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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
                                    Depositor

                          HOMEQ SERVICING CORPORATION,
                                    Servicer

                                       and

                             WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                     Trustee

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                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
                          Dated as of February 1, 2004

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                       FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN Trust
            MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-FF1

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

ARTICLE II            CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..............................        39

         SECTION 2.01.              Conveyance of Mortgage Loans................................................        39

         SECTION 2.02.              Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.................................        42

         SECTION 2.03.              Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor..................        43

         SECTION 2.04.              Representations and Warranties of the Servicer..............................        47

         SECTION 2.05.              Substitutions and Repurchases of Mortgage Loans which are not
                                    "Qualified Mortgages".......................................................        48

         SECTION 2.06.              Authentication and Delivery of Certificates.................................        48

         SECTION 2.07.              REMIC Elections.............................................................        48

         SECTION 2.08.              Covenants of the Servicer...................................................        52

         SECTION 2.09.              [RESERVED]..................................................................        52

         SECTION 2.10.              [RESERVED]..................................................................        52

         SECTION 2.11.              Permitted Activities of the Trust...........................................        52

         SECTION 2.12.              Qualifying Special Purpose Entity...........................................        52

ARTICLE III           ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING  OF MORTGAGE LOANS...........................................        53

         SECTION 3.01.              Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans..........................................        53

         SECTION 3.02.              Servicing and Subservicing; Enforcement of the Obligations of Servicer......        54

         SECTION 3.03.              Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Servicer..........        54

         SECTION 3.04.              Trustee to Act as Servicer..................................................        54

         SECTION 3.05.              Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Collection Account; Certificate
                                    Account.....................................................................        55

         SECTION 3.06.              Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts.........        58

         SECTION 3.07.              Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the
                                    Mortgage Loans..............................................................        59

         SECTION 3.08.              Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account and Certificate
                                    Account.....................................................................        59

         SECTION 3.09.              [RESERVED]..................................................................        61

         SECTION 3.10.              Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.............................................        61
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         SECTION 3.11.              Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements...................        62

         SECTION 3.12.              Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess
                                    Proceeds....................................................................        63

         SECTION 3.13.              Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.............................        65

         SECTION 3.14.              Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Servicer to be Held for
                                    the Trustee.................................................................        66

         SECTION 3.15.              Servicing Compensation......................................................        67

         SECTION 3.16.              Access to Certain Documentation.............................................        67

         SECTION 3.17.              Annual Statement as to Compliance...........................................        67

         SECTION 3.18.              Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Statement; Financial
                                    Statements..................................................................        67

         SECTION 3.19.              Rights of the NIMS Insurer..................................................        68

         SECTION 3.20.              Periodic Filings............................................................        68

         SECTION 3.21.              Annual Certificate by Trustee...............................................        69

         SECTION 3.22.              Annual Certificate by Servicer..............................................        69

         SECTION 3.23.              Prepayment Penalty Reporting Requirements...................................        70

         SECTION 3.24.              Statements to Trustee.......................................................        70

         SECTION 3.25.              Indemnification.............................................................        70

         SECTION 3.26.              Nonsolicitation.............................................................        71

         SECTION 3.27.              Dividend Account............................................................        71

ARTICLE IV            DISTRIBUTIONS.............................................................................        72

         SECTION 4.01.              Advances....................................................................        72

         SECTION 4.02.              Reduction of Servicing Compensation in Connection with Prepayment
                                    Interest Shortfalls.........................................................        73

         SECTION 4.03.              Distributions on the REMIC Interests........................................        73

         SECTION 4.04.              Distributions...............................................................        73

         SECTION 4.05.              Monthly Statements to Certificateholders....................................        76

ARTICLE V             THE CERTIFICATES..........................................................................        80

         SECTION 5.01.              The Certificates............................................................        80

         SECTION 5.02.              Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
                                    Certificates................................................................        80

         SECTION 5.03.              Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...........................        84
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         SECTION 5.04.              Persons Deemed Owners.......................................................        84

         SECTION 5.05.              Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses...................        85

         SECTION 5.06.              Book-Entry Certificates.....................................................        85

         SECTION 5.07.              Notices to Depository.......................................................        86

         SECTION 5.08.              Definitive Certificates.....................................................        86

         SECTION 5.09.              Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................................        86

         SECTION 5.10.              [RESERVED]..................................................................        87

ARTICLE VI            THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER............................................................        87

         SECTION 6.01.              Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer....................        87

         SECTION 6.02.              Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Servicer....................        87

         SECTION 6.03.              Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Servicer and Others...........        87

         SECTION 6.04.              Limitation on Resignation of Servicer.......................................        88

         SECTION 6.05.              Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds..............................        88

ARTICLE VII           DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER..........................................................        88

         SECTION 7.01.              Events of Default...........................................................        88

         SECTION 7.02.              Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor....................................        90

         SECTION 7.03.              Notification to Certificateholders..........................................        91

ARTICLE VIII          CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE....................................................................        91

         SECTION 8.01.              Duties of Trustee...........................................................        91

         SECTION 8.02.              Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.......................................        92

         SECTION 8.03.              Trustee Not Liable for Mortgage Loans.......................................        93

         SECTION 8.04.              Trustee May Own Certificates................................................        93

         SECTION 8.05.              Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................................................        93

         SECTION 8.06.              Indemnification of Trustee..................................................        94

         SECTION 8.07.              Eligibility Requirements for Trustee........................................        94

         SECTION 8.08.              Resignation and Removal of Trustee..........................................        95

         SECTION 8.09.              Successor Trustee...........................................................        96

         SECTION 8.10.              Merger or Consolidation of Trustee..........................................        96

         SECTION 8.11.              Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...............................        96

         SECTION 8.12.              Tax Matters.................................................................        97
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ARTICLE IX            TERMINATION..............................................................................          99

         SECTION 9.01.              Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all Mortgage Loans...........          99

         SECTION 9.02.              Final Distribution on the Certificates.....................................         100

         SECTION 9.03.              Additional Termination Requirements........................................         101

ARTICLE X             MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.................................................................         102

         SECTION 10.01.             Amendment..................................................................         102

         SECTION 10.02.             Counterparts...............................................................         104

         SECTION 10.03.             Governing Law..............................................................         104

         SECTION 10.04.             Intention of Parties.......................................................         104

         SECTION 10.05.             Notices....................................................................         104

         SECTION 10.06.             Severability of Provisions.................................................         105

         SECTION 10.07.             Assignment; Advance Facility...............................................         105

         SECTION 10.08.             Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.................................         107

         SECTION 10.09.             Inspection and Audit Rights................................................         107

         SECTION 10.10.             Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid..................................         107

         SECTION 10.11.             Third Party Rights.........................................................         108

         SECTION 10.12.             Additional Rights of the NIMS Insurer......................................         108

         SECTION 10.13.             Credit Risk Manager........................................................         108
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EXHIBIT A           FORMS OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES
EXHIBIT B-1         MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT B-2         GROUP A MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT B-3         GROUP B MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT C           FORM OF SALE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT D           FORM OF TRUSTEE CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT E-1         FORM OF TRANSFEREE'S LETTER AND AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT E-2         FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
EXHIBIT F           FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT G           FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
EXHIBIT H           FORM OF RULE 144A LETTER
EXHIBIT I           REQUEST FOR RELEASE
EXHIBIT J           [RESERVED]
EXHIBIT K           FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF TRUSTEE
EXHIBIT L           FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER
EXHIBIT M           FORM OF TRANSFEREE LETTER
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         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of February 1, 2004, among
MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as depositor
(the "Depositor"), HOMEQ SERVICING CORPORATION, a New Jersey corporation, as
servicer (the "Servicer") and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., a national banking
association, as trustee (the "Trustee").

         The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to
the Trustee in return for the Certificates. The Trust Fund for federal income
tax purposes will consist of (i) three real estate mortgage investment conduits,
(ii) the right to receive (x) proceeds from Prepayment Penalties on the Mortgage
Loans, (y) amounts paid by the Servicer or the Seller in respect of Prepayment
Penalties pursuant to this Agreement or the Sale Agreement, as applicable and
(z) amounts received in respect of any indemnification paid as a result of any
Prepayment Penalties (or waivers thereof) being unenforceable in breach of the
representations and warranties set forth in the Sale Agreement, (iii) the
grantor trusts described in Section 2.07 hereof (iv) the Dividend Account and
(v) the rights to receive interest at the applicable Dividend Rate on the
Dividend Mortgage Loans. The Lower Tier REMIC will consist of all of the assets
constituting the Trust Fund (other than the assets described in clauses (ii),
(iii) and (iv) above, the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests and the Middle Tier
REMIC Regular Interests) and will be evidenced by the Lower Tier REMIC Regular
Interests (which will be uncertificated and will represent the "regular
interests" in the Lower Tier REMIC) and the Class LTR Interest as the single
"residual interest" in the Lower Tier REMIC. The Trustee will hold the Lower
Tier REMIC Regular Interests. The Middle Tier REMIC will consist of the Lower
Tier REMIC Regular Interests and will be evidenced by the Middle Tier REMIC
Regular Interests (which will represent the "regular interests" in the Middle
Tier REMIC) and the Class MTR Interest as the single "residual interest" in the
Middle Tier REMIC. The Trustee will hold the Middle Tier REMIC Regular
Interests. The Upper Tier REMIC will consist of the Middle Tier REMIC Regular
Interests and will be evidenced by the REMIC Regular Interests (which will
represent the "regular interests" in the Upper Tier REMIC) and the Residual
Interest as the single "residual interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC. The Class R
Certificate will represent beneficial ownership of the Class LTR Interest, the
Class MTR Interest and the Residual Interest. The "latest possible maturity
date" for federal income tax purposes of all interests created hereby will be
the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

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

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

                                    ARTICLE I
                                   DEFINITIONS

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

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

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

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

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

         Advance: The aggregate of the advances required to be made by the
Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01, the
amount of any such advances being equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of
all payments of principal and interest (net of the Servicing Fee Rate) on the
Mortgage Loans that were due during the applicable Due Period and not received
as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, less the
aggregate amount of any such Delinquent payments that the Servicer has
determined would constitute a Non-Recoverable Advance were an advance to be made
with respect thereto.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         Auction Date: The date on which the Auction occurs.

         Available Funds Cap: As of any Distribution Date with respect to the
Certificates, a per annum rate equal to 12 times the product of (x) the quotient
of (i) the total scheduled interest on the Mortgage Loans based on the Net
Mortgage Rates as of the related Due Date divided by (ii) the Aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of the applicable Accrual
Period and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of
which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period.

         Balloon Loan: A Mortgage Loan having an original term to stated
maturity of approximately 15 years which provides for level monthly payments of
principal and interest based on a 30-year amortization schedule, with a balloon
payment of the remaining outstanding principal balance due on such Mortgage Loan
at its stated maturity.

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         Book-Entry Certificates: Any of the Certificates that shall be
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, the ownership of which
is reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person
maintaining an account with the Depository (directly, as a "Depository
Participant", or indirectly, as an indirect participant in accordance with the
rules of the Depository and as described in Section 5.06). As of the Closing
Date, each of the Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class
B-3 Certificates constitutes a Class of Book-Entry Certificates.

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

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

         Certificate Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(f) in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as trustee, in trust for registered holders of First Franklin Mortgage
Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-FF1." Funds in
the Certificate Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for
the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         Class A Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date (1) prior to the Stepdown Date or any Distribution Date on which a Stepdown
Trigger Event exists, 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date and (2) on or after the Stepdown Date where a Stepdown Trigger
Event does not exist, the excess of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (B) the lesser of (i)
68.50% (or 67.70% in the event a Stepup Trigger Event is in effect) of the
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately
preceding Due Period and (ii) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period over
$6,689,777; provided, however, that in no event will the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A and Class R Certificates.

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

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

         Class A-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Current Interest or a Class A-1 Interest Carry Forward

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Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy,
less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to
the Class A-1 Certificates. For purposes of calculating interest, principal
distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have been made on the
first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date occurs.

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

         Class A-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.260% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 0.520% per annum.

         Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 1.360%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class A-1 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

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

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

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

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

         Class A-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.240% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 0.480% per annum.

         Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 1.340%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class A-2 Margin,

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(2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the Available Funds Cap for such
Distribution Date.

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

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

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

         Class B-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Current Interest or a Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward
Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy,
less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to
the Class B-1 Certificates. For purposes of calculating interest, principal
distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have been made on the
first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Date occurs.

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

         Class B-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 1.600% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 2.400% per annum.

         Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 2.700%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class B-1 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

         Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance and the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger
Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess
of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking
into account distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance
(after taking into account distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution

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Date) and (D) the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to
such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 93.00% (or 92.20% in the event
a Stepup Trigger Event is in effect) of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the
excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of
the immediately preceding Due Period over $6,689,777. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class B-1 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution
Amount remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1 and Class
M-2 Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class B-1 Principal Distribution
Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-1 Certificate
Principal Balance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

         Class B-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 1.700% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 2.550% per annum.

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         Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 2.800%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class B-2 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

         Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance and the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance
have been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a
Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the
Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the
Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (D) the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date) and (E) the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 95.50%
(or 94.70% in the event a Stepup Trigger Event is in effect) of the Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately
preceding Due Period and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period over
$6,689,777. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to
the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of
Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates has been reduced to zero, the
Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the lesser of (x) the
outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class B-2 Certificates and (y)
100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after any distributions on
such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class B-1 Certificates and (II) in no
event will the Class B-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

         Class B-3 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 2.750% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 4.125% per annum.

         Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 3.850%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class B-3 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

         Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance, the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance, the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance, the Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance and
the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance have been reduced to zero and a
Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not
exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal
Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class M-1 Certificate
Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (C) the Class M-2
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (D) the
Class B-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions
of the Class B-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (E)
the Class B-2 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and (F) the Class B-3 Certificate Principal Balance (after
taking into account distributions of the Class B-3 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date) over (2) the lesser of (A) 97.80% (or 97.00% in the
event a Stepup Trigger Event is in effect) of the Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (B)
the excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end
of the immediately preceding Due Period over $6,689,777. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class B-3 Principal Distribution
Amount

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will equal the lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class B-3 Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount
remaining after any distributions on such Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
B-1 and Class B-2 Certificates and (II) in no event will the Class B-3 Principal
Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date exceed the Class B-3
Certificate Principal Balance.

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

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

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

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

         Class C Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class C Distributable Interest
Rate on a notional amount equal to the aggregate of the principal balance of the
Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests immediately prior to such Distribution Date
(such amount of interest representing 100 percent of the interest payments on
the Class MTC Interest), plus the interest portion of any previous distributions
on such Class that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in
bankruptcy, less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such
Distribution Date to the Class C Certificates.

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

         Class C Interest Carry Forward Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
sum of (1) the excess of (A) the Class C Current Interest with respect to prior
Distribution Dates over (B) the amount actually distributed to the Class C
Certificates with respect to interest on such prior Distribution Dates or added
to the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C Certificates and
(2) interest on such excess (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the
Net Rate.

         Class C Unpaid Realized Loss Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
excess of (1) the Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount over (2) the sum of (x)
all distributions in reduction

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of the Class C Applied Realized Loss Amount on all previous Distribution Dates
and (y) all increases in the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class C
Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of "Certificate
Principal Balance."

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

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

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

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

         Class LTB-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to 1/2 of the initial
principal balance of its Corresponding Middle Tier Interest and an interest rate
equal to the Net Rate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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         Class M-1 Current Interest: As of any Distribution Date, the interest
accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate on
the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance as of the first day of such Accrual
Period (after giving effect to all distributions of principal made or deemed to
be made as of such first day) plus the portion of any previous distributions on
such Class in respect of Current Interests or a Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward
Amount that is recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy,
less any Non-Supported Interest Shortfall allocated on such Distribution Date to
the Class M-1 Certificates. For purposes of calculating interest, principal
distributions on a Distribution Date will be deemed to have been made on the
first day of the Accrual Period in which such Distribution Carry Forward Date
occurs.

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

         Class M-1 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.500% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 0.750% per annum.

         Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 1.600%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class M-1 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

         Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance has been reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists,
or as long as a Stepdown Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum
of (A) the Class A Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account
distributions of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (B) the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to
such Distribution Date over (2) the lesser of (A) 79.50% (or 78.70% in the event
a Stepup Trigger Event is in effect) of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the
excess of the Stated Principal Balances for the Mortgage Loans as of the end of
the immediately preceding Due Period over $6,689,777. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (I) on any Distribution Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Class A Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A Certificates and (II) in no event will the
Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any Distribution Date
exceed the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance.

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

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and (y) all increases in the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of "Certificate
Principal Balance."

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

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

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

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

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

         Class M-2 Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 1.140% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 1.710% per annum.

         Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 2.240%
per annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month
LIBOR plus the Class M-2 Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the
Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

         Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, 100% of the Principal
Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date if the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance and the Class M-1 Certificate Principal Balance have been
reduced to zero and a Stepdown Trigger Event exists, or as long as a Stepdown
Trigger Event does not exist, the excess of (1) the sum of (A) the Class A
Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (B) the Class
M-1 Certificate Principal Balance (after taking into account distributions of
the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (C)
the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (2)

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the lesser of (A) 88.50% (or 87.70% in the event a Stepup Trigger Event is in
effect) of the Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of
the immediately preceding Due Period and (B) the excess of the Stated Principal
Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the immediately preceding Due
Period over $6,689,777. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) on any Distribution
Date prior to the Stepdown Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of
each Class of Class A Certificates and the Class M-1 Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount will equal the
lesser of (x) the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates and (y) 100% of the Principal Distribution Amount remaining after
any distributions on such Class A and Class M-1 Certificates and (II) in no
event will the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount with respect to any
Distribution Date exceed the Class M-2 Certificate Principal Balance.

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

         Class MTA-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Middle
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal
balance of the Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i)
the greater of (x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class A-1 Margin and (y) for the
first twenty-four Distribution Dates, 2.30% plus the Class A-1 Margin, and, for
subsequent Distribution Dates, 1.80% plus the Class A-1 Margin and (ii) the Net
Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage described in clause (i) of
the preceding sentence will equal 1.360%.

         Class MTA-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Middle
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal
balance of the Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i)
the greater of (x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class A-2 Margin and (y) for the
first twenty-four Distribution Dates, 2.30% plus the Class A-2 Margin, and, for
subsequent Distribution Dates, 1.80% plus the Class A-2 Margin and (ii) the Net
Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage described in clause (i) of
the preceding sentence will equal 1.340%.

         Class MTB-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Middle
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal
balance of the Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i)
the greater of (x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-1 Margin and (y) for the
first twenty-four Distribution Dates, 2.30% plus the Class B-1 Margin, and, for
subsequent Distribution Dates, 1.80% plus the Class B-1 Margin and (ii) the Net
Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage described in clause (i) of
the preceding sentence will equal 2.700%.

         Class MTB-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Middle
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal
balance of the Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i)
the greater of (x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-2 Margin and (y) for the
first twenty-four Distribution Dates, 2.30% plus the Class B-2 Margin, and, for
subsequent Distribution Dates, 1.80% plus the Class B-2 Margin and (ii) the Net
Rate.

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For the first Distribution Date, the percentage described in clause (i) of the
preceding sentence will equal 2.800%.

         Class MTB-3 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Middle
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal
balance of the Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i)
the greater of (x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-3 Margin and (y) for the
first twenty-four Distribution Dates, 2.30% plus the Class B-3 Margin, and, for
subsequent Distribution Dates, 1.80% plus the Class B-3 Margin and (ii) the Net
Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage described in clause (i) of
the preceding sentence will equal 3.850%.

         Class MTC Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Middle
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the excess of the
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans over the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class B-1
Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class M-1
Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates and Class R Certificates and bearing
interest on a notional amount equal to the aggregate of the Principal Balances
of the Mortgage Loans outstanding as of the beginning of the related Accrual
Period at a rate equal to the Class MTC Interest Rate.

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

         Class MTM-1 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Middle
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal
balance of the Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i)
the greater of (x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class M-1 Margin and (y) for the
first twenty-four Distribution Dates, 2.30% plus the Class M-1 Margin, and, for
subsequent Distribution Dates, 1.80% plus the Class M-1 Margin and (ii) the Net
Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage described in clause (i) of
the preceding sentence will equal 1.60%.

         Class MTM-2 Interest: An uncertificated regular interest in the Middle
Tier REMIC with an initial principal balance equal to the initial principal
balance of the Related Certificates and bearing interest at the lesser of (i)
the greater of (x) One-Month LIBOR plus the Class M-2 Margin and (y) for the
first twenty-four Distribution Dates, 2.30% plus the Class M-2 Margin, and, for
subsequent Distribution Dates, 1.80% plus the Class M-2 Margin and (ii) the Net
Rate. For the first Distribution Date, the percentage described in clause (i) of
the preceding sentence will equal 2.240%.

         Class MTR Interest: The sole class of "residual interest" in the Middle
Tier REMIC, as described in the Preliminary Statement and Section 2.07.

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

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

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

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

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

         Class R Margin: As of any Distribution Date up to and including the
Optional Termination Date for the Certificates, 0.260% per annum and, as of any
Distribution Date after the Optional Termination Date, 0.520% per annum.

         Class R Pass-Through Rate: For the first Distribution Date, 1.360% per
annum. As of any Distribution Date thereafter, the least of (1) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Class R Margin, (2) the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap and (3) the Available
Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

         Class S Certificate: Any Certificate designated as a "Class S
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein. For federal income tax purposes,
the Class S Certificates represent the seven UTS Components each of which is a
"regular interest" in the Upper Tier REMIC.

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

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

         Class S Notional Amount: For any Distribution Date, the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class R Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date.

         Class S Pass-Through Rate: As of any Distribution Date, the greater of
(1) 2.30% minus One-Month LIBOR for the first twenty-four Distribution Dates and
1.80% minus One-Month LIBOR thereafter and (2) 0.00%; provided, however, the
rate on the Class S Certificates with respect to the portion of the notional
balance of the Class S Certificates that corresponds to each class of Offered
Certificates will be subject to a cap equal to the excess of (x) the product of
(i) the Net Rate and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the
denominator of which is the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period
over (y) One-Month LIBOR plus the applicable margin for such class of Offered
Certificates.

         Closing Date: February 27, 2004.

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

         Collection Account: The separate Eligible Account created and initially
maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(b) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "HomEq
Servicing Corporation, as Servicer for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee in
trust for registered holders of First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-FF1". Funds in the Collection
Account shall be held in trust for the Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement.

         Compensating Interest: For any Distribution Date and any Principal
Prepayment in full in respect of a Mortgage Loan that is received during the
period from the first day of the related Prepayment Period through the last day
of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date, a payment made by the
Servicer to the extent funds are available from the total Servicing Fee payable
for such Distribution Date, equal to the amount of interest at the Net Mortgage
Rate payable for that Mortgage Loan from the date on which the Servicer applied
such Principal Prepayment in full to reduce the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan through the last day of such preceding calendar month.

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

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

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

         Corresponding Middle Tier Interests: With respect to the Class LTA-1
Interest, the Class MTA-1 Interest. With respect to the Class LTA-2 Interest,
the Class MTA-2 Interest. With respect to the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class
MTM-1 Interest. With respect to the Class LTM-2 Interest, the Class MTM-2
Interest. With respect to the Class LTB-1 Interest, the Class MTB-1 Interest.
With respect to the Class LTB-2 Interest, the Class MTB-2 Interest. With respect
to the Class LTB-3 Interest, the Class MTB-3 Interest.

         Credit Risk Manager: The Murrayhill Company, a Colorado corporation, or
its successor in interest.

         Credit Risk Manager Fee: The fee payable on each Distribution Date to
the Credit Risk Manager as compensation for all services rendered by it in
exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Credit Risk
Manager under the Consulting Agreement between the Credit Risk Manager and the
Depositor, which amount shall equal one-twelfth of the product of (1) the Credit
Risk Manager Fee Rate and (2) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the first day of the related Due Period.

         Credit Risk Manager Fee Rate: 0.0150% per annum.

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

         Cut-off Date: February 1, 2004.

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

         Definitive Certificates: As defined in Section 5.06.

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

         Delinquent: A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due thereon
is not made pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan by the close of business
on the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days
delinquent" if such payment has not been received by the close of business on
the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding

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the month in which such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding
day (e.g., as when a 30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was
due on the 31st day of such month), then on the last day of such immediately
succeeding month. Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90 days delinquent" and
so on.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         Distribution Date: The 25th day of each calendar month, or if such 25th
day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in March
2004.

         Dividend Account: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.27 in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Depositor and the Mortgagors of Dividend Mortgage Loans and
designated: "HomeEq Servicing Corporation, as servicer of the First Franklin
Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-FF1".

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Funds in the Dividend Account shall be held by the Servicer for the use and
purpose set forth in this Agreement.

         Dividend Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan identified as such on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and which contains a provision entitling the Mortgagor
thereunder to annual refunds, at the end of each of the first four years of the
life of such Mortgage Loan, of a portion of the interest paid by such Mortgagor
during the preceding twelve months, if the conditions precedent to the
entitlement to such refund as specified in the related Mortgage Note have been
met.

