Document:

Form of Sale and Servicing Agreement (Senior/Sub)

 Exhibit 4.4 
 SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT 
 dated as of
                        , 20     
 by and among 
 [NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION] 
 [NOVASTAR CERTIFICATES FINANCING CORPORATION], 
 as Depositor, 
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE INC., 
 as Sponsor and Servicer, 
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST 200  -  ,

 as Issuing Entity, 
 and

                                     , 
 as Indenture Trustee 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
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		  	ARTICLE I	  	
		  	DEFINITIONS	  	
			
	Section 1.01.	  	Certain Defined Terms	  	1
	Section 1.02.	  	Provisions of General Application	  	2
			
		  	ARTICLE II	  	
		  	SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS	  	
			
	Section 2.01.	  	Purchase and Sale of Mortgage Loans; Deposit of Derivatives	  	2
	Section 2.02.	  	Reserved	  	3
	Section 2.03.	  	Purchase Price	  	3
	Section 2.04.	  	Possession of Mortgage Files; Access to Mortgage Files	  	3
	Section 2.05.	  	Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents	  	3
	Section 2.06.	  	Acceptance of the Trust Estate; Certain Substitutions; Certification by the Indenture Trustee	  	6
	Section 2.07.	  	Grant of Security Interest	  	8
	Section 2.08.	  	Further Action Evidencing Assignments	  	9
	Section 2.09.	  	Assignment of Agreement	  	9
			
		  	ARTICLE III	  	
		  	REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS	  	
			
	Section 3.01.	  	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer	  	10
	Section 3.02.	  	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Sponsor	  	11
	Section 3.03.	  	[Reserved]	  	13
	Section 3.04.	  	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Indenture Trustee	  	13
	Section 3.05.	  	Depositor Representations and Warranties	  	14
			
		  	ARTICLE IV	  	
		  	THE MORTGAGE LOANS	  	
			
	Section 4.01.	  	Representations and Warranties Concerning the Mortgage Loans	  	15
			
		  	ARTICLE V	  	
		  	ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS	  	
			
	Section 5.01.	  	The Servicer	  	30
	Section 5.02.	  	Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and Subservicers	  	32
	Section 5.03.	  	Successor Subservicers	  	33
	Section 5.04.	  	Liability of the Servicer	  	33
	Section 5.05.	  	Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by the Indenture Trustee	  	33

  

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	Section 5.06.	  	Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments	  	34
	Section 5.07.	  	Withdrawals from the Collection Account	  	36
	Section 5.08.	  	Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts	  	38
	Section 5.09.	  	Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans	  	39
	Section 5.10.	  	[Reserved]	  	39
	Section 5.11.	  	Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Fidelity Coverage	  	39
	Section 5.12.	  	Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements	  	41
	Section 5.13.	  	Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans	  	42
	Section 5.14.	  	Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files	  	43
	Section 5.15.	  	Servicing Compensation	  	44
	Section 5.16.	  	Annual Statements of Compliance	  	45
	Section 5.17.	  	Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report	  	47
	Section 5.18.	  	Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans	  	48
	Section 5.19.	  	Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service Generally and Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property	  	48
	Section 5.20.	  	[Reserved]	  	48
	Section 5.21.	  	[Reserved]	  	48
	Section 5.22.	  	Servicing and Administration of the MI Policies	  	48
	Section 5.23.	  	Determination Date Reports	  	49
	Section 5.24.	  	Advances	  	50
	Section 5.25.	  	Compensating Interest Payments	  	51
	Section 5.26.	  	Advance Facility	  	51
			
		  	ARTICLE VI	  	
		  	APPLICATION OF FUNDS	  	
			
	Section 6.01.	  	Deposits to the Payment Account	  	53
	Section 6.02.	  	Collection of Money	  	53
	Section 6.03.	  	Application of Principal and Interest	  	54
	Section 6.04.	  	[Reserved]	  	54
	Section 6.05.	  	[Reserved]	  	54
			
		  	ARTICLE VII	  	
		  	THE SERVICER AND THE COMPANY	  	
			
	Section 7.01.	  	Liability of the Servicer and the Company	  	54
	Section 7.02.	  	Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Servicer or the Company	  	54
	Section 7.03.	  	Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others	  	55
	Section 7.04.	  	Servicer Not to Resign	  	55
	Section 7.05.	  	Delegation of Duties	  	56
	Section 7.06.	  	Servicer to Pay Trustee’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification	  	56

  

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		  	ARTICLE VIII	  	
		  	DEFAULT	  	
			
	Section 8.01.	  	Servicing Default	  	57
	Section 8.02.	  	Indenture Trustee to Act: Appointment of Successor	  	59
	Section 8.03.	  	Waiver of Defaults	  	62
			
		  	ARTICLE IX	  	
		  	TERMINATION	  	
			
	Section 9.01.	  	Termination	  	62
	Section 9.02.	  	Additional Termination Requirements	  	63
	Section 9.03.	  	Accounting Upon Termination of Servicer	  	63
	Section 9.04.	  	[Reserved]	  	64
			
		  	ARTICLE X	  	
		  	[RESERVED]	  	
			
		  	ARTICLE XI	  	
		  	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	  	
			
	Section 11.01.	  	Limitation on Liability	  	64
	Section 11.02.	  	Acts of Noteholders	  	65
	Section 11.03.	  	Amendment	  	65
	Section 11.04.	  	Recordation of Agreement	  	66
	Section 11.05.	  	Duration of Agreement	  	66
	Section 11.06.	  	Notices	  	66
	Section 11.07.	  	Severability of Provisions	  	67
	Section 11.08.	  	No Partnership	  	67
	Section 11.09.	  	Counterparts	  	67
	Section 11.10.	  	Successors and Assigns	  	67
	Section 11.11.	  	Headings	  	67
	Section 11.12.	  	No Petition	  	67
	Section 11.13.	  	Third Party Beneficiary	  	67
	Section 11.14.	  	Intent of the Parties	  	67
	Section 11.15.	  	GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	  	68
			
	Schedule I	  	Mortgage Loan Schedule	  	
	Appendix I	  	Defined Terms	  	

  

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 EXHIBITS 
  

			
	Exhibit A	 	Contents of the Mortgage File
	Exhibit B	 	Reserved
	Exhibit C	 	Indenture Trustee’s Acknowledgement of Receipt
	Exhibit D	 	Initial Certification of Indenture Trustee
	Exhibit E	 	Final Certification of Indenture Trustee
	Exhibit F	 	Request for Release of Documents
	Exhibit G	 	NovaStar Mortgage Inc.’s Officer’s Certificate

  

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 SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of
                        , 20     (this “Agreement”), by and among [NOVASTAR
MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION] [NOVASTAR CERTIFICATES FINANCING CORPORATION], a Delaware corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”), NOVASTAR MORTGAGE INC., a Virginia corporation, as sponsor (the “Sponsor”),
NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST 200  -  , a Delaware statutory trust, as issuing entity (the “Issuing Entity”), NOVASTAR MORTGAGE INC., a Virginia corporation, as servicer (the
“Servicer”), and                             , a national banking association, as
indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS, the Sponsor has contributed the mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) listed on Schedule I to this Agreement to the Depositor,
pursuant to the Contribution Agreement and Assignment, dated                         , 20    ,
between the Sponsor and the Depositor, (the “Contribution Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, the Depositor desires to sell to the
Issuing Entity, and the Issuing Entity desires to purchase from the Depositor, the Mortgage Loans; 
 WHEREAS, immediately after such
purchase, the Issuing Entity will pledge such Mortgage Loans to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the terms of an Indenture, dated as of
                        , 20     (the “Indenture”), between the Issuing Entity
and the Indenture Trustee, and issue the NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200  -  , Asset-Backed Notes (the “Notes”); 
 WHEREAS, the Servicer has agreed to service the Mortgage Loans, which constitute the principal assets of the Issuing Entity; 
 WHEREAS, the Indenture Trustee will hold the Mortgage Loans and certain other assets pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Issuing Entity will enter into an interest rate swap agreement with the Swap Provider where the Issuing Entity agrees to pay certain
fixed-rate amounts to the Swap Provider and the Swap Provider agrees to pay certain floating-rate amounts to the Issuing Entity; and 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Issuing Entity, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee hereby agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS

 Section 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. 
 Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Appendix I attached hereto. 
  

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 Section 1.02. Provisions of General Application. 
 (a) The terms defined herein and in Appendix I to the Indenture include the plural as well as the singular. 
 (b) The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole.
Unless otherwise noted, all references to Articles and Sections shall be deemed to refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement. 
 (c)
Any reference to statutes are to be construed as including all statutory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute to which reference is made and all regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes. 
 (d) All calculations of interest with respect to the LIBOR Notes provided for herein shall be on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of
days elapsed in the related Interest Accrual Period. All calculations of interest with respect to any Mortgage Loan provided for herein shall be made in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage or, if such documents do not
specify the basis upon which interest accrues thereon, on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, to the extent permitted by applicable law. 
 (e) Any Mortgage Loan payment is deemed to be received on the date such payment is actually received by the Servicer; provided, however, that, for purposes of calculating payments on the Notes, prepayments with
respect to any Mortgage Loan are deemed to be received on the date they are applied in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices consistent with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage to reduce the outstanding Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan on which interest accrues. 
 ARTICLE II 
 SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS 
 Section 2.01. Purchase and Sale
of Mortgage Loans; Deposit of Derivatives. 
 (a) The Sponsor hereby directs the Depositor to sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey, and
the Depositor does hereby sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to the Issuing Entity, in each case without recourse, but subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, all of the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to
the Mortgage Loans, including the Cut-Off Date Principal Balance of, and interest due on, such Mortgage Loans listed on Schedule I attached hereto, and all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Estate. 
 (b) The Depositor may cause the deposit of derivatives at any time into the NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200  -  
and any such deposited derivatives shall become part of the Trust Estate. 
 (c) The parties hereto understand and agree that it is not
intended that any Mortgage Loan be included in the Issuing Entity that is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined by HOEPA or any other applicable predatory or abusive lending laws. 
  

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 Section 2.02. Reserved. 
 Section 2.03. Purchase Price. 
 On the Closing Date, as
full consideration for the Depositor’s sale of the Mortgage Loans to the Issuing Entity, the Underwriters, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, will deliver to, or at the direction of, the Depositor an amount in cash equal to
$            . Additionally, the Depositor will receive the Certificates issued by the Issuing Entity pursuant to the Trust Agreement. 
 Section 2.04. Possession of Mortgage Files; Access to Mortgage Files. 
 (a) Upon the receipt by the Depositor, or its designee, of the purchase price for the Mortgage Loans set forth in Section 2.03 hereof, the ownership of each Mortgage Note, each Mortgage and the contents of the
Mortgage File related to each Mortgage Loan will be vested in the Issuing Entity, and will be pledged to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders. 
 (b) Pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof, the Depositor has delivered, or caused to be delivered the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File related to each Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee. 
 (c) The Indenture Trustee will hold the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files in trust pursuant to the terms of the Indenture for the benefit of all
present and future Noteholders. 
 (d) Consistent with the terms of the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall afford the Depositor, the
Sponsor, the Issuing Entity and the Servicer reasonable access to all records and documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans relating to this Agreement, such access being afforded at customary charges, upon reasonable prior written request and
during normal business hours at the offices of the Indenture Trustee. 
 (e) No later than the fifth Business Day of each fourth month,
commencing in                         , the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Servicer a report dated as of the first
day of such month, identifying those Mortgage Loans for which it has not yet received (i) an original recorded Mortgage or a copy thereof certified to be true and correct by the public recording office in possession of such Mortgage or
(ii) in the event that Assignments of Mortgage are required to be recorded in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05, an original recorded Assignment of Mortgage to the Indenture Trustee and any required intervening Assignments of
Mortgage or a copy thereof certified to be a true and correct copy by the public recording office in possession of such Assignment of Mortgage. 
 Section 2.05. Delivery of Mortgage Loan Documents. (a) In connection with the transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans, the Depositor shall, on or before the Closing Date, deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Indenture
Trustee (as pledgee of the Issuing Entity pursuant to the Indenture), the following documents or instruments constituting the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File with respect to each Mortgage Loan so transferred or assigned: 
 (i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse in blank or to
“                        , as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture dated as of
                        , 20    , NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust
200  -  ” by the Sponsor, including all intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement; 
  

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 (ii) the related original Mortgage with evidence of recording indicated thereon or a copy
thereof certified by the applicable recording office and if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System, such Mortgage or an assignment of the mortgage shall reflect MERS as the mortgagee of record and shall include the MIN for such Mortgage
Loan; 
 (iii) each intervening mortgage assignment, with evidence of recording indicated thereon or if the original is not
available, a copy thereof certified by the applicable recording office, if any, showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the related Mortgage Loan to the Sponsor (or to MERS, if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS
System), and noting the presence of a MIN (if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System), which assignment may, at the Sponsor’s option, be combined with the assignment referred to in subpart (iv) hereof, in which case it must be
in recordable form, but need not have been previously recorded); 
 (iv) unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS
System, a mortgage assignment in recordable form (which, if acceptable for recording in the relevant jurisdiction as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Indenture Trustee, may be included in a blanket assignment or assignments) of
each Mortgage from the Sponsor to the Indenture Trustee; 
 (v) originals of all assumption, modification and substitution
agreements in those instances where the terms or provisions of a Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been modified or such Mortgage or Mortgage Note has been assumed (if any); and 
 (vi) an original title insurance policy or title opinion (or (A) a copy of the title insurance policy or title opinion, or
(B) the related binder, commitment or preliminary report, or copy thereof in which case the Sponsor hereby certifies that the original Mortgage has been delivered to the title insurance company that issued such binder, commitment or preliminary
report). 
 In instances where the original recorded Mortgage or any intervening mortgage assignment or a completed assignment of the
Mortgage in recordable form cannot be delivered by the Sponsor to the Indenture Trustee prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement due to a delay in connection with recording, the Sponsor may: 
 (x) in lieu of delivering such original recorded Mortgage or intervening mortgage assignment, deliver to the Indenture Trustee, a copy
thereof and the Sponsor hereby certifies that the original Mortgage has been delivered to a title insurance company for recordation after receipt of its policy of title insurance or the related binder, commitment or preliminary report therefor; and

  

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 (y) with respect to clause (iv) above, in lieu of delivering the completed
assignment in recordable form, deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the assignment in recordable form, otherwise complete except for recording information. 
 The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and directed, upon an Event of Default and subject to subsection (b) below, with respect to each assignment described in Section 2.05(a)(iv) hereof, to endorse such assignment as follows:
“                        , as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture dated as of
                        , 20    , NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust
200  -  .” 
 (b) As promptly as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days from the
Closing Date, the Sponsor shall promptly submit, or cause to be submitted for recording in the appropriate public office for real property records, each assignment referred to in Section 2.05(a)(iv); provided, that the Sponsor need not cause to
be recorded any assignment which (i) is registered on the MERS System, or (ii) relates to a Mortgage Loan in any jurisdiction under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the Sponsor (at the Sponsor’s
expense) to the Indenture Trustee, acceptable to the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the Indenture Trustee’s, the Noteholders’ and the Certificates’ interest in the related Mortgage
Loan. The Indenture Trustee, shall retain a copy of each assignment submitted for recording. In the event that any such assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect therein, the Sponsor shall promptly prepare a substitute assignment
or cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter the Sponsor shall submit each such assignment for recording. The costs relating to the delivery and recordation of the documents in connection with the Mortgage Loans as specified in this
Article II shall be borne by the Sponsor. With respect to Mortgage Loans (i) not registered on the MERS System, or (ii) not covered by an Opinion of Counsel described in this section 2.05(b) to the extent that assignments of mortgage have
not been recorded within one year after the Closing Date, the Depositor shall, and if the Depositor fails to, then the Sponsor shall be obligated to repurchase such Mortgage Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01. 

In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS System, promptly after the Closing Date, the Sponsor will cause, at its
own expense, the MERS System to indicate that such Mortgage Loan has been assigned to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders by entering (a) the Indenture Trustee’s Org ID in the “Investor” field which
identifies the Indenture Trustee and (b) in the “Pool” field a code which identifies the securitization serial number of the Notes issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The Sponsor and the Servicer will not alter the entries
referenced in this paragraph with respect to any such Mortgage Loan during the term of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 
 (c) The Sponsor shall, within five (5) Business Days after the receipt thereof, deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Indenture Trustee:
(i) the original recorded Mortgage and related power of attorney, if any, in those instances where a copy thereof certified by the Sponsor was delivered to the Indenture Trustee; (ii) the original recorded assignment of Mortgage from the
last endorsee to the Indenture Trustee, which, together with any intervening assignments of Mortgage, evidences a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the Mortgage Loan to the Indenture Trustee, in those instances where copies of such
assignments certified by the Sponsor were delivered to the Indenture Trustee; and (iii) the title insurance policy or title opinion required in Section 2.05(a)(vi). 
  

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 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.05, in those instances where
the public recording office retains the original Mortgage, power of attorney, if any, assignment or assignment of Mortgage after it has been recorded or such original has been lost, the Sponsor shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations
hereunder upon delivery to the Indenture Trustee, of a copy of such Mortgage, power of attorney, if any, assignment or assignment of Mortgage certified by the public recording office to be a true copy of the recorded original thereof. 
 From time to time the Sponsor may forward, or cause to be forwarded, to the Indenture Trustee, additional original documents evidencing any assumption or
modification of a Mortgage Loan. 
 (d) All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans that are not required to be delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, pursuant to Section 2.05(a) hereof are, and shall be, held by the Servicer, the Sponsor or the Depositor, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders. In the event that
any such original document is required pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.05 to be a part of an Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Indenture Trustee. From and after the sale of the
Mortgage Loans to the Issuing Entity pursuant hereto, to the extent that the last assignee thereof retains title of record to any Mortgage Loans prior to the vesting of legal title in the Issuing Entity, such title shall be retained in trust for the
Issuing Entity as the owner of the Mortgage Loans, and the Indenture Trustee, as the pledgee of the Issuing Entity under the Indenture. In acting as custodian of any original document which is part of the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files, the
Servicer agrees further that it does not and will not have or assert any beneficial ownership interest in the related Mortgage Loans or the Mortgage Files. Promptly upon the Servicer’s receipt of any such original document, the Servicer, on
behalf of the Issuing Entity, shall mark conspicuously each such original document, and its master data processing records with a legend evidencing that the Issuing Entity has purchased the related Mortgage Loan and all right and title thereto and
interest therein, and pledged such Mortgage Loan and all right and title thereto and interest therein to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders. 
 Section 2.06. Acceptance of the Trust Estate; Certain Substitutions; Certification by the Indenture Trustee. (a) The Indenture Trustee is authorized and directed to, and agrees to, do the following: 

(i) execute and deliver to the Depositor, the Sponsor and the Servicer, on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to each Mortgage
Loan transferred on such date, an acknowledgement of receipt, in the form attached as Exhibit C hereto, of the original Mortgage Note as required to be included in the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File (with any exceptions noted) and
declares that it will hold such documents and any amendments, replacements or supplements thereto, as well as any other assets included in the definition of Trust Estate and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, subject to the conditions set forth in
the Indenture, for the benefit of the Noteholders. 
  

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 (ii) to review (or cause to be reviewed) each Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File
within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, within sixty (60) days after receipt thereof), and to deliver to the Servicer, the Depositor and the Sponsor a certification, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, to the effect that, except as otherwise noted, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically
identified in such certification as not covered by such certification), (i) all documents specified in Section 2.05(a)(i)-(iv) and (vi) are in its possession, (ii) each such document has been reviewed by it and appears, on
its face, not to have been mutilated, damaged, torn or otherwise physically altered (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute physical alteration if they reasonably appear to have been initialed), appears regular on its
face and relates to such Mortgage Loan, and (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to items (i), (ii) (with respect to property address
only, excluding zip code), (iii) and (vi) of the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” accurately reflects the information set forth in the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File delivered on such date; provided however,
no certification of the Indenture Trustee shall constitute a determination by the Indenture Trustee of the proper form, adequacy or enforceability of any document included in the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File. 
 (iii) to review (or cause to be reviewed) each Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File within one hundred eighty (180) days after the
Closing Date (or, with respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, within one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt thereof), and to deliver to the Servicer and the Sponsor a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
E to the effect that, except as otherwise noted, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such certification as not covered
by such certification), (i) all documents specified in Section 2.05(a)(i)-(iv) and (vi) are in its possession, (ii) each such document has been reviewed by it and has not been mutilated, damaged, torn or otherwise physically
altered (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute physical alteration if they reasonably appear to be initialed by the Mortgagor), appears regular on its face and relates to such Mortgage Loan, and (iii) based on its
examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in items (i), (ii) (with respect to property address only, excluding zip code), (iii) and (vi) of the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule”
accurately reflects the information set forth in the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File delivered on such date. 
 In performing any such
review, the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on the Sponsor as to the purported genuineness of any such document and any signature thereon. It is understood that the scope of the Indenture Trustee’s review of the Indenture Trustee’s
Mortgage Files is limited solely to confirming that the documents listed in Section 2.05 have been executed and received and relate to the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files identified in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule. The Indenture
Trustee shall be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are
other than what they purport to be on their face. 
  

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 (b) If the Indenture Trustee during the process of reviewing the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files
finds any document constituting a part of a Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File which is not executed, has not been received, is unrelated to the Mortgage Loan identified in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, or does not conform to the
requirements of Section 2.05 or the description thereof as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly so notify the Servicer and the Sponsor. Upon receipt of such notice respecting such defect, the
Depositor and the Sponsor shall have a sixty (60) day period after such notice within which to correct or cure any such defect, or if the Servicer determines that the defect materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage
Loan or the interest of the Noteholders in the related Mortgage Loan, to either (i) substitute in lieu of such Mortgage Loan a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.06 or
(ii) purchase such Mortgage Loan at a purchase price equal to the Loan Repurchase Price. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of two copies of a certification, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, of a Servicing Officer of such
substitution or purchase and, in the case of a substitution, upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee, of the related Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File, and the deposit of the Loan Repurchase Price, in the case of a purchase, or the Substitution
Adjustment, if any, in connection with a substitution, in the Collection Account, the Indenture Trustee shall release to the Servicer for release to the Depositor or the Sponsor, as applicable, the related Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File and
the Indenture Trustee shall execute, without recourse, and deliver such instruments of transfer furnished by the Depositor or the Sponsor as may be necessary to transfer such Mortgage Loan to the Depositor or the Sponsor, as applicable. 

Section 2.07. Grant of Security Interest. (a) It is intended that the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans and other property by the Depositor to the
Issuing Entity as provided in this Article II be, and be construed for all purposes other than tax and accounting purposes as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans and such other property by the Depositor to the Issuing Entity. It is, for all purposes other
than tax and accounting purposes further, not intended that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage Loans or such other property by the Depositor to the Issuing Entity to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor. However, in the
event that the Mortgage Loans or any of such other property are held to be property of the Depositor, or if for any reason this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans or any of such other property, then it is
intended that: (i) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code; (ii) the conveyance provided for in this Article II shall be deemed to be a grant by the Depositor to the
Issuing Entity of a security interest in all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and such other property and all amounts payable to the holders of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms thereof and
all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of the foregoing into cash, instruments, securities or other property, including, without limitation, all amounts from time to time held or invested in the Accounts whether in the form of
cash, instruments, securities or other property; (iii) the possession by the Indenture Trustee, of the Mortgage Notes and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be
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and (iv) notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be
deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from financial intermediaries, bailees or agents, as applicable, of the Indenture Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The
Depositor, the Sponsor, the Servicer, on behalf of the Issuing Entity and the Indenture Trustee, shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed to
create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans or any of such other property, such security interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of
this Agreement. 
 (b) The Depositor, the Sponsor and the Servicer shall take no action inconsistent with the Issuing Entity’s ownership
of the Trust Estate and each shall indicate or shall cause to be indicated in its records and records held on its behalf that ownership of each Mortgage Loan and the other assets in the Trust Estate is vested in the Issuing Entity, as owner, and is
pledged to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. The Indenture Trustee is authorized to act, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for the benefit of the Noteholders and shall be
authorized to act at the direction of such parties. In addition, the Depositor, the Sponsor and the Servicer shall respond to any inquiries from third parties with respect to ownership of a Mortgage Loan or any other asset in the Trust Estate by
stating that it is not the owner of such asset and that the Issuing Entity is the owner of such Mortgage Loan or other asset in the Trust Estate, which is pledged to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders. 
 Section 2.08. Further Action Evidencing Assignments. (a) The Servicer agrees that, from time to time, at its expense, it shall cause the Sponsor or
Depositor, as the case may be, to, and each of the Sponsor and Depositor agree that it shall, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or appropriate, or that the Servicer
or the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request, in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the transfer of ownership of the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust Estate or to enable the Indenture Trustee, to exercise or enforce any
of its rights hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer, the Sponsor and the Depositor shall, upon the request of the Servicer or the Indenture Trustee execute and file (or cause to be executed and filed) such real
estate filings, financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate. 
 (a) Each of the Sponsor and the Depositor hereby grants to the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee powers of attorney to execute all documents on its
behalf under this Agreement as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the foregoing. 
 Section 2.09. Assignment of Agreement. The
Sponsor, the Depositor and the Servicer hereby acknowledge and agree that the Issuing Entity may assign its interest under this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, as may be required to effect the purposes of the
Indenture, without further notice to, or consent of, the Sponsor or the Servicer, and the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to such of the rights of the Issuing Entity hereunder as shall be so assigned. The Issuing Entity shall, pursuant to the
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of its right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and its right to exercise the remedies created by Section 4.01 of this Agreement for
breaches of the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants of the Sponsor contained in Sections 3.02 and 4.01 of this Agreement, assign such right, title and interest to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders. The
Sponsor agrees that, upon such assignment to the Indenture Trustee, such representations, warranties, agreements and covenants will run to and be for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may enforce, without joinder of the
Sponsor or the Issuing Entity, the repurchase obligations of the Sponsor set forth herein with respect to breaches of such representations, warranties, agreements and covenants. 
 ARTICLE III 
 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS 
 Section 3.01. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer. The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Indenture
Trustee, the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Issuing Entity and the Noteholders that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided herein: 
 (i) The Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Virginia and has the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is
currently engaged. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such
qualification and in which the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the Servicer or the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage Loans; 
 (ii) The Servicer has the corporate power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the availability
of equitable remedies; 
 (iii) The Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other Person or any consent,
license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except for such
consent, license, approval or authorization, or registration or declaration, as shall have been obtained or filed, as the case may be; 
 (iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Servicer will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of
any court applicable to the Servicer or any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Servicer is a party or by which
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 (v) No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or
governmental body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of the Servicer threatened, against the Servicer or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement or the Notes which, to the knowledge of the Servicer, has a reasonable likelihood
of resulting in a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; 
 (vi) The Servicer is a member
of MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS; and 
 (vii) With respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will accurately and fully report its borrower credit files to the three
largest credit repositories in a timely manner. 
 The foregoing representations and warranties shall survive any termination of the Servicer hereunder.

 Section 3.02. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Sponsor. The Sponsor hereby represents and warrants to the Company and
the Trustee as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date (or if otherwise specified below, as of the date so specified) and as of each Subsequent Transfer Date: 
 (a) As to the Sponsor: 
 (i) The Sponsor (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and (ii) is qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure
to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the Sponsor’s ability to enter into this Purchase Agreement and each Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;

 (ii) The Sponsor has the power and authority to make, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Purchase
Agreement and each Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument and all of the transactions contemplated under this Purchase Agreement and each Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance of this Purchase Agreement each Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument; 
 (iii) The Sponsor is not required to obtain the consent of any other Person or any consent, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution,
delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Purchase Agreement or any Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument, except for such consents, approvals or authorization, or registration or declaration, as shall have been obtained or
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 (iv) The execution and delivery of this Purchase Agreement and each Sponsor’s
Subsequent Transfer Instrument and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Sponsor will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of any court applicable to the Sponsor or any provision
of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Sponsor, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Sponsor is a party or by which the Sponsor may be bound; 
 (v) No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or governmental body is currently pending, or to the
knowledge of the Sponsor threatened, against the Sponsor or any of its properties or with respect to this Purchase Agreement or any Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument, the Notes which in the opinion of the Sponsor has a reasonable
likelihood of resulting in a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this Purchase Agreement or any Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument; 
 (vi) This Purchase Agreement and each Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Sponsor, enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity); 
 (vii) This Purchase Agreement constitutes a valid transfer and assignment to the Company of all right, title and interest of the Sponsor
in and to the Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto, and all proceeds of such Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans, and this Purchase Agreement and
the related Sponsor’s Subsequent Transfer Instrument constitutes a valid transfer and assignment to the Trustee of all right, title and interest of the Sponsor in and to the Subsequent Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans, all monies due or to become due with respect thereto, and all proceeds of such Subsequent Cut-off Date Principal Balance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans; 
 (viii) The Sponsor is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order or regulation of any federal, state or
governmental agency, which default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or other) or operations of the Sponsor or its properties or might have consequences that would materially adversely affect
its performance hereunder; and 
 (ix) The Servicer or any Subservicer who will be servicing any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or a Subservicing Agreement is qualified to do business in all jurisdictions in which its activities as Servicer or Subservicer of the Mortgage Loans serviced by it require such qualifications except where failure to
be so qualified will not have a material adverse effect on such servicing activities. 
  

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 Section 3.03. [Reserved.] 
 Section 3.04. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee hereby represents, warrants and covenants to
the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the Depositor and the Sponsor that as of the date of this Agreement or as of such date specifically provided herein: 
 (a) The Indenture Trustee is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America. 
 (b) The Indenture Trustee has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. 
 (c) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee,
all requisite action having been taken, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes or will constitute the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Indenture Trustee, enforceable
against the Indenture Trustee in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and by
general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
 (d) No consent,
approval, authorization or order of or registration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required for the execution, delivery and performance of or compliance by the Indenture Trustee with this Agreement or the
consummation by the Indenture Trustee of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, except as have been made on or prior to the Closing Date; 
 (e) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i) conflicts or will
conflict with or results or will result in a breach of, or constitutes or will constitute a default or results or will result in an acceleration under (A) the articles of association or bylaws of the Indenture Trustee, or (B) to the best
of its knowledge, of any term, condition or provision of any material indenture, deed of trust, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Indenture Trustee is a party or by which it is bound; or (ii) results or will result in a
violation of any statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to the Indenture Trustee of any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee or its subsidiaries which violation would materially and
adversely affect the Indenture Trustee’s performance of its duties hereunder; and 
 (f) There are no actions, suits or proceedings
before or against or investigations of, the Indenture Trustee, pending or to the knowledge of the Indenture Trustee threatened, before any court, administrative agency or other tribunal, and no notice of any such action, which, in the Indenture
Trustee’s reasonable judgment, would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under this Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement. 
  

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 It is understood and agreed that the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this
Section 3.04 shall survive delivery of the respective Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files to the Indenture Trustee. 
 Section 3.05. Depositor Representations and Warranties. The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Seller and the Trustee as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that: 
 (a) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted. 
 (b) The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its
business shall require such qualifications and in which the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or other) of the Depositor and the ability of the Depositor to perform
under this Purchase Agreement. 
 (c) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Purchase Agreement and to carry
out its terms; the Depositor has full power and authority to purchase the property to be purchased from the Seller and the Depositor has duly authorized such purchase by all necessary corporate action; and the execution, delivery and performance of
this Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action. 
 (d) The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Purchase Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under,
the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor
of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties. 
 (e) The Depositor (A) is a solvent entity and is paying its debts as they become due and (B) after giving effect to the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans, will be a solvent entity and will have sufficient resources to pay its debts as they become due. 
 It is understood and
agreed that the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 3.05 shall survive delivery of the respective Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files to the Indenture Trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the Indenture
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 ARTICLE IV 
 THE MORTGAGE LOANS 
 Section 4.01. Representations and Warranties Concerning the Mortgage Loans.

