Servicer)
         incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
         state thereof that have the Applicable Credit Rating or better from
         each Rating Agency at the time of such investment or contractual
         commitment providing for such investment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
         securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Permitted
         Investments to the extent that investments therein will cause the then
         outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation
         and held as part of the Trust to exceed 10% of the aggregate
         Outstanding Principal Balances of all the Mortgage Loans and Permitted
         Investments held as part of the Trust;

                  (v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing
         discount obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand
         or on a specified date not more than one


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         year after the date of issuance thereof) having the Applicable Credit
         Rating or better from each Rating Agency at the time of such
         investment;

                  (vi) a Reinvestment Agreement issued by any bank, insurance
         company or other corporation or entity;

                  (vii) any other demand, money market or time deposit,
         obligation, security or investment as may be acceptable to each Rating
         Agency as evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency to the Trustee;
         and

                  (viii) any money market or common trust fund having the
         Applicable Credit Rating or better from each Rating Agency, including
         any such fund for which the Trustee or Master Servicer or any affiliate
         of the Trustee or Master Servicer acts as a manager or an advisor;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no instrument or security shall be a Permitted
Investment if such instrument or security evidences a right to receive only
interest payments with respect to the obligations underlying such instrument or
if such security provides for payment of both principal and interest with a
yield to maturity in excess of 120% of the yield to maturity at par or if such
instrument or security is purchased at a price greater than par.

         PERMITTED TRANSFEREE: Any Person other than a Disqualified Organization
or an "electing large partnership" (as defined by Section 775 of the Code).

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

         PHYSICAL CERTIFICATES: The Residual Certificates and the Private
Certificates.

         PREPAYMENT CHARGE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the charges or
premiums, if any, due in connection with a full or partial prepayment of such
Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms thereof.

         PREPAYMENT PERIOD: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

         PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT: Any payment (whether partial or full) or other
recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its
scheduled Due Date to the extent that it 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, including Insurance Proceeds
and the purchase price in connection with any purchase of a Mortgage Loan, any
cash deposit in connection with the substitution of a Mortgage Loan, and the
principal portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds.


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         PRIVATE CERTIFICATES: Any Class II-A-4, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class
B-6 Certificate.

         PROTECTED ACCOUNT: An account established and maintained for the
benefit of Certificateholders by each Servicer with respect to the related
Mortgage Loans and with respect to REO Property pursuant to the respective
Servicing Agreements.

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

         QUALIFIED INSURER: Any insurance company duly qualified as such under
the laws of the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Property or
Mortgaged Properties is or are located, duly authorized and licensed in such
state or states to transact the type of insurance business in which it is
engaged and approved as an insurer by the Master Servicer, so long as the claims
paying ability of which is acceptable to the Rating Agencies for pass-through
certificates having the same rating as the Certificates rated by the Rating
Agencies as of the Closing Date.

         RATING AGENCIES:  S&P, Moody's and Fitch.

         REALIZED LOSS: Any (i) Deficient Valuation or (ii) as to any Liquidated
Mortgage Loan, (x) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage
Loan plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate
through the last day of the month of such liquidation, LESS (y) the related Net
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan.

         RECORD DATE: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month
of such Distribution Date.

         REINVESTMENT AGREEMENTS: One or more reinvestment agreements,
acceptable to the Rating Agencies, from a bank, insurance company or other
corporation or entity (including the Trustee).

         RELIEF ACT: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as
amended.

         RELIEF ACT MORTGAGE LOAN: Any Mortgage Loan as to which the Scheduled
Payment thereof has been reduced due to the application of the Relief Act

         REMIC: A real estate mortgage investment conduit, as defined in the
Code.

         REMIC I: That group of assets contained in the Trust Fund designated as
a REMIC consisting of (i) the Group 2 Mortgage Loans, (ii) the related Master
Servicer Collection Account, (iii) any REO Property relating to the Mortgage
Loans, (iv) the rights with respect to any related Servicing Agreement and (v)
any proceeds of the foregoing.

         REMIC I INTERESTS: The REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-I
Certificates.



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         REMIC I REGULAR INTERESTS: REMIC I Regular Interest A, with such terms
as described in Section 5.01(c).

         REMIC II: That group of assets contained in the Trust Fund designated
as a REMIC consisting of (i) the REMIC I Regular Interests, (ii) the Mortgage
Loans (other than the Group 2 Mortgage Loans, (iii) the related Master Servicer
Collection Account, (iv) any REO Property relating to the Mortgage Loans, (v)
the rights with respect to any related Servicing Agreement and (vi) any proceeds
of the foregoing.

         REMIC II CERTIFICATES: The REMIC II Regular Certificates and the Class
R-II Certificates.

         REMIC II REGULAR CERTIFICATES: As defined in Section 5.01(c).

         REMIC III: That group of assets contained in the Trust Fund designated
as a REMIC consisting of the REMIC II Regular Interests.

         REMIC III CERTIFICATES: The REMIC III Regular Certificates and the
Class R-III Certificates.

         REMIC III REGULAR CERTIFICATES: As defined in Section 5.01(c).

         REMIC OPINION: An Opinion of Independent Counsel, to the effect that
the proposed action described therein would not, under the REMIC Provisions, (i)
cause REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC while any
regular interest in such REMIC is outstanding, (ii) result in a tax on
prohibited transactions with respect to any REMIC or (iii) constitute a taxable
contribution to any REMIC after the Startup Day.

         REMIC PROVISIONS: The provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to the REMIC, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of the Code, and
related provisions and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may
be in effect from time to time.

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

         REPURCHASE PRICE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any property
acquired with respect thereto) required to be repurchased by the Mortgage Loan
Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Article II of this
Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Outstanding Principal
Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase (or if the related
Mortgaged Property was acquired with respect thereto, 100% of the Outstanding
Principal Balance at the date of the acquisition), plus (ii) accrued but unpaid
interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance at the related Mortgage Interest
Rate, through and including the last day of the month of repurchase, and reduced
by (iii) any portion of the Master Servicing Fees, Monthly Advances and advances
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         REQUEST FOR RELEASE: A request for release in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit D.

         REQUIRED INSURANCE POLICY: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any
insurance policy which is required to be maintained from time to time under this
Agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan.

         REQUIRED SURETY PAYMENT: With respect to any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan that becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (i) the
principal portion of the Realized Loss with respect to such Mortgage Loan and
(ii) the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of Additional Collateral required at
origination with respect to such Mortgage Loan over (b) the net proceeds
realized by the related Servicer from the related Additional Collateral.

         RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES:  Any of the Class R Certificates.

         RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: Any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office
(or any successor thereto), including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and having direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement, and any other officer
of the Trustee to whom a matter arising hereunder may be referred.

         RULE 144A CERTIFICATE: The certificate to be furnished by each
purchaser of a Private Certificate (which is also a Physical Certificate) which
is a Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined under Rule 144A promulgated under
the Securities Act, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit F-2 hereto.

         S&P: Standard and Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc., and its successors in interest.

         SCHEDULED PAYMENT: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any month, the
scheduled payment or payments of principal and interest due during such month on
such Mortgage Loan which either is payable by a Mortgagor in such month under
the related Mortgage Note or, in the case of REO Property, would otherwise have
been payable under the related Mortgage Note.

         SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL:  The principal portion of any Scheduled Payment.

         SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan on any
Distribution Date, (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of
the close of business on the related Due Date (i.e., taking account of the
principal payment to be made on such Due Date and irrespective of any
delinquency in its payment), as specified in the amortization schedule at the
time relating thereto (before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by
reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding occurring after the Cut-off Date
(other than a Deficient Valuation) or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period) and less (ii) any Principal Prepayments (including the principal


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portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds) received during or prior to the related
Prepayment Period; provided that the Scheduled Principal Balance of a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan is zero.

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

         SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR: Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, or its successor in interest, or any successor securities
administrator appointed as herein provided.

         SECURITIES LEGEND: "THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS
CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER
APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
("RULE 144A") TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"), PURCHASING FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER
HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER
IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (3)
IN CERTIFICATED FORM TO AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE
MEANING THEREOF IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE ACT
OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS
PURCHASING NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO
(A) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN
THE AGREEMENT AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE
ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY
OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT
ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, AND/OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, UNLESS [in the case of the Class B-4, Class B-5 and
Class B-6 Certificates] THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AND/OR HOLDING OF A CERTIFICATE
AND THE SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS ASSETS: (I)
WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN
INDIVIDUAL OR CLASS PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE
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ANY ADDITIONAL FIDUCIARY DUTIES ON THE PART OF THE SELLER, THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED
REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE AND
WILL BE EVIDENCED BY A REPRESENTATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO SUCH EFFECT BY
OR ON BEHALF OF AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR [and in the case of a Class
II-A-4 Certificates] THE TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS THAT IT IS PURCHASING THE CLASS
II-A-4 CERTIFICATES USING FUNDS HELD IN AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT"
(AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(e) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AS
PUBLISHED IN 60 FED. REG. 35925 (JULY 12,1995)("PTCE 95-60")); AND THE AMOUNT OF
RESERVES AND LIABILITIES FOR THE GENERAL ACCOUNT CONTRACTS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF
OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AND ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OF THE SAME
EMPLOYER OR ITS "AFFILIATES" (AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(a)(1) OF PTCE 95-60) OR BY
THE SAME ORGANIZATION) DOES NOT EXCEED 10% OF THE TOTAL RESERVES AND LIABILITIES
OF SUCH GENERAL ACCOUNT SURPLUS (SUCH DETERMINATION TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 1(a) OF PTCE 95-60)."

         SECURITY INSTRUMENT: A written instrument creating a valid first lien
on a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note, which may be any applicable
form of mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or security deed, including
any riders or addenda thereto.

         SELLER: Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or its successors in interest.

         SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Group 1 Senior Certificates, Group 2 Senior
Certificates, Group 3 Senior Certificates, Group 4 Senior Certificates, Group 5
Senior Certificates or Group 6 Senior Certificates.

         SENIOR PERCENTAGE: The Group 1 Senior Percentage, Group 2 Senior
Percentage, Group 3 Senior Percentage, Group 4 Senior Percentage, Group 5 Senior
Percentage or Group 6 Senior Percentage.

         SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: The Group 1 Senior Prepayment Percentage,
Group 2 Senior Prepayment Percentage, Group 3 Senior Prepayment Percentage,
Group 4 Senior Prepayment Percentage, Group 5 Senior Prepayment Percentage or
Group 6 Senior Prepayment Percentage.

         SERVICER: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Underlying
Seller.

         SERVICER REMITTANCE DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date
set forth in the Servicing Agreements.

         SERVICING AGREEMENTS: The ABN AMRO Servicing Agreement, Atlantic
Servicing Agreement, Cendant/E*TRADE Servicing Agreement, Cendant/MLCC Servicing
Agreement, Chevy


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Chase Servicing Agreement, CommFed Servicing Agreement, Homeside Servicing
Agreement, Washington Mutual Servicing Agreement and WFHMC Servicing Agreement.

         SERVICING FEE: As to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the Due Date in the preceding calendar month and (ii) the applicable
Servicing Fee Rate.

         SERVICING FEE RATE: As to any Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate as set
forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         STARTUP DAY:  May 31, 2001.

         STOP-LOSS AMOUNT: As of the Cut-off Date, 1.50% of the Cut-off Date
Balance. With respect to any date of determination after the Cut-off Date, the
initial Stop-Loss Amount, less the aggregate amount of claims paid by the
Supplemental PMI Insurer in respect of the Supplemental PMI Policy on or before
such date of determination.

         SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES: The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class
B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.

         SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE WRITEDOWN AMOUNT: As to any Distribution Date,
the amount by which (a) the sum of the Current Principal Amounts of all the
Certificates (after giving effect to the distribution of principal and the
allocation of applicable Realized Losses in reduction of the Current Principal
Amounts of such Certificates on such Distribution Date) exceeds (b) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on the Due Date
related to such Distribution Date.

         SUBORDINATE OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: As to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of the following (but in no event
greater than the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date):

                  (i) the applicable Subordinate Percentage of the principal
         portion of all Scheduled Payments due on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan
         on the related Due Date as specified in the amortization schedule at
         the time applicable thereto (after adjustment for previous Principal
         Prepayments but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by
         reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or
         similar waiver or grace period);

                  (ii) the applicable Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of each
         Principal Payment in part during the related Prepayment Period with
         respect to each Mortgage Loan and the applicable Subordinate Prepayment
         Percentage of the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan
         that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full during the
         related Prepayment Period;


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                  (iii) the excess, if any, of (A) all Net Liquidation Proceeds
         with respect to the Mortgage Loans allocable to principal received
         during the related Prepayment Period over (B) the sum of the amounts
         distributable pursuant to clause (iii) of the definitions of Group 1
         Senior Optimal Principal Amount, Group 2 Senior Optimal Principal
         Amount, Group 3 Senior Optimal Principal Amount, Group 4 Senior Optimal
         Principal Amount, Group 5 Senior Optimal Principal Amount and Group 6
         Senior Optimal Principal Amount on such Distribution Date;

                  (iv) the applicable Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of the
         sum of (a) the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan or
         related REO Property which was purchased with respect to such
         Distribution Date and (b) the difference, if any, between the Scheduled
         Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan that has been replaced with a
         Substitute Mortgage Loan on such Distribution Date over the Scheduled
         Principal Balance of such Substitute Mortgage Loan; and

                  (v) on the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal
         Amounts of the Group 1 Senior Certificates, Group 2 Senior
         Certificates, Group 3 Senior Certificates, Group 4 Senior Certificates,
         Group 5 Senior Certificates or Group 6 Senior Certificates have all
         been reduced to zero, 100% of any Group 1 Senior Optimal Principal
         Amount, Group 2 Senior Optimal Principal Amount, Group 3 Senior Optimal
         Principal Amount, Group 4 Senior Optimal Principal Amount, Group 5
         Senior Optimal Principal Amount and Group 6 Senior Optimal Principal
         Amount, respectively.

After the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates has
been reduced to zero, the Subordinate Optimal Principal Amount shall be zero.

         SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: The Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5
or Group 6 Subordinate Percentage, with respect to a Group 1, Group 2, Group 3,
Group 4, Group 5 or Group 6 Mortgage Loan, respectively.

         SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: The Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group
4, Group 5 or Group 6 Subordinate Prepayment Percentage, with respect to a Group
1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5 or Group 6 Mortgage Loan, respectively.

         SUBSTITUTE MORTGAGE LOAN: A mortgage loan tendered to the Trustee
pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, in each case, (i)
which has an Outstanding Principal Balance not greater nor materially less than
the Mortgage Loan for which it is to be substituted; (ii) which has a Mortgage
Interest Rate and Net Rate not less than, and not materially greater than, such
Mortgage Loan; (iii) which has a maturity date not materially earlier or later
than such Mortgage Loan and not later than the latest maturity date of any
Mortgage Loan; (iv) which is of the same property type and occupancy type as
such Mortgage Loan; (v) which has a Loan-to-Value Ratio not greater than the
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of such Mortgage Loan; (vi) which is current in payment of principal and
interest as of the date of substitution; (vii) as to which the payment terms do
not vary in any material respect from the payment terms of the Mortgage Loan for
which it is to be substituted and (viii) which has a Gross Margin, Periodic Rate
Cap and Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate no less than those of such Mortgage Loan,
has the same Index and interval between Interest Adjustment Dates as such
Mortgage Loan, and a Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate no lower than that of such
Mortgage Loan.

         SUPPLEMENTAL PMI INSURANCE PREMIUM: With respect to each Distribution
Date, the premium for the Supplemental PMI Policy, equal to one month's interest
at the Supplemental PMI Insurance Premium Rate on the Scheduled Principal
Balance (as of the beginning of the related Due Period) of the Mortgage Loans
which were covered by the Supplemental PMI Policy as of the Cut-off Date,
payable by the Trustee on each Distribution Date from amounts on deposit in the
Distribution Account in accordance with Section 4.04 of this Agreement.

         SUPPLEMENTAL PMI INSURANCE PREMIUM RATE: With respect to any Mortgage
Loan covered by the Supplemental PMI Policy, the rate at which the premium on
the Supplemental PMI Policy accrues, which is 0.150% per annum for each covered
Mortgage Loan (other than each covered Mortgage Loan in Loan Group 6), and
0.185% with respect to each covered Mortgage Loan in Loan Group 6, in each case
as indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         SUPPLEMENTAL PMI INSURER: Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, or a
successor appointed in accordance with Section 9.13(b) of this Agreement.

         SUPPLEMENTAL PMI POLICY: The supplemental primary mortgage insurance
policy of the Supplemental PMI Insurer attached hereto as Exhibit J, or any
successor Supplemental PMI Policy.

         SURETY BOND: The limited purpose Surety Bond (Policy No. AB0039BE),
dated February 28, 1996 in respect to Mortgage Loans originated by MLCC, issued
by Ambac Assurance Corporation (f/k/a Ambac Indemnity Corporation) for the
benefit of certain beneficiaries, including the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, but only to the extent that such Surety Bond covers any
Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans.

         TAX ADMINISTRATION AND TAX MATTERS PERSON: The Securities Administrator
or any successor thereto or assignee thereof shall serve as tax administrator
hereunder and as agent for the Tax Matters Person. The Holder of each Class of
Residual Certificates shall be the Tax Matters Person for the related REMIC, as
more particularly set forth in Section 9.12 hereof.

         TRUST FUND or TRUST: The corpus of the trust created by this Agreement,
consisting of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets described in Section
2.01(a).

         TRUSTEE: Bank One, National Association, or its successor in interest,
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         UNCERTIFICATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to the REMIC I Regular
Interest and any REMIC II Regular Interest, the balance thereof as indicated in
Section 5.01, as reduced by amounts allocated thereto in reduction thereof in
accordance with Section 5.01.

         UNDERLYING SELLER: With respect to each Mortgage Loans, ABN AMRO, Chevy
Chase, WFHM, Washington Mutual, CommFed, WMHL or Cendant, as indicated on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         UNINSURED CAUSE: Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property or related
REO Property such that the complete restoration of such Mortgaged Property or
related REO Property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies
required to be maintained pursuant the related Servicing Agreement, without
regard to whether or not such policy is maintained.

         UNITED STATES PERSON: A citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation or partnership (including an entity treated as a corporation or
partnership for federal income tax purposes) created or organized in, or under
the laws of, the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia
(except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent provided in regulations),
provided that, for purposes solely of the Class R Certificates, no partnership
or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax
purposes shall be treated as a United States Person unless all persons that own
an interest in such partnership either directly or through any entity that is
not a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes are United
States Persons, or an estate whose income is subject to United 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 the
trust and one or more such United States Persons have the authority to control
all substantial decisions of the trust. To the extent prescribed in regulations
by the Secretary of the Treasury, which have not yet been issued, a trust which
was in existence on August 20, 1996 (other than a trust treated as owned by the
grantor under subpart E of part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code), and
which was treated as a United States person on August 20, 1996 may elect to
continue to be treated as a United States person notwithstanding the previous
sentence.

         WASHINGTON MUTUAL:  Washington Mutual Bank, FA

         WASHINGTON MUTUAL SERVICING AGREEMENTS: The Servicing Agreement, dated
as of April 1, 2001, between Washington Mutual, as Servicer and EMC, as Owner,
attached hereto as Exhibit H-6.

         WFHM:  Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.

         WFHM SERVICING AGREEMENTS: The Seller's Warranties and Serviving
Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2001, between EMC, as Purchaser and WFHM, as
Company and (ii) the Seller's Warranties and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
April 1, 2001, between EMC, as Purchaser and WFHM, as Company, attached hereto
as Exhibit H-7.

         WMHL:  Washington Mutual Home Loans, Inc.


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         WMHL SERVICING AGREEMENTS: The Servicing Agreement, dated as of April
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                                   ARTICLE II

                          Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
                        Original Issuance of Certificates

         Section 2.01. CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS TO TRUSTEE. (a) The Seller
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, sells, transfers
and assigns to the Trust without recourse all its right, title and interest in
and to (i) the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
including all interest and principal due with respect to the Mortgage Loans
after the Cut-off Date, but excluding any payments of principal and interest due
on or prior to the Cut-off Date; (ii) such assets as shall from time to time be
credited or are required by the terms of this Agreement to be credited to the
Master Servicer Collection Account, (iii) such assets relating to the Mortgage
Loans as from time to time may be held by the Servicers in Protected Accounts,
the Master Servicer in the Master Servicer Collection Account and the Trustee in
the Distribution Account for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders, (iv) any REO Property, (v) the Required Insurance Policies
and any amounts paid or payable by the insurer under any Insurance Policy (to
the extent the mortgagee has a claim thereto), (vi) the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement to the extent provided in Subsection 2.03(a), (vii) the rights with
respect to the Servicing Agreements as assigned to the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders by the Assignment Agreements, (viii) the Supplemental PMI
Policy and (ix) any proceeds of the foregoing. Although it is the intent of the
parties to this Agreement that the conveyance of the Seller's right, title and
interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund
pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan,
in the event that such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, it is the intent of
the parties to this Agreement that the Seller shall be deemed to have granted to
the Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in all of the Seller's
right, title and interest in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and other assets
in the Trust Fund, and that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law.

         (b) In connection with the above transfer and assignment, the Seller
hereby deposits with the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, with respect to
each Mortgage Loan, (i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to
the order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from the
original payee thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee, (ii) the
original Security Instrument, which shall have been recorded, with evidence of
such recording indicated thereon, (iii) a certified copy of the assignment
(which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted in the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located) to "Bank One, National
Association, as Trustee", with evidence of recording with respect to each
Mortgage Loan in the name of the Trustee thereon (or if clause (x) in the
proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form), (iv) all intervening
assignments of the Security Instrument, if applicable and only to the extent
available to the Seller with evidence of recording thereon, (v) the original or
a copy of the policy or certificate of primary mortgage guaranty insurance, to
the extent available, if any, (vi) the original policy of title insurance or
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binder for title insurance and (vii) originals of all modification agreements,
if applicable and available;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Seller may deliver the
following documents, under the circumstances set forth below: (x) in lieu of the
original Security Instrument, assignments to the Trustee or intervening
assignments thereof which have been delivered, are being delivered or will, upon
receipt of recording information relating to the Security Instrument required to
be included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for recording and have
not been returned to the Seller in time to permit their delivery as specified
above, the Seller may deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by the
Seller or the Master Servicer, on the face of such copy, substantially as
follows: "Certified to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has
been transmitted for recording"; (y) in lieu of the Security Instrument,
assignment to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof, if the applicable
jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents (as evidenced by a
certification from the Seller or the Master Servicer, to such effect) the Seller
may deliver photocopies of such documents containing an original certification
by the judicial or other governmental authority of the jurisdiction where such
documents were recorded; and (z) the Seller shall not be required to deliver
intervening assignments or Mortgage Note endorsements between the related
Underlying Seller and EMC Mortgage Corporation, between EMC Mortgage Corporation
and the Depositor, and between the Depositor and the Trustee; and PROVIDED,
FURTHER, HOWEVER, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in
full after the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Seller, in lieu
of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee or the Custodian,
as its agent, a certification to such effect and shall deposit all amounts paid
in respect of such Mortgage Loans in the Master Servicer Collection Account on
the Closing Date. The Seller shall deliver such original documents (including
any original documents as to which certified copies had previously been
delivered) to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, promptly after they
are received. The Seller shall cause, at its expense, the assignment of the
Security Instrument to the Trustee to be recorded not later than 180 days after
the Closing Date, unless such recordation is not required by the Rating Agencies
or an Opinion of Counsel has been provided as set forth below in this Section
2.01(b). The Seller need not cause to be recorded any assignment in any
jurisdiction under any state other than Maryland, Florida, Mississippi, South
Carolina and Tennessee; provided, however, that each assignment shall be
submitted for recording by the Seller in the manner described above, at no
expense to the Trust or the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, upon the
earliest to occur of : (i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates
evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the
Trust, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of a
bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Seller and (iv) the
occurrence of a servicing transfer as described in Section 8.02 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Seller fails to pay the cost of recording
the assignments, such expense will be paid by the Trustee and the Trustee shall
be reimbursed for such expenses by the Trust in accordance with Section 9.05.

         Section 2.02. ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee
acknowledges the sale, transfer and assignment of the Trust to it by the Seller
and receipt of, subject to further review and the exceptions which may be noted
pursuant to the procedures described below, and declares that it holds, the
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2.01, and declares that it will continue to hold those documents and any
amendments, replacements or supplements thereto and all other assets of the
Trust Fund delivered to it as Trustee in trust for the use and benefit of all
present and future Holders of the Certificates. On the Closing Date, the
Custodian, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, shall acknowledge with respect to
each Mortgage Loan by an Initial Certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement receipt of the Mortgage File, but without
review of such Mortgage File, except to the extent necessary to confirm that
such Mortgage File contains the related Mortgage Note or lost note affidavit. No
later than 45 days after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Substitute
Mortgage Loan, within five Business Days after the receipt by the Trustee or
Custodian thereof), the Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, to review or cause to be reviewed by the Custodian on its
behalf (under the Custodial Agreement), each Mortgage File delivered to it and
to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Seller and
the Master Servicer an Interim Certification substantially in the form annexed
as Exhibit Two to the Custodial Agreement. In conducting such review, the
Trustee or Custodian will ascertain whether all required documents have been
executed and received, and based on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, whether those
documents relate, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original
principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans it has received, as
identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. In performing any such review, the
Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, may conclusively rely on the purported
due execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported
genuineness of any signature thereon. If the Trustee finds any document
constituting part of the Mortgage File not to have been executed or received, or
to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or to appear to be
defective on its face, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Mortgage Loan
Seller. In accordance with the related Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan
Seller shall correct or cure any such defect within sixty (60) days from the
date of notice from the Trustee of the defect and if the Mortgage Loan Seller
fails to correct or cure the defect within such period, and such defect
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the
related Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall enforce the Mortgage Loan Seller's
obligation pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, within 60 days from the
Trustee's notification, to purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price;
provided that, if such defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to be other than a
"qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure
or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date such breach was
discovered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such defect relates solely to the
inability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the original Security
Instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy because the
originals of such documents, or a certified copy have not been returned by the
applicable jurisdiction, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to
purchase such Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan Seller delivers such original
documents or certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than
360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase obligation shall not
apply in the event that the Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver such original or
copy of any document submitted for recording to the appropriate recording office
in the applicable jurisdiction because such document has not been returned by
such office; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall instead deliver a
recording receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt is not available,
a certificate confirming that such documents have been accepted for recording,
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Custodian, as its agent, shall be effected by the Mortgage Loan Seller within
thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded document.

         (b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, will review, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
the Mortgage Files delivered to it and will execute and deliver or cause to be
executed and delivered to the Seller a Final Certification substantially in the
form annexed as Exhibit Three to the Custodial Agreement. In conducting such
review, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, will ascertain whether an
original of each document required to be recorded has been returned from the
recording office with evidence of recording thereon or a certified copy has been
obtained from the recording office. If the Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, finds any document constituting part of the Mortgage File has not been
received, or to be unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name,
original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in
Exhibit B or to appear defective on its face, the Trustee shall promptly notify
the Mortgage Loan Seller (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to those
documents described in subsection (b)(iv), (b)(v) and (b)(vi) of Section 2.01,
the Trustee's obligations shall extend only to the documents actually delivered
pursuant to such subsections). In accordance with the related Servicing
Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall correct or cure any such defect or EMC
shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
defect does not materially or adversely affect the interests of
Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan within 90 days from the date of notice
from the Trustee of the defect and if the Mortgage Loan Seller is unable to cure
such defect within such period, and if such defect materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the related Mortgage Loan,
the Trustee shall enforce the Mortgage Loan Seller's obligation under the
related Servicing Agreement to purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase
Price, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such defect relates solely to the inability of
the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the original Security Instrument or
intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy, because the originals of
such documents. or a certified copy, have not been returned by the applicable
jurisdiction, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to purchase such
Mortgage Loan, if the Mortgage Loan Seller delivers such original documents or
certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after
the Closing Date.