         Dividend Portion: With respect to each Dividend Mortgage Loan and each
Scheduled Payment due thereunder during the first four years of the life of such
Mortgage Loan, an amount equal to interest at the Dividend Rate on the same
Stated Principal Balance and for the same accrual period as is applicable to the
calculation of the interest portion of such Scheduled Payment.

         Dividend Rate: With respect to each Dividend Mortgage Loan and each
Scheduled Payment due thereunder during the first four years of the life of such
Mortgage Loan, the dividend rate specified in the related Mortgage Note
applicable to the calculation of the Dividend Portion of such Scheduled Payment
to be refunded to the related Mortgagor if the conditions precedent to the
entitlement to such refund as specified in the related Mortgage Note have been
met.

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

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

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

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depository institution that is a subsidiary of a holding company, the short-term
unsecured debt obligations of such holding company) are rated A-1 by S&P or
Prime-1 by Moody's at the time any deposits are held on deposit therein, or
(vii) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with a federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary
capacity, that is acceptable to the Rating Agencies, or (viii) otherwise
acceptable to each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a letter from each Rating
Agency to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer.

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

         ERISA Restricted Certificate: The Class C Certificates, Class P
Certificates and Class R Certificate and any other Certificate, unless such
other Certificate shall have received a rating from a Rating Agency at the time
of a transfer of such other Certificate that is in one of the three (or in the
case of Designated Transactions, four) highest generic rating categories.

         Event of Default: As defined in Section 7.01 hereof.

         Excess Interest: On any Distribution Date, for the Class A-1
Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class R Certificate, Class M-1
Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2
Certificates and Class B-3 Certificates, the excess, if any, of (1) the amount
of interest such Class of Certificates is entitled to receive on such
Distribution Date at its Pass-Through Rate over (2) the amount of interest such
Class of Certificates would have been entitled to receive on such Distribution
Date had the Pass-Through Rate for such Class been the REMIC Pass-Through Rate.

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

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

         Extra Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution
Date, (1) prior to the Stepdown Date, the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the
Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding such Distribution
Date reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date and
(ii) $14,717,510 (or $20,069,332 in the event a Stepup Trigger Event is in
effect) over (B) the Pool Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
such Distribution Date and (2) on and after the Stepdown Date, (A) the sum of
(i) the Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance immediately preceding such
Distribution Date, reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such
Distribution Date and (ii) the greater of (a) 2.20% (or 3.00% in the event a
Stepup Trigger Event is in effect) of the Pool Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans and (b) $6,689,777 less (B) the Pool Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date; provided, however, that if on
any Distribution Date a Stepdown Trigger Event is in effect, the Extra Principal
Distribution Amount will not be reduced to the applicable percentage of the
then-current Pool Stated Principal Balance as of the Due Date

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immediately prior to the Stepdown Trigger Event (i.e., if a Stepup Trigger Event
is in effect at such time, 3.00%, otherwise 2.20%) until the next Distribution
Date on which the Stepdown Trigger Event is not in effect.

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

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

         First Franklin: First Franklin Financial Corp., a Delaware corporation,
or its successor in interest.

         Floating Rate Certificate Carryover: With respect of a Distribution
Date, in the event that the Pass-Through Rate for a Class of Offered
Certificates (other than the Class S Certificates) is based upon the Available
Funds Cap, the excess of (x) the amount of interest that such Class would have
been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the Pass-Through Rate for
that Class not been calculated based on the Available Funds Cap, up to but not
exceeding the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap over (y) the amount of interest payable
on such Class on such Distribution Date based on the Available Funds Cap, up to
but not exceeding the Weighted Maximum Rate Cap, together with (i) the unpaid
portion of any such excess from prior Distribution Dates (and interest accrued
thereon at the then applicable Pass-Through Rate for such Class, without giving
effect to the Available Funds Cap) and (ii) any amount previously distributed
with respect to Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for such Class that is
recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy.

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

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

         Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate which is fixed.

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

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

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

         Group A Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (1) the sum of the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-1 Certificates and the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
R Certificate and (2) the product of (x) the Group A Principal Distribution
Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount; provided, however,
that (A) with respect to the Distribution Date on which the Class A-2
Certificate Principal Balance is initially reduced to zero (so long as the Class
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outstanding), the Group B Principal Distribution Percentage of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount in excess of the amount necessary to reduce the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates to zero will be
added to the Group A Principal Distribution Amount and (B) with respect to any
Distribution Date thereafter, the Group A Principal Distribution Amount shall
equal the Class A Principal Distribution Amount.

         Group A Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received
with respect to Group A Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is the
amount of all Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received on
all the Mortgage Loans.

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

         Group B Principal Distribution Amount: As of any Distribution Date, the
amount equal to the lesser of (1) the sum of the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class A-2 Certificates and (2) the product of (x) the Group B Principal
Distribution Percentage and (y) the Class A Principal Distribution Amount;
provided, however, that (A) with respect to the Distribution Date on which the
Class A-1 Certificate Principal Balance is initially reduced to zero (so long as
the Class A-2 Certificates are outstanding), the Group A Principal Distribution
Percentage of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount in excess of the amount
necessary to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1
Certificates to zero will be added to increase the Group B Principal
Distribution Amount and (B) with respect to any Distribution Date thereafter,
the Group B Principal Distribution Amount shall equal the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount.

         Group B Principal Distribution Percentage: With respect to any
Distribution Date, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the amount of Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received
with respect to Group B Mortgage Loans, and the denominator of which is the
amount of all Principal Funds with respect to such Distribution Date received on
all the Mortgage Loans.

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

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

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

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

         Initial Optional Termination Date: The first Distribution Date on which
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is equal to or less
than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the Cut-off Date.

         Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or the related
Mortgaged Property (or the related Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of
a Co-op Loan) included in the

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

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

         Insured Expenses: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged
Property (or the related Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op
Loan).

         Interest Carry Forward Amount: Any of the Class A-1 Interest Carry
Forward Amount, the Class A-2 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class S
Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class R Interest Carry Forward Amount, the
Class M-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class M-2 Interest Carry Forward
Amount, the Class B-1 Interest Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-2 Interest
Carry Forward Amount, the Class B-3 Interest Carry Forward Amount or the Class C
Interest Carry Forward Amount, as the case may be.

         Interest Determination Date: With respect to the Certificates, (i) for
any Accrual Period other than the first Accrual Period, the second LIBOR
Business Day preceding the commencement of such Accrual Period and (ii) for the
first Accrual Period, February 25, 2004.

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

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

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

         Liquidated Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan that either (a) has been liquidated through deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, foreclosure sale, trustee's sale or other realization as provided
by applicable law governing the real property subject to the related Mortgage
and any security agreements and as to which the Servicer has certified (in
accordance with Section 3.12) in the related Prepayment Period that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with such liquidation
or (b) as to which is not a first lien Mortgage Loan and is delinquent 120 days
or longer, the Servicer has certified in a certificate of an officer of the
Servicer delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee that it does not believe
that there is a reasonable likelihood that any further net proceeds will be
received or recovered with respect to such Mortgage Loan.

         Liquidation Proceeds: Any amounts, including Condemnation Proceeds and
Insurance Proceeds, received by the Servicer in connection with the partial or
complete liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through trustee's
sale, foreclosure sale, sale by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise (including any Subsequent Recoveries related to such Mortgage Loan
after such Mortgage Loan becomes a Liquidated Loan) and, if applicable, any REO
Disposition Proceeds received by the Servicer in connection with the final sale
of a related REO Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed Advances,
Servicing Fees, Servicing Advances and any other expenses related to such
Mortgage Loan.

         Loan-to-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the fraction,
expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the original principal
balance of the related Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the lesser
of (X) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property (or applicable
dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) and (Y) the sales price of the
related Mortgaged Property (or applicable dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op
Loan) at the time of origination.

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

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

         Lower Tier REMIC Interests: Each of the Class LTA-1 Interest, the Class
LTA-2 Interest, the Class LTM-1 Interest, the Class LTM-2 Interest, the Class
LTB-1 Interest, the Class LTB-2 Interest, the Class LTB-3 Interest, the Class
LTX Interest and the Class LTR Interest.

         Lower Tier REMIC Marker Classes: Each of the classes of Lower Tier
REMIC Regular Interests other than the Class LTX Interest.

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

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

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

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

         MERS System: The system of recording transfers of mortgage
electronically maintained by MERS.

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

         Middle Tier REMIC Interests: Each of the Class MTA-1 Interest, the
Class MTA-2 Interest, the Class MTM-1 Interest, the Class MTM-2 Interest, the
Class MTB-1 Interest, the Class MTB-2 Interest, the Class MTB-3 Interest, the
Class MTC Interest and the Class MTR Interest.

         Middle Tier REMIC Regular Interests: Each of the Middle Tier REMIC
Interests other than the Class MTR Interest.

         MIN: The loan number for any MERS Loan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         (i)      the loan number;

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

         (iii)    the Initial Mortgage Rate;

         (iv)     the maturity date and the months remaining before maturity
                  date;

         (v)      the original principal balance;

         (vi)     the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

         (vii)    the first payment date of the Mortgage Loan;

         (viii)   the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination of the Mortgage Loan;

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

         (x)      a code indicating the property type;

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

                  (a)      the frequency of each Adjustment Date;

                  (b)      the next Adjustment Date;

                  (c)      the Maximum Mortgage Rate;

                  (d)      the Minimum Mortgage Rate;

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

                  (f)      the related Periodic Rate Cap;

                  (g)      the Gross Margin;

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

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

         (xiv)    the Credit Score and date obtained; and

         (xv)     whether such Mortgage Loan is a Dividend Mortgage Loan.

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

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

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

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         Mortgaged Property: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.

         Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

         Net Mortgage Rate: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per
annum rate equal to the then current Mortgage Rate less the sum of (1) the
Servicing Fee Rate, (2) the Credit Risk Manager Fee Rate and (3) the applicable
Dividend Rate, if any.

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

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

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

         NIMS Insurer Default: A default by each of the NIMS Insurers as such
default is defined in the Indenture.

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

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

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

         Offered Certificates: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class S, Class M-1,
Class M-2, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, and Class R Certificate.

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

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         One-Month LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate
determined by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the
basis of (a) the offered rates for one-month United States dollar deposits, as
such rates appear on Telerate page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such
Interest Determination Date or (b) if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), the offered rates of the Reference Banks
for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination
Date. If One-Month LIBOR is determined pursuant to clause (b) above, on each
Interest Determination Date, One-Month LIBOR for the related Accrual Period will
be established by the Trustee as follows:

                           (i)      If on such Interest Determination Date two
                                    or more Reference Banks provide such offered
                                    quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the related
                                    Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean
                                    of such offered quotations (rounded upwards
                                    if necessary to the nearest whole multiple
                                    of 0.03125%).

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

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

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

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

         Optional Termination Price: On any date after the Initial Optional
Termination Date, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage Loan that has
become an REO Property) as of the Distribution Date on which the proceeds of the
Optional Termination are distributed to the Certificateholders, plus accrued
interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage Rate as of the Due Date preceding
the Distribution Date on which the proceeds of the Optional Termination are
distributed to Certificateholders and the fair market value of any REO Property,
plus accrued interest thereon as of the Distribution Date on which the proceeds
of the Optional Termination are distributed to Certificateholders, (B) any
unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses owed to the Trustee or the
Servicer and any unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances and Servicing
Advances, (C) all interest accrued on, as well as amounts necessary to retire
the principal balance

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of, the notes guaranteed by the NIMS Insurer and any and all amounts owed to the
NIMS Insurer at the time the option is exercised, (D) any unreimbursed costs,
penalties and/or damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with any
violation relating to any of the Mortgage Loans of any predatory or abusive
lending law and (E) in the event an Auction has been conducted, all reasonable
fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee to conduct the Auction.

         OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.

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

         Outstanding Mortgage Loan: As of any Distribution Date, a Mortgage Loan
with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the subject of a
Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a Liquidated Loan, prior
to the end of the related Due Period.

         Overcollateralization Amount: As of any date of determination, the
excess of (1) the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans over (2) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Certificates (other than the Class P
Certificates and the Class C Certificates).

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

         Pass-Through Rate: With respect to the Class A-1 Certificates, the
Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates, the
Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-1 Certificates, the
Class M-1 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class M-2 Certificates, the
Class M-2 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-1 Certificates, the
Class B-1 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-2 Certificates, the
Class B-2 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class B-3 Certificates, the
Class B-3 Pass-Through Rate; with respect to the Class S Certificates, the Class
S Pass-Through Rate and with respect to the Class R Certificate, the Class R
Pass-Through Rate.

         Percentage Interest: With respect to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                           (i)      obligations of the United States or any
                                    agency thereof, provided such obligations
                                    are backed by the full faith and credit of
                                    the United States;

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

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

                           (iv)     certificates of deposit, demand or time
                                    deposits, or bankers' acceptances (other
                                    than banker's acceptances issued by the
                                    Trustee or any of its Affiliates) issued by
                                    any depository institution or trust company
                                    incorporated under the laws of the United
                                    States or of any state thereof and subject
                                    to supervision and examination by federal
                                    and/or state banking authorities, provided
                                    that the

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                                    commercial paper and/or long term unsecured
                                    debt obligations of such depository
                                    institution or trust company are then rated
                                    one of the two highest long-term and the
                                    highest short-term ratings of each such
                                    Rating Agency for such securities;

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

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

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

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

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

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

provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is purchased at a
premium or above par or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount; provided,
further, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (A) if such

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

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

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

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

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

         Prepayment Interest Excesses: With respect to any Servicer Remittance
Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in
full during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring between the
first day of the calendar month in which such Servicer Remittance Date occurs
and the last day of the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to interest
(to the extent received) at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of
such Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the first day of
the calendar month in which such Servicer Remittance Date occurs and ending on
the date on which such Principal Prepayment is so applied.

         Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the sum of, for each Mortgage Loan that was, during the portion of the related
Prepayment Period from the first day of such Prepayment Period through the last
day of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, the
subject of a Principal Prepayment that was not accompanied by an amount equal to
one month of interest that would have been due on such Mortgage Loan on the
related Due Date and that was applied by the Servicer to reduce the outstanding
principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on a date preceding such Due Date, an
amount equal to the product of (a) the Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan,
(b) the amount of the Principal Prepayment for such Mortgage Loan, (c) 1/360 and
(d) the number of days commencing on the date on which such Principal Prepayment
was applied and ending on the last day of the calendar month in which the
related Prepayment Period began.

         Prepayment Penalties: Any prepayment fees, penalties, premiums or
charges to be paid by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan.

         Prepayment Period: With respect to any Distribution Date, (i) with
respect to Principal Prepayments in full, the period from and including the 16th
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs to and including the 15th day of the calendar month in
which such Distribution Date occurs; provided, however, that the initial
Prepayment Period shall be the period from and excluding the Cut-off Date to and
including February 15, 2004, and (ii) with respect to Principal Prepayments in
part, the calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date
occurs.

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

         Principal Funds: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any
Distribution Date, the sum, without duplication, of (1) all scheduled principal
due during the related Due Period and received before the related Servicer
Remittance Date or advanced on or before the related Servicer Remittance Date,
(2) all Principal Prepayments collected in the related Prepayment Period, (3)
the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan that was purchased pursuant
to Section 2.02 or 2.03 during the related Prepayment Period or, pursuant to
Section 9.01, (4) the amount, if any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal
balance of any Replacement Mortgage Loan is less than the aggregate unpaid
principal of the related Deleted Mortgage Loans delivered by the Seller in
connection with a substitution of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03(c),
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Liquidation Proceeds collected during the related Prepayment Period (to the
extent that such Liquidation Proceeds relate to principal) and (6) all other
collections and recoveries in respect of principal during the related Prepayment
Period less the sum of (A) all Non-Recoverable Advances relating to principal
with respect to the Mortgage Loans and (B) all other amounts reimbursable to the
Servicer and the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and allocable to principal.

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

         Prospectus Supplement: The Prospectus Supplement dated February 25,
2004 relating to the public offering of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class S, Class
M-1, Class M-2, Class R, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.

         PUD: A Planned Unit Development.

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

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

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

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

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

         Refinanced Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were
not used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property (or Underlying Mortgaged
Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan).

         Regular Certificate: Any one of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class M-1,
Class M-2, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.

         Related Certificates: With respect to the Class MTA-1 Interest, the
Class A-1 and Class R Certificates. With respect to the Class MTA-2 Interest,
the Class A-2 Certificates. With respect to the Class MTB-1 Interest, the Class
B-1 Certificates. With respect to the Class MTB-2 Interest, the Class B-2
Certificates. With respect to the Class MTB-3 Interest, the Class B-3
Certificates. With respect to the Class MTM-1 Interest, the Class M-1
Certificates. With respect to the Class MTM-2 Interest, the Class M-2
Certificates.

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

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

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

         REMIC Pass-Through Rate: The Pass-Through Rate for a Class of Related
Certificates calculated by replacing "Available Funds Cap" in such definition
with "Net Rate."

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

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

         REO Disposition: The final sale by the Servicer of any REO Property.

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         REO Disposition Proceeds: All amounts received by the Servicer in
connection with an REO Disposition.

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

         Replacement Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Depositor
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on the date of such substitution, as
confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form of Exhibit I (1)
have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the
Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not in excess of, and not
less than 90% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (2)
with respect to any Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Mortgage Rate not less than
or no more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and, with respect to any Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan: (A) have a
Maximum Mortgage Rate no more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the Maximum
Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (B) have a Minimum Mortgage Rate no
more than 1% per annum higher or lower than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (C) have the same index and Periodic Rate Cap as that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and a Gross Margin not more than 1% per annum higher
or lower than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (D) not permit conversion of
the related Mortgage Rate to a fixed Mortgage Rate and (F) currently be accruing
interest at a rate not more than 1% per annum higher or lower than that of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (3) have a similar or higher FICO score or credit grade
than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (4) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio (or
Combined Loan-to-Value Ratio, in the case of the Mortgage Loans in a second lien
position) no higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (5) have a remaining
term to maturity no greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (6) provide for a Prepayment Penalty on terms
substantially similar to those of the Prepayment Penalty, if any, of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (7) have the same lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (8)
constitute the same occupancy type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (9) comply with
each representation and warranty referred to in Section 2.03 hereof and (10) is
not a "high-cost home loan" as defined in either the New Jersey House Ownership
Security Act of 2002 or the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act.

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

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

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

         Reserve Interest Rate: With respect to any Interest Determination Date,
the rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be (1) the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%) of the
one-month United States dollar lending rates which New York City banks selected
by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest

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Determination Date to the principal London offices of leading banks in the
London interbank market or (2) in the event that the Trustee can determine no
such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month United States dollar lending rate
which New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such Interest
Determination Date to leading European banks.

         Residual Interest: An interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that is entitled
to all distributions of principal and interest on the Class R Certificate other
than distributions in respect of the Class LTR Interest and the Class MTR
Interest and distributions to the extent attributable to an interest rate in
excess of the Net Rate.

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

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

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

         Sale Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Sale and Assignment Agreement dated
as of February 1, 2004 between the Depositor and the Seller, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C.

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

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

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

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

         Servicer: HomEq Servicing Corporation, a New Jersey corporation, or its
successor in interest.

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

         Servicing Advances: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses incurred by the Servicer in the performance of its
servicing obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, the cost of (1)
the preservation, inspection, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property
(or Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan), including
without limitation advances in respect of real estate taxes and assessments, (2)
any collection, enforcement or judicial proceedings, including without
limitation foreclosures,

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collections and liquidations, (3) the conservation, management, sale and
liquidation of any REO Property and (4) compliance with the obligations under
Sections 3.01 and 3.10.

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

         Servicing Fee Rate: 0.500% per annum.

         Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee by the Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as
such lists may from time to time be amended.

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

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

         Startup Date: As defined in Section 2.07 hereof.

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

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         Stepdown Date: The later to occur of (1) the Distribution Date in March
2007 or (2) the first Distribution Date on which (A) the Class A Certificate
Principal Balance (reduced by the Principal Funds with respect to such
Distribution Date) is less than or equal to (B) 68.50% (or 68.10% in the event a
Stepup Trigger Event is in effect) of the Stated Principal Balances of the
Mortgage Loans as of such Distribution Date.

         Stepdown Required Loss Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the
applicable percentage for such Distribution Date set forth in the following
table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN         STEPDOWN REQUIRED LOSS PERCENTAGE
------------------------------         ---------------------------------
<S>                                    <C>
March 2007 - February 2008             2.75% with respect to March 2007,
                                       plus an additional 1/12th  of
                                       1.50% for each month thereafter
March 2008 - February 2009             4.25% with respect to March 2008,
                                       plus an additional 1/12th  of
                                       1.00% for each month thereafter
March 2009 - February 2010             5.25% with respect to March 2009,
                                       plus an additional 1/12th  of
                                       0.25% for each month thereafter
March 2010 and thereafter              5.50%
</TABLE>

         Stepdown Trigger Event: With respect to the Certificates after the
Stepdown Date, a Distribution Date on which (1) the quotient of (A) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans that are 60 or more
days Delinquent (including, for purposes of this calculation, Mortgage Loans in
foreclosure and REO Properties) measured on a rolling three month basis and (B)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the preceding calendar month equals or exceeds the product of (i) 41.00% and
(ii) Required Percentage or (2) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (A)
the aggregate Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date through the last
day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date and (B) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds
the Stepdown Required Loss Percentage.

         Stepup Required Loss Percentage: For any Distribution Date, the
applicable percentage for such Distribution Date set forth in the following
table:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DISTRIBUTION DATE OCCURRING IN         STEPUP REQUIRED LOSS PERCENTAGE
------------------------------         -------------------------------
<S>                                    <C>
March 2004 - February 2007             2.00%
March 2007 - February 2008             2.75% with respect to March 2007,
                                       plus an additional 1/12th  of
                                       0.75% for each month thereafter
March 2008 - February 2009             3.50% with respect to March 2008,
                                       plus an additional 1/12th  of
                                       0.75% for each month thereafter
March 2009 - February 2010             4.25% with respect to March 2009,
                                       plus an additional 1/12th  of
                                       0.25% for each month thereafter
March 2010 and thereafter              4.50%
</TABLE>

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         Stepup Trigger Event: With respect to any Distribution Date, a Stepup
Trigger Event is in effect if the aggregate Realized Losses incurred from the
Cut-off Date through the last day of the calendar month preceding such
Distribution Date as a percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans equals or exceeds the applicable Stepup Required Loss
Percentage.

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

         Subsequent Recovery: The amount, if any, recovered by the Servicer with
respect to a Liquidated Loan with respect to which a Realized Loss has been
incurred after liquidation and disposition of such Mortgage Loan.

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

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

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

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

         Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust (the "First Franklin Mortgage Loan
Trust, Series 2004-FF1") created hereunder consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans
and all interest and principal received on or with respect thereto on and after
the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in computing the Cut-off Date
Principal Balance thereof, exclusive of interest not required to be deposited in
the Collection Account; (ii) the Collection Account, the Certificate Account,
the Dividend Account and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage
Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or
otherwise; (iv) the mortgagee's rights under the Insurance Policies with respect
to the Mortgage Loans and/or the related Mortgaged Property; and (v) all
proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing
into cash or other liquid property.

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

         Uncertificated Class C Interest: An uncertificated interest having (i)
the same rights to payments as the Class C Certificates and (ii) the rights to
the payments treated as distributed to the Class C Certificates under Section
2.07(d), provided, however, that such interest shall have

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no obligation to make any payments treated as paid by the Class C Certificates
pursuant to interest rate cap agreements under Section 2.07(d).

         Underlying Mortgaged Property: With respect to each Co-op Loan, the
underlying real property owned by the related residential cooperative housing
corporation.

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

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

         UTS-A1 Component: An interest-only "regular interest" in the Upper Tier
REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, that accrues on the Class MTA-1 Interest
at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class A-1 Margin. The UTS-A1
Component is represented by the Class S Certificates.

         UTS-A2 Component: An interest-only "regular interest" in the Upper Tier
REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, that accrues on the Class MTA-2 Interest
at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class A-2 Margin. The UTS-A2
Component is represented by the Class S Certificates.

         UTS-B1 Component: An interest-only "regular interest" in the Upper Tier
REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, that accrues on the Class MTB-1 Interest
at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-1 Margin. The UTS-B1
Component is represented by the Class S Certificates.

         UTS-B2 Component: An interest-only "regular interest" in the Upper Tier
REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, that accrues on the Class MTB-2 Interest
at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-2 Margin. The UTS-B2
Component is represented by the Class S Certificates.

         UTS-B3 Component: An interest-only "regular interest" in the Upper Tier
REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, that accrues on the Class MTB-3 Interest
at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class B-3 Margin. The UTS-B3
Component is represented by the Class S Certificates.

