CERTIFICATION



Re:	Morgan
Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2012-C5, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2012-C5(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 the Transaction (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement).



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I, George Kok, 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 statement(s) required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic
reports, the servicer(s) have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreement(s) 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:



|● |  | U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee                                              
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|● |  | U.S. Bank National Association, as Certificate Administrator                            
|● |  | Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Custodian                                    
|● |  | KeyBank National Association,
as Master Servicer                                        
|● |  | Midland Loan Services, a Division
of PNC Bank, National Association, as Special Servicer
|● |  | Situs Holdings, LLC, as Operating
Advisor                                               
|● |  | Berkadia Commercial Mortgage
LLC, as Primary Servicer                                   













|● |  | Midland Loan Services, a Division
of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer
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Date: March 31, 2017



| | By | /s/ George Kok  
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| |    | Name: George
Kok
| |    | Title: President







SOX Certification – MSBAM 2012-C5