 (a) As to each Initial Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan as of the Subsequent Transfer
Date, except as otherwise expressly stated: 
 (i) The information set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to
each Initial Mortgage Loan is true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, and with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan is true and correct in all material respects as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date, and the
information regarding the Initial Mortgage Loans and the Subsequent Mortgage Loans on the computer diskette or tape delivered to the Trustee prior to the Closing Date or related Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable, is true and accurate in all
material respects and describes the same Mortgage Loans as the Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule; 
 (ii) The
Mortgage Loans are not being transferred with any intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditors; 
 (iii) No more than
[        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) were
secured by condominium units; and no more than [        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II,
respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) were secured by properties in planned unit developments; 
 (iv) As of the
Cut-off Date, the remaining term of each Group I Initial Mortgage Loan is not more than 360 months and not less than [        ] months and the remaining term of each Group II Initial Mortgage Loan is not more
than 360 months and not less than [        ] months; 
 (v) No more than
[        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) have been
the subject of cash-out refinances; 
 (vi) No more than [        ]% and
[        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance), have been the subject of rate and term (no cash-out) refinances;

 (vii) No fewer than [        ]% and
[        ] % of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) are purchase money loans; 
  

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 (viii) No more than [        ]% and
[        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) are secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the State of
California; no more than [        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date
Principal Balance) are secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the State of Florida; no more than [        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I
and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) are secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the State of Virginia; no more than [        ]% and
[        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) are secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the State of New Jersey; no more
than [        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) are secured by
Mortgaged Properties located in the State of Maryland; no more than [        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in
Group II (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) are secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the State of New York; no more than [        ]% and [        ]% of the
Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) are located in any other state; 
 (ix) The outstanding Principal Balances of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) ranged from $[            ] to
$[            ], the average outstanding Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I is approximately
$[             ]; the outstanding Principal Balances of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) ranged from
$[            ] to $[            ], the average outstanding Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II is
approximately $[            ]; 
 (x) Approximately
[        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) were
secured by a first lien on a parcel of real property improved by a detached single family residence; no more than [        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage
Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) were secured by a first lien on a parcel of real estate improved by a multi-unit residence; 
 (xi) All points and fees related to each Mortgage Loan were disclosed in writing to the borrower in accordance with applicable state and
federal law and the borrower has executed a statement to that effect. No borrower was charged “points and fees” (whether or not financed) in an amount greater than [        ]% of the principal amount
of any such loan originated by the Seller, such [        ]% limitation calculated in accordance with the Lender Letter. All fees and charges (including finance charges) and whether or not financed, assessed,
collected or to be collected with the origination and servicing of each Mortgage Loan has been disclosed in writing to the borrower in accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulation; 
 (xii) The Mortgage Rates borne by the adjustable rate Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I as of the Closing Date range from
[        ]% per annum to [        ]% per annum, and the weighted average Mortgage Rate (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) of the 

  

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adjustable rate Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I was [        ]% per annum; the Mortgage Rates borne by fixed rate
Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I as of the Closing Date range from [        ]% per annum to [        ]% per annum, and the weighted average Mortgage Rate (by Cut-off
Date Principal Balance) of the fixed rate Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I was [        ]% per annum; the Mortgage Rates borne by adjustable rate Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II as of the Closing Date
range from [        ]% per annum to [        ]% per annum, and the weighted average Mortgage Rate (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) of the adjustable rate Initial
Mortgage Loans in Group II was [        ]% per annum; the Mortgage Rates borne by fixed rate Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II as of the Closing Date range from
[        ]% per annum to [        ]% per annum, and the weighted average Mortgage Rate (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) of the fixed rate Initial Mortgage Loans in
Group II was [        ]% per annum; 
 (xiii) Approximately
[        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) have a
Loan-to-Value Ratio in excess of [        ]%; no Group I Initial Mortgage Loan or Group II Initial Mortgage Loan in the Mortgage Pool had a Loan-to-Value Ratio or combined Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination in
excess of [        ]%; and the weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II was equal to or less
than [        ]% and [        ]%, respectively (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance); 
 (xiv) Approximately [        ]% and [        ]% of the
Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance), are secured by first liens on the related Mortgaged Property; and approximately
[        ]% and [        ]% (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II are secured by second
liens on the related Mortgaged Property; 
 (xv) As of the Cut-off Date, the weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of the
Initial Mortgage Loans secured by first liens in Group I is approximately [        ]%; the weighted average combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Initial Mortgage Loans secured by first and second liens in Group
I is approximately [        ]%; the weighted average Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Initial Mortgage Loans secured by first liens in Group II is approximately [        ]%;
the weighted average combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Initial Mortgage Loans secured by first and second liens in Group II is approximately [        ]%; the weighted average combined Loan-to-Value Ratio of
all of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Group II is approximately [        ]%; and the gross weighted average coupon of the Initial Mortgage Loans is approximately
[        ]%; 
 (xvi) There is no valid offset, right of rescission, defense, claim or
counterclaim of any obligor under any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the unpaid principal of or interest on such Mortgage Note, and any applicable right of rescission has expired, nor will the operation
of any of the terms of such Mortgage Note or Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render either the Mortgage Note or the Mortgage unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, recoupment,
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without limitation, the defense of usury, and no such right of rescission, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect
thereto, and, to the best of Seller’s knowledge, no Mortgagor of the applicable Mortgage is or since the date of origination has been a debtor in any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and no Mortgaged Property has been
subject to any such proceeding; 
 (xvii) There are no mechanics’ liens or any similar liens or claims for work, labor or
material affecting any Mortgaged Property which are or may be a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage, except those which are insured against by the title insurance policy referred to in clause (xxii) below; 
 (xviii) As of the Closing Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan or as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of a
Subsequent Mortgage Loan, each Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and is in good repair and there is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgage Property. 
 (xix) Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first or second lien on the Mortgaged Property including all improvements on the Mortgaged
Property securing the related Mortgage Note and each Mortgaged Property is owned by the Mortgagor in fee simple (except with respect to common areas in the case of condominiums, PUDs and de minimis PUTDs) subject only to (1) the lien of
nondelinquent current real property taxes and assessments, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage, such exceptions appearing of record
being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally or specifically reflected in the appraisal made in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan or referred to in the lender’s title insurance policy delivered to the
originator of the related Mortgage Loan and (3) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject that do not materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage. Immediately prior to the
sale of such Mortgage Loan to the Company in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan and to the Trustee in the case of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Purchase Agreement, the Seller had full right to sell and assign the same to the Company
or the Trustee, as the case may be. Immediately following the sale of such Mortgage Loan to the Company and the Company’s assignment and sale thereof of such Mortgage Loan to the Trustee in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan, the Trustee will
have good title thereto subject to no claims or liens, including delinquent tax or assessment liens. Immediately following the sale of such Mortgage Loan to the Company and the Company’s assignment and sale thereof to the Trustee in the case of
a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the Trustee will have good title thereto subject to no claims or liens; 
 (xx) Each Mortgage Loan
at origination complied with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, real estate settlement procedures, the Truth In Lending Act of 1968, as amended, all applicable predatory and
abusive lending laws and disclosure laws and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation, the receipt of interest by the owner of such Mortgage Loan or the Holders of Notes secured thereby, will not 

  

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violate any such laws. Any and all statements or acknowledgments required to be made by the Mortgagor relating to such requirements are and will remain in
the Mortgage File. Each Mortgage Loan is being serviced in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, including, without limitation, the Truth In Lending Act of 1968, as amended, and other consumer protection laws, real estate settlement
procedures, usury, equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws and in a prudent and customary manner; 
 (xxi) Neither the
Seller nor any prior holder of any Mortgage has impaired, waived, altered or modified the Mortgage or Mortgage Notes in any material respect (except that a Mortgage Loan may have been modified by a written instrument which has been recorded, if
necessary to protect the interests of the owner of such Mortgage Loan or the Notes, and which has been delivered to the Trustee); satisfied, canceled or subordinated such Mortgage in whole or in part; released the applicable Mortgaged Property in
whole or in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any instrument of release, cancellation or satisfaction with respect thereto; 
 (xxii) A lender’s policy of title insurance (on an ALTA or CLTA form) or binder, or other assurance of title customary in the relevant jurisdiction insuring the first lien priority of the Mortgage Loan in an
amount at least equal to the original Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan or a commitment binder or commitment to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of each Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains in
full force and effect, and each such policy was issued by a title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, which policy insures the Seller and successor owners of indebtedness secured by the
insured Mortgage as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage as applicable. The Seller is, and such successor owners will be, the sole insured under such lender’s title insurance policy; no claims have been made under such mortgage title
insurance policy; no prior holder of the applicable Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such mortgage title insurance policy; and each such policy, binder or assurance contains
all applicable endorsements; 
 (xxiii) All of the improvements which were included for the purpose of determining the
Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of such property and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged Property; 
 (xxiv) No improvement located on or being part of the Mortgaged Property is in violation of any applicable zoning law or regulation,
subdivision law or ordinance, except where the failure to comply would not have a material adverse effect on the market value of the Mortgaged Property. All inspections, licenses and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all
occupied portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with respect to the use and occupancy and fire underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities and the Mortgaged Property is lawfully occupied under applicable
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 (xxv) Each Mortgage Note and the applicable Mortgage are genuine, and each is the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally or
by equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to execute the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage
Note and Mortgage has been duly and properly executed by such parties; 
 (xxvi) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loans have been
fully disbursed, there is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvements and as to disbursement of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs,
fees and expenses incurred in making, closing or recording the Mortgage Loans were paid and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any refund of amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note; 
 (xxvii) Each Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for
the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security, including (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed of trust, by trustee’s sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure or if applicable,
non-judicial foreclosure. Upon default by a Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan and foreclosure on, or trustee’s sale of, the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the proper procedures, the holder of the Mortgage Loan will be able to deliver good and
merchantable title to the property, subject to any applicable rights of redemption; 
 (xxviii) With respect to each Mortgage
constituting a deed of trust, either a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such Mortgage or if no duly qualified trustee has been properly designated and
so serves, the Mortgage contains satisfactory provisions for the appointment of such trustee by the holder of the Mortgage at no cost or expense to such holder, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Noteholders to the trustee
under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after default by the Mortgagor; 
 (xxix) There exist
no deficiencies with respect to escrow deposits and payments, if such are required, for which customary arrangements for repayment thereof cannot be made, and no escrow deficits or payments of other charges or payments due the Seller have been
capitalized under the Mortgage or the applicable Mortgage Note; 
 (xxx) The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by
any collateral, pledged account or other security other than real estate securing the Mortgagor’s obligations and no Mortgage Loan is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property; 
 (xxxi) As of the Closing Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of a
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existing hazard insurance policy substantially acceptable to FNMA and acceptable to the Seller which policy provides for fire extended coverage and such
other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located representing coverage in an amount not less than the lesser of (A) the maximum insurable value of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan and (B) the
outstanding Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan; if the improvement on the Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, it is included under the coverage afforded by a blanket policy for the condominium project. All individual insurance
policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller or the original holder of the Mortgage, and its successors in interest, as mortgagee, and the Seller has received no notice that any premiums due and payable thereon have not been paid;
the Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and upon the Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to obtain and maintain such insurance at
the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to seek reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor. There has been no act or omission which would impair the coverage of any such policy, the benefits of the endorsement provided for herein, or the validity
and binding effect of either; 
 (xxxii) If the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, a flood insurance policy in a form meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Flood Insurance Administration is in effect with respect to such Mortgaged Property
with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the outstanding Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement
cost basis and (C) the maximum amount of flood coverage that is available under federal law; 
 (xxxiii) Except for the
Mortgage Loans referred to in clause (xlii) as being delinquent, if any, there is no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the applicable Mortgage Note; and no event which, with the passage of time
or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, and neither the Seller, any of its affiliates nor any servicer or subservicer of any related Mortgage
Loan has waived any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration; no foreclosure action is threatened or has been commenced with respect to the Mortgage Loan; 
 (xxxiv) Each Mortgage Loan is being serviced by the Servicer in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Note; 
 (xxxv) There is no obligation on the part of the Seller or any other party to make any payments with respect to the related Mortgage Loan
in addition to the Monthly Payments required to be made by the applicable Mortgagor; 
 (xxxvi) Any future advances made prior
to the Cut-off Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan and as of the related Subsequent Transfer Date in the case of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, with respect to any Mortgage Loan have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount
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principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single interest rate and single repayment term reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. The consolidated principal
amount does not exceed the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Note with respect to any Mortgage Loan does not permit or obligate the Servicer to make future advances to the Mortgagor at the option of the Mortgagor;

 (xxxvii) The Seller has caused or will cause to be performed any and all acts required to preserve the rights and remedies
of the Company and the Trustee evidencing an interest in the Mortgage Loans in any insurance policies applicable to the Mortgage Loans including, without limitation, any necessary notifications of insurers, assignments of policies or interests
therein, and establishments of coinsured, joint loss payee and mortgagee rights in favor of Trustee; 
 (xxxviii) Except as
set forth in clause (xlii), there are no defaults by the Mortgagor in complying with the terms of any Mortgage, and all taxes, governmental assessments, insurance premiums, water, sewer and municipal charges which previously became due and owing
have been paid, or, if required by the terms of the Mortgage Loan, an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to pay for every such item which remains unpaid and which has been assessed, but is not yet due and payable. Except
for (A) payments in the nature of escrow payments and (B) interest accruing from the date of the Mortgage Note or date of disbursement of the Mortgage proceeds to the day which precedes by one month the Due Date of the first installment of
principal and interest, including, without limitation, taxes and insurance payments, neither the Seller nor the Servicer has advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds by a party other than the Mortgagor,
directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount required by the Mortgage; 
 (xxxix) At the time of origination, each
Mortgaged Property was the subject of an appraisal which conforms to the underwriting requirements of the related originator; and the Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the applicable Mortgaged Property; 
 (xl) None of the Mortgage Loans are graduated payment Mortgage Loans or growth equity Mortgage Loans; 
 (xli) [Reserved.] 
 (xlii) (a) Except with respect to no more than [        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group
II, respectively, none of the payments of principal of or interest on or in respect of any Initial Mortgage Loans (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) shall be 30 days or more but less than 60 days past due as of the Cut-off Date; and
[        ]% and none of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, was 60 days or more past due as of the Cut-off Date; (b) except as set forth in
clause (a) above, all payments required to be made by the Mortgagor under the terms of the Mortgage Note have been made and credited; and (c) to the Seller’s knowledge, there was no delinquent recording, tax or assessment lien against
the property subject to any Mortgage, except where such lien was being contested in good faith and a stay had been granted against levying on the property; 
  

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 (xliii) Upon payment of the Purchase Price for the Mortgage Loans by the Company or the
Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Purchase Agreement, the Seller has transferred to the Company in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan and to the Trustee in the case of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, good and marketable title to each Mortgage
Note and Mortgage free and clear of any and all liens, claims, encumbrances, participation interests, equities, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature and has or had full right and authority, subject to no participation of or agreement
with any other person, to sell and assign the same, and following the sale of each Mortgage Loan, the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, will own such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity interest, participation interest,
lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest; 
 (xliv) The Seller acquired any right, title and interest in and to the
Mortgage Loans in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim; 
 (xlv) The Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the related
Assignment of Mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered by the Seller have been delivered to the Custodian. The Custodian is in possession of a complete, true and accurate Mortgage File in accordance with Section 2.01 hereof.
Substantially all the Mortgage Loans have monthly payments due on the first day of each month and each Mortgage Loan had an original term to maturity of no greater than 30 years; 
 (xlvi) Each Mortgage Loan contains a due-on-sale provision, although each Mortgage Loan may be assumable if permitted by the Servicer
under certain circumstances; 
 (xlvii) Each of the Mortgage and the Assignment of Mortgage is in recordable form and is
acceptable for recording under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located; 
 (xlviii) The
Mortgagor has not notified the Seller, and the Seller has no knowledge of any relief requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act other than as disclosed pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement; 
 (xlix) To the best of the Seller’s knowledge, there exists no violation of any local, state, or federal environmental law, rule or
regulation in respect of the Mortgaged Property which violation has or could have a material adverse effect on the market value of such Mortgaged Property. The Seller has no knowledge of any pending action or proceeding directly involving the
related Mortgaged Property in which compliance with any environmental law, rule or regulation is in issue; and, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, nothing further remains to be done to satisfy in full all requirements of each such law, rule
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 (l) Each Mortgage Loan conforms, and all such Mortgage Loans in the aggregate conform, to
the description thereof set forth in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement in all material respects; 
 (li) [Reserved]

 (lii) No Group I Mortgage Loan is subject to the requirements of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994
(“HOEPA”); 
 (liii) Immediately prior to the transfer to the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, the Seller had
good and marketable title thereto, and the Seller is the sole legal, equitable owner of beneficial title to and holder of the Mortgage Loan. The Seller is conveying the same to the Company or the Trustee, as applicable, free and clear of any and all
liens, claims, encumbrances, participation interests, equities, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature and has full right and authority to sell and assign the same pursuant to this Purchase Agreement, except for liens which will be
released simultaneously with such conveyance; 
 (liv) For each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File contains a true,
accurate and correct copy of each of the documents and instruments required to be included therein; 
 (lv) The Servicer meets
all applicable requirements under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is properly qualified to service each Mortgage Loan and has been servicing each Mortgage Loan prior to the Cut-off Date or the related Subsequent Cut-off Date, as the case may
be; 
 (lvi) No instrument of release or waiver has been executed in connection with the Mortgage Loans, and no Mortgagor has
been released, in whole or in part from its obligations in connection with a Mortgage Loan except in connection with an assumption agreement which has been delivered to the Trustee; 
 (lvii) On the basis of a representation by the Mortgagor at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loans, at least
[        ]% and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) will be
secured by Mortgages on owner-occupied primary residence properties; 
 (lviii) Approximately
[        ]%, and [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group I and the Initial Mortgage Loans in Group II, respectively, (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance)
provide for a balloon payment and each Mortgage Note with respect to each such Mortgage Loan requires monthly payments of principal based on either a 40 year or 30 year amortization schedules and have scheduled maturity dates of 30 years or 15
years, respectively, from the due date of the first monthly payment; 
 (lix) No Mortgage Loan was originated based on an
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 (lx) None of the Mortgage Loans is a “buy down” mortgage loan; 
 (lxi) [Reserved]. 
 (lxii) No Mortgage Loan is a “High Cost Home Loan” or “Covered Loan,” as applicable, (as such terms are defined in the then current Standard & Poor’s LEVELS® Glossary which is now Version 5.6(b) Revised, Appendix E) and no Mortgage Loan is a
“High Cost Home Loan” as defined in the Georgia Fair Lending Act, as amended (the “Georgia Act”). No Mortgage Loan that was originated (or modified) on or after October 1, 2002 and before March 7, 2003, is secured by
property located in the State of Georgia. There is no Mortgage Loan that was originated on or after March 7, 2003 which is a “high cost home loan” as defined under the Georgia Fair Lending Act; 
 (lxiii) None of the Mortgage Loans are covered by the requirements of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, as amended, or
any comparable state or local law; none of the Mortgage Loans are “section 32” loans or “high cost” loans as defined by applicable predatory and abusive lending laws; no proceeds from any Mortgage Loan were used to finance any
single premium credit insurance policies; none of the Mortgage Loans (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) require a mortgagor to pay a Prepayment Charge if the mortgagor prepays a Mortgage Loan more than five years after the date the Mortgage Loan
was originated; 
 (lxiv) No Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in New York Banking Law 6-1;

 (lxv) No Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the Arkansas Home Loan Protection Act effective
July 16, 2003 (Act 1340 of 2003); 
 (lxvi) No Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the
Kentucky high-cost home loan statute effective June 24, 2003 (Ky. Rev. Stat. Section 360.100); 
 (lxvii) No
Mortgage Loan in the trust is a “high-cost home,” “covered” (excluding home loans defined as “covered home loans” in the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002 that were originated between November 26, 2003
and July 7, 2004), “high risk home” or “predatory” loan under any applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or
additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans having high interest rates, points and/or fees); 
 (lxviii) No
Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act effective January 1, 2004 (N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 58-21A-1 et seq.); 
 (lxix) No Mortgage Loan is a “High-Risk Home Loan” as defined in the Illinois High-Risk Home Loan Act effective January 1,
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 (lxx) No Mortgage Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the
Massachusetts Predatory Home Loan Practices Act effective November 7, 2004 (MA House Bill 4880); 
 (lxxi) No Mortgage
Loan is a “High-Cost Home Loan” as defined in the Indiana Home Loan Practices Act effective January 1st, 2005 (Indiana Code Ann. §§ 24-9-1 et seq.); 
 (lxxii) Approximately [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans are subject to prepayment penalty
charges as of the Cut-off Date; 
 (lxxiii) [Reserved.] 
 (lxxiv) No borrower was required to purchase any credit life, disability, accident or health insurance product as a condition of obtaining
the extension of credit. No borrower obtained a prepaid single premium credit life, credit disability, credit unemployment or credit property insurance policy in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan; No proceeds from any Mortgage
Loan were used to purchase single premium credit insurance policies as part of the origination of, or as a condition to closing, such Mortgage Loan; 
 (lxxv) No Group I Mortgage Loan originated on or after October 1, 2002 will impose a prepayment premium for a term in excess of three years and no Group I Mortgage Loan originated before October 1, 2002 will
impose prepayment penalties in excess of five years; 
 (lxxvi) [Reserved.] 
 (lxxvii) [Reserved.] 
 (lxxviii) [Reserved.] 
 (lxxix) [With respect to Mortgaged Properties located in the continental United States and
Puerto Rico, no Group I Mortgage Loan secured by a single-family residence has a Principal Balance at origination in excess of $[            ]; no Group I Mortgage Loan secured by a
two-family residence has a Principal Balance at origination in excess of $[            ]; no Group I Mortgage Loan secured by a three-family residence has a Principal Balance at origination
in excess of $[            ]; and no Group I Mortgage Loan secured by a four-family residence has a Principal Balance at origination in excess of
$[            ]; with respect to Mortgaged Properties located in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, no Group I Mortgage Loan secured by a single-family residence has a Principal
Balance at origination in excess of $[            ]; no Group I Mortgage Loan secured by a two-family residence has a Principal Balance at origination in excess of
$[            ]; no Group I Mortgage Loan secured by a three-family residence has a Principal Balance at origination in excess of
$[            ]; and no Group I Mortgage Loan secured by a four-family residence has a Principal Balance at origination in excess of
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 (lxxx) No selection procedure reasonably believed by the Seller to be adverse to the
interests of the Noteholders was utilized in selecting the Mortgage Loans; 
 (lxxxi) The terms of the Mortgage Note related
to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan provide that, following an initial period of two or three years following the month in which such Mortgage Loan was originated and semiannually or annually thereafter (each such date, an “Adjustment
Date”), the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan will be adjusted to equal the sum of (a) the related Index and (b) a fixed percentage amount specified in the related Mortgage Note (each, a “Gross Margin”);
provided, however, that the Mortgage Rate generally will not increase or decrease by the related Periodic Rate Cap, and will not increase above a specified maximum Mortgage Rate over the life of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan (the
“Maximum Mortgage Rate”) or decrease below a specified minimum Mortgage Rate over the life of the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan (the “Minimum Mortgage Rate”); 
 (lxxxii) None of the Initial Mortgage Loans (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) are negative amortization loans, and none of the
Subsequent Mortgage Loans shall be negative amortization loans; 
 (lxxxiii) No error, omission, negligence,
misrepresentation, fraud or similar occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the Seller, its affiliates or employees or any other person involved in the origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application for any
insurance, including, but not limited to the MI Policy, in relation to such Mortgage Loan; 
 (lxxxiv) Each Mortgage Loan was
originated by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the Act, a savings and loan association, a savings bank, a commercial bank, credit union, insurance company or similar
institution which is supervised and examined by a federal or state authority; 
 (lxxxv) With respect to each Mortgage Loan
secured by manufactured housing, such manufactured housing is permanently affixed to a foundation and constitutes real estate under applicable state law; 
 (lxxxvi) No Mortgage Loans are date of payment or simple interest loans; 
 (lxxxvii) The
sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of Mortgage Loans by the Seller pursuant to this Purchase Agreement is not subject to and will not result in any tax, fee or governmental charge payable by the Company, the Custodian or the Trustee to any
federal, state or local government (“Transfer Taxes”) other than Transfer Taxes which have or will be paid by the Seller as due; 
 (lxxxviii) Each Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code; 
  

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 (lxxxix) Approximately [        ]% of the Initial
Mortgage Loans (by Cut-off Date Principal Balance) with a Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than [        ]% are covered by an MI Policy issued by an MI Insurer; 
 (xc) Approximately [        ]% of the Initial Mortgage Loans that are identified on Exhibit 1
hereto are covered by a MI Policy issued by the MI Insurer; 
 (xci) All requirements for the valid transfer of each MI
Policy, including any assignments or notices required in each MI Policy, have been satisfied; 
 (xcii) As of the Closing Date
with respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan that is subject to a MI Policy and as of each Subsequent Transfer Date with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan that is subject to a MI Policy, the Seller is unaware of any existing circumstances which
would cause the MI Insurer to deny a claim with respect to such Mortgage Loan; 
 (xciii) All appraisals of the Mortgage Loans
by the Seller are full URAR/1004 appraisals; 
 (xciv) All Prepayment Charges are enforceable and were originated in
compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws; 
 (xcv) [Reserved.] 
 (xcvi) With respect to mortgage loans that are more than 59 days delinquent as of the Cut-off Date, the Seller has made a specific review
of the Servicer’s data and records that reflect mortgagor communications and payment history, and has no actual knowledge of an event, condition or mortgagor communication which would cause the Seller to institute foreclosure proceedings;

 (xcvii) The servicer for each Group I Mortgage Loan has fully furnished (and will fully furnish), in accordance with the
Fair Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information (i.e., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of the credit
repositories), on a monthly basis; 
 (xcviii) None of the Group I Mortgage Loans are classified as (a) “high
cost” loans under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 or (b) “high cost,” “threshold,” “covered”, “predatory” or “abusive” loans under any other applicable state, federal
or local law (including without limitation any regulation or ordinance) (or a similarly classified loan using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny or additional legal liability for residential mortgage loans
having high interest rates, points and/or fees); and 
 (xcix) With respect to any Group I Mortgage Loan originated on or
after August 1, 2004, neither the related mortgage nor the related mortgage note requires the borrower to submit to arbitration to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the mortgage loan transaction. 
  

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 Upon discovery by the Seller or upon notice from the Company, the Trustee, or the Custodian, as
applicable, of a breach of any representation or warranty in subsection (a) of this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders the Seller shall, within 45 days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of
such breach, either (i) cure such breach in all material respects or (ii) to the extent that such breach is with respect to a Mortgage Loan or a Related Document, either (A) repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee at the
Repurchase Price, or (B) substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for such Mortgage Loan, in each case in the manner and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth below. 
 Upon discovery by the Seller or upon notice from the Company, the Trustee, or the Custodian, as applicable, of a breach of any representation or warranty
in this subsection (b) with respect to any Mortgage Loan or upon the occurrence of a Repurchase Event, which materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan or the interests of any Noteholders or of the Company or the
Trustee in such Mortgage Loan (notice of which shall be given to the Company and the Trustee by the Seller, if it discovers the same) the Seller shall, within 90 days after the earlier of its discovery or receipt of notice thereof, either cure such
breach or Repurchase Event in all material respects or either (i) repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trustee at the Repurchase Price, or (ii) substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for such Mortgage Loan, in each
case in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth below; provided, however, that a breach of any of the representations and warranties found in subsections b(xx), (b)(lii), (b)(lxii), (b)(lxvii), (b)(lxxiv), (b)(lxxv), (b)(lxxix),
(b)(xcvii), (b)(xcviii) and (b)(xcix) shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interest of the Noteholders. The Repurchase Price for any such Mortgage Loan repurchased by the Seller shall be deposited or caused to be deposited by the
Servicer in the Collection Account maintained by it pursuant to Section 3.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
 In the event
that the Seller elects to substitute an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 3.01, the Seller shall deliver to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, with respect to such Eligible
Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the original Mortgage Note and all other documents and agreements as are required by Section 2.01 hereof, with the Mortgage Note endorsed as required by such Section 2.01 hereof. No substitution will be
made in any calendar month after the Determination Date for such month. Monthly Payments due with respect to Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Servicer and
remitted by the Servicer to the Seller on the next succeeding Payment Date. For the month of substitution, distributions to the Collection Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will include the Monthly Payment due on a Deleted
Mortgage Loan for such month and thereafter the Seller shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall amend or cause to be amended the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect the removal of
such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and the Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Custodian and the Trustee. Upon such substitution, the Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Purchase Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all respects, the Seller shall be deemed to have made the representations and warranties with respect to the Eligible
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Substitute Mortgage Loan”, as of the date of substitution, and the Seller shall be obligated to repurchase or substitute for any Eligible Substitute
Mortgage Loan as to which a Repurchase Event has occurred as provided herein. In connection with the substitution of one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount (such
amount, a “Substitution Adjustment Amount”), if any, by which (i) the Repurchase Price that would otherwise apply to such Deleted Mortgage Loan, exceeds (ii) the principal balance of the related Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan
(after application of the principal portion of the Monthly Payments due in the month of substitution that are to be distributed to the Collection Account in the month of substitution). The Seller shall pay the amount of such shortfall to the
Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account on the day of substitution, without any reimbursement therefor. 
 Upon receipt by the
Trustee of written notification, signed by a Servicing Officer, of the deposit of such Repurchase Price or of such substitution of an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan and deposit of any applicable Substitution Adjustment Amount as provided above,
the Custodian shall, on behalf of the Trustee, cause to be released to the Seller the related Mortgage File for the Mortgage Loan being repurchased or substituted for and the Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or
assignment prepared by the Servicer, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller or its designee such Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and thereafter such Mortgage Loan shall not be an asset of the Trustee.

 It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure any breach with respect to or to repurchase or substitute for, any
Mortgage Loan as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall, except to the extent provided in Section 6.01 of this Purchase Agreement, constitute the sole remedy respecting such breach available to the Company, the Trustee, the
Noteholders or the Custodian against the Seller. 
 It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 3.01 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee. 
 ARTICLE V

 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS 
 Section 5.01. Servicer to Assure Servicing. 
 (a) The Servicer shall supervise, or take such actions as
are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the standards of an institution prudently
servicing mortgage loans for its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. The Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to
servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as hereinafter set forth. Subject to Section 3.06(b), the authority of the Servicer, in its capacity as Servicer, and
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regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Subservicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan,
(iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and
(iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments,
the acceptance of compromise proposals and any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Servicer shall include, in addition, the power on behalf of the Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee, or any of them to
(i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Mortgages (in the manner provided in
this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer and any Subservicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the
Indenture Trustee when the Servicer believes it is reasonably necessary in its best judgment in order to comply with its servicing duties hereunder, to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee, or any of them,
any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the insurance policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged
Properties. The Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer. 
 The Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent to the
placing of a lien senior to that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property. 
 The relationship of the Servicer (and of any successor to the Servicer
as servicer under this Agreement) to the Trust and the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 3.01(a), the Servicer shall not take any action inconsistent with the interests of the Indenture
Trustee, or the Noteholders or with the rights and interests of the Indenture Trustee, or the Noteholders under this Agreement. 
 (c) The
Indenture Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property and the
Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. 
 (d) The Servicer
further is authorized and empowered by the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee, when the Servicer believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or cause the
removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect
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in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Servicer with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming
unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the MERS System and to arrange for the assignment of the related Mortgages to the Indenture Trustee, then any
related expenses shall be reimbursable to the Servicer by the Trust. 
 Section 5.02. Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and
Subservicers. 
 (a) The Servicer may enter into Subservicing Agreements with Subservicers for the servicing and administration of the
Mortgage Loans and for the performance of any and all other activities of the Servicer hereunder. Each Subservicer shall be either (i) an institution the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC or (ii) another entity that engages in the
business of originating or servicing mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans, and in either case shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and
to the extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing Agreement. Any Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Servicer shall include the provision that such Agreement may
be immediately terminated (i) (x) with cause and without any termination fee by the Servicer hereunder and/or (y) without cause, in which case the Servicer shall be solely responsible for any termination fee or penalty resulting
therefrom and (ii) at the option of the Indenture Trustee upon the termination or resignation of the Servicer hereunder, in which case the Servicer shall be solely responsible for any termination fee or penalty resulting therefrom. In addition,
each Subservicing Agreement shall provide for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The Servicer and the Subservicers may enter into Subservicing Agreements and make amendments to the Subservicing Agreements or
enter into different forms of Subservicing Agreements providing for, among other things, the delegation by the Servicer to a Subservicer of additional duties regarding the administration of the Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that any such
amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment or different form shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected to be materially adverse to the
interests of the Noteholders, without the consent of the Noteholders holding at least 51% of the aggregate Voting Rights. 
 (b) As part of
its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, and the Noteholders, shall enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under the related Subservicing Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without
limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing Agreements and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Servicer, in its good faith business
judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall pay the costs of such enforcement at its own expense, but shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such enforcement
only to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or (ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the party against whom such enforcement is
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 Section 5.03. Successor Subservicers. 
 The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any Subservicing Agreement that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this Agreement;
provided, however, that upon termination, the Servicer shall either act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or enter into an appropriate contract with a successor Subservicer reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to
which such successor Subservicer will be bound by all relevant terms of the related Subservicing Agreement pertaining to the servicing of such Mortgage Loans. 
 Section 5.04. Liability of the Servicer. 
 (a) Notwithstanding 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 under all circumstances remain obligated and primarily
liable to the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement. The obligations and liability of the Servicer shall not be diminished by virtue of
Subservicing Agreements or by virtue of indemnification of the Servicer by any Subservicer, or any other Person. The obligations and liability of the Servicer shall remain of the same nature and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer
alone were servicing and administering the related Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall, however, be entitled to enter into indemnification agreements with any Subservicer or other Person and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or
modify such indemnification. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Servicer shall be deemed to have received any payment on a Mortgage Loan on the date the Subservicer received such payment. 
 (b) Any Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its
capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer alone, and the Custodian, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights,
obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer, except as set forth in Section 3.05. 
 Section 5.05.
Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by the Indenture Trustee. 
 (a) If the Indenture Trustee or its designee as the
successor Servicer, shall assume the servicing obligations of the Servicer in accordance with Section 7.02 below, the Indenture Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer, to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of
Section 7.02 with respect to the Mortgage Loans, shall succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under each of the Subservicing Agreements. In such event, the Indenture Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer shall
be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer’s rights and obligations therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a party to such Subservicing Agreements to the same extent as if such Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the Indenture
Trustee or its designee as a successor Servicer, except that the Indenture Trustee or its designee as a successor Servicer shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligations or liabilities of the Servicer arising prior to such assumption or as a
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its designee becoming successor Servicer and the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under such Subservicing Agreements
arising prior to such assumption or as a result of the Indenture Trustee’s or its designee’s terminating any Subservicer upon the Indenture Trustee or its designee becoming successor Servicer. 
 (b) The Indenture Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer may terminate any Subservicer upon becoming successor Servicer. Any termination fees
will be paid by the terminated Subservicer. 
 (c) In the event that the Indenture Trustee or its designee as successor Servicer assumes the
servicing obligations of the Servicer under Section 7.02, upon the request of the Indenture Trustee or such designee as successor Servicer, the Servicer shall at its own expense deliver to the Indenture Trustee, or at its written request to
such designee, originals or, if originals are not available, photocopies of all documents, files and records, electronic or otherwise, relating to the Subservicing Agreements and the related Mortgage Loans or REO Property then being serviced and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by it, if any, and will otherwise cooperate and use its reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements, or responsibilities hereunder to the Indenture Trustee,
or at its written request to such designee as successor Servicer. 
 Section 5.06. Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments. 
 (a) The Servicer will coordinate and monitor remittances by Subservicers to it with respect to the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement.

 (b) The Servicer shall make its best reasonable efforts to collect or cause to be collected all payments required under the terms and
provisions of the Mortgage Loans and shall follow, and use its best reasonable efforts to cause Subservicers to follow, collection procedures comparable to the collection procedures of prudent mortgage lenders servicing mortgage loans for their own
account to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement. Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer or the related Subservicer may in its discretion (i) waive or permit to be waived any late payment charge, prepayment
charge, assumption fee, or any penalty interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) suspend or reduce or permit to be suspended or reduced regular monthly payments for a period of up to six months, or arrange or permit
an arrangement with a Mortgagor for a scheduled liquidation of delinquencies; provided, however, that the Servicer or the related Subservicer may permit the foregoing only if it believes, in good faith, that recoveries of Monthly Payments
will be maximized; provided further, however, with respect to Mortgage Loans insured by an MI Policy, that the Servicer may not without the prior written consent of the MI Insurer permit any waiver, modification or variance which would
(a) reduce or eliminate the coverage provided under the MI Policy (b) change the loan rate, (c) forgive any payment of principal or interest, (d) lessen the lien priority or (e) extend the final maturity date of a Mortgage
Loan past 12 months after the original maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. In the event the Servicer or related Subservicer shall consent to the deferment of the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall nonetheless make an
Advance or shall cause the related Subservicer to make an advance to the same extent as if such installment were due, owing and delinquent and had not been deferred through liquidation of the Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that the

  

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obligation of the Servicer or the related Subservicer to make an Advance shall apply only to the extent that the Servicer believes, in good faith, that such
advances are not Nonrecoverable Advances. The Servicer shall pay the amount of any waived prepayment charge at the time of payoff if such prepayment charge was waived for a reason other than that specified in this Section 3.06(b). 