         UTS-M1 Component: An interest-only "regular interest" in the Upper Tier
REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, that accrues on the Class MTM-1 Interest
at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class M-1 Margin. The UTS-M1
Component is represented by the Class S Certificates.

         UTS-M2 Component: An interest-only "regular interest" in the Upper Tier
REMIC entitled to the interest, if any, that accrues on the Class MTM-2 Interest
at a rate in excess of One-Month LIBOR plus the Class M-2 Margin. The UTS-M2
Component is represented by the Class S Certificates.

         UTS REMIC Components: Each of the UTS-A1 Component, the UTS-A2
Component, the UTS-M1 Component, the UTS-M2 Component, the UTS-B1 Component, the
UTS-B2 Component, and the UTS-B3 Component.

         Voting Rights: The portion of the voting rights of all the Certificates
that is allocated to any of the Certificates for purposes of the voting
provisions hereunder. Voting Rights allocated

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to each Class of Certificates shall be allocated 95% to the Offered
Certificates, 5% to the Class C and Class P Certificates, with the allocation
among the Offered Certificates to be in proportion to the Class Certificate
Principal Balance of each Class relative to the Class Certificate Principal
Balance of all other Classes. Voting Rights will be allocated among the
Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests.

         Weighted Maximum Rate Cap: As of any Distribution Date, a rate equal to
the product of (x) the weighted average of the Maximum Mortgage Rates (as
reduced by the Servicing Fee Rate, the Credit Risk Manager Rate and the
applicable Dividend Rate, if any) on the Mortgage Loans (calculated based upon
the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans as of the preceding
Distribution Date) on such Distribution Date and (y) a fraction, the numerator
of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in the
related Accrual Period.

                                   ARTICLE II

                          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans

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

         In connection with such assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver
to, and deposit with, the Trustee the following documents or instruments with
respect to each Mortgage Loan so assigned that is not a Co-op Loan:

                  (A)      The original Mortgage Note endorsed, "Pay to the
         order of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, without recourse." The
         Mortgage Note shall include all intervening endorsements showing a
         complete chain of the title from the originator to the Transferor;

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

                  (C)      In the case of each Mortgage Loan that is not a MERS
         Loan, the original Assignment of each Mortgage, to "Wells Fargo Bank,
         N.A., as trustee;"

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  (C)      The original Assignment of Mortgage to "Wells Fargo
         Bank, N.A., as trustee;"

                  (D)      Original assignments of Mortgage showing a complete
         chain of assignment from the originator of the related Co-Op Loan to
         the last endorsee on the Mortgage Note;

                  (E)      Original Form UCC-1 and any continuation statements
         with evidence of filing thereon entered into by the Mortgagor with
         respect to such Co-Op Loan (or a recorded copy thereof);

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

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

                  (H)      Original proprietary lease;

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

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

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

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

         With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Co-op Loan, none of the
Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee shall be obligated to cause to be
recorded the Assignment of Mortgage referred to in this Section 2.01. With
respect to any Co-op Loan, none of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee
shall be obligated to cause to be filed the Form UCC-3 referred to in this
Section 2.01.

         The ownership of each Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and the contents of
the related Mortgage File is vested in the Trustee. Neither the Depositor nor
the Servicer shall take any action inconsistent with such ownership and shall
not claim any ownership interest therein. The Depositor and the Servicer shall
respond to any third party inquiries with respect to ownership of the Mortgage
Loans by stating that such ownership is held by the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders. Mortgage documents relating to the Mortgage Loans not
delivered to the Trustee are and shall be held in trust by the Servicer, for the
benefit of the Trustee as the owner thereof, and the Servicer's possession of
the contents of each Mortgage File so retained is for the sole purpose of
servicing the related Mortgage Loan, and such retention and possession by the
Servicer is in a custodial capacity only. The Depositor agrees to take no action
inconsistent with the Trustee's ownership of the Mortgage Loans, to promptly
indicate to all inquiring parties that the Mortgage Loans have been sold and to
claim no ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans.

         It is the intention of this Agreement that the conveyance of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in and to the Trust Fund pursuant to this
Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale

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

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

         It is the intention of the parties hereto that any Mortgage Loan that
is included in the Trust Fund is not a "high-cost home loan" as defined in the
New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act, effective January 1, 2004 or the New
Mexico Home Loan Protection Act, effective January 1, 2004.

         SECTION 2.02.Acceptance by Trustee of the Mortgage Loans.

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

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         The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Sale Agreement.

         The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Certificateholders and the NIMS
Insurer, to review each Mortgage File delivered to it within 60 days after the
Closing Date to ascertain and to certify, within 70 days of the Closing Date, to
the NIMS Insurer, the Depositor and the Servicer that all documents required by
Section 2.01 have been executed and received, and that such documents relate to
the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B-1 that have been conveyed to it. If
the Trustee finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage
File to be missing or defective (that is, mutilated, damaged, defaced or
unexecuted) in any material respect, the Trustee shall promptly (and in any
event within no more than five Business Days) after such finding so notify the
Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor and the NIMS Insurer. In addition, the
Trustee shall also notify the Servicer, the Seller, the Depositor and the NIMS
Insurer, if the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon with
respect to a Mortgage Loan is not received within 60 days of the Closing Date;
if it has not been received because of a delay caused by the public recording
office where such Mortgage has been delivered for recordation, the Depositor
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee written notice stating
that such Mortgage has been delivered to the appropriate public recording
officer for recordation and thereafter the Depositor shall deliver or cause to
be delivered such Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon upon receipt
thereof from the public recording office. The Trustee shall request that the
Seller correct or cure such omission, defect or other irregularity, or
substitute a Mortgage Loan pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.03(c), within
90 days from the date the Seller was notified of such omission or defect and, if
the Seller does not correct or cure such omission or defect within such period,
that the Seller purchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund within 90 days
from the date the Trustee notified the Seller of such omission, defect or other
irregularity at the Purchase Price of such Mortgage Loan. The Purchase Price for
any Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be paid to the
Servicer and deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account promptly upon
receipt, and, upon receipt by the Trustee of written notification of such
deposit signed by a Servicing Officer, the Trustee, upon receipt of a Request
for Release, shall promptly release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and
the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment, without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller or its
designee, as the case may be, any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and
the Trustee shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage
Loan. It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to purchase,
cure or substitute any Mortgage Loan as to which a material defect in or
omission of a constituent document exists shall constitute the sole remedy
respecting such defect or omission available to the Trustee on behalf of
Certificateholders and the NIMS Insurer. The preceding sentence shall not,
however, limit any remedies available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor,
the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer pursuant to the Sale Agreement. The Trustee
shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review and examine such
documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that they are
genuine, enforceable or appropriate to the represented purpose, or that they
have actually been recorded, or that they are other than what they purport to be
on their face. The Trustee shall keep confidential the name of each Mortgagor
and the Trustee shall not solicit any such Mortgagor for the purpose of
refinancing the related Mortgage Loan. It is understood and agreed that all
rights and benefits relating to the solicitation of any Mortgagors and the
attendant rights, title and interest in and to the list of Mortgagors and data
relating to their Mortgages shall be retained by the Servicer.

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         Within 70 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deliver to the
Depositor, the Servicer and the NIMS Insurer the Trustee's Certification,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto, evidencing the
completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any exceptions noted thereto.

         SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Depositor; Sale Agreement

         (a)      The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Servicer,
the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer as follows, as of the date hereof:

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

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

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

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

                  (v)      No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
         court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
         delivery and performance by the Depositor

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

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

         (c)      Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, or
the Trustee of a breach of any of such representations and warranties that
adversely and materially affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan,
Prepayment Penalties or the interests of the Certificateholders, the party
discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.
Within 90 days of the discovery of such breach of any representation or
warranty, the Seller, shall either (a) cure such breach in all material
respects, (b) repurchase such Mortgage Loan or any property acquired in respect
thereof from the Trustee at the Purchase Price or (c) within the two year period
following the Closing Date, substitute a Replacement Mortgage Loan for the
affected Mortgage Loan. In the event of discovery of a breach of any
representation and warranty of the Depositor or the Seller, the Trustee shall
enforce its rights under the Sale Agreement for the benefit of
Certificateholders and the NIMS Insurer. If a breach of the representations and
warranties set forth in the Sale Agreement exists solely due to the
unenforceability of a Prepayment Penalty, the Trustee shall notify the NIMS
Insurer thereof and not seek to enforce the repurchase remedy provided for
herein unless directed in writing to do so by the NIMS Insurer. In the event of
a breach of the representations and warranties with respect to the Mortgage
Loans set forth in the Sale Agreement, the Trustee shall at the request of the
NIMS Insurer enforce the right of the Trust Fund and the NIMS Insurer to be
indemnified for such breach of representation and warranty. In the event that
such breach relates solely to the unenforceability of a Prepayment Penalty,
amounts received in respect of such indemnity up to the amount of such
Prepayment Penalty shall be distributed pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i). As
provided in the Sale Agreement, if the Seller substitutes for a Mortgage Loan
for which there is a breach of any representations and warranties in the Sale
Agreement which adversely and materially affects the value of such Mortgage Loan
and such substitute mortgage loan is not a Replacement Mortgage Loan, under the
terms of the Sale Agreement, the Seller will, in exchange for such substitute
Mortgage Loan, (i) provide the applicable Purchase Price for the affected
Mortgage Loan or (ii) within two years of the Closing Date, substitute such
affected Mortgage Loan with a Replacement Mortgage Loan. Any such substitution
shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a
Request for Release substantially in the form of Exhibit I and shall not be
effected unless it is within two years of the Startup Date. As

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provided in the Sale Agreement, the Seller indemnifies and holds the Trust Fund,
the Trustee, the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Servicer and each
Certificateholder harmless against any and all taxes, claims, losses, penalties,
fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any
other costs, fees and expenses that the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor,
the NIMS Insurer, the Servicer and any Certificateholder may sustain in
connection with any actions of the Seller relating to a repurchase of a Mortgage
Loan other than in compliance with the terms of this Section 2.03 and the Sale
Agreement, to the extent that any such action causes (i) any federal or state
tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein, including
without limitation, any federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under
Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on "contributions after the startup date"
under Section 860(d)(1) of the Code, or (ii) any REMIC created hereunder to fail
to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.

         With respect to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Depositor pursuant
to this Agreement, by the Seller pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the principal
portion of the funds received by the Trustee in respect of such repurchase of a
Mortgage Loan will be considered a Principal Prepayment and shall be deposited
in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 and the Servicer shall notify
the Trustee of its receipt of the same. The Trustee, upon receipt of the full
amount of the Purchase Price for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, or upon receipt of the
Mortgage File for a Replacement Mortgage Loan substituted for a Deleted Mortgage
Loan, shall release or cause to be released and reassign to the Depositor, the
Seller or the Transferor, as applicable, the related Mortgage File for the
Deleted Mortgage Loan and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer
or assignment, in each case without recourse, representation or warranty, as
shall be necessary to vest in such party or its designee or assignee title to
any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, free and clear of all
security interests, liens and other encumbrances created by this Agreement,
which instruments shall be prepared by the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not
have any further responsibility with respect to the Mortgage File relating to
such Deleted Mortgage Loan.

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

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

         The Trustee shall cause the relevant Mortgage Loan Schedules to be
amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

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

         In addition, the Seller shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to
the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
substitution will not (a) cause any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund
or any REMIC provided for herein, including without limitation, any federal tax
imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
"contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code or
(b) adversely affect the status of any REMIC provided for herein as a REMIC. If
any such Opinion of Counsel can not be delivered, then such substitution may
only be effected at such time as the required Opinion of Counsel can be given.

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

         SECTION 2.04. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer.

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

                  (i)      The Servicer is a duly organized corporation and is
         validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of
         its incorporation and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any
         and all business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by the
         Servicer in any state in which a Mortgaged Property (or Underlying
         Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan) is located or is
         otherwise not required under applicable law to effect such
         qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing
         business laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to ensure its
         ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan, to service the Mortgage Loans in
         accordance with the terms

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         of this Agreement and to perform any of its other obligations under
         this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

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

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

                  (iv)     The Servicer is an approved servicer of conventional
         mortgage loans for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

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

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

                  (vii)    The Servicer has fully furnished and will fully
         furnish (for the period it serviced the Mortgage Loans), in accordance
         with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations,
         accurate and complete information (e.g., favorable and

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         unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian and
         Trans Union Credit Information Company on a monthly basis.

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

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

         Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall promptly
(and in any event within 5 Business Days of discovery) give written notice
thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Depositor shall, at
the Depositor's option, either (i) substitute, if the conditions in Section
2.03(c) with respect to substitutions are satisfied, a Replacement Mortgage Loan
for the affected Mortgage Loan, or (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan
within 90 days of such discovery in the same manner as it would a Mortgage Loan
for a breach of representation or warranty contained in Section 2.03. The
Trustee shall reconvey to the Depositor the Mortgage Loan to be released
pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it
would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty
contained in Section 2.03.

         SECTION 2.06. Authentication and Delivery of Certificates.

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

         SECTION 2.07. REMIC Elections.

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

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

         The Lower Tier REMIC shall consist of all of the assets of the Trust
Fund (other than (i) any proceeds of Prepayment Penalties, (ii) amounts paid by
the Servicer or the Seller in respect of Prepayment Penalties pursuant to this
Agreement or the Sale Agreement, as applicable, (iii)

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amounts received in respect of any indemnification paid as a result of a
Prepayment Penalty being unenforceable in breach of the representations and
warranties set forth in the Sale Agreement, (iv) the interests issued by the
Lower Tier REMIC and the Middle Tier REMIC, (v) the grantor trusts described in
Section 2.07 hereof, (vi) the Dividend Account and (vii) the right to receive
the Dividend Portion of interest payments on each Dividend Mortgage Loan. The
Lower Tier REMIC shall issue the Class LTA-1 Interest, Class LTA-2 Interest,
Class LTB-1 Interest, Class LTB-2 Interest, Class LTB-3 Interest, Class LTM-1
Interest, Class LTM-2 Interest and Class LTX Interest which shall be designated
as regular interests of such REMIC and shall issue the Class LTR Interest that
shall be designated as the sole class of residual interest in the Lower Tier
REMIC. Each of the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall have the
characteristics set forth in its definition.

         The assets of the Middle Tier REMIC shall be the Lower Tier REMIC
Regular Interests. The Middle Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall be designated
as the regular interests in the Middle Tier REMIC and the Class MTR Interest
shall be designated as the sole class of residual interests in the Middle Tier
REMIC. Each of the Middle Tier REMIC Regular Interests shall have the
characteristics set forth in its definition.

         The assets of the Upper Tier REMIC shall be the Middle Tier REMIC
Regular Interests. The REMIC Regular Interests shall be designated as the
regular interests in the Upper Tier REMIC and the Residual Interest shall be
designated as the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC. For
federal income tax purposes, the Pass-Through Rate on each REMIC Regular
Interest (other than the UTS REMIC Components and the Uncertificated Class C
Interest) and on the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC
shall be subject to a cap equal to the Net Rate.

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

         In the event that the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of
Certificates is increased pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of
"Certificate Principal Balance" there shall be a corresponding increase to the
principal balances of the Lower Tier REMIC Interests (with the principal balance
of each Lower Tier Marker Class being increased by an amount equal to -1/2 of
the increase to the Certificate Principal Balance of the related Class of
Certificates and any excess being allocated to the Class LTX Interests) and to
the principal balances of the Middle Tier REMIC Interests (with the principal
balance of each of the Middle Tier REMIC Regular Interests (other than the Class
MTC Interests) increased by an amount equal to the increase to the Certificate
Principal Balance of the related Class of Certificates and any excess being
allocated to the Class MTC Interests).

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

         (d)      It is intended that the rights of the Class A-1 Certificates,
Class A-2 Certificates, Class R Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2
Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3
Certificates to receive payments in respect of Excess Interest shall be treated
as a right in interest rate cap contracts written by the Class C
Certificateholders in favor of the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class
A-2 Certificates, Class R Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2
Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3
Certificates, and such shall be accounted for as property held separate and
apart from the regular interests in the Upper Tier REMIC held by the holders of
the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, M-1 Certificates, Class M-2
Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3
Certificates and the residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC held by the
holder of the Class R Certificate. This provision is intended to satisfy the
requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(i) for the treatment of
property rights coupled with REMIC interests to be separately respected and
shall be interpreted consistently with such regulation. On each Distribution
Date, to the extent that any of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2
Certificates, Class R Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2
Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3
Certificates receive payments of Excess Interest, such amounts will be treated
as distributed by the Upper-Tier REMIC to the Class C Certificates pro rata in
payment of the amounts specified in Section 4.04(g) and then paid to the
relevant Class of Certificates pursuant to the related interest cap agreement.

         (e)      The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund
consisting of the Uncertificated Class C Interest and the obligation of the
holders of the Class C Certificates to pay amounts of Excess Interest to the
holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class R
Certificate, Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class B-1
Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates and Class B-3 Certificates shall be treated
as a "grantor trust" under the Code, and the provisions hereof shall be
interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention,
the Trustee shall (i) furnish or cause to be furnished to the holders of the
Class C Certificates information regarding their allocable share, if any, of the
income with respect to such grantor trust, (ii) file or cause to be filed with
the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (together with any necessary attachments)
and such other forms as may be applicable and (iii) comply with such information
reporting obligations with respect to payments from such grantor trust to the
holders of Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates, Class R Certificate,
Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class B-1 Certificates, Class
B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates and Class C Certificates as may be
applicable under the Code.

         (f)      The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund
consisting of the right to receive proceeds from Prepayment Penalties collected
on the Mortgage Loans, amounts paid by the Servicer or the Seller in respect of
Prepayment Penalties pursuant to this Agreement or the Sale Agreement, as
applicable, and amounts received in respect of any indemnification paid as a
result of a Prepayment Penalty being unenforceable in breach of the
representations and warranties set forth in the Sale Agreement shall be treated
as a "grantor trust" under the Code, and the provisions hereof shall be
interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention,
the Trustee shall (i) furnish or cause to be furnished to the holders of the
Class P Certificates information regarding their allocable share of the income
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grantor trust and (ii) file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue
Service Form 1041 (together with any necessary attachments) and such other forms
as may be applicable.

         (g)      The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund
consisting of the Class R Certificate and the right of the Class C Certificates
to receive the amounts described in Section 9.01(d) hereof shall be treated as a
"grantor trust" under the Code and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted
consistent with this intention. In furtherance of this intention, the Trustee
shall (i) furnish or cause to be furnished to the holders of the Class R
Certificate and the Class C Certificates information regarding their allocable
share of the income with respect to such grantor trust, (ii) file or cause to be
filed with the Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 (together with any necessary
attachments) and such other forms as may be applicable and (iii) comply with
such information reporting obligations with respect to payments from such
grantor trust as may be applicable under the Code.

         The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the
Dividend Account shall be treated as a "grantor trust" under the Code and the
provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistent with this intention. In
furtherance of this intention, the Trustee shall (i) furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Depositor information regarding the income with respect to such
grantor trust, (ii) file or cause to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service
Form 1041 (together with any necessary attachments) and such other forms as may
be applicable and (iii) comply with such information reporting obligations with
respect to payments from such grantor trust as may be applicable under the Code.

         All payments of principal and interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on each
of the Mortgage Loans (other than Prepayment Penalties, amounts paid by the
Servicer or the Seller in respect of Prepayment Penalties pursuant to this
Agreement or the Sale Agreement, as applicable, and amounts received with
respect to any amounts in respect of any indemnification paid as a result of a
Prepayment Penalty being unenforceable in breach of the representations and
warranties set forth in the Sale Agreement) received from the Mortgage Loans
shall be paid to the Lower Tier REMIC Regular Interests until the principal
balance of all such interests have been reduced to zero and any losses allocated
to such interests have been reimbursed. Any excess amounts shall be distributed
to the Class LTR Interest. On each Distribution Date, an amount equal to 50% of
the increase in the Overcollateralization Amount shall be payable as a reduction
of the principal amounts of the Lower Tier REMIC Marker Classes (with such
amount allocated among the Lower Tier REMIC Marker Classes so that each Lower
Tier REMIC Marker Class will have its principal reduced by an amount equal to
50% of any increase in the Overcollateralization Amount that results in a
reduction in the principal balance of its Corresponding Middle Tier REMIC
Interests) and will be accrued and added to the principal balance of the Class
LTX Interest. All payments of scheduled principal and prepayments of principal
on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated 50% to the Class LTX Interest and 50%
to the Lower Tier REMIC Marker Classes (with principal payments allocated to
each of the Lower Tier REMIC Marker Classes in an amount equal to 50% of the
principal amounts distributed to the Corresponding Middle Tier Interests in
reduction of their principal amounts). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
an amount equal to the principal payments that result in a reduction in the
Overcollateralization Amount shall be treated as payable entirely to the Class
LTX Interest. Realized Losses that are allocated to the Certificates shall be
applied to the Lower Tier REMIC Marker Classes and the Class LTX Interest so
that after all distributions have been made on each Distribution Date (i) the
principal balance of each of the Lower Tier REMIC Marker Classes is equal to 50%
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principal balance of the Class LTX Interest is equal to the sum of (x) 50% of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and (y) 50% of the
Overcollateralization Amount. Each Lower Tier REMIC Marker Class shall be
entitled to receive an amount equal to 50% of all amounts distributed to the
Corresponding Middle Tier Interest in respect of unreimbursed amounts of
Realized Losses. The Class LTX Interest shall be entitled to receive all other
amounts distributed to the Certificates in respect of unreimbursed amounts of
Realized Losses.

         All payments of scheduled principal and prepayments on the Mortgage
Loans, and Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans that are allocated to the
Certificates, shall be allocated among the Middle Tier REMIC Regular Interests
in the same manner as such payments or Realized Losses are allocated to the
Related Certificates (treating the Class S Certificates as Related Certificates
with respect to each of the Class MTA-1, Class MTA-2, Class MTM-1, Class MTM-2,
Class MTB-1, Class MTB-2 and Class MTB-3 Interests in proportion to their
respective principal balances and treating the Class C Certificate as a Related
Certificate with respect to the Class MTC Interest). Each Middle Tier REMIC
Regular Interest shall be entitled to receive all amounts distributed to the
Certificates in respect of unreimbursed amounts of Realized Losses (treating the
Class S Certificates as Related Certificates with respect to each of the Class
MTA-1, Class MTA-2, Class MTM-1, Class MTM-2, Class MTB-1, Class MTB-2 and Class
MTB-3 Interests in proportion to their respective principal balances and
treating the Class C Certificate as a Related Certificate with respect to the
Class MTC Interest).

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

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

         SECTION 2.08. Covenants of the Servicer.

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

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

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

         SECTION 2.09. [RESERVED]

         SECTION 2.10. [RESERVED]

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

         SECTION 2.12. Qualifying Special Purpose Entity. For purposes of SFAS
140, the parties hereto intend that the Trust Fund shall be treated as a
"qualifying special purpose entity" as such term is used in SFAS 140 and any
successor rule thereto and its power and authority as stated in Section 2.11 of
this Agreement shall be limited in accordance with paragraph 35 thereof.

                                  ARTICLE III

                          ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
                                OF MORTGAGE LOANS

         SECTION 3.01. Servicer to Service Mortgage Loans.

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

         In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the
Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the
purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from
related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.06, and further as
provided in Section 3.08. All costs incurred by the Servicer, if any, in
effecting the timely payments of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged
Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the purpose of
calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added to the
Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that
the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.

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

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

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

         (a)      The Servicer may arrange for the subservicing of any Mortgage
Loan by a subservicer, which may be an affiliate (each, a "subservicer")
pursuant to a subservicing agreement (each, a "subservicing agreement");
provided, however, that (i) such subservicing arrangement and the terms of the
related subservicing agreement must provide for the servicing of such Mortgage
Loans in a manner consistent with the servicing arrangements contemplated
hereunder, (ii) that such agreement would not result in a withdrawal or
downgrading by any Rating Agency of the ratings of any Certificates or any of
the NIM Notes evidenced by a letter to that effect delivered by each Rating
Agency to the Depositor and the NIMS Insurer and (iii) the NIMS Insurer shall
have consented to such subservicing agreement. Notwithstanding the provisions of
any subservicing agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to
agreements or arrangements between the Servicer and a subservicer or reference
to actions taken through a subservicer or otherwise, the Servicer shall remain
obligated and liable to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Certificateholders
for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or
liability by virtue of such subservicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue
of indemnification from the subservicer and to the same extent and under the
same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans. Every subservicing agreement entered into by
the Servicer shall contain a provision giving any successor Servicer the option
to terminate such agreement with the consent of the NIMS Insurer in the event a
successor Servicer is appointed. All actions of the each subservicer performed
pursuant to the related subservicing agreement shall be performed as an agent of
the Servicer with the same force and effect as if performed directly by the
Servicer. The Servicer shall deliver to the NIMS Insurer and the Trustee copies
of all subservicing agreements.