         (c) In the event that a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Mortgage Loan
Seller in accordance with Subsections 2.02(a) or (b) above, the Trustee shall
deposit the Repurchase Price in the Master Servicer Collection Account and the
Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Trustee written notification detailing
the components of the Repurchase Price. Upon deposit of the Repurchase Price in
the Master Servicer Collection Account, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, shall release to the Mortgage Loan Seller the related Mortgage File and
the Trustee shall execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or assignment,
without recourse, furnished to it by the Mortgage Loan Seller as are necessary
to vest in the Mortgage Loan Seller title to and rights under the Mortgage Loan.
Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the
Repurchase Price in available funds is received by the Trustee. The Trustee
shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which was previously delivered to it by
Seller in a form agreed to between the Seller and the Trustee, to reflect such
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of such amendment. The obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to repurchase any
Mortgage Loan as to which such a defect in a constituent document exists shall
be the sole remedy respecting such defect available to the Certificateholders or
to the Trustee on their behalf.

         Section 2.03. ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST IN THE MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE
AGREEMENT. (a) The Seller hereby assigns to the Trustee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, all of its right, title and interest in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to Seller's rights and obligations
pursuant to the Servicing Agreements (noting that the Mortgage Loan Seller has
retained the right in the event of breach of the representations, warranties and
covenants, if any, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans of the related
Servicer under the related Servicing Agreement to enforce the provisions thereof
and to seek all or any available remedies). The obligations of the Mortgage Loan
Seller to substitute or repurchase, as applicable, a Mortgage Loan shall be the
Trustee's and the Certificateholders' sole remedy for any breach thereof. At the
request of the Trustee, the Seller shall take such actions as may be necessary
to enforce the above right, title and interest on behalf of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders or shall execute such further documents as the Trustee may
reasonably require in order to enable the Trustee to carry out such enforcement.

         (b) If the Seller, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee
discovers a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, which breach materially and adversely affects
the value of the interests of Certificateholders or the Trustee in the related
Mortgage Loan, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice
of the breach to the other parties. The Mortgage Loan Seller, within 60 days of
its discovery or receipt of notice that such breach has occurred (whichever
occurs earlier), shall cure the breach in all material respects or, subject to
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as
applicable, shall purchase the Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with
respect thereto from the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if there is a breach
of any representation set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, and the Mortgage Loan or the
related property acquired with respect thereto has been sold, then the Mortgage
Loan Seller shall pay, in lieu of the Repurchase Price, any excess of the
Repurchase Price over the Net Liquidation Proceeds received upon such sale. (If
the Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the Repurchase Price, any excess shall be
paid to the Mortgage Loan Seller to the extent not required by law to be paid to
the borrower.) Any such purchase by the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be made by
providing an amount equal to the Repurchase Price to the Trustee for deposit in
the Distribution Account and the Trustee, upon deposit of the Repurchase Price
in the Distribution Account and of written notification detailing the components
of such Repurchase Price, shall release, or the Trustee shall cause the
Custodian to release, to the Mortgage Loan Seller the related Mortgage File and
the Trustee shall execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or assignment
furnished to it by the Mortgage Loan Seller, without recourse, as are necessary
to vest in the Mortgage Loan Seller title to and rights under the Mortgage Loan
or any property acquired with respect thereto. Such purchase shall be deemed to
have occurred on the date on which the Repurchase Price in available funds is
received by the Trustee. The Trustee shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to
reflect such repurchase and shall promptly notify the Master Servicer and the
Rating Agencies of such amendment. Enforcement of the obligation of the Mortgage
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a Substitute Mortgage Loan for) any Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with
respect thereto (or pay the Repurchase Price as set forth in the above proviso)
as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole
remedy respecting such breach available to the Certificateholders or the Trustee
on their behalf.

         Section 2.04. SUBSTITUTION OF MORTGAGE LOANS. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, in lieu of purchasing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.02 or 2.03 of
this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller may, no later than the date by which
such purchase by the Mortgage Loan Seller would otherwise be required, tender to
the Trustee a Substitute Mortgage Loan accompanied by a certificate of an
authorized officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller that such Substitute Mortgage
Loan conforms to the requirements set forth in the definition of "Substitute
Mortgage Loan" in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Agreement, as
applicable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, in lieu of
purchase shall not be permitted after the termination of the two-year period
beginning on the Startup Day. The Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall
examine the Mortgage File for any Substitute Mortgage Loan in the manner set
forth in Section 2.02(a) and the Trustee shall notify the Mortgage Loan Seller,
in writing, within five Business Days after receipt, whether or not the
documents relating to the Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfy the requirements of
the fourth sentence of Subsection 2.02(a). Within two Business Days after such
notification, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Trustee for deposit
in the Distribution Account the amount, if any, by which the Outstanding
Principal Balance as of the next preceding Due Date of the Mortgage Loan for
which substitution is being made, after giving effect to Scheduled Principal due
on such date, exceeds the Outstanding Principal Balance as of such date of the
Substitute Mortgage Loan, after giving effect to Scheduled Principal due on such
date, which amount shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement as if it
were the payment by the Mortgage Loan Seller of the Repurchase Price for the
purchase of a Mortgage Loan by the Mortgage Loan Seller. After such notification
to the Mortgage Loan Seller and, if any such excess exists, upon receipt of such
deposit, the Trustee shall accept such Substitute Mortgage Loan which shall
thereafter be deemed to be a Mortgage Loan hereunder. In the event of such a
substitution, accrued interest on the Substitute Mortgage Loan for the month in
which the substitution occurs and any Principal Prepayments made thereon during
such month shall be the property of the Trust Fund and accrued interest for such
month on the Mortgage Loan for which the substitution is made and any Principal
Prepayments made thereon during such month shall be the property of the Mortgage
Loan Seller or the Servicer. The Scheduled Principal on a Substitute Mortgage
Loan due on the Due Date in the month of substitution shall be the property of
the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Scheduled Principal on the Mortgage Loan for
which the substitution is made due on such Due Date shall be the property of the
Trust Fund. Upon acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall
release to the Mortgage Loan Seller the related Mortgage File related to any
Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, and shall execute and deliver all
instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse, in form as provided to
it as are necessary to vest in the Mortgage Loan Seller title to and rights
under any Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
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Seller shall deliver the documents related to the Substitute Mortgage Loan in
accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Subsections 2.01(b) and 2.02(b) of this Agreement, as applicable, with the date
of acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage Loan deemed to be the Closing Date for
purposes of the time periods set forth in those Subsections. The representations
and warranties set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall be deemed
to have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to each Substitute
Mortgage Loan as of the date of acceptance of such Mortgage Loan by the Trustee.
The Trustee shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect such substitution
and shall provide a copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Master
Servicer and the Rating Agencies.

         Section 2.05. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES. The Trustee acknowledges the
assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets comprising the Trust
Fund and, concurrently therewith, has signed, and countersigned and delivered to
the Seller, in exchange therefor, Certificates in such authorized denominations
representing such Fractional Undivided Interests as the Seller has requested.
The Trustee agrees that it will hold the Mortgage Loans and such other assets as
may from time to time be delivered to it segregated on the books of the Trustee
in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

         The Seller, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does
hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee
without recourse all the right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the
REMIC I Regular Interest and the other assets of REMIC II (including the related
Mortgage Loans) for the benefit of the holders of the REMIC II Interests. The
Trustee acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interest (which are
uncertificated) and the other assets of REMIC II (including the related Mortgage
Loans) and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust for the
exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the REMIC II Interests.

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

         Section 2.06. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE SELLER. The
Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator as follows:

                  (i) the Seller (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly
         existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
         and (b) is qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation to
         do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary,
         except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected
         to have a material adverse effect on the Seller's business as presently
         conducted or on the Purchaser's ability to enter into this Agreement
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                  (ii) the Seller has full corporate power to own its property,
         to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and
         perform its obligations under this Agreement;

                  (iii) the execution and delivery by the Seller of this
         Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
         on the part of the Seller; and neither the execution and delivery of
         this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein
         contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict
         with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of
         the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment,
         decree or order binding on the Seller or its properties or the articles
         of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, except those conflicts,
         breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a
         material adverse effect on the Seller's ability to enter into this
         Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

                  (iv) the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of
         this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
         hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice
         to, the registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect
         of, any state, federal or other governmental authority or agency,
         except those consents, approvals, notices, registrations or other
         actions as have already been obtained, given or made;

                  (v) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
         Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
         other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
         Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to
         applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws
         affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally);

                  (vi) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
         the knowledge of the Seller, threatened against the Seller, before or
         by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body
         (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this
         Agreement or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the
         judgment of the Seller will be determined adversely to the Seller and
         will if determined adversely to the Seller materially and adversely
         affect the Seller's ability to enter into this Agreement or perform its
         obligations under this Agreement; and the Seller is not in default with
         respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or
         governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the
         transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

                  (vii) immediately prior to the transfer and assignment to the
         Trustee, each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage were not subject to an
         assignment or pledge, and the Seller had good and marketable title to
         and was the sole owner thereof and had full right to transfer and sell
         such Mortgage Loan to the Trustee free and clear of any encumbrance,
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                                   ARTICLE III

                 Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans

         Section 3.01. MASTER SERVICER. The Master Servicer shall supervise,
monitor and oversee the obligation of the Servicers to service and administer
their respective Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Servicing Agreement and shall have full power and authority to do any and all
things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master
servicing and administration. In performing its obligations hereunder, the
Master Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing
Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with each
Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer's
obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports,
information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by each Servicer and
shall cause each Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and
conditions to be performed or observed by such Servicer under the applicable
Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently and separately
monitor each Servicer's servicing activities with respect to each related
Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information
provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective
adjustments to the Servicers' and Master Servicer's records, and based on such
reconciled and corrected information, prepare the statements specified in
Section 6.03 and any other information and statements required hereunder. The
Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with
the actual remittances of the Servicers to the Protected Account pursuant to the
applicable Servicing Agreements.

         The Trustee shall furnish the Servicers and the Master Servicer with
any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary
or appropriate to enable the Servicers and the Master Servicer to service and
administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property.

         The Trustee shall provide access to the records and documentation in
possession of the Trustee regarding the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property
and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the
supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only
upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the
office of the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise required by
law, the Trustee shall not be required to provide access to such records and
documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy
of any Mortgagor. The Trustee shall allow representatives of the above entities
to photocopy any of the records and documentation and shall provide equipment
for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee's actual costs.

         The Trustee shall execute and deliver to related Servicer and the
Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other
documents necessary or desirable to (i) the foreclosure or trustee's sale with
respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought to obtain
judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument;
(iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against the Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any
other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument or
otherwise available at law or equity.


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         Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement
or the Cendant/MLCC Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer
shall have no duty or obligation to supervise, monitor or oversee the activities
of MLCC or to enforce the obligation of MLCC under the Cendant/MLCC Servicing
Agreement with respect to any Additional Collateral or any Surety Bond,
including, without limitation, the collection of any amounts owing to the Trust
in respect thereof (unless and until the Master Servicer shall have assumed the
obligations of MLCC as successor Servicer under such Servicing Agreement
pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof, in which case, as successor Servicer, it shall
be bound to service and administer the Additional Collateral and the Surety Bond
in accordance with the provisions of such Servicing Agreement).

         Section 3.02. REMIC-RELATED COVENANTS. For as long as each REMIC shall
exist, the Trustee shall act in accordance herewith to assure continuing
treatment of such REMIC as a REMIC, and the Trustee shall comply with any
directions of the Seller, the related Servicer or the Master Servicer to assure
such continuing treatment. In particular, the Trustee shall not (a) sell or
permit the sale of all or any portion of the Mortgage Loans or of any investment
of deposits in an Account unless such sale is as a result of a repurchase of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the Trustee has received a REMIC
Opinion prepared at the expense of the Trust Fund; and (b) other than with
respect to a substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, accept any contribution to any
REMIC after the Startup Day without receipt of a REMIC Opinion.

         Section 3.03. MONITORING OF SERVICERS. (a) The Master Servicer shall be
responsible for reporting to the Trustee and the Seller the compliance by each
Servicer with its duties under the related Servicing Agreement. In the review of
each Servicer's activities, the Master Servicer may rely upon an officer's
certificate of the Servicer with regard to such Servicer's compliance with the
terms of its Servicing Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer, in its
judgment, determines that a Servicer should be terminated in accordance with its
Servicing Agreement, or that a notice should be sent pursuant to such Servicing
Agreement with respect to the occurrence of an event that, unless cured, would
constitute grounds for such termination, the Master Servicer shall notify the
Seller and the Trustee thereof and the Master Servicer shall issue such notice
or take such other action as it deems appropriate.

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

         (c) To the extent that the costs and expenses of the Master Servicer
related to any termination of a Servicer, appointment of a successor Servicer or
the transfer and assumption of servicing by the Master Servicer with respect to
any Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, (i) all legal costs and
expenses and all due diligence costs and expenses associated with an evaluation
of the potential termination of the Servicer as a result of an event of default
by such Servicer and (ii) all costs and expenses associated with the complete
transfer of servicing, including all servicing files and all servicing data and
the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be
required by the successor servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in
the servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor service to service the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the related Servicing Agreement) are not fully
and timely reimbursed by the terminated Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement of such costs and expenses from the Master Servicer
Collection Account.

         (d) The Master Servicer shall require each Servicer to comply with the
remittance requirements and other obligations set forth in the related Servicing
Agreement.

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

         Section 3.04. FIDELITY BOND. The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall
maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance
policy, affording coverage with respect to all directors, officers, employees
and other Persons acting on such Master Servicer's behalf, and covering errors
and omissions in the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations hereunder.
The errors and omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond shall be in such
form and amount generally acceptable for entities serving as master servicers or
trustees.

         Section 3.05. POWER TO ACT; PROCEDURES. The Master Servicer shall
master service the Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority,
subject to the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of Article X hereof, to do
any and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with
the master servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, including but not
limited to the power and authority (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged
Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages, (iii) to
collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate
foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property
securing any Mortgage Loan, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable. The Trustee
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Officer, with any powers of attorney empowering the Master Servicer or any
Servicer to execute and deliver instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or
of partial or full release or discharge, and to foreclose upon or otherwise
liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to appeal, prosecute or defend in any court
action relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance
with the applicable Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver such other documents, as the Master Servicer may
request, to enable the Master Servicer to master service and administer the
Mortgage Loans and carry out its duties hereunder, in each case in accordance
with Accepted Master Servicing Practices (and the Trustee shall have no
liability for misuse of any such powers of attorney by the Master Servicer or
any Servicer). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee has been advised that it is
likely that the laws of the state in which action is to be taken prohibit such
action if taken in the name of the Trustee or that the Trustee would be
adversely affected under the "doing business" or tax laws of such state if such
action is taken in its name, the Master Servicer shall join with the Trustee in
the appointment of a co-trustee pursuant to Section 9.11 hereof. In the
performance of its duties hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be an independent
contractor and shall not, except in those instances where it is taking action in
the name of the Trustee, be deemed to be the agent of the Trustee.

         Section 3.06. DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AGREEMENTS. To the extent
provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, to the extent Mortgage Loans
contain enforceable due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Servicers to enforce such clauses in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement. If applicable law prohibits the enforcement of a due-on-sale clause
or such clause is otherwise not enforced in accordance with the applicable
Servicing Agreement, and, as a consequence, a Mortgage Loan is assumed, the
original Mortgagor may be released from liability in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement.

         Section 3.07. RELEASE OF MORTGAGE FILES. (a) Upon becoming aware of the
payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by any Servicer of a
notification that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for
such purposes for payment to Certificateholders on the next Distribution Date,
the Servicer will, if required under the applicable Servicing Agreement,
promptly furnish to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, two copies of a
certification substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto signed by a
Servicing Officer or in a mutually agreeable electronic format which will, in
lieu of a signature on its face, originate from a Servicing Officer (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received
in connection with such payment that are required to be deposited in the
Protected Account maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01 or
by the applicable Servicer pursuant to its Servicing Agreement have been or will
be so deposited) and shall request that the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee,
deliver to the applicable Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon receipt of
such certification and request, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall
promptly release the related Mortgage File to the applicable Servicer and the
Trustee shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File.
Upon any such payment in full, each Servicer is authorized, to give, as agent
for the Trustee, as the mortgagee under the Mortgage that secured the Mortgage
Loan, an instrument of satisfaction (or assignment of mortgage without recourse)
regarding the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of
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delivered to the Person or Persons entitled thereto against receipt therefor of
such payment, it being understood and agreed that no expenses incurred in
connection with such instrument of satisfaction or assignment, as the case may
be, shall be chargeable to the Protected Account.

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

         Section 3.08. DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF MASTER
SERVICER TO BE HELD FOR TRUSTEE.

         (a) The Master Servicer shall transmit and each Servicer (to the extent
required by the related Servicing Agreement) shall transmit to the Trustee or
Custodian such documents and instruments coming into the possession of the
Master Servicer or such Servicer from time to time as are required by the terms
hereof, or in the case of the Servicers, the applicable Servicing Agreement, to
be delivered to the Trustee or Custodian. Any funds received by the Master
Servicer or by a Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loan or which otherwise are
collected by the Master Servicer or by a Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or
Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan shall be held for the benefit
of the Trustee and the Certificateholders subject to the Master Servicer's right
to retain or withdraw from the Master Servicer Collection Account the Master
Servicing compensation and other amounts provided in this Agreement, and to the
right of each Servicer to retain its Servicing Fee and other amounts as provided
in the applicable Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, and (to the
extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement) shall cause each Servicer
to, provide access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
to the Trustee, its agents and accountants at any time upon reasonable request
and during normal business hours, and to Certificateholders that are savings and
loan associations, banks or insurance companies, the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of such Office
and Corporation or examiners of any other federal or state banking or insurance
regulatory authority if so required by applicable regulations of the Office of
Thrift Supervision or other regulatory authority, such access to be afforded
without charge but only upon reasonable request in writing and during normal
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designated by it. In fulfilling such a request the Master Servicer shall not be
responsible for determining the sufficiency of such information.

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

         Section 3.09. STANDARD HAZARD INSURANCE AND FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES.

         (a) For each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall enforce any
obligation of the Servicers under the related Servicing Agreements to maintain
or cause to be maintained standard fire and casualty insurance and, where
applicable, flood insurance, all in accordance with the provisions of the
related Servicing Agreements. It is understood and agreed that such insurance
shall be with insurers meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in the
applicable Servicing Agreement and that no earthquake or other additional
insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or to be maintained on property
acquired in respect of a defaulted loan, other than pursuant to such applicable
laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such
additional insurance.

         (b) Pursuant to Section 4.01, any amounts collected by the Master
Servicer, or by any Servicer, under any insurance policies (other than amounts
to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to the
related Mortgage or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the applicable
Servicing Agreement) shall be deposited into the Master Servicer Collection
Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Sections 4.02 and 4.03. Any cost
incurred by the Master Servicer or any Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its obligation to do so shall be added to
the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan where the terms of the Mortgage Loan so
permit; provided, however, that the addition of any such cost shall not be taken
into account for purposes of calculating the distributions to be made to
Certificateholders and shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer or such
Servicer pursuant to Sections 4.02 and 4.03.

         Section 3.10. PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS AND COLLECTION OF PROCEEDS. The
Master Servicer shall (to the extent provided in the applicable Servicing
Agreement) cause the related Servicer to, prepare and present on behalf of the
Trustee and the Certificateholders all claims under the Insurance Policies and
take such actions (including the negotiation, settlement, compromise or
enforcement of the insured's claim) as shall be necessary to realize recovery
under such policies. Any proceeds disbursed to the Master Servicer (or disbursed
to a Servicer and remitted to the Master Servicer) in respect of such policies,
bonds or contracts shall be promptly deposited in the Master Servicer Collection
Account upon receipt, except that any amounts realized that are to be applied to
the repair or restoration of the related Mortgaged Property as a condition
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claims on the related Mortgage Loan to the insurer under any applicable
Insurance Policy need not be so deposited (or remitted).

         Section 3.11. MAINTENANCE OF THE PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES.

         (a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Servicer (to the
extent such action is prohibited under the applicable Servicing Agreement) to
take, any action that would result in noncoverage under any applicable Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of such Master
Servicer or Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. The Master Servicer
shall use its best reasonable efforts to cause each Servicer (to the extent
required under the related Servicing Agreement) to keep in force and effect (to
the extent that the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to maintain such
insurance), primary mortgage insurance applicable to each Mortgage Loan in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Servicing
Agreement, as applicable. The Master Servicer shall not, and shall not permit
any Servicer (to the extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) to,
cancel or refuse to renew any such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that is in
effect at the date of the initial issuance of the Mortgage Note and is required
to be kept in force hereunder except in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

         (b) The Master Servicer agrees to present, or to cause each Servicer
(to the extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) to present, on
behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, claims to the insurer under
any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such
reasonable action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to
Section 4.01, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or any Servicer under
any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Master
Servicer Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Sections 4.02 and
4.03.

         Section 3.12. TRUSTEE TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF CERTAIN INSURANCE
POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS.

         The Trustee (or the Custodian, as directed by the Trustee), shall
retain possession and custody of the originals (to the extent available) of the
PMI Policy or any other Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, or certificate of
insurance if applicable, and any certificates of renewal as to the foregoing as
may be issued from time to time as contemplated by this Agreement. Until all
amounts distributable in respect of the Certificates have been distributed in
full and the Master Servicer otherwise has fulfilled its obligations under this
Agreement, the Trustee (or its Custodian, if any, as directed by the Trustee)
shall also retain possession and custody of each Mortgage File in accordance
with and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Master
Servicer shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (or the
Custodian, as directed by the Trustee), upon the execution or receipt thereof
the originals of the PMI Policy or any other Primary Mortgage Insurance
Policies, any certificates of renewal, and such other documents or instruments
that constitute portions of the Mortgage File that come into the possession of
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         Section 3.13. REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS. The Master
Servicer shall cause each Servicer (to the extent required under the related
Servicing Agreement) to foreclose upon, repossess or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of Mortgaged Properties securing such of the Mortgage
Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory
arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments, all in
accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement.

         In addition to the foregoing and subject to the requirements of the
Cendant/MLCC Servicing Agreement, MLCC will use its best reasonable efforts to
realize upon any Additional Collateral for such of the Mortgage Loans secured by
Additional Collateral as come into and continue in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments;
provided that MLCC will not, on behalf of the Trustee, obtain title to any such
Additional Collateral as a result of or in lieu of the disposition thereof or
otherwise, and provided further that (i) MLCC will not proceed with respect to
such Additional Collateral in any manner that would impair the ability to
recover against the related Mortgaged Property, and (ii) MLCC will proceed with
any acquisition of REO Property in a manner that preserves the ability to apply
the proceeds of such Additional Collateral against amounts owed under the
defaulted Mortgage Loan. Any proceeds realized from such Additional Collateral
(other than amounts to be released to the Mortgagor or the related guarantor in
accordance with procedures that MLCC would follow in servicing loans held for
its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage and
Mortgage Note and to the terms and conditions of any security agreement,
guarantee agreement, mortgage or other agreement governing the disposition of
the proceeds of such Additional Collateral) will be deposited in the Master
Servicer Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.03. Any
other payment received by MLCC and remitted to the Master Servicer in respect of
such Additional Collateral shall be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection
Account subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.03.

         Section 3.14.     COMPENSATION FOR THE MASTER SERVICER.

         (a) Servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, if any, late
payment charges, as collected, if any, or otherwise (but not including any
prepayment premium or penalty) shall be retained by the Master Servicer (or the
applicable Servicer) and shall not be deposited in the Protected Account or the
Master Servicer Collection Account. The Master Servicer will be entitled to
retain, as additional compensation, any interest remitted by a Servicer in
connection with a Principal Prepayment in full or otherwise in excess of amounts
required to be remitted to the Master Servicer Collection Account. The Master
Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with
its activities hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor
except as provided in this Agreement. Pursuant to Article IV all income and gain
realized from any investment of funds in the Distribution Account and the Master
Servicer Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer as
additional compensation.

         (b) The amount of the aggregate compensation payable to the Master
Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date shall be reduced in accordance with
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         Section 3.15.     REO PROPERTY.

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

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

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

         (d) The Liquidation Proceeds from the final disposition of the REO
Property, net of any payment to the Master Servicer and the applicable Servicer
as provided above shall be deposited in the Protected Account on or prior to the
Determination Date in the month following receipt thereof and be remitted by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the Trustee for deposit into the
related Master Servicer Collection Account on the next succeeding Distribution
Account Deposit Date.

         Section 3.16.     ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

         (a) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Rating
Agencies on or before May 31 of each year, commencing on May 31, 2002, an
Officer's Certificate, certifying that with respect to the period ending
December 31 of the prior year: (i) such Servicing Officer has reviewed the
activities of such Master Servicer during the preceding calendar year or portion
thereof and its performance under this Agreement, (ii) to the best of such
Servicing Officer's knowledge, based on such review, such Master Servicer has
performed and fulfilled its duties, responsibilities and obligations under this
Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations,
specifying each such default known to such Servicing Officer and the nature and
status thereof, (iii) nothing has come to the attention of such Servicing
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failed to perform any of its duties, responsibilities and obligations under its
Servicing Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there
has been a material default in the performance or fulfillment of any such
duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying each such default known to
such Servicing Officer and the nature and status thereof.

         (b) Copies of such statements shall be provided to any
Certificateholder upon request, by the Master Servicer or by the Trustee at the
Master Servicer's expense if the Master Servicer failed to provide such copies
(unless (i) the Master Servicer shall have failed to provide the Trustee with
such statement or (ii) the Trustee shall be unaware of the Master Servicer's
failure to provide such statement).

         Section 3.17. ANNUAL INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S SERVICING REPORT. If the
Master Servicer has, during the course of any fiscal year, directly serviced any
of the Mortgage Loans, then the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to
furnish a statement to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the Seller on or
before May 31 of each year, commencing on May 31, 2002 to the effect that, with
respect to the most recently ended fiscal year, such firm has examined certain
records and documents relating to the Master Servicer's performance of its
servicing obligations under this Agreement and pooling and servicing and trust
agreements in material respects similar to this Agreement and to each other and
that, on the basis of such examination conducted substantially in compliance
with the audit program for mortgages serviced for Freddie Mac or the Uniform
Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, such firm is of the opinion
that the Master Servicer's activities have been conducted in compliance with
this Agreement, or that such examination has disclosed no material items of
noncompliance except for (i) such exceptions as such firm believes to be
immaterial, (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such statement and
(iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages Serviced by Freddie Mac requires it
to report. Copies of such statements shall be provided to any Certificateholder
upon request by the Master Servicer, or by the Trustee at the expense of the
Master Servicer if the Master Servicer shall fail to provide such copies. If
such report discloses exceptions that are material, the Master Servicer shall
advise the Trustee whether such exceptions have been or are susceptible of cure,
and will take prompt action to do so.

         Section 3.18. REPORTS FILED WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall,
in accordance with industry standards, file with the Commission via the
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System ("EDGAR"), a Form 8-K with a copy
of the statement to the Trustee who shall furnish a copy of the statement to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to
January 30, 2002, the Securities Administrator shall, in accordance with
industry standards and only if instructed by the Seller, file a Form 15
Suspension Notice with respect to the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to March
30, 2002, the Securities Administrator shall file a Form 10-K, in substance
conforming to industry standards, with respect to the Trust Fund. The Seller
hereby grants to the Securities Administrator a limited power of attorney to
execute and file each such document on behalf of the Seller. Such power of
attorney shall continue until either the earlier of (i) receipt by the
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Administrator from the Seller of written termination of such power of attorney
and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund. The Seller agrees to promptly
furnish to the Securities Administrator, from time to time upon request, such
further information, reports and financial statements within its control related
to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Securities Administrator
reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the
Commission. The Securities Administrator shall have no responsibility to file
any items other than those specified in this Section 3.03; provided, however,
the Securities Administrator will cooperate with the Seller in connection with
any additional filings with respect to the Trust Fund as the Seller deems
necessary under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"). Copies of all reports filed by the Securities Administrator under the
Exchange Act shall be sent to: the Seller c/o Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Attn:
Managing Director-Analysis and Control, One Metrotech Center North, Brooklyn,
New York 11202-3859. Fees and expenses incurred by the Securities Administrator
in connection with this Section 3.03 shall not be reimbursable from the Trust
Fund.