(c) Within five Business Days after the Servicer has determined that all amounts which it expects to recover from or on account of a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan have been recovered and that no further Liquidation Proceeds will be received in connection therewith, the Servicer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee a Note of a Servicing Officer that such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan as of the date of such determination. 
 (d) The Servicer shall establish a segregated account (the “Collection
Account”), which shall be an Eligible Account, which shall be titled “Collection Account, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust
20[    ]-[    ], Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 20[    ]-[    ]”, in which the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited any amounts representing
payments on and any collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans received by it after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the Subsequent Cut-Off Date (other than in respect of the payments referred to in the following
paragraph) within two Business Days following receipt thereof, including the following payments and collections received or made by it (without duplication): 
 (i) all payments of principal or interest on the Mortgage Loans received by the Servicer directly from Mortgagors or from the respective
Subservicer; 
 (ii) the aggregate Repurchase Price of the Mortgage Loans purchased by the Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.18; 
 (iii) Net Liquidation Proceeds; 
 (iv) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans repurchased by the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and all Substitution Adjustment
Amounts required to be deposited in connection with the substitution of an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; 
 (v) Insurance Proceeds, other than Net Liquidation Proceeds, and MI Insurance Proceeds resulting from any insurance policy maintained on a Mortgaged Property; 
 (vi) any Advance and any Compensating Interest payments; and 
 (vii) any other amounts received by the Servicer, including all Foreclosure Profits, assumption fees, prepayment penalties and any other
fees that are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement; 
 provided, however, that with respect to each Due
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for such Due Period. The foregoing requirements respecting deposits to the Collection Account are exclusive, it being understood that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Servicer need not deposit in the Collection Account late payment charges payable by Mortgagors, as further described in Section 5.15, or amounts received by the Subservicer for the accounts of Mortgagors for
application towards the payment of taxes, insurance premiums, assessments and similar items. In the event any amount not required to be deposited in the Collection Account is so deposited, the Servicer may at any time (prior to being terminated
under this Agreement) withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall keep records that accurately reflect the funds on deposit in the Collection Account that have been
identified by it as being attributable to the Mortgage Loans and shall hold all collections in the Collection Account for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, and the Noteholders, as their interests may appear. 
 Funds in the Collection Account may be invested in Eligible Investments with a maturity date no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the Servicer Remittance
Date, but shall not be commingled with the Servicer’s own funds or general assets or with funds respecting payments on mortgage loans or with any other funds not related to the Notes. All such investments shall be made in the name of the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, provided, however, that income earned on such Eligible Investments shall be for the account of the Servicer. Such funds shall be invested at the written direction of the Servicer or if the
Servicer does not provide such written direction such funds shall be retained by the Indenture Trustee uninvested. The Servicer shall be obligated to cover losses on such Eligible Investments. 
 (e) The Servicer will require each Subservicer to hold all funds constituting collections on the Mortgage Loans, pending remittance thereof to the
Servicer, in one or more accounts in the name of the Indenture Trustee meeting the requirements of an Eligible Account, and such funds shall not be invested. The Subservicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each
Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and any other funds. Each Subservicer shall make remittances to the Servicer no later than one Business Day following receipt thereof and the Servicer shall deposit into
the Collection Account any such remittances received from any Subservicer within one Business Day following receipt by the Servicer. 
 Section 5.07. Withdrawals from the Collection Account. 
 (a) The Servicer shall, from time to time as provided herein, make
withdrawals from the Collection Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section 5.06 that are attributable to the Mortgage Loans for the following purposes (without duplication): 
 (i) to deposit in the Distribution Account, by the Servicer Remittance Date prior to each Distribution Date, all collections on the
Mortgage Loans required to be distributed from the Distribution Account on a Distribution Date; 
 (ii) to the extent
deposited to the Collection Account, to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for previously unreimbursed expenses incurred in maintaining individual insurance policies pursuant to Section 5.11, or Liquidation Expenses, paid pursuant to
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received on particular Mortgage Loans (other than any Repurchase Price in respect thereof) which represent late recoveries of the payments for which such
expenses were paid, or from related Liquidation Proceeds; 
 (iii) to pay to itself out of each payment received on account of
interest on a Mortgage Loan as contemplated by Section 5.15, an amount equal to the related Servicing Fee (to the extent not retained pursuant to Section 5.06); 
 (iv) to pay to itself or the Seller, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased by
the Seller, the Servicer or other entity, all amounts received thereon and not required to be distributed to Noteholders as of the date on which the related Repurchase Price is determined; 
 (v) to reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any unreimbursed Advance of its own funds or any unreimbursed advance of such
Subservicer’s own funds, the right of the Servicer or a Subservicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (v) being limited to amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price
therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such Mortgage Loan respecting which such Advance or advance was made; 
 (vi) to reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan
for amounts expended by the Servicer or such Subservicer pursuant to Section 5.13: (x) in good faith in connection with the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property which was damaged by the uninsured cause, (y) in connection with
the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan, or (z) with respect to an MI Claim Payment Advance made by the Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan; 
 (vii) to reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advance previously made, and otherwise not reimbursed pursuant to this Section 5.07(a); 
 (viii) to withdraw any other amount deposited in the Collection Account that was not required to be deposited therein pursuant to
Section 5.06; 
 (ix) to reimburse the Servicer for costs associated with the environmental report handling the presence
of any toxic or hazardous substance on a Mortgaged Property as set forth in Section 5.13(c); 
 (x) to clear and
terminate the Collection Account upon a termination pursuant to Section 9.01; 
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 (xii) to pay to the MI Insurer the monthly MI Premiums due under each MI Policy from
payments received (or Advances made) on account of interest due on the related Mortgage Loan; and 
 (xiii) to make an Advance
with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is Delinquent from funds held in the Collection Account as contemplated by Section 5.24, provided that the amount withdrawn for such an Advance is immediately deposited into the Distribution Account.

 Withdrawals made pursuant to clause (xii) shall be made on a first priority basis. In connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii),
(iv), (v) and (vi), the Servicer’s entitlement thereto is limited to collections or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, and 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 pursuant to such clauses. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 5.07, the Servicer may, but is not required to, allow the Subservicers to deduct from amounts received by them or from the related account maintained by a Subservicer, prior to deposit in the Collection Account, any portion to which
such Subservicers are entitled as reimbursement of any reimbursable Advances made by such Subservicers. 
 Section 5.08. Collection of
Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. 
 (a) The Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the related Subservicer to
establish and maintain, one or more Servicing Accounts. The Servicer or a Subservicer will deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors for the payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items as agent of the
Mortgagors. 
 (b) The deposits in the Servicing Accounts shall be held in trust by the Servicer or a Subservicer (and its successors and
assigns) in the name of the Indenture Trustee. Such Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts and, if permitted by applicable law, invested in Eligible Investments held in trust by the Servicer or a Subservicer as described above and maturing,
or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment; withdrawals of amounts from the Servicing Accounts may be made only
to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items, to reimburse the Servicer or a Subservicer for any advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be
overages, to pay interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Accounts or to clear and terminate the Servicing Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement. Amounts received from Mortgagors for deposit into
the Servicing Accounts shall be deposited in the Servicing Accounts by the Servicer within two days of receipt. The Servicer shall advance from its own funds amounts needed to pay items payable from the Servicing Accounts if the Servicer reasonably
believes that such amounts are recoverable from the related Mortgagor. The Servicer shall comply with all laws relating to the Servicing Accounts, including laws relating to payment of interest on the Servicing Accounts. If interest earned by the
Servicer on the Servicing Accounts is not sufficient to pay required interest on the Servicing Accounts, the Servicer shall pay the difference from its own funds. The Servicing Accounts shall not be the property of the Trust. 
  

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 Section 5.09. Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.

 The Servicer shall provide, and shall cause any Subservicer to provide, to the Indenture Trustee, access to the documentation regarding the related
Mortgage Loans and REO Property and to the Noteholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC (to which the Custodian and Indenture Trustee shall also provide) access to the documentation regarding the related Mortgage Loans
required by applicable regulations, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer or the Subservicers that are designated by these entities; provided,
however, that, unless otherwise required by law, the Servicer and any Subservicer shall not be required to provide access to such documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Mortgagor; provided,
further, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall coordinate its request for such access so as not to impose an unreasonable burden on, or cause an unreasonable interruption of, the business of the Servicer or any Subservicer. The Servicer, the
Subservicers, the Indenture Trustee and the Custodian shall allow representatives of the above entities to photocopy any of the documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers their own actual out-of-pocket costs.

 Section 5.10. [Reserved]. 
 Section 5.11. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Fidelity Coverage. 
 (a) The Servicer shall maintain and keep, or cause each
Subservicer to maintain and keep, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and each REO Property, in full force and effect hazard insurance (fire insurance with extended coverage) equal to at least the lesser of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan
or the current replacement cost of the Mortgaged Property, and containing a standard mortgagee clause, provided, however, that the amount of hazard insurance may not be less than the amount necessary to prevent loss due to the application of
any co-insurance provision of the related policy. Unless applicable state law requires a higher deductible, the deductible on such hazard insurance policy may be no more than $1,500 or 1% of the applicable amount of coverage, whichever is less. In
the case of a condominium unit or a unit in a planned unit development, the required hazard insurance shall take the form of a multi-peril policy covering the entire condominium project or planned unit development, in an amount equal to at least
100% of the insurable value based on replacement cost. If the Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket policy consistent with its general mortgage servicing activities insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall
conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in this Section 5.11(a), it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not
have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with this Section 5.11(a) and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the Collection Account the amount not otherwise
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payments under any such policy would have been deposited in the Collection Account. In connection with its activities as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the
Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trust, and the Indenture Trustee, claims under any such blanket policy. 
 (b) Any
amounts collected by the Servicer or a Subservicer under any such hazard insurance policy (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or amounts released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
Servicer’s or a Subservicer’s normal servicing procedures, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage or applicable law) shall be deposited in the Collection Account. 
 (c) Any cost incurred by a Servicer or a Subservicer in maintaining any such individual hazard insurance policies shall not be added to the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan for the purpose of calculating monthly
distributions to Noteholders, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs of maintaining individual hazard insurance policies shall be recoverable by the Servicer or a Subservicer out of related late payments by the
Mortgagor or out of Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or by the Servicer from the Repurchase Price, to the extent permitted by Section 5.07. 
 (d) No earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired with respect to a Mortgage other than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at
any time be in force and shall require such additional insurance. When, at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan or at any subsequent time, the Mortgaged Property is located in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the Servicer
shall ensure that, with respect to such Mortgage Loan or such REO Property, flood insurance is acquired (to the extent available and in accordance with mortgage servicing industry practice). Such flood insurance shall cover the Mortgaged Property,
including all items taken into account in arriving at the Appraised Value on which the Mortgage Loan was based, and shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (ii) the minimum
amount required under the terms of coverage to compensate for any damage or loss on a replacement cost basis, but not more than the maximum amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under either the regular or emergency
programs of the National Flood Insurance Program (assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in such program). Unless applicable state law requires a higher deductible, the deductible on such flood insurance
may not exceed $1,500 or 1% of the applicable amount of coverage, whichever is less. 
 (e) If insurance complying with Subsections 5.11
(a) and (d) has not been maintained and there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such insurance had it been maintained, the Servicer shall pay, or cause the related Subservicer to pay, for any necessary repairs without
any right of reimbursement. 
 (f) The Servicer shall present, or cause the related Subservicer to present, claims under any related hazard
insurance or flood insurance policy. 
 (g) The Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense, and shall cause each Subservicer to
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Servicer’s and such Subservicer’s officers, employees and other persons acting on its behalf in connection with its activities under this
Agreement. The amount of coverage shall correspond with the FNMA/FHMLC levels presently maintained by the Servicer. The Servicer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of any material change in the terms of such bond or policy. The Servicer
shall provide annually by March 31st of each year, to the Indenture Trustee a certification stating that such bond and policy are in effect. If any such bond or policy ceases to be in effect, the Servicer shall, to the extent possible, give the
Indenture Trustee ten days’ notice prior to any such cessation and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a comparable replacement bond or policy, as the case may be. Any amounts relating to the Mortgage Loans collected under such bond
or policy shall be deposited in the Collection Account. 
 Section 5.12. Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. 
 (a) In any case in which the Servicer is notified by any Mortgagor or Subservicer that a Mortgaged Property relating to a Mortgage Loan has been or is
about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Servicer shall enforce, or shall instruct such Subservicer to enforce, any due-on-sale clause contained in the related Mortgage to the extent permitted under the terms of the related Mortgage Note and by
applicable law. The Servicer or the related Subservicer may repurchase a Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price when the Servicer requires acceleration of the Mortgage Loan, but only if the Servicer is satisfied, as evidenced by an Officers’
Note delivered to the Indenture Trustee, that such Mortgage Loan is in default or default is reasonably foreseeable. If the Servicer reasonably believes that such due-on-sale clause cannot be enforced under applicable law or if the Mortgage Loan
does not contain a due-on-sale clause, the Servicer is authorized, and may authorize any Subservicer, to consent to a conveyance subject to the lien of the Mortgage, and, with the consent of the MI Insurer, if applicable, to take or enter into an
assumption 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 related Mortgage Note and unless prohibited by applicable state law, on condition,
however, that the related Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered by a hazard policy. In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the related Mortgage Note may be changed. The Servicer shall notify the Custodian and Indenture
Trustee, whenever possible, before the completion of such assumption agreement, and shall forward to the Custodian the original copy of such assumption agreement, which copy shall be added by the Custodian to the related Mortgage File and which
shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any
assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any conveyance by the Mortgagor of the related Mortgaged Property or assumption of a Mortgage Loan which the Servicer reasonably believes it may be restricted by law from preventing, for any
reason whatsoever or if the exercise of such right would impair or threaten to impair any recovery under any applicable insurance policy. 
  

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 Section 5.13. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. 
 (a) The Servicer shall, or shall direct the related Subservicer to, foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing
any Mortgage Loans that come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 5.06, except that the Servicer shall not, and shall not direct the
related Subservicer to, foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert a Mortgaged Property if there is evidence of toxic waste or other environmental hazards thereon unless the Servicer follows the procedures in Subsection (c) below. In
connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer in conjunction with the related Subservicer, if any, shall use its best reasonable efforts to preserve REO Property and to realize upon defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as to
maximize the receipt of principal and interest by the Noteholders, taking into account, among other things, the timing of foreclosure and the considerations set forth in Subsection 5.13(b). The foregoing is subject to the proviso that the Servicer
shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards the restoration of any property unless it determines in good faith (i) that such restoration or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of
the Mortgage Loan to Noteholders after reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it either through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of reimbursements
from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.07) or through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have similar priority). The Servicer shall be responsible for all costs and expenses constituting Liquidation Expenses incurred by it
in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof (as well as its normal servicing compensation) as set forth in Section 5.07. Any income from or other funds (net of any income taxes)
generated by REO Property shall be deemed for purposes of this Agreement to be Liquidation Proceeds. 
 Any subsequent collections with respect to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan shall be deposited to the Collection Account. For purposes of determining the amount of any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, or other unscheduled collections, the Servicer may take into account any estimated
additional Liquidation Expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the related defaulted Mortgage Loan. 
 In the event that a Mortgage Loan would be
properly classified as a Liquidated Mortgage Loan but for the fact that not all MI Insurance Proceeds claimed under the related MI Policy have been received, the Servicer may, from its own funds, make an advance (an “MI Claim Payment
Advance”) to the Collection Account in an amount not to exceed the claimed amount of such MI Insurance Proceeds not yet received. The Servicer shall not make any MI Claim Payment Advance with respect to a claim under an MI Policy if an MI
Insurer Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the related MI Insurer. In the event that the MI Claim Payment Advance equals the claimed amount on such MI Policy, then upon the deposit of such MI Claim Payment Advance into
the Collection Account the related Mortgage Loan shall be considered a “Liquidated Mortgage Loan.” 
 In the event that title to any Mortgaged
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with the Agreement. Notwithstanding any such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan, such Mortgaged Property shall (except as
otherwise expressly provided herein) be considered to be an outstanding Mortgage Loan held as an asset of the Trust until such time as such property shall be sold. 
 (b) The Servicer shall not acquire any real property (or any personal property incident to such real property) on behalf of the Trust Fund except in connection with a default or reasonably foreseeable default of a
Mortgage Loan. In the event that the Servicer acquires any real property (or personal property incident to such real property) on behalf of the Trust Fund in connection with a default or imminent default of a Mortgage Loan, such property shall be
disposed of by the Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than three years after its acquisition on behalf of the Trust Fund. 
 (c) With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Servicer or a Subservicer has received notice of, or has actual knowledge of, the presence of any
toxic or hazardous substance on the Mortgaged Property, the Servicer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee, and shall act in accordance with any such directions and instructions provided by the Indenture Trustee. If the Indenture Trustee has
not provided directions and instructions to the Servicer in connection with any such Mortgage Loan within 5 days of a request by the Servicer for such directions and instructions, then the Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the
best economic interest of the Trust Fund (other than proceeding against the Mortgaged Property) and is hereby authorized at such time as it deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage. The parties
hereto acknowledge that the Servicer shall not obtain on behalf of the Trust a deed as a result or in lieu of foreclosure, and shall not otherwise acquire possession of or title to, or commence any proceedings to acquire possession of or title to,
or take any other action with respect to, any Mortgaged Property, if the Trust could reasonably be considered to be a responsible party for any liability arising from the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the Mortgaged Property.

 Section 5.14. Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. 
 (a) Upon payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will immediately notify the Custodian and the Indenture Trustee by a certification signed by a
Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account have been so deposited) and shall request delivery
to the Servicer or Subservicer, as the case may be, of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, shall promptly cause to be released the related Mortgage File to the
Servicer or Subservicer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer, without recourse, the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the
Mortgage (furnished by the Servicer), together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of cancellation thereon. 
 (b) From time to time
as is appropriate, for the servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan or collection under an insurance policy, the Servicer may deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Custodian a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer on behalf of
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Release, the Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, shall deliver the Mortgage File or any document therein to the Servicer or Subservicer, as the
case may be, as bailee for the Indenture Trustee. 
 (c) The Servicer shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein released
pursuant to Subsection 5.14(b) to be returned to the Custodian when the need therefor no longer exists, and in any event within 21 days of the Servicer’s receipt thereof, unless the Mortgage Loan has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan and the
Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Collection Account or such Mortgage File is being used to pursue foreclosure or other legal proceedings. Prior to return of a Mortgage File or any document to the
Custodian, the Servicer, the related insurer or Subservicer to whom such file or document was delivered shall retain such file or document in its respective control as bailee for the Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, unless the Mortgage
File or such document has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public Indenture Trustee or other public official as required by law, to initiate or pursue legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either
judicially or non-judicially, and the Servicer has delivered to the Custodian and the Indenture Trustee, a Note of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and
the purpose or purposes of such delivery. If a Mortgage Loan becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, shall deliver the Request for Release with respect thereto to the Servicer upon deposit of the
related Liquidation Proceeds in the Collection Account. 
 (d) The Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and
delivered to the Servicer any court pleadings, requests for Indenture Trustee’s sale or other documents necessary (i) for the foreclosure or Indenture Trustee’s sale with respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) for any legal action
brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage; (iii) to obtain a deficiency judgment against the Mortgagor; or (iv) to enforce any other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or
otherwise available at law or equity. Together with such documents or pleadings the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee a Note of a Servicing Officer in which it requests the Indenture Trustee to execute or cause to be executed the
pleadings or documents. The Note shall certify and explain the reasons for which the pleadings or documents are required. It shall further certify that the Indenture Trustee’s execution and delivery of the pleadings or documents will not
invalidate any insurance coverage under the insurance policies or invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or Indenture Trustee’s sale. 
 Section 5.15. Servicing Compensation. 
 (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee from full payments of accrued interest on each Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall be solely responsible for paying any and all fees
with respect to a Subservicer, and the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Fund shall not bear any fees, expenses or other costs directly associated with any Subservicer. 
  

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 (b) The Servicer may retain additional servicing compensation in the form of late payment charges, to the
extent such charges are collected from the related Mortgagors and investment earnings on the Collection Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses it incurs in connection with servicing activities under this Agreement and shall not
be entitled in connection with servicing activities under this Agreement to reimbursement except as provided in this Agreement. Expenses to be paid by the Servicer without reimbursement under this Subsection 5.15(b) shall include payment of the
expenses of the accountants retained pursuant to Section 5.17. 
 Section 5.16. Annual Statements of Compliance. 
 (a) Within 75 days after December 31 of each year, beginning in 200[ ], the Servicer at its own expense shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and
the Rating Agencies, an Officers’ Note stating, as to the signer 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, (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects for such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof including the steps being taken by the Servicer to remedy such default; (iii) a review of the activities of each
Subservicer during the Subservicer’s most recently ended calendar year and its performance under its Subservicing Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision; and (iv) to the best of the Servicing Officer’s
knowledge, based on his review and the certification of an officer of the Subservicer (unless the Servicing Officer has reason to believe that reliance on such certification is not justified), either each Subservicer has performed and fulfilled its
duties, responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement and its Subservicing Agreement in all material respects throughout the year, or, if there has been a default in performance or fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or
obligations, specifying the nature and status of each such default known to the Servicing Officer. Copies of such statements shall be provided by the Servicer to the Noteholders upon request or by the Indenture Trustee at the expense of the Servicer
should the Servicer fail to provide such copies. 
 (b) The Servicer and the Indenture Trustee will deliver to the Issuing Entity, the Rating
Agencies and the Sponsor on or before March 1st of each year, beginning March 1st, 20[    ], an Officer’s Note (an “Annual Statement of Compliance”) stating, as to each signatory thereof,
that (a) a review of the activities of each such party, during the preceding calendar year and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (b) to the best of such officers’
knowledge, based on such review, each such party has fulfilled all of its material obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying
each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Such Annual Statement of Compliance shall contain no restrictions or limitations on its use. In the event that the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer has delegated any
servicing responsibilities with respect to the Mortgage Loans to a subservicer or subcontractor that meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the related servicer (as
the case may be) shall deliver a similar Annual Statement of Compliance by that subservicer or subcontractor to the Indenture Trustee as described above as and when required with respect to the servicer. 
  

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 (c) The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with all applicable
requirements of the Servicing Criteria. Pursuant to Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB, [the Indenture Trustee] (the “Attesting Party”) shall deliver to the Servicer on or before March 10th
(with a 5 calendar day cure period) of each calendar year beginning in 2007, a report regarding such Attesting Party’s assessment of compliance (an “Assessment of Compliance”) with the Servicing Criteria during the preceding calendar
year. The Assessment of Compliance, as set forth in Regulation AB, must contain the following: 
 (i) A statement by such
officer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to the related Attesting Party; 
 (ii) A statement by such officer that such Attesting Party used the Servicing Criteria attached as Exhibit [    ] hereto, and which will also be attached to the Assessment of Compliance, to assess compliance with
the Servicing Criteria applicable to the related Attesting Party; 
 (iii) An assessment by such officer of the related
Attesting Party’s compliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria for the period consisting of the preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any material instance of noncompliance with respect thereto during such period, which
assessment shall be based on the activities such Attesting Party performs with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving the Servicer, that are backed by the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans; 
 (iv) A statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on the related Attesting Party’s
Assessment of Compliance for the period consisting of the preceding calendar year; and 
 (v) A statement as to which of the
Servicing Criteria, if any, are not applicable to such Attesting Party, which statement shall be based on the activities such Attesting Party performs with respect to asset-backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such Attesting
Party, that are backed by the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans. 
 Such report at a minimum shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on
Exhibit [    ] hereto which are indicated as applicable to the related Attesting Party. 
 On or before March 1st of each
calendar year beginning in 20[    ], each Attesting Party specified in this Section shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor a report (an “Attestation Report”) by a registered public accounting
firm that attests to, and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance made by the Servicer, as required by Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB, which Attestation Report must be made in accordance with
standards for attestation reports issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. 
 The Servicer [or the Indenture Trustee, as the case
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meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Depositor an Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report as and
when provided above along with an indication of what Servicing Criteria are addressed in such assessment. 
 Such Assessment of Compliance, as to any
subservicer, shall at a minimum address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit [    ] hereto which are indicated as applicable to any “primary servicer.” The Indenture Trustee shall confirm that the
assessments, taken as a whole, address all of the Servicing Criteria and taken individually address the Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit [    ] and notify the Depositor of any exceptions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as to any subcontractor (as defined in the related servicing agreement), an Assessment of Compliance is not required to be delivered unless it is required as part of a Form 10-K with respect to the Issuing Entity.

 [The Indenture Trustee shall also provide an Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report, as and when provided above, which shall at a minimum address
each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit [    ] hereto which are indicated as applicable to the “Indenture Trustee.” In addition, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver to the Sponsor and the Depositor an
Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report, as and when provided above, which shall at a minimum address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit [    ] hereto which are indicated as applicable to a
“custodian.”] 
 Section 5.17. Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report. 
 (a) Within 75 days after December 31 of each year, beginning in 200[ ], the Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a firm of independent public
accountants who are members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Servicer, which will be provided to the Indenture Trustee, and the Rating Agencies, to the effect that, in connection with the
firm’s examination of the Servicer’s financial statements as of the end of such calendar year, nothing came to their attention that indicated that the Servicer was not in compliance with Sections 5.06, 5.07 and 5.08 except for
(i) such exceptions as such firm believes to be immaterial and (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such statement. 
 (b) Within 75 days after December 31 of each year, beginning in 200[ ], the Servicer, at its expense, shall, and shall cause each Subservicer to cause, a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish
to the Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, a report stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of representation regarding certain matters from the management of the Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, which includes
an assertion that the Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, has complied with certain minimum mortgage loan servicing standards identified in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers
Association of America with respect to the servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently completed calendar year and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications that may be appropriate. Immediately upon receipt of such report, the Servicer
shall or shall cause each Subservicer to furnish a copy of such report to the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies. 
  

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 Section 5.18. Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans. 
 The Servicer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase any Mortgage Loan which becomes 90 days or more delinquent at a purchase price equal to the
Repurchase Price (a) within 29 days after the date the Mortgage Loan becomes 90 days delinquent or (b) on the date the Servicer liquidates the related Mortgaged Property. The procedure for such purchase shall be the same as for a
repurchase made by the Seller under the Purchase Agreement. With respect to any Mortgage Loans being purchased pursuant to this Section 5.18, the Servicer shall purchase the most delinquent Mortgage Loans before purchasing other less delinquent
Mortgage Loans. The Servicer or the related Subservicer may purchase a Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price when the Servicer requires acceleration of the Mortgage Loan, but only if the Servicer is satisfied, as evidenced by an Officers’ Note
delivered to the Indenture Trustee, that such Mortgage Loan is in default or default is reasonably foreseeable. 
 Section 5.19.
Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service Generally and Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property. 
 The Servicer shall
prepare and deliver all federal and state information reports when and as required by all applicable state and federal income tax laws. In particular, with respect to the requirement under Section 6050J of the Code to the effect that the
Servicer or Subservicer shall make reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any mortgaged property, the Servicer or Subservicer shall file reports relating to each instance occurring during the previous calendar year in which the Servicer
(i) acquires an interest in any Mortgaged Property through foreclosure or other comparable conversion in full or partial satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan, or (ii) knows or has reason to know that any Mortgaged Property has been abandoned.
The reports from the Servicer or Subservicer shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by Section 6050J, Section 6050H (reports relating to mortgage interest received) and Section 6050P of
the Code (reports relating to cancellation of indebtedness). 
 Section 5.20. [Reserved]. 
 Section 5.21. [Reserved]. 
 Section 5.22. Servicing and Administration of the MI Policies. 
 (a) The Servicer shall take all such actions on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee as are necessary to service, maintain and administer the MI Policies and to perform the Indenture Trustee’s obligations and enforce the Indenture Trustee’s rights under the MI Policies, which actions shall conform to the
standards of an institution prudently administering MI Policies for its own account. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Servicer shall have full authority on behalf of the Trust to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in
connection with the servicing, maintenance and administration of the MI Policies. The Servicer shall make its best reasonable efforts to file all insured claims under the MI Policies and collect from the MI Insurer all Insurance Proceeds due to the
Indenture Trustee under the MI Policies. The Servicer shall not take, or permit any subservicer to take, any action which would result in non-coverage under any applicable MI Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Servicer or
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Servicer shall keep or cause to be kept in full force and effect each such MI Policy for the life of the Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that if a
MI Insurer Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, the Servicer may terminate the MI Policy on any Mortgage Loan that is not then past due. The Servicer shall cooperate with the MI Insurer and shall use its best efforts to furnish all
reasonable aid, evidence and information in the possession of the Servicer or to which the Servicer has access with respect to any Mortgage Loan. 
 (b) The Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.06(d)(v) hereof all MI Insurance Proceeds received from the MI Insurer under the terms of the MI Policies. The Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection
Account and pay to the MI Insurer pursuant to Section 5.07(a)(xii) hereof, the monthly MI Premiums due to the MI Insurer in accordance with the terms of the MI Insurance Agreements. In the event that the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge
that any MI Premiums have in fact not been paid, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute such amounts (in such amounts as specified by the MI Insurer in writing) to the MI Insurer from the Interest Remittance Amount for the related Mortgage Loans, at
the same level of priority as the Indenture Trustee Fee. 
 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 5.22(a) and (b), the Servicer
shall not take any action in regard to the MI Policies inconsistent with the interests of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders or with the rights and interests of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders under this Agreement; provided,
however, that payments of the monthly MI Premiums to the MI Insurer pursuant to Subsection 5.22(b) above and Section 5.07(a)(xii) hereof shall be deemed not to be inconsistent with such interests. 
 (d) The Indenture Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate
to enable the Servicer to service and administer the MI Policies; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such powers of attorney. 
 (e) If at any time during the term of this Agreement, a MI Insurer Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, the Servicer agrees to review, not
less often than monthly, the financial condition of the related MI Insurer with a view towards determining whether recoveries under the MI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the financial condition of the related MI Insurer. In such
event, the Servicer may obtain an additional MI Policy or a replacement MI Policy, the MI Premiums on which would be paid by the Servicer from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.07(a)(xii) hereof. 
 (f) The Servicer shall comply with all other terms, conditions and obligations set forth in the MI Policies. 
 Section 5.23. Determination Date Reports. 
 On the
second Business Day following each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee a report, prepared as of the close of business on the Determination Date (the “Determination Date Report”), and shall forward
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supplemental thereto shall include such information with respect to the Mortgage Loans that is reasonably available to the Servicer and that is required by
the Indenture Trustee for purposes of making the calculations and providing the reports referred to in this Agreement, as set forth in written specifications or guidelines issued by the Indenture Trustee from time to time. Such information shall
include the aggregate amounts required to be withdrawn from the Collection Account and deposited into the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.07. Such information shall also include (a) the number of Mortgage Loans that prepaid in
the previous month; (b) the loan balance of each such Mortgage Loan; (c) whether a prepayment penalty was applied to such Mortgage Loan; and (d) the amount of prepayment penalty with respect to each such Mortgage Loan. The Servicer
agrees to cooperate with the Indenture Trustee in providing all information as is reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee to prepare the reports required under the Agreement. 
 The determination by the Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence of obvious error, be presumptively deemed to be correct for all purposes hereunder and the Indenture Trustee shall be fully protected in relying
upon the same without any independent check or verification. 
 Section 5.24. Advances. 
 If any Monthly Payment (together with any advances from the Subservicers) on a Mortgage Loan that was due on the immediately preceding Due Date and delinquent on the
Determination Date is delinquent other than as a result of application of the Relief Act, the Servicer will deposit in the Collection Account not later than the Servicer Remittance Date immediately preceding the related Distribution Date an amount
equal to such deficiency net of the related Servicing Fee for such Mortgage Loan, except to the extent the Servicer determines any such advance to be nonrecoverable from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or future payments on such Mortgage
Loan. Subject to the foregoing and in the absence of such a determination, the Servicer shall continue to make such advances through the date that the related Mortgaged Property has, in the judgment of the Servicer, been completely liquidated.