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

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

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

         SECTION 3.04. Trustee to Act as Servicer.

         In the event that the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
servicer hereunder (including by reason of an Event of Default), the Trustee or
its designee shall, within a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days from
the date of notice of termination or resignation, thereupon assume all of the
rights and obligations of the Servicer hereunder arising thereafter (except that
the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for losses of the Servicer pursuant to
Section 3.10

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hereof or any acts or omissions of such predecessor servicer hereunder, (ii)
obligated to make Advances if it is prohibited from doing so by applicable law,
(iii) obligated to effectuate repurchases or substitutions of Mortgage Loans
hereunder, including pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, (iv) responsible
for any expenses of the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (v) deemed to have
made any representations and warranties hereunder, including pursuant to Section
2.04 or the first paragraph of Section 6.02 hereof; provided, however that the
Trustee or its designee, in its capacity as the successor servicer, shall
immediately assume the Servicer's obligation to make Advances and Servicing
Advances. No such termination or resignation shall affect any obligation of the
Servicer to pay amounts owed under this Agreement and to perform its duties
under this Agreement until its successor assumes all of its rights and
obligations hereunder. If the Servicer shall for any reason no longer be the
servicer (including by reason of any Event of Default), the Trustee (or any
other successor servicer) may, at its option, succeed to any rights and
obligations of the Servicer under any subservicing agreement in accordance with
the terms thereof; provided, however, that the Trustee (or any other successor
servicer) shall not incur any liability or have any obligations in its capacity
as servicer under a subservicing agreement arising prior to the date of such
succession unless it expressly elects to succeed to the rights and obligations
of the Servicer thereunder; and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of
any liability or obligations under the subservicing agreement arising prior to
the date of such succession. To the extent any Servicing Transfer Costs or
expenses are not paid by the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, such amounts
shall be payable out of the Certificate Account; provided that the terminated
servicer shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any such expense incurred by the
Trust Fund upon receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice evidencing such
expenses. If the Trustee is unwilling or unable to act as servicer, or if the
NIMS Insurer so directs the Trustee, the Trustee shall seek to appoint a
successor servicer that is eligible in accordance with the criteria specified
this Agreement and reasonably acceptable to the NIMS Insurer.

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

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

         (a)      The Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with
Accepted Servicing Practices to collect all payments called for under the terms
and provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the extent such procedures shall be
consistent with this Agreement and the terms and provisions of any related
Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the foregoing and subject to Section
3.01 hereof, the Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment
charge or, if applicable, any penalty interest, or (ii) extend the due dates for
payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period not greater than 180 days;
provided, however, that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not
affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any
computation hereunder, except as provided below; provided, further, that the
NIMS Insurer's prior written consent shall be required for any modification,
waiver or amendment since the Cut-off Date if the aggregate number of
outstanding Mortgage Loans which have been modified, waived or amended exceeds
5% of the number of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-Off Date. In the event of any
such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii) above, subject to Section 4.01, the
Servicer

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shall make any Advances on the related Mortgage Loan during the scheduled period
in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan without
modification thereof by reason of such arrangements. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage Loan is in default or, in the judgment
of the Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, the Servicer,
consistent with the standards set forth in Section 3.01, may also waive, modify
or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan (including modifications that would
change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the payment of principal or interest or extend
the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related
Mortgagor of an amount less than the Stated Principal Balance in final
satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or consent to the postponement of strict
compliance with any such term or otherwise grant indulgence to any Mortgagor
(any and all such waivers, modifications, variances, forgiveness of principal or
interest, postponements, or indulgences collectively referred to herein as
"forbearance"), provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer grant any
such forbearance (other than as permitted by the second sentence of this
Section) with respect to any one Mortgage Loan more than once in any 12 month
period or more than three times over the life of such Mortgage Loan, and
provided, further, that in determining which course of action permitted by this
sentence it shall pursue, the Servicer shall adhere to the standards of Section
3.01. The Servicer's analysis supporting any forbearance and the conclusion that
any forbearance meets the standards of Section 3.01 shall be reflected in
writing in the Mortgage File.

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

         (c)      The Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in
litigation with respect to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage,
Mortgage Note or otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with
respect to a taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing
the provision of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment
is required is prohibited by applicable law.

         (d)      The Servicer shall establish and initially maintain, on behalf
of the Certificateholders, the Collection Account. The Servicer shall deposit
into the Collection Account daily, within two Business Days of receipt thereof,
in immediately available funds, the

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following payments and collections received or made by it on and after the
Cut-Off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans:

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

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

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

                  (iv)     all Compensating Interest;

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

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

                  (vii)    all Purchase Prices and Substitution Adjustment
         Amounts;

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

                  (ix)     all Prepayment Penalties;

                  (x)      all net monthly rental income from REO Properties
         required to be deposited by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12; and
         (xi) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.

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

         The Servicer shall give notice to the NIMS Insurer and the Trustee of
the location of the Collection Account maintained by it when established and
prior to any change thereof. Not later than twenty days after each Distribution
Date, the Servicer shall forward to the NIMS Insurer and, upon request, to the
Trustee and the Depositor the most current available bank statement for the
Collection Account. Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to
any Certificateholder and to any Person identified to the Trustee as a
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Certificate, upon request at the expense of the requesting party, provided such
statement is delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.

         (e)      [RESERVED].

         (f)      The Trustee shall establish and maintain, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, the Certificate Account. The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit or cause to be deposited in the Certificate Account and retain
therein the following:

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

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

                  (iii)    the Optional Termination Amount paid by the winning
         bidder at the Auction to the Trustee, or by the NIMS Insurer or the
         Servicer pursuant to Section 9.01.

         Any amounts received by the Trustee prior to 3:00 p.m. New York City
time (or such earlier deadline for investment in the Permitted Investments
designated by the Trustee) which are required to be deposited in the Certificate
Account by the Servicer shall be invested in Permitted Investments on the
Business Day on which they were received. The foregoing requirements for
remittance by the Servicer and deposit by the Servicer into the Certificate
Account shall be exclusive. In the event that the Servicer shall remit any
amount not required to be remitted and not otherwise subject to withdrawal
pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof, it may at any time withdraw such amount from
the Certificate Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
All funds deposited in the Certificate Account shall be held by the Trustee in
trust for the Certificateholders until disbursed in accordance with this
Agreement or withdrawn in accordance with Section 3.08. In no event shall the
Trustee incur liability for withdrawals from the Certificate Account at the
direction of the Servicer. The Trustee shall give notice to the NIMS Insurer and
the Servicer of the location of the Certificate Account maintained by it when
established and prior to any change thereof.

         (g)      Each institution that maintains the Collection Account, the
Certificate Account or the Dividend Account shall invest the funds in each such
account, as directed by the Servicer (in the case of the Collection Account and
Dividend Account) or the Trustee, (in the case of the Certificate Account), in
writing, in Permitted Investments, which shall mature not later than (i) in the
case of the Collection Account the Business Day preceding the related Servicer
Remittance Date (except that if such Permitted Investment is an obligation of
the institution that maintains such Collection Account or is otherwise
immediately available, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later
than the Servicer Remittance Date), (ii) in the case of the Certificate Account,
the Business Day immediately preceding the first Distribution Date that follows
the date of such investment (except that if such Permitted Investment is an
obligation of the institution that maintains such Certificate Account or is
otherwise immediately available, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not
later than such Distribution Date) and (iii) in the case of the Dividend
Account, no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which
such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this
Agreement, and, in each case, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its
maturity. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the
Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders with respect to the Collection Account and the Certificate
Account and for the benefit of the Servicer with respect to the Dividend
Account. All income and gain net of any losses realized from amounts on deposit
in the Collection Account and the

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Dividend Account shall be for the benefit of the Servicer as servicing
compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as provided herein. The amount
of any losses incurred in the Collection Account and the Dividend Account in
respect of any such investments shall be deposited by the Servicer in the
Collection Account or the Dividend Account out of the Servicer's own funds
immediately as realized. All income and gain net of any losses realized from
amounts on deposit in the Certificate Account shall be for the benefit of the
Trustee and shall be remitted to or withdrawn by it monthly as provided herein.
The amount of any losses incurred in the Certificate Account in respect of any
such investments shall be deposited by the Trustee, in the Certificate Account
out of the Trustee's own funds immediately as realized.

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

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

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

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

         Upon reasonable advance notice in writing if required by federal
regulation, the Servicer will provide to each Certificateholder that is a
savings and loan association, bank or insurance company certain reports and
reasonable access to information and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
sufficient to permit such Certificateholder to comply with applicable
regulations of the OTS or other regulatory authorities with respect to
investment in the Certificates; provided, that the Servicer shall be entitled to
be reimbursed by each such Certificateholder for actual expenses incurred by the
Servicer in providing such reports and access.

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

         (a)      The Servicer may from time to time, make withdrawals from the
Collection Account for the following purposes:

                  (i)      to pay to the Servicer (to the extent not previously
         paid to or withheld by the Servicer), as servicing compensation in
         accordance with Section 3.15, that portion of any payment or recovery
         of interest on a Mortgage Loan that equals the Servicing Fee for

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         the period with respect to which such interest payment or recovery was
         made or allocated, and, as additional servicing compensation, those
         other amounts set forth in Section 3.15;

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

                  (iii)    to reimburse the Servicer for any Non-Recoverable
         Advance previously made and, to the extent that such Non-Recoverable
         Servicing Advances would constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the
         meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii) if paid by
         one of the REMICs provided for herein, any Non-Recoverable Servicing
         Advance;

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

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

                  (vi)     to pay the Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fee on a
         Liquidated Loan to the extent the related Liquidation Proceeds are
         insufficient and to reimburse it for any unreimbursed Servicing
         Advances, the Servicer's right to reimbursement of Servicing Advances
         pursuant to this subclause (vi) being limited to amounts received on
         particular Mortgage Loan(s)(including, for this purpose, Liquidation
         Proceeds and purchase and repurchase proceeds) that represent late
         recoveries of the payments for which such advances were made pursuant
         to Section 3.01 or Section 3.06;

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

                  (viii)   to reimburse the Servicer or the Depositor for
         expenses incurred by either of them in connection with the Mortgage
         Loans or the Certificates and reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.25 or
         Section 6.03 hereof;

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

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

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

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

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         In addition, no later than 12:00 noon Eastern Time on the Servicer
Remittance Date, the Servicer shall cause to be withdrawn from the Collection
Account Interest Funds and the Principal Funds, to the extent on deposit, and
such amount shall be deposited in the Certificate Account.

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

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

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

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

         (b)      The Trustee shall withdraw funds from the Certificate Account
for distribution to the Certificateholders in the manner specified in this
Agreement (and to withhold from the amounts so withdrawn, the amount of any
taxes that it is authorized to retain pursuant to this Agreement). In addition,
the Trustee shall from time to time make withdrawals from the Certificate
Account for the following purposes:

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

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

                  (iii)    to reimburse the Trustee for expenses incurred by the
         Trustee and reimbursable pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof;

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

                  (v)      to pay to the Credit Risk Manager, the Credit Risk
         Manager Fee.

         SECTION 3.09. [RESERVED].

         SECTION 3.10. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.

         The Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage Loan
(other than a Co-op Loan), fire and hazard insurance with extended coverage in
an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the replacement value of
the improvements that are part of such Mortgaged Property and (ii) the greater
of (a) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (b) an amount
such that the proceeds of such policy shall be sufficient to prevent the related
Mortgagor and/or mortgagee from becoming a co-insurer. Each such policy of
standard hazard insurance

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shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains, a standard
mortgagee clause. The Servicer shall also cause flood insurance to be maintained
on property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan, to the extent described below. Pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof,
any amounts collected by the Servicer under any such policies (other than the
amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged
Property or property thus acquired or amounts released to the Mortgagor in
accordance with the Servicer's normal servicing procedures) shall be deposited
in the Collection Account. Any cost incurred by the Servicer in maintaining any
such insurance shall not, for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions
to the Certificateholders or remittances to the Trustee for their benefit, be
added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the
terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the
Servicer out of late payments by the related Mortgagor or out of Liquidation
Proceeds to the extent and as otherwise permitted by Section 3.08 hereof. It is
understood and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be
required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a
Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at
any time be in force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the
Mortgaged Property is located at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan in
a federally designated special flood hazard area and such area is participating
in the national flood insurance program, the Servicer shall cause flood
insurance to be maintained with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Such flood
insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the original
principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the replacement value of
the improvements that are part of such Mortgaged Property, or (iii) the maximum
amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.

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

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

         (a)      Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.11(a), when any
property subject to a Mortgage has been or is about to be conveyed by the
Mortgagor, the Servicer shall to the extent that it has knowledge of such
conveyance, enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or
Mortgage, to the extent permitted under applicable law and governmental
regulations, but only to the extent that such enforcement will not adversely
affect or jeopardize coverage under any Required Insurance Policy.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer is not required to exercise such
rights with respect to a Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related
Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a
Co-op Loan) has been conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed satisfies the terms
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the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of the mortgagee
under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required under such
Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In the event that the
Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any such due-on-sale clause, or if
coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be adversely affected, or if
nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the Servicer is authorized,
subject to Section 3.11(b), to take or enter into an assumption and modification
agreement from or with the Person to whom such property has been or is about to
be conveyed, pursuant to which such Person becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note and, unless prohibited by applicable state law, the Mortgagor remains
liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered (if
so covered before the Servicer enters such agreement) by the applicable Required
Insurance Policies. The Servicer, subject to Section 3.11(b), is also authorized
with the prior approval of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to
enter into a substitution of liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to
which the original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is
substituted as Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default
under this Section 3.11(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption that the
Servicer reasonably believes it is restricted by law from preventing.

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

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

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

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

         In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property (or
stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) as aforesaid or
otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan,
the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a
dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) prior to the expiration of

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three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at
the expense of the Trust Fund, request more than 60 days prior to the day on
which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the
three-year grace period unless the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer shall have been
supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an
expense of the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer) to the effect that the holding by
the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling
unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) subsequent to such three-year period will not
result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund
or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code
or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may
continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit,
in the case of Co-op Loan) (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion
of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged
Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op Loan)
acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented)
or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund
in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged
Property(or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op Loan) to
fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section
860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for
herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the
income earned from such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling
unit, in the case of Co-op Loan) under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise,
unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless
the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer
shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second
lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien
mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive
notice of such foreclosure action.

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

         The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net
of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the
Collection Account on the next

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succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the
related Distribution Date.

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

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

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

         Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by the
Servicer of a notification that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Servicer will promptly notify the Trustee or
its designee by delivering a Request for Release substantially in the form of
Exhibit I. Upon receipt of two copies of such request, the Trustee or its
designee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the Servicer, and
the Trustee or its designee shall at the Servicer's written direction execute
and deliver to the Servicer the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance
or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of
the Mortgage in each case provided by the Servicer, together with the Mortgage
Note with written evidence of cancellation thereon. No expenses incurred in
connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be
chargeable to the Collection Account, the Certificate Account or the related
subservicing account. From time to time and as shall be appropriate for the
servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including for such purpose,
collection under any policy of flood insurance, any fidelity bond or errors or
omissions policy, or for the purposes of effecting a partial release of any
Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op
Loan) from the lien of the Mortgage or the making of any corrections to the
Mortgage Note or the Mortgage or any of the other documents included in the
Mortgage File, the Trustee or its designee shall, upon delivery to the Trustee
or its designee of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit I signed by a
Servicing Officer, release the Mortgage File to the Servicer. Subject to the
further limitations set forth below, the Servicer shall cause the Mortgage File
or documents so released to be returned to the Trustee or its designee when the
need therefor by the Servicer no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan is
liquidated and the proceeds thereof are deposited in the Collection Account, in
which case the Trustee or its designee shall deliver the Request for Release to
the Servicer.

         Each Request for Release may be delivered to the Trustee or its
designee (i) via mail or courier, (ii) via facsimile or (iii) by such other
means, including, without limitation, electronic or computer readable medium, as
the Servicer and the Trustee or its designee shall mutually agree. The Trustee
or its designee shall promptly release the related Mortgage File(s) within five
(5) Business Days of receipt of a properly completed Request for Release
pursuant to clauses (i), (ii)

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or (iii) above. Receipt of a properly completed Request for Release shall be
authorization to the Trustee or its designee to release such Mortgage Files,
provided the Trustee or its designee has determined that such Request for
Release has been executed, with respect to clauses (i) or (ii) above, or
approved, with respect to clause (iii) above, by an authorized Servicing Officer
of the Servicer, and so long as the Trustee or its designee complies with its
duties and obligations under the agreement. If the Trustee or its designee is
unable to release the Mortgage Files within the period previously specified, the
Trustee or its designee shall immediately notify the Servicer indicating the
reason for such delay. If the Servicer is required to pay penalties or damages
due to the Trustee or its designee's negligent failure to release the related
Mortgage File or the Trustee or its designee's negligent failure to execute and
release documents in a timely manner, the Trustee or its designee, shall be
liable for such penalties or damages respectively caused by it.

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

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

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

         All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or under the control
of, the Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans, whether from the collection
of principal and interest payments or from Liquidation Proceeds, including but
not limited to, any funds on deposit in the Collection Account, shall be held by
the Servicer for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole
and exclusive property of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of
this Agreement. The Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or
subject any Mortgage File

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or any funds that are deposited in the Collection Account or Certificate Account
or in any Escrow Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due or
payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to any claim,
lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ of attachment or other
encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any claim or right of set
off against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on, or in connection with,
a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Servicer shall be entitled to set off
against and deduct from any such funds any amounts that are properly due and
payable to the Servicer under this Agreement.

         SECTION 3.15. Servicing Compensation.

         As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be
entitled to retain or withdraw from the Collection Account out of each payment
or recovery of interest on a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund or as
otherwise provided in this Agreement an amount equal to the Servicing Fee.

         Additional servicing compensation in the form of any Excess Proceeds,
Prepayment Interest Excesses, late payment fees, assumption fees (i.e. fees
related to the assumption of a Mortgage Loan upon the purchase of the related
Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op
Loan)) and similar fees payable by the Mortgagor, and all income and gain net of
any losses realized from Permitted Investments in the Collection Account or on
the Dividend Account shall be withdrawn or retained by the Servicer to the
extent not required to be deposited in the Collection Account or in the Dividend
Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in
connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of any
premiums for hazard insurance, as required by Section 3.10 hereof and
maintenance of the other forms of insurance coverage required by Section 3.10
hereof) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as
specifically provided in Sections 3.08 and 3.12 hereof.

         SECTION 3.16. Access to Certain Documentation.

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

         SECTION 3.17. Annual Statement as to Compliance.

         Pursuant to this Agreement, the Servicer shall deliver to the
Depositor, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer, on or before March 15 of each year
beginning in 2005 or such other date in order to remain in compliance with the
Section 302 Requirements, an Officer's Certificate stating, as to each signatory
thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Servicer during the
preceding calendar year and of performance under this Agreement has been made
under such officer's supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officers'
knowledge, based on such review, the

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Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement throughout
such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such default known to such officers and the nature
and status thereof. The Trustee shall forward a copy of each such statement to
each Rating Agency. Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to
any Certificateholder upon written request at the Certificateholder's expense,
provided such statement has been delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.

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

         On or before March 15 of each year, beginning in 2005 or such other
date in order to remain in compliance with the Section 302 Requirements, the
Servicer at its expense shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants (who may also render other services to the Servicer or any
Affiliate thereof) that is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants to furnish a USAP Report to the Trustee and the Depositor.
Copies of the USAP Report shall be provided by the Trustee to any
Certificateholder upon request at the Certificateholder's expense, provided such
report has been delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee. The Trustee shall
deliver to the NIMS Insurer upon written request: (i) a copy of such USAP
Report, and (ii) the Servicer's annual officer's certificate as to compliance
with this Agreement provided by the Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to Section
3.17. In addition, at the NIMS Insurer's written request, the Servicer shall
deliver copies of evidence of the Servicer's fidelity bond or errors and
omissions insurance coverage to the NIMS Insurer.

         SECTION 3.19. Rights of the NIMS Insurer. Each of the rights of the
NIMS Insurer set forth in this agreement shall exist so long as the notes issued
pursuant to the Indenture remain outstanding or the NIMS Insurer is owed amounts
in respect of its guarantee of payment on such notes.

         SECTION 3.20. Periodic Filings.

         (a)      Promptly upon receipt of any report of the independent public
accountants required pursuant to Section 3.18, the Trustee shall review such
report. As part of the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, the Trustee shall include such accountants report as well as the
Officer's Certificate delivered by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17
relating to the Servicer's performance of its obligations under this Agreement
and any significant deficiencies relating to the Servicer's compliance set forth
in the report of the Servicer's certified independent accountants described
above.

         (b)      The Depositor shall prepare and file the initial report on
Form 8-K. The Trustee shall prepare for filing, and execute (other than the Form
10-Ks and the Certification), on behalf of the Trust Fund, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, (i) within 15 days after each Distribution
Date in each month, each Monthly Statement on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act
executed by the Trustee, (ii) on or before March 31 of each year beginning in
2005 or such other date in order to remain in compliance with the Section 302
Requirements, a Form 10-K under the Exchange Act executed by the Depositor,
including any certification (the "Certification") required by the Section 302
Requirements, and (iii) any and all reports, statements and information
respecting the Trust Fund and/or the Certificates required to be filed on behalf
of the Trust Fund under the Exchange Act executed by the Trustee. The
Certification shall be executed by a senior officer of the Depositor. Upon such
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trustee shall promptly
deliver to the Depositor a copy of any such

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executed report, statement or information. Prior to making any such filings and
certifications, the Trustee shall comply with the provisions set forth in this
Section. If permitted by applicable law and unless the Depositor otherwise
directs, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 under the Exchange Act as soon as it
is able to do so. The Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a limited power of
attorney to execute (other than the Form 10-Ks and the Certification) and file
each such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall
continue until either the earlier of (i) receipt by the Trustee from the
Depositor of written termination of such power of attorney and (ii) the
termination of the Trust Fund. The Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the
Trustee, 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 Trustee reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file
all necessary reports with the Commission. The Trustee shall have no
responsibility to file any items other than those specified in this Section.

         (c)      [Reserved].

         (d)      The obligations set forth in paragraphs (a) through (c) of
this Section shall only apply with respect to periods for which the Trustee is
obligated to file Form 8-Ks and 10-Ks pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.
In the event a Form 15 is properly filed pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section, there shall be no further obligations under paragraphs (a) through (c)
of this Section commencing with the fiscal year in which the Form 15 is filed
(other than the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section to be
performed in such fiscal year that relate back to the prior fiscal year).

         SECTION 3.21. Annual Certificate by Trustee

         (a)      Within 15 days prior to the date on which a Form 10-K is to be
filed with a Certification by the Depositor, an officer of the Trustee shall
execute and deliver an Officer's Certificate, signed by the senior officer in
charge of the Trustee or any officer to whom that officer reports, to the
Depositor for the benefit of such Depositor and its officers, directors and
affiliates, certifying as to the matters described in the Officer's Certificate
attached hereto as Exhibit K.

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

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         SECTION 3.22. Annual Certificate by Servicer

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

                  (i)      I have reviewed the information required to be
         delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement (the
         "Servicing Information").

                  (ii)     Based on my knowledge, the information in the Annual
         Statement of Compliance, and all servicing reports, officer's
         certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the
         Mortgage Loans submitted to the Trustee by the Servicer taken as a
         whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
         to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
         light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
         misleading as of the last day of the period covered by the Annual
         Statement of Compliance;

                  (iii)    Based on my knowledge, the Servicing Information
         required to be provided to the Trustee by the Servicer under this
         Agreement has been provided to the Trustee; and

                  (iv)     I am responsible for reviewing the activities
         performed by the Servicer under this Agreement and based upon the
         review required hereunder, and except as disclosed in the Annual
         Statement of Compliance, the Annual Independent Certified Public
         Accountant's Servicing Report and all servicing reports, officer's
         certificates and other information relating to the servicing of the
         Mortgage Loans submitted to the Trustee by the Servicer, the Servicer
         has, as of the last day of the period covered by the Annual Statement
         of Compliance fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement.

         (b)      The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor
and their respective officers, directors, agents and affiliates from and against
any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based
upon a breach by the Servicer or any of its officers, directors, agents or
affiliates of its obligations under this Section 3.22, any material misstatement
or omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer in connection
therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless the Depositor, then the Servicer agrees that it
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Trustee and the Depositor
as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Depositor in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Depositor
on the one hand and the Servicer on the other in connection with a breach of the
Servicer's obligations under this Section 3.22, any material misstatement or
omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the
Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.