         Section 3.19. EMC. On the Closing Date, EMC will receive from the
Seller a payment of $5,000.

         Section 3.20. UCC. The Trustee agrees to file continuation statements
for any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements which the Seller has
informed the Trustee were filed on the Closing Date in connection with the
Trust. The Seller shall file any financing statements or amendments thereto
required by any change in the Uniform Commercial Code.

         Section 3.21. OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.

                  As to any Mortgage Loan which is delinquent in payment by 90
days or more, the Master Servicer or the related Servicer may, at its option,
purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee at the Repurchase Price therefor.
If at any time the Master Servicer or a Servicer makes a payment to the Master
Servicer Collection Account covering the amount of the Repurchase Price for such
a Mortgage Loan, and the Master Servicer or a Servicer provides to the Trustee a
certification signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the amount of such
payment has been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account, then the
Trustee shall execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan at the request of the
Master Servicer or the Servicer without recourse to the Master Servicer or the
Servicer which shall succeed to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in
and to such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents relative thereto. Such
assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security. The Master
Servicer or the Servicer will thereupon own such Mortgage, and all such security
and documents, free of any further obligation to the Trustee or the
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                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    Accounts

         Section 4.01. PROTECTED ACCOUNTS. (a) The Master Servicer shall enforce
the obligation of each Servicer to establish and maintain a Protected Account in
accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement, with records to be kept with
respect thereto on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, into which accounts
shall be deposited within 48 hours (or as of such other time specified in the
related Servicing Agreement) of receipt all collections of principal and
interest on any Mortgage Loan and with respect to any REO Property received by a
Servicer, including Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation
Proceeds, and advances made from the Servicer's own funds (less servicing
compensation as permitted by the applicable Servicing Agreement in the case of
any Servicer) and all other amounts to be deposited in the Protected Account.
The Servicer is hereby authorized to make withdrawals from and deposits to the
related Protected Account for purposes required or permitted by this Agreement.
The Protected Account shall be held in a Designated Depository Institution and
segregated on the books of such institution in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of Certificateholders.

         (b) Amounts on deposit in a Protected Account may be invested in
Permitted Investments in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of
Certificateholders and, except as provided in the preceding paragraph, not
commingled with any other funds, such Permitted Investments to mature, or to be
subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds
are required to be withdrawn for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection
Account, and shall be held until required for such deposit. The income earned
from Permitted Investments made pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall be paid to
the related Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement, and the risk of
loss of moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting
from such investments shall be borne by and be the risk of the related Servicer.
The related Servicer (to the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement) shall
deposit the amount of any such loss in the Protected Account within two Business
Days of receipt of notification of such loss but not later than the second
Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are
required to be distributed to the Certificateholders.

         (c) Subject to this Article IV, on or before each Servicer Remittance
Date, the related Servicer shall withdraw or shall cause to be withdrawn from
the Protected Accounts and shall immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in
the Master Servicer Collection Account amounts representing the following
collections and payments (other than with respect to principal of or interest on
the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date) with respect to each Loan
Group:

                  (i) Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans received or any
         related portion thereof advanced by the Servicers pursuant to the
         Servicing Agreements which were due on or before the related Due Date,
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                  (ii) Full Principal Prepayments and any Liquidation Proceeds
         received by the Servicers with respect to such Mortgage Loans in the
         related Prepayment Period, with interest to the date of prepayment or
         liquidation, net of the amount thereof comprising the Servicing Fees;

                  (iii) Partial Principal Prepayments received by the Servicers
         for such Mortgage Loans in the related Prepayment Period; and

                  (iv) Any amount to be used as an Advance.

         (d) Withdrawals may be made from an Account only to make remittances as
provided in Sections 4.01(b); to reimburse the Master Servicer or a Servicer for
Monthly Advances which have been recovered by subsequent collection from the
related Mortgagor; to remove amounts deposited in error; to remove fees, charges
or other such amounts deposited on a temporary basis; or to clear and terminate
the account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section
10.01. As provided in Sections 4.02(b) certain amounts otherwise due to the
Servicers may be retained by them and need not be deposited in the Master
Servicer Collection Account.

         Section 4.02. MASTER SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Master
Servicer shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer Collection Account as a
segregated trust account or accounts. The Master Servicer will deposit in the
Master Servicer Collection Account as identified by the Master Servicer and as
received by the Master Servicer, the following amounts:

                  (i) Any amounts withdrawn from a Protected Account;

                  (ii) Any Monthly Advance and any Compensating Interest
         Payments;

                  (iii) Any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds received
         by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or which were not deposited in a
         Protected Account;

                  (iv) The Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans
         purchased by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Section 2.02 or 2.03, any
         amounts which are to be treated pursuant to Section 2.04 of this
         Agreement as the payment of such a Repurchase Price, the Repurchase
         Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans purchase by the Master
         Servicer or the related Servicer pursuant to Section 3.21, and all
         proceeds of any Mortgage Loans or property acquired with respect
         thereto repurchased by the Seller or its designee pursuant to Section
         10.01;

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

         (b) All amounts deposited to the Master Servicer Collection Account
shall be held by the Master Servicer in the name of the Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement. The requirements for crediting the Master Servicer Collection
Account or the Distribution Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and
agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the
nature of (i) prepayment or late payment charges or assumption, tax service,
statement account or payoff, substitution, satisfaction, release and other like
fees and charges and (ii) the items enumerated in Subsections 4.05(a)(i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (ix) and (xi) need not be credited by the Master
Servicer or the related Servicer to the Distribution Account or the Master
Servicer Collection Account, as applicable. In the event that the Master
Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited to the Distribution Account any
amount not required to be credited thereto, the Trustee, upon receipt of a
written request therefor signed by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer,
shall promptly transfer such amount to the Master Servicer, any provision herein
to the contrary notwithstanding.

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

         Section 4.03. PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE MASTER
SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Master Servicer will, from time to time on
demand of the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, make or cause to
be made such withdrawals or transfers from the Master Servicer Collection
Account as the Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal
pursuant to the Servicing Agreements. The Master Servicer may clear and
terminate the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 10.01 and
remove amounts from time to time deposited in error.

         (b) On an ongoing basis, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the
Master Servicer Collection Account any expenses recoverable by the Trustee, the
Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator pursuant to Sections 3.03, 7.01,
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         (c) In addition, on or before each Distribution Account Deposit Date,
the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account (or remit to the
Trustee for deposit therein) any Monthly Advances required to be made by the
Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.


         (d) No later than 1:00 p.m. New York time on each Distribution Account
Deposit Date, the Master Servicer will transfer all amounts on deposit in the
Master Servicer Collection Account to the Distribution Account.

         Section 4.04. DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Trustee shall establish and
maintain in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
the Distribution Account as a segregated trust account or accounts.

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

         (c) The Distribution Account shall constitute a trust account of the
Trust Fund segregated on the books of the Trustee and held by the Trustee in
trust in its Corporate Trust Office, and the Distribution Account and the funds
deposited therein shall not be subject to, and shall be protected from, all
claims, liens, and encumbrances of any creditors or depositors of the Trustee or
the Master Servicer (whether made directly, or indirectly through a liquidator
or receiver of the Trustee or the Master Servicer). The amount at any time
credited to the Distribution Account shall be (i) fully insured by the FDIC to
the maximum coverage provided thereby or (ii) invested in the name of the
Trustee, in such Permitted Investments selected by the Master Servicer or
deposited in demand deposits with such depository institutions as selected by
the Master Servicer, provided that time deposits of such depository institutions
would be a Permitted Investment. All Permitted Investments shall mature or be
subject to redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall be held until, the
next succeeding Distribution Date if the obligor for such Permitted Investment
is the Trustee or, if such obligor is any other Person, the Business Day
preceding such Distribution Date. All investment earnings on amounts on deposit
in the Distribution Account or benefit from funds uninvested therein from time
to time shall be for the account of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer
shall be permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all investment
earnings from the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date. If there is
any loss on a Permitted Investment or demand deposit, the Trustee shall deposit
the amount of the loss in the Distribution Account. With respect to the
Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein, the Master Servicer shall
take such action as may be necessary to ensure that the Certificateholders shall
be entitled to the priorities afforded to such a trust account (in addition to a
claim against the estate of the Trustee) as provided by 12 U.S.C. ss. 92a(e),
and applicable regulations pursuant thereto, if applicable, or any applicable
comparable state statute applicable to state chartered banking corporations.

         Section 4.05. PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION
ACCOUNT. (a) The Trustee will, from time to time on demand of the Master
Servicer or the Securities Administrator,


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make or cause to be made such withdrawals or transfers from the Distribution
Account as the Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal
pursuant to the Servicing Agreements or as the Securities Administrator has
instructed hereunder for the following purposes (limited in the case of amounts
due the Master Servicer to those not withdrawn from the Master Servicer
Collection Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement):

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

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

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

                  (iv) to pay the Master Servicer or any Servicer (payment to
         any Servicer to be subject to prior payment to the Master Servicer of
         an amount equal to the Master Servicing Fee), as appropriate, from
         Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds received in connection with
         the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan, the amount which it or such
         Servicer would have been entitled to receive under subclause (ix) of
         this Subsection 4.03(a) as servicing compensation on account of each
         defaulted scheduled payment on such Mortgage Loan if paid in a timely
         manner by the related Mortgagor;

                  (v) to pay the Master Servicer or any Servicer (payment to any
         Servicer to be subject to prior payment to the Master Servicer of the
         portion of the Master Servicing Fee which the Master Servicer is
         entitled to retain) from the Repurchase Price for any Mortgage


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         Loan, the amount which it or such Servicer would have been entitled to
         receive under subclause (ix) of this Subsection (a) as servicing
         compensation;

                  (vi) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for
         advances of funds pursuant to Sections, and the right to reimbursement
         pursuant to this subclause being limited to amounts received on the
         related Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the Repurchase
         Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which
         represent late recoveries of the payments for which such advances were
         made;

                  (vii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for any
         Monthly Advance or advance, after a Realized Loss has been allocated
         with respect to the related Mortgage Loan if the Monthly Advance or
         advance has not been reimbursed pursuant to clauses (i) and (vi);

                  (viii) to pay the Master Servicer as set forth in Section
         3.14;

                  (ix) to reimburse the Master Servicer for expenses, costs and
         liabilities incurred by and reimbursable to it pursuant to Sections
         3.03, 7.04(c) and (d) and 12.03;

                  (x) to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing
         compensation, any Excess Liquidation Proceeds to the extent not
         retained by the related Servicer;

                  (xi) to reimburse or pay any Servicer any such amounts as are
         due thereto under the applicable Servicing Agreement and have not been
         retained by or paid to the Servicer, to the extent provided in the
         related Servicing Agreement;

                  (xii) to reimburse the Trustee or the Securities Administrator
         for expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by or reimbursable to it
         pursuant to this Agreement;

                  (xiii) to remove amounts deposited in error; and

                  (xiv) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account pursuant
         to Section 10.01.

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

         (c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the Group
Available Funds for each Loan Group to the Holders of the Certificates in
accordance with Section 6.01.


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                                    ARTICLE V

                                  Certificates

         Section 5.01. CERTIFICATES. (a) The Depository, the Seller and the
Trustee have entered into a Depository Agreement dated as of the Closing Date
(the "Depository Agreement"). Except for the Residual Certificates, the Private
Certificates and the Individual Certificates and as provided in Subsection
5.01(b), the Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of
the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (i) registration of such
Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to a successor to the
Depository; (ii) ownership and transfers of registration of such Certificates on
the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by
the Depository; (iii) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (iv) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository as representative of such Certificate Owners of the
respective Class of Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of
Certificateholders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and
votes of such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are
made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (v) the Trustee may rely
and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its Depository Participants.

         The Residual Certificates and the Private Certificates are initially
Physical Certificates. If at any time the Holders of all of the Certificates of
one or more such Classes request that the Trustee cause such Class to become
Global Certificates, the Trustee and the Seller will take such action as may be
reasonably required to cause the Depository to accept such Class or Classes for
trading if it may legally be so traded.

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

         (b) If (i)(A) the Seller advises the Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository and (B) the Trustee or the Seller is unable to
locate a qualified successor within 30 days or (ii) the Seller at its option
advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system
through the Depository, the Trustee shall request that the Depository notify all
Certificate Owners of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability
of definitive, fully registered Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting
the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration,
the Trustee shall issue the definitive Certificates. Neither the Seller nor the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.


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         (c) (i) REMIC I will be evidenced by (x) the REMIC I Regular Interest,
which will be uncertificated and non-transferable and are hereby designated as
the "regular interest" in REMIC I and (y) the Class R-I Certificates, which is
hereby designated as the single "residual interest" in REMIC I.

         The REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-I Certificates will have
the following designations and pass-through rates, and distributions of
principal and interest thereon shall be allocated in the following manner:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Corresponding Remic II
                                                                                Regular Interest
                                                              Pass-              Allocation             Allocation
       REMIC I          Initial Uncertificated               Through                 of                     of
       Interest         Principal Balance ($)                 Rate               Principal              Interest
       --------         ---------------------                 ----               ---------              --------
<S>                     <C>                                   <C>            <C>                    <C>
IA                      $679,825,114.00                        (1)           2A-1, 2A-2, 2A-3,      2A-1, 2A-2, 2A-3,
                                                                                2A-4, 2B, 2R           2A-4, 2B, 2R
R-I                     $         50.00                        (1)                  N/A                    N/A
</TABLE>

_______________
(1) During each Interest Accrual Period, REMIC I Regular Interest IA will bear
interest at a variable Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the
Net Rates of the Group 2 Mortgage Loans.

         Principal and interest shall be payable to, and shortfalls, losses and
prepayments are allocable to, the REMIC II Regular Interests in the same order
and priority as payments are to be made on, and shortfalls, losses and
prepayments are allocable to, the REMIC II Regular Interests.

         (ii) REMIC II will be evidenced by (x) the REMIC II Regular Interests,
which will be uncertificated and non-transferable and are hereby designated as
the "regular interests" in REMIC II and (y) the Class R-II Certificates, which
is hereby designated as the single "residual interest" in REMIC II.

         The REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R-II Certificates will
have the following designations and pass-through rates, and distributions of
principal and interest thereon shall be allocated in the following manner:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Corresponding Remic II
                                                                                Regular Interest
                                                              Pass-              Allocation             Allocation
       REMIC I          Initial Uncertificated               Through                 of                     of
       Interest         Principal Balance ($)                 Rate               Principal              Interest
       --------         ---------------------                 ----               ---------              --------
<S>                     <C>                                   <C>            <C>                    <C>
1I-A                    $ 88,092,600.00                        (1)                   I-A                  I-A
1B                      $  1,797,871.00                        (1)                   (7)                  (7)
1R                      $         50.00                        (2)                  R-III                R-III
2A-1                    $324,215,300.00                        (2)                 II-A-1                II-A-1



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2A-2                    $195,305,700.00                        (2)                II-A-2                II-A-2
2A-3                    $146,706,600.00                        (2)                II-A-3                II-A-3
2A-4                    $      1,000.00                        (2)                II-A-4                II-A-4
2B                      $ 13,596,564.00                        (2)                  (7)                  (7)
3A                      $209,616,500.00                        (3)                 III-A                III-A
3B                      $  4,277,958.00                        (3)                  (7)                  (7)
4A                      $ 79,734,300.00                        (4)                 IV-A                  IV-A
4B                      $  1,627,256.00                        (4)                  (7)                  (7)
5A                      $145,181,800.00                        (5)                  V-A                  V-A
5B                      $  2,962,937.00                        (5)                  (7)                  (7)
6A                      $ 87,535,000.00                        (6)                 VI-A                  VI-A
6B                      $  1,786,513.00                        (6)                  (7)                  (7)
R-II                    $         50.00                        (1)                  N/A                  N/A
</TABLE>

_______________
(1) During each Interest Accrual Period, REMIC II Regular Interests 1A-1, 1B and
1R and the Class R-II Certificates will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through
Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group 1 Mortgage
Loans.

(2) During each Interest Accrual Period, REMIC II Regular Interests 2A-1, 2A-2,
2A-3, 2A-4, and 2B will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through Rate equal to
the weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group 2 Mortgage Loans.

(3) During each Interest Accrual Period, REMIC II Regular Interests 3A and 3B
will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average
of the Net Rates of the Group 3 Mortgage Loans.

(4) During each Interest Accrual Period, REMIC II Regular Interests 4A and 4B
will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average
of the Net Rates of the Group 4 Mortgage Loans.

(5) During each Interest Accrual Period, REMIC II Regular Interests 5A and 5B
will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average
of the Net Rates of the Group 5 Mortgage Loans.

(6) During each Interest Accrual Period, REMIC II Regular Interests 6A and 6B
will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average
of the Net Rates of the Group 6 Mortgage Loans.

(7) The corresponding Classes of Certificates for these REMIC II Regular
Interests are all the Subordinate Certificates. Principal and interest shall be
allocable to these REMIC I Regular Interests and shall be apportioned among such
REMIC I Regular Interests in the same order and priority as payments are to be
made to the Subordinate Certificates; provided however, the portion of the
Subordinate Certificates allocable to the Group 1 Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest 1B, the portion of the Subordinate
Certificates allocable to the Group 2 Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to REMIC
I Regular Interest 2B, the portion of the Subordinate Certificates allocable to
the Group 3 Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest 3B,
the portion of the Subordinate Certificates allocable to the Group 4 Mortgage
Loans shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest 4B, the portion of the
Subordinate Certificates allocable to the Group 5 Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest 5B and the portion of the Subordinate
Certificates allocable to the Group 6 Mortgage Loans shall be allocated to REMIC
I Regular Interest 6B.

         Principal and interest shall be payable to, and shortfalls, losses and
prepayments are allocable to, the REMIC II Regular Interests in the same order
and priority as payments are to be made on, and shortfalls, losses and
prepayments are allocable to, the corresponding Classes of Certificates.


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(ii) REMIC III will be evidenced by (x) the Certificates (other than the Class R
Certificates) (the "REMIC III Regular Certificates"), which are hereby
designated as the "regular interests" in REMIC II and have the principal
balances and accrue interest at the Pass-Through Rates equal to those set forth
in Section 5.01(d) and (y) the Class R-III Certificate, which is hereby
designated as the single "residual interest" in REMIC III.

         (d) The Classes of the Certificates shall have the following
designations, initial principal amounts and Pass-Through Rates:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 Designation                   Initial Principal Amount      Pass-Through Rate
                 -----------                   ------------------------      -----------------
<S>                                            <C>                           <C>
                      I-A   $                        88,092,600.00                 (1)
                   II-A-1   $                       324,215,300.00                 (2)
                   II-A-2   $                       195,305,700.00                 (3)
                   II-A-3   $                       146,706,600.00                 (4)
                   II-A-4   $                             1,000.00                 (5)
                     II-X   $                                    *                  *
                    III-A   $                       209,616,500.00                 (6)
                     IV-A   $                        79,734,300.00                 (7)
                      V-A   $                       145,181,800.00                 (8)
                     VI-A   $                        87,535,000.00                 (9)
                      R-I   $                                   50                 (10)
                     R-II   $                                   50                 (11)
                    R-III   $                                   50                 (11)
                      B-1   $                        10,419,600.00                 (12)
                      B-2   $                         5,860,900.00                 (12)
                      B-3   $                         3,907,300.00                 (12)
                      B-4   $                         2,604,900.00                 (12)
                      B-5   $                         1,302,500.00                 (12)
                      B-6   $                         1,953,861.00                 (12)
</TABLE>

_____________
*        The Notional Amount of the Class II-X Certificates shall consist of the
         sum of three components (i) the Current Principal Amount of the Class
         II-A-1 Certificates, which is equal to the Uncertificated Principal
         Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest 2A-1, (ii) the Current Principal
         Amount of the Class II-A-2 Certificates, which is equal to the
         Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest 2A-2 and
         (iii) the Current Principal Amount of the Class II-A-3 Certificates,
         which is equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
         Regular Interest 2A-3. The Class II-X Certificates will bear interest
         (A) at a pass-through rate on the Notional Amount in clause (i) above
         equal to, up to the Mandatory Call Date, 1.025% per annum, and 0.00%
         thereafter;


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         (B) at a pass-through rate on the Notional Amount in clause (ii) above
         equal to, up to the Mandatory Call Date, 0.525% per annum, and 0.00%
         thereafter; and (C) at a pass-through rate on the Notional Amount in
         clause (iii) above equal to, up to the Mandatory Call Date, the greater
         of (x) zero and (y) (1) the weighted average net rate of the Group II
         Mortgage Loans over (2) the pass-through rate on the Class II-A-3
         Certificates, and 0.00% thereafter.

         (1) The Class I-A Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group 1
Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate with
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period is expected to be approximately
6.533% per annum.

         (2) On or prior to the Mandatory Call Date, the Class II-A-1
Certificates will bear interest at a variable pass-through rate equal to the
weighted average of the net rates of the Group II Mortgage Loans minus 1.025%.
After the Mandatory Call Date, the Class II-A-1 Certificates will bear interest
at a variable pass-through rate equal to the weighted average of the net rates
of the Group II Mortgage Loans. The pass-through rate with respect to the first
interest accrual period is expected to be approximately 5.400% per annum.

         (3) On or prior to the Mandatory Call Date, the Class II-A-2
Certificates will bear interest at a variable pass-through rate equal to the
weighted average of the net rates of the Group II Mortgage Loans minus 0.525%.
After the Mandatory Call Date, the Class II-A-2 Certificates will bear interest
at a variable pass-through rate equal to the weighted average of the net rates
of the Group II Mortgage Loans. The pass-through rate with respect to the first
interest accrual period is expected to be approximately 5.900% per annum.

         (4) On or prior to the Mandatory Call Date, the Class II-A-3
Certificates will bear interest at a variable pass-through rate equal to the
lesser of (i) 5.950% and (ii) the weighted average of the net rates of the Group
II Mortgage Loans. After the Mandatory Call Date, the Class II-A-3 Certificates
will bear interest at a variable pass- through rate equal to the weighted
average of the net rates of the Group II Mortgage Loans. The pass-through rate
with respect to the first interest accrual period is expected to be
approximately 5.950% per annum.

         (5) The Class II-A-4 Certificates will bear interest at a variable
pass-through rate equal to the weighted average of the net rates of the Group II
Mortgage Loans. The pass-through rate with respect to the first interest accrual
period is expected to be approximately 6.425% per annum.

         (6) The Class III-A Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group 3
Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate with
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period is expected to be approximately
6.792% per annum.

         (7) The Class IV-A Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group 4
Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate with
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period is expected to be approximately
7.017% per annum.

         (8) The Class V-A Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group 5
Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate with
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period is expected to be approximately
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         (9) The Class VI-A Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group 6
Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled Principal
Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due Period
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate with
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period is expected to be approximately
6.596% per annum.

         (10) The Class R-I Certificates will bear interest at a variable
pass-through rate equal to the weighted average of the net rates of the Group II
Mortgage Loans. The pass-through rate with respect to the first interest accrual
period is expected to be approximately 6.425% per annum.

         (11) The Class R-II Certificates and Class R-III Certificates will bear
interest at a variable pass-through rate equal to the weighted average of the
net rates of the Group I Mortgage Loans. The pass-through rate with respect to
the first interest accrual period is expected to be approximately 6.533% per
annum.

         (12) The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and
Class B-6 Certificates will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through Rate equal
to the weighted average of the REMIC II Regular Interest 1B, REMIC II Regular
Interest 2B, REMIC II Regular Interest 3B, REMIC II Regular Interest 4B, REMIC
II Regular Interest 5B and REMIC II Regular Interest 6B, each weighted based on
its Uncertificated Principal Balance. The Pass-Through Rate with respect to the
first Interest Accrual Period is expected to be approximately 6.578% per annum.

         (e) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date for
the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date in the Trust Fund has been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for the REMIC I Regular
Interests and the Certificates.

         (f) With respect to each Distribution Date, each Class of Certificates
shall accrue interest during the related Interest Accrual Period. With respect
to each Distribution Date and each such Class of Certificates, interest shall be
calculated, on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months,
based upon the respective Pass-Through Rate set forth, or determined as
provided, above and the Current Principal Amount or Notional Amount of such
Class applicable to such Distribution Date.

         (g) The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms set forth in
Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3. On original issuance, the Trustee shall sign,
countersign and shall deliver them at the direction of the Seller. Pending the
preparation of definitive Certificates of any Class, the Trustee may sign and
countersign temporary Certificates that are printed, lithographed or
typewritten, in authorized denominations for Certificates of such Class,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Certificates in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers or authorized signatories executing such
Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Certificates. If temporary Certificates are issued, the Seller will cause
definitive Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Certificates, the temporary Certificates shall be
exchangeable for definitive Certificates upon surrender of the temporary
Certificates at the office of the Trustee, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Certificates, the
Trustee shall sign and countersign and deliver in exchange therefor a like
aggregate principal amount, in authorized denominations for such Class, of
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exchanged, such temporary Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits as definitive Certificates.

         (h) Each Class of Book-Entry Certificates will be registered as a
single Certificate of such Class held by a nominee of the Depository or the DTC
Custodian, and beneficial interests will be held by investors through the
book-entry facilities of the Depository in minimum denominations of (i) in the
case of the Senior Certificates (other than the Residual Certificates), $1,000
and in each case increments of $1.00 in excess thereof, and (ii) in the case of
the Offered Subordinate Certificates, $25,000 and increments of $1.00 in excess
thereof, except that one Certificate of each such Class may be issued in a
different amount so that the sum of the denominations of all outstanding
Certificates of such Class shall equal the Current Principal Amount of such
Class on the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall execute and
countersign Physical Certificates all in an aggregate principal amount that
shall equal the Current Principal Amount of such Class on the Closing Date. The
Class II-A-4 Certificates will be issued in certificated fully-registered form
in a single Certificate with a denomination of $1,000. The Private Certificates,
other than the Class II-A-4 Certificates, will be issued in certificated
fully-registered form in minimum denominations of $25,000 and increments of
$1.00 in excess thereof, except that one Certificate of each such Class may be
issued in a different amount so that the sum of the denominations of all
outstanding Certificates of such Class shall equal the Current Principal Amount
of such Class on the Closing Date. The Residual Certificates shall each be
issued in certificated fully-registered form in the denomination of $50 and $50,
respectively. Each Class of Global Certificates, if any, shall be issued in
fully registered form in minimum dollar denominations of $50,000 and integral
multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, except that one Certificate of each Class
may be in a different denomination so that the sum of the denominations of all
outstanding Certificates of such Class shall equal the Current Principal Amount
of such Class on the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
execute and countersign (i) in the case of each Class of Offered Certificates,
the Certificate in the entire Current Principal Amount of the respective Class
and (ii) in the case of each Class of Private Certificates, Individual
Certificates all in an aggregate principal amount that shall equal the Current
Principal Amount of each such respective Class on the Closing Date. The
Certificates referred to in clause (i) and if at any time there are to be Global
Certificates, the Global Certificates shall be delivered by the Seller to the
Depository or pursuant to the Depository's instructions, shall be delivered by
the Seller on behalf of the Depository to and deposited with the DTC Custodian.
The Trustee shall sign the Certificates by facsimile or manual signature and
countersign them by manual signature on behalf of the Trustee by one or more
authorized signatories, each of whom shall be Responsible Officers of the
Trustee or its agent. A Certificate bearing the manual and facsimile signatures
of individuals who were the authorized signatories of the Trustee or its agent
at the time of issuance shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such positions prior to the
delivery of such Certificate.