 The Servicer may fund an Advance from its own corporate funds, advances made by any subservicer or funds held in the Collection Account for future payment
or withdrawal. 
 Advances made from funds held in the Collection Account may be made by the Servicer from subsequent collections of principal and interest
received on other Mortgage Loans and deposited into the Collection Account. Advances made from the Collection Account are not limited to subsequent collections of principal and interest received on the delinquent Mortgage Loan with respect to which
an Advance is made. If on the Servicer Remittance Date prior to any Distribution Date funds in the Collection Account are less than the amount required to be paid to the Noteholders on such Distribution Date, then the Servicer shall deposit its own
funds into the Distribution Account in the amount of the lesser of (i) any unreimbursed Advances previously made by the Servicer with funds held in the Collection Account or (ii) the shortfall in the Collection Account, provided,
however, that in no event shall the Servicer deposit into the Collection Account an amount that is less than any shortfall in the Collection Account attributable to delinquent payments on Mortgage Loans which the Servicer deems to be recoverable
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Distribution Date, the Servicer shall present an Officers’ Note to the Indenture Trustee (i) stating that the Servicer elects not to make an
Advance in a stated amount and (ii) detailing the reason it deems the advance to be nonrecoverable. 
 Section 5.25. Compensating
Interest Payments. 
 The Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account not later than the Servicer Remittance Date preceding the Distribution Date an
amount equal to the Compensating Interest related to the related Determination Date. The Servicer shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of any Compensating Interest payment. 
 Section 5.26. Advance Facility. 
 (a)
The Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund, is hereby authorized to enter into a facility (such an arrangement, an “Advance Facility”) with any Person which provides that such Person (an “Advancing Person”) may fund
Advances and/or Servicing Advances under this Agreement, although no such facility shall reduce or otherwise affect the Servicer’s obligation to fund such Advances and/or Servicing Advances. No consent of the Indenture Trustee, Noteholders or
any other party shall be required before the Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility nor shall the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders be a third party beneficiary of any obligation of an Advancing Person to the Servicer. If the Servicer enters
into an Advance Facility, the Servicer and the related Advancing Person shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee at the address set forth in Section 11.06 hereof a written notice (an “Advance Facility Notice”) (in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit K), stating (a) the identity of the Advancing Person and (b) the identity of the Person (the “Servicer’s Assignee”) that will, subject to Section 5.26(b) hereof, have the right to make
withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.07 hereof to reimburse previously unreimbursed Advances and/or Servicing Advances (“Advance Reimbursement Amounts”). If the Servicer enters into such an Advance
Facility pursuant to this Section 5.26, the Indenture Trustee shall execute the acknowledgment of the Advance Facility Notice, as prepared by the Servicer confirming its receipt of written notice of the existence of such Advance Facility. To
the extent that an Advancing Person purchases or funds any Advance or any Servicing Advance and provides the Indenture Trustee with written notice (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K) acknowledged by the Servicer that such Advancing Person is
entitled to reimbursement directly from the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Advance Facility, such Advancing Person shall be entitled to receive reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement for such amount to the extent provided in
Section 5.26(b). Such notice from the Advancing Person must specify the amount of the reimbursement, the Section of this Agreement that permits the applicable Advance or Servicing Advance to be reimbursed, the section(s) of the Advance Facility
that entitle the Advancing Person to request reimbursement from the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, rather than the Servicer, the Advancing Person’s wire transfer instructions, and include the Servicer’s acknowledgment
thereto or proof of an Event of Default under the Advance Facility. The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty or liability with respect to any calculation of any reimbursement to be paid to an Advancing Person and shall be entitled to rely without
independent investigation on the Advancing Person’s notice provided pursuant to this Section 5.26. An Advancing Person whose obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of Advances and/or Servicing Advances shall not be required to
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 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Servicer and/or the
Servicer’s Assignee shall only be entitled to reimbursement of Advance reimbursement amounts hereunder from withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.07 of this Agreement and shall not otherwise be entitled to make
withdrawals or receive amounts that shall be deposited in the Distribution Account, and (ii) none of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall have any right to, or otherwise be entitled to, receive any Advance reimbursement amounts to
which the Servicer or Servicer’s Assignee, as applicable, shall be entitled pursuant to Section 5.07 hereof. An Advance Facility may be terminated by the joint written direction of the Servicer and the related Advancing Person. Written
notice of such termination shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 11.06 hereof. None of the Company or the Indenture Trustee shall, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, have any
additional duty or liability with respect to the calculation or payment of any Advance reimbursement amount, nor, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, shall the Company or the Indenture Trustee have any additional responsibility to
track or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility or the payment of Advance reimbursement amounts to the Servicer’s Assignee. The Servicer shall indemnify the Company, the Indenture Trustee, any successor Servicer and the Trust Fund
for any claim, loss, liability or damage resulting from any claim by the related Advancing Person, except to the extent that such claim, loss, liability or damage resulted from or arose out of negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct on the
part of the Company, the Indenture Trustee or any successor Servicer, as the case may be, or failure by the successor Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to remit funds as required by this Agreement or the commission of an act or
omission to act by the successor Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, and the passage of any applicable cure or grace period, such that an Event of Default under this Agreement occurs or such entity is subject to termination for
cause under this Agreement. The Servicer shall maintain and provide to any successor Servicer and, upon request, the Indenture Trustee 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. 
 (c) If an Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement for any particular Advance or Servicing Advance as set forth in Section 5.26(a), then the
Servicer shall not be permitted to reimburse itself therefor under Section 5.07, but instead the Servicer shall include such amounts in the applicable remittance to the Indenture Trustee made pursuant to Section 5.06(d) to the extent of
amounts on deposit in the Collection Account on the related Servicer Remittance Date. The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to pay to an Advancing Person reimbursements for Advances and Servicing Advances from the Distribution Account to the
same extent the Servicer would have been permitted to reimburse itself for such Advances and/or Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 5.07, had the Servicer made such Advance or Servicing Advance. 
 (d) All Advances and Servicing Advances made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed made and shall be reimbursed on a “first in
first out” (FIFO) basis. In the event the Servicer’s Assignee shall have received some or all of an Advance reimbursement amount related to Advances and/or Servicing Advances that were made by a Person other than such predecessor Servicer
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Servicer’s Assignee shall be required to remit any portion of such Advance reimbursement amount to each Person entitled to such portion of such Advance
reimbursement amount. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 5.07 for all Advances and/or Servicing Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent the related
Advance reimbursement amounts have not been assigned, sold or pledged to such Advancing Person or Servicer’s Assignee. 
 (e) In the
event the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 8.01, the Advancing Person shall succeed to the terminated Servicer’s right of reimbursement set forth in Section 8.02 to the extent of such Advancing Person’s financing of
Advances or Servicing Advances hereunder then remaining unreimbursed. 
 (f) Any amendment to this Section 5.26 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 5.26, including amendments to add provisions relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered
into by the Indenture Trustee, the Company and the Servicer without the consent of any Noteholder, provided such amendment complies with Section 11.03 hereof. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of each party
hereto of any such amendment shall be borne solely by the Servicer. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Advances and/or Servicing Advances financed by, sold and/or pledged to an Advancing Person under any Advance
Facility are obligations owed to the Servicer payable only from the cash flows and proceeds received under this Agreement for reimbursement of Advances and/or Servicing Advances only to the extent provided herein, and the Indenture Trustee and the
Trust Fund are not, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, obligated or liable to repay any Advances and/or Servicing Advances financed by the Advancing Person; (b) the Servicer will be responsible for remitting to the Advancing
Person the applicable amounts collected by it as reimbursement for Advances and/or Servicing Advances purchased or funded by the Advancing Person, subject to the provisions of this Agreement; and (c) the Indenture Trustee shall not have any
responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the financing arrangement between the Servicer and any Advancing Person. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 APPLICATION OF FUNDS 
 Section 6.01. Deposits to the Payment Account. By 12:00 noon (Eastern Time) on each Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Indenture Trustee for deposit in the Payment Account, from funds on
deposit in the Collection Account, an amount equal to the Servicer Remittance Amount with respect to the related Payment Date, minus any portion thereof payable to the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.03. 
 Section 6.02. Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of all money
and other property payable to or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, including all payments due on the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the respective terms and conditions of such Mortgage Loans and required to be paid
over to the Indenture Trustee by the Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it, as part of the Trust Estate and shall apply it as provided in the Indenture. 
  

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 Section 6.03. Application of Principal and Interest. In the event that Net Liquidation Proceeds on a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan are less than the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan plus accrued interest thereon, or any Mortgagor makes a partial payment of any Monthly Payment due on a Mortgage Loan, such Net Liquidation Proceeds or partial
payment shall be applied to payment of the related Mortgage Note as provided therein, and if not so provided, first to interest accrued at the Mortgage Interest Rate and then to principal. 
 Section 6.04. [Reserved.] 
 Section 6.05. Compensating Interest. Not later than the Servicer Remittance Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Indenture Trustee (without right to reimbursement therefor) for deposit into the Payment Account, an amount equal to, for
all of the Mortgage Loans, the lesser of (a) the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for all of the Mortgage Loans for the related Payment Date resulting from Principal Prepayments in full during the related Prepayment Period and (b) its
aggregate Servicing Fee with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans for the related Due Period (the “Compensating Interest”). 
 Section 6.06. [Reserved.] 
 ARTICLE VII 
 THE SERVICER AND THE COMPANY 
 Section 7.01. Liability of the Servicer and the Company.

 The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by Servicer herein. The
Company shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Company. 
 Section 7.02. Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Servicer or the Company. 
 Any entity into which the
Servicer or Company may be merged or consolidated, or any entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer or the Company shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Servicer or the
Company, shall be the successor of the Servicer or the Company, 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;
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 Section 7.03. Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others. 
 Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust or the Noteholders for any
action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action by the Servicer in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against
any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties of the Servicer or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties of the Servicer hereunder.

 The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent of 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 Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent of the Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense
incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Notes, including any amount paid to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06(b), other than any loss, liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan or
Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of
its duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties to service
the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement, and which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any such action which it may deem necessary
or desirable in respect of this Agreement, and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Noteholders hereunder. In such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom
shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust, and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor. The Servicer’s right to indemnity or reimbursement pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall survive any resignation or
termination of the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.04 or 8.01 with respect to any losses, expenses, costs or liabilities arising prior to such resignation or termination (or arising from events that occurred prior to such resignation or
termination). Any reimbursements or indemnification to the Servicer from the Trust pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be payable in the priority set forth in Section 8.02 of the Indenture. 
 Section 7.04. Servicer Not to Resign. 
 Subject to the
provisions of Section 7.02, the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder are no longer permissible under
applicable law or (ii) upon satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) the Servicer has proposed a successor servicer to the Trustee in writing and such proposed successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; and
(b) each Rating Agency shall have delivered a letter to the Trustee prior to the appointment of the successor servicer stating that the proposed appointment of such successor servicer as Servicer hereunder will not result in the reduction or
withdrawal of then current rating of the Notes; provided, however, that no such resignation by the Servicer shall become effective until such successor servicer or, in the case of (i) above, the Trustee or its designee as successor
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shall have assumed the Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder or shall have designated a successor servicer in accordance with
Section 7.02. Any such resignation shall not relieve the Servicer of responsibility for any of the obligations specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that survive the resignation or termination of the Servicer. The Servicer shall
have no claim (whether by subrogation or otherwise) or other action against any Noteholder for any amounts paid by the Servicer pursuant to any provision of this Pooling and Agreement. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the
Servicer under clause (i) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. 
 Section 7.05. Delegation of Duties. 
 In the ordinary course of business, the Servicer at any time may delegate any of its duties hereunder to
any Person, including any of its Affiliates, who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the same standards with which the Servicer complies pursuant to Section 3.01. Such delegation shall not relieve the Servicer of its liabilities
and responsibilities with respect to such duties and shall not constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 7.04. 
 Section 7.06. Servicer to Pay Trustee’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. 
 (a) The Servicer covenants and agrees to pay
to the Trustee and any co-trustee of the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee and any such co-trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation, including all indemnification payments (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) for all services rendered by each of them in the execution of the trusts created hereunder and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties and the Servicer will pay or
reimburse the Trustee and any co-trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee or any co-trustee of the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. 
 (b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and
to defend and hold, the Trustee harmless against, any claim, tax, penalty, loss, liability or expense of any kind whatsoever, incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee as such and/or in its individual
capacity, arising out of, or in connection with, the performance of the Trustee’s duties under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, including the reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending
itself against any claim in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, provided that: 
 (i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall have given the Servicer written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof; 
 (ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee shall cooperate and consult fully with the Servicer in preparing such
defense; and 
 (iii) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall not be liable for
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 No termination of this Agreement and resignation and removal of the Trustee shall affect the obligations created by this
Section 7.06 of the Servicer to indemnify the Trustee under the conditions and to the extent set forth herein. This section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and resignation and removal of the Trustee. Any amounts to be paid by
the Servicer pursuant to this Subsection may not be paid from the Trust Fund except as provided in Section 6.03. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
indemnification provided by the Servicer in this Section 7.06 shall not pertain to any loss, liability or expense of the Trustee including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim, incurred in connection with any actions
taken by the Trustee at the direction of the Noteholders, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 
 (c) The Servicer
agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund in an amount equal to the amount of any claim made under a MI Policy for which coverage is denied by the MI Insurer because (and if the MI Insurer’s denial of coverage is contested by the Servicer, a court or
arbitrator finally determines that coverage is not available under the MI Policy because) of the Servicer’s failure to abide by the terms of the MI Policy or the MI Insurance Agreement or the Servicer’s failure to abide by the NFI
Underwriting Guidelines or the NFI Servicing Guidelines, as attached to the MI Insurance Agreement. 
 (d) In the event the Trustee becomes
the Servicer pursuant to Section 8.02 hereof, the Trustee shall not be obligated, in its individual capacity, to pay any obligation of the Servicer under clause (a), (b) or (c) above. 
 ARTICLE VIII 
 DEFAULT

 Section 8.01. Servicing Default. 
 (a) If any one of the following events (a “Servicing Default”) shall occur and be continuing: 
 (i) Any failure by the Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account or Distribution Account (A) any Advances and Compensating Interest or (B) any other Deposit required to be made under the terms of this
Agreement, which, in the case of this clause (B), continues unremedied for a period of three Business Days after the date upon which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee or to the Servicer and the
Trustee by the Holders of Notes evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or 
 (ii) Failure on the part of the Servicer
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interests of Noteholders or the breach of any representation or warranty of the Servicer in this Agreement which materially and adversely affects the
interests of the Noteholders, and which in either case continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure or breach, requiring the same to be remedied, and stating that such notice is a “Notice
of Default” hereunder, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee or to the Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Notes evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or 
 (iii) The entry against the Servicer of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the
premises for the appointment of a trustee, conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, conservatorship, receivership, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation
of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 
 (iv) The Servicer shall voluntarily go into liquidation, consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or similar person in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property, or a decree or order of a court, agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator,
receiver, liquidator or similar person in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer and such
decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or 
 (v) The Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds (a) with respect to the first 12 Distribution Dates, [        ]%, (b) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates,
[        ]% (c) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates, [        ]%, (d) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates,
[        ]%, (e) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates, [        ]%, (f) and with respect to all Distribution Dates thereafter,
[        ]%; or 
 (vi) Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans over any twelve-month
period exceeds [        ]% of the sum of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded Amount; or 
 (vii) The Rolling 90 Day Delinquency Percentage exceeds [        ]%. 
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(i)(A) above, if such Advance is not made by 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the Business Day immediately following the Servicer Remittance Date (provided the
Trustee shall give the Servicer notice of such failure to advance by 5:00 P.M. New York time on the Servicer Remittance Date), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and the Trustee, or a
successor servicer appointed in accordance with Section 8.02, shall assume, pursuant to Section 8.02, the duties of a successor Servicer and (y) in the case of (i)(B), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) and (vii) above,
the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Holders of Notes evidencing at least 51% of the Voters Rights, by notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Trustee if given by Holders of Notes), terminate all of the rights and obligations
of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement. Any such notice to the Servicer shall also be given to the Trustee, each Rating Agency, the Company and the Seller. On or after the receipt by the Servicer (and by the Trustee if such notice is given
by the Holders) of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Notes or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee or other Successor Servicer
appointed in accordance with Section 8.02. 
 Section 8.02. Indenture Trustee to Act: Appointment of Successor. (a) (i) On and
after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to Section 8.01, or the Indenture Trustee receives the resignation of the Servicer evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 7.04, or the Servicer is
removed as Servicer pursuant to this Article VII, in which event the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies, and except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.02, the Indenture Trustee (provided the Indenture Trustee
receives 20 days’ prior written notice) or another successor servicer shall be the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for in this Agreement, and
shall be subject to all the responsibilities, restrictions, duties, liabilities and termination provisions relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. The Indenture Trustee or another successor servicer and
the Indenture Trustee shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effect any such succession. If the Indenture Trustee or any other successor servicer is acting as Servicer hereunder, it shall be subject to
termination under Section 8.01 upon the occurrence or continuation of a Servicer Event of Default applicable to it as Servicer. The Indenture Trustee hereby agrees to act as successor servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement upon the
termination or resignation of the Servicer as provided in this Section 8.02, provided that the Indenture Trustee receives all of the necessary documents relating to the Mortgage Loans and computer records reflecting the status of the Mortgage
Loans as of the date of such transfer of servicing. The Indenture Trustee and any successor servicer will not be obligated to incur any expenses or costs (including, without limitation, legal fees and the preparation and recording of all intervening
assignments of mortgage) in connection with the transfer of servicing of the Mortgage Loans to the Indenture Trustee, as successor servicer, or any other successor servicer, as applicable, or to compel the performance of any obligations by any party
to this Agreement. Any successor servicer and the Indenture Trustee prior to its becoming the successor servicer shall not be liable for any actions, omissions or defaults of any servicer prior to it or breaches of representations and warranties of
the servicer prior to it. The Indenture Trustee or any other successor servicer, as successor servicer, shall be obligated to pay Compensating Interest pursuant to Section 5.25 in any event and to make Delinquency Advances pursuant to
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Loan pursuant to Section 5.24, such determination to be evidenced by a certification of a Responsible Officer of the successor servicer delivered to the
Indenture Trustee. Furthermore, neither the Indenture Trustee nor any successor servicer shall be obligated to fund any resulting discrepancy or shortfall in the Collection Account. Upon the transfer of the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, the
Indenture Trustee shall provide the successor servicer with an officer’s certificate that contains: (i) a complete description of all Events of Default by the Servicer under the Agreement of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture
Trustee has actual knowledge, which have not been fully cured and (ii) confirmation that the Servicer Remittance Report and the reports described in Sections 5.09 and 5.10 have been timely filed by the Servicer with the Indenture Trustee.

 (ii) In the event that any successor servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise becomes
unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture Trustee will appoint a successor servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.02; provided, that any successor servicer, shall satisfy the requirements set
forth in Section 8.02(b) and shall be approved by the Rating Agencies. 
 (b) Any successor servicer hereunder (other than the Indenture
Trustee) shall be a housing and home finance institution, bank or mortgage servicing institution which has been designated as an approved seller-servicer by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, having equity of not less than $5,000,000 as determined in
accordance with GAAP, 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. 
 (c) In the event the Indenture Trustee is the successor servicer, it shall be entitled to the same Servicing Compensation (including the Servicing Fee as
adjusted pursuant to the definition thereof) and other funds pursuant to Section 5.08 hereof as the Servicer if the Servicer had continued to act as servicer hereunder. 
 (d) The Indenture Trustee and any successor servicer shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such
succession. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Indenture Trustee and any successor servicer in effecting the termination of the Servicer’s servicing responsibilities and rights hereunder and shall promptly provide the Indenture Trustee,
or such successor servicer, as applicable, at the Servicer’s cost and expense, all documents and records reasonably requested by it to enable it to assume the Servicer’s functions hereunder and shall promptly also transfer to the Indenture
Trustee, or such successor servicer, as applicable, all amounts that then have been or should have been deposited in the Collection Account by the Servicer or that are thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans, including without
limitation all Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds, and payments of insurance deductible amounts by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.04(b) with respect to all insurance claims arising during the Servicer’s tenure. Any collections
received by the Servicer after such removal or resignation shall be endorsed by it to the Indenture Trustee or a successor servicer, as applicable, and remitted directly to the Indenture Trustee (or, at the direction of the Indenture Trustee, to any
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(i) the failure of the Servicer to deliver, or any delay in delivering, cash, documents or records to it, or (ii) restrictions imposed by any regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over the Servicer hereunder. The Servicer shall not resign as Servicer until a successor servicer has been appointed. 
 (e) In the event that the Servicer is terminated hereunder and no successor servicer has been appointed hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may appoint a successor servicer (which may be an affiliate of the Indenture Trustee) or petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor servicer. Pending appointment of such a successor servicer hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall be the successor servicer and act in such capacity; provided, however, that the Indenture
Trustee, in its capacity as successor servicer pending appointment of another successor servicer, (i) shall be obligated to make Delinquency Advances or Servicing Advances only to the extent that the Indenture Trustee deems such advances to be
recoverable, (ii) shall be obligated to make Compensating Interest payments in respect of any Payment Date only to the extent of any Servicing Fee received by the Indenture Trustee in respect of such Payment Date, (iii) shall not be
obligated to perform any other duties or obligations of the Servicer hereunder until the Indenture Trustee has received all servicing records and files from the predecessor servicer and in no event later than 90 days following the termination of the
Servicer; provided, however, the Indenture Trustee shall use its reasonable efforts to perform the duties and obligations of the Servicer prior to the end of such 90 day period, (iv) shall not be obligated to perform any of the
administrative duties specified in Section 5.23 hereof, and (v) shall be entitled to payment of all Servicing Compensation. In connection with any appointment and assumption of duties of a successor servicer, the Indenture Trustee may make
such arrangements for the compensation of such successor servicer out of payments on Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that such compensation may not be in excess of that permitted the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.08, together with
other Servicing Compensation. The Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and such successor Servicer shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. 
 (f) In the event the Indenture Trustee, or any successor servicer incurs out-of-pocket expenses other than Servicing Advances or Delinquency Advances in
connection with the transfer of servicing hereunder, which expenses are required to be borne by the Servicer hereunder, and such expenses are not promptly reimbursed by the Servicer or recoverable out of amounts reimbursable to the Servicer out of
the Collection Account, the Indenture Trustee shall make such reimbursement to the applicable party out of funds in the Payment Account on any Payment Date after all Payments to Noteholders on such Payment Date have been made but before any
distribution to the Noteholders. The right of the Indenture Trustee to reimbursement from the Payment Account for any of the Indenture Trustee’s costs and expenses in connection with the transfer of any servicing hereunder shall be in addition
to any rights of the Indenture Trustee to indemnification and reimbursement under the Indenture. 
 (g) In the event that the Servicer is
terminated or resigns hereunder, and at such time the Servicer has made unreimbursed Delinquency Advances or Servicing Advances out of its own funds, 
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are delinquent at the time of the transfer of servicing, which allocation shall be based on loan-level accounts of the portion of each Delinquency Advance or
Servicing Advance which has been funded by the Servicer from its own funds consistently maintained by the former Servicer, or, if no such accounts exist, then in the successor servicer’s discretion; 
 (ii) following the transfer of servicing, the successor servicer shall reimburse the former Servicer for such Delinquency Advances and
Servicing Advances in accordance with the allocations determined in accordance with clause (i) above only out of the proceeds of the Mortgage Loans to which they relate and otherwise subject to Section 5.03, or, to the extent the successor
servicer determines any such Delinquency Advance or Servicing Advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, out of any funds in the Collection Account. 
 (h) In connection with the termination or resignation of the Servicer hereunder, the successor Servicer shall represent and warrant that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply in all material respects with the
rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS, in which case the predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer in causing the MERS System to be revised to reflect
the transfer of servicing to the successor Servicer as necessary under MERS’ rules and regulations. 
 Section 8.03. Waiver of
Defaults. The Majority Noteholders may, on behalf of all Noteholders, waive any events permitting removal of the Servicer as servicer pursuant to this Article VII; provided, however, that the Majority Noteholders may not waive a default in
making a required payment on a Note without the consent of the Holder of such Note. Upon any waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for
every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto except to the extent expressly so waived. Notice of any such waiver shall be given by the Indenture Trustee to the
Rating Agencies. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 TERMINATION 
 Section 9.01. Termination. (a) Subject to Section 8.02, this Agreement shall terminate upon notice
to the Indenture Trustee of either: (i) the disposition of all funds with respect to the last Mortgage Loan and the remittance of all funds due hereunder and the payment of all amounts due and payable to the Indenture Trustee or
(ii) mutual consent of the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, at the direction of all the Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer, the Swap Provider (if the Swap Agreement is still outstanding) and all Noteholders in
writing. 
 (a) In addition, subject to Section 8.02, the Sponsor may, at its sole option, cost and expense, terminate the Issuing Entity
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 (b) If on any date, the Servicer determines that there are no outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other
funds or assets in the Trust Estate other than funds in the Payment Account, the Servicer shall send a final payment notice promptly to the Indenture Trustee, who shall forward notice to each Noteholder in accordance with Section 8.01(d).

 (c) Notice of any termination, specifying the Payment Date upon which the Issuing Entity will terminate and the Noteholders shall
surrender their Notes to the Indenture Trustee for final payment and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Servicer to the Indenture Trustee, who shall forward the notice by letter to Noteholders mailed during the month of such final payment
before the Servicer Remittance Date in such month, specifying (i) the Payment Date upon which final payment of the Notes will be made upon presentation and surrender of Notes at the office of the Indenture Trustee therein designated,
(ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Payment Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Notes at the office of the Indenture
Trustee therein specified. 
 (d) In the event that all of the Noteholders do not surrender their Notes for cancellation within six
(6) months after the time specified in the above-mentioned written notice, the Indenture Trustee shall give a second written notice to the remaining Noteholders to surrender their Notes for cancellation and receive the final payment with
respect thereto. If within six (6) months after the second notice, all of the Notes shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Indenture Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to
contact the remaining Noteholders concerning surrender of their Notes and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets which remain subject hereto. If within nine (9) months after the second notice all the Notes shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Noteholders shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets which remain subject hereto and the Indenture Trustee upon transfer of such funds shall be discharged of any responsibility for such
funds and the Noteholders shall look only to the Noteholders for payment. Such funds shall remain uninvested. 
 Section 9.02.
Additional Termination Requirements. By their acceptance of the Notes, the Holders thereof hereby agree to appoint the Servicer as their attorney in fact to: (i) adopt a plan of complete liquidation (and the Noteholders hereby appoint the
Indenture Trustee as their attorney in fact to sign such plan) as appropriate and (ii) to take such other action in connection therewith as may be reasonably required to carry out such plan of complete liquidation all in accordance with the
terms hereof. 
 Section 9.03. Accounting Upon Termination of Servicer. Upon termination of the Servicer, the Servicer shall, at its
expense: 
 (a) deliver to the successor servicer or, if none shall yet have been appointed, to the Indenture Trustee, the funds in any
Account administered by the Servicer; 
 (b) deliver to the successor servicer or, if none shall yet have been appointed, to the Indenture
Trustee all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder and a Mortgage Loan portfolio computer tape; 
  

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 (c) deliver to the successor servicer, or, if none shall yet have been appointed, to the Indenture
Trustee a full accounting of all funds, including a statement showing the Monthly Payments collected by it and a statement of monies held in trust by it for the payments or charges with respect to the Mortgage Loans; and 
 (d) execute and deliver such instruments and perform all acts reasonably requested in order to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of servicing of
the Mortgage Loans to the successor servicer and to more fully and definitively vest in such successor all rights, powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of the Servicer under this Agreement. 
 Section 9.04. [Reserved.] 
 ARTICLE X

 [RESERVED] 
 ARTICLE XI 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 Section 11.01. Limitation on Liability. (a) None of the Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or any of the directors, officers, employees or agents of
such Persons shall be under any liability to the Issuing Entity, the Noteholders 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 Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or any such Person against liability for any breach of warranties or representations made herein by such
party, or against any specific liability imposed on each such party pursuant to this Agreement or against any liability which would otherwise be imposed upon such party by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of
duties or by reason of failure to perform its obligations or duties hereunder. The Issuing Entity, the Owner Trustee, the Depositor, the Sponsor, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of such Person may
rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. 
 (a) It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that (i) this Agreement is executed and delivered by
                    , not individually or personally but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, in the exercise of the powers and
authority conferred and vested in it under the Trust Agreement, (ii) each of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Issuing Entity is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and
agreements by                      but is made and intended for the purpose for binding only the Issuing Entity, (iii) nothing herein
contained shall be construed as creating any liability on                     , individually or personally, to perform any covenant either
expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any Person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto and (iv) under no 

  

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circumstances shall                      be
personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Issuing Entity or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Issuing Entity under this Agreement or
any other related documents. 
 Section 11.02. Acts of Noteholders. (a) Subject to Section 7.04 and except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, whenever Noteholder action, consent or approval is required under this Agreement, such action, consent or approval shall be deemed to have been taken or given on behalf of, and shall be binding upon, all Noteholders if
the Majority Noteholders agree to take such action or give such consent or approval. 
 (a) The death or incapacity of any Noteholder shall
not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Issuing Entity, nor entitle such Noteholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Issuing
Entity, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them. 
 (b) No Noteholder shall have
any right to vote (except as expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Issuing Entity, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the
terms of the Notes, be construed so as to constitute the Noteholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Noteholder be under any liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this
Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof. 
 Section 11.03. Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the Depositor, Sponsor and the Indenture Trustee by written agreement, without notice to or consent of the Noteholders and without the consent of the Swap Provider to cure any ambiguity,
to correct or supplement any provisions herein, to comply with any changes in the Code, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement; provided, however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or the Swap Provider and will not prevent the Notes from being characterized as debt for United States federal
income tax purposes or cause the Issuing Entity to be subject to federal income tax, as evidenced by (i) an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting the change, delivered to the Indenture Trustee to such effect or (ii) a
letter from each Rating Agency confirming that such action will not result in the reduction, qualification or withdrawal of the then-current ratings on the Notes. The Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Rating Agencies of any
amendment made pursuant to this Section 11.03. 
 (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Owner Trustee, on behalf of
the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the Depositor, the Sponsor and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the Noteholders representing more than 50% of the outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of each affected Class and all of the
Noteholders and with the consent of the Swap Provider (if the Swap Agreement is still outstanding and affected); provided, however, that no such amendment shall reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay 

  

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the timing of, payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be paid on any Class of Notes without the consent of the Holders of such Class of
Notes or reduce the percentage for the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holders of 100% of such Class of Notes affected thereby. 
 (b) It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders under this Section 11.03 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. 
 (c) In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by,
any supplemental indenture permitted by Article IX of the Indenture or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by the Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01 of the Indenture) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise. The Servicer, on behalf of the Issuing Entity, shall cause executed copies of any supplemental indentures to be delivered to the
Rating Agencies. 
 Section 11.04. Recordation of Agreement. To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement, or a memorandum
thereof if permitted under applicable law, is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all of the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages
are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Servicer at the Noteholders’ expense on direction and at the expense of Majority Noteholders requesting such recordation,
but only when accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Noteholders or is necessary for the administration or servicing of the Mortgage Loans. 
 Section 11.05. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue in existence and effect until terminated as herein provided. 
 Section 11.06. Notices. All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered to (i) in the case of the Servicer, NovaStar Mortgage Inc., 8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300, Kansas City, Missouri 64114, Attention: Matt Kaltenrieder; (ii) in the case of the Issuing Entity, NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200_-_,
c/o the Owner Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; (iii) in the case of the Indenture Trustee,
                    , Attn:
                    ; (iv) in the case of the Sponsor, NovaStar Mortgage Inc., 8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300, Kansas City, Missouri 64114,
Attention: Matt Kaltenrieder; (v) in the case of the Underwriter,                      (vi) in the case of [Rating Agencies];
(vii) in the case of [            Attention: ]; (viii) in the case of the Depositor, NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, 8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300, Kansas City, Missouri 64114,
Attention: Matt Kaltenrieder; (x) [in the case of the Swap Provider,                     ] and (xi) in the case of the Noteholders,
as set forth in the Note Register. Any such notices shall be deemed to be effective with respect to any party hereto upon the receipt of such notice by such party, except that notices to the Noteholders shall be effective upon mailing or personal
delivery. 
  

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 Section 11.07. Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be held invalid for any reason whatsoever, 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 covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement. 
 Section 11.08. No Partnership. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to create a co-partnership or joint venture between the parties hereto and the services of the Servicer shall be rendered as an independent contractor
and not as agent for the Noteholders. 
 Section 11.09. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by
the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original; such counterparts, together, shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
 Section 11.10. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Issuing Entity, the Servicer, the
Depositor, the Sponsor, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 
 Section 11.11. Headings. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of this Agreement. 
 Section 11.12. No Petition. The Servicer, by entering into this Agreement hereby covenants and agrees, and the Noteholders, by the acceptance of
their Notes are deemed to covenant and agree, that they will not at any time institute against the Issuing Entity, or join in any institution against the Issuing Entity of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings, or other proceedings under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy law in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents. 
 This Section 11.12 will survive for one year and one day following the termination of this Agreement. 
 Section 11.13. Third Party Beneficiary. The parties agree that each of the Owner Trustee and the Swap Provider (if the Swap Agreement is still
outstanding) is intended and shall have all rights of a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement. 
 Section 11.14. Intent of the
Parties. It is the intent of the parties hereto and Noteholders that, for federal income taxes, state and local income or franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income, the Notes be treated as debt. The parties to this Agreement
and the Holder of each Note, by acceptance of its Note, and each Beneficial Owner thereof, agree to treat, and to take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the related Notes in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal
income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income. 
  

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 Section 11.15. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. (a) THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 (a) THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE SERVICER, THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSOR, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF
MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY, AND WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS UPON IT AND CONSENTS THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS BE MADE BY REGISTERED MAIL DIRECTED TO THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 11.06 HEREOF AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE COMPLETED FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE U.S. MAILS, POSTAGE PREPAID. THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSOR, THE SERVICER AND THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION BASED ON
FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COURT. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 11.15 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE
ISSUING ENTITY, THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSOR, THE SERVICER OR THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR AFFECT ANY OF THEIR RIGHTS TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 (b) THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSOR, THE SERVICER, THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND THE SWAP PROVIDER EACH HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT
TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. INSTEAD, ANY DISPUTE WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A
JURY. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Servicer, the Issuing Entity, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor and the
Sponsor have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE INC.,
 as Sponsor and
Servicer

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Matt Kaltenrieder
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST 200  -  ,
		
	By:	 	  

		 	            , not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust
Agreement
			
		 	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	
		 	Title:	 	
	
	NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION, as Depositor
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Matt Kaltenrieder
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	__________________________________________________________,
	as Indenture Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 [Signature Page to Sale and Servicing Agreement] 
  

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 SCHEDULE I 
 MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE 
  

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 APPENDIX I 
 DEFINED TERMS 

 EXHIBIT A 
 CONTENTS OF THE MORTGAGE FILE 
 With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each of
the following items (copies to the extent the originals have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement), all of which shall be available for
inspection by the Noteholders, to the extent required by applicable laws: 
 1. the original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse in blank
from the last endorsee thereof, including all intervening endorsements showing a complete chain of endorsement; 
 2. the related original
Mortgage with evidence of recording indicated thereon or a copy thereof certified by the applicable recording office and if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System, such Mortgage or an assignment of the Mortgage shall reflect MERS as the
mortgagee of record and shall include the MIN for such Mortgage Loan; 
 3. each intervening mortgage assignment, with evidence of recording
indicated thereon or if the original is not available, a copy thereof certified by the applicable recording office, if any, showing a complete chain of assignment from the last assignee thereof of the related Mortgage Loan to the Sponsor (or to
MERS, if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System), and noting the presence of a MIN (if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System) (which assignment may, at the Sponsor’s option, be combined with the assignment referred to
in subpart (4) hereof, in which case it must be in recordable form, but need not have been previously recorded); 
 4. Unless the
Mortgage Loan is recorded on the MERS System, a mortgage assignment in recordable form (which, if acceptable for recording in the relevant jurisdiction as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Indenture Trustee, may be included in a
blanket assignment or assignments) of each Mortgage from the Sponsor to the Indenture Trustee; 
 5. originals of all assumption,
modification and substitution agreements in those instances where the terms or provisions of a Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been modified or such Mortgage or Mortgage Note has been assumed (if any); and 
 6. an original title insurance policy or title opinion (or (A) a copy of the title insurance policy or title opinion, or (B) the related
binder, commitment or preliminary report, or copy thereof in which case the Sponsor hereby certifies that the original Mortgage has been delivered to the title insurance company that issued such binder, commitment or preliminary report). 

In instances where the original recorded Mortgage or any intervening mortgage assignment or a completed assignment of the Mortgage in recordable form
cannot be delivered by the Sponsor to the Indenture Trustee prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, due to a delay in connection with recording, the Sponsor may: 
 (a) with respect to item (3) above, in lieu of delivering such original recorded Mortgage or intervening mortgage assignment, deliver to the
Indenture Trustee, a copy thereof; provided, that the Sponsor certifies that the original Mortgage has been delivered to a title insurance company for recordation after receipt of its policy of title insurance or the related binder, commitment or
preliminary report; and 
 (b) in lieu of delivering the completed assignment in recordable form, deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the
assignment in recordable form, otherwise complete except for recording information. 
  

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 EXHIBIT B 
 [RESERVED] 
  

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 EXHIBIT C 
 INDENTURE TRUSTEE’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT 
                         , 20     
  

					
	[Lead Underwriter]	  		  	NovaStar Mortgage Inc.
	  
	  		  	8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300
	  
	  		  	Kansas City, Missouri 64114
			
	NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation	  		  	
	8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300	  		  	
	Kansas City, Missouri 64114	  		  	

  

					
		 	Re:	  	 Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
                        , 20    
 among NovaStar Mortgage Inc., as Sponsor and Servicer,
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as depositor,
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200  -  , and 
             , as Indenture Trustee

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 In accordance with Section 2.06(b)(i) of the above-captioned Sale and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Indenture Trustee, hereby acknowledges
receipt by it in good faith without notice of adverse claims, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.04 and 2.05 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (as such provisions relate to the Mortgage Loan), of, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, a
Mortgage File containing the original Mortgage Note, except with respect to the list of exceptions attached hereto, and based on its examination and only as to the foregoing, the information set forth in items (i), (ii) (with respect to
property address only, excluding zip code), (iii) and (vi) of the definition of the “Mortgage Loan Schedule” accurately reflects information set forth in the Mortgage Note, and declares that it holds and will hold such documents
and the other documents delivered to it constituting the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage Files, and that it holds or will hold all such assets and such other assets included in the definition of “Trust Estate” that are delivered to it
for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Noteholders. 
 The Indenture Trustee has made no independent examination of any
such documents beyond the review specifically required in the above-referenced Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee makes no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, recordability, sufficiency, perfection, priority,
enforceability or genuineness of any such documents or any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan. 