         SECTION 3.23. Prepayment Penalty Reporting Requirements

         (a)      Promptly after each Distribution Date, the Servicer shall
provide to the Depositor, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer the following
information with regard to each Mortgage Loan that has prepaid during the
related Prepayment Period:

                  (i)      loan number;

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                  (ii)     current Mortgage Rate;

                  (iii)    current principal balance;

                  (iv)     original principal balance;

                  (v)      Prepayment Penalty amount due;

                  (vi)     Prepayment Penalty amount collected;

                  (vii)    amount of Prepayment Penalty paid; and

                  (viii)   reason why full Prepayment Penalty amount was not
         collected, if applicable.

         SECTION 3.24. Statements to Trustee

         (a)      Not later than the 18th day of each month, the Servicer shall
furnish to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer an electronic file providing loan
level accounting data for the period ending on the last Business Day of the
preceding month in the format mutually agreed upon between the Servicer and the
Trustee, including but not limited to information sufficient to allow the
Trustee to prepare the Monthly Statement described in Section 4.05(a).

         (b)      Not later than the 18th day of each month, the Servicer shall
furnish the Trustee with an electronic file containing the following
information: (i) the amount on deposit in the Dividend Account as of the close
of business on the last day of the preceding month, (ii) the amounts deposited
into the Dividend Account during such preceding month (separately identifying
the amount received from Mortgagors and the amounts Advanced) and (iii) the
amounts withdrawn from the Dividend Account during such preceding month
(separately identifying the amounts refunded to Mortgagors, the amounts
withdrawn by the Servicer as additional servicing compensation, the amounts
withdrawn by the Servicer in respect of prior Advances and the amounts
transferred to the Depositor). Not later than the 18th day of January each year,
the Servicer shall furnish the Trustee with an electronic file setting forth the
information described in clauses (i) through (iii) above with respect to the
preceding calendar year. The Servicer shall, upon written request from the
Trustee and within a reasonable period following such written request, provide
the Trustee with such additional information regarding funds in the Dividend
Account as the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the Trustee's
obligations under Section 2.07 hereof.

         SECTION 3.25. Indemnification

The Servicer shall indemnify the Seller, the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the
Depositor and the NIMS Insurer and hold each of them harmless against any and
all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and
necessary legal fees and related costs, judgements, and any other costs, fees
and expenses that any of such parties may sustain in any way related to the
failure of the Servicer to perform its duties (including, without limitation,
the provision of accurate information to the Trustee regarding the Dividend
Account as required by Section 3.24(b) hereof) and service the Mortgage Loans in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer immediately shall
notify the Seller, the Trustee, the Depositor and the NIMS Insurer or any other
relevant party if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans, assume (with the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
the defense of any such claim and pay all expenses in connection therewith,
including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgement or
decree which may be entered against it or any of such parties in respect of such
claim. The Servicer shall follow any written instructions received from

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the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer in connection with such claim. The Servicer
shall provide the Trustee, the Depositor and the NIMS Insurer with a written
report of all expenses and advances incurred by the Servicer pursuant to this
Section 3.25, and the Servicer from the assets of the Trust Fund in the
Collection Account promptly shall reimburse itself for all amounts advanced by
it pursuant to the preceding sentence except when the claim in any way relates
to the failure of the Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans in
material compliance with the terms of this Agreement or the gross negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct of the Servicer. The provisions of this
paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
outstanding Certificates.

         SECTION 3.26. Nonsolicitation

         (a)      For as long as the Servicer services the Mortgage Loans, the
Servicer covenants that it will not, and that it will ensure that its affiliates
and agents, will not, directly solicit or provide information for any other
party to solicit for prepayment or refinancing of any of the Mortgage Loans by
the related Mortgagors. It is understood that the promotions undertaken by the
Servicer which are directed to the general public at large, or certain segments
thereof, shall not constitute solicitation as that term is used in this Section
3.26.

         SECTION 3.27. Dividend Account

         (a)      No later than the Closing Date, on behalf of the Trust Fund,
the Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and
maintained, the Dividend Account which shall be an Eligible Account. The
investment of funds in the Dividend Account shall be as provided in Section
3.05.

         (b)      The Servicer shall deposit into the Dividend Account, within
two Business Days of receipt thereof, an amount equal to the applicable Dividend
Portion of each Scheduled Payment on each Dividend Mortgage Loan or any other
recovery in respect of such portion of such Scheduled Payments to the extent
that an amount equal to the Dividend Portion of such Scheduled Payments has not
previously been deposited in the Dividend Account in respect of such Scheduled
Payments. On each Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall deposit, cause to
be deposited or, pursuant to Section 4.01(a) hereof, advance into the Dividend
Account an amount equal to the applicable Dividend Portion of each Scheduled
Payment on each Dividend Mortgage Loan, to the extent advanced by the Servicer
to the Trustee as part of the Advances remitted to the Trustee by the Servicer
pursuant to Section 4.01(a); provided, however, that the Servicer may net such
amount from the amount otherwise required to be advanced by the Servicer to the
Trustee as part of the Advances remitted to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant
to Section 4.01(a), and instead deposit such amount directly into the Dividend
Account on the Servicer Remittance Date, such deposit to be deemed an Advance
for all purposes hereunder.

         (c)      The Servicer shall make withdrawals from the Dividend Account,
with respect to each Dividend Mortgage Loan, to refund to the related Mortgagor
the Dividend Portions of Scheduled Payments made by such Mortgagor, at the times
and subject to the conditions set forth in the related Mortgage Note, but only
from amounts previously deposited into the Dividend Account in respect of such
Dividend Mortgage Loan. In addition, the Servicer shall withdraw from the
Dividend Account, with respect to each Dividend Mortgage Loan, and pay to the
Depositor the Dividend Portions of Scheduled Payments as to which the related
Mortgagor will not (as determined as of the related Determination Date) be
entitled to be refunded in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage
Note.

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         (d)      The Dividend Account is established concurrently with the
establishment of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Agreement.

         (e)      For federal and state income tax purposes, the Depositor will
be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Dividend Account and all amounts
deposited into the Dividend Account (subject to the rights of Mortgagors under
Dividend Mortgage Loans to refunds as provided in the related Mortgage Notes)
and the Depositor agrees not to take an inconsistent position for federal or
state income tax purposes. Upon the termination of the Trust Fund, the Servicer
and the Trustee shall cause all amounts remaining on deposit in the Dividend
Account to be released by the Trust Fund and distributed to the Depositor for
its own account. The Dividend Account will be part of the Trust Fund but not
part of any REMIC. Any payment to the Depositor of any amounts from the Dividend
Account will not be payments with respect to a "regular interest" in a REMIC
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.

         (f)      On the Closing Date, the Servicer will deposit into the
Dividend Account an amount equal to the Dividend Portion of each Scheduled
Payment on a Dividend Mortgage Loan received or advanced during the period from
the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan to the Closing Date.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                  DISTRIBUTIONS

         SECTION 4.01. Advances.

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

         In lieu of making all or a portion of such Advance from its own funds,
the Servicer may (i) cause to be made an appropriate entry in its records
relating to the Collection Account that any Amount Held for Future Distribution
has been used by the Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any such
Advance and (ii) transfer such funds from the Collection Account to the
Certificate Account. Any funds so applied and transferred shall be replaced by
the Servicer

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by deposit in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on the
Servicer Remittance Date on which such funds are required to be distributed
pursuant to this Agreement. The Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from
the Collection Account for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant to this
Section as provided in Section 3.08. The obligation to make Advances with
respect to any Mortgage Loan shall continue until such Mortgage Loan is paid in
full or the related Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit,
in the case of Co-op Loan) or related REO Property has been liquidated or until
the purchase or repurchase thereof (or substitution therefor) from the Trust
Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise
provided in this Section 4.01.

         (b)      Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary
(including, but not limited to, Sections 3.01 and 4.01(a) hereof), no Advance or
Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the Servicer if such
Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Non-recoverable
Advance or a Non-recoverable Servicing Advance. The determination by the
Servicer that it has made a Non-recoverable Advance or a Non-recoverable
Servicing Advance or that any proposed Advance or Servicing Advance, if made,
would constitute a Non-recoverable Advance or a Non-recoverable Servicing
Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officer's Certificate of the
Servicer delivered to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, each Rating Agency and
the Trustee. In addition, the Servicer shall not be required to advance any
Relief Act Shortfalls.

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

         No later than the Servicer Remittance Date immediately preceding each
Distribution Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Trustee an amount from its
own funds equal to the Compensating Interest with respect to such Servicer
Remittance Date; and in case of such remittance, the Servicer shall not be
entitled to any recovery or reimbursement from the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Trust Fund or the Certificateholders. With respect to any Mortgage Loan and
Distribution Date, to the extent that the Prepayment Interest Shortfall exceeds
Compensating Interest (such excess, a "Non-Supported Interest Shortfall"), such
Non-Supported Interest Shortfall shall reduce the Current Interest with respect
to each Class of Certificates, pro rata, based upon the amount of interest each
such Class would otherwise be entitled to receive on such Distribution Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall not be obligated to pay
Compensating Interest with respect to any Relief Act Shortfall.

         SECTION 4.03. Distributions on the REMIC Interests.

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

         SECTION 4.04. Distributions.

         (a)      [Reserved].

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

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

                  (ii)     to each Class of Class R Certificate, Class A-1
         Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates and Class S Certificates, the
         Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to
         such Class; provided, however, if such amount is not sufficient to make
         a full distribution of the Current Interest and any Interest Carry
         Forward Amount with respect to all of the Class R Certificate, Class
         A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates and Class S Certificates, such
         amount will be distributed pro rata among each Class of the Class R
         Certificate, Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates and Class S
         Certificates based on the ratio of (x) the Current Interest and
         Interest Carry Forward Amount for each Class of the Class R
         Certificate, Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates and Class S
         Certificates to (y) the total amount of Current Interest and any
         Interest Carry Forward Amount for the Class of Class R Certificate,
         Class A-1 Certificates, Class A-2 Certificates and Class S
         Certificates;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         (c)      [Reserved].

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

                  (i)      to the Class A Certificates, the Class A Principal
         Distribution Amount will be distributed as follows: the Group A
         Principal Distribution Amount will be distributed sequentially to the
         Class R Certificate until its Certificate Principal Balance is reduced
         to

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         zero and then to the Class A-1 Certificates until its Certificate
         Principal Balance is reduced to zero; and the Group B Principal
         Distribution Amount will be distributed to the Class A-2 Certificates,
         until its Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero;

                  (ii)     to the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1
         Principal Distribution Amount;

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

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

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

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

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

         (e)      [Reserved].

         (f)      On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make the
following distributions from funds available from the Certificate Account up to
the following amounts, of the remainders pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(viii) and
(d)(vii) hereof and, to the extent required to make the distributions set forth
below in clauses (i) through (viii) of this Section 4.04(f), and each such
distribution shall be made only after all distributions pursuant to Sections
4.04(b) and (d) above shall have been made until such remainders shall have been
fully distributed for such Distribution Date:

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

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

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

                  (iv)     to the Class B-1 Certificates, the Class B-1 Unpaid
         Realized Loss Amount;

                  (v)      to the Class B-2 Certificates, the Class B-2 Unpaid
         Realized Loss Amount;

                  (vi)     to the Class B-3 Certificates, the Class B-3 Unpaid
         Realized Loss Amount;

                  (vii)    to the Offered Certificates (other than the Class S
         Certificates), on a pro rata basis, based upon outstanding Floating
         Rate Certificate Carryover, the Floating Rate Certificate Carryover for
         each such Class; and

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

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

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

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

         (h)      On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall allocate the
remainder pursuant to Section 4.04(g)(ii) hereof, (i) to the Trustee to
reimburse amounts or pay indemnification amounts owing to the Trustee from the
Trust Fund pursuant to Section 8.05 to the extent such

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amounts shall have exceeded the cap set forth in Section 8.06(c), and (ii)
thereafter, to the Class R Certificate and such distributions shall be made only
after all preceding distributions shall have been made until such remainder
shall have been fully distributed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         In accordance with this Agreement, the Servicer shall prepare and
deliver a report to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer in the form of a computer
readable magnetic tape (or by such other means as the Servicer, the Trustee and
the NIMS Insurer may agree from time to time) containing such data and
information such as to permit the Trustee to prepare the Monthly Statement to
Certificateholders and make the required distributions for the related
Distribution Date (the "Remittance Report").

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

         SECTION 4.05. Monthly Statements to Certificateholders.

         (a)      Not later than each Distribution Date based on information
provided by the Servicer, the Trustee shall prepare and make available on its
website located at www.ctslink.com to each Holder of a Class of Certificates of
the Trust Fund, the Servicer, the NIMS Insurer, the Rating Agencies and the
Depositor a statement setting forth for the Certificates:

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

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

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

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

                  (v)      the related amount of the Servicing Fee paid to or
         retained by the Servicer;

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

                  (vii)    the amount of Advances included in the distribution
         on such Distribution Date;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  (xviii)  the related amount of the Credit Risk Manager Fee
         paid to the Credit Risk Manager;

                  (xix)    the amount and purpose of any withdrawal from the
         Certificate Account pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(v); and

                  (xx)     the amount of any payments to each Class of
         Certificates that are treated as payments received in respect of a
         REMIC Regular Interest and the amount of any payments to each Class of
         Certificates that are not treated as payments received in respect of a
         REMIC Regular Interest.

         The Trustee will make the monthly statement to Certificateholders (and,
at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an
alternative format) available each month to Certificateholders, other parties to
this Agreement and any other interested parties via the Trustee's Internet
website. The Trustee's Internet website shall initially be located at
"www.ctslink.com". Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling
the Trustee's customer service desk at (301) 815-6600. Parties that are unable
to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first
class mail by calling the customer service desk and indicating such. The Trustee
shall have the right to change the way the monthly statements to
Certificateholders are distributed in order to make such distribution more
convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Trustee shall
provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such
changes.

         The Trustee shall also be entitled to rely on but shall not be
responsible for the content or accuracy of any information provided by third
parties for purposes of preparing the monthly statement and may affix thereto
any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without
suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

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

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         (b)      The Servicer shall deliver to the NIMS Insurer a copy of any
report delivered by the Servicer to the Trustee.

         (c)      Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished to each Person who at any
time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing
the information set forth in clauses (a)(i) without regard to subclauses (A) -
(D) thereof and (a)(ii) of this Section 4.02 aggregated for such calendar year
or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder.
Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the
extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the
Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         The information pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above
shall be provided by the Depositor pursuant to Section 8.11.

         (e)      The Servicer shall provide a report to the Rating Agencies at
the end of each fiscal quarter, which report shall indicate with respect to each
Mortgage Loan the terms of which have been modified, its loan number, the date
of modification, and a description of such modification.

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                                   ARTICLE V

                                THE CERTIFICATES

         SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Original Certificate
                            Minimum              Integral Multiples in       Principal Balance or
Class                     Denomination             Excess of Minimum           Notional Balance
-----                     ------------             -----------------           ----------------
<S>                      <C>                     <C>                        <C>
A-1                      $   25,000.00                 $     1.00             $  674,006,000.00
A-2                      $   25,000.00                 $     1.00             $  451,628,000.00
S                        $1,000,000.00                 $     1.00             $1,321,641,100.00
M-1                      $   25,000.00                 $     1.00             $   73,587,000.00
M-2                      $   25,000.00                 $     1.00             $   60,207,000.00
B-1                      $   25,000.00                 $     1.00             $   30,103,000.00
B-2                      $   25,000.00                 $     1.00             $   16,724,000.00
B-3                      $   25,000.00                 $     1.00             $   15,386,000.00
C                        $  250,000.00                 $ 1,000.00             $   14,700,899.60
R                        $      100.00                     N/A                $          100.00
P                              (1)                         (1)                       (1)
</TABLE>

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(1)      The Class P Certificates shall not have minimum dollar denominations or
         Certificate Principal Balances and shall be issued in a minimum
         percentage interest of 25%.

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

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

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

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

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

         (b)      No Transfer of a Class C or Class P Certificate shall be made
unless such Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt
from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state
securities laws. In the event that a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon an
exemption from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance
with the Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect
such Transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall (except
with respect to the initial transfer of a Class C or Class P Certificate by
Merrill Lynch & Co. or, in connection with a transfer of a Class C or Class P
Certificate to the indenture trustee under an Indenture pursuant to which NIM
Notes are issued, whether or not such notes are guaranteed by the NIMS Insurer)
each certify to each Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the Transfer in
substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit F (the "Transferor Certificate")
and (i) deliver a letter in substantially the form of either Exhibit G (the
"Investment Letter") or Exhibit H (the "Rule 144A Letter") or (ii) there shall
be delivered to each Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such Transfer may be
made pursuant to an exemption from the Securities Act, which Opinion of Counsel
shall not be an expense of the Depositor or the Trustee. The Depositor shall
provide to any Holder of a Class C or Class P Certificate and any prospective
transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding the related
Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall be
necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4)
for Transfer of any such Certificate without registration thereof under the
Securities Act pursuant to the registration

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exemption provided by Rule 144A. The Trustee shall cooperate with the Depositor
in providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence,
including providing to the Depositor such information in the possession of the
Trustee regarding the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters
regarding the Trust Fund as the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its
obligation under the preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Class C or Class P
Certificate desiring to effect such Transfer shall, and does hereby agree to,
indemnify the Depositor and the Trustee against any liability that may result if
the Transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.

         No Transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless the
Trustee shall have received either (i) a representation from the transferee of
such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee and the NIMS Insurer, to the effect that such transferee is not an
employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA or a plan subject to Section
4975 of the Code or a plan subject to any applicable Federal, state or local law
materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA and the Code ("Similar
Law"), or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan or using the assets of any
such plan, (ii) except in the case of a Class R Certificate which may not be
transferred to a transferee that does not provide the representation described
in clause (i), a representation that the transferee is an insurance company that
is purchasing such Certificates with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, 60 Fed. Reg. 35925 (July 12, 1995) ("PTCE
95-60")) and that the purchase and holding of such Certificates is covered under
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) in the case of any such ERISA
Restricted Certificate, other than a Class R Certificate, presented for
registration in the name of an employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, a plan
subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a plan subject to Similar Law (or
comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of any such
plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan, an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer to the effect that the
purchase and holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate will not result in a
prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code or Similar Law and will not
subject the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee to any obligation in addition to those
expressly undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee. For purposes of clause (i) of the
preceding sentence, such representation shall be deemed to have been made to the
Trustee by the transferee's acceptance of an ERISA Restricted Certificate (or
the acceptance by a Certificate Owner of the beneficial interest in any Class of
ERISA Restricted Certificates) unless the Trustee shall have received from the
transferee an alternative representation acceptable in form and substance to the
Trustee. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, any purported
transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an employee
benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan subject to Section 4975 of the
Code, or a plan subject to Similar Law without the delivery to the Trustee and
the NIMS Insurer of a representation or an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to
the Trustee as described above shall be void and of no effect. The Trustee shall
be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of any
ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section
5.02(b) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the Holder thereof
or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of
this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the Trustee in
accordance with the foregoing requirements. The Trustee shall be entitled, but
not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any ERISA Restricted Certificate
that was in fact an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a plan
subject to Section 4975

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of the Code, or a plan subject to Similar Law or a Person acting on behalf of
any such plan at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it
became such a plan or Person acting on behalf of such a plan, all payments made
on such ERISA Restricted Certificate at and after either such time. Any such
payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee
to the last preceding Holder of such Certificate that is not such a plan or
Person acting on behalf of a plan.

         No Transfer of a Class C Certificate may be made to a person that is
either (i) not a "United States person" (as defined for purposes of Section 7701
of the Code) or (ii) a Disqualified Organization or a Person acquiring such
Certificate on behalf (as a broker, agent, nominee or otherwise) of a
Disqualified Organization. The Trustee shall not register any Transfer of a
Class C Certificate unless the Trustee shall have been furnished with a
Transferee Letter in the form attached as Exhibit M (except with respect to the
transfer of a Class C Certificate to any trust which issues NIM Notes). Any
Transfer of a Class C Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
5.02(b) shall be absolutely null and void and the purported transferee shall
acquire absolutely no rights in such Class C Certificate.

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

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

                  (ii)     No Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate may be
         purchased, transferred or sold, directly or indirectly, without the
         express written consent of the Trustee. No Ownership Interest in a
         Class R Certificate may be registered on the Closing Date or thereafter
         transferred, and the Trustee shall not register the Transfer of any
         Class R Certificate unless, in addition to the certificates required to
         be delivered to the Trustee under subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee
         shall have been furnished with an affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of
         the initial owner or the proposed transferee in the form attached
         hereto as Exhibit E-1 and an affidavit of the proposed transferor in
         the form attached hereto as Exhibit E-2. In the absence of a contrary
         instruction from the transferor of a Class R Certificate, declaration
         (11) in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit may be left blank. If the
         transferor requests by written notice to the Trustee prior to the date
         of the proposed transfer that one of the two other forms of declaration
         (11) in Appendix A of the Transfer Affidavit be used, then the
         requirements of this Section 5.02(c)(ii) shall not have been satisfied
         unless the Transfer Affidavit includes such other form of declaration.

                  (iii)    Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership
         Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer
         Affidavit from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to
         Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, (B) to obtain
         a Transfer Affidavit from any Person for whom such Person is acting as
         nominee, trustee or agent in connection with any Transfer of a Class R
         Certificate and (C) not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Class R
         Certificate or to cause the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
         Class R Certificate to any other Person if it has actual knowledge that
         such Person is not a Permitted Transferee. Further, no transfer, sale
         or other disposition of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate
         may be made to a person

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         who is not a U.S. Person (within the meaning of Section 7701 of the
         Code) unless such person furnishes the transferor and the Trustee with
         a duly completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or
         any successor thereto) and the Trustee consents to such transfer, sale
         or other disposition in writing.

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

                  (v)      At the option of the Holder of the Class R
         Certificate, the Class LTR Interest, the Class MTR Interest and the
         residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC may be severed and
         represented by separate certificates; provided, however, that such
         separate certification may not occur until the NIMS Insurer and the
         Trustee receive an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that separate
         certification in the form and manner proposed would not result in the
         imposition of federal tax upon the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs
         provided for herein or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to
         fail to qualify as a REMIC; and provided further, that the provisions
         of Sections 5.02(b) and (c) will apply to each such separate
         certificate as if the separate certificate were a Class R Certificate.
         If, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, it is necessary to preserve
         the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for herein, the Class
         LTR Interest, the Class MTR Interest and the residual interest in the
         Upper Tier REMIC shall be severed and represented by separate
         Certificates.

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

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the Transfer of a Class R Certificate that is held by a Person that is not a
Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted Transferee.

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

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

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

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

         SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.

         The NIMS Insurer, the Trustee and any agent of the NIMS Insurer 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 as provided
in this Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the NIMS
Insurer nor the Trustee, nor any agent of the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.

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

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

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         SECTION 5.06. Book-Entry Certificates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         SECTION 5.07. Notices to Depository.

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

         SECTION 5.08. Definitive Certificates.

         If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to any
Certificates, (a) the Depository or the Depositor advises the Trustee that the
Depository is no longer willing, qualified or able to discharge properly its
responsibilities under the Depository Agreement with respect to such
Certificates and the Trustee or the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified

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successor, (b) the Depositor, at its sole option, advises the Trustee that it
elects to terminate the book-entry system with respect to such Certificates
through the Depository or (c) after the occurrence and continuation of an Event
of Default, Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates having not less
than 51% of the Voting Rights evidenced by any Class of Book-Entry Certificates
advise the Trustee and the Depository in writing through the Depository
Participants that the continuation of a book-entry system with respect to
Certificates of such Class through the Depository (or its successor) is no
longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners of such Class, then the
Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners of such Book-Entry Certificates and
the NIMS Insurer, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event
and of the availability of Definitive Certificates to Certificate Owners of such
Class requesting the same. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an
adequate inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of
Definitive Certificates. Upon surrender to the Trustee of any such Certificates
by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository
for registration, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Definitive
Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and
shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of such
Definitive Certificates, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to
be performed by the Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed
by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive
Certificates and the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such Definitive
Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.

         SECTION 5.09. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

         The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange. The Trustee initially designates its
offices at Sixth and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services - First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-FF1
as offices for such purposes. The Trustee will give prompt written notice to the
Certificateholders of any change in such location of any such office or agency.

         SECTION 5.10. [RESERVED]

                                   ARTICLE VI

                         THE DEPOSITOR AND THE SERVICER

         SECTION 6.01. Respective Liabilities of the Depositor and the Servicer.