         (i) No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate
the manually executed countersignature of the Trustee or its agent, and such
countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered hereunder.
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Certificates issued on the Closing Date shall be dated the Closing Date. All
Certificates issued thereafter shall be dated the date of their
countersignature.

         (j) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "startup" day of each
REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.

         (k) For federal income tax purposes, each REMIC shall have a tax year
that is a calendar year and shall report income on an accrual basis.

         (l) The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall cause each REMIC to timely
elect to be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code. Any
inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of any
Trust established hereby shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the
validity of such elections.

         Section 5.02. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) The Trustee shall maintain at its Corporate Trust Office a Certificate
Register in which, subject 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.

         (b) Subject to Subsection 5.01(a) and, in the case of any Global
Certificate or Physical Certificate upon the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth below, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at
any office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose, the Trustee
shall sign, countersign and shall deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a new Certificate of a like Class and aggregate
Fractional Undivided Interest, but bearing a different number.

         (c) By acceptance of an Individual Certificate, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each holder of such a Certificate acknowledges
the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth in the Securities
Legend and agrees that it will transfer such a Certificate only as provided
herein. In addition to the provisions of Subsection 5.02(h), the following
restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer and registration of
transfer of an Individual Certificate to a transferee that takes delivery in the
form of an Individual Certificate:

                  (i) The Trustee shall register the transfer of an Individual
         Certificate if the requested transfer is being made to a transferee who
         has provided the Trustee with a Rule 144A Certificate or comparable
         evidence as to its QIB status.

                  (ii) The Trustee shall register the transfer of any Individual
         Certificate if (x) the transferor has advised the Trustee in writing
         that the Certificate is being transferred to an Institutional
         Accredited Investor; and (y) prior to the transfer the transferee
         furnishes to the Trustee an Investment Letter (and the Trustee shall be
         fully protected in so doing), provided that, if based upon an Opinion
         of Counsel to the effect that the delivery of (x) and (y) above are not
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         exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
         requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable laws, the
         Trustee shall as a condition of the registration of any such transfer
         require the transferor to furnish such other certifications, legal
         opinions or other information prior to registering the transfer of an
         Individual Certificate as shall be set forth in such Opinion of
         Counsel.

         (d) Subject to Subsection 5.02(h), so long as a Global Certificate of
such Class is outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository,
transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Certificate, or transfers by
holders of Individual Certificates of such Class to transferees that take
delivery in the form of beneficial interests in the Global Certificate, may be
made only in accordance with this Subsection 5.02(d) and in accordance with the
rules of the Depository:

                  (i) In the case of a beneficial interest in the Global
         Certificate being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor,
         such transferee shall be required to take delivery in the form of an
         Individual Certificate or Certificates and the Trustee shall register
         such transfer only upon compliance with the provisions of Subsection
         5.02(c)(ii).

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

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

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

         (e) Subject to Subsection 5.02(h), an exchange of a beneficial interest
in a Global Certificate of a Class for an Individual Certificate or Certificates
of such Class, an exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of a
Class for a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of such Class and an
exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of a Class for another
Individual Certificate or Certificates of such Class (in each case, whether or
not such exchange is made in anticipation of subsequent transfer, and, in the
case of the Global Certificate of such Class, so long as such Certificate is
outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository) may be made only in
accordance with this Subsection 5.02(e) and in accordance with the rules of the
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                  (i) A holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate
         of a Class may at any time exchange such beneficial interest for an
         Individual Certificate or Certificates of such Class.

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

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

         (f) (i) Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of an Individual
Certificate of a Class for a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate of such
Class as provided herein, the Trustee shall cancel such Individual Certificate
and shall (or shall request the Depository to) endorse on the schedule affixed
to the applicable Global Certificate (or on a continuation of such schedule
affixed to the Global Certificate and made a part thereof) or otherwise make in
its books and records an appropriate notation evidencing the date of such
exchange or transfer and an increase in the certificate balance of the Global
Certificate equal to the certificate balance of such Individual Certificate
exchanged or transferred therefor.

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

         (g) The Securities Legend shall be placed on any Individual Certificate
issued in exchange for or upon transfer of another Individual Certificate or of
a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate.

         (h) Subject to the restrictions on transfer and exchange set forth in
this Section 5.02, the holder of any Individual Certificate may transfer or
exchange the same in whole or in part (in an initial certificate balance equal
to the minimum authorized denomination set forth in Section 5.01(h) above or any
integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) by surrendering such Certificate
at the Corporate Trust Office, or at the office of any transfer agent, together
with an executed instrument of assignment and transfer satisfactory in form and
substance to the Trustee in the case of transfer and a written request for
exchange in the case of exchange. The holder of a beneficial interest in a
Global Certificate may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository,
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(or its nominee) to notify the Trustee in writing of a request for transfer or
exchange of such beneficial interest for an Individual Certificate or
Certificates. Following a proper request for transfer or exchange, the Trustee
shall, within five Business Days of such request made at such Corporate Trust
Office, sign, countersign and deliver at such Corporate Trust Office, to the
transferee (in the case of transfer) or holder (in the case of exchange) or send
by first class mail at the risk of the transferee (in the case of transfer) or
holder (in the case of exchange) to such address as the transferee or holder, as
applicable, may request, an Individual Certificate or Certificates, as the case
may require, for a like aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested. The presentation
for transfer or exchange of any Individual Certificate shall not be valid unless
made at the Corporate Trust Office by the registered holder in person, or by a
duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

         (i) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be
exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class and
aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to
be exchanged at any such office or agency; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
Certificate may be exchanged for new Certificates unless the original Fractional
Undivided Interest represented by each such new Certificate (i) is at least
equal to the minimum authorized denomination or (ii) is acceptable to the Seller
as indicated to the Trustee in writing. Whenever any Certificates are so
surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall sign and countersign and the Trustee
shall deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange
is entitled to receive.

         (j) If the Trustee so requires, every Certificate presented or
surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, with a signature guarantee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, duly executed by the holder thereof or his or
her attorney duly authorized in writing.

         (k) No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Certificates.

         (l) The Trustee shall cancel all Certificates surrendered for transfer
or exchange but shall retain such Certificates in accordance with its standard
retention policy or for such further time as is required by the record retention
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and thereafter
may destroy such Certificates.

         Section 5.03. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES. (a) If
(i) 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 (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee such security or
indemnity as it may require to save it harmless, and (iii) the Trustee has not
received notice that such Certificate has been acquired by a third Person, the
Trustee shall sign, countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
tenor and Fractional Undivided Interest but in each case bearing a different
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mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall thereupon be canceled of
record by the Trustee and shall be of no further effect and evidence no rights.

         (b) Upon 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) connected therewith.
Any duplicate 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.

         Section 5.04. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Seller, the Trustee and any agent
of the Seller or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate
is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions pursuant to Section 6.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever.
Neither the Seller, the Trustee nor any agent of the Seller or the Trustee shall
be affected by notice to the contrary. No Certificate shall be deemed duly
presented for a transfer effective on any Record Date unless the Certificate to
be transferred is presented no later than the close of business on the third
Business Day preceding such Record Date.

         Section 5.05. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS ON RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES. (a)
Residual Certificates, or interests therein, may not be transferred without the
prior express written consent of the Tax Matters Person and the Seller. As a
prerequisite to such consent, the proposed transferee must provide the Tax
Matters Person, the Seller and the Trustee with an affidavit that the proposed
transferee is a Permitted Transferee (and, unless the Tax Matters Person and the
Seller consent to the transfer to a person who is not a U.S. Person, an
affidavit that it is a U.S. Person) as provided in Subsection 5.05(b).

         (b) No transfer, sale or other disposition of a Residual Certificate
(including a beneficial interest therein) may be made unless, prior to the
transfer, sale or other disposition of a Residual Certificate, the proposed
transferee (including the initial purchasers thereof) delivers to the Tax
Matters Person, the Trustee and the Seller an affidavit in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit E stating, among other things, that as of the date of such
transfer (i) such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and that (ii) such
transferee is not acquiring such Residual Certificate for the account of any
person who is not a Permitted Transferee. The Tax Matters Person shall not
consent to a transfer of a Residual Certificate if it has actual knowledge that
any statement made in the affidavit issued pursuant to the preceding sentence is
not true. Notwithstanding any transfer, sale or other disposition of a Residual
Certificate to any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, such transfer, sale
or other disposition shall be deemed to be of no legal force or effect
whatsoever and such Person shall not be deemed to be a Holder of a Residual
Certificate for any purpose hereunder, including, but not limited to, the
receipt of distributions thereon. If any purported transfer shall be in
violation of the provisions of this Subsection 5.05(b), then the prior Holder
thereof shall, upon discovery that the transfer of such Residual Certificate was
not in fact permitted by this Subsection 5.05(b), be restored to all rights as a
Holder thereof retroactive to the date of the purported transfer. None of the
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the Tax Matters Person or the Seller shall be under any liability to any Person
for any registration or transfer of a Residual Certificate that is not permitted
by this Subsection 5.05(b) or for making payments due on such Residual
Certificate to the purported Holder thereof or taking any other action with
respect to such purported Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so long
as the written affidavit referred to above was received with respect to such
transfer, and the Tax Matters Person, the Trustee and the Seller, as applicable,
had no knowledge that it was untrue. The prior Holder shall be entitled to
recover from any purported Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not
a permitted transferee under this Subsection 5.05(b) at the time it became a
Holder all payments made on such Residual Certificate. Each Holder of a Residual
Certificate, by acceptance thereof, shall be deemed for all purposes to have
consented to the provisions of this Subsection 5.05(b) and to any amendment of
this Agreement deemed necessary (whether as a result of new legislation or
otherwise) by counsel of the Tax Matters Person or the Seller to ensure that the
Residual Certificates are not transferred to any Person who is not a Permitted
Transferee and that any transfer of such Residual Certificates will not cause
the imposition of a tax upon the Trust or cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as
a REMIC.

         (c) Unless the Tax Matters Person shall have consented in writing
(which consent may be withheld in the Tax Matters Person's sole discretion), the
Residual Certificates (including a beneficial interest therein) may not be
purchased by or transferred to any person who is not a United States Person.

         (d) By accepting a Residual Certificate, the purchaser thereof agrees
to be a Tax Matters Person, and appoints the Trustee to act as its agent with
respect to all matters concerning the tax obligations of the Trust.

         Section 5.06. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF CERTIFICATES. (a) No
offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate
shall be made by any Holder thereof unless registered under the Securities Act,
or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities or "Blue Sky" laws is available and the prospective
transferee (other than the Seller) of such Certificate signs and delivers to the
Trustee an Investment Letter, if the transferee is an Institutional Accredited
Investor, in the form set forth as Exhibit F-l hereto, or a Rule 144A
Certificate, if the transferee is a QIB, in the form set forth as Exhibit F-2
hereto. Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence, no
restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer or registration of
transfer of a beneficial interest in any Certificate that is a Global
Certificate of a Class to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of such Class provided that each
such transferee shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties
contained in the Rule 144A Certificate as are sufficient to establish that it is
a QIB. In the case of a proposed transfer of any Certificate to a transferee
other than a QIB, the Trustee may require an Opinion of Counsel that such
transaction is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
The cost of such opinion shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Trust
Fund.

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         Section 5.07. ERISA RESTRICTIONS. (a) Subject to the provisions of
subsection (b), no Residual Certificates or Private Certificates may be acquired
directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other
retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of ERISA and/or Section 4975
of the Code, unless the proposed transferee provides (A) in the case of the
Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates, either (i) the Trustee, the
Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator with an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator, which opinion will not be at the expense of the Trustee, the
Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator, that the purchase of such
Certificates by or on behalf of such Plan is permissible under applicable law,
will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Trustee, the Master
Servicer or the Securities Administrator to any obligation in addition to those
undertaken in the Agreement or (ii) a representation or certification to the
Trustee (upon which the Trustee is authorized to rely) to the effect that the
proposed transfer and/or holding of such a Certificate and the servicing,
management and operation of the Trust: (I) will not result in a prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code which is not
covered under an individual or class prohibited transaction exemption including
but not limited to Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE")
84-14 (Class Exemption for Plan Asset Transactions Determined by Independent
Qualified Professional Asset Managers); PTE 91-38 (Class Exemption for Certain
Transactions Involving Bank Collective Investment Funds); PTE 90-1 (Class
Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Company Pooled Separate
Accounts), PTE 95-60 (Class Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving
Insurance Company General Accounts), and PTCE 96-23 (Class Exemption for Plan
Asset Transactions Determined by In-House Asset Managers and (II) will not
subject the Seller, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement and
(B) in the case of a Class II-A-4 Certificates, the transferee represents that
it is purchasing the Class II-A-4 certificates using funds held in an "insurance
company general account" (as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption 95-60, as published in 60 Fed. Reg. 35925 (July 12,1995)("PTCE
95-60")); and the amount of reserves and liabilities for the general account
contracts held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan (and any other
employee benefit plan of the same employer or its "affiliates" (as defined in
Section V(a)(1) of PTCE 95-60) or by the same organization) does not exceed 10%
of the total reserves and liabilities of such general account surplus (such
determination to be made in accordance with section 1(a) of PTCE 95-60).

         (b) Any Person acquiring an interest in a Global Certificate which is a
Private Certificate, by acquisition of such Certificate, shall be deemed to have
represented to the Trustee that (A) in the case of the Class B-4, Class B-5 and
Class B-6 Certificates, either: (i) it is not acquiring an interest in such
Certificate directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan
or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of ERISA and/or
Section 4975 of the Code, or (ii) the transfer and/or holding of an interest in
such Certificate to that Person and the subsequent servicing, management and/or
operation of the Trust and its assets: (I) will not result in any prohibited
transaction which is not covered under an individual or class prohibited
transaction exemption, including, but not limited to, PTE 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE
90-1, PTE 95-60 or PTE 96-


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23 and (II) will not subject the Seller, the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those undertaken
in the Agreement and (B) in the case of a Class II-A-4 Certificates, the
transferee represents that it is purchasing the Class II-A-4 certificates using
funds held in an "insurance company general account" (as defined in Section V(e)
of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, as published in 60 Fed. Reg.
35925 (July 12,1995)("PTCE 95-60")); and the amount of reserves and liabilities
for the general account contracts held by or on behalf of any employee benefit
plan (and any other employee benefit plan of the same employer or its
"affiliates" (as defined in Section V(a)(1) of PTCE 95-60) or by the same
organization) does not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of such
general account surplus (such determination to be made in accordance with
section 1(a) of PTCE 95-60).

         (c) Neither the Trustee, the Master Servicer nor the Securities
Administrator will be required to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance
with the transfer restrictions with respect to the Global Certificates. Any
attempted or purported transfer of any Certificate in violation of the
provisions of Subsections (a) or (b) above shall be void AB INITIO and such
Certificate shall be considered to have been held continuously by the prior
permitted Certificateholder. Any transferor of any Certificate in violation of
such provisions, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and the Master Servicer from and against any and all liabilities,
claims, costs or expenses incurred by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator
or the Master Servicer as a result of such attempted or purported transfer. The
Trustee shall have no liability for transfer of any such Global Certificates in
or through book-entry facilities of any Depository or between or among
Depository Participants or Certificate Owners made in violation of the transfer
restrictions set forth herein.

         Section 5.08. RULE 144A INFORMATION. For so long as any Certificates
are outstanding and are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule
144(a)(3) of the Securities Act, (1) the Seller will provide or cause to be
provided to any holder of such Certificates and any prospective purchaser
thereof designated by such a holder, upon the request of such holder or
prospective purchaser, the information required to be provided to such holder or
prospective purchaser by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act; and (2) the
Seller shall update such information from time to time in order to prevent such
information from becoming false and misleading and will take such other actions
as are necessary to ensure that the safe harbor exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act under Rule 144A is and will be available for
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                                   ARTICLE VI

                         Payments to Certificateholders

         Section 6.01. DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES. (a) Interest and
principal on the Certificates will be distributed monthly on each Distribution
Date, commencing in June 2001, in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of the
Available Funds for such Distribution Date.

         (i)      On each Distribution Date, the Available Funds shall be
                  distributed as follows:

                  (A) On each Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date,
                  the Group 1 Available Funds will be distributed in the
                  following order of priority among the Group 1 Senior
                  Certificates:

                           FIRST, to the Class I-A Certificates, the Accrued
                           Certificate Interest on such Class for such
                           Distribution Date;

                           SECOND, to the Class I-A Certificates, any Accrued
                           Certificate Interest thereon remaining undistributed
                           from previous Distribution Dates, to the extent of
                           remaining Group 1 Available Funds;

                           THIRD, sequentially, in the following order, to the
                           Class R-II, Class R-III and Class I-A Certificates,
                           in reduction of the Current Principal Amounts
                           thereof, the Group 1 Senior Optimal Principal Amount
                           for such Distribution Date to the extent of remaining
                           Group 1 Available Funds, until the Current Principal
                           Amounts thereof have been reduced to zero;

                  (B) On each Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date,
                  the Group 2 Available Funds will be distributed to the Group 2
                  Senior Certificates as follows:

                           FIRST, to the Group 2 Senior Certificates, on a PRO
                           RATA basis, the Accrued Certificate Interest on such
                           Class for such Distribution Date;

                           SECOND, to the Group 2 Senior Certificates, on a PRO
                           RATA basis, any Accrued Certificate Interest thereon
                           remaining undistributed from previous Distribution
                           Dates, to the extent of remaining Group 2 Available
                           Funds;

                           THIRD, sequentially, in the following order, to the
                           Class R-I, Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3
                           and Class II-A-4 Certificates, the Group 2 Optimal
                           Principal Amount for such Distribution Date to the
                           extent of remaining Group 2 Available Funds, until
                           the Current Principal Amount of the Group 2 Senior
                           Certificates has been reduced to zero.




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                  (C) On each Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date,
                  the Group 3 Available Funds will be distributed to the Class
                  III-A Certificates as follows:

                           FIRST, to the Class III-A Certificates, the Accrued
                           Certificate Interest on such Class for such
                           Distribution Date;

                           SECOND, to the Class III-A Certificates, any Accrued
                           Certificate Interest thereon remaining undistributed
                           from previous Distribution Dates, to the extent of
                           remaining Group 3 Available Funds;

                           THIRD, to the Class III-A Certificates, in reduction
                           of the Current Principal Amount thereof, the Group 3
                           Optimal Principal Amount for such Distribution Date
                           to the extent of remaining Group 3 Available Funds,
                           until the Current Principal Amount of the Class III-A
                           Certificates has been reduced to zero.

                  (D) On each Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date,
                  the Group 4 Available Funds will be distributed to the Class
                  IV-A Certificates as follows:

                           FIRST, to the Class IV-A Certificates, the Accrued
                           Certificate Interest on such Class for such
                           Distribution Date;

                           SECOND, to the Class IV-A Certificates, any Accrued
                           Certificate Interest thereon remaining undistributed
                           from previous Distribution Dates, to the extent of
                           remaining Group 4 Available Funds;

                           THIRD, to the Class IV-A Certificates, in reduction
                           of the Current Principal Amount thereof, the Group 4
                           Optimal Principal Amount for such Distribution Date
                           to the extent of remaining Group 4 Available Funds,
                           until the Current Principal Amount of the Class IV-A
                           Certificates has been reduced to zero.

                  (E) On each Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date,
                  the Group 5 Available Funds will be distributed to the Class
                  V-A Certificates as follows:

                           FIRST, to the Class V-A Certificates, the Accrued
                           Certificate Interest on such Class for such
                           Distribution Date;

                           SECOND, to the Class V-A Certificates, any Accrued
                           Certificate Interest thereon remaining undistributed
                           from previous Distribution Dates, to the extent of
                           remaining Group 5 Available Funds;

                           THIRD, to the Class V-A Certificates, in reduction of
                           the Current Principal Amount thereof, the Group 5
                           Optimal Principal Amount for such Distribution


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                           Date to the extent of remaining Group 5 Available
                           Funds, until the Current Principal Amount of the
                           Class V-A Certificates has been reduced to zero.

                  (F) On each Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date,
                  the Group 6 Available Funds will be distributed to the Class
                  VI-A Certificates as follows:

                           FIRST, to the Class VI-A Certificates, the Accrued
                           Certificate Interest on such Class for such
                           Distribution Date;

                           SECOND, to the Class VI-A Certificates, any Accrued
                           Certificate Interest thereon remaining undistributed
                           from previous Distribution Dates, to the extent of
                           remaining Group 6 Available Funds;

                           THIRD, to the Class VI-A Certificates, in reduction
                           of the Current Principal Amount thereof, the Group 6
                           Optimal Principal Amount for such Distribution Date
                           to the extent of remaining Group 6 Available Funds,
                           until the Current Principal Amount of the Class VI-A
                           Certificates has been reduced to zero.

                  (G) Except as provided in (H) and (I) below, on each
                  Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date, an amount
                  equal to any remaining Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4,
                  Group 5 and Group 6 Available Funds after the distributions in
                  (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) above will be distributed
                  sequentially, in the following order, to the Class B-1, Class
                  B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
                  Certificates, in each case up to an amount equal to and in the
                  following order: (a) the Accrued Certificate Interest thereon
                  for such Distribution Date, (b) any Accrued Certificate
                  Interest thereon remaining undistributed from previous
                  Distribution Dates and (c) such Class's Allocable Share for
                  such Distribution Date, in each case, to the extent of
                  remaining Available Funds.

                  (H) On each Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date,
                  but after the reduction of the Current Principal Amount of the
                  Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5 or Group 6 Senior
                  Certificates to zero, the remaining Class or Classes of Senior
                  Certificates will be entitled to receive in reduction of their
                  Current Principal Amounts, pro rata based upon their Current
                  Principal Amounts immediately prior to such Distribution Date,
                  in addition to any Principal Prepayments related to such
                  remaining Senior Certificates' respective Loan Group allocated
                  to such Group of Senior Certificates, 100% of the Principal
                  Prepayments on any Mortgage Loan in the Loan Group relating to
                  the fully repaid Class of Senior Certificates; PROVIDED,
                  HOWEVER, that if the weighted average Subordinate Percentage
                  equals or exceeds 4.00% on such Distribution Date, then the
                  additional allocation of Principal Prepayments to the Senior
                  Certificates in accordance with this clause (H) will not be
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                  (I) If on any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Current
                  Principal Amount of any Class or Classes of Senior
                  Certificates would be greater than the aggregate Scheduled
                  Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in its related Loan
                  Group and any Subordinate Certificates are still outstanding
                  in each case after giving effect to distributions to be made
                  on such Distribution Date, (i) 100% of amounts otherwise
                  allocable to the Subordinate Certificates in respect of
                  principal will be distributed to such Class or Classes of
                  Senior Certificates in reduction of the Current Principal
                  Amounts thereof, until the aggregate Current Principal Amount
                  of such Class or Classes of Senior Certificates is an amount
                  equal to the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the
                  Mortgage Loans in its related Loan Group, and (ii) the Accrued
                  Certificate Interest otherwise allocable to the Subordinate
                  Certificates on such Distribution Date will be reduced, if
                  necessary, and distributed to such Class or Classes of Senior
                  Certificates in an amount equal to the Accrued Certificate
                  Interest for such Distribution Date on the excess of (x) the
                  aggregate Current Principal Balance of such Class or Classes
                  of Senior Certificates over (y) the aggregate Scheduled
                  Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
                  Group. Any such reduction in the Accrued Certificate Interest
                  on the Subordinate Certificates will be allocated in reverse
                  order of the Subordinate Certificates numerical designations,
                  commencing with the Class B-6 Certificates.

         (b) "Pro rata" distributions among Classes of Certificates will be made
in proportion to the then Current Principal Amount of such Classes.

         (c) On each Distribution Date, any Available Funds remaining after
payment of interest and principal to the Classes of Certificates entitled
thereto, as described above, will be distributed to the Class R-III
Certificates; provided that if on any Distribution Date there are any Group 1,
Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5 or Group 6 Available Funds remaining after
payment of interest and principal to a Class or Classes of Certificates entitled
thereto, such amounts will be distributed to the other Classes of Senior
Certificates, PRO RATA, based upon their Current Principal Amounts, until all
amounts due to all Classes of Senior Certificates have been paid in full, before
any amounts are distributed to the Class R-III Certificates.

         (d) No Accrued Certificate Interest will be payable with respect to any
Class of Certificates after the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal
Amount of such Certificate has been reduced to zero.

         (e) If on any Distribution Date the Available Funds for the Senior
Certificates in any Certificate Group is less than the Accrued Certificate
Interest on the related Senior Certificates for such Distribution Date prior to
reduction for Net Interest Shortfall and the interest portion of Realized
Losses, the shortfall will be allocated among the holders of each Class of
Senior Certificates in such Certificate Group in proportion to the respective
amounts of Accrued Certificate Interest that would have been allocated thereto
in the absence of such Net Interest Shortfall and/or Realized Losses for such
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constitute unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest and will be distributable to
holders of the Certificates of the related Classes entitled to such amounts on
subsequent Distribution Dates, to the extent of the applicable Available Funds
after current interest distributions as required herein. Any such amounts so
carried forward will not bear interest. Shortfalls in interest payments will not
be offset by a reduction in the servicing compensation of the Master Servicer or
otherwise, except to the extent of applicable Compensating Interest Payments.

         (f) The expenses and fees of the Trust shall be paid by each of the
REMICs, to the extent that such expenses relate to the assets of each of such
respective REMICs, and all other expenses and fees of the Trust shall be paid
pro rata by each of the REMICs.

         Section 6.02. ALLOCATION OF LOSSES. (a) On or prior to each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall determine the amount of any
Realized Loss in respect of each Mortgage Loan that occurred during the
immediately preceding calendar month.

                  (b) With respect to any Certificates on any Distribution Date,
         the principal portion of each Realized Loss on a Mortgage Loan shall be
         allocated as follows:

                           first, to the Class B-6 Certificates until the
                  Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;

                           second, to the Class B-5 Certificates until the
                  Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;

                           third, to the Class B-4 Certificates until the
                  Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;

                           fourth, to the Class B-3 Certificates until the
                  Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;

                           fifth, to the Class B-2 Certificates until the
                  Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;

                           sixth, to the Class B-1 Certificates until the
                  Current Principal Amount thereof has been reduced to zero;

                           seventh, if such loss is on a Group 1, Group 2, Group
                  3, Group 4, Group 5 or Group 6 Mortgage Loan, to the Group 1,
                  Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5 and Group 6 Senior
                  Certificates, respectively.

                           eighth, to the Senior Certificates (other than the
                  Interest Only Certificates), on a PRO RATA basis.





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         (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (b), no such allocation of any
Realized Loss shall be made on a Distribution Date to any Class of Certificates
to the extent that such allocation would result in the reduction of the
aggregate Current Principal Amounts of all the Certificates as of such
Distribution Date, after giving effect to all distributions and prior
allocations of Realized Losses on such date, to an amount less than the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the
first day of the month of such Distribution Date (such limitation, the "Loss
Allocation Limitation").

         (d) Any Realized Losses allocated to a Class of Certificates shall be
allocated among the Certificates of such Class in proportion to their respective
Current Principal Amounts. Any allocation of Realized Losses shall be
accomplished by reducing the Current Principal Amount of the related
Certificates on the related Distribution Date.

         (e) Realized Losses shall be allocated on the Distribution Date in the
month following the month in which such loss was incurred and, in the case of
the principal portion thereof, after giving effect to distributions made on such
Distribution Date.