 The Mortgage Loan Schedule is attached to this Receipt. 
 Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Appendix I to the Indenture, dated as of
            , 20    , by and between NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200  -   and the Indenture Trustee. 
  

			
	__________________________________________________________,
	as Indenture Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 EXHIBIT D 
 INITIAL CERTIFICATION OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE 
                         , 2005 
  

					
	[Lead Underwriter]	  		  	NovaStar Mortgage Inc.
	  
	  		  	8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300
	  
	  		  	Kansas City, Missouri 64114
			
	NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation	  		  	
	8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300	  		  	
	Kansas City, Missouri 64114	  		  	

  

					
		 	Re:	  	 Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
                        , 20    
 among NovaStar Mortgage Inc., as Sponsor and Servicer,
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as depositor,
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200  -  , and 
             , as Indenture Trustee

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the above-referenced Sale and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Indenture Trustee,
hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan listed on the attachment hereto), it has reviewed the documents delivered to it pursuant to
Section 2.05(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and has determined that, except as noted on the attachment hereto, (i) all documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i)-(iv) and (vi) of the
above-referenced Sale and Servicing Agreement are in its possession, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and have not been mutilated, damaged, torn or otherwise physically altered (handwritten
additions, changes or corrections do not constitute physical alteration if they reasonably appear to have been initialed by the Mortgagor) and relates to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing
documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as to the information in clauses (i), (ii) (with respect to property address only, excluding zip code), (iii) and (vi) of the definition of “Mortgage Loan
Schedule” respecting such Mortgage Loan accurately reflects the information set forth in Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File. The Indenture Trustee has made no independent examination of such documents beyond the review specifically required
in the above-referenced Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee makes no representations as to: (x) the validity, legality, recordability, sufficiency, perfection, priority, enforceability or genuineness of any such documents
contained in each or any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (y) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan. 
  

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 Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the
above-captioned Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  

			
	__________________________________________________________,
	as Indenture Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  

 D-2 

 EXHIBIT E 
 FINAL CERTIFICATION OF INDENTURE TRUSTEE 
                         , 20     
  

					
	[Lead Underwriter]	  		  	NovaStar Mortgage Inc.
	  
	  		  	8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300
	  
	  		  	Kansas City, Missouri 64114
			
	NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation	  		  	
	8140 Ward Parkway, Suite 300	  		  	
	Kansas City, Missouri 64114	  		  	

  

					
		 	Re:	  	 Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
                        , 20    
 among NovaStar Mortgage Inc., as Sponsor and Servicer,
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as depositor,
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200  -  , and 
             , as Indenture Trustee

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06(b)(iii) of the above-referenced Sale and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Indenture
Trustee, hereby certifies that as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan listed on the attachment hereto), it has reviewed the documents delivered to it pursuant to
Section 2.05(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and has determined that (i) all documents required to be delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i)-(iv) and (vi) of the above referenced Sale and Servicing Agreement
are in its possession, (ii) such documents have been reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and have not been mutilated, damaged, torn or otherwise physically altered (handwritten additions, changes or corrections do not constitute
physical alteration if they reasonably appear to have been initialed by the Mortgagor) and relates to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in items (i),
(ii) (with respect to property address only, excluding zip code), (iii) and (vi) of the definition of the Mortgage Loan Schedule respecting such Mortgage Loan that can be determined from the face of such documents accurately reflects
the information set forth in the Indenture Trustee’s Mortgage File. The Indenture Trustee has made no independent examination of such documents beyond the review specifically required in the above-referenced Sale and Servicing Agreement. The
Indenture Trustee makes no representations as to: (x) the validity, legality, recordability, sufficiency, perfection, priority, enforceability or genuineness of any such documents contained in each or any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, or (y) the collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan. 
  

 E-1 

 Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the
above-captioned Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  

			
	__________________________________________________________,
	as Indenture Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

  

 E-2 

 EXHIBIT F 
 REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS 
 To: [Indenture Trustee] 
  

					
		 	Re:	  	 Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
                        , 20    
 among NovaStar Mortgage Inc., as Sponsor and Servicer,
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation, as depositor,
 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200  -  , and 
             , as Indenture Trustee (“Custodian/Indenture Trustee”)

 In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you as Indenture Trustee for
the Issuing Entity pursuant to the above-captioned Sale and Servicing Agreement, we request the release, and hereby acknowledge receipt, of the Indenture Trustee’s 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:	  	Reason:
                            

 Address to which Indenture Trustee should 
 Deliver the Mortgage File: 

			
	  

	  

	  

	
		
	By:	 	  

		 	(authorized signer)
	Issuing Entity:	 	  

		
	Address:	 	  

		 	  
  

		
	Date:	 	  

 EXHIBIT G 
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE INC. 
 OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE 
 I,
                            , certify that: 
  

	1.	I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution or servicing reports filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by
this annual report, of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 200  -  ; 

  

	2.	Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, 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 this annual report; 

  

	3.	Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information required to be provided to the trustee by the servicer under the pooling and servicing, or similar, agreement is
included in these reports; 

  

	4.	Based on my knowledge and upon the annual compliance statement included in the report and required to be delivered to the trustee in accordance with the terms of the pooling and
servicing, or similar, agreement, and except as disclosed in the reports, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the servicing agreement; and 

  

	5.	The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the servicer’s compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon the report provided by an independent
public accountant, after conducting a review in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the pooling and servicing, or similar, agreement that is included in these reports.

 In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:
                    . 
  

	
	Date:
	
	  

	Name:
	Title:

 EXHIBIT [  ] 
 FORM 10-D, FORM 8-K AND FORM 10-K REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY 
 As to each item described below, the entity indicated as the
Responsible Party shall be primarily responsible for reporting the information to the party identified as responsible for preparing the Securities Exchange Act Reports pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
 Under Item 1 of Form 10-D: a) items marked “8.06 statement” are required to be included in the periodic reports prepared by the Indenture Trustee under
Section 8.06 of the Indenture, provided by the Indenture Trustee based on information received from the Servicer; and b) items marked “Form 10-D report” are required to be in the Form 10-D report but not the 8.06 statement, provided
by the party indicated. Information under all other Items of Form 10-D is to be included in the Form 10-D report. All such information and any other Items of Form 8-K and Form 10-K set forth in this exhibit shall be sent to the Indenture Trustee and
the Depositor. 
  

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

				
	10-D	  	 Must be filed within 15 days of the distribution date for the asset-backed securities.
	  		  	
								
		  	 1
	  	Distribution and Pool Performance Information	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Item 1121(a) – Distribution and Pool Performance Information	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(1) Any applicable record dates, accrual dates, determination dates for calculating distributions and actual distribution dates for the distribution period.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06
 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(2) Cash flows received and the sources thereof for distributions, fees and expenses.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06
 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(3) Calculated amounts and distribution of the flow of funds for the period itemized by type and priority of payment, including:	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06
 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 (i) Fees or expenses accrued and paid, with an identification of the general purpose of such fees and the party receiving such fees or expenses.
	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06
 Statement)
	  		  		  	

  

 I-1 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	 (ii) Payments accrued or paid with respect to enhancement or other support identified in Item 1114 of Regulation AB (such as insurance premiums or other
enhancement maintenance fees), with an identification of the general purpose of such payments and the party receiving such payments.
	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 (iii) Principal, interest and other distributions accrued and paid on the asset-backed securities by type and by class or series and any principal or interest
shortfalls or carryovers.
	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 (iv) The amount of excess cash flow or excess spread and the disposition of excess cash flow.
	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(4) Beginning and ending principal balances of the asset-backed securities.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(5) Interest rates applicable to the pool assets and the asset-backed securities, as applicable. Consider providing interest rate information for pool assets in appropriate distributional groups
or incremental ranges.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(6) Beginning and ending balances of transaction accounts, such as reserve accounts, and material account activity during the period.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06 Statement)
	  		  		  	

  

 I-2 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	(7) Any amounts drawn on any credit enhancement or other support identified in Item 1114 of Regulation AB, as applicable, and the amount of coverage remaining under any such enhancement, if
known and applicable.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06
 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(8) Number and amount of pool assets at the beginning and ending of each period, and updated pool composition information, such as weighted average coupon, weighted average remaining term, pool
factors and prepayment amounts.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06
 Statement)
	  		  	Updated pool composition information fields to be as specified by Depositor from time to time	  	
								
		  		  	(9) Delinquency and loss information for the period.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06
 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	In addition, describe any material changes to the information specified in Item 1100(b)(5) of Regulation AB regarding the pool assets. (methodology)	  	X	  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(10) Information on the amount, terms and general purpose of any advances made or reimbursed during the period, including the general use of funds advanced and the general source of funds for
reimbursements.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(11) Any material modifications, extensions or waivers to pool asset terms, fees, penalties or payments during the distribution period or that have cumulatively become material over
time.	  	X	  		  		  	X	  	X

  

 I-3 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	(12) Material breaches of pool asset representations or warranties or transaction covenants.	  	X	  		  		  	X	  	X
								
		  		  	(13) Information on ratio, coverage or other tests used for determining any early amortization, liquidation or other performance trigger and whether the trigger was met.	  		  	 X
  
 (8.06 Statement)
	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	(14) Information regarding any new issuance of asset-backed securities backed by the same asset pool,	  		  		  		  	X	  	X
								
		  		  	Information regarding any pool asset changes (other than in connection with a pool asset converting into cash in accordance with its terms), such as additions or removals in connection with a
prefunding or revolving period and pool asset substitutions and repurchases (and purchase rates, if applicable), and cash flows available for future purchases, such as the balances of any prefunding or revolving accounts, if applicable.	  	X	  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Disclose any material changes in the solicitation, credit-granting, underwriting, origination, acquisition or pool selection criteria or procedures, as applicable, used to originate, acquire or
select the new pool assets.	  		  		  		  	X	  	X

  

 I-4 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

								
		  		  	 Item 1121(b) – Pre-Funding or Revolving Period Information
  
 Updated pool information as required under Item 1121(b).
	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  	 2
	  	Legal Proceedings	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Item 1117 – Legal proceedings pending against the following entities, or their respective property, that is material to Noteholders, including proceedings known to be contemplated by
governmental authorities:	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Sponsor	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	Depositor	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Owner Trustee	  		  		  	X	  		  	
								
		  		  	Issuing entity	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Servicer, other Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers	  	X	  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Indenture Trustee	  		  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Custodian	  		  	X	  		  		  	

  

 I-5 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

								
		  	 3
	  	Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 Information from Item 2(a) of Part II of Form 10-Q:
  
 With respect to any sale of securities by the sponsor, depositor or issuing entity, that are backed by the same asset pool or are otherwise issued by the issuing entity,
whether or not registered, provide the sales and use of proceeds information in Item 701 of Regulation S-K. Pricing information can be omitted if securities were not registered.
	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  	 4
	  	 Defaults Upon
  
 Senior Securities
	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 Information from Item 3 of Part II of Form 10-Q:
  
 Report the occurrence of any Event of Default (after expiration of any grace period and provision of any required notice)
	  		  	X	  		  	X	  	X
								
		  	 5
	  	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Noteholders	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Information from Item 4 of Part II of Form 10-Q	  		  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  	 6
	  	Significant Obligors of Pool Assets	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Item 1112(b) – Significant Obligor Financial Information*	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Item.	  		  		  		  		  	

  

 I-6 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	 7
	  	Significant Enhancement Provider Information	  		  		  		  		  	
								
	 	  	 	  	Item 1114(b)(2) – Credit Enhancement
Provider Financial Information*	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 
								
		  		  	 Determining applicable disclosure threshold
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	 Requesting required financial information or effecting incorporation by reference
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	Item 1115(b) – Derivative Counterparty Financial Information*	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 Determining current maximum probable exposure
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	 Determining current significance percentage
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	 Requesting required financial information or effecting incorporation by reference
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Items.	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  	8	  	Other Information	  		  		  		  		  	
				
		  		  	Disclose any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the period covered by the Form 10-D but not reported	  	The Responsible Party for the applicable Form 8-K item as indicated below.
								
		  	9	  	Exhibits	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Distribution Report	  		  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, such as material agreements	  		  		  	X	  		  	

  

 I-7 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

	8-K	  	Must be filed within four business days of an event reportable on Form 8-K.	  		  	
								
		  	1.01	  	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement	  		  		  		  		  	
								
	 	  	 	  	 Disclosure is required regarding entry
into or amendment of any definitive
agreement that is material to the
securitization, even if
depositor is not a
party.
  
 Examples: servicing agreement,
custodial
agreement.
  
 Note: disclosure not required as to
definitive agreements that are
fully
disclosed in the prospectus
	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X
								
		  	1.02	  	Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 Disclosure is required regarding termination of any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization (other than expiration in accordance
with its terms), even if depositor is not a party.
  
 Examples: servicing agreement,
custodial agreement.
	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X

  

 I-8 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	1.03	  	Bankruptcy or Receivership	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 Disclosure is required regarding the bankruptcy or receivership, if known to the Depositor, Indenture Trustee, Sponsor or Servicer, with respect to
any of the following:
  
 Sponsor, Depositor, Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other Servicer
servicing 20% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers, Indenture Trustee, Trustee, significant obligor, credit enhancer (10% or more), derivatives counterparty, custodian
	  	X	  	X	  		  	X	  	X
								
		  	2.04	  	Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 Includes an early amortization, performance trigger or other event, including event of default, that would materially alter the payment
priority/distribution of cash flows/amortization schedule.
  
 Disclosure will be made of
events other than waterfall triggers which are disclosed in the 8.06 statement
	  		  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  	3.03	  	Material Modification to Rights of Noteholders	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Disclosure is required of any material modification to documents defining the rights of Noteholders, including the Sale and Servicing Agreement	  		  	X	  		  	X	  	X

  

 I-9 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	5.03	  	Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Disclosure is required of any amendment “to the governing documents of the issuing entity”	  		  		  	X	  	X	  	
								
		  	5.06	  	Change in Shell Company Status	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	[Not applicable to ABS issuers]	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  	6.01	  	ABS Informational and Computational Material	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	[Not included in reports to be filed under Section 3.19]	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  	6.02	  	Change of Servicer or Trustee	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Requires disclosure of any removal, replacement, substitution or addition of any servicer, affiliated servicer, other servicer servicing 10% or more of pool assets at time of report, other
material servicers, or trustee.	  	X	  	X	  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Reg AB disclosure about any new servicer is also required.	  	X	  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Reg AB disclosure about any new trustee is also required.	  		  	X	  	X	  		  	
								
		  	6.03	  	Change in Credit Enhancement or Other External Support	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Covers termination of any enhancement in manner other than by its terms, the addition of an enhancement, or a material change in the enhancement provided. Applies to external credit enhancements
as well as derivatives.	  		  	X	  		  	X	  	X

  

 I-10 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	Reg AB disclosure about any new enhancement provider is also required.	  		  	X	  		  	X	  	
								
		  	6.04	  	Failure to Make a Required Distribution	  		  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  	6.05	  	Securities Act Updating Disclosure	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	If any material pool characteristic differs by 5% or more at the time of issuance of the securities from the description in the final prospectus, provide updated Reg AB disclosure about the
actual asset pool.	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	If there are any new servicers or originators required to be disclosed under Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing, provide the information called for in Items 1108 and 1110
respectively.	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  	7.01	  	7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X
								
		  	8.01	  	Other Events	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Any event, with respect to which information is not otherwise called for in Form 8-K, that the registrant deems of importance to Noteholders.	  		  		  		  	X	  	X
				
		  	9.01	  	Financial Statements and Exhibits	  	The Responsible Party applicable to reportable event.
					
	10-K	  	Must be filed within 90 days of the fiscal year end for the registrant.	  		  		  	
								
		  	9B	  	Other Information	  		  		  		  		  	
				
		  		  	Disclose any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter covered by the Form 10-K but not reported	  	The Responsible Party for the applicable Form 8-K Item as indicated above.
								
		  	15	  	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Item 1112(b) – Significant Obligor Financial Information	  		  		  		  	X	  	

  

 I-11 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	Item 1114(b)(2) – Credit Enhancement Provider Financial Information	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 Determining applicable disclosure threshold
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	 Requesting required financial information or effecting incorporation by reference
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	Item 1115(b) – Derivative Counterparty Financial Information	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	 Determining current maximum probable exposure
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	 Determining current significance percentage
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	 Requesting required financial information or effecting incorporation by reference
	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	Item 1117 – Legal proceedings pending against the following entities, or their respective property, that is material to Noteholders, including proceedings known to be contemplated by
governmental authorities:	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Sponsor	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	Depositor	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Owner Trustee	  		  		  	X	  		  	
								
		  		  	Issuing entity	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers	  	X	  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Indenture Trustee	  		  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Custodian	  		  	X	  		  		  	

  

 I-12 

															
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Indenture
Trustee
	  	 Owner
Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	Item 1119 – Affiliations and relationships between the following entities, or their respective affiliates, that are material to Noteholders:	  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Sponsor	  		  		  		  		  	X
								
		  		  	Depositor	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Owner Trustee	  		  		  	X	  		  	
								
		  		  	Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers	  	X	  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Indenture Trustee	  		  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Custodian	  		  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Credit Enhancer/Support Provider	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Significant Obligor	  		  		  		  	X	  	
								
		  		  	Item 1122 – Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria	  	X	  	X	  		  		  	
								
		  		  	Item 1123 – Servicer Compliance Statement	  	X	  		  		  		  	

  

 I-13Form of Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Senior/Sub)

 Exhibit 4.5 
 Form NovaStar Pooling and Servicing Agreement 
  

 [NOVASTAR CERTIFICATES FINANCING CORPORATION] 
 [NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION,] 
 as Depositor 
 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., 
 as Servicer and as Seller 
 [                                       
                                 ] 
 as Custodian 
 [                                       
                                 ] 
 as Trustee 
 and 
 [                                       
                                 ] 
 as Co-Trustee 
 POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 Dated as of
                         , 200[  ] 
  

 NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust,
Series 200[  ]-[  ] 
 NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 200[  ]-[  ]

  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

							
	 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	  	1
				
		 	Section 1.01	    	Defined Terms.	  	1
		 	Section 1.02	    	Accounting.	  	1
		 	Section 1.03	    	Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.	  	2
		 	Section 1.04	    	Calculation of Interest on Certificates.	  	2
		
	 ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES
	  	2
				
		 	Section 2.01	    	Conveyance of Mortgage Loans and Other Trust Assets.	  	2
		 	Section 2.02	    	Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee.	  	5
		 	Section 2.03	    	Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Seller.	  	6
		 	Section 2.04	    	Acknowledgement of Trustee.	  	9
		 	Section 2.05	    	Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer.	  	9
		 	Section 2.06	    	Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.	  	10
		 	Section 2.07	    	Issuance of Certificates.	  	11
		 	Section 2.08	    	Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans.	  	11
		 	Section 2.09	    	Designation Under REMIC Provisions.	  	11
		
	 ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
	  	12
				
		 	Section 3.01	    	Servicer to Assure Servicing.	  	12
		 	Section 3.02	    	Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and Subservicers.	  	13
		 	Section 3.03	    	Successor Subservicers.	  	14
		 	Section 3.04	    	Liability of the Servicer.	  	14
		 	Section 3.05	    	Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by the Trustee.	  	15
		 	Section 3.06	    	Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments.	  	15
		 	Section 3.07	    	Withdrawals from the Collection Account.	  	18
		 	Section 3.08	    	Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts.	  	19
		 	Section 3.09	    	Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans.	  	20
		 	Section 3.10	    	[Reserved].	  	21
		 	Section 3.11	    	Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Fidelity Coverage.	  	21
		 	Section 3.12	    	Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.	  	22
		 	Section 3.13	    	Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.	  	23
		 	Section 3.14	    	Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.	  	25
		 	Section 3.15	    	Servicing Compensation.	  	26
		 	Section 3.16	    	Annual Statements of Compliance.	  	26
		 	Section 3.17	    	Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report.	  	28
		 	Section 3.18	    	Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.	  	29
		 	Section 3.19	    	Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service Generally and Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged Property.	  	29

  

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		 	Section 3.20	    	 [Reserved].
	  	30
		 	Section 3.21	    	 [Reserved].
	  	30
		 	Section 3.22	    	 Servicing and Administration of the MI Policies.
	  	30
		 	Section 3.23	    	 Determination Date Reports.
	  	31
		 	Section 3.24	    	 Advances.
	  	31
		 	Section 3.25	    	 Compensating Interest Payments.
	  	32
		 	Section 3.26	    	 Advance Facility.
	  	32
		
	 ARTICLE IV FLOW OF FUNDS
	  	35
				
		 	Section 4.01	    	 Distributions.
	  	35
		 	Section 4.02	    	 Distribution Account.
	  	43
		 	Section 4.03	    	 Statements.
	  	44
		 	Section 4.04	    	 Supplemental Interest Trust; Excess Cashflow.
	  	47
		 	Section 4.05	    	 Pre-Funding Account.
	  	50
		 	Section 4.06	    	 Interest Coverage Account
	  	51
		 	Section 4.07	    	 Allocation of Realized Losses.
	  	52
		
	 ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES
	  	53
				
		 	Section 5.01	    	 The Certificates.
	  	53
		 	Section 5.02	    	 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.
	  	54
		 	Section 5.03	    	 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
	  	58
		 	Section 5.04	    	 Persons Deemed Owners.
	  	59
		 	Section 5.05	    	 Appointment of Paying Agent.
	  	59
		
	 ARTICLE VI THE SERVICER AND THE COMPANY
	  	59
		 	Section 6.01	    	 Liability of the Servicer and the Depositor.
	  	59
		 	Section 6.02	    	 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Servicer or the Depositor.
	  	60
		 	Section 6.03	    	 Limitation on Liability of the Servicer and Others.
	  	60
		 	Section 6.04	    	 Servicer Not to Resign.
	  	61
		 	Section 6.05	    	 Delegation of Duties.
	  	61
		 	Section 6.06	    	 Servicer to Pay Trustee’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
	  	61
		
	 ARTICLE VII DEFAULT
	  	63
				
		 	Section 7.01	    	 Servicing Default.
	  	63
		 	Section 7.02	    	 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.
	  	64
		 	Section 7.03	    	 Waiver of Defaults.
	  	66
		 	Section 7.04	    	 Notification to Certificateholders.
	  	66
		 	Section 7.05	    	 Survivability of Servicer Liabilities.
	  	66
		
	 ARTICLE VIII THE TRUSTEE
	  	67
				
		 	Section 8.01	    	 Duties of the Trustee.
	  	67
		 	Section 8.02	    	 Rights of Trustee.
	  	68
		 	Section 8.03	    	 Individual Rights of Trustee.
	  	70
		 	Section 8.04	    	 Trustee’s Disclaimer.
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		 	Section 8.05	    	 Notice of Servicing Default.
	  	70
		 	Section 8.06	    	 [Reserved].
	  	70
		 	Section 8.07	    	 Compensation and Indemnity.
	  	70
		 	Section 8.08	    	 Replacement of Trustee.
	  	70
		 	Section 8.09	    	 Successor Trustee by Merger.
	  	71
		 	Section 8.10	    	 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
	  	71
		 	Section 8.11	    	 Eligibility; Disqualification.
	  	72
		 	Section 8.12	    	 [Reserved].
	  	73
		 	Section 8.13	    	 Representations and Warranties.
	  	73
		 	Section 8.14	    	 Directions to Trustee.
	  	73
		 	Section 8.15	    	 The Agents.
	  	74
		 	Section 8.16	    	 Reports by the Trustee; Trust Fiscal Year.
	  	74
		 	Section 8.17	    	 Execution of the Novation, Swap Agreements, and Cap Agreements.
	  	75
		 	Section 8.18	    	 Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.
	  	75
		
	 ARTICLE IX [RESERVED]
	  	81
		
	 ARTICLE X REMIC ADMINISTRATION
	  	81
				
		 	Section 10.01	    	 REMIC Administration.
	  	81
		 	Section 10.02	    	 Prohibited Transactions and Activities.
	  	83
		
	 ARTICLE XI TERMINATION
	  	83
				
		 	Section 11.01	    	 Termination.
	  	83
		 	Section 11.02	    	 Additional Termination Requirements.
	  	85
		
	 ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	  	86
				
		 	Section 12.01	    	 Amendment.
	  	86
		 	Section 12.02	    	 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.
	  	87
		 	Section 12.03	    	 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders.
	  	88
		 	Section 12.04	    	 Governing Law; Jurisdiction.
	  	88
		 	Section 12.05	    	 Notices.
	  	89
		 	Section 12.06	    	 Severability of Provisions.
	  	90
		 	Section 12.07	    	 Article and Section References.
	  	90
		 	Section 12.08	    	 Further Assurances.
	  	91
		 	Section 12.09	    	 Benefits of Agreement.
	  	91
		 	Section 12.10	    	 Acts of Certificateholders.
	  	91
		 	Section 12.11	    	 Confidentiality.
	  	91
		
	 APPENDIX A
	  	
	 APPENDIX B
	  	

  

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 EXHIBITS: 
  

			
	Exhibit A-1	  	Form of Class A-1A Certificates
	Exhibit A-2	  	Form of Class A-2A Certificates
	Exhibit A-3	  	Form of Class A-2B Certificates
	Exhibit A-4	  	Form of Class A-2C Certificates
	Exhibit A-5	  	Form of Class A-2D Certificates
	Exhibit A-6	  	Form of Class M-1 Certificates
	Exhibit A-7	  	Form of Class M-2 Certificates
	Exhibit A-8	  	Form of Class M-3 Certificates
	Exhibit A-9	  	Form of Class M-4 Certificates
	Exhibit A-10	  	Form of Class M-5 Certificates
	Exhibit A-11	  	Form of Class M-6 Certificates
	Exhibit A-12	  	Form of Class M-7 Certificates
	Exhibit A-13	  	Form of Class M-8 Certificates
	Exhibit A-14	  	Form of Class M-9 Certificates
	Exhibit A-15	  	Form of Class M-10 Certificates
	Exhibit A-16	  	Form of Class M-11 Certificates
	Exhibit A-17	  	Form of Class M-12 Certificates
	Exhibit A-18	  	Form of Class I-1 Certificates
	Exhibit A-19	  	Form of Class I-2 Certificates
	Exhibit A-20	  	Form of Class I-3 Certificates
	Exhibit A-21	  	Form of Class C Certificates
	Exhibit A-22	  	Form of Class R Certificates
	Exhibit A-23	  	Form of Class M-9 DSI Certificate
	Exhibit A-24	  	Form of Class M-10 DSI Certificate
	Exhibit A-25	  	Form of Class M-11 DSI Certificate
	Exhibit A-26	  	Form of Class M-12 DSI Certificate
	Exhibit B	  	Mortgage Loan Schedule
	Exhibit C	  	Form of Addition Notice
	Exhibit D	  	Form of Subsequent Transfer Instrument
	Exhibit E	  	Request for Release
	Exhibit F-1	  	Form of Trustee’s Initial Certification
	Exhibit F-2	  	Form of Trustee’s Final Certification
	Exhibit G	  	Form of Investment Letter
	Exhibit H	  	Form of Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit
	Exhibit I	  	Form of Transferor’s Certificate
	Exhibit J	  	Form of Designation Under REMIC Provisions
	Exhibit K	  	Form of Advance Facility Notice

  

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  This Pooling and Servicing Agreement is dated as of
                        , 20[  ] (the “Agreement”), among [NOVASTAR CERTIFICATES FINANCING
CORPORATION] [NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION,] as depositor (the “Depositor”), NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as servicer (the “Servicer”) and as seller (the “Seller”),
[                            ], as custodian (the “Custodian”),
[                            ], as trustee (the “Trustee”) and
[                            ], as co-trustee (the “Co-Trustee”). 
  ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS

 Section 1.01 Defined Terms. 
 Whenever used in this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms and phrases used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms and
phrases in the definitions attached hereto as Appendix A, which is incorporated herein by reference. Unless the context otherwise requires: 
 (a) a term has the meaning assigned to it; 
 (b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; 
 (c) “or” is not exclusive; 

(d) “including” means including without limitation; 
 (e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; 
 (f) any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in
the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; and 
 (g) references to a
Person are also to such Person’s permitted successors and assigns. 
 Section 1.02 Accounting. 
 Unless otherwise specified herein, for the purpose of any definition or calculation, whenever amounts are required to be netted, subtracted or added or
any distributions are taken into account such definition or calculation and any related definitions or calculations shall be determined without duplication of such functions. 
  

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 Section 1.03 Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls. 
 For purposes of calculating the amount of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, for
any Distribution Date, (1) the aggregate amount of any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act Shortfalls incurred in respect of the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first to the Excess Cashflow, and
second, on a pro-rata basis based on, and to the extent of, the gross Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for each such Class, among the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and (2) the aggregate amount of any
Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amounts incurred for any Distribution Date shall be allocated to the Class C Certificates to the extent of the gross Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for that Class, after deduction of any Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act Shortfalls. 
 All Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Shortfalls shall be allocated on
each Distribution Date among the classes of each of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV in the proportion that Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Shortfalls are allocated to the related Master REMIC Regular Interests.

 Section 1.04 Calculation of Interest on Certificates. 
 Unless otherwise specified, all calculations in respect of interest on the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates shall be made on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period on the basis of a 360-day year and all other calculations of interest described herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 ARTICLE II 
 CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; 
 ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES 
 Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans and Other Trust Assets. 
 The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in trust to the Trustee
without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, including any security interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and to (i) each Initial Mortgage Loan identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, including the related Cut-off Date Principal Balance, all interest accruing thereon on and after the Cut-off Date and all collections in respect of interest and principal due after the Cut-off Date; (ii) property which
secured each such Mortgage Loan and which has been acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure; (iii) its interest in any insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans; (iv) its interest in the MI Policies; (v) the
rights of the Depositor under the Purchase Agreement; (vi) its interest in the Swap Agreements and the Cap Agreements; (vii) all other assets included or to be included in the Trust Fund; and (viii) all proceeds of any of the
foregoing. Such assignment includes all interest and principal due to the Depositor or the Servicer after the related Cut-off Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans. 
  

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 In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Seller, on behalf of the Depositor, does hereby
deliver to, and deposit with the Custodian, as the Trustee’s designated agent, the following documents or instruments with respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan so transferred and assigned and the Seller, on behalf of the Depositor, shall, in
accordance with Section 2.08, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Custodian, as the Trustee’s designated agent, with respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the following documents or instruments (with respect to each Mortgage Loan,
a “Mortgage File”): 
 (i) the original Mortgage Note endorsed to
“[                    ], as Trustee for the NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
20[    ]-[    ]”; 
 (ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording
thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has not yet been returned from the public recording office, a copy of the original Mortgage certified by the Seller or the public recording office in which such original Mortgage has been recorded, and if the
Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System, such Mortgage shall include thereon a statement that it is a MOM Loan and shall include the MIN for such Mortgage Loan; 
 (iii) unless the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System, an original assignment (which may be included in one or more blanket
assignments if permitted by applicable law) of the Mortgage endorsed to “[                    ], as Trustee for the NovaStar Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 20[    ]-[    ]”, and otherwise in recordable form; 
 (iv) originals of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage showing an unbroken chain of title from the originator thereof to the Person assigning it to the Trustee (or to MERS, if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System), and
noting the presence of a MIN (if the Mortgage Loan is registered on the MERS System), with evidence of recording thereon, or, if the original of any such intervening assignment has not yet been returned from the public recording office, a copy of
such original intervening assignment certified by the Seller or the public recording office in which such original intervening assignment has been recorded; 
 (v) the original policy of title insurance (or a commitment for title insurance, if the policy is being held by the title insurance
company pending recordation of the Mortgage); and 
 (vi) a true and correct copy of each assumption, modification,
consolidation or substitution agreement, if any, relating to the Mortgage Loan. 
 If a material defect in any Mortgage File is discovered
which may materially and adversely affect the value of the related Mortgage Loan, or the interests of the Trustee or the Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan, including if any document required to be delivered to the Custodian has not been
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contain a defect for an unrecorded assignment under clause (iii) above for 180 days following submission of the assignment if the Seller has submitted
such assignment for recording pursuant to the terms of the following paragraph), the Seller shall cure such defect or repurchase the related Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price or substitute an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan for the related
Mortgage Loan upon the same terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.01 of the Purchase Agreement as to the Initial Mortgage Loans and the Subsequent Mortgage Loans and Section 2.02(c) of the Purchase Agreement as to the Subsequent
Mortgage Loans for breaches of representations and warranties. 
 Promptly after the Closing Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan or,
in the case of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, promptly after the Subsequent Transfer Date (or after the date of transfer of any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan), the Seller at its own expense shall complete and submit for recording in the appropriate
public office for real property records each of the assignments referred to in clause (iii) above, with such assignment completed in favor of the Trustee, excluding any Mortgage Loan that is registered on the MERS System, if MERS is identified
on the Mortgage, or on a properly recorded assignment of Mortgage as the mortgagee of record. While such assignment to be recorded is being recorded, the Custodian shall retain a photocopy of such assignment. If any assignment is lost or returned
unrecorded to the Custodian because of any defect therein, the Seller is required to prepare a substitute assignment or cure such defect, as the case may be, and the Seller shall cause such substitute assignment to be recorded in accordance with
this paragraph. 
 In instances where an original Mortgage or any original intervening assignment of Mortgage is not, in accordance with
clause (ii) or (iv) above, delivered by the Seller to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, prior to or on the Closing Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage Loan or, in the case of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, promptly after the
Subsequent Transfer Date, the Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered the originals of such documents to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, promptly upon receipt thereof. 
 In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the MERS System, promptly after the Closing Date in the case of an Initial Mortgage
Loan or, in the case of a Subsequent Mortgage Loan, promptly after the Subsequent Transfer Date (or after the date of transfer of any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan), the Seller further agrees that it will cause, at the Seller’s own expense,
the MERS System to indicate that such Mortgage Loan has been assigned by the Seller to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are
repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in its computer files (a) the applicable Trustee code in the field “Trustee” which identifies the Trustee and (b) the code “NovaStar 20[ ]-[ ]” (or its equivalent) in the
field “Pool Field” which identifies the series of the Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The Seller further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Servicer to, and the Servicer agrees that it will not,
alter the codes referenced in this paragraph with respect to any such Mortgage Loan during the term of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 
 Effective on the Closing Date, the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest to
the Initial Mortgage Loans and other property, existing on the Closing Date and thereafter created and conveyed to it pursuant to this Section 2.01. 
  