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

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

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

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

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

         None of the Depositor, the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be under any
liability to the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for any action taken or
for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this
Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision
shall not protect the Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person against any
breach of representations or warranties made by it herein or protect the
Depositor, the Servicer or any such Person from any liability that would
otherwise be imposed by reasons of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence
in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations
and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer may rely in good faith on any
document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person
respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Servicer and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor or the Servicer shall be
indemnified by the Trust Fund and held harmless against any loss, liability or
expense, incurred in connection with the performance of their duties under this
agreement or incurred in connection with any audit, controversy or judicial
proceeding relating to a governmental taxing authority or any legal action
relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability
or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in
the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor nor the Servicer shall
be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that
is not incidental to its respective duties hereunder and that in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that any of the
Depositor or the Servicer may, in its discretion undertake any such action that
it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and the rights
and duties of the parties hereto and interests of the Servicer and the
Certificateholders hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of
such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be, expenses, costs and
liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor and the Servicer shall be
entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Collection Account as provided by
Section 3.08 hereof.

         SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of Servicer.

         The Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby
imposed on it except upon determination that its duties hereunder are no longer
permissible under applicable law. Any such determination permitting the
resignation of the Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such
effect delivered to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer. No such resignation shall
become effective until the Trustee or a successor servicer reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer is appointed and has assumed the Servicer's
responsibilities,

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duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder. Any such resignation shall not
relieve the Servicer of any of the obligations specified in Section 7.01 and
7.02 as obligations that survive the resignation or termination of the Servicer.

         SECTION 6.05. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Fidelity Bonds.

         The Servicer shall, for so long as it acts as servicer under this
Agreement, obtain and maintain in force (a) a policy or policies of insurance
covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations as servicer
hereunder, and (b) a fidelity bond in respect of its officers, employees and
agents. Each such policy or policies and bond shall, together, comply with the
requirements from time to time of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for Persons
performing servicing for mortgage loans purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The Servicer shall provide the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer, upon request, with
copies of such policies and fidelity bond or a certification from the insurance
provider evidencing such policies and fidelity bond. In the event that any such
policy or bond ceases to be in effect, the Servicer shall use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain a comparable replacement policy or bond from an insurer
or issuer meeting the requirements set forth above as of the date of such
replacement. Any such policy or fidelity bond shall by its terms not be
cancelable without thirty days' prior written notice to the Trustee and the NIMS
Insurer.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                        DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF SERVICER

         SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.

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

                  (i)      any failure by the Servicer to make any Advance to
         deposit in the Collection Account, the Dividend Account or the
         Certificate Account or to remit to the Trustee any payment (excluding a
         payment required to be made under Section 4.01 hereof) required to be
         made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure shall continue
         unremedied for three Business Days and, with respect to a payment
         required to be made under Section 4.01 hereof, for one Business Day,
         after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been
         given to the Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the
         Trustee and the Servicer by the NIMS Insurer or the Holders of
         Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights
         evidenced by the Certificates; or

                  (ii)     any failure by the Servicer to observe or perform in
         any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the
         part of the Servicer contained in this Agreement or any representation
         or warranty shall prove to be untrue, which failure or breach shall
         continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which
         written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer by
         the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Trustee by the NIMS Insurer or
         the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
         Rights evidenced by the Certificates; or

                  (iii)    a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
         authority having jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver or
         liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of
         assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or
         liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the
         Servicer and

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         such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or
         unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

                  (iv)     consent by the Servicer to the appointment of a
         receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
         marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
         relating to the Servicer or all or substantially all of the property of
         the Servicer; or

                  (v)      admission by a Servicer in writing of its inability
         to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take
         advantage of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable
         insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the
         benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its
         obligations.

         If an Event of Default shall occur with respect to the Servicer, then,
and in each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default shall not have
been remedied within the applicable grace period, or solely with respect to
clause (i) above by 5:00 p.m. on the Servicer Remittance Date, the Trustee may
(with the written consent of the NIMS Insurer, except after a NIMS Insurer
Default), or at the direction of the NIMS Insurer or the Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates
(with the written consent of the NIMS Insurer, except after a NIMS Insurer
Default), shall, by notice in writing to the Servicer (with a copy to each
Rating Agency), terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer
under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof,
other than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On or after the receipt
by the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer
hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass
to and be vested in the Trustee. To the extent the Event of Default resulted
from the failure of the Servicer to make a required Advance, the Trustee shall
thereupon make any Advance described in Section 4.01 hereof subject to Section
3.04 hereof. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and
deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and
all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or
things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of
termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of
the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. Unless expressly
provided in such written notice, no such termination shall affect any obligation
of the Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant to Article VIII. The Servicer
agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the
Servicer's responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation,
the transfer to the Trustee of all cash amounts which shall at the time be
credited to the Collection Account, or thereafter be received with respect to
the Mortgage Loans. The Servicer and the Trustee shall promptly notify the
Rating Agencies of the occurrence of an Event of Default or an event that, with
notice, passage of time, other action or any combination of the foregoing would
be an Event of Default, such notice to be provided in any event within two
Business Days of such occurrence.

         Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Servicer
hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late collection
of a Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage Loan that was due prior to the notice
terminating the Servicer's rights and obligations as Servicer hereunder and
received after such notice, that portion thereof to which the Servicer would
have been entitled pursuant to Sections 3.08(a)(i) through (viii), and any other
amounts payable to the Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior
to the termination of its activities hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, upon termination of the Servicer

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hereunder, any liabilities of the Servicer which accrued prior to such
termination shall survive such termination.

         SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.

         On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination
pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof, the Trustee shall, to the extent provided in
Section 3.04, be the successor to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under
this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall
be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto
placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof and applicable law,
including the obligation to make advances pursuant to Section 4.01. As
compensation therefor, subject to the last paragraph of Section 7.01, the
Trustee shall be entitled to all fees, costs and expenses relating to the
Mortgage Loans that the Servicer would have been entitled to if the Servicer had
continued to act hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee has
become the successor to the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.01 hereof, the
Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it is prohibited
by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof or if it
is otherwise unable to so act, appoint, or petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution the
appointment of which successor shall be approved by the NIMS Insurer and which
does not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates by each
Rating Agency as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption of
all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer
hereunder. Any successor Servicer shall be an institution that is acceptable to
the NIMS Insurer and is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer in
good standing, that has a net worth of at least $15,000,000, and that is willing
to service the Mortgage Loans and executes and delivers to the Depositor and the
Trustee an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, that contains an
assumption by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities,
obligations and liabilities of the Servicer (other than liabilities of the
Servicer under Section 6.03 hereof incurred prior to termination of the Servicer
under Section 7.01), with like effect as if originally named as a party to this
Agreement; and provided further that each Rating Agency acknowledges that its
rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such assignment and
delegation will not be qualified or reduced as a result of such assignment and
delegation. No appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder shall be
effective until the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer shall have consented thereto,
prior written consent of the NIMS Insurer is obtained and written notice of such
proposed appointment shall have been provided by the Trustee to each
Certificateholder. The Trustee shall not resign as servicer until a successor
servicer has been appointed and has accepted such appointment. Pending
appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless the
Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, shall, subject to Section 3.04
hereof, act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such
appointment and assumption, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such
successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in
excess of that permitted the Servicer hereunder. The Trustee and such successor
shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to
effectuate any such succession. Neither the Trustee nor any other successor
servicer shall be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any failure to
make, or any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any portion thereof
or any failure to perform, or any delay in performing, any duties or
responsibilities hereunder, in either case caused by the failure of the

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Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in delivering or providing, any
cash, information, documents or records to it.

         Any successor to the Servicer as servicer shall give notice to the
Mortgagors of such change of servicer and shall, during the term of its service
as servicer maintain in force the policy or policies that the Servicer is
required to maintain pursuant to Section 6.05.

         SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.

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

         (b)      Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default,
the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders and the NIMS
Insurer notice of each such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

         SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.

         The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person's own affairs. In case an Event of Default or other default by the
Servicer or the Depositor hereunder shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee,
shall, at the direction of the majority of the Certificateholders or the NIMS
Insurer, or may, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Certificateholders or the NIMS Insurer under this Agreement by a suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law or otherwise, whether for the specific
performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this agreement or in aid
of the execution of any power granted in this Agreement or for the enforcement
of any other legal, equitable or other remedy, as the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, and subject to the foregoing, shall deem most effectual to protect and
enforce any of the rights of the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer and the
Certificateholders.

         The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements,
opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the
Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provision
of this Agreement shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the
requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not to conform
to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee shall
take action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument corrected, and if the
instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's satisfaction, the Trustee will
provide notice thereof to the NIMS Insurer and the Certificateholders and take
such further action as directed by the NIMS Insurer and the Certificateholders.

         No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own misconduct, its negligent

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failure to perform its obligations in compliance with this Agreement, or any
liability that would be imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance or bad
faith; provided, however, that:

                  (i)      prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and
         after the curing of all such Events of Default that may have occurred,
         the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by
         the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
         liable, individually or as Trustee, except for the performance of such
         duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement,
         no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement
         against the Trustee and the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
         truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
         therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
         conforming to the requirements of this Agreement that it reasonably
         believed in good faith to be genuine and to have been duly executed by
         the proper authorities respecting any matters arising hereunder;

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

                  (iii)    the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
         Trustee, with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
         taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the NIMS
         Insurer or the Holders of each Class of Certificates evidencing not
         less than 25% of the Voting Rights of such Class relating to the time,
         method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
         to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
         Trustee under this Agreement; and

                  (iv)     except as otherwise expressly provided in this
         Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under
         any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other
         performance required under any Permitted Investment, the Trustee may
         and, subject to Section 8.01 and Section 8.02, upon the request of the
         NIMS Insurer or the Holders of the Certificates representing more than
         50% of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class of Certificates, shall
         take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or
         performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
         proceedings.

         SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.

         (a)      Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

                  (i)      the Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
         protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
         Officer's Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
         certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
         consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document believed by
         it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
         party or parties;

                  (ii)     the Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice
         and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
         protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it
         hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;

                  (iii)    the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
         Trustee, 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;

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                  (iv)     prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default
         hereunder and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
         occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
         the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
         instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
         bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do
         by the NIMS Insurer or the Holders of each Class of Certificates
         evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of such Class;

                  (v)      the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
         hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
         through agents, accountants or attorneys;

                  (vi)     the Trustee shall not be required to expend its own
         funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of
         any of its duties hereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for
         believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
         such liability is not assured to it;

                  (vii)    the Trustee shall not be liable, individually or as
         Trustee, for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this
         Agreement (other than as issuer of the investment security);

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

                  (ix)     the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
         any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make
         any investigation of matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct
         or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
         request, order or direction of any of the NIMS Insurer or the
         Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
         unless the NIMS Insurer or such Certificateholders shall have offered
         to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
         expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; and

                  (x)      if requested by the Servicer, the Trustee may appoint
         the Servicer as the Trustee's attorney-in-fact in order to carry out
         and perform certain activities that are necessary or appropriate for
         the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this
         Agreement. Such appointment shall be evidenced by a power of attorney
         in such form as may be agreed to by the Trustee and the Servicer.

         (b)      All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the
Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the
trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the
benefit of all the Holders of the Certificates, subject to the provisions of
this Agreement.

         SECTION 8.03. Trustee Not Liable for Mortgage Loans.

         The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the
Depositor or the Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of any Mortgage Loan, of any
guarantee of a NIMS Insurer or related document other than with respect to the
Trustee's execution and authentication of the Certificates. The Trustee shall
not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor or the Servicer
of any funds paid to the Depositor or the Servicer in respect of the Mortgage
Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or Certificate
Account by the Depositor or the Servicer.

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         SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.

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

         SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.

         The Trustee shall be entitled to earnings on or investment income with
respect to funds in or credited to the Certificate Account.

         SECTION 8.06. Indemnification of Trustee.

         (a)      The Trustee and its respective directors, officers, employees
and agents shall be entitled to indemnification from the Trust Fund for any
loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal proceeding or
incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of,
or in connection with, the acceptance or administration of the trusts created
hereunder or in connection with the performance of their duties hereunder,
including any applicable fees and expenses payable hereunder and the costs and
expenses of defending themselves against any claim in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder, provided
that:

                  (i)      with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall
         have given the Depositor and the Holders written notice thereof
         promptly after the Trustee shall have knowledge thereof; provided that
         failure to so notify shall not relieve the Trust Fund of the obligation
         to indemnify the Trustee; however, any reasonable delay by the Trustee
         to provide written notice to the Depositor and the Holders promptly
         after the Trustee shall have obtained knowledge of a claim shall not
         relieve the Trust Fund of the obligation to indemnify the Trustee under
         this Section 8.06;

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

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

                  (iv)     any such loss, liability or expense to be indemnified
         by the Trust Fund must constitute an "unanticipated expense" of the
         Trust Fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
         1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

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

         (b)      The Trustee shall be entitled to all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advancements incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance
with this Agreement (including fees and expenses of its counsel and all persons
not regularly in its employment), except any such expenses, disbursements and
advancements that either (i) arise from its negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct or (ii) do not constitute "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning
of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii).

         (c)      The Trustee's right to indemnification and reimbursement shall
be subject to a cap of $300,000, excluding any Servicing Transfer Costs, in the
aggregate in any calendar year; provided, however, that such cap shall apply
only if NIM Notes have been issued and shall cease to apply after the date on
which any NIM Notes are paid in full and all amounts which the NIMS

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Insurer is entitled to be paid or reimbursed shall have been paid or reimbursed.
Any amounts not in excess of this cap may be withdrawn by the Trustee from the
Certificate Account at any time.

         SECTION 8.07. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.

         The Trustee hereunder shall, at all times, be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United
States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority and with a credit
rating that would not cause any of the Rating Agencies to reduce their
respective ratings of any Class of Certificates below the ratings issued on the
Closing Date (or having provided such security from time to time as is
sufficient to avoid such reduction) and reasonably acceptable to the NIMS
Insurer. If such corporation or association publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.07
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.07, the Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
8.08 hereof. The corporation or national banking association serving as Trustee
may have normal banking and trust relationships with the Depositor and the NIMS
Insurer and their respective Affiliates; provided, however, that such
corporation cannot be an Affiliate of the Servicer other than the Trustee in its
role as successor to the Servicer.

         SECTION 8.08. Resignation and Removal of Trustee.

         The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by (1) giving written notice of resignation to the Depositor, the
Servicer and the NIMS Insurer and by mailing notice of resignation by first
class mail, postage prepaid, to the Certificateholders at their addresses
appearing on the Certificate Register and each Rating Agency, not less than 60
days before the date specified in such notice when, subject to Section 8.09,
such resignation is to take effect, and (2) acceptance of appointment by a
successor trustee acceptable to the NIMS Insurer in accordance with Section 8.09
and meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 8.07. If no successor
trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30
days after the giving of such notice or resignation, the resigning Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee.

         If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor or the NIMS Insurer, (ii) the Trustee
shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent,
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or
(iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which
the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located, (B) the imposition of such tax would
be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee and (C) the Trustee fails
to indemnify the Trust Fund against such tax, then the Depositor or the NIMS
Insurer may remove the Trustee and the Depositor with the consent of the NIMS
Insurer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in
triplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be

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delivered to the Trustee, one copy of which shall be delivered to the Servicer
and one copy of which shall be delivered to the successor trustee.

         The Holders evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights of all Classes
of Certificates, with the consent of the NIMS Insurer, or the NIMS Insurer upon
failure of the Trustee to perform its obligations hereunder may at any time
remove the Trustee and the Depositor shall appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized (or by the NIMS Insurer), one complete
set of which instruments shall be delivered by the successor Trustee to the
Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee so removed and one complete set to the
successor so appointed. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to
the NIMS Insurer and each Rating Agency by the Successor Trustee.

         Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.08 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.09 hereof.

         SECTION 8.09. Successor Trustee.

         Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.08 hereof
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee, the NIMS Insurer and the Servicer an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the
like effect as if originally named as trustee herein.

         No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section 8.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.07 hereof and its appointment
shall not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates.

         Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in
this Section 8.09, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates. If the Depositor fails to mail
such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Depositor.

         SECTION 8.10. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.

         Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be eligible under the provisions of Section
8.07 hereof without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding (except for the execution of an assumption agreement where such
succession is not effected by operation of law).

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         SECTION 8.11. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.

         Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time,
for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which
any part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the
time be located, the Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the
power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more
Persons approved by the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer to act as co-trustee or
co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees,
of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in
such capacity and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, such title to the
Trust Fund or any part thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the
other provisions of this Section 8.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights
and trusts as the Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable.
Any such co-trustee or separate trustee shall be subject to the written approval
of the Servicer and the NIMS Insurer. The Trustee shall not be liable for the
actions of any co-trustee; provided, the appointment of a co-trustee shall not
relieve the Trustee of its obligations hereunder. If the Servicer and the NIMS
Insurer shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the
receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make
such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required
to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.07 and
no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate
trustee shall be required under Section 8.09.

         Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

                  (i)      All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred
         or imposed upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee
         under this Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the Servicer, shall
         be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee
         and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood
         that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act
         separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the
         extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular
         act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as
         successor to the Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent
         or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights,
         powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the
         Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be
         exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee,
         but solely at the direction of the Trustee;

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

                  (iii)    The Trustee with the consent of the NIMS Insurer may
         at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
         co-trustee.

         Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance
of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified
in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately,
as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of

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this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or
affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with
the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and the
Depositor.

         Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.

         SECTION 8.12. Tax Matters.

         (a)      It is intended that each of the REMICs provided for herein
REMIC shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Trust Fund shall be
conducted so as to allow each such REMIC to qualify as, a "real estate mortgage
investment conduit" as defined in and in accordance with the REMIC Provisions.
In furtherance of such intention, the Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall
act as agent (and the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of
each of the REMICs provided for herein and that in such capacity it shall: (a)
prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, a U.S.
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income Tax Return (Form 1066 or any
successor form adopted by the Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or
cause to be prepared and filed with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable
state or local tax authorities income tax or information returns for each
taxable year with respect to each of the REMICs provided for herein, containing
such information and at the times and in the manner as may be required by the
Code or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and furnish or cause to
be furnished to Certificateholders the schedules, statements or information at
such times and in such manner as may be required thereby; (b) within thirty days
of the Closing Date, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service, on Forms 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name,
title, address, and telephone number of the person that the holders of the
Certificates may contact for tax information relating thereto, together with
such additional information as may be required by such Form, and update such
information at the time or times in the manner required by the Code for each of
the REMICs provided for herein; (c) make or cause to be made elections, on
behalf of each of the REMICs provided for herein to be treated as a REMIC on the
federal tax return of such REMICs for their first taxable years (and, if
necessary, under applicable state law); (d) prepare and forward, or cause to be
prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue
Service and, if necessary, state tax authorities, all information returns and
reports as and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC
Provisions, including without limitation, the calculation of any original issue
discount using the Prepayment Assumption; (e) provide information necessary for
the computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Class R Certificate to a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or other middleman) of a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or a
pass-through entity in which a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee is the
record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing
such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax); (f) to the
extent that they are under its control conduct the affairs of each of the REMICs
provided for herein at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to
maintain the status of each of the REMICs provided for herein as a REMIC under
the REMIC Provisions; (g) not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit
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any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any of the
REMICs provided for herein or result in the imposition of tax upon any such
REMIC; (h) pay, from the sources specified in the last paragraph of this Section
8.12, the amount of any federal, state and local taxes, including prohibited
transaction taxes as described below, imposed on each of the REMICs provided for
herein prior to the termination of the Trust Fund when and as the same shall be
due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the Trustee or any other
appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings and
shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding payment of such tax, if permitted
by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings); (i) sign or cause to be signed
federal, state or local income tax or information returns; (j) maintain records
relating to each of the REMICs provided for herein, including but not limited to
the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of each of the REMICs provided for
herein, and the fair market value and adjusted basis of the Trust Fund property
determined at such intervals as may be required by the Code, as may be necessary
to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information; and (k)
as and when necessary and appropriate, represent each of the REMICs provided for
herein in any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination
or audit by any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative
adjustment as to any taxable year of any of the REMICs provided for herein,
enter into settlement agreements with any governmental taxing agency, extend any
statute of limitations relating to any tax item of any of the REMICs provided
for herein, and otherwise act on behalf of each of the REMICs provided for
herein in relation to any tax matter involving any of such REMICs or any
controversy involving the Trust Fund.

         In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth
herein, the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee
within 10 days after the Closing Date all information or data that the Trustee
requests in writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the
valuations and offering prices of the Certificates, including, without
limitation, the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of
the Certificates and the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide
to the Trustee promptly upon written request therefor, any such additional
information or data that the Trustee may, from time to time, request in order to
enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor
hereby agrees to indemnify the Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages,
claims or expenses of the Trustee arising from any errors or miscalculations of
the Trustee that result from any failure of the Depositor to provide, or to
cause to be provided, accurate information or data to the Trustee on a timely
basis.

         In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of
any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the
Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of the any of such REMICs as
defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to the Trust Fund
after the Startup Day pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax
is imposed, if not paid as otherwise provided for herein, such tax shall be paid
by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach
by the Trustee of any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of
the location of the Trustee, (ii) any party hereto (other than the Trustee) to
the extent any such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by such
other party of any of its obligations under this Agreement or as a result of the
location of such other party or (iii) in all other cases, or in the event that
any liable party here fails to honor its obligations under the preceding clauses
(i) or (ii), any such tax will be paid first with amounts otherwise to be
distributed to the Class R Certificateholders (pro rata) pursuant to

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Section 4.04, and second with amounts otherwise to be distributed to all other
Certificateholders in the following order of priority: first, to the Class C
Certificates (pro rata), second, to the Class B-3 Certificates (pro rata),
third, to the Class B-2 Certificates (pro rata), fourth, to the Class B-1
Certificates (pro rata), fifth, to the Class M-2 Certificates (pro rata), sixth,
to the Class M-1 Certificates (pro rata) and seventh, to the Class A
Certificates and Class R Certificate (pro rata). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, to the extent that such tax is payable by the Class R
Certificate, the Trustee is hereby authorized pursuant to such instruction to
retain on any Distribution Date, from the Holders of the Class R Certificate
(and, if necessary, from the Holders of all other Certificates in the priority
specified in the preceding sentence), funds otherwise distributable to such
Holders in an amount sufficient to pay such tax. The Trustee agrees to promptly
notify in writing the party liable for any such tax of the amount thereof and
the due date for the payment thereof.

         (b)      Each of the Depositor and the Trustee agrees not to knowingly
or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the
termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for herein or
result in the imposition of a tax upon any of the REMICs provided for herein.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   TERMINATION

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

         (a)      Subject to Section 9.03, the obligations and responsibilities
of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee created hereby with respect to
the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) an Optional Termination
and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Mortgage
Loan remaining in the Trust Fund (or any Advance with respect thereto) and the
disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the distribution to Certificateholders
of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement, as
applicable. In no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the
earlier of (i) the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of
the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States
to the Court of St. James's, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest
Possible Maturity Date.

         (b)      On or before the Determination Date following the Initial
Optional Termination Date, the Trustee shall attempt to terminate the Trust Fund
by conducting an auction of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties via a
solicitation of bids from at least three (3) bidders, each of which shall be a
nationally recognized participant in mortgage finance (the "Auction"). The
Depositor and the Trustee agree to work in good faith to develop bid procedures
in advance of the Initial Optional Termination Date to govern the operation of
the Auction. The Trustee shall be entitled to retain an investment banking firm
and/or other agents in connection with the Auction. The Trustee shall accept the
highest bid received at the Auction; provided that the amount of such bid equals
or exceeds the Optional Termination Price. The Trustee shall determine the
Optional Termination Price based upon information provided by (i) the Servicer
with respect to the amounts described in clauses (A) and (B) of the definition
of "Optional Termination Price" (other than Trustee expenses), (ii) the NIMS
Insurer with respect to the amounts described in clause (C) of the definition of
"Optional Termination Price" and (iii) the Depositor with respect to the
information described in clause (D) of the definition of "Optional

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Termination Price." The Trustee may conclusively rely upon the information
provided to it in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence and shall
not have any liability for the failure of any party to provide such information.

         If an Optional Termination does not occur as a result of the Auction's
failure to achieve the Optional Termination Price, the NIMS Insurer (or the
Servicer , if there is not a NIMS Insurer at such time) may, on any Distribution
Date following such Auction, at its option, terminate the Trust Fund by
purchasing all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the
Optional Termination Price. In the event that there is a NIMS Insurer at the
time of the Auction, the Auction fails to achieve the Optional Termination Price
and the NIMS Insurer does not exercise its option to terminate the Trust Fund on
the first Distribution Date on which it is able to exercise such option, the
Servicer may, at such time, at its option, terminate the Trust Fund by
purchasing all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price equal to the
Optional Termination Price. In connection with such termination, the Optional
Termination Price shall be delivered to the Trustee no later than the Business
Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Optional Termination Amount paid to the
Trustee by the winning bidder at the Auction or by the NIMS Insurer or the
Servicer shall be deposited by the Trustee directly into the Certificate Account
immediately upon receipt. Upon any termination as a result of an Auction, the
Trustee shall, out of the Optional Termination Amount deposited into the
Certificate Account, (x) retain for its own account, its costs and expenses
necessary to conduct the Auction and any other unreimbursed amounts owing to it
(without regard to the limitation contained in Section 8.06(c)) and (y) pay to
the Servicer, the aggregate amount of any unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and
expenses owed to the servicer and any unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees,
Advances and Servicing Advances.

