**PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATION**

Re: 

**Morgan  Stanley  Capital  I  Inc.,  Commercial  Mortgage  Pass-Through **
******Certificates, Series 2012-C5**

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**                                 **(the "Transaction"), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing                                 Agreement dated as of July 1,2012 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), executed in                                 connection with theTransaction. 

               Capitalized terms usedbut not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling  
                and Servicing Agreement.

 

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               I, Steven Stern, thesenior officer in charge of securitization of the Depositor,hereby 
certify that:

 

1. 

I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required
to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of Morgan Stanley Bank
of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2012-C5 (the "Exchange Act Periodic Reports");

 

2. 

Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act Periodic Reports, taken as a whole do
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;  

 

3. 

Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information
required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the
Exchange Act Periodic Reports;

 

4. 

Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this
report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic 
reports,  the  servicers  have  fulfilled  their  obligations  under  the  servicing  agreements  in  all
material respects; and

5. 

All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-
backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report.  Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.
In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me
by  the  following  unaffiliated  parties:    Bank  of  America,  National  Association,  as  Master Servicer; Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC as Servicing Function Participant; Midland Loan Services,  a  Division  of  PNC  Bank,  National  Association,  as  Primary  Servicer  and  as  Special Servicer; Situs Holdings, LLC, as Trust Advisor; U.S. Bank National Association, as Certificate Administrator and Trustee; and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Custodian.Date:March 28, 2013                                               By: /s/ Steven Stern                                                                             Name: Steven Stern                                                                              Title: President

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