         (f) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall
determine and notify the Trustee of the Subordinate Certificate Writedown
Amount. Any such Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount shall effect a
corresponding reduction in the Current Principal Amount of (i) if prior to the
Cross-Over Date, the Current Principal Amounts of the Subordinate Certificates,
in the reverse order of their numerical Class designations and (ii) from and
after the Cross-Over Date, the Senior Certificates (other than the Interest Only
Certificates) which reduction shall occur on such Distribution Date after giving
effect to distributions made on such Distribution Date.

         (g) Any Net Interest Shortfall will be allocated among the Classes of
Certificates in proportion to the respective amounts of Accrued Certificate
Interest that would have been allocated thereto in the absence of such Net
Interest Shortfall for such Distribution Date. The interest portion of any
Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans occurring on or prior to the
Cross-Over Date will not be allocated among any Certificates, but will reduce
the amount of Available Funds on the related Distribution Date. As a result of
the subordination of the Subordinate Certificates in right of distribution, such
Realized Losses will be borne by the Subordinate Certificates in inverse order
of their numerical Class designations. Following the Cross-Over Date, the
interest portion of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans in any Loan Group will
be allocated to the related Senior Certificates.

         Section 6.03. PAYMENTS. (a) On each Distribution Date, other than the
final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute to each Certificateholder
of record on the directly preceding Record Date the Certificateholder's PRO RATA
share of its Class (based on the aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest
represented by such Holder's Certificates) of all amounts required to be
distributed on such Distribution Date to such Class, based on information
provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer. The Securities
Administrator shall calculate the amount to be distributed to each Class and,
based on such amounts, the Securities Administrator shall determine the amount
to be




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distributed to each Certificateholder. All of the Securities Administrator's
calculations of payments shall be based solely on information provided to the
Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer. The Securities Administrator
shall not be required to confirm, verify or recompute any such information but
shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such information.

         (b) Payment of the above amounts to each Certificateholder shall be
made (i) by check mailed to each Certificateholder entitled thereto at the
address appearing in the Certificate Register or (ii) upon receipt by the
Trustee on or before the fifth Business Day preceding the Record Date of written
instructions from a Certificateholder by wire transfer to a United States dollar
account maintained by the payee at any United States depository institution with
appropriate facilities for receiving such a wire transfer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the final payment in respect of each Class of Certificates will be made
only upon presentation and surrender of such respective Certificates at the
office or agency of the Trustee specified in the notice to Certificateholders of
such final payment.

         Section 6.04. STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) Concurrently with
each distribution to Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator shall make
available to each Certificateholder and the Mandatory Call Provider via the
Securities Administrator's internet website as set forth below, the following
information, expressed with respect to clauses (i) through (vii) in the
aggregate and as a Fractional Undivided Interest representing an initial Current
Principal Amount of $1,000, in the case of the Interest Only Certificates, a
Notional Amount of $1,000, or in the case of each Class of Residual
Certificates, an initial Current Principal Amount of $50:

                  (i) the Current Principal Amount or Notional Amount of each
         Class of Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date;

                  (ii) the amount of the distribution allocable to principal on
         each applicable Class of Certificates;

                  (iii) the aggregate amount of interest accrued at the related
         Pass-Through Rate with respect to each Class during the related
         Interest Accrual Period;

                  (iv) the Net Interest Shortfall and any other adjustments to
         interest at the related Pass-Through Rate necessary to account for any
         difference between interest accrued and aggregate interest distributed
         with respect to each Class of Certificates;

                  (v) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on
         each Class of Certificates;

                  (vi) the Pass-Through Rates for each Class of Certificates
         with respect to such Distribution Date;

                  (vii) the Current Principal Amount or Notional Amount of each
         Class of Certificates after such Distribution Date;




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                  (viii) the amount of any Monthly Advances, Compensating
         Interest Payments and outstanding unreimbursed advances by the Master
         Servicer or the Servicer included in such distribution separately
         stated for each Loan Group;

                  (ix) the aggregate amount of any Realized Losses (listed
         separately for each category of Realized Loss and for each Loan Group)
         during the related Prepayment Period and cumulatively since the Cut-off
         Date and the amount and source (separately identified) of any
         distribution in respect thereof included in such distribution;

                  (x) with respect to each Mortgage Loan which incurred a
         Realized Loss during the related Prepayment Period, (i) the loan
         number, (ii) the Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as
         of the Cut-off Date, (ii) the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
         Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the related Due Period, (iii) the
         Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan, (iv) the
         amount, if any, included in Net Liquidation Proceeds representing a
         payment under the Supplemental PMI Policy and (v) the amount of the
         Realized Loss with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

                  (xi) with respect to each Loan Group, the amount of Scheduled
         Principal and Principal Prepayments, (including but separately
         identifying the principal amount of principal prepayments, Insurance
         Proceeds, the purchase price in connection with the purchase of
         Mortgage Loans, cash deposits in connection with substitutions of
         Mortgage Loans and Net Liquidation Proceeds) and the number and
         principal balance of Mortgage Loans purchased or substituted for during
         the relevant period and cumulatively since the Cut-off Date;

                  (xii) the number of Mortgage Loans (excluding REO Property) in
         each Loan Group remaining in the Trust Fund as of the end of the
         related Prepayment Period;

                  (xiii) information for each Loan Group and in the aggregate
         regarding any Mortgage Loan delinquencies as of the end of the related
         Prepayment Period, including the aggregate number, aggregate
         Outstanding Principal Balance and aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
         of Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent 30 to 59 days on a contractual basis,
         (b) delinquent 60 to 89 days on a contractual basis, and (c) delinquent
         90 or more days on a contractual basis, in each case as of the close of
         business on the last Business Day of the immediately preceding month;

                  (xiv) for each Loan Group, the number of Mortgage Loans in the
         foreclosure process as of the end of the related Due Period and the
         aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans;

                  (xv) for each Loan Group, the number and aggregate Outstanding
         Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans as to which the Mortgaged
         Property was REO Property as of the end of the related Due Period;




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                  (xvi) the book value (the sum of (A) the Outstanding Principal
         Balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) accrued interest through the date of
         foreclosure and (C) foreclosure expenses) of any REO Property in each
         Loan Group; PROVIDED THAT, in the event that such information is not
         available to the Securities Administrator on the Distribution Date,
         such information shall be furnished promptly after it becomes
         available;

                  (xvii) the amount of Realized Losses allocated to each Class
         of Certificates since the prior Distribution Date and in the aggregate
         for all prior Distribution Dates;

                  (xviii) the Average Loss Severity for the prior calendar month
         for each Loan Group;

                  (xix) the then applicable Group 1, Class 2, Class 3, Group 4,
         Group 5 and Group 6 Senior Percentage, Group 1, Class 2, Class 3, Group
         4, Group 5 and Group 6 Senior Prepayment Percentage, Group 1, Class 2,
         Class 3, Group 4, Group 5 and Group 6 Subordinate Percentage and Group
         1, Class 2, Class 3, Group 4, Group 5 and Group 6 Subordinate
         Prepayment Percentage;

                  (xx) the Stop-Loss Amount as of the Cut-off Date, the
         Stop-Loss Amount as of the end of the related Prepayment Period and
         reduction in the Stop-Loss Amount during the related Prepayment Period;
         and

                  (xxi) with respect to the related Prepayment Period, (i) the
         number of Mortgage Loans for which a payment was made by the
         Supplemental PMI Insurer under the Supplemental PMI Policy and the
         aggregate amount of any such payments, (ii) the number of Mortgage
         Loans for which a claim has been presented to the Supplemental PMI
         Insurer under the Supplemental PMI Policy and the aggregate amount of
         any such outstanding claims, and (iii) the number of Mortgage Loans for
         which a claim was presented to the Supplemental PMI Insurer under the
         Supplemental PMI Policy which claim was denied by the Supplemental PMI
         Insurer and the aggregate amount of any such denied claims.

         The information set forth above shall be calculated or reported, as the
case may be, by the Securities Administrator, based solely on, and to the extent
of, information provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer.
The Securities Administrator may conclusively rely on such information and shall
not be required to confirm, verify or recalculate any such information.

         The Securities Administrator may make available each month, to any
interested party (including, without limitation, the Mandatory Call Provider),
the monthly statement to Certificateholders via the Securities Administrator's
website initially located at "www.ctslink.com." Assistance in using the website
can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator's customer service desk
at (301) 815-6600. Parties that are unable to use the above distribution option
are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class mail by calling
the customer service desk and indicating such. The Securities Administrator
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are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more
accessible to the parties, and the Securities Administrator shall provide timely
and adequate notification to all parties regarding any such change.

         (b) By April 30 of each year beginning in 2002, the Trustee will
furnish such report to the Mandatory Call Provider and each Holder of the
Certificates of record at any time during the prior calendar year as to the
aggregate of amounts reported pursuant to subclauses (a)(ii) and (a)(v) above
with respect to the Certificates, plus information with respect to the amount of
servicing compensation and such other customary information as the Securities
Administrator may determine and advises the Trustee to be necessary and/or to be
required by the Internal Revenue Service or by a federal or state law or rules
or regulations to enable such Holders to prepare their tax returns for such
calendar year. Such obligations shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the
extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the
Securities Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to the requirements of the
Code.

         Section 6.05. MONTHLY ADVANCES. If the Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage
Loan that was due on a related Due Date and is delinquent other than as a result
of application of the Relief Act and for which the related Servicer was required
to make an advance pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement exceeds the
amount deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account which will be used
for an advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account not later than the
Distribution Account Deposit Date immediately preceding the related Distribution
Date an amount equal to such deficiency, net of the Master Servicing Fee and
Servicing Fee for such Mortgage Loan except to the extent the Master Servicer
determines any such advance to be nonrecoverable from Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds or future payments on the Mortgage Loan for which such
Monthly Advance was made. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall
continue to make such advances through the date that the related Servicer is
required to do so under its Servicing Agreement. If applicable, on the
Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall present an
Officer's Certificate to the Trustee (i) stating that the Master Servicer elects
not to make a Monthly Advance in a stated amount and (ii) detailing the reason
it deems the advance to be nonrecoverable.

         Section 6.06. SURETY BOND. (a) If a Required Surety Payment is payable
pursuant to the Surety Bond with respect to any Additional Collateral Mortgage
Loans, the related Servicer shall so notify the Trustee as soon as reasonably
practicable and the Trustee shall promptly complete the notice in the form of
Attachment 1 to the Surety Bond and shall promptly submit such notice to the
surety as a claim for a required surety. The related Servicer shall upon request
assist the Trustee in completing such notice and shall provide any information
requested by the Trustee in connection therewith.

         Upon receipt of a Required Surety Payment from the Surety on behalf of
the Certificateholders, the Trustee shall deposit such Required Surety Payment
in the Master Servicer Collection Account and shall distribute such Required
Surety Payment, or the proceeds thereof, in accordance with the provisions of
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         The Trustee shall (i) receive as attorney-in-fact of each Holder of a
Certificate any Required Surety Payment from the surety and (ii) disburse the
same to the Holders of such Certificates as set forth in Section 6.01.

         Section 6.07. COMPENSATING INTEREST PAYMENTS. The Master Servicer shall
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account not later than each
Distribution Account Deposit Date an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the
aggregate amounts required to be paid by the Servicers under the Servicing
Agreements with respect to subclauses (a) and (b) of the definition of Interest
Shortfall with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Distribution Date,
and not so paid by the related Servicers and (ii) the Master Servicing Fee for
such Distribution Date (such amount, the "Compensating Interest Payment"). The
Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of any Compensating
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                                   ARTICLE VII

                               The Master Servicer

         Section 7.01. LIABILITIES OF THE MASTER SERVICER. The Master Servicer
shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations
specifically imposed upon and undertaken by it herein.

         Section 7.02. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE MASTER SERVICER.

         (a) The Master Servicer will keep in full force and effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of
its incorporation, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business
as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or
shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement,
the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under
this Agreement.

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

         Section 7.03. INDEMNIFICATION OF THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the
Indemnified Persons for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel)
incurred on their part that may be sustained in connection with, arising out of,
or relating to, any claim or legal action (including any pending or threatened
claim or legal action) relating to this Agreement or the Certificates (i)
related to the Master Servicer's failure to perform its duties in compliance
with this Agreement (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be
otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) or (ii) incurred by reason of
the Master Servicer's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder, provided, in each case, that with respect to
any such claim or legal action (or pending or threatened claim or legal action),
the Trustee shall have given the Master Servicer and the Seller written notice
thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have with respect to such claim or
legal action knowledge thereof. This indemnity shall survive the resignation or
removal of the Trustee, Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator and the
termination of this Agreement.

         (b) The Seller will indemnify any Indemnified Person for any loss,
liability or expense of any Indemnified Person not otherwise referred to in
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         Section 7.04. LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF THE MASTER SERVICER AND
OTHERS. Subject to the obligation of the Master Servicer to indemnify the
Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 7.03:

         (a) Neither the Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the
Indemnified Persons, the Seller, the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for
taking any action or for refraining from taking any action in good faith
pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Master Servicer or any such Person against
any breach of warranties or representations made herein or any liability which
would otherwise be imposed by reason of such Person's willful misfeasance, bad
faith or gross negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.

         (b) The Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Master Servicer may rely in good faith on any document of any kind prima
facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters
arising hereunder.

         (c) The Master Servicer, the Custodian and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Master Servicer or the Custodian shall be indemnified
by the Trust and held harmless thereby against any loss, liability or expense
(including reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred on their
part that may be sustained in connection with, arising out of, or related to,
any claim or legal action (including any pending or threatened claim or legal
action) relating to this Agreement, the Certificates or any Servicing Agreement
(except to the extent that the Master Servicer is indemnified by the Servicer
thereunder), other than (i) any such loss, liability or expense related to the
Master Servicer's failure to perform its duties in compliance with this
Agreement (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise
reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement), or to the Custodian's failure to
perform its duties under the Custodial Agreement, respectively, or (ii) any such
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of the Master Servicer's or the
Custodian's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties hereunder or under the Custodial Agreement, as applicable,
or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder or under
the Custodial Agreement, as applicable.

         (d) The Master Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in,
prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its duties under
this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or
liability; provided, however, the Master Servicer may in its discretion, with
the consent of the Trustee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect
to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the
interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses
and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be
expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Master Servicer shall
be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Master Servicer Collection
Account as provided by Section 4.03. Nothing in this Subsection 7.04(d) shall
affect the Master Servicer's obligation to supervise, or to take such actions as
are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans
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         (e) In taking or recommending any course of action pursuant to this
Agreement, unless specifically required to do so pursuant to this Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall not be required to investigate or make recommendations
concerning potential liabilities which the Trust might incur as a result of such
course of action by reason of the condition of the Mortgaged Properties but
shall give notice to the Trustee if it has notice of such potential liabilities.

         (f) The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions
of any Servicer, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

         Section 7.05. MASTER SERVICER NOT TO RESIGN. Except as provided in
Section 7.07, the Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and
duties hereby imposed on it except upon a determination that any such duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law and such
impermissibility cannot be cured. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of
Independent Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. No such resignation
by the Master Servicer shall become effective until EMC or the Trustee or a
successor to the Master Servicer reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee shall
have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Master Servicer in
accordance with Section 8.02 hereof. The Trustee shall notify the Rating
Agencies of the resignation of the Master Servicer.

         Section 7.06. SUCCESSOR MASTER SERVICER. In connection with the
appointment of any successor Master Servicer or the assumption of the duties of
the Master Servicer, EMC or the Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor master servicer out of payments on the Mortgage
Loans as EMC or the Trustee and such successor master servicer shall agree. If
the successor master servicer does not agree that such market value is a fair
price, such successor master servicer shall obtain two quotations of market
value from third parties actively engaged in the servicing of single-family
mortgage loans.

         Section 7.07. SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF MASTER SERVICING. The Master
Servicer may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations
in its entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement and EMC may terminate
the Master Servicer without cause and select a new Master Servicer; provided,
however, that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and
delegation (a) shall be a Person which shall be qualified to service mortgage
loans for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac; (b) shall have a net worth of not less than
$10,000,000 (unless otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause
(ii) below); (c) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (as evidenced
in a writing signed by the Trustee); and (d) shall execute and deliver to the
Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual
performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or
observed by it as master servicer under this Agreement, any custodial agreement
from and after the effective date of such agreement; (ii) each Rating Agency
shall be given prior written notice of the identity of the proposed successor to
the Master Servicer and each Rating Agency's rating of the Certificates in
effect immediately prior to such assignment, sale and delegation will not be
downgraded, qualified or withdrawn as a result of such assignment, sale and
delegation, as evidenced by a letter to such effect delivered to the Master
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Trustee; (iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing
shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of
Independent Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to such action
under this Agreement have been completed and such action is permitted by and
complies with the terms of this Agreement; and (iv) in the event the Master
Servicer is terminated without cause by EMC, EMC pays the terminated Master
Servicer a termination fee equal to 0.25% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the time the master servicing of the Mortgage
Loans is transferred to the successor Master Servicer. No such assignment or
delegation shall affect any liability of the Master Servicer arising prior to
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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                                     Default

         Section 8.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) and
only with respect to the defaulting Master Servicer:

                  (i) The Master Servicer fails to cause to be deposited in the
         Distribution Account any amount so required to be deposited pursuant to
         this Agreement, and such failure continues unremedied for a period of
         two Business Days after the date upon which written notice of such
         failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to
         the Master Servicer; or

                  (ii) The Master Servicer fails to observe or perform in any
         material respect any other material covenants and agreements set forth
         in this Agreement to be performed by it, which covenants and agreements
         materially affect the rights of Certificateholders, and such failure
         continues unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which
         written notice of such failure, properly requiring the same to be
         remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee
         or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of
         Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not
         less than 25% of the Trust Fund; or

                  (iii) There is entered against the Master Servicer a decree or
         order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction
         in the premises for the appointment of a conservator, 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, and the continuance of any such decree or
         order is unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days, or
         an involuntary case is commenced against the Master Servicer under any
         applicable insolvency or reorganization statute and the petition is not
         dismissed within 60 days after the commencement of the case; or

                  (iv) The Master Servicer consents to the appointment of a
         conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment
         of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of
         or relating to the Master Servicer or substantially all of its
         property; or the Master Servicer admits in writing its inability to pay
         its debts generally as they become due, files a petition to take
         advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes
         an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends
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                  (v) The Master Servicer assigns or delegates its duties or
         rights under this Agreement in contravention of the provisions
         permitting such assignment or delegation under Sections 7.05 or 7.07.

In each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default with respect to
the Master Servicer shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee or the
Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating
not less than 51% of the principal of the Trust Fund, by notice in writing to
the Master Servicer (and to the Trustee if given by such Certificateholders),
with a copy to the Rating Agencies and the Mandatory Call Provider, and with the
consent of EMC, may terminate all of the rights and obligations (but not the
liabilities) of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the
Mortgage Loans and/or the REO Property serviced by the Master Servicer and the
proceeds thereof. Upon the receipt by the Master Servicer of the written notice,
all authority and power of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether
with respect to the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans, REO Property or under any
other related agreements (but only to the extent that such other agreements
relate to the Mortgage Loans or related REO Property) shall, subject to Section
8.02, automatically and without further action pass to and be vested in the
Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.01; and, without limitation, the Trustee is
hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Master
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. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with
the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's rights and
obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the
Trustee of (i) the property and amounts which are then or should be part of the
Trust or which thereafter become part of the Trust; and (ii) originals or copies
of all documents of the Master Servicer reasonably requested by the Trustee to
enable it to assume the Master Servicer's duties thereunder. In addition to any
other amounts which are then, or, notwithstanding the termination of its
activities under this Agreement, may become payable to the Master Servicer under
this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any
amount received on account of a Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, that
portion of such payments which it would have received as reimbursement under
this Agreement if notice of termination had not been given. The termination of
the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer shall not affect any
obligations incurred by the Master Servicer prior to such termination.

         Section 8.02. TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR. (a) Upon the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notice of termination pursuant to Section
8.01 or an Opinion of Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 7.05 to the effect
that the Master Servicer is legally unable to act or to delegate its duties to a
Person which is legally able to act, the Trustee shall automatically become the
successor in all respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity under this
Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall
thereafter be subject to all the responsibilities, duties, liabilities and
limitations on liabilities relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the
terms and provisions hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that EMC shall have the right to
either (a) immediately assume the duties of the Master Servicer or (b) select a
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PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever
with respect to any liability (other than advances deemed recoverable and not
previously made) incurred by the Master Servicer at or prior to the time of
termination. As compensation therefor, but subject to Section 7.06, the Trustee
shall be entitled to all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans which the Master
Servicer would have been entitled to retain if the Master Servicer had continued
to act hereunder, except for those amounts due the Master Servicer as
reimbursement permitted under this Agreement for advances previously made or
expenses previously incurred. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it
shall be unwilling so to act, or shall, if it is legally unable so to act,
appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any
established housing and home finance institution which is a Fannie Mae- or
Freddie Mac-approved servicer, and with respect to a successor to the Master
Servicer only, having a net worth of not less than $10,000,000, as the successor
to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the
responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer hereunder;
provided, that the Trustee shall obtain the consent of the Mandatory Call
Provider or a letter from each Rating Agency that the ratings, if any, on each
of the Certificates will not be lowered as a result of the selection of the
successor to the Master Servicer. Pending appointment of a successor to the
Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as hereinabove
provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Trustee may
make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on
the Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the provisions of Section 7.06 shall apply, no such compensation shall be in
excess of that permitted the Trustee under this Subsection 8.02(a), and that
such successor shall undertake and assume the obligations of the Trustee to pay
compensation to any third Person acting as an agent or independent contractor in
the performance of master servicing responsibilities hereunder. The Trustee and
such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall
be necessary to effectuate any such succession.

         (b) If the Trustee shall succeed to any duties of the Master Servicer
respecting the Mortgage Loans as provided herein, it shall do so in a separate
capacity and not in its capacity as Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of
Article IX shall be inapplicable to the Trustee in its duties as the successor
to the Master Servicer in the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (although such
provisions shall continue to apply to the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee);
the provisions of Article VII, however, shall apply to it in its capacity as
successor master servicer.

         Section 8.03. NOTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. Upon any termination
or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give
prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective
addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and to the Rating Agencies.

         Section 8.04. WAIVER OF DEFAULTS. The Trustee shall transmit by mail to
the Mandatory Call Provider all Certificateholders, within 60 days after the
occurrence of any Event of Default known to the Trustee, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured, notice of each such Event of Default hereunder
known to the Trustee. The Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional
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Certificateholders, waive any default by the Master Servicer in the performance
of its obligations hereunder and the consequences thereof, except a default in
the making of or the causing to be made any required distribution on the
Certificates. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall be
deemed to cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been timely remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived. The Trustee shall
give notice of any such waiver to the Rating Agencies.

         Section 8.05. LIST OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. Upon written request of three
or more Certificateholders of record, for purposes of communicating with other
Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement, the
Trustee will afford such Certificateholders access during business hours to the
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                                   ARTICLE IX

             Concerning the Trustee and the Securities Administrator

         Section 9.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events
of Default which may have occurred, and the Securities Administrator each
undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement as duties of the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, respectively. If an Event of Default has occurred and has not
been cured or waived, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Agreement, and subject to Section 8.02(b) use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise
under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

         (b) Upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments which are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, respectively, shall examine them to determine whether they are in
the form required by this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither the Trustee
nor the Securities Administrator shall be responsible for the accuracy or
content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document,
order or other instrument furnished by the Master Servicer; PROVIDED, FURTHER,
that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be responsible
for the accuracy or verification of any calculation provided to it pursuant to
this Agreement.

         (c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make monthly
distributions and the final distribution to the Certificateholders from funds in
the Distribution Account as provided in Sections 6.01 and 10.01 herein based the
report of the Securities Administrator.

         (d) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:

                  (i) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after
         the curing or waiver of all such Events of Default which may have
         occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Securities
         Administrator shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
         this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
         shall be liable except for the performance of their respective duties
         and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no
         implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement
         against the Trustee or the Securities Administrator and, in the absence
         of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or the Securities
         Administrator, respectively, the Trustee or the Securities
         Administrator, respectively, may conclusively rely, as to the truth of
         the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
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         the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, and
         conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;

                  (ii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
         shall be liable in its individual capacity for an error of judgment
         made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of
         the Trustee or an officer of the Securities Administrator,
         respectively, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the
         Securities Administrator, respectively, was negligent in ascertaining
         the pertinent facts;

                  (iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
         shall be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted
         to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the directions of
         the Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests
         aggregating not less than 25% of the Trust Fund, if such action or
         non-action relates to the time, method and place of conducting any
         proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Securities
         Administrator, respectively, or exercising any trust or other power
         conferred upon the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
         respectively, under this Agreement;

                  (iv) The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be
         deemed to have notice or knowledge of any default or Event of Default
         unless a Responsible Officer of the P. Trustee's Corporate Trust Office
         shall have actual knowledge thereof. In the absence of such notice, the
         Trustee may conclusively assume there is no such default or Event of
         Default;

                  (v) The Trustee shall not in any way be liable by reason of
         any insufficiency in any Account held by or in the name of Trustee
         unless it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the
         Trustee's gross negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause
         of such insufficiency (except to the extent that the Trustee is obligor
         and has defaulted thereon);

                  (vi) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
         notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee or the Securities
         Administrator be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or
         damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost
         profits), even if the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
         respectively, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage
         and regardless of the form of action; and

                  (vii) None of the Securities Administrator, EMC or the Trustee
         shall be responsible for the acts or omissions of the other, it being
         understood that this Agreement shall not be construed to render them
         partners, joint venturers or agents of one another.

         Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be required
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment
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to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event
require the Trustee or the Securities Administrator to perform, or be
responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the
Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreements, except during such time, if any,
as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties,
powers and privileges of, the Master Servicer in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.

         (e) All funds received by the Master Servicer and the Trustee and
required to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account or
Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement will be promptly so deposited by
the Master Servicer and the Trustee.

         (f) Except for those actions that the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator is required to take hereunder, neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Administrator shall have any obligation or liability to take any
action or to refrain from taking any action hereunder in the absence of written
direction as provided hereunder.

         Section 9.02. CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01:

                  (i) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may rely and
         shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting in reliance on
         any resolution, certificate of a Seller, Master Servicer or Servicer,
         certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
         instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
         appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
         and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

                  (ii) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may consult
         with counsel and any advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel
         shall be full and complete authorization and protection with respect to
         any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
         and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel:

                  (iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
         shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers
         vested in it by this Agreement, other than its obligation to give
         notices pursuant to this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend
         any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or
         direction of any of the Certificateholders pursuant to the provisions
         of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to
         the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
         expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
         Nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the
         obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a
         Responsible Officer of the Trustee's Corporate Trust Office has actual
         knowledge (which has not been cured or waived), subject to Section
         8.02(b), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
         Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their
         exercise, as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in
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                  (iv) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder
         and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have
         occurred, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be
         liable in its individual capacity for any action taken, suffered or
         omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
         within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
         Agreement;

                  (v) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall
         be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in
         any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
         notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or
         document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of
         Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not
         less than 25% of the Trust Fund and provided that the payment within a
         reasonable time to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as
         applicable, of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred
         by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the
         Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, reasonably
         assured to the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable,
         by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement. The
         Trustee or the Securities Administrator may require reasonable
         indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to taking
         any such action. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall
         be paid by the Certificateholders requesting the investigation;

                  (vi) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may execute
         any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder
         either directly or through Affiliates, agents or attorneys; PROVIDED,
         HOWEVER, that the Trustee may not appoint any agent to perform its
         custodial functions with respect to the Mortgage Files or paying agent
         functions under this Agreement without the express written consent of
         the Master Servicer, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
         Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable or
         responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any of the Trustee's or
         the Securities Administrator's agents or attorneys or a custodian or
         paying agent appointed hereunder by the Trustee or the Securities
         Administrator with due care and, when required, with the consent of the
         Master Servicer;

                  (vii) Should the Trustee or the Securities Administrator deem
         the nature of any action required on its part, other than a payment or
         transfer under Subsection 4.01(b) or Section 4.02, to be unclear, the
         Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, may require
         prior to such action that it be provided by the Seller with reasonable
         further instructions;

                  (viii) The right of the Trustee or the Securities
         Administrator to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this
         Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Trustee nor
         the Securities Administrator shall be accountable for other than its
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                  (ix) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
         shall be required to give any bond or surety with respect to the
         execution of the trust created hereby or the powers granted hereunder,
         except as provided in Subsection 9.07; and

                  (x) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall
         have any duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the
         occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Mortgage
         Loan by the Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement or the
         Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, as applicable, or the eligibility of
         any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement.