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

         (d)      The Class R Certificateholder hereby assigns to the Class C
Certificateholders that portion of any amount received by the Class R
Certificate upon an Optional Termination of the Trust Fund that is attributable
to clause (C) of the definition of Optional Termination Price and required to
cover what would otherwise be a shortfall in the amounts described in clause (C)
of the definition of Optional Termination Price.

         SECTION 9.02. Final Distribution on the Certificates.

         If on any Determination Date, (i) the Trustee determines that there are
no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the Trust Fund
other than the funds in the Collection Account, the Trustee shall send a final
distribution notice promptly to each Certificateholder and the NIMS Insurer or
(ii) the Trustee determines that a Class of Certificates shall be retired after
a final distribution on such Class, the Trustee shall notify the
Certificateholders within seven (7) Business Days after such Determination Date
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distribution in retirement of such Class of Certificates is scheduled to be made
on the immediately following Distribution Date. Any final distribution made
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence will be made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trustee.

         Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the
Distribution Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates
for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly
by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed no later than the last
calendar day of the month immediately preceding the month of such final
distribution (or with respect to an Auction, mailed no later than one Business
Day following completion of such Auction). Any such notice shall specify (a) the
Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates will be made
upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office therein
designated, (b) the location of the office or agency at which such presentation
and surrender must be made, and (c) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to
such Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions being made only upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office therein specified.
The Trustee will give such notice to the NIMS Insurer and each Rating Agency at
the time such notice is given to Certificateholders.

         In the event such notice is given, the Servicer shall cause all funds
in the Collection Account to be deposited in the Certificate Account on the
Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution Date in an amount equal to the
final distribution in respect of the Certificates. Upon such final deposit with
respect to the Trust Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a Request for
Release therefor, the Trustee shall promptly release to the Trustee or the NIMS
Insurer, as applicable, the Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loans.

         Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class the amounts
allocable to such Certificates held in the Certificate Account in the order and
priority set forth in Section 4.04 hereof on the final Distribution Date and in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.

         In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice
to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
six months after the second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps,
or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that remain a part of
the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second notice all Certificates
shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Class R Certificateholders
shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that
remain subject hereto. Upon payment to the Class R Certificateholders of such
funds and assets, the Trustee shall have no further duties or obligations with
respect thereto.

         SECTION 9.03. Additional Termination Requirements.

         (a)      In the event the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer or the Servicer
completes an Optional Termination as provided in Section 9.01, the Trust Fund
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the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee has been supplied with
an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer or the
Servicer, as applicable, to the effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to
comply with the requirements of this Section 9.03 will not (i) result in the
imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of any of the REMICs provided
for herein as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or (ii) cause any of the
REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding:

                  (i)      The Depositor shall establish a 90-day liquidation
         period and notify the Trustee thereof, which shall in turn specify the
         first day of such period in a statement attached to the final tax
         returns of each of the REMICs provided for herein pursuant to Treasury
         Regulation Section 1.860F-1. The Depositor shall satisfy all the
         requirements of a qualified liquidation under Section 860F of the Code
         and any regulations thereunder, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
         obtained at the expense of the Trustee or the NIMS Insurer, as
         applicable;

                  (ii)     During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or
         prior to the time of making the final payment on the Certificates, the
         Depositor as agent of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the
         Trust Fund for cash; and

                  (iii)    At the time of the making of the final payment on the
         Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
         distributed or credited, to the Class R Certificateholders all cash on
         hand (other than cash retained to meet outstanding claims known to the
         Trustee), and the Trust Fund shall terminate at that time, whereupon
         the Trustee shall have no further duties or obligations with respect to
         sums distributed or credited to the Class R Certificateholders.

         (b)      By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby authorize the Depositor to specify the 90-day liquidation period for the
Trust Fund, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.

         (c)      Upon the written request of the Depositor, the Trustee as
agent for each REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and sign such a plan of complete
liquidation as provided to it by the Depositor. The Trustee's obligation to
adopt and sign such plan of complete liquidation is subject to the Trustee's
receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 9.03(a)(i). In
addition, the Trustee shall take such other action in connection therewith as
may be reasonably requested by the Depositor.

                                   ARTICLE X

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         SECTION 10.01. Amendment.

         This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee, with the consent of the NIMS Insurer and without the
consent of any of the Certificateholders to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provisions herein, or to make such other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, as shall not be
inconsistent with any other provisions herein if such action shall not, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Certificateholder; provided, however, that any such amendment
shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
the Certificateholders and no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required if the
Person requesting such amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency
stating that such amendment would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal

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of the respective ratings then assigned to the Certificates, it being understood
and agreed that any such letter in and of itself will not represent a
determination as to the materiality of any such amendment and will represent a
determination only as to the credit issues affecting any such rating.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the
Certificateholders but with the consent of the NIMS Insurer, the Depositor, the
Servicer and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time amend this
Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as
shall be necessary or appropriate to maintain the qualification of any of the
REMICs provided for herein as REMICs under the Code or to avoid or minimize the
risk of the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs
provided for herein pursuant to the Code that would be a claim against the Trust
Fund at any time prior to the final redemption of the Certificates, provided
that the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer have been provided an Opinion of Counsel,
which opinion shall be an expense of the party requesting such amendment but in
any case shall not be an expense of the Trustee, to the effect that such action
is necessary or appropriate to maintain such qualification or to avoid or
minimize the risk of the imposition of such a tax.

         This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Servicer, the Trustee and the Holders of each Class of Certificates affected
thereby evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights of such Class,
with the consent of the NIMS Insurer, for the purpose of adding any provisions
to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this
Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (i) reduce in any
manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments required to be
distributed on any Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such
Certificate, (ii) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of any Class of Certificates in a manner other than as described in (i),
without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing 66
2/3% or more of the Voting Rights of such Class or (iii) reduce the aforesaid
percentages of Certificates the Holders of which are required to consent to any
such amendment without the consent of the Holders of all such Certificates then
outstanding.

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this
Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Servicer and
the Trustee with the consent of the NIMS Insurer and Certificateholders
evidencing not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights of each Class of
Certificates (excluding the Voting Rights of the Depositor, its Affiliates or
its agents) for the purpose of significantly changing the Permitted Activities
of the Trust.

         Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first
received an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an expense of the party
requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be an expense of the
Trustee, to the effect that such amendment will not cause the imposition of any
tax on the Trust Fund, any of the REMICs provided for herein or the
Certificateholders or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to
qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding. A copy of
such Opinion of Counsel shall be provided to the NIMS Insurer.

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

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

         Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee or the Servicer to
enter into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel, satisfactory to
the Trustee or the Servicer that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not
prohibited by this Agreement and that all requirements for amending this
Agreement have been complied with; and (ii) either (A) the amendment does not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder
or (B) the conclusion set forth in the immediately preceding clause (A) is not
required to be reached pursuant to this Section 10.01.

         The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any
supplement, modification or waiver which affects its rights, duties or
obligations hereunder.

         SECTION 10.02. Counterparts.

         This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and
such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

         SECTION 10.03. Governing Law.

         THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND
TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.

         SECTION 10.04. Intention of Parties.

         It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of
the Mortgage Notes, Mortgages, assignments of Mortgages, title insurance
policies and any modifications, extensions and/or assumption agreements and
private mortgage insurance policies relating to the Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, an absolute sale thereof to
the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such
conveyance be deemed a pledge thereof by the Depositor to the Trustee. However,
in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such assets are
held to be the property of the Depositor, or if for any other reason this
Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in such assets, then
(i) this Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning
of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance
provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant
by the Depositor to the Trustee, for the benefit of the

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Certificateholders, of a security interest in all of the assets that constitute
the Trust Fund, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

         The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders shall, to the
extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to
ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the
assets of the Trust Fund, such security interest would be deemed to be a
perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be
maintained as such throughout the term of the Agreement. The Depositor shall
arrange for filing any Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements in
connection with any security interest granted or assigned to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.

         SECTION 10.05. Notices.

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

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

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

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

                  (iv)     The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans
         pursuant to Sections 2.02, 2.03 and 3.12;

                  (v)      The final payment to Certificateholders; and

                  (vi)     Any change in the location of the Certificate Account
         or the Certificate Account.

         The Trustee shall promptly furnish or make available to each Rating
Agency copies of the following:

                  (i)      Each report to Certificateholders described in
         Section 4.05;

                  (ii)     Each annual statement as to compliance described in
         Section 3.17; and

                  (iii)    Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
         report described in Section 3.18.

         (b)      All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to (a) in the
case of the Depositor, Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. 250 Vesey Street,
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10080, Attention:
Asset-Backed Finance; (b) in the case of the Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
P.O. Box 98, Columbia, Maryland, 21046, Attention: Client Manger - MLMI Series
2004-FF1, with a copy to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 9062 Old Annapolis Road,
Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Client Manager - MLMI Series 2004-FF1; (c)
in the case of the Rating Agencies, (i) Standard & Poor's, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041; (ii)
Moody's Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York
10007, (iii) Fitch, Inc., 1 State Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004; (d) in
the case of the Credit Risk Manager, The Murrayhill Company, 1700 Lincoln
Street, Suite 1600, Denver, Colorado 80203; (e) in the case of the Servicer,
HomEq Servicing Corporation, 4837 Watt Avenue, North Highlands, California
95660-5108, Attention: Sales and Acquisitions and HomEq Servicing Corporation,
1620 East Roseville Parkway, Roseville, California 95661, Attention: Legal
Department; (f) in the case of the Transferor, First Franklin Financial Corp.,
2150 North First Street, San Jose, California 95131, and in the case of

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any of the foregoing persons, such other addresses as may hereafter be furnished
by any such persons to the other parties to this Agreement. Notices to
Certificateholders shall be deemed given when mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.

         SECTION 10.06. Severability of Provisions.

         If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

         SECTION 10.07. Assignment; Advance Facility.

         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided pursuant to Section 6.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Servicer without the prior written consent of the Trustee and Depositor;
provided, however, the Servicer is hereby authorized to enter into an Advance
Facility under which (l) the Servicer sells, assigns or pledges to an Advancing
Person the Servicer's rights under this Agreement to be reimbursed for any
Advances or Servicing Advances and/or (2) an Advancing Person agrees to fund
some or all Advances or Servicing Advances required to be made by the Servicer
pursuant to this Agreement. No consent of the Trustee, Certificateholders, NIMS
Insurer or any other party is required before the Servicer may enter into an
Advance Facility. Notwithstanding the existence of any Advance Facility under
which an Advancing Person agrees to fund Advances and/or Servicing Advances on
the Servicer's behalf, the Servicer shall remain obligated pursuant to this
Agreement to make Advances and Servicing Advances pursuant to and as required by
this Agreement, and shall not be relieved of such obligations by virtue of such
Advance Facility.

         Reimbursement amounts shall consist solely of amounts in respect of
Advances and/or Servicing Advances made with respect to the Mortgage Loans for
which the Servicer would be permitted to reimburse itself in accordance with
this Agreement, assuming the Servicer had made the related Advance(s) and/or
Servicing Advance(s).

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

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

         The documentation establishing any Advance Facility shall require that
such reimbursement amounts distributed with respect to each Mortgage Loan be
allocated to outstanding unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances (as the
case may be) made with respect to that Mortgage Loan on a "first-in, first out"
(FIFO) basis. Such documentation shall

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also require the Servicer to provide to the related Advancing Person or its
designee loan-by-loan information with respect to each such reimbursement amount
distributed to such Advancing Person or Advance Facility trustee on each
Distribution Date, to enable the Advancing Person or Advance Facility trustee to
make the FIFO allocation of each such reimbursement amount with respect to each
Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed by the
Advancing Person or Advance Facility trustee for all Advances and Servicing
Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent the related rights to be
reimbursed therefor have not been sold, assigned or pledged to an Advancing
Person.

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

         SECTION 10.08. Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.

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

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

         No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing
itself of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or
proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement,
unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice
of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided,
the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights
evidenced by the Certificates shall also have made written request to the
Trustee to institute such action, suit or

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proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses,
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; it being
understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by each
Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no
one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatever
by virtue or by availing itself or themselves of any provisions of this
Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other
of the Certificates and/or the NIMS Insurer, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder and/or the NIMS Insurer or
to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided
and for the common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section 10.08, each and every
Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.

         SECTION 10.09. Inspection and Audit Rights.

         The Servicer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit
any representative of the NIMS Insurer, the Depositor or the Trustee during the
Servicer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records,
reports and other papers of the Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make
copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent
certified public accountants selected by the NIMS Insurer, Depositor or the
Trustee and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts relating to the
Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees, agents, counsel and independent
public accountants (and by this provision the Servicer hereby authorizes such
accountants to discuss with such representative such affairs, finances and
accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the exercise by the NIMS
Insurer, Depositor or the Trustee of any right under this Section 10.09 shall be
borne by the party requesting such inspection; all other such expenses shall be
borne by the Servicer.

         SECTION 10.10. Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid.

         It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not
be personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in
the Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any
reason whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by
the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.

         SECTION 10.11. Third Party Rights.

         The NIMS Insurer shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement to the same extent as if it were a party hereto, and shall have the
right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.

         SECTION 10.12. Additional Rights of the NIMS Insurer.

         (a)      Each party to this Agreement, any agent thereof and any
successor thereto shall furnish to the NIMS Insurer a copy of any notice,
direction, demand, opinion, schedule, list, certificate, report, statement,
filing, information, data or other communication provided by it or on its behalf
to any other Person pursuant to this Agreement at the same time, in the same
form and in the same manner as such communication is so provided and shall
address or cause such

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communication to be addressed to the NIMS Insurer in addition to any other
addressee thereof. The Servicer shall cause the NIMS Insurer to be an addressee
of any report furnished pursuant to this Agreement. With respect to the Trustee,
such obligation shall be satisfied with the provision of access to the NIMS
Insurer to the Trustee's website.

         (b)      Wherever in this Agreement there shall be a requirement that
there be no downgrade, reduction, withdrawal or qualification of or other effect
on the rating of any Class of Certificates by any Rating Agency as of any date,
there also shall be deemed to be a requirement that there be no such effect on
any class of notes issued pursuant to the Indenture and guaranteed by the NIMS
Insurer as of such date. In addition, unless there exists a continuance of any
failure by the NIMS Insurer to make a required payment under the policy insuring
the NIM Notes (such event, a "NIMS Insurer Default"), wherever in this Agreement
there shall be a requirement that any Person or any communication, object or
other matter be acceptable or satisfactory to or otherwise receive the consent
or other approval of any other Person (whether as a condition to the eligibility
of such Person to act in any capacity, as a condition to any circumstance or
state of affairs related to such matter, or otherwise), there also shall be
deemed to be a requirement that such Person or matter be approved in writing by
the NIMS Insurer, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

         SECTION 10.13. Credit Risk Manager

         (a)      For and on behalf of the Depositor, the Credit Risk Manager
will provide reports and recommendations concerning certain delinquent and
defaulted Mortgage Loans, and as to the collection of any Prepayment Penalties
with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Upon their request, the Depositor shall
forward copies of such reports to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer. Such reports
and recommendations will be based upon information provided to the Credit Risk
Manager pursuant to the Credit Risk Management Agreement, and the Credit Risk
Manager shall look solely to the related Servicer for all information and data
(including loss and delinquency information and data) relating to the servicing
of the Mortgage Loans. Upon any termination of the Credit Risk Manager or the
appointment of a successor Credit Risk Manager, the Depositor shall give written
notice thereof to the Servicer, the Trustee, and each Rating Agency.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of the Credit Risk Manager
pursuant to this Section shall not become effective until the appointment of a
successor Credit Risk Manager.

         (b)      Neither the Credit Risk Manager, nor any of its directors,
officers, employees, or agents shall be under any liability to the Trustee, the
Certificateholders, or the Depositor for any action taken or for refraining from
the taking of any action made in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, in
reliance upon information provided by the Servicer under the applicable Credit
Risk Management Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that
this provision shall not protect the Credit Risk Manager or any such person
against liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful
malfeasance or bad faith in its performance of its duties. The Credit Risk
Manager and any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Credit Risk Manager
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, and may
rely in good faith upon the accuracy of information furnished by the Servicer
pursuant to the applicable Credit Risk Management Agreement in the performance
of its duties thereunder and hereunder.

         (c)      The Credit Risk Manager may be removed as Credit Risk Manager
by Certificateholders holding not less than 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights in the
Trust, in the exercise of its or their sole discretion. The Certificateholders
shall provide written notice of the Credit

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Risk Manager's removal to the Trustee. Upon receipt of such notice, the Trustee
shall provide written notice to the Credit Risk Manager of its removal, which
shall be effective upon receipt of such notice by the Credit Risk Manager.

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

                                         MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.,
                                            as Depositor

                                         By: __________________________________
                                         Name: Theodore Bouloukos
                                         Title: Vice President

                                         HOMEQ SERVICING CORPORATION,
                                            as Servicer

                                         By: __________________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                         WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                            not in its individual capacity,
                                            but solely as Trustee

                                         By: __________________________________
                                         Name: Sandra L. Whalen
                                         Title: Vice President

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Solely for purposes of Section 10.13,
accepted and agreed to by:

THE MURRAYHILL COMPANY

By: _____________________________________
    Name:
    Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                          FORMS OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES

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                                      A-1

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                                   EXHIBIT B-1

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

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                                     B-1-1

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                                   EXHIBIT B-2

                         GROUP A MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                                     B-2-1

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                                   EXHIBIT B-3

                         GROUP B MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                             FORM OF SALE AGREEMENT

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                          FORM OF TRUSTEE CERTIFICATION

                                     [DATE]

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

HomEq Servicing Corporation
1620 East Roseville Parkway
Roseville, California 95661

Re:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2004 among
         Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, HomEq Servicing
         Corporation, as servicer and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, First
         Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
         Series 2004-FF1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that [,
except as set forth in Schedule A hereto,] as to each Mortgage Loan listed in
the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in
full or listed on the attachment hereto) it has reviewed the Mortgage File and
the Mortgage Loan Schedule and has determined that:

         (i)      All documents in the Mortgage File required to be delivered to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are
in its possession;

         (ii)     In connection with each Mortgage Loan or Assignment thereof as
to which documentary evidence of recording was not received on the Closing Date,
it has received evidence of such recording; and

         (iii)    Such documents have been reviewed by it and such documents do
not contain any material omissions or defects within the meaning of Section 2.01
or 2.02.

         The Trustee has made no independent examination of any documents
contained in each Mortgage File beyond confirming (i) that the Mortgage Loan
number and the name of the Mortgagor in each Mortgage File conform to the
respective Mortgage Loan number and name listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule
and (ii) the existence in each Mortgage File of each of the documents listed in
subparagraphs (i)(A) through (G), inclusive, of Section 2.01 in the

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Agreement. The Trustee makes no representations or warranties as to the
validity, legality, recordability, sufficiency, enforceability or genuineness of
any of the documents contained in each Mortgage Loan or the collectibility,
insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.

         Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

                                         WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
                                         as Trustee

                                         By: __________________________________
                                         Name: ________________________________
                                         Title: _______________________________

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                                   EXHIBIT E-1

                           FORM OF TRANSFEREE'S LETTER
            FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-
                      BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-FF1

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - FFML 2004-FF1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We propose to purchase First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage
Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-FF1, Class R, described in the
Prospectus Supplement, dated February 25, 2004, and Prospectus, dated February
25, 2004.

         1.       We certify that (a) we are not a disqualified organization and
(b) we are not purchasing such Class R Certificate on behalf of a disqualified
organization; for this purpose the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an instrumentality of
the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other than a cooperative
described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from taxation under the
Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess inclusions) and any
organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code. We
understand that any breach by us of this certification may cause us to be liable
for an excise tax imposed upon transfers to disqualified organizations.

         2.       We certify that (a) we have historically paid our debts as
they became due, (b) we intend, and believe that we will be able, to continue to
pay our debts as they become due in the future, (c) we understand that, as
beneficial owner of the Class R Certificate, we may incur tax liabilities in
excess of any cash flows generated by the Class R Certificate, and (d) we intend
to pay any taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificate as they become
due and (e) we will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of ours or another U.S. taxpayer.

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         3.       We acknowledge that we will be the beneficial owner of the
Class R Certificate and:(1)

                  ______ The Class R Certificate will be registered in our name.
                  ______ The Class R Certificate will be held in the name of our
                        nominee, _________________, which is not a disqualified
                        organization.

         4.       We certify that we are not an employee benefit plan subject to
Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"), or a plan within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or a plan
subject to federal, state or local law materially similar to the foregoing
provisions of ERISA and the Code (each, a "Plan"), and are not directly or
indirectly purchasing the Class R Certificate on behalf of, as investment
manager of, as named fiduciary of, as trustee of or with the assets of a Plan or
directly or indirectly purchasing the Class R Certificate with the assets of any
insurance company separate account or general account containing any "plan
assets" or of any Plan.

         5.       We certify that (i) we are a U.S. person or (ii) we will hold
the Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business
within the United States and have furnished the transferor, the Trustee and the
Trustee with a duly completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI
or successor form at the time and in the manner required by the Code; for this
purpose the term "U.S. person" means a citizen or resident of the United States,
a corporation, or partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury
regulations are adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in or under
the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
including an entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income
tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income
tax regardless of the source of its income, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
the trust and one or more such U.S. persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable
Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are
eligible to elect to be treated as U.S. Persons. We agree that any breach by us
of this certification shall render the transfer of any interest in the Class R
Certificate to us absolutely null and void and shall cause no rights in the
Class R Certificate to vest in us.

         6.       We agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to
transfer any interest in the Class R Certificate, we will transfer such interest
in the Class R Certificate only (a) to a transferee that (i) is not a
disqualified organization and is not purchasing such interest in the Class R
Certificate on behalf of a disqualified organization, (ii) is a U.S. person or
will hold the Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or
business within the United States and will furnish us, the Trustee and the
Trustee with a duly completed and effective Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI
or successor form at the time and in the manner required by the Code and (iii)
has delivered to the Trustee and the Trustee a letter in the form of this letter
(including the affidavit appended hereto) and, we will provide the Trustee and
the Trustee a written statement substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 to the
Agreement.

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

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         7.       We hereby designate _______________________ as our fiduciary
to act as the tax matters person for each of the REMICs provided for in the
Agreement.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         [PURCHASER]

                                         By: ___________________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

Accepted as of __________ __, 200__

MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.

By: _____________________________
    Name:
    Title:

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                                   APPENDIX A

                                    Affidavit pursuant to (i) Section 860E(e)(4)
                                    of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
                                    amended, and (ii) certain provisions of the
                                    Pooling and Servicing Agreement

Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that the following is true:

(1)      He or she is an officer of _________________________ (the
         "Transferee"),

(2)      the Transferee's Employer Identification number is __________,

(3)      the Transferee is not a "disqualified organization" (as defined below),
         has no plan or intention of becoming a disqualified organization, and
         is not acquiring any of its interest in the First Franklin Mortgage
         Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-FF1,
         Class R on behalf of a disqualified organization or any other entity,

(4)      unless Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, ("MLMI") has consented to the
         transfer to the Transferee by executing the form of Consent affixed as
         Appendix B to the Transferee's Letter to which this Certificate is
         affixed as Appendix A, the Transferee is a "U.S. person" (as defined
         below),

(5)      that no purpose of the transfer is to avoid or impede the assessment or
         collection of tax,

(6)      the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became due,

(7)      the Transferee intends, and believes that it will be able, to continue
         to pay its debts as they become due in the future,

(8)      the Transferee understands that, as beneficial owner of the Class R
         Certificate, it may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows
         generated by the Class R Certificate,

(9)      the Transferee intends to pay any taxes associated with holding the
         Class R Certificate as they become due,

(10)     the Transferee consents to any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing
         Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by MLMI (upon advice of
         counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the
         Class R Certificate will not be owned directly or indirectly by a
         disqualified organization, and

(11)     IF BRACKETED, THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS ARE INAPPLICABLE [the
         transfer is not a direct or indirect transfer of the Class R
         Certificate to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within
         the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee, and
         as to each of the residual interests represented by the Class

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         R Certificate, the present value of the anticipated tax liabilities
         associated with holding such residual interest does not exceed the sum
         of:

         (A)      the present value of any consideration given to the Transferee
                  to acquire such residual interest;

         (B)      the present value of the expected future distributions on such
                  residual interest; and

         (C)      the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated
                  with holding such residual interest as the related REMIC
                  generates losses.