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 The Trustee, as assignee or transferee of the Depositor, shall be entitled to all scheduled principal
payments due after the Cut-off Date, all other payments of principal due and collected after the Cut-off Date, and all payments of interest on the Initial Mortgage Loans. No scheduled payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date and
collected after the Cut-off Date shall belong to the Depositor pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement. Any late payment charges collected in connection with a Mortgage Loan shall be paid to the Servicer as provided in Section 3.15(b)
hereof. 
 The parties hereto intend that the transactions set forth herein constitute a sale by the Depositor to the Trust on the Closing
Date of all the Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to the Initial Mortgage Loans and other property as and to the extent described above. In the event the transactions set forth herein shall be deemed not to be a sale, the Depositor
hereby grants to the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date a security interest in all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Initial Mortgage Loans and such other property, to secure all
of the Depositor’s obligations hereunder and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law and in such event, the parties hereto acknowledge that the Custodian, in addition to holding the Initial Mortgage Loans on
behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, holds the Initial Mortgage Loans as designee of the Depositor. The Seller agrees to take or cause to be taken such actions and to execute such documents, including without limitation
the filing of all necessary UCC-1 financing statements in the State of Virginia (which shall have been submitted for filing as of the Closing Date and each Subsequent Transfer Date, as applicable), any continuation statements with respect thereto
and any amendments thereto required to reflect a change in the name or corporate structure of the Seller or the filing of any additional UCC-1 financing statements due to the change in the state of incorporation of the Seller, as are necessary to
perfect and protect the interests of the Trust and its assignees in each Initial Mortgage Loan and the proceeds thereof and the interests of the Trust and its assignees in each Subsequent Mortgage Loan and the proceeds thereof. 
 Section 2.02 Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee. 
 (a) The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, acknowledges receipt of, subject to the review described below and any exceptions it notes pursuant to the
procedures described below, the documents (or certified copies thereof) referred to in Section 2.01 hereof and declares that it holds and will continue to hold those documents and any amendments, replacements or supplements thereto and all
other assets of the Trust Fund in trust for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders. No later than 45 days after the Closing Date and each Subsequent Transfer Date (or, with respect to any Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan,
within 5 Business Days after the receipt by the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, thereof and, with respect to any documents received beyond 45 days after the Closing Date or each Subsequent Transfer Date, promptly thereafter), the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to review each Mortgage File delivered to it and to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Seller an initial certification in the form 

  

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annexed hereto as Exhibit F-1. In conducting such review, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, will ascertain whether all required documents described in
Section 2.01 hereof have been executed and received and whether those documents relate, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans it has received, as identified in Exhibit B
to this Agreement, as supplemented (provided, however, that with respect to those documents described in subclause (vii) of such section, the Custodian’s obligations shall extend only to documents actually delivered pursuant to such
subclause). In performing any such review, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, may conclusively rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon. If the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, finds that any document constituting part of the Mortgage File not to have been executed or received, or to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or Attachment B to Exhibit 2 of the Purchase
Agreement or to appear to be defective on its face, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly notify the Seller of such finding and the Seller’s obligation to cure such defect or repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage
Loan. 
 (b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, will review, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, the Mortgage Files and will execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the Seller, a final certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F-2. In conducting such review, the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, will ascertain whether an original of each document described in subclauses (ii)-(iv) of Section 2.01 hereof required to be recorded has been returned from the recording office with evidence of recording thereon or a certified
copy has been obtained from the recording office. If the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, finds any document constituting part of the Mortgage File has not been received, or to be unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name,
original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or Attachment B to Exhibit 2 of the Purchase Agreement or to appear defective on its face, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly notify the
Seller and the Trustee of such finding and the Seller’s obligation to cure such defect or repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan. 
 (c) Upon deposit of the Repurchase Price in the Collection Account and notification of the Trustee, by a certification signed by a Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that
the Repurchase Price has been deposited in the Collection Account), the Trustee shall cause the Custodian to release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and shall cause to be executed and delivered all instruments of transfer or assignment,
without recourse, furnished to it by the Seller as are necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under the related Mortgage Loan. Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which certification of the deposit of the
Repurchase Price in the Distribution Account was received by the Trustee. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall amend the applicable Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect such repurchase and shall promptly notify the Servicer, and the Rating
Agencies of such amendment. 
 Section 2.03 Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Seller. 
 (a) Upon discovery or receipt of written notice of any materially defective document in, or that a document is missing from, a Mortgage File or of the
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of any representation, warranty or covenant under the Purchase Agreement in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely affects the value of such
Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders, the Custodian shall promptly notify the Seller and the Servicer of such defect, missing document or breach and request that the Seller deliver such missing document or cure such defect
or breach no later than 90 days from the date of the discovery or receipt of written notice of such missing document, defect or breach, and if the Seller does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in all material respects
during such period, the Custodian shall notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall enforce the Seller’s obligation under the Purchase Agreement and cause the Seller to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund at the Repurchase Price on
or prior to the Determination Date following the expiration of such 90 day period. 
 (b) The Repurchase Price for the repurchased Mortgage
Loan shall be deposited in the Collection Account, and the Trustee, upon receipt of written certification from the Servicer of such deposit, shall cause the Custodian to release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and the Trustee shall execute
and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Seller shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and the Trustee and the Custodian
shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File (it being understood that the Custodian shall have no responsibility for determining the sufficiency of such assignment for its intended purpose). In lieu of repurchasing any
such Mortgage Loan as provided above, the Seller may cause such Mortgage Loan to be removed from the Trust Fund (in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d). It is understood and agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a document is missing, a material defect in a
constituent document exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy against the Seller respecting such omission, defect or breach available to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.

 (c) Within 90 days of the earlier of discovery by the Servicer or receipt of notice by the Servicer of the breach of any representation,
warranty or covenant of the Servicer set forth in Section 2.05 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall cure such breach in all material respects. 
 (d) Any substitution of Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a) must be effected prior to the
last Business Day that is within two years after the Closing Date. As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller substitutes an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution shall be effected by the Seller delivering to the
Custodian, for such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and agreements, with all necessary endorsements thereon, as are required by Section 2.01,
together with an Officers’ Certificate providing that each such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the Substitution Adjustment Amount (as described below), if any, in connection with such
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thereafter, shall review such documents as specified in Section 2.02 and deliver to the Servicer, with respect to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan
or Loans, a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of substitution, the Custodian shall deliver to the Servicer a certification substantially
in the form of Exhibit F-2 hereto with respect to such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments due with respect to Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution are
not part of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will reflect the collections and recoveries in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan in the Due Period preceding the
month of substitution and the Seller shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall give or cause to be given written notice to the Certificateholders 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 Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall deliver a
copy of such amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Custodian. Upon such substitution by the Seller, such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall be subject in all respects to the terms of this
Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, including all applicable representations and warranties thereof included in the Purchase Agreement as of the date of substitution. 
 For any month in which the Seller substitutes one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will determine the amount (the “Substitution Adjustment
Amount”), if any, by which the aggregate Repurchase Price of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate, as to each such Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan, of the principal balance thereof as of the date of substitution, together
with one month’s interest on such principal balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate. On the date of such substitution, the Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account an amount equal to
the Substitution Adjustment Amount, if any, and the Custodian, upon receipt of the related Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and certification by the Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the Seller the related Mortgage File or Files
and the Custodian or the Trustee, as applicable, shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Seller shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage
Loan released pursuant hereto. 
 In addition, the Seller shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such substitution will not cause (a) any federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on “prohibited transactions” under Section 860F(a)(l) of the Code or on
“contributions after the startup date” under Section 860G(d)(l) of the Code, or (b) any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding. If 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. 
 (e) Upon discovery by the Seller, the
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give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection therewith, the Seller or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall repurchase or, subject to
the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(d), substitute one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with respect to such affected Mortgage
Loan. Such repurchase or substitution shall be made by the Seller. Any such repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.03(a). The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall reconvey to the Seller, 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. 
 Section 2.04 Acknowledgement of Trustee. 
 The Trustee acknowledges that in the event that any of (i) the transfer of the Initial Mortgage Loans and the MI Policies from the Seller to the Depositor, or from the Depositor to the Trustee on behalf of the
Certificateholders, is determined to constitute a financing, or (ii) the transfer of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans from the Seller to the Depositor or from the Depositor to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, is determined to
constitute a financing, then in each case the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, and the Trustee hold the Initial Mortgage Loans, the MI Policies and the Subsequent Mortgage Loans as the designee and bailee of the Depositor subject, however, in
each case, to a prior lien in favor of the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 
 Section 2.05
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Servicer. 
 The Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the
Trustee, for the benefit of each of the Trustee and the Certificateholders and to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically provided herein: 
 (i) The Servicer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Virginia and has
the corporate power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
business transacted by it or properties owned or leased by it requires such qualification and in which the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, or condition (financial or other) of the
Servicer or the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage Loans; 
 (ii) The Servicer has the corporate power and authority
to make, execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. When executed
and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
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 (iii) The Servicer is not required to obtain the consent of any other Person or any
consent, license, approval or authorization from, or registration or declaration with, any governmental authority, bureau or agency in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, except for
such consent, license, approval or authorization, or registration or declaration, as shall have been obtained or filed, as the case may be; 
 (iv) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Servicer will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation or any order or decree of
any court applicable to the Servicer or any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer, or constitute a material breach of any mortgage, indenture, contract or other agreement to which the Servicer is a party or by which
the Servicer may be bound; 
 (v) No litigation or administrative proceeding of or before any court, tribunal or governmental
body is currently pending, or to the knowledge of the Servicer threatened, against the Servicer or any of its properties or with respect to this Agreement or the Certificates which, to the knowledge of the Servicer, has a reasonable likelihood of
resulting in a material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; 
 (vi) The Servicer is a member of
MERS in good standing, and will comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS; and 
 (vii) With respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, the Servicer will accurately and fully report its borrower credit files to the three
largest credit repositories in a timely manner. 
 The foregoing representations and warranties shall survive any termination of the Servicer
hereunder. 
 Section 2.06 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor. 
 The Depositor represents and warrants to the Trust and the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders as follows: 
 (a) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and
authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted. 
 (b) The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its
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qualifications and in which the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets or condition (financial or
other) of the Depositor and the ability of the Depositor to perform hereunder. 
 (c) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor has full power and authority to purchase the property to be purchased from the Seller and the Depositor has duly authorized such purchase by all necessary corporate action; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action. When executed and delivered, this Agreement will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Depositor
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement of such terms may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 (d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic
Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties. 
 Section 2.07 Issuance of Certificates.

 The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and the delivery to the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee of
the Mortgage Files, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02, together with the assignment to it of all other assets included in the Trust Fund, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and
in exchange therefor, the Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the Depositor, has executed, and authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Certificates in authorized
denominations. The interests evidenced by the Certificates, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund. 
 Section 2.08 Conveyance of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans. 
 The Trustee, or the Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee, shall purchase the Subsequent Mortgage Loans as set forth in Section 2.02 of the Purchase Agreement. The Seller shall deliver a Mortgage File (as described in Section 2.01) with respect to such Subsequent Mortgage Loans.

 Section 2.09 Designation Under REMIC Provisions. 
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 ARTICLE III 
 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING 
 OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS 
 Section 3.01 Servicer to Assure Servicing. 
 (a) The Servicer shall supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing
practices, which generally shall conform to the standards of an institution prudently servicing mortgage loans for its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such
servicing and administration. The Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as hereinafter set forth. Subject
to Section 3.06(b), the authority of the Servicer, in its capacity as Servicer, and any Subservicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to (i) consult with and advise any Subservicer regarding administration
of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Subservicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be taken such actions on behalf of the
insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including
the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals and any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Servicer shall
include, in addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee, or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related
Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Mortgages (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Servicer and any Subservicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee when the Servicer believes it is reasonably necessary in its best judgment in order to comply with its servicing duties hereunder, to
execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders, the Trustee, or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related
Mortgage Loans, the insurance policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Subservicer. 
 The Servicer, in such capacity, may not consent to the placing of a lien senior to that of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property. 
 The relationship of the Servicer (and of any successor to the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement) to the Trust and the Trustee under this
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 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 3.01(a), the Servicer shall not take any action
inconsistent with the interests of the Trustee, or the Certificateholders or with the rights and interests of the Trustee, or the Certificateholders under this Agreement. 
 (c) The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the related Mortgage Loans
and REO Property and the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer or any Subservicers under such powers of attorney. 
 (d) The Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, when the Servicer believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or
cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with
respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne
by the Servicer with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on
the MERS System and to arrange for the assignment of the related Mortgages to the Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the Servicer by the Trust. 
 Section 3.02 Subservicing Agreements Between Servicer and Subservicers. 
 (a) The Servicer
may enter into Subservicing Agreements with Subservicers for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans and for the performance of any and all other activities of the Servicer hereunder. Each Subservicer shall be either (i) an
institution the accounts of which are insured by the FDIC or (ii) another entity that engages in the business of originating or servicing mortgage loans comparable to the Mortgage Loans, and in either case shall be authorized to transact
business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable the Subservicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Subservicing
Agreement. Any Subservicing Agreement entered into by the Servicer shall include the provision that such Agreement may be immediately terminated (i) (x) with cause and without any termination fee by the Servicer hereunder and/or
(y) without cause, in which case the Servicer shall be solely responsible for any termination fee or penalty resulting therefrom and (ii) at the option of the Trustee upon the termination or resignation of the Servicer hereunder, in which
case the Servicer shall be solely responsible for any termination fee or penalty resulting therefrom. In addition, each Subservicing Agreement shall provide for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement. The
Servicer and the Subservicers may enter into Subservicing Agreements and make amendments to the Subservicing Agreements or enter into different forms of Subservicing Agreements providing for, among other things, the delegation by the Servicer to a
Subservicer of additional duties regarding the administration of the Mortgage Loans; provided, however, that any such amendments or different forms shall be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no such amendment
or different form shall be made or entered into which could be reasonably expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders, without the consent of the Certificateholders holding at least 51% of the aggregate Voting
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 (b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee, and the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of each Subservicer under the related Subservicing Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Subservicing Agreements and the pursuit
of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner of the related Mortgage Loans. The Servicer shall pay the
costs of such enforcement at its own expense, but shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from such enforcement only to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts due in respect of the related
Mortgage Loan or (ii) from a specific recovery of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the party against whom such enforcement is directed. 
 Section 3.03 Successor Subservicers. 
 The Servicer shall be entitled to terminate any
Subservicing Agreement that may exist in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Subservicing Agreement and without any limitation by virtue of this Agreement; provided, however, that upon termination, the Servicer shall either act as
servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or enter into an appropriate contract with a successor Subservicer reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, pursuant to which such successor Subservicer will be bound by all relevant terms of the related
Subservicing Agreement pertaining to the servicing of such Mortgage Loans. 
 Section 3.04 Liability of the Servicer.

 (a) Notwithstanding 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 under all circumstances remain obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the servicing and
administering of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement. The obligations and liability of the Servicer shall not be diminished by virtue of Subservicing Agreements or by virtue of indemnification of the Servicer by
any Subservicer, or any other Person. The obligations and liability of the Servicer shall remain of the same nature and under the same terms and conditions as if the Servicer alone were servicing and administering the related Mortgage Loans. The
Servicer shall, however, be entitled to enter into indemnification agreements with any Subservicer or other Person and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification. For the purposes of this Agreement, the
Servicer shall be deemed to have received any payment on a Mortgage Loan on the date the Subservicer received such payment. 
 (b) Any
Subservicing Agreement that may be entered into and any transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Subservicer in its capacity as such and not as an originator shall be deemed to be between the Subservicer and the Servicer
alone, and the Custodian, the Trustee and the Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Subservicer, except as set forth in Section 3.05.

  

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 Section 3.05 Assumption or Termination of Subservicing Agreements by the Trustee.

 (a) If the Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer, shall assume the servicing obligations of the Servicer in accordance with
Section 7.02 below, the Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer, to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 7.02 with respect to the Mortgage Loans, shall succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the
Servicer under each of the Subservicing Agreements. In such event, the Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Servicer’s rights and obligations therein and to have replaced the Servicer as a
party to such Subservicing Agreements to the same extent as if such Subservicing Agreements had been assigned to the Trustee or its designee as a successor Servicer, except that the Trustee or its designee as a successor Servicer shall not be deemed
to have assumed any obligations or liabilities of the Servicer arising prior to such assumption or as a result of the Trustee’s or its designee’s terminating any Subservicer upon the Trustee or its designee becoming successor Servicer and
the Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under such Subservicing Agreements arising prior to such assumption or as a result of the Trustee’s or its designee’s terminating any Subservicer upon the Trustee
or its designee becoming successor Servicer. 
 (b) The Trustee or its designee as the successor Servicer may terminate any Subservicer upon
becoming successor Servicer. Any termination fees will be paid by the terminated Subservicer. 
 (c) In the event that the Trustee or its
designee as successor Servicer assumes the servicing obligations of the Servicer under Section 7.02, upon the request of the Trustee or such designee as successor Servicer, the Servicer shall at its own expense deliver to the Trustee, or at its
written request to such designee, originals or, if originals are not available, photocopies of all documents, files and records, electronic or otherwise, relating to the Subservicing Agreements and the related Mortgage Loans or REO Property then
being serviced and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it, if any, and will otherwise cooperate and use its reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Subservicing Agreements, or responsibilities hereunder to
the Trustee, or at its written request to such designee as successor Servicer. 
 Section 3.06 Collection of Mortgage Loan
Payments. 
 (a) The Servicer will coordinate and monitor remittances by Subservicers to it with respect to the Mortgage Loans in
accordance with this Agreement. 
 (b) The Servicer shall make its best reasonable efforts to collect or cause to be collected all payments
required under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans and shall follow, and use its best reasonable efforts to cause Subservicers to follow, collection procedures comparable to the collection procedures of prudent mortgage lenders servicing
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Consistent with the foregoing, the Servicer or the related Subservicer may in its discretion (i) waive or permit to be waived any late payment charge,
prepayment charge, assumption fee, or any penalty interest in connection with the prepayment of a Mortgage Loan and (ii) suspend or reduce or permit to be suspended or reduced regular monthly payments for a period of up to six months, or
arrange or permit an arrangement with a Mortgagor for a scheduled liquidation of delinquencies; provided, however, that the Servicer or the related Subservicer may permit the foregoing only if it believes, in good faith, that recoveries of Monthly
Payments will be maximized; provided further, however, with respect to Mortgage Loans insured by an MI Policy, that the Servicer may not without the prior written consent of the MI Insurer permit any waiver, modification or variance which would
(a) reduce or eliminate the coverage provided under the MI Policy (b) change the loan rate, (c) forgive any payment of principal or interest, (d) lessen the lien priority or (e) extend the final maturity date of a Mortgage
Loan past 12 months after the original maturity date on such Mortgage Loan. In the event the Servicer or related Subservicer shall consent to the deferment of the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note, the Servicer shall nonetheless make an
Advance or shall cause the related Subservicer to make an advance to the same extent as if such installment were due, owing and delinquent and had not been deferred through liquidation of the Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that the
obligation of the Servicer or the related Subservicer to make an Advance shall apply only to the extent that the Servicer believes, in good faith, that such advances are not Nonrecoverable Advances. The Servicer shall pay the amount of any waived
prepayment charge at the time of payoff if such prepayment charge was waived for a reason other than that specified in this Section 3.06(b). 
 (c) Within five Business Days after the Servicer has determined that all amounts which it expects to recover from or on account of a Liquidated Mortgage Loan have been recovered and that no further Liquidation Proceeds will be received in
connection therewith, the Servicer shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer that such Mortgage Loan became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of such determination. 
 (d) The Servicer shall establish a segregated account (the “Collection Account”), which shall be an Eligible Account, which shall be
titled “Collection Account, [                    ] , as Trustee for the registered holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust
20[    ]-[    ], Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 20[ ]-[ ]”, in which the Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited any amounts representing payments on and any collections in
respect of the Mortgage Loans received by it after the Cut-Off Date or, with respect to the Subsequent Mortgage Loans, the Subsequent Cut-Off Date (other than in respect of the payments referred to in the following paragraph) within two Business
Days following receipt thereof, including the following payments and collections received or made by it (without duplication): 
 (i) all payments of principal or interest on the Mortgage Loans received by the Servicer directly from Mortgagors or from the respective Subservicer; 
 (ii) the aggregate Repurchase Price of the Mortgage Loans purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.18; 
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 (iv) all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans repurchased by the Seller pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, and all Substitution Adjustment Amounts required to be deposited in connection with the substitution of an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; 
 (v) Insurance Proceeds, other than Net Liquidation Proceeds, and MI Insurance Proceeds resulting from any insurance policy maintained on a
Mortgaged Property; 
 (vi) any Advance and any Compensating Interest payments; and 
 (vii) any other amounts received by the Servicer, including all Foreclosure Profits, assumption fees, prepayment penalties and any other
fees that are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement; 
 provided, however, that with respect to each Due Period, the
Servicer shall be permitted to retain from payments actually collected in respect of interest on the Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Fee for such Due Period. The foregoing requirements respecting deposits to the Collection Account are exclusive, it
being understood that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer need not deposit in the Collection Account late payment charges payable by Mortgagors, as further described in Section 3.15, or amounts received by the
Subservicer for the accounts of Mortgagors for application towards the payment of taxes, insurance premiums, assessments and similar items. In the event any amount not required to be deposited in the Collection Account is so deposited, the Servicer
may at any time (prior to being terminated under this Agreement) withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Servicer shall keep records that accurately reflect the funds on deposit in
the Collection Account that have been identified by it as being attributable to the Mortgage Loans and shall hold all collections in the Collection Account for the benefit of the Trustee, and the Certificateholders, as their interests may appear.

 Funds in the Collection Account may be invested in Eligible Investments with a maturity date no later than the Business Day immediately
preceding the Servicer Remittance Date, but shall not be commingled with the Servicer’s own funds or general assets or with funds respecting payments on mortgage loans or with any other funds not related to the Certificates. All such
investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, provided, however, that income earned on such Eligible Investments shall be for the account of the Servicer. Such funds shall be invested at the written
direction of the Servicer or if the Servicer does not provide such written direction such funds shall be retained by the Trustee uninvested. The Servicer shall be obligated to cover losses on such Eligible Investments. 
 (e) The Servicer will require each Subservicer to hold all funds constituting collections on the Mortgage Loans, pending remittance thereof to the
Servicer, in one or more accounts in the name of the Trustee meeting the requirements of an Eligible Account, and such funds shall not be invested. The Subservicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage
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general assets and any other funds. Each Subservicer shall make remittances to the Servicer no later than one Business Day following receipt thereof and the
Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account any such remittances received from any Subservicer within one Business Day following receipt by the Servicer. 
 Section 3.07 Withdrawals from the Collection Account. 
 (a) The Servicer shall,
from time to time as provided herein, make withdrawals from the Collection Account of amounts on deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.06 that are attributable to the Mortgage Loans for the following purposes (without duplication): 

(i) to deposit in the Distribution Account, by the Servicer Remittance Date prior to each Distribution Date, all collections on the
Mortgage Loans required to be distributed from the Distribution Account on a Distribution Date; 
 (ii) to the extent
deposited to the Collection Account, to reimburse itself or the related Subservicer for previously unreimbursed expenses incurred in maintaining individual insurance policies pursuant to Section 3.11, or Liquidation Expenses, paid pursuant to
Section 3.13, such withdrawal right being limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage Loans (other than any Repurchase Price in respect thereof) which represent late recoveries of the payments for which such expenses were paid, or from
related Liquidation Proceeds; 
 (iii) to pay to itself out of each payment received on account of interest on a Mortgage Loan
as contemplated by Section 3.15, an amount equal to the related Servicing Fee (to the extent not retained pursuant to Section 3.06); 
 (iv) to pay to itself or the Seller, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or property acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased by the Seller, the Servicer or other entity, all amounts received thereon and not
required to be distributed to Certificateholders as of the date on which the related Repurchase Price is determined; 
 (v) to
reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any unreimbursed Advance of its own funds or any unreimbursed advance of such Subservicer’s own funds, the right of the Servicer or a Subservicer to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause
(v) being limited to amounts received on a particular Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which represent late payments or recoveries of the principal of or
interest on such Mortgage Loan respecting which such Advance or advance was made; 
 (vi) to reimburse the Servicer or any
Subservicer from Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for amounts expended by the Servicer or such Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.13: (x) in good faith in connection with the restoration of
the related Mortgaged Property which was damaged by the uninsured cause, (y) in connection with the liquidation of such Mortgage Loan, or (z) with respect to an MI Claim Payment Advance made by the Servicer with respect to such Mortgage
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 (vii) to reimburse the Servicer or any Subservicer for any unreimbursed Nonrecoverable
Advance previously made, and otherwise not reimbursed pursuant to this Section 3.07(a); 
 (viii) to withdraw any other
amount deposited in the Collection Account that was not required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3.06; 
 (ix) to reimburse the Servicer for costs associated with the environmental report handling the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on a Mortgaged Property as set forth in Section 3.13(c); 
 (x) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon a termination pursuant to Section 7.08; 
 (xi) to pay to the Servicer income earned on Eligible Investments in the Collection Account; 
 (xii) to pay to the MI Insurer the monthly MI Premiums due under each MI Policy from payments received (or Advances made) on account of
interest due on the related Mortgage Loan; and 
 (xiii) to make an Advance with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is Delinquent
from funds held in the Collection Account as contemplated by Section 3.24, provided that the amount withdrawn for such an Advance is immediately deposited into the Distribution Account. 
 Withdrawals made pursuant to clause (xii) shall be made on a first priority basis. In connection with withdrawals pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii), (iv),
(v) and (vi), the Servicer’s entitlement thereto is limited to collections or other recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, and 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 pursuant to such clauses. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 3.07, the Servicer may, but is not required to, allow the Subservicers to deduct from amounts received by them or from the related account maintained by a Subservicer, prior to deposit in the Collection Account, any portion to which
such Subservicers are entitled as reimbursement of any reimbursable Advances made by such Subservicers. 
 Section 3.08
Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. 
 (a) The Servicer shall establish and maintain or cause the
related Subservicer to establish and maintain, one or more Servicing Accounts. The Servicer or a Subservicer will deposit and retain therein all collections from the Mortgagors for the payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable
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 (b) The deposits in the Servicing Accounts shall be held in trust by the Servicer or a Subservicer (and
its successors and assigns) in the name of the Trustee. Such Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts and, if permitted by applicable law, invested in Eligible Investments held in trust by the Servicer or a Subservicer as described above and
maturing, or be subject to redemption or withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn, and in no event later than 45 days after the date of investment; withdrawals of amounts from the Servicing Accounts may be
made only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, or comparable items, to reimburse the Servicer or a Subservicer for any advances made with respect to such items, to refund to any Mortgagors any sums as may be determined
to be overages, to pay interest, if required, to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Accounts or to clear and terminate the Servicing Accounts at or any time after the termination of this Agreement. Amounts received from Mortgagors for deposit
into the Servicing Accounts shall be deposited in the Servicing Accounts by the Servicer within two days of receipt. The Servicer shall advance from its own funds amounts needed to pay items payable from the Servicing Accounts if the Servicer
reasonably believes that such amounts are recoverable from the related Mortgagor. The Servicer shall comply with all laws relating to the Servicing Accounts, including laws relating to payment of interest on the Servicing Accounts. If interest
earned by the Servicer on the Servicing Accounts is not sufficient to pay required interest on the Servicing Accounts, the Servicer shall pay the difference from its own funds. The Servicing Accounts shall not be the property of the Trust.

 Section 3.09 Access to Certain Documentation and Information Regarding the Mortgage Loans. 
 The Servicer shall provide, and shall cause any Subservicer to provide, to the Trustee, access to the documentation regarding the related Mortgage Loans
and REO Property and to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC (to which the Custodian and Trustee shall also provide) access to the documentation regarding the related Mortgage Loans required by
applicable regulations, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Servicer or the Subservicers that are designated by these entities; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise required by law, the Servicer and any Subservicer shall not be required to provide access to such documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Mortgagor; provided, further, however, that the
Trustee shall coordinate its request for such access so as not to impose an unreasonable burden on, or cause an unreasonable interruption of, the business of the Servicer or any Subservicer. The Servicer, the Subservicers, the Trustee and the
Custodian shall allow representatives of the above entities to photocopy any of the documentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers their own actual out-of-pocket costs. 
  

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 Section 3.10 [Reserved]. 
 Section 3.11 Maintenance of Hazard Insurance and Fidelity Coverage. 
 (a) The Servicer shall maintain and keep, or cause each Subservicer to maintain and keep, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and each REO Property, in
full force and effect hazard insurance (fire insurance with extended coverage) equal to at least the lesser of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or the current replacement cost of the Mortgaged Property, and containing a standard mortgagee
clause, provided, however, that the amount of hazard insurance may not be less than the amount necessary to prevent loss due to the application of any co-insurance provision of the related policy. Unless applicable state law requires a higher
deductible, the deductible on such hazard insurance policy may be no more than $1,500 or 1% of the applicable amount of coverage, whichever is less. In the case of a condominium unit or a unit in a planned unit development, the required hazard
insurance shall take the form of a multi-peril policy covering the entire condominium project or planned unit development, in an amount equal to at least 100% of the insurable value based on replacement cost. If the Servicer shall obtain and
maintain a blanket policy consistent with its general mortgage servicing activities insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in this
Section 3.11(a), it being understood and agreed that such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a policy complying with
this Section 3.11(a) and there shall have been a loss which 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 without any right
of reimbursement. Any such deposit by the Servicer shall be made on the last Business Day of the Due Period in the month in which payments under any such policy would have been deposited in the Collection Account. In connection with its activities
as servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Trust, and the Trustee, claims under any such blanket policy. 
 (b) Any amounts collected by the Servicer or a Subservicer under any such hazard insurance policy (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or amounts released to the
Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer’s or a Subservicer’s normal servicing procedures, the Mortgage Note, the Mortgage or applicable law) shall be deposited in the Collection Account. 
 (c) Any cost incurred by a Servicer or a Subservicer in maintaining any such individual hazard insurance policies shall not be added to the amount owing
under the Mortgage Loan for the purpose of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, notwithstanding that the terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs of maintaining individual hazard insurance policies shall be recoverable by
the Servicer or a Subservicer out of related late payments by the Mortgagor or out of Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds or by the Servicer from the Repurchase Price, to the extent permitted by Section 3.07. 
 (d) No earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired with respect to a Mortgage other
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time, the Mortgaged Property is located in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the Servicer shall ensure that, with respect to such Mortgage
Loan or such REO Property, flood insurance is acquired (to the extent available and in accordance with mortgage servicing industry practice). Such flood insurance shall cover the Mortgaged Property, including all items taken into account in arriving
at the Appraised Value on which the Mortgage Loan was based, and shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan and (ii) the minimum amount required under the terms of coverage to
compensate for any damage or loss on a replacement cost basis, but not more than the maximum amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under either the regular or emergency programs of the National Flood Insurance Program
(assuming that the area in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in such program). Unless applicable state law requires a higher deductible, the deductible on such flood insurance may not exceed $1,500 or 1% of the applicable
amount of coverage, whichever is less. 
 (e) If insurance complying with Subsections 3.11 (a) and (d) has not been maintained and
there shall have been a loss which would have been covered by such insurance had it been maintained, the Servicer shall pay, or cause the related Subservicer to pay, for any necessary repairs without any right of reimbursement. 
 (f) The Servicer shall present, or cause the related Subservicer to present, claims under any related hazard insurance or flood insurance policy.

 (g) The Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense, and shall cause each Subservicer to obtain and maintain at its own expense,
and for the duration of this Agreement, a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy covering the Servicer’s and such Subservicer’s officers, employees and other persons acting on its behalf in connection with its
activities under this Agreement. The amount of coverage shall correspond with the FNMA/FHMLC levels presently maintained by the Servicer. The Servicer shall promptly notify the Trustee of any material change in the terms of such bond or policy. The
Servicer shall provide annually by March 31st of each year, to the Trustee a certification stating that such bond and policy are in effect. If any such bond or policy ceases to be in effect, the Servicer shall, to the extent possible, give the
Trustee ten days’ notice prior to any such cessation and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain a comparable replacement bond or policy, as the case may be. Any amounts relating to the Mortgage Loans collected under such bond or policy
shall be deposited in the Collection Account. 
 Section 3.12 Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. 
 (a) In any case in which the Servicer is notified by any Mortgagor or Subservicer that a Mortgaged Property relating to a Mortgage Loan has been or is
about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor, the Servicer shall enforce, or shall instruct such Subservicer to enforce, any due-on-sale clause contained in the related Mortgage to the extent permitted under the terms of the related Mortgage Note and by
applicable law. The Servicer or the related Subservicer may repurchase a Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price when the Servicer requires acceleration of the Mortgage Loan, but only if the Servicer is satisfied, as evidenced by an Officers’
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cannot be enforced under applicable law or if the Mortgage Loan does not contain a due-on-sale clause, the Servicer is authorized, and may authorize any
Subservicer, to consent to a conveyance subject to the lien of the Mortgage, and, with the consent of the MI Insurer, if applicable, to take or enter into an assumption 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 related Mortgage Note and unless prohibited by applicable state law, on condition, however, that the related Mortgage Loan shall continue to be covered by a hazard policy. In
connection with any such assumption, no material term of the related Mortgage Note may be changed. The Servicer shall notify the Custodian and Trustee, whenever possible, before the completion of such assumption agreement, and shall forward to the
Custodian the original copy of such assumption agreement, which copy shall be added by the Custodian to the related Mortgage File and which shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents
and instruments constituting a part thereof. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision of this Agreement, the
Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default, breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or any conveyance by the Mortgagor of the related Mortgaged Property or
assumption of a Mortgage Loan which the Servicer reasonably believes it may be restricted by law from preventing, for any reason whatsoever or if the exercise of such right would impair or threaten to impair any recovery under any applicable
insurance policy. 
 Section 3.13 Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans. 
 (a) The Servicer shall, or shall direct the related Subservicer to, foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing
any Mortgage Loans that come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments pursuant to Section 3.06, except that the Servicer shall not, and shall not direct the
related Subservicer to, foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert a Mortgaged Property if there is evidence of toxic waste or other environmental hazards thereon unless the Servicer follows the procedures in Subsection (c) below. In
connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer in conjunction with the related Subservicer, if any, shall use its best reasonable efforts to preserve REO Property and to realize upon defaulted Mortgage Loans in such manner as to
maximize the receipt of principal and interest by the Certificateholders, taking into account, among other things, the timing of foreclosure and the considerations set forth in Subsection 3.13(b). The foregoing is subject to the proviso that the
Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards the restoration of any property unless it determines in good faith (i) that such restoration or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of
liquidation of the Mortgage Loan to Certificateholders after reimbursement to itself for such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it either through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for
purposes of reimbursements from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.07) or through Insurance Proceeds (respecting which it shall have similar priority). The Servicer shall be responsible for all costs and expenses constituting
Liquidation Expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof (as well as its normal servicing compensation) as set forth in Section 3.07. Any income from or other funds (net
of any income taxes) generated by REO Property shall be deemed for purposes of this Agreement to be Liquidation Proceeds. 
  