         Section 9.03. TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR NOT LIABLE FOR
CERTIFICATES OR MORTGAGE LOANS. The recitals contained herein and in the
Certificates (other than the signature and countersignature of the Trustee on
the Certificates) shall be taken as the statements of the Seller, and neither
the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any responsibility for
their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator makes
any representation as to the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates (other
than the signature and countersignature of the Trustee on the Certificates) or
of any Mortgage Loan except as expressly provided in Sections 2.02 and 2.05
hereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee of
the obligation to review the Mortgage Files pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 2.04.
The Trustee's signature and countersignature (or countersignature of its agent)
on the Certificates shall be solely in its capacity as Trustee and shall not
constitute the Certificates an obligation of the Trustee in any other capacity.
Neither the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be accountable for the
use or application by the Seller of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds
of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the
Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section
2.05, neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall not be
responsible for the legality or validity of this Agreement or any document or
instrument relating to this Agreement, the validity of the execution of this
Agreement or of any supplement hereto or instrument of further assurance, or the
validity, priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security for the
Certificates issued hereunder or intended to be issued hereunder. Neither the
Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall at any time have any
responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and
enforceability of any Mortgage or any Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and
priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority,
or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Fund or its ability to
generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders, under this
Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any
responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public
office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any
security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to record this Agreement
other than any continuation statements filed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
3.20.

         Section 9.04. TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR MAY OWN
CERTIFICATES. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator in its individual
capacity or in any capacity other than as Trustee hereunder may become the owner
or pledgee of any Certificates with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, and may otherwise deal
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         Section 9.05. TRUSTEE'S AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR'S FEES AND
EXPENSES. The fees and expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
shall be paid in accordance with a side letter agreement. In addition, the
Trustee and the Securities Administrator will be entitled to recover from the
Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 4.02(b) all reasonable
out-of- pocket expenses, disbursements and advances and the expenses of the
Trustee and the Securities Administrator, respectively, in connection with any
Event of Default, any breach of this Agreement or any claim or legal action
(including any pending or threatened claim or legal action) incurred or made by
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, in the administration
of the trusts hereunder (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements of its counsel) except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may arise from its negligence or intentional misconduct or which is the
responsibility of the Certificateholders or the Trust Fund hereunder. If funds
in the Master Servicer Collection Account are insufficient therefor, the Trustee
and the Securities Administrator shall recover such expenses from the Seller.
Such compensation and reimbursement obligation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust.

         Section 9.06. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR. The Trustee and any successor Trustee and the Securities
Administrator and any successor Securities Administrator shall during the entire
duration of this Agreement be a state bank or trust company or a national
banking association organized and doing business under the laws of such state or
the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of at
least $40,000,000 or, in the case of a successor Trustee, $50,000,000, subject
to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and, in the case of
the Trustee, rated "BBB" or higher by Fitch with respect to their long-term
rating and rated "BBB" or higher by Standard & Poor's and "Baa2" or higher by
Moody's with respect to any outstanding long-term unsecured unsubordinated debt,
and, in the case of a successor Trustee or successor Securities Administrator
other than pursuant to Section 9.10, rated in one of the two highest long-term
debt categories of, or otherwise acceptable to, each of the Rating Agencies. If
the Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section 9.06 the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its total equity capital (combined capital and
surplus) as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In
case at any time the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.06, the Trustee or
the Securities Administrator shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in Section 9.08.

         Section 9.07. INSURANCE. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator,
at their own expense, shall at all times maintain and keep in full force and
effect: (i) fidelity insurance, (ii) theft of documents insurance and (iii)
forgery insurance (which may be collectively satisfied by a "Financial
Institution Bond" and/or a "Bankers' Blanket Bond"). All such insurance shall be
in amounts, with standard coverage and subject to deductibles, as are customary
for insurance typically maintained by banks or their affiliates which act as
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of an officer of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator as to the Trustee's
or the Securities Administrator's, respectively, compliance with this Section
9.07 shall be furnished to any Certificateholder upon reasonable written
request.

         Section 9.08. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may at any time
resign and be discharged from the Trust hereby created by giving written notice
thereof to the Seller and the Master Servicer, with a copy to the Rating
Agencies and the Mandatory Call Provider. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Seller shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or successor
Securities Administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, in triplicate,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to each of the resigning Trustee
or Securities Administrator, as applicable, the Mandatory Call Provider and the
successor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable. If no successor
Trustee or Securities Administrator shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee or Securities Administrator may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator.

         (b) If at any time the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.06 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Seller or if at any time
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, or of its property shall be appointed,
or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Seller shall
promptly remove the Trustee, or shall be entitled to remove the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, and appoint a successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to each of the Trustee or Securities
Administrator, as applicable, so removed, the Mandatory Call Provider, and the
successor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable.

         (c) The Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided
Interests aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund may at any time remove
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator and appoint a successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator by written instrument or instruments, in quadruplicate,
signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete
set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Seller, the Master Servicer,
the Securities Administrator (if the Trustee is removed), the Trustee (if the
Securities Administrator is removed), the Mandatory Call Provider, and the
Trustee or Securities Administrator so removed and the successor so appointed.

         (d) No resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator and appointment of a successor Trustee or Securities Administrator
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 9.08 shall become effective
except upon appointment of and acceptance of such appointment by the successor
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         Section 9.09. SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND SUCCESSOR SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) Any successor Trustee or Securities Administrator appointed as provided in
Section 9.08 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Seller and to its
predecessor Trustee or Securities Administrator an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder. The resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or
Securities Administrator shall then become effective and such successor Trustee
or Securities Administrator, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee or
Securities Administrator herein. The predecessor Trustee or Securities
Administrator shall after payment of its outstanding fees and expenses promptly
deliver to the successor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, all
assets and records of the Trust held by it hereunder, and the Seller and the
predecessor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall execute
and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be
required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor
Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, all such rights, powers,
duties and obligations.

         (b) No successor Trustee or Securities Administrator shall accept
appointment as provided in this Section 9.09 unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee or Securities Administrator shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 9.06.

         (c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator as provided in this Section 9.09, the successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee or
Securities Administrator hereunder to all Certificateholders at their addresses
as shown in the Certificate Register and to the Rating Agencies and the
Mandatory Call Provider. EMC shall pay the cost of any mailing by the successor
Trustee or Securities Administrator.

         Section 9.10. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE OR SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR. Any state bank or trust company or national banking association
into which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated or any state bank or trust
company or national banking association resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
respectively, shall be a party, or any state bank or trust company or national
banking association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust business of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively,
shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
respectively, hereunder, provided such state bank or trust company or national
banking association shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 9.06. Such
succession shall be valid without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.

         Section 9.11. APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE. (a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of
meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the
Trust or property constituting the same may at the time be located, the Seller
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all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee and the
Seller 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, and to
vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust, or
any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 9.11,
such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Seller and the
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable.

         (b) If the Seller shall not have joined in such appointment within 15
days after the receipt by it of a written request so to do, the Trustee shall
have the power to make such appointment without the Seller.

         (c) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 9.06
hereunder and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of
co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 9.08
hereof.

         (d) In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee
pursuant to this Section 9.11, all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee and required to be conferred on such
co-trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the
Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to the extent
that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are
to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master
Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform
such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations
(including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or
co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.

         (e) 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 IX. 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.

         (f) To the extent not prohibited by law, any separate trustee or
co-trustee may, at any time, request the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority, to do any lawful act under or with respect to
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
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         (g) No trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of another trustee under this Agreement. The
Seller and the Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of
or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

         Section 9.12. FEDERAL INFORMATION RETURNS AND REPORTS TO
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS; REMIC ADMINISTRATION. (a) For federal income tax purposes,
the taxable year of each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III shall be a calendar
year and the Securities Administrator shall maintain or cause the maintenance of
the books of each such REMIC on the accrual method of accounting.

         (b) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file or cause to be
filed with the Internal Revenue Service, and the Trustee shall sign, Federal tax
information returns or elections required to be made hereunder with respect to
each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III, the Trust Fund, if applicable, and the
Certificates containing such information and at the times and in the manner as
may be required by the Code or applicable Treasury regulations, and shall
furnish to each Holder of Certificates at any time during the calendar year for
which such returns or reports are made such statements or information at the
times and in the manner as may be required thereby, including, without
limitation, reports relating to interest, original issue discount and market
discount or premium (using a constant prepayment assumption of 15% CPR). The
Securities Administrator will apply for an Employee Identification Number from
the IRS under Form SS-4 or any other acceptable method for all tax entities. In
connection with the foregoing, the Securities Administrator shall timely prepare
and file, and the Trustee shall sign, IRS Form 8811, which shall provide the
name and address of the person who can be contacted to obtain information
required to be reported to the holders of regular interests in each of REMIC I,
REMIC II and REMIC III (the "REMIC Reporting Agent"). The Trustee shall make
elections to treat each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III as a REMIC (which
elections shall apply to the taxable period ending December 31, 2001 and each
calendar year thereafter) in such manner as the Code or applicable Treasury
regulations may prescribe, and as described by the Securities Adminsitrator. The
Trustee shall sign all tax information returns filed pursuant to this Section
and any other returns as may be required by the Code. The Holder of the Class
R-I Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax Matters Person" (within the
meaning of Treas. Reg. ss.ss.1.860F-4(d)) for REMIC I, the Holder of the Class
R-II Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax Matters Person" for REMIC II,
and the Holder of the Class R-III Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax
Matters Person" for REMIC III. The Securities Administrator is hereby designated
and appointed as the agent of each such Tax Matters Person. Any Holder of a
Residual Certificate will by acceptance thereof appoint the Securities
Administrator as agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of acting as Tax
Matters Person for each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III during such time as
the Securities Administrator does not own any such Residual Certificate. In the
event that the Code or applicable Treasury regulations prohibit the Trustee from
signing tax or information returns or other statements, or the Securities
Administrator from acting as agent for the Tax Matters Person, the Trustee and
the Securities Administrator shall take whatever action that in its sole good
faith judgment is necessary for the proper filing of such information returns or
for the provision of a tax matters person, including designation of the Holder
of a Residual Certificate to sign such returns or act as tax matters person.
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         (c) The Securities Administrator shall provide upon request and receipt
of reasonable compensation, such information as required in Section
860D(a)(6)(B) of the Code to the Internal Revenue Service, to any Person
purporting to transfer a Residual Certificate to a Person other than a
transferee permitted by Section 5.05(b), and to any regulated investment
company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust,
estate, organization described in Section 1381 of the Code, or nominee holding
an interest in a pass-through entity described in Section 860E(e)(6) of the
Code, any record holder of which is not a transferee permitted by Section
5.05(b) (or which is deemed by statute to be an entity with a disqualified
member).

         (d) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file or cause to be
filed, and the Trustee shall sign, any state income tax returns required under
Applicable State Law with respect to each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III or
the Trust Fund.

         (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
and the Securities Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding
requirements respecting payments to Certificateholders of interest or original
issue discount on the Mortgage Loans, that the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of
Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator withholds any amount from interest or
original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder
pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator shall, together with its monthly report to such
Certificateholders, indicate such amount withheld.

         (f) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator agree to indemnify the
Trust Fund and the Seller for any taxes and costs including, without limitation,
any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the
Company or the Master Servicer, as a result of a breach of the Trustee's
covenants and the Securities Administrator's covenants, respectively, set forth
in this Section 9.12, but neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall be liable or indemnify the Trust Fund for the failure by the other to
perform any duty under this Agreement or the breach by the other of any covenant
in this Agreement.

         Section 9.13. MAINTENANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL PMI POLICY; COLLECTIONS
THEREUNDER. (a) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall cooperate
with the Supplemental PMI Insurer and shall use its best efforts to furnish to
the Supplemental PMI Insurer all reasonable information in the possession of the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, or to which the Trustee
or the Securities Administrator, respectively, has access with respect to each
Mortgage Loan.

         (b) In the event of a default by the Supplemental PMI Insurer under the
Supplemental PMI Policy (a "Replacement Event"), the Trustee shall use its best
efforts to obtain a substitute lender-paid primary mortgage insurance policy (a
"Substitute Supplemental PMI Policy"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee shall
not be obligated, and shall have no liability for failing, to obtain a
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obtained on the following terms and conditions: (i) the Certificates shall be
rated no lower than the rating assigned by each Rating Agency to the
Certificates immediately prior to such Replacement Event, as evidenced by a
letter from each Rating Agency addressed to the Seller, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee, (ii) the timing and mechanism for drawing on such new Substitute
Supplemental PMI Policy shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer
and the Trustee and (iii) the premiums under the proposed Substitute
Supplemental PMI Policy shall not exceed such premiums under the existing
Supplemental PMI Policy.

         (c) Pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof, any amounts collected by the
Trustee under the Supplemental PMI Policy shall be deposited in the Master
Servicer Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.02
hereof.

         (d) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall
provide to the Supplemental PMI Insurer an electronic file containing the loan
number and outstanding principal balance of each Mortgage Loan covered by the
Supplemental PMI Policy.

         (e) The Securities Administrator shall provide upon request by the
Depositor or the Rating Agencies without charge copies of any reports provided
to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer or the Supplemental PMI
Insurer with respect to the Mortgage Loans covered by the Supplemental PMI
Policy. The Securities Administrator shall also provide, upon request, such
reports to any Certificateholder provided that the reasonable expenses incurred
by the Securities Administrator in providing such reports (including postage and
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                                    ARTICLE X

                                   Termination

         Section 10.01. TERMINATION UPON REPURCHASE BY THE SELLER OR ITS
DESIGNEE OR LIQUIDATION OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.

         (a) Subject to Section 10.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Seller, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator created hereby, other than the obligation of the
Trustee to make payments to Certificateholders as hereinafter set forth shall
terminate upon:

                  (i) the repurchase by or at the direction of the Seller or its
         designee of all Mortgage Loans and all related REO Property remaining
         in the Trust at a price equal to (a) 100% of the Outstanding Principal
         Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan related to
         REO Property) as of the date of repurchase, net of the principal
         portion of any unreimbursed Monthly Advances made by the purchaser,
         together with interest at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate accrued
         but unpaid to, but not including, the first day of the month of
         repurchase, plus (b) the appraised value of any related REO Property,
         less the good faith estimate of the Seller of liquidation expenses to
         be incurred in connection with its disposal thereof (but not more than
         the Outstanding Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan,
         together with interest at the applicable Mortgage Interest Rate accrued
         on that balance but unpaid to, but not including, the first day of the
         month of repurchase), such appraisal to be calculated by an appraiser
         mutually agreed upon by the Seller and the Trustee at the expense of
         the Seller; or

                  (ii) the later of the making of the final payment or other
         liquidation, or any advance with respect thereto, of the last Mortgage
         Loan remaining in the Trust Fund or the disposition of all property
         acquired with respect to any Mortgage Loan; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
         the event that an advance has been made, but not yet recovered, at the
         time of such termination, the Person having made such advance shall be
         entitled to receive, notwithstanding such termination, any payments
         received subsequent thereto with respect to which such advance was
         made; or

                  (iii) the payment to Certificateholders of all amounts
         required to be paid to them pursuant to this Agreement.

         (b) In no event, however, shall the Trust created hereby continue
beyond 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
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         (c) On the Distribution Date occurring in June 2006 (the "Call Date"),
the Holder of the Class II-A-4 Certificates may, upon twenty-five (25) calendar
days prior written notice to the Trustee, purchase from REMIC I the Group 2
Mortgage Loans, REO Property and any other property remaining in Trust Fund with
respect to the Group 2 Mortgage Loans (the "Group 2 Call Option"). The property
of REMIC I shall be sold at a price (the "Termination Price") equal to: (i) 100%
of the Stated Principal Balance of each Group 2 Mortgage Loan (other than a
Group 2 Mortgage Loan related to an REO Property) on the day of such purchase
plus interest accrued thereon to, but not including, the Call Date, at the
applicable Mortgage Rate with respect to any Group 2 Mortgage Loan to the Due
Date in the Due Period immediately preceding the related Distribution Date to
the date of such repurchase, (ii) the fair market value of all REO property
related to the Group 2 Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust Fund, (iii) any
unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to each Group 2 Mortgage Loan and
(iv) any amounts owed to the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.05 in respect of the
Group 2 Mortgage Loans. REMIC I shall be terminated upon the later to occur of
(i) the Class II-A-4 Certificateholder's exercise of the Call Option or (ii) the
Seller's exercise of its option to sell the assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to
Section 10.01(a).

         (d) The right of the Seller or its designee to repurchase all the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Subsection 10.01(a)(i) above shall be exercisable
only if (i) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans at
the time of any such repurchase is less than 10% of the Cut-off Date Balance or
(ii) the Seller, based upon an Opinion of Counsel, has determined that the REMIC
status of the REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III has been lost or that a substantial
risk exists that such REMIC status will be lost for the then-current taxable
year. At any time thereafter, in the case of (i) or (ii) above, the Seller may
elect to terminate the REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III at any time, and upon such
election, the Seller or its designee, shall repurchase all the Mortgage Loans.

         (e) The Trustee shall give notice of any termination to the
Certificateholders, with a copy to the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Rating Agencies, upon which the Certificateholders shall
surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for payment of the final
distribution and cancellation. Such notice shall be given by letter, mailed not
earlier than the l5th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next
preceding the month of such final distribution, and shall specify (i) the
Distribution Date upon which final payment of the Certificates will be made upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trustee
therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the
Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable,
payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at
the office of the Trustee therein specified.

         (f) If the option of the Seller to repurchase or cause the repurchase
of all the Mortgage Loans under Subsection 10.01 (a)(i) above is exercised, the
Seller and/or its designee shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account, by the Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the repurchase price for the Mortgage Loans being
purchased by it and all property acquired with respect to such Mortgage Loans
remaining in REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III. Upon presentation and surrender of
the Certificates by the Certificateholders, the Trustee shall distribute to the
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each Certificate (other than the Class R Certificates), the outstanding Current
Principal Amount, plus with respect to each Certificate (other than the Class R
Certificates), one month's interest thereon at the applicable Pass-Through Rate;
and with respect to the Class R Certificates, the percentage interest evidenced
thereby multiplied by the difference, if any, between the above described
repurchase price and the aggregate amount to be distributed to the Holders of
the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates). If the proceeds with
respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans are not sufficient to pay all of the Group
I Certificates in full, any such deficiency will be allocated first, to the
Group I Subordinate Certificates, in inverse order of their numerical
designation, and then to the Group I Senior Certificates on a PRO RATA basis. If
the proceeds with respect to the Group II Mortgage Loans are not sufficient to
pay all of the Group II Certificates in full, any such deficiency will be
allocated first, to the Group II Subordinate Certificates, in inverse order of
their numerical designation, and then to the Group II Senior Certificates on a
PRO RATA basis. Upon deposit of the required repurchase price and following such
final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall release promptly to the Seller and/or
its designee the Mortgage Files for the remaining applicable Mortgage Loans, and
the Accounts with respect thereto shall terminate, subject to the Trustee's
obligation to hold any amounts payable to Certificateholders in trust without
interest pending final distributions pursuant to Subsection 10.01(g). Any other
amounts remaining in the Accounts will belong to the Seller. Upon deposit of the
required repurchase price and following such final Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall release promptly to the Seller and/or its designee, as the case
may be, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans, and the Accounts
with respect thereto shall terminate, subject to the Trustee's obligation to
hold any amounts payable to Certificateholders in trust without interest pending
final distributions pursuant to Subsection 10.01(g).

         (g) In the event that this Agreement is terminated by reason of the
payment or liquidation of all Mortgage Loans or the disposition of all property
acquired with respect to all Mortgage Loans under Subsection 10.01(a)(ii) above,
the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution
Account all distributable amounts remaining in the Master Servicer Collection
Account. Upon the presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall distribute to the remaining Certificateholders, in accordance with their
respective interests, all distributable amounts remaining in the Distribution
Account. Upon deposit by the Master Servicer of such distributable amounts, and
following such final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall release promptly to
the Seller or its designee the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans,
and the Master Servicer Collection Account and the Distribution Account shall
terminate, subject to the Trustee's obligation to hold any amounts payable to
the Certificateholders in trust without interest pending final distributions
pursuant to this Subsection 10.01(g).

         (h) If not all of the Certificateholders shall surrender their
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the time 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, not all the Certificates shall have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or appoint
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Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain subject to
this Agreement.

         Section 10.02. ADDITIONAL TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) (A) If the
option of the Seller to repurchase all the Mortgage Loans under Subsection
10.01(a)(i) above is exercised, the Trust Fund and each of REMIC I, REMIC II and
REMIC III, or (B) if the option of the Class II-A-4 Certificateholder to
repurchase or cause the repurchase of all the Group 2 Mortgage Loans under
Subsection 10.01(c) above is exercised, REMIC I, shall be terminated in
accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has
been furnished with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the failure of the
Trust to comply with the requirements of this Section 10.02 will not (i) result
in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" as defined in Section
860F of the Code on each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III or (ii) cause any
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Regular Certificates
are outstanding:

                  (i) within 90 days prior to the final Distribution Date, at
         the written direction of the Seller, the Trustee, as agent for the
         respective Tax Matters Persons, shall adopt a plan of complete
         liquidation of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III in the case of a
         termination under Subsection 10.01(a)(i), or a plan of complete
         liquidation of REMIC I in the case of a termination under Subsection
         10.01(c), provided to it by the Seller meeting the requirements of a
         "qualified liquidation" under Section 860F of the Code and any
         regulations thereunder.

                  (ii) the Seller shall notify the Trustee at the commencement
         of such 90-day liquidation period and, at or prior to the time of
         making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Trustee shall sell
         or otherwise dispose of all of the remaining assets of the Trust Fund
         in accordance with the terms hereof; and

                  (iii) at or after the time of adoption of such a plan of
         complete liquidation of any of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III and at
         or prior to the final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall sell for
         cash all of the assets of the Trust to or at the direction of the
         Seller, and REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III, as applicable, shall
         terminate at such time.

         (b) By their acceptance of the Residual Certificates, the Holders
thereof hereby (i) agree to adopt such a plan of complete liquidation of the
REMIC upon the written request of the Seller, or the Class II-A-4
Certificateholder, as applicable, and to take such action in connection
therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Seller, or the Class II-A-4
Certificateholder, as applicable, and (ii) appoint the Seller, or the Class
II-A-4 Certificateholder, as applicable, as their attorney-in-fact, with full
power of substitution, for purposes of adopting such a plan of complete
liquidation. The Trustee shall adopt such plan of liquidation by filing the
appropriate statement on the final tax return of each REMIC. Upon complete
liquidation or final distribution of all of the assets of the Trust Fund, the
Trust Fund and each of REMIC I, REMIC II and REMIC III shall terminate.




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                                   ARTICLE XI

                            Mandatory Call Provisions

         Section 11.01. THE MANDATORY CALL AGREEMENT.

         (a) On the Closing Date, the Trustee, as trustee for the benefit of the
Mandatory Call Certificates, will enter into the Mandatory Call Agreement with
the Mandatory Call Provider. The Mandatory Call Agreement will not be part of
REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III.

         (b) Upon receipt of the Par Price from the Mandatory Call Provider on
the Mandatory Call Date, the Trustee shall transfer such amounts to the holders
of the Mandatory Call Certificates upon confirmation from the Trustee that the
Mandatory Call Certificates have been transferred to the Mandatory Call
Provider.

         Section 11.02. DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE WITH RESPECT TO THE MANDATORY
CALL. On the Distribution Date prior to the Mandatory Call Date, the Trustee
shall notify each Holder of the Mandatory Call Certificates that it will be
required to tender its Certificate on the Mandatory Call Date pursuant to the
terms of the Mandatory Call Agreement and this Agreement. On the Mandatory Call
Date, the Trustee shall cause the Depository to transfer the ownership of each
Mandatory Call Certificate to the Mandatory Call Provider (or its designee) in
accordance with the Mandatory Call Agreement and this Agreement as informed by
the Trustee. The Trustee shall not cause the transfer of any Mandatory Call
Certificate if the Mandatory Call Provider has not funded the Certificate
Purchase Account (as defined in the Mandatory Call Agreement) by 4:00 P.M. on
the Business Day prior to the Mandatory Call Date. The Trustee shall not cause
the transfer of any Mandatory Call Certificate until it has received the Par
Price.

         Section 11.03. MANDATORY CALL CERTIFICATES.

         (a) Each holder of a Mandatory Call Certificate is deemed, by
acceptance of such Certificate, to have appointed and authorized the Trustee to
transfer its interests in the related Certificates to the Mandatory Call
Provider or its designee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
Mandatory Call Agreement. In addition, each holder of a Mandatory Call
Certificate is deemed, by acceptance of such Certificate, to have appointed and
authorized the Trustee to act as attorney in fact for purposes of endorsing or
assigning their Certificates for transfer hereunder. Upon any transfer of a
Mandatory Call Certificate in accordance with this Section 11.03 and the
Mandatory Call Agreement, each Holder immediately prior to such transfer is
deemed, by acceptance of such Certificate, to have acknowledged that it will
have no rights in the related Certificates or to any future distributions
therein.

         (b) If the Mandatory Call Certificates are issued as Definitive
Certificates on any date on or prior to the Mandatory Call Date, each Holder of
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irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Trustee to act as its custodian and hold
any such Definitive Certificate until the Mandatory Call Date and (ii)
acknowledges and irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Trustee to act as
attorney in fact for purposes of endorsing or assigning any such Definitive
Certificate for transfer pursuant to the provisions of the Mandatory Call
Agreement. Promptly after the transfer under the Mandatory Call Agreement on the
Mandatory Call Date, the Trustee will deliver such Definitive Certificates to
the Mandatory Call Provider or its designee pursuant to the terms of the
Mandatory Call Agreement and will no longer act as custodian therefor. If the
transfer under the Mandatory Call Agreement does not occur on the Mandatory Call
Date due to a default by the Mandatory Call Provider under the Mandatory Call
Agreement, the Trustee will promptly deliver Definitive Certificates to the
existing Holders and will no longer act as custodian therefor.




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                                   ARTICLE XII

                            Miscellaneous Provisions

         Section 12.01. INTENT OF PARTIES. The parties intend that each of REMIC
I, REMIC II and REMIC III shall be treated as a REMIC for federal income tax
purposes and that the provisions of this Agreement should be construed in
furtherance of this intent.

         Section 12.02. AMENDMENT. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time
to time by EMC, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator
and the Trustee, and the Servicing Agreements may be amended from time to time
by EMC, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, without notice to or the consent of
any of the Certificateholders or the Mandatory Call Provider, to cure any
ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein or therein that may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or therein, to comply
with any changes in the Code or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Independent Counsel, addressed
to the Trustee and the Mandatory Call Provider, adversely affect in any material
respect the interests of any Certificateholder and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that any
amendment to Article XI of this Agreement shall also require the consent of the
Mandatory Call Provider.