         For purposes of this declaration, (i) the Transferee is assumed to pay
         tax at a rate equal to the highest rate of tax specified in Section
         11(b)(1) of the Code, but the tax rate specified in Section 55(b)(1)(B)
         of the Code may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in
         Section 11(b)(1) of the Code if the Transferee has been subject to the
         alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the preceding
         two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable
         year using the alternative minimum tax rate, and (ii) present values
         are computed using a discount rate equal to the Federal short-term rate
         prescribed by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer
         and the compounding period used by the Transferee;]

[(11)(A) at the time of the transfer, and at the close of each of the
         Transferee's two fiscal years preceding the Transferee's fiscal year of
         transfer, the Transferee's gross assets for financial reporting
         purposes exceed $100 million and its net assets for financial reporting
         purposes exceed $10 million; and

     (B) the Transferee is an eligible corporation as defined in Treasury
         regulations Section

         1.860E-1(c)(6)(i) and has agreed in writing that any subsequent
         transfer of the Class R Certificate will be to another eligible
         corporation in a transaction that satisfies Treasury regulation
         Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), 1.860E-1(c)(4)(ii), 1.860E-1(c)(4)(iii) and
         1.860E-1(c)(5) and such transfer will not be a direct or indirect
         transfer to a foreign permanent establishment (within the meaning of an
         applicable income tax treaty) of a domestic corporation.

For purposes of this declaration, the gross and net assets of the Transferee do
not include any obligation of any related person as defined in Treasury
regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii) or any other asset if a principal purpose
for holding or acquiring the other asset is to permit the Transferee to make
this declaration or to satisfy the requirements of Treasury regulation Section
1.860E-1(c)(5)(i).]

(12)     The Transferee will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be
attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base (within the
meaning of an applicable income tax treaty) of the Transferee or another U.S.
taxpayer.

For purpose of this affidavit, the term "disqualified organization" means the
United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any foreign
government, any international organization, any agency or instrumentality of any
of the foregoing (except any entity treated as other than an

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instrumentality of the foregoing for purposes of Section 168(h)(2)(D) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), any organization (other
than a cooperative described in Section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from
taxation under the Code (unless such organization is subject to tax on excess
inclusions) and any organization that is described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of
the Code and the term "U.S. Person" means a citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation or partnership (unless, in the case of a partnership,
Treasury regulations are adopted that provide otherwise) created or organized in
or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, including an entity treated as a corporation or partnership for
federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to Unites States
federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the
United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of
such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of such trust, (or, to the extent provided in applicable
Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 which are
eligible to elect to be treated as U.S. Persons).

_______________________________________

By: ___________________________________
    ___________________________________

Address of Investor for receipt of distribution:

Address of Investor for receipt of tax information:

(Corporate Seal)

Attest:

_______________________________________
__________________________________, Secretary

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Personally appeared before me the above-named ______________, known or proved to
me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the
_______ of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as his
free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.

Subscribed and sworn before me this      day of

                 , 200_ .

_________________________________________
Notary Public

County of ___________________
State of _____________________
My commission expires the ________ day of ______________

                                            By: ___________________________
                                                Name: _____________________
                                                Title: ____________________

Dated: _____________

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                                  EXHIBIT E-2

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR'S AFFIDAVIT
            FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-
                      BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-FF1

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - FFML 2004-FF1

Re: First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2004-FF1

         _______________________ (the "Transferor") has reviewed the attached
affidavit of _____________________________ (the "Transferee"), and has no actual
knowledge that such affidavit is not true, and has no reason to believe that the
Transferee has the intention to impede the assessment or collection of any
federal, state or local taxes legally required to be paid with respect to the
Class R Certificate referred to in the attached affidavit. In addition, the
Transferor has conducted a reasonable investigation at the time of the transfer
and found that the Transferee had historically paid its debts as they came due
and found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not
continue to pay its debts as they become due.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            ____________________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT F

                       FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE FOR
                        CLASS P AND CLASS C CERTIFICATES

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - FFML 2004-FF1

RE:      First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
         Certificates, Series 2004-FF1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         In connection with our disposition of the Class [C or P] Certificate,
we certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and are being disposed
by us in a transaction that is exempt from the registration requirements of the
Act, (b) we have not offered or sold any Certificates to, or solicited offers to
buy any Certificates from, any person, or otherwise approached or negotiated
with any person with respect thereto, in a manner that would be deemed, or taken
any other action that would result in, a violation of Section 5 of the Act and
(c) if we are disposing of a Class [C or P] Certificate, we have no knowledge
the Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee. All capitalized terms used herein
but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2004, among Merrill Lynch
Mortgage, Inc., as depositor, HomEq Servicing Corporation, as servicer and Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            ____________________________________
                                            Name of Transferor

                                            By: ___________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title

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                                    EXHIBIT G

                            FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER
                              (ACCREDITED INVESTOR)

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - FFML 2004-FF1

Re:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2004 among
         Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, HomEq Servicing
         Corporation, as servicer and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, First
         Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
         Series 2004-FF1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
________________ (the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the
"Transferred Certificates") of Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2004-FF1, [CLASS C OR P] (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), HomEq Servicing Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer") and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"). [THE PURCHASER INTENDS TO
REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE IN THE NAME OF ____________________, AS
NOMINEE FOR _________________.] All terms used and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

         For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

         1.       The Purchaser understands that (a) the Certificates have not
been registered or qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any state, (b) neither the
Depositor nor the Trustee is required, and neither of them intends, to so
register or qualify the Certificates, (c) the Certificates cannot be resold
unless (i) they are registered and qualified under the Securities Act and the
applicable state securities laws or (ii) an exemption from registration and
qualification is available and (d) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement contains
restrictions regarding the transfer of the Certificates.

         2.       The Certificates will bear a legend to the following effect:

         THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
         1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT

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         OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE "1940 ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE
         SKY" LAWS, AND MAY NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
         TRANSFERRED, OR OFFERED FOR SALE, UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS NOT SUBJECT
         TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, THE 1940 ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
         SECURITIES LAWS AND SUCH TRANSFER ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE OTHER
         PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. NO
         TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE SHALL
         HAVE RECEIVED, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE SERVICER (A)
         AN INVESTMENT LETTER FROM THE PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR; AND (B)
         REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE TRANSFEROR REGARDING THE OFFERING AND SALE OF
         THE CERTIFICATES.

         NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE MADE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE SHALL
         HAVE RECEIVED EITHER (I) A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE OF
         THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFEREE EITHER (A) IS NOT
         AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
         INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA") OR SECTION 4975 OF
         THE CODE OR ANY APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW ("SIMILAR LAW")
         (EACH, A "PLAN") MATERIALLY SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF
         ERISA AND THE CODE, AND IS NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PURCHASING ANY
         CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF, AS INVESTMENT MANAGER OF, AS NAMED FIDUCIARY
         OF, AS TRUSTEE OF OR WITH ASSETS OF A PLAN OR, IN THE CASE OF AN
         INSURANCE COMPANY, THE ASSETS OF ANY SEPARATE ACCOUNTS CONTAINING ANY
         "PLAN ASSETS" PURSUANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS SET FORTH
         IN 29 CFR Section 2510.3-101 TO EFFECT SUCH ACQUISITION OR (B) A
         REPRESENTATION LETTER THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY THAT
         IS PURCHASING THE CERTIFICATE WITH FUNDS CONTAINED IN AN "INSURANCE
         COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT" (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION V(E) OF
         PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, 60 FED. REG. 35925 (JULY
         12, 1995) ("PTCE 95-60"), AND THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE
         CERTIFICATE IS COVERED UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR (II)
         AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF
         THE CERTIFICATE WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER
         ERISA, THE CODE OR SIMILAR LAW AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE NIMS INSURER OR
         THE TRUSTEE TO ANY OBLIGATION IN ADDITION TO THOSE EXPRESSLY UNDERTAKEN
         IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, WHICH REPRESENTATION LETTER OR
         OPINION OF COUNSEL SHALL NOT BE AN EXPENSE OF THE NIMS INSURER OR THE
         TRUSTEE.

         3.       The Purchaser is acquiring the Transferred Certificates for
its own account [FOR INVESTMENT ONLY]**/ and not with a view to or for sale or
other transfer in connection with any distribution of the Transferred
Certificates in any manner that would violate the Securities Act or any
applicable state securities laws, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding
that disposition of the Purchaser's property shall at all times be and remain
within its control.

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         4.       The Purchaser (a) is a substantial, sophisticated
institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters, and in particular in such matters related to securities
similar to the Certificates, such that it is capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of investment in the Certificates, (b) is able to bear the economic
risks of such an investment and (c) is an "accredited investor" within the
meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act.

         5.       The Purchaser will not nor has it authorized nor will it
authorize any person to (a) offer, pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise
transfer any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other similar
security to any person in any manner, (b) solicit any offer to buy or to accept
a pledge, disposition or other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any
Certificate or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c)
otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any Certificate, any interest in
any Certificate or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d)
make any general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other
manner, or (e) take any other action, that would constitute a distribution of
any Certificate under the Securities Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the "1940 Act"), that would render the disposition of any
Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state
securities law, or that would require registration or qualification pursuant
thereto. Neither the Purchaser nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the
Certificates for sale or made any general solicitation by means of general
advertising or in any other manner with respect to the Certificates. The
Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in
compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

         6.       The Purchaser either (A) is not an employee benefit plan
subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended ("ERISA"), or a plan within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") or a plan subject to federal state
or local law materially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA and the
Code ("Similar Law") (each, a "Plan"), and is not directly or indirectly
purchasing any Certificate on behalf of, as investment manager of, as named
fiduciary of, as trustee of or with assets of a Plan or directly or indirectly
purchasing any certificates with the assets of any insurance company separate
account containing any "plan assets" or of any Plan, (B) is an insurance company
that is purchasing the Certificate with funds contained in an "insurance company
general account" (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited
Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, 60 Fed. Reg. 35925 (July 12, 1995) ("PTCE
95-60"), and the purchase and holding of the Certificate is covered under
Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (C) herewith delivers to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and upon which the Trustee shall
be entitled to rely, to the effect that the purchase and holding of the
Certificate by the Purchaser will not result in a prohibited transaction under
ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will not subject the NIMS Insurer or the
Trustee to any obligation in addition to those expressly undertaken in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee.

         7.       Prior to the sale or transfer by the Purchaser of any of the
Certificates, the Purchaser will obtain from any subsequent purchaser
substantially the same certifications, representations, warranties and covenants
contained in the foregoing paragraphs and in this letter or a letter
substantially in the form of Exhibit [H] to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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         8.       The Purchaser agrees to indemnify the Trustee, the Servicer
and the Depositor against any liability that may result from any
misrepresentation made herein.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            [PURCHASER]

                                            By:_______________________________
                                               Name:
                                               Title:

--------------------
**/      Not required of a broker/dealer purchaser.

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                                    EXHIBIT H

                       FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER
                         (QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER)

                                     [DATE]

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services - FFML 2004-FF1

Re:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2004 among
         Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, HomEq Servicing
         Corporation, as servicer and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, First
         Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
         Series 2004-FF1

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
________________ (the "Transferor") $_______ by original principal balance (the
"Transferred Certificates") of Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2004-FF1, [CLASS C OR P] (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"), among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor (the
"Depositor"), HomEq Servicing Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee"). [THE PURCHASER INTENDS TO
REGISTER THE TRANSFERRED CERTIFICATE IN THE NAME OF ____________________, AS
NOMINEE FOR __________________.] All terms used and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

         For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants
to, and covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

         In connection with our acquisition of the above Transferred
Certificates we certify that (a) we understand that the Certificates are not
being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or
any state securities laws and are being transferred to us in a transaction that
is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and any such laws, (b)
we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we
are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investments in the
Certificates, (c) we have had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive
answers from the Depositor concerning the purchase of the Transferred
Certificates and all matters relating thereto or any additional information
deemed necessary to our decision to purchase the Transferred Certificates, (d)
we either (i) are not an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of

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1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or a plan within the meaning of Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") or a plan subject to
federal, state or local law materially similar to the foregoing provisions of
ERISA and the Code ("Similar Law") (each, a "Plan"), nor are we directly or
indirectly purchasing any Certificate on behalf of, as investment manager of, as
named fiduciary of, as trustee of or with assets of a Plan or directly or
indirectly purchasing any certificates with the assets of any insurance company
separate account containing any "plan assets" or of any Plan, (ii) are an
insurance company that is purchasing the Transferred Certificates with funds
contained in an "insurance company general account" (as such term is defined in
Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60, 60 Fed. Reg. 35925
(July 12, 1995) ("PTCE 95-60"), and the purchase and holding of the Certificates
is covered under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or (iii) herewith have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee, and
upon which the Trustee shall be entitled to rely, to the effect that the
purchase and holding of the Transferred Certificates by the Purchaser will not
result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA, the Code or Similar Law and will
not subject the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee to any obligation in addition to
those expressly undertaken in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion
of Counsel shall not be an expense of the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee, (e) we
have not, nor has anyone acting on our behalf offered, transferred, pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates
or any other similar security to, or solicited any offer to buy or accept a
transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Certificates, any interest in the
Certificates or any other similar security from, or otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to the Certificates, any interest in the Certificates or
any other similar security with, any person in any manner, or made any general
solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or taken
any other action, that would constitute a distribution of the Certificates under
the Securities Act or that would render the disposition of the Certificates a
violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require registration pursuant
thereto, nor will act, nor has authorized or will authorize any person to act,
in such manner with respect to the Certificates, (f) we are a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act and have completed one of the forms of certification to that effect attached
hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. We are aware that the sale of the Transferred
Certificates to us is being made in reliance on Rule 144A. We are acquiring the
Transferred Certificates for our own account or for resale pursuant to Rule 144A
and further understand that such Certificates may be resold, pledged or
transferred only (i) to a person reasonably believed by us, based upon
certifications of such purchaser or information we have in our possession, to be
a qualified institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the
account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the
resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii)
pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

         We agree to indemnify the Trustee, the Servicer and the Depositor
against any liability that may result from any misrepresentation made herein.

                                     Very truly yours,

                                     [PURCHASER]

                                     By: ______________________________

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                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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                                                                         ANNEX 1

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

          [FOR TRANSFEREES OTHER THAN REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]

         The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:

         1.       As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
Buyer.

         2.       In connection with the purchases by the Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Buyer owned
and/or invested on a discretionary basis $____________* in securities (except
for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end

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*        Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
         $100,000,000 in securities unless Buyer is a dealer, and, in that case,
         Buyer must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at least
         $10,000,000 in securities.

                  ____     Savings and Loan. The Buyer (a) is a savings and loan
                           association, building and loan association,
                           cooperative bank, homestead association or similar
                           institution, which is supervised and examined by a
                           State or Federal authority having supervision over
                           such institution or is a foreign savings and loan
                           association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
                           audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as
                           demonstrated in its latest annual financial
                           statements, a copy of which is attached hereto.

                  ____     Broker-dealer. The Buyer is a dealer registered
                           pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act
                           of 1934, as amended.

                  ____     Insurance Company. The Buyer is an insurance company
                           whose primary and predominant business activity is
                           the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks
                           underwritten by insurance companies and which is
                           subject to supervision by the insurance commissioner
                           or a similar official or agency of the State,
                           territory or the District of Columbia.

                  ____     State or Local Plan. The Buyer is a plan established
                           and maintained by a State, its political
                           subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of the
                           State or its political subdivisions, for the benefit
                           of its employees.

                  ____     ERISA Plan. The Buyer is an employee benefit plan
                           subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
                           Security Act of 1974, as amended.

                  ____     Investment Advisor. The Buyer is an investment
                           advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act
                           of 1940, as amended.

                  ____     Small Business Investment Company. Buyer is a small
                           business investment company licensed by the U.S.
                           Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or
                           (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as
                           amended.

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of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Buyer satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.

                  ____     Corporation, etc. The Buyer is a corporation (other
                           than a bank, savings and loan association or similar
                           institution), Massachusetts or similar business
                           trust, partnership, or charitable organization
                           described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
                           Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

                  ____     Bank. The Buyer (a) is a national bank or banking
                           institution organized under the laws of any State,
                           territory or the District of Columbia, the business
                           of which is substantially confined to banking and is
                           supervised by Federal, State or territorial banking
                           commission or similar official or is a foreign bank
                           or equivalent institution, and (b) has an audited net
                           worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in its
                           latest annual financial statements, a copy of which
                           is attached hereto.

         3.       The term "securities" as used for purposes of the calculation
of the dollar amount in paragraph 2 excludes: (i) securities of issuers that are
affiliated with the Buyer, (ii) securities that are part of an unsold allotment
to or subscription by the Buyer, if the Buyer is a dealer, (iii) securities
issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank
deposit notes and certificates of deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi)
repurchase agreements, (vii) securities owned but subject to a repurchase
agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.

         4.       For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of securities
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Buyer, the Buyer used the
cost of such securities to the Buyer and did not include any of the securities
referred to in the preceding paragraph, except (i) where the Buyer reports its
securities holdings in its financial statements on the basis of their market
value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the cost of those
securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding sentence applies,
the securities may be valued at market. Further, in determining such aggregate
amount, the Buyer may have included securities owned by subsidiaries of the
Buyer, but only if such subsidiaries are consolidated with the Buyer in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and if the investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the
Buyer's direction. However, such securities were not included if the Buyer is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Buyer is
not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

         5.       The Buyer acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule 144A and
understands that the seller to it and other parties related to the Certificates
are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein because one
or more sales to the Buyer may be in reliance on Rule 144A.

         6.       Until the date of purchase of the Rule 144A Securities, the
Buyer will notify each of the parties to which this certification is made of any
changes in the information and

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  ____     Business Development Company. Buyer is a business
                           development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22)
                           of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended.

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conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's purchase of the
Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the
date of such purchase. In addition, if the Buyer is a bank or savings and loan
as provided above, the Buyer agrees that it will furnish to such parties updated
annual financial statements promptly after they become available.

                                     By:______________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                     Date:____________________________

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                                                                         ANNEX 2

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A

           [FOR TRANSFEREES THAT ARE REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES]

         The undersigned (the "Buyer") hereby certifies as follows to the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates with respect to the Certificates described therein:

         1.       As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the Buyer or, if the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144A"), because Buyer is part of a
Family of Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the
Adviser.

         2.       In connection with purchases by Buyer, the Buyer is a
"qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because (i) the Buyer is
an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended and (ii) as marked below, the Buyer alone, or the Buyer's Family of
Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in securities (other than the
excluded securities referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most recent
fiscal year. For purposes of determining the amount of securities owned by the
Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, the cost of such securities
was used, except (i) where the Buyer or the Buyer's Family of Investment
Companies reports its securities holdings in its financial statements on the
basis of their market value, and (ii) no current information with respect to the
cost of those securities has been published. If clause (ii) in the preceding
sentence applies, the securities may be valued at market.

                  ____     The Buyer owned $___________ in securities (other
                           than the excluded securities referred to below) as of
                           the end of the Buyer's most recent fiscal year (such
                           amount being calculated in accordance with Rule
                           144A).

                  ____     The Buyer is part of a Family of Investment Companies
                           which owned in the aggregate $__________ in
                           securities (other than the excluded securities
                           referred to below) as of the end of the Buyer's most
                           recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
                           accordance with Rule 144A).

         3.       The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein means
two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have the
same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by virtue of
being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one investment
adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).

         4.       The term "securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Buyer or are part of the
Buyer's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or guaranteed by
the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes and
certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase agreements,
(vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (vii) currency,
interest rate and commodity swaps.

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         5.       The Buyer is familiar with Rule 144A and understands that the
parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements
made herein because one or more sales to the Buyer will be in reliance on Rule
144A. In addition, the Buyer will only purchase for the Buyer's own account.

         6.       Until the date of purchase of the Certificates, the
undersigned will notify the parties listed in the Rule 144A Transferee
Certificate to which this certification relates of any changes in the
information and conclusions herein. Until such notice is given, the Buyer's
purchase of the Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this
certification by the undersigned as of the date of such purchase.

                                     By: __________________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                     IF AN ADVISER:

                                     ______________________________________
                                     Print Name of Buyer

                                     Date:_________________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT I

                        REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS

To:      Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
         1015  10th Avenue S.E.
         Minneapolis, Minnesota  55414-0031
         Attention:  Inventory Control
         [and/or its designee]

Re:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2004 among
         Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, HomEq Servicing
         Corporation, as servicer and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, First
         Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
         Series 2004-FF1

         In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by
you, as Trustee, 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

_______ 2.        Foreclosure

_______ 3.        Substitution

_______ 4.        Other Liquidation (Repurchases, etc.)

_______ 5.        Nonliquidation                     Reason:
                          ___________________________

Address to which the Trustee should deliver the Mortgage File:

                                             By:______________________________
                                                      (authorized signer)

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                                              Address:__________________________

                                              Date:_____________________________

If box 1 or 2 above is checked, and if all or part of the Mortgage File was
previously released to us, please release to us our previous receipt on file
with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession relating to the
above specified Mortgage Loan.

If box 3, 4, 5 or 6 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above
documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in the
space indicated below, and returning this form.

Trustee

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature and date
below:

_________________________________    ___________________________________________
Signature                            Date

Documents returned to Trustee:

_________________________________    ___________________________________________
Trustee                              Date

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                                    EXHIBIT J
                                   [RESERVED]

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                                    EXHIBIT K
                        OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF TRUSTEE

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

Re:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of February 1, 2004 among
         Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor, HomEq Servicing
         Corporation, as servicer and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, First
         Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
         Series 2004-FF1

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of the Trustee hereby certify
to the Depositor, and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1.   I have reviewed the Monthly Statements delivered pursuant to the Agreement
     since the last Officer's Certificate executed pursuant to Section 4.02 of
     the Agreement [or in the case of the first certification, since the Cut-off
     Date] (the "Trustee Information").

2.   Based on my knowledge, the information in the Monthly Statement, taken as a
     whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
     state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
     the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as
     of the date hereof;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the Monthly Statements required to be prepared by
     the Trustee under the Agreement has been prepared and provided in
     accordance with the Agreement; and

4.   I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee
     under the Agreement and the Trustee has, as of the date hereof fulfilled
     its obligations under the Agreement and there are no significant
     deficiencies relating to the Trustee's compliance with this Agreement.

Date:

                                     Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee
                                     By: _______________________________
                                     Name: _____________________________
                                     Title: ____________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT L
                        OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICER

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

Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road, 47th Floor
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Client Manager - FFML Series 2004-FF1

Re:      First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
         Certificates, Series 2004-FF1

Reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February
1, 2004 (the "Agreement"), by and among Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.,
as depositor, HomEq Servicing Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer") and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. I, [identify the certifying individual], an
authorized representative of the Servicer hereby certify to the Trustee and the
Depositor, and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge
and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

1.   I have reviewed the information required to be delivered to the Trustee
     pursuant to the Servicing Agreement (the "Servicing Information").

2.   Based on my knowledge, the information in the Annual Statement of
     Compliance, and all servicing reports, officer's certificates and other
     information relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted to
     the Trustee by the Servicer taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
     make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
     statements were made, not misleading as of the last day of the period
     covered by the Annual Statement of Compliance;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the Servicing Information required to be provided to
     the Trustee by the Servicer under this Agreement has been provided to the
     Trustee; and

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4.   I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Servicer
     under this Agreement and based upon the review required hereunder, and
     except as disclosed in the Annual Statement of Compliance, the Annual
     Independent Certified Public Accountant's Servicing Report and all
     servicing reports, officer's certificates and other information relating to
     the servicing of the Mortgage Loans submitted to the Trustee by the
     Servicer, the Servicer has, as of the last day of the period covered by the
     Annual Statement of Compliance fulfilled its obligations under this
     Agreement.

Date:

                                     HomEq Servicing Corporation, as Servicer
                                     By: _______________________________
                                     Name: _____________________________
                                     Title: ____________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT M

                               TRANSFEREE'S LETTER

Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.
9062 Old Annapolis Road, 47th Floor
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Client Manager - FFML Series 2004-FF1

Re:      First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed
         Certificates, Series 2004-FF1

         The undersigned represents to the Trustee that (i) it is a United
States person (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 7701 of the
Code), (ii) it is not a Disqualified Organization, (iii) it is not acquiring an
interest in a Class C Certificate on behalf of a Person that is (x) not a United
States person (as defined for purposes of Section 7701 of the Code) or (y) a
Disqualified Organization, (iv) it will not Transfer an interest in a Class C
Certificate to any Person unless such Person provides it and the Trustee with a
Transferee Letter in the form of this letter and (v) it is not, for United
States federal income tax purposes, an entity whose separate existence from its
owners is disregarded, or, if it is so treated, each of the representations in
clauses (i) through (iv) would be true if made with respect to each person that
is treated as an owner of the undersigned for United States federal income tax
purposes.

                                     By: _______________________________

                                     Name: _____________________________

                                     Title: ____________________________

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