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 Any subsequent collections with respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan shall be deposited to the
Collection Account. For purposes of determining the amount of any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds, or other unscheduled collections, the Servicer may take into account any estimated additional Liquidation Expenses expected to be incurred
in connection with the related defaulted Mortgage Loan. 
 In the event that a Mortgage Loan would be properly classified as a Liquidated
Mortgage Loan but for the fact that not all MI Insurance Proceeds claimed under the related MI Policy have been received, the Servicer may, from its own funds, make an advance (an “MI Claim Payment Advance”) to the Collection
Account in an amount not to exceed the claimed amount of such MI Insurance Proceeds not yet received. The Servicer shall not make any MI Claim Payment Advance with respect to a claim under an MI Policy if an MI Insurer Insolvency Event has occurred
and is continuing with respect to the related MI Insurer. In the event that the MI Claim Payment Advance equals the claimed amount on such MI Policy, then upon the deposit of such MI Claim Payment Advance into the Collection Account the related
Mortgage Loan shall be considered a “Liquidated Mortgage Loan.” 
 In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee and held by the Custodian, who shall hold the same on behalf of Trustee and the Trust in accordance with the Agreement. Notwithstanding any
such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan, such Mortgaged Property shall (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be considered to be an outstanding Mortgage Loan held as an asset of the Trust until such time as
such property shall be sold. 
 (b) The Servicer shall not acquire any real property (or any personal property incident to such real
property) on behalf of the Trust Fund except in connection with a default or reasonably foreseeable default of a Mortgage Loan. In the event that the Servicer acquires any real property (or personal property incident to such real property) on behalf
of the Trust Fund in connection with a default or imminent default of a Mortgage Loan, such property shall be disposed of by the Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than three years after its
acquisition on behalf of the Trust Fund. 
 (c) With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Servicer or a Subservicer has received
notice of, or has actual knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the Mortgaged Property, the Servicer shall promptly notify the Trustee, and shall act in accordance with any such directions and instructions provided by the
Trustee. If the Trustee has not provided directions and instructions to the Servicer in connection with any such Mortgage Loan within 5 days of a request by the Servicer for such directions and instructions, then the Servicer shall take such action
as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (other than proceeding against the Mortgaged Property) and is hereby authorized at such time as it deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related
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possession of or title to, or commence any proceedings to acquire possession of or title to, or take any other action with respect to, any Mortgaged
Property, if the Trust could reasonably be considered to be a responsible party for any liability arising from the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the Mortgaged Property. 
 Section 3.14 Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. 
 (a) Upon payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, the Servicer will immediately notify the Custodian and the Trustee by a certification signed by a Servicing
Officer (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account have been so deposited) and shall request delivery to the
Servicer or Subservicer, as the case may be, of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall promptly cause to be released the related Mortgage File to the Servicer or Subservicer
and the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Servicer, without recourse, the request for reconveyance, deed of reconveyance or release or satisfaction of mortgage or such instrument releasing the lien of the Mortgage (furnished by the Servicer),
together with the Mortgage Note with written evidence of cancellation thereon. 
 (b) From time to time as is appropriate, for the servicing
or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan or collection under an insurance policy, the Servicer may deliver to the Trustee and the Custodian a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer on behalf of the Servicer in substantially the form attached
as Exhibit E hereto. Upon receipt of the Request for Release, the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall deliver the Mortgage File or any document therein to the Servicer or Subservicer, as the case may be, as bailee for the Trustee. 

(c) The Servicer shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein released pursuant to Subsection 3.14(b) to be returned to the Custodian when
the need therefor no longer exists, and in any event within 21 days of the Servicer’s receipt thereof, unless the Mortgage Loan has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited
in the Collection Account or such Mortgage File is being used to pursue foreclosure or other legal proceedings. Prior to return of a Mortgage File or any document to the Custodian, the Servicer, the related insurer or Subservicer to whom such file
or document was delivered shall retain such file or document in its respective control as bailee for the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, unless the Mortgage File or such document has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or
other public official as required by law, to initiate or pursue legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either judicially or non-judicially, and the Servicer has delivered to the Custodian and the Trustee, a
certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. If a Mortgage Loan becomes a Liquidated Mortgage Loan,
the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall deliver the Request for Release with respect thereto to the Servicer upon deposit of the related Liquidation Proceeds in the Collection Account. 
 (d) The Trustee shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or
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any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage; (iii) to obtain a deficiency judgment against the
Mortgagor; or (iv) to enforce any other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity. Together with such documents or pleadings the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of a
Servicing Officer in which it requests the Trustee to execute or cause to be executed the pleadings or documents. The certificate shall certify and explain the reasons for which the pleadings or documents are required. It shall further certify that
the Trustee’s execution and delivery of the pleadings or documents will not invalidate any insurance coverage under the insurance policies or invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien
upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s sale. 
 Section 3.15 Servicing Compensation. 
 (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee from full payments of accrued interest on
each Mortgage Loan. The Servicer shall be solely responsible for paying any and all fees with respect to a Subservicer, and the Trustee and the Trust Fund shall not bear any fees, expenses or other costs directly associated with any Subservicer.

 (b) The Servicer may retain additional servicing compensation in the form of late payment charges, to the extent such charges are
collected from the related Mortgagors and investment earnings on the Collection Account. The Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses it incurs in connection with servicing activities under this Agreement and shall not be entitled in
connection with servicing activities under this Agreement to reimbursement except as provided in this Agreement. Expenses to be paid by the Servicer without reimbursement under this Subsection 3.15(b) shall include payment of the expenses of the
accountants retained pursuant to Section 3.17. 
 Section 3.16 Annual Statements of Compliance. 
 (a) Within 75 days after December 31 of each year, beginning in 200[ ], the Servicer at its own expense shall deliver to the Trustee and the Rating
Agencies, an Officers’ Certificate stating, as to the signer 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, (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement in all material respects for such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of
any such obligation, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof including the steps being taken by the Servicer to remedy such default; (iii) a review of the activities of each Subservicer during the
Subservicer’s most recently ended calendar year and its performance under its Subservicing Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision; and (iv) to the best of the Servicing Officer’s knowledge, based on his review
and the certification of an officer of the Subservicer (unless the Servicing Officer has reason to believe that reliance on such certification is not justified), either each Subservicer has performed and fulfilled its duties, responsibilities and
obligations under this Agreement and its Subservicing Agreement in all material respects throughout the year, or, if there has been a default in performance or fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations, specifying the nature
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known to the Servicing Officer. Copies of such statements shall be provided by the Servicer to the Certificateholders upon request or by the Trustee at the
expense of the Servicer should the Servicer fail to provide such copies. 
 (b) The Servicer and the Trustee will deliver to the Issuing
Entity, the Rating Agencies and the Sponsor on or before March 1st of each year, beginning March 1st, 20[__], an Officer’s Certificate (an “Annual Statement of Compliance”) stating, as to each signatory thereof, that
(a) a review of the activities of each such party, during the preceding calendar year and of its performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision and (b) to the best of such officers’ knowledge,
based on such review, each such party has fulfilled all of its material obligations under this Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such
default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Such Annual Statement of Compliance shall contain no restrictions or limitations on its use. In the event that the Trustee or the Servicer has delegated any servicing responsibilities
with respect to the Mortgage Loans to a subservicer or subcontractor that meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of Regulation AB, the Servicer, the Trustee or the related servicer (as the case may be) shall deliver a
similar Annual Statement of Compliance by that subservicer or subcontractor to the Trustee as described above as and when required with respect to the servicer. 
 (c) The Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Servicing Criteria. Pursuant to Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of
Regulation AB, [the Trustee] (the “Attesting Party”) shall deliver to the Servicer on or before March 10th (with a 5 calendar day cure period) of each calendar year beginning in 2007, a report regarding such Attesting Party’s
assessment of compliance (an “Assessment of Compliance”) with the Servicing Criteria during the preceding calendar year. The Assessment of Compliance, as set forth in Regulation AB, must contain the following: 
 (i) A statement by such officer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to the related
Attesting Party; 
 (ii) A statement by such officer that such Attesting Party used the Servicing Criteria attached as Exhibit
[__] hereto, and which will also be attached to the Assessment of Compliance, to assess compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to the related Attesting Party; 
 (iii) An assessment by such officer of the related Attesting Party’s compliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria for the period
consisting of the preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any material instance of noncompliance with respect thereto during such period, which assessment shall be based on the activities such Attesting Party performs with respect to
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 (iv) A statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation
report on the related Attesting Party’s Assessment of Compliance for the period consisting of the preceding calendar year; and 
 (v) A statement as to which of the Servicing Criteria, if any, are not applicable to such Attesting Party, which statement shall be based on the activities such Attesting Party performs with respect to asset-backed securities transactions
taken as a whole involving such Attesting Party, that are backed by the same asset type as the Mortgage Loans. 
 Such report at a minimum
shall address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit [    ] hereto which are indicated as applicable to the related Attesting Party. 
 On or before March 1st of each calendar year beginning in 20[    ], each Attesting Party specified in this Section shall
furnish to the Trustee and the Depositor a report (an “Attestation Report”) by a registered public accounting firm that attests to, and reports on, the Assessment of Compliance made by the Servicer, as required by Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18
of the Exchange Act and Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB, which Attestation Report must be made in accordance with standards for attestation reports issued or adopted by the Public Depositor Accounting Oversight Board. 
 The Servicer [or the Trustee, as the case may be] shall cause any subservicer, and each subcontractor determined by the it to be “participating in
the servicing function” within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, to deliver to the Trustee and the Depositor an Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report as and when provided above along with an indication of what Servicing
Criteria are addressed in such assessment. 
 Such Assessment of Compliance, as to any subservicer, shall at a minimum address each of the
Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit [    ] hereto which are indicated as applicable to any “primary servicer.” The Trustee shall confirm that the assessments, taken as a whole, address all of the Servicing
Criteria and taken individually address the Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit [    ] and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as to any subcontractor (as defined in
the related servicing agreement), an Assessment of Compliance is not required to be delivered unless it is required as part of a Form 10-K with respect to the Issuing Entity. 
 [The Trustee shall also provide an Assessment of Compliance and Attestation Report, as and when provided above, which shall at a minimum address each of
the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit [    ] hereto which are indicated as applicable to the “Trustee.” In addition, the Trustee shall deliver to the Sponsor and the Depositor an Assessment of Compliance
and Attestation Report, as and when provided above, which shall at a minimum address each of the Servicing Criteria specified on Exhibit [    ] hereto which are indicated as applicable to a “custodian.”]

 Section 3.17 Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report. 
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of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Servicer, which will be provided to the Trustee, and the Rating
Agencies, to the effect that, in connection with the firm’s examination of the Servicer’s financial statements as of the end of such calendar year, nothing came to their attention that indicated that the Servicer was not in compliance with
Sections 3.06, 3.07 and 3.08 except for (i) such exceptions as such firm believes to be immaterial and (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such statement. 
 (b) Within 75 days after December 31 of each year, beginning in 200[ ], the Servicer, at its expense, shall, and shall cause each Subservicer to
cause, a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish to the Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, a report stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of representation regarding certain matters
from the management of the Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, which includes an assertion that the Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, has complied with certain minimum mortgage loan servicing standards identified in the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America with respect to the servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently completed calendar year and (ii) on the
basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other
qualifications that may be appropriate. Immediately upon receipt of such report, the Servicer shall or shall cause each Subservicer to furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies. 
 Section 3.18 Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans. 
 Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.02 hereof, the Servicer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase any Mortgage
Loan which becomes 90 days or more delinquent at a purchase price equal to the Repurchase Price (a) within 29 days after the date the Mortgage Loan becomes 90 days delinquent or (b) on the date the Servicer liquidates the related Mortgaged
Property. The procedure for such purchase shall be the same as for a repurchase made by the Seller under the Purchase Agreement. With respect to any Mortgage Loans being purchased pursuant to this Section 3.18, the Servicer shall purchase the
most delinquent Mortgage Loans before purchasing other less delinquent Mortgage Loans. The Servicer or the related Subservicer may purchase a Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase Price when the Servicer requires acceleration of the Mortgage Loan, but
only if the Servicer is satisfied, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, that such Mortgage Loan is in default or default is reasonably foreseeable. 
 Section 3.19 Information Required by the Internal Revenue Service Generally and Reports of Foreclosures and Abandonments of Mortgaged
Property. 
 The Servicer shall prepare and deliver all federal and state information reports when and as required by all applicable state
and federal income tax laws. In particular, with respect to the requirement under Section 6050J of the Code to the effect that the Servicer or Subservicer shall make reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any mortgaged property, the
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foreclosure or other comparable conversion in full or partial satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan, or (ii) knows or has reason to know that any Mortgaged
Property has been abandoned. The reports from the Servicer or Subservicer shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting requirements imposed by Section 6050J, Section 6050H (reports relating to mortgage interest received)
and Section 6050P of the Code (reports relating to cancellation of indebtedness). 
 Section 3.20 [Reserved].

 Section 3.21 [Reserved]. 
 Section 3.22 Servicing and Administration of the MI Policies. 
 (a) The Servicer shall
take all such actions on behalf of the Trustee as are necessary to service, maintain and administer the MI Policies and to perform the Trustee’s obligations and enforce the Trustee’s rights under the MI Policies, which actions shall
conform to the standards of an institution prudently administering MI Policies for its own account. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Servicer shall have full authority on behalf of the Trust to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or
desirable in connection with the servicing, maintenance and administration of the MI Policies. The Servicer shall make its best reasonable efforts to file all insured claims under the MI Policies and collect from the MI Insurer all Insurance
Proceeds due to the Trustee under the MI Policies. The Servicer shall not take, or permit any subservicer to take, any action which would result in non-coverage under any applicable MI Policy of any loss which, but for the actions of the Servicer or
Subservicer, would have been covered thereunder. To the extent coverage is available, the Servicer shall keep or cause to be kept in full force and effect each such MI Policy for the life of the Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that if a MI Insurer
Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, the Servicer may terminate the MI Policy on any Mortgage Loan that is not then past due. The Servicer shall cooperate with the MI Insurer and shall use its best efforts to furnish all reasonable aid,
evidence and information in the possession of the Servicer or to which the Servicer has access with respect to any Mortgage Loan. 
 (b) The
Servicer shall deposit into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(d)(v) hereof all MI Insurance Proceeds received from the MI Insurer under the terms of the MI Policies. The Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and pay
to the MI Insurer pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(xii) hereof, the monthly MI Premiums due to the MI Insurer in accordance with the terms of the MI Insurance Agreements. In the event that the Trustee has actual knowledge that any MI Premiums have
in fact not been paid, the Trustee shall distribute such amounts (in such amounts as specified by the MI Insurer in writing) to the MI Insurer from the Interest Remittance Amount for the related Mortgage Loans, at the same level of priority as the
Trustee Fee. 
 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 3.22(a) and (b), the Servicer shall not take any action in regard to the MI
Policies inconsistent with the interests of the Trustee or the Certificateholders or with the rights and interests of the Trustee or the Certificateholders under this Agreement; provided, however, that payments of the monthly MI Premiums to the MI
Insurer pursuant to Subsection 3.22(b) above and Section 3.07(a)(xii) hereof shall be deemed not to be inconsistent with such interests. 
  

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 (d) The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as
provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer to service and administer the MI Policies; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the Servicer under such powers of attorney. 
 (e) If at any time during the term of this Agreement, a MI Insurer Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, the Servicer agrees to review, not
less often than monthly, the financial condition of the related MI Insurer with a view towards determining whether recoveries under the MI Policy are jeopardized for reasons related to the financial condition of the related MI Insurer. In such
event, the Servicer may obtain an additional MI Policy or a replacement MI Policy, the MI Premiums on which would be paid by the Servicer from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.07(a)(xii) hereof. 
 (f) The Servicer shall comply with all other terms, conditions and obligations set forth in the MI Policies. 
 Section 3.23 Determination Date Reports. 
 On the second Business Day following each Determination Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a report, prepared as of the close of business on the Determination Date (the “Determination Date
Report”), and shall forward to the Trustee in the form of computer readable electromagnetic tape or disk a copy of such report in a format acceptable to the Trustee. The Determination Date Report and any written information supplemental
thereto shall include such information with respect to the Mortgage Loans that is reasonably available to the Servicer and that is required by the Trustee for purposes of making the calculations and providing the reports referred to in this
Agreement, as set forth in written specifications or guidelines issued by the Trustee from time to time. Such information shall include the aggregate amounts required to be withdrawn from the Collection Account and deposited into the Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 3.07. Such information shall also include (a) the number of Mortgage Loans that prepaid in the previous month; (b) the loan balance of each such Mortgage Loan; (c) whether a prepayment penalty was
applied to such Mortgage Loan; and (d) the amount of prepayment penalty with respect to each such Mortgage Loan. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Trustee in providing all information as is reasonably requested by the Trustee to prepare
the reports required under the Agreement. 
 The determination by the Servicer of such amounts shall, in the absence of obvious error, be
presumptively deemed to be correct for all purposes hereunder and the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying upon the same without any independent check or verification. 
 Section 3.24 Advances. 
 If any Monthly Payment (together with any advances from the Subservicers) on a Mortgage Loan that was due on the immediately preceding Due Date and delinquent on the Determination Date is delinquent other than as a result of application of
the Relief Act, the Servicer will deposit in the Collection Account not later than the Servicer Remittance Date immediately preceding the related Distribution Date an amount equal to such deficiency net of the related Servicing Fee for such Mortgage
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any such advance to be nonrecoverable from Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or future payments on such Mortgage Loan. Subject to the foregoing and in
the absence of such a determination, the Servicer shall continue to make such advances through the date that the related Mortgaged Property has, in the judgment of the Servicer, been completely liquidated. 
 The Servicer may fund an Advance from its own corporate funds, advances made by any subservicer or funds held in the Collection Account for future
payment or withdrawal. 
 Advances made from funds held in the Collection Account may be made by the Servicer from subsequent collections of
principal and interest received on other Mortgage Loans and deposited into the Collection Account. Advances made from the Collection Account are not limited to subsequent collections of principal and interest received on the delinquent Mortgage Loan
with respect to which an Advance is made. If on the Servicer Remittance Date prior to any Distribution Date funds in the Collection Account are less than the amount required to be paid to the Certificateholders on such Distribution Date, then the
Servicer shall deposit its own funds into the Distribution Account in the amount of the lesser of (i) any unreimbursed Advances previously made by the Servicer with funds held in the Collection Account or (ii) the shortfall in the
Collection Account, provided, however, that in no event shall the Servicer deposit into the Collection Account an amount that is less than any shortfall in the Collection Account attributable to delinquent payments on Mortgage Loans which the
Servicer deems to be recoverable and which has not been covered by an Advance from the Servicer’s own corporate funds or any subservicer’s funds. If applicable, on the Servicer Remittance Date preceding each Distribution Date, the Servicer
shall present an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee (i) stating that the Servicer elects not to make an Advance in a stated amount and (ii) detailing the reason it deems the advance to be nonrecoverable. 
 Section 3.25 Compensating Interest Payments. 
 The Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account not later than the Servicer Remittance Date preceding the Distribution Date an amount equal to the Compensating Interest related to the related Determination Date.
The Servicer shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of any Compensating Interest payment. 
 Section 3.26 Advance
Facility. 
 (a) The Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund, is hereby authorized to enter into a facility (such an arrangement, an
“Advance Facility”) with any Person which provides that such Person (an “Advancing Person”) may fund Advances and/or Servicing Advances under this Agreement, although no such facility shall reduce or otherwise
affect the Servicer’s obligation to fund such Advances and/or Servicing Advances. No consent of the Trustee, Certificateholders or any other party shall be required before the Servicer may enter into an Advance Facility nor shall the Trustee or
the Certificateholders be a third party beneficiary of any obligation of an Advancing Person to the Servicer. If the Servicer enters into an Advance Facility, the Servicer and the related Advancing Person shall deliver to the Trustee at the address
set forth in Section 12.05 hereof a written notice (an “Advance Facility Notice”) (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K), stating (a) the identity of the Advancing Person and (b) the identity of the Person (the
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withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof to reimburse previously unreimbursed Advances and/or Servicing Advances
(“Advance Reimbursement Amounts”). If the Servicer enters into such an Advance Facility pursuant to this Section 3.26, the Trustee shall execute the acknowledgment of the Advance Facility Notice, as prepared by the Servicer
confirming its receipt of written notice of the existence of such Advance Facility. To the extent that an Advancing Person purchases or funds any Advance or any Servicing Advance and provides the Trustee with written notice (in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit K) acknowledged by the Servicer that such Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement directly from the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Advance Facility, such Advancing Person shall be entitled to receive reimbursement
pursuant to this Agreement for such amount to the extent provided in Section 3.26(b). Such notice from the Advancing Person must specify the amount of the reimbursement, the Section of this Agreement that permits the applicable Advance or
Servicing Advance to be reimbursed, the section(s) of the Advance Facility that entitle the Advancing Person to request reimbursement from the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, rather than the Servicer, the Advancing Person’s wire transfer
instructions, and include the Servicer’s acknowledgment thereto or proof of an Event of Default under the Advance Facility. The Trustee shall have no duty or liability with respect to any calculation of any reimbursement to be paid to an
Advancing Person and shall be entitled to rely without independent investigation on the Advancing Person’s notice provided pursuant to this Section 3.26. An Advancing Person whose obligations hereunder are limited to the funding of
Advances and/or Servicing Advances shall not be required to meet the qualifications of a Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 6.06 hereof. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Servicer and/or the Servicer’s Assignee shall only be entitled to reimbursement of Advance reimbursement amounts hereunder from withdrawals from the
Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Agreement and shall not otherwise be entitled to make withdrawals or receive amounts that shall be deposited in the Distribution Account, and (ii) none of the Trustee or the
Certificateholders shall have any right to, or otherwise be entitled to, receive any Advance reimbursement amounts to which the Servicer or Servicer’s Assignee, as applicable, shall be entitled pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof. An Advance
Facility may be terminated by the joint written direction of the Servicer and the related Advancing Person. Written notice of such termination shall be delivered to the Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 12.05 hereof. None of the
Depositor or the Trustee shall, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, have any additional duty or liability with respect to the calculation or payment of any Advance reimbursement amount, nor, as a result of the existence of any
Advance Facility, shall the Depositor or the Trustee have any additional responsibility to track or monitor the administration of the Advance Facility or the payment of Advance reimbursement amounts to the Servicer’s Assignee. The Servicer
shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, any successor Servicer and the Trust Fund for any claim, loss, liability or damage resulting from any claim by the related Advancing Person, except to the extent that such claim, loss, liability or damage
resulted from or arose out of negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct on the part of the Depositor, the Trustee or any successor Servicer, as the case may be, or failure by the successor Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, to remit
funds as required by this Agreement or the commission of an act or omission to act by the successor Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, and the passage of any applicable cure or grace period, such that an Event of Default under this
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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. 
 (c) If an Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement for any particular Advance or Servicing Advance as set forth in Section 3.26(a), then the Servicer shall not be permitted to reimburse itself therefor under
Section 3.07, but instead the Servicer shall include such amounts in the applicable remittance to the Trustee made pursuant to Section 3.06(d) to the extent of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account on the related Servicer Remittance
Date. The Trustee is hereby authorized to pay to an Advancing Person reimbursements for Advances and Servicing Advances from the Distribution Account to the same extent the Servicer would have been permitted to reimburse itself for such Advances
and/or Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.07, had the Servicer made such Advance or Servicing Advance. 
 (d) All Advances
and Servicing Advances made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed made and shall be reimbursed on a “first in first out” (FIFO) basis. In the event the Servicer’s Assignee shall have received some or all of an
Advance reimbursement amount related to Advances and/or Servicing Advances that were made by a Person other than such predecessor Servicer or its related Advancing Person in error, then such Servicer’s Assignee shall be required to remit any
portion of such Advance reimbursement amount to each Person entitled to such portion of such Advance reimbursement amount. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer shall remain entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to
Section 3.07 for all Advances and/or Servicing Advances funded by the Servicer to the extent the related Advance reimbursement amounts have not been assigned, sold or pledged to such Advancing Person or Servicer’s Assignee. 
 (e) In the event the Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 7.01, the Advancing Person shall succeed to the terminated Servicer’s right of
reimbursement set forth in Section 7.02 to the extent of such Advancing Person’s financing of Advances or Servicing Advances hereunder then remaining unreimbursed. 
 (f) Any amendment to this Section 3.26 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 3.26, including amendments to add provisions relating to a successor Servicer, may be entered into by the Trustee, the Depositor and the Servicer without the consent of any
Certificateholder, provided such amendment complies with Section 12.01 hereof. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of each party hereto of any such amendment shall be borne solely by the Servicer. The parties
hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Advances and/or Servicing Advances financed by, sold and/or pledged to an Advancing Person under any Advance Facility are obligations owed to the Servicer payable only from the cash flows and
proceeds received under this Agreement for reimbursement of Advances and/or Servicing Advances only to the extent provided herein, and the Trustee and the Trust Fund are not, as a result of the existence of any Advance Facility, obligated or liable
to repay any Advances and/or Servicing Advances financed by the Advancing Person; (b) the Servicer will be responsible for remitting to the Advancing Person the applicable amounts collected by it as reimbursement for Advances and/or Servicing
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by the Advancing Person, subject to the provisions of 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 any Advancing Person. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 FLOW OF FUNDS 
 Section 4.01 Distributions. 
 (a) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee, will first distribute the Prepayment
Charges collected on the Group I Mortgage Loans and on the Group II Mortgage Loans during the prior Prepayment Period to the Holders of the Class C Certificates. After making that distribution, the Trustee, shall (based solely on the information
provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23 hereof) withdraw from the Distribution Account that portion of Available Funds for such Distribution Date consisting of the Interest Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date,
and make the following disbursements and transfers in the order of priority described below, in each case to the extent of the Interest Remittance Amount remaining for such Distribution Date: 
 (i) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee, will distribute, pro-rata from the Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the Group II
Interest Remittance Amount, the Trustee Fee and the Custodian Fee which are due on that Distribution Date to the Trustee and Custodian respectively. After making that distribution, the Trustee will then apply the remaining Interest Remittance Amount
to the payment of interest then due on the certificates in the following order of priority: 
 (A) first, on each Distribution Date on
or prior to the Class I Termination Date, payable from the Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class I Certificates, the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount; 
 (B) second, concurrently, with equal priority of payment: 
 (I) payable solely from the Group I Interest Remittance Amount for that Distribution Date or, to the extent that the Group I Interest
Remittance Amount is less than the related aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A-1A Certificates, also from the Group II Cross Collateralization Amount for that Distribution Date, to the Holders of the Class A-1A
Certificates, the unpaid portion of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A-1A Certificates; 
 (II)
payable solely from the Group II Interest Remittance Amount for that Distribution Date or, to the extent that the Group II Interest Remittance Amount is less than the related aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A-2A,
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Collateralization Amount for that Distribution Date, to the Holders of the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C and Class A-2D
Certificates, the unpaid portion of the aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A-2A, Class A-2B, Class A-2C and Class A-2D Certificates, pro-rata based on the amounts of interest each such Class is
otherwise entitled to on such Distribution Date; 
 (C) third, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the
remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-1 Certificates; 
 (D) fourth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for the Class M-2 Certificates; 
 (E) fifth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining
Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-3 Certificates; 
 (F) sixth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for the Class M-4 Certificates; 
 (G) seventh, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining
Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-5 Certificates; 
 (H) eighth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for the Class M-6 Certificates; 
 (I) ninth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining
Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-7 Certificates; 
 (J) tenth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount for the Class M-8 Certificates; 
 (K) eleventh, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the
remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-9 Certificates; 
 (L) twelfth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-10 Certificates, the Monthly Interest
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 (M) thirteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining
Group II Interest Remittance Amount to the Holders of the Class M-11 Certificates, the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class M-11 Certificates; 
 (N) fourteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount to the Holders of the Class M-12 Certificates, the Monthly Interest
Distributable Amount for the Class M-12 Certificates; 
 (O) fifteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount
and the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, the Excess Cashflow (net of any amounts distributed pursuant to Section 4.04(d)(i)), to be
distributed pursuant to Sections 4.04 (d)(ii); and 
 (P) sixteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Interest Remittance Amount and
the remaining Group II Interest Remittance Amount, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, any remainder. 
 (ii) On each
Distribution Date (a) prior to the Crossover Date or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Trustee, shall (based solely on the information provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23 hereof) withdraw from
the Distribution Account that portion of the Available Funds relating to principal plus the Extra Principal Distribution Amount (to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.04 (d)(i)) for such Distribution Date and make the following disbursements
and transfers in the order of priority described below: 
 (A) first, concurrently, with equal priority of payment: 
 (I) payable solely from the Group I Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates, the entire amount
of the Group I Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1A Certificates has been reduced to zero; and 
 (II) payable solely from the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Group II Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(d)), the entire amount of the
Group II Principal Distribution Amount, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (B) second, 
 (I) if the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1A Certificates has been reduced
to zero, then to the Holders of the Group II Certificates, the amount of any remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates has been reduced to zero; or 
  

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 (II) if the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates has
been reduced to zero, then to the Holders of the Class A-1A Certificates, the amount of any remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1A Certificates has been reduced to zero;

 (C) third, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution
Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (D) fourth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (E) fifth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (F) sixth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (G) seventh, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (H) eighth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (I) ninth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (J) tenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (K) eleventh, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  

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 (L) twelfth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining
Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-10 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 

(M) thirteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount to
the Holders of the Class M-11 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-11 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (N) fourteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount to the
Holders of the Class M-12 Certificates, the entire remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-12 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (O) fifteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Trustee and the Custodian, pro-rata, any amounts owed to them under the Basic Documents remaining unpaid; 
 (P) sixteenth, payable
from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Servicer, the amount of any reimbursement of indemnification owed to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof;

 (Q) seventeenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution
Amount and any remaining Available Funds relating to principal, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, the entire remaining Principal Remittance Amount up to the Overcollateralization Amount;
and 
 (R) eighteenth, payable from the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class R Certificates, for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, any remainder. 
 (iii) On each
Distribution Date (a) on or after the Crossover Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, the Trustee, shall (based solely on the information provided to the Trustee by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23 hereof)
withdraw from the Distribution Account that portion of the Available Funds relating to principal plus the Extra Principal Distribution Amount (to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.04 (d)(i)) for such Distribution Date and make the following
disbursements and transfers in the order of priority described below: 
 (A) first, concurrently, with equal priority of payment:

 (I) payable solely from the Group I Principal Distribution Amount, to the holders of the Class A-1A Certificates, the
Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1A Certificates has been reduced to zero; and 
  

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 (II) payable solely from the Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of
the Group II Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(d)), the Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, until the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates has been
reduced to zero; 
 (B) second, concurrently, with equal priority of payment: 
 (I) if the Group I Principal Distribution Amount was insufficient to pay the Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, then
payable from the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the holders of the Class A-1A Certificates, the unpaid portion of the Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount based on the aggregate unpaid portion of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount; or 
 (II) if the Group II Principal Distribution Amount was insufficient to pay
the Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, then payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Group II Certificates (to be distributed to such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(d)), the
unpaid portion of the Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount based on the aggregate unpaid portion of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount; 
 (C) third, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (D) fourth,
payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (E) fifth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal
Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates has been
reduced to zero; 
 (F) sixth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal
Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (G) seventh, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-5 Certificates, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
  

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 (H) eighth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining
Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Holders of the Class M-6 Certificates, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (I) ninth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-7 Certificates, the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (J) tenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-8 Certificates, the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (K) eleventh, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-9 Certificates, the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (L) twelfth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Holders of the Class M-10 Certificates, the Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (M) thirteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount to the
Holders of the Class M-11 Certificates, the Class M-11 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-11 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (N) fourteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount to the
Holders of the Class M-12 Certificates, the Class M-12 Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-12 Certificates has been reduced to zero; 
 (O) fifteenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the
Trustee and the Custodian, pro-rata, any amounts owed to them under the Basic Documents remaining unpaid; 
 (P) sixteenth, payable
from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount, to the Servicer, the amount of any reimbursement of indemnification owed to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof;

 (Q) seventeenth, payable from the remaining Group I Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution
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Funds relating to principal, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, the entire remaining Principal
Remittance Amount up to the extent of the Overcollateralization Amount; and 
 (R) eighteenth, payable from the remaining Group I
Principal Distribution Amount and the remaining Group II Principal Distribution Amount and any remaining Available Funds relating to principal, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, for the benefit of the Supplemental Interest Trust, any
remainder. 
 (b) Method of Distribution. The Trustee shall make distributions in respect of a Distribution Date to each
Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date (other than as provided in Section 11.01 respecting the final distribution), in the case of Certificateholders of the Regular Certificates, by wire transfer, or upon written request at
least five Business Days prior to the related Distribution Date by check or money order mailed to such Certificateholder at the address appearing in the Certificate Register. Distributions among Certificateholders shall be made in proportion to the
Percentage Interests evidenced by the Certificates held by such Certificateholders. 
 (c) Distributions on Book-Entry Certificates.
Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid to the Depository, which shall credit the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository
Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm” or “indirect participating firm”) for which it
acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Certificate Owners that it represents. All such credits and disbursements with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate are to be made by the Depository and the
Depository Participants in accordance with the provisions of the Certificates. None of the Custodian, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Servicer or the Seller shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by applicable law.

 (d) All principal amounts distributed to the Group II Certificates shall be distributed as follows: 
  

	 	(i)	first, to the Class A-2A Certificates until its Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, 

  

	 	(ii)	second, after the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-2A Certificates has been reduced to zero, to the Class A-2B Certificates until its Certificate Principal
Balance has been reduced to zero, 

  

	 	(iii)	third, after the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A-2A Certificates and the Class A-2B Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Class A-2C
Certificates until its Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero, and 

  

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Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Class A-2D Certificates until its Certificate Principal Balance has been reduced to zero.