         (b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by EMC, the
Master Servicer, the Seller, the Securities Administrator and the Trustee, and
the Servicing Agreements may also be amended from time to time by the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Mandatory Call Provider and
the Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests
aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund or of the applicable Class or
Classes, if such amendment affects only such Class or Classes, for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Certificateholders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce
in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on
Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on any Certificate without
the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates then
outstanding, or (iii) cause REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as
a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Independent Counsel which shall be provided to the Trustee other than at the
Trustee's expense; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that any amendment to Article XI of
this Agreement shall also require the consent of the Mandatory Call Provider.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for purposes of the
giving or withholding of consents pursuant to Section 12.02(b), Certificates
registered in the name of or held for the benefit of the Seller, the Securities
Administrator, the Master Servicer, or the Trustee or any Affiliate thereof
shall be entitled to vote their Fractional Undivided Interests with respect to
matters affecting such Certificates.





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         (c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Trustee
shall furnish a copy of such amendment or written notification of the substance
of such amendment to each Certificateholder, with a copy to the Rating Agencies.

         (d) In the case of an amendment under Subsection 12.02(b) above, it
shall not be necessary for the Certificateholders to approve the particular form
of such an amendment. Rather, it shall be sufficient if the Certificateholders
approve the substance of the amendment. 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.

         (e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this
Agreement. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Trustee's or the
Securities Administrator's own respective rights, duties or immunities under
this Agreement.

         Section 12.03. RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the Mortgaged Properties are situated, and
in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere. The Seller shall
effect such recordation, at the expense of the Trust upon the request in writing
of a Certificateholder, but only if such direction is accompanied by an Opinion
of Counsel (provided at the expense of the Certificateholder requesting
recordation) to the effect that such recordation would materially and
beneficially affect the interests of the Certificateholders or is required by
law.

         Section 12.04. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) The
death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not terminate this Agreement
or the Trust, nor entitle such Certificateholder's legal representatives or
heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court
for a partition or winding up of the Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

         (b) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no
Certificateholders shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the
parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms
of the Certificates, be construed so as to establish the Certificateholders from
time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any
Certificateholders be under any liability to any third Person by reason of any
action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

         (c) No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon, under or with respect to this Agreement against the
Seller, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or any successor to
any such parties unless (i) such Certificateholder previously shall have given
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notice of a continuing default, as herein provided, (ii) the Holders of
Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than
51% of the Trust Fund shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs and expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and (iii) 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.

         (d) No one or more Certificateholders shall have any right by virtue of
any provision of this Agreement to affect the rights of any other
Certificateholders or to obtain or seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other such Certificateholder, or to enforce any right under this Agreement,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common
benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the
provisions of this Section 12.04, each and every Certificateholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.

         Section 12.05. ACTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Certificateholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing.
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is expressly required, to the Seller. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Seller,
if made in the manner provided in this Section 12.05.

         (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his or her authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the individual executing the same,
may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

         (c) The ownership of Certificates (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing on such Certificates, except an endorsement in
accordance with Section 5.02 made on a Certificate presented in accordance with
Section 5.04) shall be proved by the Certificate Register, and neither the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the Master Servicer nor any
successor to any such parties shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

         (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action of the holder of any Certificate shall bind every future
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of every Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer or exchange
thereof, if applicable, or in lieu thereof with respect to anything done,
omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the
Seller, the Master Servicer or any successor to any such party in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificates.

         (e) In determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of
Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Certificates owned by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, the
Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be disregarded, except as
otherwise provided in Section 12.02(b) and except that, in determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Certificates which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Certificates which have
been pledged in good faith to the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the
Seller, the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof may be regarded as
outstanding if the pledgor establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgor's right to act with respect to such Certificates and that the pledgor is
not an Affiliate of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Seller, or
the Master Servicer, as the case may be.

         Section 12.06. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CERTIFICATES SHALL
BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

         Section 12.07. THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY. The Mandatory Call Provider is
an express third- party beneficiary of this Agreement, and may enforce the terms
hereof as if it were a party hereto.

         Section 12.08. NOTICES. All demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given when delivered at (including delivery by
facsimile) or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or by recognized overnight courier, to (i) in the case of the Seller,
245 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10167, Attention: Vice President-Servicing,
telecopier number: (212) 272-5591, or to such other address as may hereafter be
furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (ii) in the case of the
Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, or such other address as may hereafter
be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (iii) in the case of the
EMC, 245 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10167, Attention: Vice
President-Servicing, telecopier number: (212) 272-5591, or to such other address
as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (iv) in
the case of the Master Servicer or Securities Administrator, Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, 11000 Broken Land Parkway, Columbia, Maryland
21044 (Attention: BART 01-3), facsimile no.: (410) 884-2360, or such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing;
(v) in the case of the Mandatory Call Provider, Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, 555 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention:
Structured Products and Securitization Group, 10th Floor, MAC: A0167-101,
telephone no.: (415) 396-5781, facsimile no.: (415) 975-7235, with a copy to:
Wells




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Fargo Bank, National Association, 633 Folsom Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco,
CA 94107-3618, Attention: Robert Darling, Esq., telephone no. (415) 396-3842,
facsimile no. (415) 975-7819; or (vi) in the case of the Rating Agencies, Fitch,
Inc., One State Street Plaza, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10004, Moody's
Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10004,
and Standard & Poor's, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water
Street, 41st Floor, New York, New York, 10041, Attention: Residential Mortgage
Surveillance. Any notice delivered to the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Securities Administrator or the Trustee under this Agreement shall be effective
only upon receipt. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a
Certificateholder, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be given by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such Certificateholder as
shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time
prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given when mailed, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

         Section 12.09. 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 severed from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or the rights of the holders thereof.

         Section 12.10. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and
assigns of the parties hereto.

         Section 12.11. ARTICLE AND SECTION HEADINGS. The article and section
headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         Section 12.12. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

         Section 12.13. NOTICE TO RATING AGENCIES. The article and section
headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limited or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof. The Trustee shall promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has
actual knowledge:

         1.       Any material change or amendment to this Agreement or the
Servicing Agreements;

         2.       The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been
cured;

         3.       The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator;

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         5.       The final payment to Certificateholders; and

         6.       Any change in the location of the Master Servicer Collection
Account or the Distribution Account.






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

                                    STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
                                    INVESTMENTS INC., as Seller

                                    By:__________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                    BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
                                    Trustee

                                    By:__________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                    WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
                                    ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer

                                    By:__________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                    WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
                                       ASSOCIATION, as Securities Administrator

                                    By:__________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:


                                    EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                    By:__________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:




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Accepted and Agreed as to
  Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04 and 9.09(c)
  in its capacity as Mortgage Loan Seller

EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

By:_______________________________
   Name:
   Title:



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STATE OF NEW YORK        )
                         ) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK       )

         On the 31st day of May, 2001 before me, a notary public in and for said
State, personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be a
____________________ of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., the
corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.


                                                       _________________________
                                                             Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]



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STATE OF NEW YORK        )
                         ) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK       )

         On the 31st day of May, 2001 before me, a notary public in and for said
State, personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be a
____________________ of Bank One, National Association, the corporation that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.



                                                       _________________________
                                                             Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]



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STATE OF NEW YORK        )
                         ) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK       )

         On the 31st day of May, 2001 before me, a notary public in and for said
State, personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be a
____________________ of Bank One, National Association, the corporation that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.


                                                       _________________________
                                                             Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]



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STATE OF MARYLAND        )
                         ) ss.:
COUNTY OF                )

         On the 31st day of May, 2001 before me, a notary public in and for said
State, personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be a
_______________________ of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, the
corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.



                                                       _________________________
                                                             Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]



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STATE OF MARYLAND        )
                         ) ss.:
COUNTY OF                )

         On the 31st day of May, 2001 before me, a notary public in and for said
State, personally appeared ____________________, known to me to be a
_______________________ of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, the
corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.



                                                       _________________________
                                                             Notary Public




[Notarial Seal]

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STATE OF NEW YORK        )
                         ) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK       )

         On the 31st day of May, 2001 before me, a notary public in and for said
State, personally appeared ______________________, known to me to be a
____________________ of EMC Mortgage Corporation, the corporation that executed
the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on
behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation
executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.



                                                       _________________________
                                                             Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-1

        FORM OF CLASS [I-A][II-A-___][III-A][IV-A][V-A][VI-A] CERTIFICATE

          [FOR THE CLASS II-A-4 CERTIFICATE][THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY,
UPON TWENTY-FIVE (25) CALENDAR DAYS WRITTEN NOTICE PURCHASE THE ASSETS OF REMIC
I FROM THE TRUST AS DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]

          SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").

          THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY
THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HERETO AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO. ACCORDINGLY,
FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY
OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN.

          UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.

          [FOR THE CLASS II-A-4 CERTIFICATE][THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND
WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
"SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY
PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED,
RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A") TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS
A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"),
PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB,
WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR
OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN


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EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF
AVAILABLE) OR (3) IN CERTIFICATED FORM TO AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR"
WITHIN THE MEANING THEREOF IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D
UNDER THE ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH
PARAGRAPHS PURCHASING NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM
PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER
EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER
IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH
CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND
ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.]

          [FOR THE CLASS II-A-4 CERTIFICATE][THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE
ACQUIRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR
OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, AND/OR SECTION 4975 OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS THAT
IT IS PURCHASING THE CLASS II-A-4 CERTIFICATES USING FUNDS HELD IN AN "INSURANCE
COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" (AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AS PUBLISHED IN 60 FED. REG. 35925 (JULY 12,1995)("PTCE
95-60")); AND THE AMOUNT OF RESERVES AND LIABILITIES FOR THE GENERAL ACCOUNT
CONTRACTS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AND ANY OTHER
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OF THE SAME EMPLOYER OR ITS "AFFILIATES" (AS DEFINED IN
SECTION V(A)(1) OF PTCE 95-60) OR BY THE SAME ORGANIZATION) DOES NOT EXCEED 10%
OF THE TOTAL RESERVES AND LIABILITIES OF SUCH GENERAL ACCOUNT SURPLUS (SUCH
DETERMINATION TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1(A) OF PTCE 95- 60).]



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Certificate No. __                       Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class [I-A][II-A-___][III-A][IV-A][V-A][VI-A] Senior

Date of Pooling and Servicing            Aggregate Initial Current Principal
                                         Amount of this Certificate as of the
Agreement and Cut-off Date:              Cut-off Date: $___________________
May 1, 2001

First Distribution Date:                 Initial Current Principal Amount of
June 25, 2001                            this Certificate as of the Cut-off
                                         Date:  $___________________

Master Servicer:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association

Assumed Final Distribution Date:         CUSIP __________
January 25, 2032


                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                                  SERIES 2001-3

      evidencing  a  fractional  undivided  interest in the  distributions
      allocable  to  the  Class  [I-A][II-A-___]  [III-A][IV-A][V-A][VI-A]
      Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting  primarily of a
      pool of conventional  one- to four-family  adjustable  interest rate
      mortgage loans sold by STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC.

          This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund,
and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of
their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the
underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity
or by Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Structured Asset
Mortgage Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will
have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured
by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

          This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the
Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership
interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the
"Trust Fund") generally consisting of conventional first lien, adjustable rate
mortgages loans secured by one- to four- family residences, units in planned
unit developments and individual condominium and cooperative units
(collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc. ("SAMI"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC") to SAMI. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
("Wells Fargo") will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (the "Master
Servicer," which


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term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement referred to below). The
Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as
of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among EMC, SAMI, as
seller (the "Seller"), Bank One, National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee") and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master
servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and as securities
administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities Administrator"), a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the
extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is
subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.

          Interest on this Certificate will accrue during the month prior to the
month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs on the
Current Principal Amount hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through
Rate set forth above. The Trustee will distribute on the 25th day of each month,
or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business
Day (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the First Distribution Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at
the close of business on the last Business Day (or if such last day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the product of the Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced by this Certificate
and the amount (of interest and principal, if any) required to be distributed to
the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate. The Assumed
Final Distribution Date is the first anniversary of the Distribution Date
immediately following the latest scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan
and is not likely to be the date on which the Current Principal Amount of this
Class of Certificates will be reduced to zero.

          Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address
shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests by
notifying the Trustee in writing as specified in the Agreement. Notwithstanding
the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due
notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose and designated in such notice. The Initial
Current Principal Amount of this Certificate is set forth above. The Current
Principal Amount hereof will be reduced to the extent of distributions allocable
to principal hereon and any Realized Losses allocable hereto.

          [For the Class II-A-4 Certificate][This certificate may not be
acquired directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or
other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, unless the transferee represents that
it is purchasing the Class II-A-4 Certificates using funds held in an "insurance
company general account" (as defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption 95-60, as published in 60 Fed. Reg. 35925 (July 12,1995)("PTCE
95-60")); and the amount of reserves and liabilities for the general account
contracts held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan (and any other
employee benefit plan of the same employer or its "affiliates" (as defined in
section V(a)(1) of PTCE 95-60) or by the same organization) does not exceed 10%
of the total reserves and liabilities of such


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general account surplus (such determination to be made in accordance with
Section 1(a) of PTCE 95-60).]

          This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as set forth on the face hereof (the "Certificates"), issued in
nineteen Classes. The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the
Agreement.

          The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that the
Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under
this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the
Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

          This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.

          The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Seller and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to
time by the Seller and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than
66-2/3% (or in certain cases, Holders of Certificates of affected Classes
evidencing such percentage of the Fractional Undivided Interests thereof). Any
such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding
on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

          As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the
Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies maintained by the Trustee for such purposes, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized
denominations representing a like aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest will
be issued to the designated transferee.

          The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided
in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this
Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same
Class and in the same aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest, as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.

          No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such
registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee


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and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate
is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.

          The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) the later of the (A) final payment or other liquidation (or Advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and (B)
disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due under the
Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement
of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or
after the Distribution Date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans is less than the percentage of the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance specified in the Agreement of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the
Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the Agreement
continue beyond the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain persons
identified in the Agreement.

          Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.


Dated: May 31, 2001                      BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                         Not in its individual capacity but
                                         solely as Trustee


                                         By:____________________________________
                                                  Authorized Signatory



                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                          -----------------------------

          This is one of the Class [I-A-][II-A-___] [III-A][IV-A][V-A][VI-A]
Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

                                         BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                         Authorized signatory of Bank One,
                                         National Association, not in its
                                         individual capacity but solely as
                                         Trustee


                                         By:____________________________________
                                                  Authorized Signatory




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                                   ASSIGNMENT
                                   ----------


          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto ________________________________ (Please print or typewrite
name and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Fractional Undivided
Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

          I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Certificate to the following address: _____________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________





Dated:                     _____________________________________________________
                                    Signature by or on behalf of assignor



                                           _____________________________________
                                                    Signature Guaranteed


                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

          The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

          Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to ________________________________________ for the
account of _______________________________ account number ____________, or, if
mailed by check, to ______________________________________________. Applicable
statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________.

          This information is provided by ______________________, the assignee
named above, or ____________________________, as its agent.





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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-2

                        FORM OF CLASS [B-___] CERTIFICATE

          SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").

          THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY
THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON AND ANY REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE HERETO.
ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE CURRENT
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION
SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN.

          UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.

          [THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1)
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A") TO A PERSON THAT
THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB
PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE,
THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON
RULE 144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (3) IN CERTIFICATED FORM TO AN
"INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING THEREOF IN RULE
501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH
ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS PURCHASING NOT FOR
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT,


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SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM
PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER
EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER
IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH
CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND
ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.]

          [THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON
BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS
SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED, AND/OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED,
UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AND/OR HOLDING OF A CERTIFICATE AND THE SERVICING,
MANAGEMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS ASSETS: (I) WILL NOT RESULT IN
ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL OR CLASS
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION EXEMPTION ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60 OR PTE 96-23
AND (II) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY ADDITIONAL FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART
OF THE SELLER, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED
REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE AND
WILL BE EVIDENCED BY A REPRESENTATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO SUCH EFFECT BY
OR ON BEHALF OF AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR.]



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Certificate No. 1                        Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class [B-___]

Date of Pooling and Servicing            Aggregate Initial Current Principal
Agreement and Cut-off Date:              Amount of this Certificate as of the
May 1, 2001                              Cut-off Date:  $___________

First Distribution Date:                 Initial Current Principal Amount of
June 25, 2001                            this Certificate as of the
                                         Cut-off Date: $__________

Master Servicer:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association

Assumed Final Distribution Date:         CUSIP __________
January 25, 2032


                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                                  SERIES 2001-3

      evidencing  a  fractional  undivided  interest in the  distributions
      allocable to the Class [B-___]  Certificates with respect to a Trust
      Fund  consisting  primarily  of  a  pool  of  conventional  one-  to
      four-family   adjustable   interest  rate  mortgage  loans  sold  by
      STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC.

          This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund,
and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of
their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the
underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity
or by Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Structured Asset
Mortgage Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will
have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured
by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

          This certifies that _______________ is the registered owner of the
Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership
interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the
"Trust Fund") generally consisting of conventional first lien, adjustable rate
mortgages loans secured by one- to four- family residences, units in planned
unit developments and individual condominium and cooperative units
(collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc. ("SAMI"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC") to SAMI. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
("Wells Fargo") will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (the "Master
Servicer," which term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement
referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off


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Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among EMC, SAMI, as seller (the
"Seller"), Bank One, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master servicer (in such
capacity, the "Master Servicer") and as securities administrator (in such
capacity, the "Securities Administrator"), a summary of certain of the pertinent
provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein,
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the
Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of
this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.

          Interest on this Certificate will accrue during the month prior to the
month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs on the
Current Principal Amount hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through
Rate set forth above. The Trustee will distribute on the 25th day of each month,
or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business
Day (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the First Distribution Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at
the close of business on the last Business Day (or if such last day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the product of the Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced by this Certificate
and the amount (of interest and principal, if any) required to be distributed to
the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate. The Assumed
Final Distribution Date is the first anniversary of the Distribution Date
immediately following the latest scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan
and is not likely to be the date on which the Current Principal Amount of this
Class of Certificates will be reduced to zero.

          Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address
shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests by
notifying the Trustee in writing as specified in the Agreement. Notwithstanding
the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due
notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose and designated in such notice. The Initial
Current Principal Amount of this Certificate is set forth above. The Current
Principal Amount hereof will be reduced to the extent of distributions allocable
to principal hereon and any Realized Losses allocable hereto.

          [This Certificate may not be acquired directly or indirectly by, or on
behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is
subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
unless the proposed transfer and/or holding of a Certificate and the servicing,
management and/or operation of the trust and its assets: (i) will not result in
any prohibited transaction which is not covered under an individual or class
prohibited transaction exemption, including, but not limited to, Prohibited
Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60 or PTE 96-23
and (ii) will not give rise to any additional fiduciary obligations on the part
of the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, which will be deemed
represented by an owner of a Book-Entry Certificate or a Global Certificate and
will be evidenced


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by a representation or an Opinion of Counsel to such effect by or on behalf of
an Institutional Accredited Investor.]

          This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as set forth on the face hereof (the "Certificates"), issued in
nineteen Classes. The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the
Agreement.

          The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that the
Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under
this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the
Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

          This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.

          The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Seller and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to
time by the Seller and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than
66-2/3% (or in certain cases, Holders of Certificates of affected Classes
evidencing such percentage of the Fractional Undivided Interests thereof). Any
such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding
on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

          As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the
Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies maintained by the Trustee for such purposes, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized
denominations representing a like aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest will
be issued to the designated transferee.

          The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided
in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this
Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same
Class and in the same aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest, as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.

          No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such
registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee


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and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate
is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Seller, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.

          The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) the later of the (A) final payment or other liquidation (or Advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and (B)
disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due under the
Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement
of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or
after the Distribution Date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans is less than the percentage of the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance specified in the Agreement of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the
Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the Agreement
continue beyond the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain persons
identified in the Agreement.

          Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.


Dated: May 31, 2001                      BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                         Not in its individual capacity but
                                         solely as Trustee


                                       By:______________________________________
                                               Authorized Signatory



                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                          -----------------------------

          This is one of the Class [B-___] Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                         BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                         Authorized signatory of Bank One,
                                         National Association, not in its
                                         individual capacity but solely as
                                         Trustee


                                         By:____________________________________
                                                  Authorized Signatory




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                                   ASSIGNMENT
                                   ----------


          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto ____________________________ (Please print or typewrite name
and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Fractional Undivided
Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

          I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Certificate to the following address: _____________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________




Dated:                     _____________________________________________________
                                    Signature by or on behalf of assignor



                                         _______________________________________
                                                  Signature Guaranteed


                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

          The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

          Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________ account number __________,
or, if mailed by check, to _________________________________________. Applicable
statements should be mailed to
___________________________________________________________.

          This information is provided by ______________________, the assignee
named above, or ____________________________, as its agent.



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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-3

                        FORM OF CLASS [R-___] CERTIFICATE

          THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE HELD BY OR TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED
STATES PERSON, A PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP OR A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION (AS
DEFINED BELOW).

          SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT" AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").

          THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON
BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS
SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED, AND/OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED,
UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE SELLER, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE
TRUSTEE WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THOSE ENTITIES, WHICH OPINION
WILL NOT BE AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE ENTITIES, THAT THE PURCHASE OF THE RESIDUAL
CERTIFICATES BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE PLAN INVESTOR WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT
IN THE ASSETS OF THE TRUST BEING DEEMED TO BE "PLAN ASSETS" SUBJECT TO THE
PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR CODE SECTION 4975 AND WILL NOT
SUBJECT THE SELLER, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE TRUSTEE TO ANY OBLIGATION IN
ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. EACH
BENEFICIAL OWNER OF A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS IT
HAS PROVIDED THE ABOVE OPINION OF COUNSEL, SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED,
BY VIRTUE OF ITS ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THAT CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST THEREIN,
THAT IT IS NOT A PLAN INVESTOR. THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AND/OR HOLDING OF A
CERTIFICATE AND THE SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS
ASSETS: (I) WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED
UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL OR CLASS PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE
90-1, PTE 95-60 OR PTE 96-23 AND (II) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY ADDITIONAL
FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE SELLER, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE
TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A BOOK-ENTRY
CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE EVIDENCED BY A REPRESENTATION OR
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO SUCH EFFECT BY OR ON BEHALF OF AN INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR.



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          ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT TO THE MASTER
SERVICER AND THE TRUSTEE THAT (1) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (A) 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, (B) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION
521 OF THE CODE) WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE
UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE
CODE, (C) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE, (ANY
SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B) OR (C) BEING HEREIN
REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (D) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION, (2) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR
COLLECTION OF TAX AND (3) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OR ANY TRANSFER,
SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR
AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE
OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE
A CERTIFICATEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF THIS
CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.


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Certificate No. 1                     Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class [R-___] Senior

Date of Pooling and Servicing         Aggregate Initial Current Principal Amount
Agreement and Cut-off Date:           of this Certificate as of the Cut-off
May 1, 2001                           Date:  $50.00

First Distribution Date:              Initial Current Principal Amount of this
June 25, 2001                         Certificate as of the Cut-off Date: $50.00

Master Servicer:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association

Assumed Final Distribution Date:      CUSIP __________
January 25, 2032




                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                                  SERIES 2001-3

      evidencing  a  fractional  undivided  interest in the  distributions
      allocable to the Class [R-___]  Certificates with respect to a Trust
      Fund  consisting  primarily  of  a  pool  of  conventional  one-  to
      four-family   adjustable   interest  rate  mortgage  loans  sold  by
      STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC.

          This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund,
and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of
their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the
underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity
or by Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Structured Asset
Mortgage Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will
have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured
by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

          This certifies that Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. is the registered
owner of the Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial
ownership interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a
trust (the "Trust Fund") generally consisting of conventional first lien,
adjustable rate mortgages loans secured by one- to four- family residences,
units in planned unit developments and individual condominium and cooperative
units (collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc. ("SAMI"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC") to SAMI. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
("Wells Fargo") will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (the "Master


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Servicer," which term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement
referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the
"Agreement"), among EMC, SAMI, as seller (the "Seller"), Bank One, National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and as
securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities Administrator"), a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter.
To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and
is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which
Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.

          Interest on this Certificate will accrue during the month prior to the
month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs on the
Current Principal Amount hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through
Rate set forth above. The Trustee will distribute on the 25th day of each month,
or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business
Day (each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the First Distribution Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at
the close of business on the last Business Day (or if such last day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the product of the Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced by this Certificate
and the amount (of interest and principal, if any) required to be distributed to
the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate. The Assumed
Final Distribution Date is the first anniversary of the Distribution Date
immediately following the latest scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan
and is not likely to be the date on which the Current Principal Amount of this
Class of Certificates will be reduced to zero.

          Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address
shall appear on the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the above, the final
distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the Trustee of
the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation and surrender of
this Certificate at the office or agency appointed by the Trustee for that
purpose and designated in such notice. The Initial Current Principal Amount of
this Certificate is set forth above. The Current Principal Amount hereof will be
reduced to the extent of distributions allocable to principal hereon and any
Realized Losses allocable hereto.

          Each Holder of this Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to be
bound by the restrictions set forth in the Agreement to the effect that (i) each
person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Certificate must be a
United States Person and a Permitted Transferee, (ii) the transfer of any
Ownership Interest in this Certificate will be conditioned upon the delivery to
the Trustee of, among other things, an affidavit to the effect that it is a
United States Person and Permitted Transferee, (iii) any attempted or purported
transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate in violation of such
restrictions will be absolutely null and void and will vest no rights in the
purported transferee, and (iv) if any person other than a United States Person
and a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in this Certificate
in violation of such restrictions, then the Seller will have the right, in its
sole discretion and without notice to the Holder of this


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Certificate, to sell this Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Company,
which purchaser may be the Seller, or any affiliate of the Seller, on such terms
and conditions as the Seller may choose.

          This Certificate may not be acquired directly or indirectly by, or on
behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is
subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
unless the proposed transferee provides the Seller, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to those entities, which opinion
will not be at the expense of those entities, that the purchase of the Residual
Certificates by or on behalf of the Plan investor will not constitute or result
in the assets of the Trust being deemed to be "Plan Assets" subject to the
Prohibited Transactions Provisions of ERISA or Code Section 4975 and will not
subject the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee to any obligation in
addition to those undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.


          This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as set forth on the face hereof (the "Certificates"), issued in
nineteen Classes. The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the
Agreement.

          The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that the
Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under
this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the
Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

          This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.

          The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Seller and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to
time by the Seller and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than
66-2/3% (or in certain cases, Holders of Certificates of affected Classes
evidencing such percentage of the Fractional Undivided Interests thereof). Any
such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding
on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

          As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the
Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies maintained by the Trustee for such purposes, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and


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thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations representing
a like aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest will be issued to the designated
transferee.

          The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided
in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this
Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same
Class and in the same aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest, as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.

          No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such
registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of any of
them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) the later of the (A) final payment or other liquidation (or Advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and (B)
disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due under the
Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement
of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or
after the Distribution Date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans is less than the percentage of the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance specified in the Agreement of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the
Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the Agreement
continue beyond the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain persons
identified in the Agreement.

          Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.


Dated: May 31, 2001                      BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                         Not in its individual capacity but
                                         solely as Trustee


                                         By:____________________________________
                                                  Authorized Signatory



                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                          -----------------------------

          This is one of the Class [R-___] Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                         BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                         Authorized signatory of Bank One,
                                         National Association, not in its
                                         individual capacity but solely as
                                         Trustee


                                         By:____________________________________
                                                    Authorized Signatory




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                                   ASSIGNMENT


          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _____________________________ (Please print or typewrite name
and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Fractional Undivided
Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

          I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Certificate to the following address: _____________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________




Dated:                     _____________________________________________________
                                    Signature by or on behalf of assignor



                                            ____________________________________
                                                  Signature Guaranteed

                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

          The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

          Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________ account number __________,
or, if mailed by check, to _________________________________________. Applicable
statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________.

                  This information is provided by ______________________, the
assignee named above, or ____________________________, as its agent.



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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-4

                         FORM OF CLASS II-X CERTIFICATE

          SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
"REGULAR INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT," AS THOSE
TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").

          THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE
PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THE CLASS II-A-1, CLASS II-A-2 AND CLASS II-A-3
CERTIFICATES AND REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE THERETO. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE
INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE
WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS
CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS NOTIONAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED
HEREIN.

          UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.





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Certificate No. __                   Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class II-X Senior

Date of Pooling and Servicing        Aggregate Initial Notional Amount
Agreement and Cut-off Date:          of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
May 1, 2001                          $___________________

First Distribution Date:             Initial Notional Amount of this Certificate
June 25, 2001                        as of the Cut-off Date:  $_________________

Master Servicer:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association

Assumed Final Distribution Date:     CUSIP __________
January 25, 2032


                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                                  SERIES 2001-3

      evidencing  a  fractional  undivided  interest in the  distributions
      allocable  to the Class II-X  Certificates  with  respect to a Trust
      Fund  consisting  primarily  of  a  pool  of  conventional  one-  to
      four-family   adjustable   interest  rate  mortgage  loans  sold  by
      STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC.

          This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the Trust Fund,
and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred to below or any of
their affiliates or any other person. Neither this Certificate nor the
underlying Mortgage Loans are guaranteed or insured by any governmental entity
or by Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Structured Asset
Mortgage Investments Inc., the Master Servicer or any of their affiliates will
have any obligation with respect to any certificate or other obligation secured
by or payable from payments on the Certificates.

          This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the
Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership
interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the
"Trust Fund") generally consisting of conventional first lien, adjustable rate
mortgages loans secured by one- to four- family residences, units in planned
unit developments and individual condominium and cooperative units
(collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc. ("SAMI"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC") to SAMI. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
("Wells Fargo") will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (the "Master
Servicer," which term includes any successors thereto under the Agreement
referred to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement dated as of the Cut-off Date specified


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above (the "Agreement"), among EMC, SAMI, as seller (the "Seller"), Bank One,
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the "Master
Servicer") and as securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities
Administrator"), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is
set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. This
Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate
by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

          Interest on this Certificate will accrue during the month prior to the
month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs on the
Notional Amount hereof at a per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate set
forth above. The Trustee will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day
(each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the First Distribution Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at
the close of business on the last Business Day (or if such last day is not a
Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the product of the Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced by this Certificate
and the amount (of interest and principal, if any) required to be distributed to
the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate. The Assumed
Final Distribution Date is the first anniversary of the Distribution Date
immediately following the latest scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan
and is not likely to be the date on which the Notional Amount of this Class of
Certificates will be reduced to zero.

          Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and address
shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests by
notifying the Trustee in writing as specified in the Agreement. Notwithstanding
the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due
notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency appointed
by the Trustee for that purpose and designated in such notice. The Initial
Notional Amount of this Certificate is set forth above. The Notional Amount
hereof will be reduced to the extent of distributions allocable to principal to
the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2 and Class II-A-3 Certificates and any Realized
Losses allocable thereto.

          This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as set forth on the face hereof (the "Certificates"), issued in
nineteen Classes. The Certificates, in the aggregate, evidence the entire
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund formed pursuant to the
Agreement.

          The Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees
that it will look solely to the Trust Fund for payment hereunder and that the
Trustee is not liable to the Certificateholders for any amount payable under
this Certificate or the Agreement or, except as expressly provided in the
Agreement, subject to any liability under the Agreement.

          This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for the interests, rights and limitations of
rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the rights,
duties and immunities of the Trustee.


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          The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Seller and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to
time by the Seller and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than
66-2/3% (or in certain cases, Holders of Certificates of affected Classes
evidencing such percentage of the Fractional Undivided Interests thereof). Any
such consent by the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding
on such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any
Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also
permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances, without the
consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

          As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable with the
Trustee upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies maintained by the Trustee for such purposes, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trustee duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates in authorized
denominations representing a like aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest will
be issued to the designated transferee.

          The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates without
coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As provided
in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this
Certificate is exchangeable for one or more new Certificates evidencing the same
Class and in the same aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest, as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.

          No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any such
registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of any of
them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and none of Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

          The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) the later of the (A) final payment or other liquidation (or Advance with
respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and (B)
disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due under the
Agreement, or (ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement
of all the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or
after the Distribution Date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loans is less than the percentage of the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance specified in the Agreement of the Mortgage Loans at the
Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right will effect the early retirement of the
Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund created by the


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Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years after the death of certain
persons identified in the Agreement.

          Unless this Certificate has been countersigned by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement, or be valid for any purpose.


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.


Dated: May 31, 2001                      BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                         Not in its individual capacity but
                                         solely as Trustee


                                       By:______________________________________
                                                  Authorized Signatory



                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
                          -----------------------------

          This is one of the Class II-X Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                         BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                         Authorized signatory of Bank One,
                                         National Association, not in its
                                         individual capacity but solely as
                                         Trustee


                                         By:____________________________________
                                                    Authorized Signatory




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                                   ASSIGNMENT
                                   ----------


          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto _____________________________ (Please print or typewrite name
and address including postal zip code of assignee) a Fractional Undivided
Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate and hereby
authorizes the transfer of registration of such interest to assignee on the
Certificate Register of the Trust Fund.

          I (We) further direct the Certificate Registrar to issue a new
Certificate of a like denomination and Class, to the above named assignee and
deliver such Certificate to the following address: ____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________




Dated:                     _____________________________________________________
                                    Signature by or on behalf of assignor



                                       _________________________________________
                                                 Signature Guaranteed


                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

          The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

          Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________________________
for the account of _______________________________ account number ____________,
or, if mailed by check, to _________________________________________. Applicable
statements should be mailed to _______________________________________________.

          This information is provided by ______________________, the assignee
named above, or ____________________________, as its agent.






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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

          The Preliminary and Final Mortgage Loan Schedules shall set forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

(a)  the loan number;

(b)  the Mortgagor's name;

(c)  the street address (including city, state and zip code) of the Mortgaged
     Property;

(d)  the property type;

(e)  the Mortgage Rate;

(f)  the Master Servicing Rate;

(g)  the Net Rate;

(h)  the original term;

(i)  the maturity date;

(j)  the stated remaining term to maturity;

(k)  the original principal balance;

(l)  the first payment date;

(m)  the principal and interest payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

(n)  the unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off Date;

(o)  the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;

(p)  paid-through date;

(q)  the insurer of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy;

(r)  the Mortgage Loan Group;

(s)  the Gross Margin, if applicable;

(t)  the Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;


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(u)  the Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;

(v)  the Periodic Rate Cap, if applicable; and

(w)  the number of days delinquent, if any.

Such schedule also shall set forth for all of the Mortgage Loans, the total
number of Mortgage Loans, the total of each of the amounts described under (xi)
and (xiv) above, the weighted average by principal balance as of the Cut-off
Date of each of the rates described under (v), (vi) and (vii) above, and the
weighted average remaining term to maturity by unpaid principal balance as of
the Cut-off Date.


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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EMC
                          CONCERNING THE MORTGAGE LOANS

               [SEE SECTION 7 OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT]


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                                                                       EXHIBIT D

                        REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS


To:  Bank One, National Association
     One Bank One Plaza
     Suite IL 1-0126
     Chicago, IL 60670-0126

     RE:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2001, among EMC,
          SAMI, as seller, Bank One, National Association, as trustee and Wells
          Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master servicer and as
          securities administrator

     In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you
pursuant to the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we request the
release, and hereby acknowledge receipt, of the Mortgage File for the Mortgage
Loan described below, for the reason indicated.

Mortgage Loan Number:

Mortgagor Name, Address & Zip Code:

Reason for Requesting Documents (check one):

_____   1.  Mortgage Paid in Full and proceeds have been deposited into the
            Custodial Account

_____   2.  Foreclosure

_____   3.  Substitution

_____   4.  Other Liquidation

_____   5.  Nonliquidation               Reason: ______________________________

_____   6.  California Mortgage Loan paid in full


                                         By:___________________________________
                                                  (authorized signer)

                                         Issuer:_______________________________
                                         Address:______________________________

                                         Date:_________________________________


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                                                                       EXHIBIT E

                                        Affidavit pursuant to Section 860E(e)(4)
                                        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
                                        amended, and for other purposes
STATE OF            )
                    )ss:
COUNTY OF           )

     [NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

     1. That he is [Title of Officer] of [Name of Investor] (the "Investor"), a
[savings institution] [corporation] duly organized and existing under the laws
of [the State of _________ ] [the United States], on behalf of which he makes
this affidavit.

     2. That (i) the Investor is not a "disqualified organization" as defined in
Section 860E(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), and will not be a disqualified organization as of [Closing Date] [date
of purchase]; (ii) it is not acquiring the Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-3, Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
Certificates (together, the "Residual Certificates") for the account of a
disqualified organization; (iii) it consents to any amendment of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments Inc. (upon advice of counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement
to ensure that the Residual Certificates will not be owned directly or
indirectly by a disqualified organization; and (iv) it will not transfer such
Residual Certificates unless (a) it has received from the transferee an
affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit containing these same
four representations and (b) as of the time of the transfer, it does not have
actual knowledge that such affidavit is false.

     3. That the Investor is one of the following: (i) a citizen or resident of
the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership (including an entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes) created
or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia (except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent
provided in regulations), provided that no partnership or other entity treated
as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated
as a United States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such
partnership either directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes are United States Persons, (iii) an
estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of
its source, or (iv) a trust other than a "foreign trust," as defined in Section
7701 (a)(31) of the Code.

     4. That the Investor's taxpayer identification number is .

     5. That no purpose of the acquisition of the Residual Certificates is to
avoid or impede the assessment or collection of tax.

     6. That the Investor understands that, as the holder of the Residual
Certificates, the Investor may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows
generated by such Residual Certificates.


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     7. That the Investor intends to pay taxes associated with holding the
Residual Certificates as they become due.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be executed
on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its [Title of
Officer] this ____ day of __________, 20_.

                                       [NAME OF INVESTOR]


                                       By:____________________________________
                                          [Name of Officer]
                                          [Title of Officer]
                                          [Address of Investor for receipt of
                                          distributions]

                                          Address of Investor for receipt of tax
                                          information:


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     Personally appeared before me the above-named [Name of Officer], known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be the [Title of Officer] of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he
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 _____________, 20__.

NOTARY PUBLIC

COUNTY OF

STATE OF


My commission expires the ___ day of _____________, 20__.


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                                                                     EXHIBIT F-1

                            FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER

                                                                          [Date]
[SELLER]

Bank One, National Association
One Bank One Plaza
Suite IL 1-0126
Chicago, IL 60670-0126

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc.
245 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10167

     Re:  Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
          Series 2001-3 (the "Certificates"), including the [Class B-4,
          Class B-5, Class B-6 and Class II-A-4] Certificates (the
          "Privately Offered Certificates")
          -------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with our purchase of Privately Offered Certificates, we
confirm that:

     (i)  we understand that the Privately Offered Certificates are not
          being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
          (the "Act") or any applicable state securities or "Blue Sky"
          laws, and are being sold to us in a transaction that is exempt
          from the registration requirements of such laws;

     (ii) any information we desired concerning the Certificates, including
          the Privately Offered Certificates, the trust in which the
          Certificates represent the entire beneficial ownership interest
          (the "Trust") or any other matter we deemed relevant to our
          decision to purchase Privately Offered Certificates has been made
          available to us;

     (iii) we are able to bear the economic risk of investment in Privately
          Offered Certificates; we are an institutional "accredited
          investor" as defined in Section 501(a) of Regulation D
          promulgated under the Act and a sophisticated institutional
          investor;

     (iv) we are acquiring Privately Offered Certificates for our own
          account, not as nominee for any other person, and not with a
          present view to any distribution or other disposition of the
          Privately Offered Certificates;

     (v)  we agree the Privately Offered Certificates must be held
          indefinitely by us (and may not be sold, pledged, hypothecated or
          in any way disposed of)


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          unless subsequently registered under the Act and any applicable
          state securities or "Blue Sky" laws or an exemption from the
          registration requirements of the Act and any applicable state
          securities or "Blue Sky" laws is available;

     (vi) we agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to
          dispose of or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates
          (such disposition or exchange not being currently foreseen or
          contemplated), we will not transfer or exchange any of the
          Privately Offered Certificates unless:

               (A) (1) the sale is to an Eligible Purchaser (as defined
          below), (2) if required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
          (as defined below) a letter to substantially the same effect as
          either this letter or, if the Eligible Purchaser is a Qualified
          Institutional Buyer as defined under Rule 144A of the Act, the
          Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate in the form attached to
          the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below) (or such
          other documentation as may be acceptable to the Trustee) is
          executed promptly by the purchaser and delivered to the
          addressees hereof and (3) all offers or solicitations in
          connection with the sale, whether directly or through any agent
          acting on our behalf, are limited only to Eligible Purchasers and
          are not made by means of any form of general solicitation or
          general advertising whatsoever; and

               (B) if the Privately Offered Certificate is not registered
          under the Act (as to which we acknowledge you have no
          obligation), the Privately Offered Certificate is sold in a
          transaction that does not require registration under the Act and
          any applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws and, if Bank
          One, National Association (the "Trustee") so requests, a
          satisfactory Opinion of Counsel is furnished to such effect,
          which Opinion of Counsel shall be an expense of the transferor or
          the transferee;

    (vii) we agree to be bound by all of the terms (including those relating to
          restrictions on transfer) of the Pooling and Servicing, pursuant to
          which the Trust was formed; we have reviewed carefully and understand
          the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

   (viii) we either: (i) are not acquiring the Privately Offered Certificate
          directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan
          or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of the
          Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or
          section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii)
          [in the case of a Privately Offered Certificate other than a Class
          II-A-4 Certificate] are providing a representation or an opinion of
          counsel to the effect that the proposed transfer and/or holding of a
          Privately Offered Certificate and the servicing, management and/or
          operation of the Trust and its assets: (I) will not result in any
          prohibited transaction which is not covered under an individual or


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          class prohibited transaction exemption, including, but not limited to,
          Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1,
          PTE 95-60, PTE 96-23 or Section 401(c) of ERISA and the regulations
          promulgated thereunder and (II) will not give rise to any additional
          fiduciary duties on the part of the Seller, the Master Servicer or the
          Trustee [IN THE CASE OF A CLASS II-A-4 CERTIFICATE] PURCHASING THE
          CLASS II-A-4 CERTIFICATES USING FUNDS HELD IN AN "INSURANCE COMPANY
          GENERAL ACCOUNT" (AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
          CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AS PUBLISHED IN 60 FED. REG. 35925 (JULY 12,
          1995)("PTCE 95-60")); AND THE AMOUNT OF RESERVES AND LIABILITIES FOR
          THE GENERAL ACCOUNT CONTRACTS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY EMPLOYEE
          BENEFIT PLAN (AND ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OF THE SAME EMPLOYER
          OR ITS "AFFILIATES" (AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(A)(1) OF PTCE 95-60) OR
          BY THE SAME ORGANIZATION) DOES NOT EXCEED 10% OF THE TOTAL RESERVES
          AND LIABILITIES OF SUCH GENERAL ACCOUNT SURPLUS (SUCH DETERMINATION TO
          BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1(A) OF PTCE 95-60).

     (ix) We understand that each of the Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 and
          Class II- A-4 Certificates bears, and will continue to bear, a legend
          to substantiate the following effect: "THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN
          AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
          AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
          THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS
          CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
          ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS
          AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE
          144A") TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
          INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"),
          PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF
          A QIB, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER,
          RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE
          144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE
          144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (3) IN CERTIFICATED
          FORM TO AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING
          THEREOF IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE
          ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH
          PARAGRAPHS PURCHASING NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE
          SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF A LETTER
          SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B) THE
          RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER


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          EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE
          OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER
          APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
          SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE
          JURISDICTION. THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED DIRECTLY OR
          INDIRECTLY BY, OR ON BEHALF OF, AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
          RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE
          RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, AND/OR SECTION
          4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, UNLESS [in the
          case of the Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates] PROPOSED
          TRANSFER AND/OR HOLDING OF A CERTIFICATE AND THE SERVICING, MANAGEMENT
          AND/OR OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS ASSETS: (I) WILL NOT RESULT IN
          ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL OR
          CLASS PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
          PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1,
          PTE 95-60, PTE 96-23 OR SECTION 401(C) OF ERISA AND THE REGULATIONS TO
          BE PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AND (II) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY
          ADDITIONAL FIDUCIARY DUTIES ON THE PART OF THE SELLER, THE MASTER
          SERVICER OR THE TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER
          OF A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE
          EVIDENCED BY A REPRESENTATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO SUCH EFFECT
          BY OR ON BEHALF OF A HOLDER OF A PRIVATE CERTIFICATE [and in the case
          of a Class II-A-4 Certificates] THE TRANSFEREE REPRESENTS THAT IT IS
          PURCHASING THE CLASS II-A-4 CERTIFICATES USING FUNDS HELD IN AN
          "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" (AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(e) OF
          PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AS PUBLISHED IN 60 FED.
          REG. 35925 (JULY 12,1995)("PTCE 95-60")); AND THE AMOUNT OF RESERVES
          AND LIABILITIES FOR THE GENERAL ACCOUNT CONTRACTS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF
          OF ANY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AND ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OF
          THE SAME EMPLOYER OR ITS "AFFILIATES" (AS DEFINED IN SECTION V(a)(1)
          OF PTCE 95-60) OR BY THE SAME ORGANIZATION) DOES NOT EXCEED 10% OF THE
          TOTAL RESERVES AND LIABILITIES OF SUCH GENERAL ACCOUNT SURPLUS (SUCH
          DETERMINATION TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1(a) OF PTCE
          95-60)."

         "Eligible Purchaser" means a corporation, partnership or other entity
which we have reasonable grounds to believe and do believe (i) can make
representations with respect to itself to substantially the same effect as the
representations set forth herein, and (ii) is either a Qualified


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Institutional Buyer as defined under Rule 144A of the Act or an institutional
"Accredited Investor" as defined under Rule 501 of the Act.

     Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2001, among EMC,
SAMI, as seller (the "Seller"), Bank One, National Association, as trustee (the
"Trustee") and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master
servicer (in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and securities administrator
(in such capacity, the "Securities Administrator") (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement").

     If the Purchaser proposes that its Certificates be registered in the name
of a nominee on its behalf, the Purchaser has identified such nominee below, and
has caused such nominee to complete the Nominee Acknowledgment at the end of
this letter.


Name of Nominee (if any):______________________________


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this document has been executed by the undersigned who
is duly authorized to do so on behalf of the undersigned Eligible Purchaser on
the ____ day of _______, 20_.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         [PURCHASER]

                                         By:______________________________
                                                  (Authorized Officer)

                                         [By:______________________________
                                                  Attorney-in-fact]


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                             Nominee Acknowledgment

         The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that as to the
Certificates being registered in its name, the sole beneficial owner thereof is
and shall be the Purchaser identified above, for whom the undersigned is acting
as nominee.

                                         [NAME OF NOMINEE]


                                         By:______________________________
                                                  (Authorized Officer)


                                         [By:______________________________
                                                  Attorney-in-fact]


                                      F-1-7

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                                                                     EXHIBIT F-2


                FORM OF RULE 144A AND RELATED MATTERS CERTIFICATE

                                                                          [Date]
[SELLER]

Bank One, National Association
One Bank One Plaza
Suite IL 1-0126
Chicago, IL 60670-0126

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc.
245 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10167

          Re:  Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
               Series 2001- 3, Class B-4, Class B-5, Class B-6 and Class II-A-4
               Certificates (the "Privately Offered Certificates")
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with our purchase of Privately Offered Certificates, the
undersigned certifies to each of the parties to whom this letter is addressed
that it is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act")) as follows:

1.   It owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis eligible securities
     (excluding affiliate's securities, bank deposit notes and CD's, loan
     participations, repurchase agreements, securities owned but subject to a
     repurchase agreement and swaps), as described below:

     Date:___________, 20__ (must be on or after the close of its most recent
     fiscal year)

     Amount:  $___________________; and

2.   The dollar amount set forth above is:

     a.   greater than $100 million and the undersigned is one of the following
          entities:



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          (x)  /_/  an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the
                    Act1; or

          (y)  /_/  an investment company registered under the Investment
                    Company Act or any business development company as defined
                    in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940;
                    or

          (z)  /_/  a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S.
                    Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of
                    the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; or

          (aa) /_/  a plan (i) established and maintained by a state, its
                    political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of
                    a state or its political subdivisions, the laws of which
                    permit the purchase of securities of this type, for the
                    benefit of its employees and (ii) the governing investment
                    guidelines of which permit the purchase of securities of
                    this type; or

          (bb) /_/  a business development company as defined in Section
                    202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; or

          (cc) /_/  a corporation (other than a U.S. bank, savings and loan
                    association or equivalent foreign institution), partnership,
                    Massachusetts or similar business trust, or an organization
                    described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
                    or

          (dd) /_/  a U.S. bank, savings and loan association or equivalent
                    foreign institution, which has an audited net worth of at
                    least $25 million as demonstrated in its latest annual
                    financial statements; or

          (ee) /_/  an investment adviser registered under the Investment
                    Advisers Act; or

     b.  /_/   greater than $10 million, and the undersigned is a broker-dealer
               registered with the SEC; or

     c.  /_/   less than $ 10 million, and the undersigned is a broker-dealer
               registered with the SEC and will only purchase Rule 144A
               securities in transactions in which it acts as a riskless
               principal (as defined in Rule 144A); or

     d.  /_/   less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an investment
               company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
               which, together with one or more registered investment companies
               having the same or an affiliated investment adviser, owns at
               least $100 million of eligible securities; or

     e.  /_/   less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an entity, all
               the equity owners of which are qualified institutional buyers.

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1    A purchase by an insurance company for one or more of its separate
     accounts, as defined by Section 2(a)(37) of the Investment Company Act of l
     940, which are neither registered nor required to be registered thereunder,
     shall be deemed to be a purchase for the account of such insurance company.


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     The undersigned further certifies that it is purchasing a Privately Offered
Certificate for its own account or for the account of others that independently
qualify as "Qualified Institutional Buyers" as defined in Rule 144A. It is aware
that the sale of the Privately Offered Certificates is being made in reliance on
its continued compliance with Rule 144A. It is aware that the transferor may
rely on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Act provided by
Rule 144A. The undersigned understands that the Privately Offered Certificates
may be resold, pledged or transferred only to (i) a person reasonably believed
to be a Qualified Institutional Buyer that purchases for its own account or for
the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance in Rule 144A, or (ii) an
institutional "accredited investor," as such term is defined under Rule 501 of
the Act in a transaction that otherwise does not constitute a public offering.

     The undersigned agrees that if at some future time it wishes to dispose of
or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates, it will not transfer or
exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates to a Qualified Institutional
Buyer without first obtaining a Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate in the
form hereof from the transferee and delivering such certificate to the
addressees hereof. Prior to making any transfer of Privately Offered
Certificates, if the proposed Transferee is an institutional "accredited
investor," the transferor shall obtain from the transferee and deliver to the
addressees hereof an Investment Letter in the form attached to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2001, among EMC, SAMI, as seller (the
"Seller"), Bank One, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") and Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master servicer (in such
capacity, the "Master Servicer") and as securities administrator (in such
capacity, the "Securities Administrator"), pursuant to Certificates were issued.

     The undersigned certifies that it either: (i) is not acquiring the
Privately Offered Certificate directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an
employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and/or
section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii), in the
case of the Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificate, is providing a
representation or an opinion of counsel to the effect that the proposed transfer
and/or holding of a Privately Offered Certificate and the servicing, management
and/or operation of the Trust and its assets: (I) will not result in any
prohibited transaction which is not covered under a prohibited transaction
exemption, including, but not limited to, Prohibited Transaction Exemption
("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60, PTE 96-23 or Section 401(c) of
ERISA and the regulations to be promulgated thereunder and (II) will not give
rise to any additional fiduciary duties on the part of the Seller, the Master
Servicer or the Trustee [and in the case of a Class II-A-4 Certificates] the
transferee represents that it is purchasing the Class II-A-4 certificates using
funds held in an "insurance company general account" (as defined in Section V(e)
of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, as published in 60 Fed. Reg.
35925 (July 12,1995)("PTCE 95-60")); and the amount of reserves and liabilities
for the general account contracts held by or on behalf of any employee benefit
plan (and any other employee benefit plan of the same employer or its
"affiliates" (as defined in Section V(a)(1) of PTCE 95-60) or by the same
organization) does not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of such
general account surplus (such determination to be made in accordance with
section 1(a) of PTCE 95-60)..



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     If the Purchaser proposes that its Certificates be registered in the name
of a nominee on its behalf, the Purchaser has identified such nominee below, and
has caused such nominee to complete the Nominee Acknowledgment at the end of
this letter.




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Name of Nominee (if any):

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this document has been executed by the undersigned who is
duly authorized to do so on behalf of the undersigned Eligible Purchaser on the
___ day of ________, 20__.
                                           Very truly yours,

                                           [PURCHASER]



                                           By:________________________________
                                                    (Authorized Officer)


                                           [By:_______________________________
                                                    Attorney-in-fact]


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                             Nominee Acknowledgment

     The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that as to the Certificates
being registered in its name, the sole beneficial owner thereof is and shall be
the Purchaser identified above, for whom the undersigned is acting as nominee.

                                           [NAME OF NOMINEE]

                                           By:________________________________
                                                    (Authorized Officer)


                                           [By:_______________________________
                                                    Attorney-in-fact]


                                      F-2-6

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                                                                       EXHIBIT G

                          FORM OF INITIAL CERTIFICATION

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc.
245 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10167

     Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2001, among EMC
          Mortgage Corporation, Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., as
          seller, Bank One, National Association, as trustee, and Wells Fargo
          Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master servicer and as
          securities administrator Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through
          Certificates, Series 2001-3
          ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, hereby certifies that, except as otherwise
noted on the attached exception report, that as to each Mortgage Loan listed on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed
on the attachment hereto) it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage
Loan Schedule and has determined that: (i) all documents required to be included
in the Mortgage File pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are in its
possession; (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on
their face, have, where applicable, been executed and relate to such Mortgage
Loan; and (iii) based on examination by it, and only as to such documents, the
information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as to Mortgagor Name,
original principal balance and loan number respecting such Mortgage Loan is
correct and accurately reflects the information in the Mortgage Loan File.

     The undersigned has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The undersigned makes no
representation that any documents specified in subclauses (iv), (v) and (vii) of
Section 2.01(b) should be included in any Mortgage File. The undersigned makes
no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, enforceability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of
the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or (ii) the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.


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     Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

                                            [                 ]

                                            By:_______________________________
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:


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                                                                       EXHIBIT H

                           FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc.
245 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10167

     Re:  Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2001, among EMC
          Morgage Corporation, Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., as
          seller, Bank One, National Association, as trustee and Wells Fargo
          Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master servicer and as
          securities administrator issuing Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Mortgage
          Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2001-3
          --------------------------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, hereby certifies that, except as otherwise
noted on the attached exception report, that as to each Mortgage Loan listed on
the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed
on the attachment hereto) it has received the documents set forth in Section
2.01 and has determined that (i) all documents required to be included in the
Mortgage File pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are in its
possession; (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on
their face, have, where applicable, been executed and relate to such Mortgage
Loan; and (iii) based on examination by it, and only as to such documents, the
information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as to Mortgagor name,
original principal balance and loan number respecting such Mortgage Loan is
correct and accurately reflects the information in the Mortgage Loan File.

     The undersigned has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically required in the
above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The undersigned makes no
representation that any documents specified in subclauses (iv), (v) and (vii) of
Section 2.01(b) should be included in any Mortgage File. The undersigned makes
no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, enforceability or
genuineness of any of the documents contained in each Mortgage File of any of
the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or (ii) the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan.



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     Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

                                             [                          ]

                                             By:_______________________________
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:


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