 However, if all of the mezzanine certificates are reduced or written down to zero, the related share of principal amounts from the Group
II Mortgage Loans will be distributed to the Group II Certificates pro rata, based on Certificate Balance until their Certificate Balances are paid to zero. 
 Section 4.02 Distribution Account. 
 (a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee,
shall establish and maintain a segregated trust account that is an Eligible Account, which shall be titled “Distribution Account,
[                    ], as Trustee for the registered holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust
20[    ]-[    ], Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 20[    ]-[    ]” (the “Distribution Account”). The
Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Distribution Account and retain therein the Interest Remittance Amount and the Principal Remittance Amount remitted on each Servicer Remittance Date to the Trustee by the Servicer. Funds deposited
in the Distribution Account shall be held in trust by the Trustee for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein. 
 (b) The Trustee may invest funds deposited in the Distribution Account in Eligible Investments in accordance with the written direction of the Servicer with a maturity date no later than the Business Day immediately proceeding the date on
which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement. All income or other gain from such investments may be released from the Distribution Account and paid to the Servicer. The Servicer shall be obligated to
cover losses on such Eligible Investments. If the Trustee does not receive such written investment direction it shall retain the funds uninvested. 
 (c) Amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account shall be withdrawn by the Trustee as follows: 
 (i) To fund the
distributions described in Section 4.01 hereof; 
 (ii) To withdraw any amount not required to be deposited in the
Distribution Account or deposited therein in error; 
 (iii) To clear and terminate the Distribution Account upon the
termination of this Agreement, with any amounts remaining on deposit therein being paid to the Holders of the Class R Certificates; and 
 (iv) To distribute any amounts of investment income to the Servicer. 
 (d) On each Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account (other than investment income) established by it to Certificateholders in respect of the Certificates and to such other persons in the order of priority set forth in
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 Section 4.03 Statements. 
 (a) On each Distribution Date, based solely on information provided to it by the Servicer in its Determination Date Report, the Trustee shall prepare and
make available to each Holder of the Regular Certificates, the Swap Counterparties, the Cap Counterparties, the Servicer and the Rating Agencies, a statement as to the distributions made on such Distribution Date: 
 (i) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Regular Certificates, separately
identified, allocable to principal and the amount of the distribution made to the Holders of the Class C Certificates allocable to Prepayment Charges; 
 (ii) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Regular Certificates allocable to interest, separately identified; 
 (iii) the Pool Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans and the Group II Mortgage Loans at the Close of Business at the end of the related
Due Period; 
 (iv) the number, aggregate principal balance, and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans as of
the related Determination Date and the number and aggregate principal balance of all Subsequent Mortgage Loans added during the preceding Prepayment Period; 
 (v) the number and aggregate unpaid principal balance of Mortgage Loans (identified by Group) that (A) were Delinquent (exclusive of
Mortgage Loans in bankruptcy or foreclosure and REO Properties) (1) 30 to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days (B) as to which foreclosure proceedings have been commenced and that (i) are not Delinquent, and
(ii) are Delinquent (1) 30 to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days, (C) are related to a REO Property and that (i) are not Delinquent and (ii) are Delinquent (1) 30 to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89
days and (3) 90 or more days and (D) are related to a Mortgagor that was subject to a bankruptcy proceeding and that (i) are not Delinquent and (ii) are Delinquent (1) 30 to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or
more days, in each case on a contractual and bankruptcy legal basis; 
 (vi) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments
made during the related Prepayment Period; 
 (vii) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during the related
Prepayment Period and the cumulative amount of Realized Losses; 
 (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of each class of
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 (ix) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount, if any, with respect to each class of the
Class A Certificates and each class of the Mezzanine Certificates for such Distribution Date; 
 (x) the aggregate amount
of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Distribution Date, to the extent not covered by payments by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.25; 
 (xi) the Credit Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date; 
 (xii) the Available
Funds Cap Carryforward Amount for each class of the Class A Certificates and each class of the Mezzanine Certificates (excluding the Class M-9 DSI Certificates, Class M-10 DSI Certificates, Class M-11 DSI Certificates and Class M-12 DSI
Certificates) if any, for such Distribution Date and the amount remaining unpaid after reimbursements therefor on such Distribution Date; 
 (xiii) the respective Pass-Through Rates applicable to each class of the Class A Certificates and each class of the Mezzanine Certificates for such Distribution Date and the Pass-Through Rate applicable to each
class of the Class A Certificates and each class of the Mezzanine Certificates for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date; 
 (xiv) the Supplemental Interest Payment for each Class on such Distribution Date; 
 (xv) the
difference between (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate notional amount of the Swap Agreements and (ii) the aggregate notional amount of the Cap Agreements and (y) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates on such Distribution Date; 
 (xvi) the Required Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date; 
 (xvii) the Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date; 
 (xviii) the aggregate amount of Scheduled Principal Payments made during the related Due Period; 
 (xix) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during the related Due Period in which the related Mortgagor paid the related
Mortgage Loan in full; 
 (xx) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments in part made during the related Prepayment
Period; 
 (xxi) the number and the aggregate principal balance of all Liquidated Mortgage Loans for the related Prepayment
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 (xxii) the aggregate amount of Net Liquidation Proceeds received during the related
Prepayment Period; 
 (xxiii) the dollar amount of claims made, amounts paid by the MI Insurer in respect of claims made, and
premiums due and paid under the MI Policy; and 
 (xxiv) the amount equal to the difference between (x) the Class I
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and (y) any amounts received by the Supplemental Interest Trust from the Swap Counterparties and Cap Counterparties in respect of the Swap Agreements and Cap Agreements, respectively; provided, however,
that if the resulting number is a negative number, then the absolute value of such negative number. 
 In the case of information furnished
pursuant to subclauses (i) and (ii) above, the amounts shall be expressed in a separate section of the report as a dollar amount for each Class for each $1,000 original dollar amount as of the Closing Date. 
 The Trustee may, in the absence of manifest error, conclusively rely upon the Determination Date Report of the Servicer in its preparation of the
statement to Certificateholders pursuant to this Section 4.03. 
 (b) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall, upon written request, furnish to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder of a Regular Certificate, if requested in writing by such Person, such information as is reasonably necessary to
provide to such Person a statement containing the information set forth in subclauses (i) and (ii) above, 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 prepared and furnished by the Trustee to Certificateholders pursuant to any requirements of the Code as are in force from time to
time. 
 (c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall forward to the Residual Certificateholders a copy of the reports forwarded to the
Regular Certificateholders in respect of such Distribution Date with such other information as the Trustee deems necessary or appropriate. 
 (d) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Trustee shall deliver to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Residual Certificateholder, if requested in writing by such Person, such
information as is reasonably necessary to provide to such Person a statement containing the information provided pursuant to the previous paragraph aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a
Residual Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be prepared and furnished to Certificateholders by the Trustee pursuant to any
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 (e) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall post on its website at
[            ], which posting shall be accessible to each Certificateholder, the Swap Counterparties, and the Cap Counterparties, the statement prepared pursuant to paragraph (a) of
this Section 4.03. Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Trustee’s customer service desk at 1-877-722-1095. Such parties that are unable to use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first
class mail by providing a written request of such to the Trustee at is Corporate Trust office. The Trustee shall have the right to change the way such statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or 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 not have any responsibility to (i) verify information provided by the Servicer to be included in
such statement or (ii) include any information required to be included in such statement if the Servicer has failed to timely produce such information to the Trustee, as required pursuant hereto. 
 Section 4.04 Supplemental Interest Trust; Excess Cashflow. 
 (a) (i) The parties do hereby create and establish a sub-trust of the Trust Fund which shall hold an account, which, no later than the Closing Date,
the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Servicer, establish and maintain, as a segregated trust account that is an Eligible Account, which shall be titled “Supplemental Interest Trust,
[                    ], as Trustee for the registered holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust
20[    ]-[    ], Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 20[    ]-[    ].” The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Supplemental Interest
Trust amounts of Excess Cashflow, if any, pursuant to Section 4.01, each distribution of the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(i)(A) and amounts from the Interest Coverage Account pursuant to
Section 4.06(c), if any. Funds deposited in the Supplemental Interest Trust shall be held in trust by the Trustee for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein. Neither the Supplemental Interest Trust nor the related
Supplemental Interest Account shall be an asset of any of the REMICs created hereunder. 
 (ii) (a) On each Distribution
Date prior to the Class I Termination Date, the funds in the Supplemental Interest Trust (as reduced from time to time in accordance with this Section 4.04) will equal the sum of (x) any amounts received under any Swap Agreement or Cap
Agreement pursuant to Section 4.04(f), (y) the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount and (z) any amounts of Excess Cashflow not used to maintain the Required Overcollateralization Amount. 
 On each Distribution Date commencing in August 200[ ], the funds in the Supplemental Interest Trust (as reduced from time to time in accordance with this
Section 4.04) will equal any amounts of Excess Cashflow not used to maintain the Required Overcollateralization Amount. 
 (b) The
Trustee will invest funds deposited in the Supplemental Interest Trust as directed in writing by the Servicer in Eligible Investments with a maturity date (i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds are
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an Affiliate manages or advises such investment, and (ii) no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account
pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment. If the Trustee does not receive such written investment instructions it shall retain such funds uninvested. All income and gain realized from investment
of funds deposited in the Supplemental Interest Trust shall be credited to such Account. The Trustee will not be liable for investment losses on investments selected by the Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.04(b). The Supplemental Interest
Trust will not be an asset of any of the REMICs created hereunder. 
 (c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the funds
(other than funds relating to Excess Cashflow and, if such funds are insufficient, any Excess Cashflow remaining after the distributions set forth in Section 4.04(d)(i)) held in the Supplemental Interest Trust as follows: 
 (i) first, on each Distribution Date up to and including the Class I Termination Date, to each Swap Counterparty and each Cap
Counterparty, its related Swap Amount or Cap Amount, as applicable, for such Distribution Date; 
 (ii) second, any
remaining amounts to pay, pro-rata based on Certificate Principal Balance of each class of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates, the Supplemental Interest Payment for each class of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates
(in each only up to the amount necessary to pay any such Supplemental Interest Payment) and provided that (a) the Supplemental Interest Payment actually distributed to the Class M-9 Certificates will be the Non-Derivative Supplemental Interest
Payment for the Class M-9 Certificates, the Supplemental Interest Payment actually distributed to the Class M-10 Certificates shall be the Non-Derivative Supplemental Interest Payment for the Class M-10 Certificates, the Supplemental Interest
Payment actually distributed to the Class M-11 Certificates will be the Non-Derivative Supplemental Interest Payment for the Class M-11 Certificates and the Supplemental Interest Payment actually distributed to the Class M-12 Certificates shall be
the Non-Derivative Supplemental Interest Payment for the Class M-12 Certificates, and (b) the Derivative Supplemental Interest Payment for the Class M-9 Certificates shall be paid to the Holders of the Class M-9 DSI Certificates, the Derivative
Supplemental Interest Payment for the Class M-10 Certificates shall be paid to the Holders of the Class M-10 DSI Certificates, the Derivative Supplemental Interest Payment for the Class M-11 Certificates shall be paid to the Holders of the Class
M-11 DSI Certificates and the Derivative Supplemental Interest Payment for the Class M-12 Certificates shall be paid to the Holders of the Class M-12 DSI Certificates. 
 (iii) third, any remaining amounts to pay each Swap Counterparty or Cap Counterparty its related Hedge Termination Payment, if any;
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 (d) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the funds relating to Excess Cashflow as
follows: 
 (i) prior to any deposit to the Supplemental Interest Trust, to the Holders of the Class or Classes of
Certificates then entitled to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an amount equal to any Extra Principal Distribution Amount, distributable to such holders in the same order of priority as the Group I Principal Distribution Amount and
the Group II Principal Distribution Amount as described in Section 4.01; and 
 (ii) to the Supplemental Interest Trust
to distribute in accordance with Section 4.04(c). 
 (e) On each Distribution Date during the Pre-Funding Period, the Trustee shall
distribute the funds relating to the Interest Coverage Amount as follows: 
 (i) to the Holders of the Class A
Certificates, any unpaid portion of the aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(i), for the Class A Certificates, pro-rata based on the amounts of interest each such Class is
otherwise entitled to on such Distribution Date; and 
 (ii) to the Holders of the Mezzanine Certificates, sequentially, in
ascending numerical order, any unpaid portion of the aggregate Monthly Interest Distributable Amount to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(i). 
 (f) On any Distribution Date on which the Swap Amount for any Swap Agreement is a negative number, the absolute value of such negative number shall be paid by each related Swap Counterparty to the Supplemental
Interest Trust. 
 (g) In the event that a Swap Counterparty or Cap Counterparty elects to post collateral as provided in the related Swap
Agreement or Cap Agreement, the Trustee shall establish and maintain an Eligible Account with respect to the related Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement (each, a “Hedge Collateral Account”) for the benefit of such Swap Counterparty or
Cap Counterparty, as applicable, and the Certificateholders, as their interests may appear, into which such collateral shall be deposited. The Trustee may or shall (as indicated) make withdrawals from the related Hedge Collateral Account for the
purposes of (i) entering into a substitute swap agreement or cap agreement, (ii) funding the amount of any payment due to be made by such Swap Counterparty or Cap Counterparty under the related Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement, as
applicable, following the failure by such Swap Counterparty or Cap Counterparty to make that payment or (iii) as permitted pursuant to the related Swap Agreement, Cap Agreement or this Agreement. The Trustee shall make withdrawals from the
related Hedge Collateral Account and transfer the collateral (i) as required of the Trustee pursuant to the related Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement or (ii) if the circumstances which required the posting of collateral no longer exist; and
to the extent necessary to perform such obligation, the Trustee is required to liquidate any investments held in such Hedge Collateral Account. In the event that additional collateral is required to be posted by a Swap Counterparty or Cap
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the related Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement, as applicable, the Trustee shall promptly make a demand on such Swap Counterparty or Cap Counterparty to post
such additional collateral. To the extent cash makes up all or any portion of the collateral in a Hedge Collateral Account, such cash shall be invested in Eligible Investments in accordance with the related Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement. Such
funds shall be invested at the written direction of the Servicer, or if the Servicer does not provide such written instructions such funds shall be retained by the Trustee uninvested. Any and all interest generated by such investment shall be
transferred to the related Swap Counterparty or Cap Counterparty as provided in the related Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement, as applicable, or where unspecified, on each Distribution Date. In connection with the maintenance and administration of a
Hedge Collateral Account, the Trustee may request and rely on written instructions from the Servicer, which the Servicer hereby agrees to provide, with respect to the maintenance and administration of such account. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Trustee shall not have any right to apply any amounts or assets in any Hedge Collateral Account except in accordance with the enforcement and realization of its security interest pursuant to the related Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement or otherwise
in accordance with the related Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement. 
 The Trustee may designate an agent to maintain any Hedge Collateral
Account, provided that the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the agent’s long-term unsubordinated debt is rated at least “BBB+” by S&P and at least “Baa1” by Moody’s and (ii) the total assets of the
agent shall exceed $25,000,000. Under such circumstances, all references to the Trustee in this subsection (f) shall be to the Trustee’s agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph. 
 Section 4.05 Pre-Funding Account. 
 (a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, shall establish and maintain, a segregated trust account that is an Eligible Account, which shall be titled “Pre-Funding Account,
[                    ], as Trustee for the registered holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust
20[    ]-[    ], Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 20[    ]-[    ]” (the “Pre-Funding Account”). The Trustee shall, promptly upon
receipt, deposit in the Pre-Funding Account and retain therein the Original Pre-Funded Amount remitted on the Closing Date to the Trustee by the Depositor. Funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account shall be held in trust by the Trustee for the
Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein. 
 (b) The Trustee will invest funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account as
directed by the Servicer in writing in Eligible Investments with a maturity date (i) 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, if
a Person other than the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such investment, and (ii) no later than the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee or an Affiliate
manages or advises such investment. For federal income tax purposes, the Servicer shall be the owner of the Pre-Funding Account and shall report all items of income, deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. If the Trustee does not receive such
written investment instructions it shall retain such funds uninvested. All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Pre-Funding Account shall be withdrawn and deposited in the Interest Coverage Account. The Trustee shall
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within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(h). At no time will the Pre-Funding Account be an asset of any REMIC created hereunder. The
Trustee shall not be liable for investment losses on investments selected by the Servicer pursuant to this Section 4.05(b). 
 (c)
Amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account shall be withdrawn by the Trustee as follows: 
 (i) On any Subsequent Transfer
Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Pre-Funding Account an amount equal to 100% of the Principal Balances of the Subsequent Mortgage Loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee for deposit in the Mortgage Pool on such Subsequent Transfer
Date and pay such amount to or upon the order of the Depositor upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.08 with respect to such transfer and assignment if such Subsequent Mortgage Loan is designated for inclusion in Group I,
such amount shall reduce (but not below zero) the remaining Original Pre-Funded Amount allocated to Group I and if such Subsequent Mortgage Loan is designated for inclusion in Group II, such amount shall reduce (but not below zero) the remaining
Original Pre-Funded Amount allocated to Group II; 
 (ii) If the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account has not been
reduced to zero on the day of the termination of the Pre-Funding Period, the Trustee shall deposit into the Distribution Account on such day any amounts remaining in the Pre-Funding Account relating to Group I for inclusion in the Group I Principal
Remittance Amount and relating to Group II for inclusion in the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for distribution in accordance with the terms hereof; 
 (iii) To withdraw any amount not required to be deposited in the Pre-Funding Account or deposited therein in error; 
 (iv) To clear and terminate the Pre-Funding Account upon the earlier to occur of (A) the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period but not later than January 31, 2006 and
(B) the termination of this Agreement, with any amounts remaining on deposit therein being paid to the Holders of the Certificates then entitled to distributions in respect of principal; and 
 (v) To withdraw investment income for deposit in the Interest Coverage Account. 
 Withdrawals from the Pre-Funding Account pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) shall be treated as contributions of cash to REMIC I on the
date of withdrawal. 
 Section 4.06 Interest Coverage Account 
 (a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee, at the direction of the Servicer, shall establish and maintain, a segregated trust account that is an
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registered holders of NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 20[    ]-[    ], Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 20[    ]-[    ]” (the “Interest Coverage Account”). The Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt, deposit in the Interest Coverage Account and retain therein (i) the Interest Coverage
Amount (which amount is $1,000,000) remitted on the Closing Date to the Trustee by the Depositor and (ii) income and gain realized from investments in the Pre-Funding Account. Funds deposited in the Interest Coverage Account shall be held in
trust by the Trustee, for the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes set forth herein. 
 (b) For federal income tax purposes, the
Trustee shall treat the Interest Coverage Account as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(h). The Servicer shall be the owner of the Interest Coverage Account and shall report all items of income,
deduction, gain or loss arising therefrom. At no time will the Interest Coverage Account be an asset of any REMIC created hereunder. All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in the Interest Coverage Account shall be for the
sole and exclusive benefit of the Servicer and shall be remitted by the Trustee to the Servicer no later than the following Distribution Date following receipt of such income and gain by the Trustee. The Servicer shall deposit in the Interest
Coverage Account the amount of any net loss incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such loss. 
 (c) On each Distribution Date during the Pre-Funding Period, if any, and on the Distribution Date immediately following the termination of the Pre-Funding Period, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Interest Coverage Account, to the extent
funds are available therefore, and deposit in the Supplemental Interest Trust an amount, as provided in the related Determination Date Report, equal to the lesser of (i) the amount remaining in the Interest Coverage Account for such
Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any unpaid Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(i). 
 (d) Upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the Pre-Funding Period, (ii) the reduction of the
Certificate Principal Balances of the Certificates to zero or (iii) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.01, any amount remaining on deposit in the Interest Coverage Account after distributions pursuant to
paragraph (c) above shall be withdrawn by the Trustee and remitted to the Servicer or its designee, solely upon the Servicer’s written direction. 
 (e) Amounts in the Interest Coverage Account shall only be invested at the prior written direction of the Servicer. If no such prior written investment direction has been provided by the Servicer to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall hold such amounts uninvested. 
 Section 4.07 Allocation of Realized Losses. 
 All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date as follows: first, to amounts of Excess
Cashflow, second, to the Overcollateralization Amount, third, to the Class M-12 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Class M-11 Certificates, until the
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Class M-9 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; seventh, to the Class M-8 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; eighth, to the Class M-7 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; ninth, to the Class M-6 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; tenth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; eleventh, to the Class M-4 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; twelfth, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; thirteenth, to the Class M-2 Certificates; and
fourteenth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to zero. All Realized Losses to be allocated to the Certificate Principal Balances of all Classes on any Distribution Date
shall be so allocated after the actual distributions to be made on such date as provided above. All references above to the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates shall be to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
immediately prior to the relevant Distribution Date, before reduction thereof by any Realized Losses, in each case to be allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution Date. In no event shall Realized Losses be allocated to the
Class A-1A Certificates, the Group II Certificates or the Class I Certificates. 
 Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Mezzanine
Certificate Certificate on any Distribution Date shall be made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance thereof by the amount so allocated. Any Subsequent Recoveries will be allocated to the Overcollateralization Amount and Mezzanine
Certificates in the reverse order of the Realized Loss allocation set forth in the preceding paragraph, to the extent of the Realized Loss allocated to each related Certificate (or in the case of the Overcollateralization Amount, to the extent of
the Realized Loss allocated to such Overcollateralization Amount). 
 ARTICLE V 
 THE CERTIFICATES 
 Section 5.01 The Certificates. 
 Each of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class M-9 DSI Certificates, the Class M-10 DSI Certificates, the Class M-11 DSI
Certificates, the Class M-12 DSI Certificates, the Class C Certificates, the Class I Certificates and the Residual Certificates shall be substantially in the forms annexed hereto as exhibits, and shall, on original issue, be executed, authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee to or upon the order of the Depositor concurrently with the sale and assignment to the Trust of the Trust Fund. The Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates shall be initially evidenced by one or more
Certificates representing a Percentage Interest with a minimum dollar denomination of $25,000 and integral dollar multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, with a minimum investment of $100,000 (if the Certificates are Book-Entry Certificates), except
that one Certificate of each such Class of Certificates may be in a different denomination so that the sum of the denominations of all outstanding Certificates of such Class shall equal the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class on the Closing
Date. The Class M-9 DSI Certificates, the Class M-10 DSI Certificates, the Class M-11 DSI Certificates, the Class M-12 DSI Certificates, the Class C Certificates, the Class I Certificates and the Residual Certificates are issuable in any Percentage
Interests; provided, however, that the sum of all such percentages for each such Class totals 100% and no more than ten Certificates of each Class may be issued. 
  

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 The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of
the Trustee by a Responsible 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, 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 Certificate. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under
this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless such Certificate shall have been manually authenticated by the Trustee substantially in the form provided for herein, and such 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. Subject to Section 5.02(c), the Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates
(other than the Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-10 Certificates, Class M-11 Certificates and Class M-12 Certificates) shall be Book-Entry Certificates. The other Classes of Certificates (including the Class M-9 Certificates, Class M-10 Certificates,
Class M-11 Certificates and Class M-12 Certificates) shall be Definitive Certificates. 
 Section 5.02 Registration of Transfer and
Exchange of Certificates. 
 (a) The Certificate Registrar shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a Certificate Register in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. The Trustee shall initially serve as
Certificate Registrar for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided. 
 Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the Certificate Registrar maintained for such purpose pursuant to the foregoing paragraph and, in the case of a Residual Certificate, upon satisfaction of the
conditions set forth below, the Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same aggregate Percentage Interest. 
 At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates in authorized denominations and the same aggregate
Percentage Interests, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate and deliver the
Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar) be duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. 
  

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 (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) below, the Book-Entry Certificates shall at all times remain
registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (i) registration of such Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository; (ii) the Depository shall maintain book-entry records with
respect to the Certificate Owners and with respect to ownership and transfers of such Certificates; (iii) ownership and transfers of registration of such Certificates on the books of the Depositor shall be governed by applicable rules
established by the Depository; (iv) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees, charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (v) the Trustee shall for all purposes deal with the Depository as representative of the
Certificate Owners of the Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of Holders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and votes of such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are made with respect to
different Certificate Owners; (vi) the Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its Depository Participants and furnished by the Depository Participants with respect
to indirect participating firms and Persons shown on the books of such indirect participating firms as direct or indirect Certificate Owners; and (vii) the direct participants of the Depository shall have no rights under this Agreement under or
with respect to any of the Certificates held on their behalf by the Depository, and the Depository may be treated by the Trustee, the Trustee and its agents, employees, officers and directors as the absolute owner of the Certificates for all
purposes whatsoever. 
 All transfers by Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the procedures
established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners that it represents or of brokerage firms for which it
acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The parties hereto are hereby authorized to execute a Letter of Representations with the Depository or take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to register a
Book-Entry Certificate to the Depository. In the event of any conflict between the terms of any such Letter of Representation and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. 
 (c) If (i)(x) the Depository or the Depository advises the Trustee in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its
responsibilities as Depository and (y) the Trustee or the Depository is unable to locate a qualified successor, or (ii) after the occurrence of a Servicing Default, the Certificate Owners of the Book-Entry Certificates representing not
less than 51% of the Voting Rights advise the Trustee and Depository through the Financial Intermediaries and the Depository Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the Depository to the exclusion of definitive,
fully registered certificates (“Definitive Certificates”) to Certificate Owners is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners. Upon surrender to the Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the
Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration, the Trustee shall, at the Seller’s expense, execute on behalf of the Trust and authenticate the Definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the
Servicer, any Paying Agent and the Depositor shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder. 
  

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 (d) No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Class M-11 Certificate, Class M-12 Certificate,
Class M-9 DSI Certificates, Class M-10 DSI Certificates, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate, Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificate shall be made unless such disposition is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and any applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with the 1933 Act and laws. In the event of any such transfer, except with respect to the
initial transfers of any Class M-11 Certificate, Class M-12 Certificate, Class M-9 DSI Certificates, Class M-10 DSI Certificates, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate, Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual
Certificates by the Depositor to NCFLLC, NCFC, or by NCFC or NCFLLC to [Insert Repo entities, if any], unless (i) such transfer is made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and an investment letter, in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit G, is delivered by the Transferee to the Trustee) or (ii) a written Opinion of Counsel (which may be in-house counsel) acceptable to and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Depositor is
delivered to them stating that such transfer may be made pursuant to (x) the 1933 Act, or an exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, and (y) the Investment Company Act of 1940, or an
exemption thereto, describing the applicable provision or exemption and the basis therefore, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee or the Depositor. The Holder of a Class M-11 Certificate, Class M-12 Certificate, Class M-9
DSI Certificates, Class M-10 DSI Certificates, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate, Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate or Residual Certificate desiring to effect such transfer shall, and the Trustee and the Depositor 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 a Class M-9 Certificate, Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate, Class M-12 Certificate, Class M-9 DSI Certificate, Class M-10 DSI Certificate, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate, Class I Certificate, Class C
Certificate or Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan or to any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or acquiring such Certificates with “plan assets” of a Plan within the
meaning of the Department of Labor regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 or otherwise (“Plan Assets”). Each Person who acquires any Ownership Interest in such classes of Certificates shall be deemed, by the
acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest, to represent that it is not a Plan and is not acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or acquiring such Ownership Interest with Plan Assets. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply
to any Class M-9 Certificate, Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate or Class M-12 Certificate that has been sold pursuant to a Qualified Underwriting and which satisfies the other conditions under an Underwriter Exemption as well as to the
corresponding purchase of any Class M-9 DSI Certificate, Class M-10 DSI Certificate, Class M-11 DSI Certificate and Class M-12 DSI Certificate. 
 Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and to have irrevocably
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connection with any such sale, and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly subject to the
following provisions: 
 (i) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual 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 Person shall acquire an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate unless such Ownership Interest is a pro-rata undivided interest. 
 (iii) In connection with any proposed transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Trustee shall as a condition to
registration of the transfer, require delivery to it, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of each of the following: 
 (A) an affidavit
in the form of Exhibit H hereto from the proposed transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual Certificate that is the subject of the proposed transfer as
a nominee, Trustee or agent for any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee; and 
 (B) an affidavit in the form of Exhibit I hereto from
the proposed transferor to the effect that no purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of any tax. 
 (iv) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the purported transferee. If any
purported transferee shall, in violation of the provisions of this Section, become a Holder of a Residual Certificate, then the prior Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee shall, upon discovery that the registration of
transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section, be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Trustee shall be under no liability to
any Person for any registration of transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section or for making any distributions due on such Residual 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 Trustee received the documents specified in clause (iii). The Trustee shall be entitled to recover from any Holder of a Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted
Transferee at the time such distributions were made all distributions made on such Residual Certificate. Any such distributions so recovered by the Trustee shall be distributed and delivered by the Trustee to the prior Holder of such Residual
Certificate that is a Permitted Transferee. 
 (v) If any Person other than a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership
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Ownership Interest therein, to notify the Depositor to arrange for the sale of such Residual Certificate. The proceeds of such sale, net of commissions
(which may include commissions payable to the Depositor or its affiliates in connection with such sale), expenses and taxes due, if any, will be remitted by the Trustee to the previous Holder of such Residual Certificate that is a Permitted
Transferee, except that in the event that the Trustee determines that the Holder of such Residual Certificate may be liable for any amount due under this Section or any other provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee may withhold a corresponding
amount from such remittance as security for such claim. The terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (v) shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Trustee and it shall not be liable to any Person having an Ownership Interest
in a Residual Certificate as a result of its exercise of such discretion. 
 (vi) If any Person other than a Permitted
Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section, then the Trustee upon receipt of reasonable compensation will provide to the Internal Revenue Service, and to the persons
specified in Sections 860E(e)(3) and (6) of the Code, information needed to compute the tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code on transfers of residual interests to disqualified organizations. 
 The foregoing provisions of this Section shall cease to apply to transfers occurring on or after the date on which there shall have been delivered to the
Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) written notification from each Rating Agency that the removal of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Section will not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its rating of
the Certificates and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such removal will not cause any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC. 
 (e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates of any Class, but the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Certificates. 
 All Certificates surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the Certificate Registrar and disposed of pursuant to its standard procedures. 
 Section
5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. 
 If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar 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 or the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall execute on behalf of the Trust,
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section, the Trustee or
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sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar) in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section, shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. 
 Section 5.04 Persons Deemed Owners. 
 The Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar or any Paying Agent may treat the Person, including a Depositor, in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Section 4.01 and for all
other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Servicer, the Trust, the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 Section 5.05 Appointment of Paying Agent. 
 (a) The Paying Agent shall make distributions
to Certificateholders from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.01 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to the Trustee. The duties of the Paying Agent may include the obligation to distribute statements prepared by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 and provide information to Certificateholders as required hereunder. The Paying Agent hereunder shall at all times be an entity duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. The Paying Agent shall initially be the Trustee. The Trustee may appoint a
successor to act as Paying Agent, which appointment shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor. 
 (b) The Trustee shall cause the
Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee that such Paying Agent shall hold all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholders
in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Certificateholders and shall agree that it shall comply with all requirements of the Code regarding the withholding of payments in respect of
Federal income taxes due from Certificate Owners and otherwise comply with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it. 
 ARTICLE VI

 THE SERVICER AND THE COMPANY 
 Section 6.01 Liability of the Servicer and the Depositor. 
 The Servicer shall be liable in accordance herewith
only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by Servicer herein. The Depositor shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Depositor.

  

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 Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, the Servicer
or the Depositor. 
 Any entity into which the Servicer or Depositor may be merged or consolidated, or any entity resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Servicer or the Depositor shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Servicer or the Depositor, shall be the successor of the Servicer or the Depositor, 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; provided, however, that the successor Servicer shall satisfy all the requirements
of Section 7.02 with respect to the qualifications of a successor Servicer. 
 Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of
the Servicer and Others. 
 Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors or officers or employees or agents of the Servicer shall be
under any liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action by the Servicer in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however,
that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any such Person against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties of the Servicer or by reason of
its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties of the Servicer hereunder. 
 The Servicer and any director or officer or employee or
agent of 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 Servicer and any director or officer or employee or agent of the
Servicer shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, including any amount paid to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.06(b), other than any loss, liability or expense related to any specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) and any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder. The Servicer shall not be under
any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its duties to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement, and which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided,
however, that the Servicer may in its sole discretion undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement, and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders
hereunder. In such event, the reasonable legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust, and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor. The
Servicer’s right to indemnity or reimbursement pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall survive any resignation or termination of the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 or 7.01 with respect to any losses, expenses, costs or liabilities
arising prior to such resignation or termination (or arising from events that occurred prior to such resignation or termination). Any reimbursements or indemnification to the Servicer from the Trust pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be
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 Section 6.04 Servicer Not to Resign. 
 Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, the Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon
determination that the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or (ii) upon satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) the Servicer has proposed a successor servicer to the
Trustee in writing and such proposed successor servicer is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee; and (b) each Rating Agency shall have delivered a letter to the Trustee prior to the appointment of the successor servicer stating that the
proposed appointment of such successor servicer as Servicer hereunder will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of then current rating of the Certificates; provided, however, that no such resignation by the Servicer shall become
effective until such successor servicer or, in the case of (i) above, the Trustee or its designee as successor Servicer shall have assumed the Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder or shall have designated a successor
servicer in accordance with Section 7.02. Any such resignation shall not relieve the Servicer of responsibility for any of the obligations specified in Sections 7.01 and 7.02 as obligations that survive the resignation or termination of the
Servicer. The Servicer shall have no claim (whether by subrogation or otherwise) or other action against any Certificateholder for any amounts paid by the Servicer pursuant to any provision of this Pooling and Agreement. Any such determination
permitting the resignation of the Servicer under clause (i) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee. 
 Section 6.05 Delegation of Duties. 
 In the ordinary course of business, the Servicer at
any time may delegate any of its duties hereunder to any Person, including any of its Affiliates, who agrees to conduct such duties in accordance with the same standards with which the Servicer complies pursuant to Section 3.01. Such delegation
shall not relieve the Servicer of its liabilities and responsibilities with respect to such duties and shall not constitute a resignation within the meaning of Section 6.04. 
 Section 6.06 Servicer to Pay Trustee’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. 
 (a) The Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee and any co-trustee of the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee and any such co-trustee
shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation, including all indemnification payments (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) for all services rendered by each of them in
the execution of the trusts created hereunder and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties and the Servicer will pay or reimburse the Trustee and any co-trustee upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee or any co-trustee of the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. 
 (b) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and to defend and hold, the Trustee harmless against, any claim, tax, penalty, loss, liability or
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the Trustee’s duties under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, including the reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses) of defending itself against any claim in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, provided that: 
 (i) with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall have given the Servicer written notice thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof; 
 (ii) while maintaining control over its own defense, the Trustee shall cooperate and consult fully with the Servicer in preparing such
defense; and 
 (iii) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer shall not be liable for
settlement of any claim by the Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the Servicer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 
 No termination of this Agreement and resignation and removal of the Trustee shall affect the obligations created by this Section 6.06 of the Servicer to indemnify the Trustee under the conditions and to the extent set forth herein.
This section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and resignation and removal of the Trustee. Any amounts to be paid by the Servicer pursuant to this Subsection may not be paid from the Trust Fund except as provided in Section 6.03.

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provided by the Servicer in this Section 6.06 shall not pertain to any loss,
liability or expense of the Trustee including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim, incurred in connection with any actions taken by the Trustee at the direction of the Certificateholders, as the case may be, pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement. 
 (c) The Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund in an amount equal to the amount of any claim made under a MI
Policy for which coverage is denied by the MI Insurer because (and if the MI Insurer’s denial of coverage is contested by the Servicer, a court or arbitrator finally determines that coverage is not available under the MI Policy because) of the
Servicer’s failure to abide by the terms of the MI Policy or the MI Insurance Agreement or the Servicer’s failure to abide by the NFI Underwriting Guidelines or the NFI Servicing Guidelines, as attached to the MI Insurance Agreement.

 (d) In the event the Trustee becomes the Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee shall not be obligated, in its
individual capacity, to pay any obligation of the Servicer under clause (a), (b) or (c) above. 
  

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 ARTICLE VII 
 DEFAULT 
 Section 7.01 Servicing Default. 
 (a) If any one of the following events (a “Servicing Default”) shall occur and be continuing: 
 (i) Any failure by the Servicer to deposit in the Collection Account or Distribution Account (A) any Advances and Compensating
Interest or (B) any other Deposit required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which, in the case of this clause (B), continues unremedied for a period of three Business Days after the date upon which written notice of such failure
shall have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee or to the Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or 
 (ii) Failure on the part of the Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any other covenants or agreements of the
Servicer set forth in this Agreement, which failure, in each case, materially and adversely affects the interests of Certificateholders or the breach of any representation or warranty of the Servicer in this Agreement which materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders, and which in either case continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure or breach, requiring the same to be remedied, and stating that such notice
is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall have been given to the Servicer by the Trustee or to the Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or 
 (iii) The entry against the Servicer of a decree or order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the
premises for the appointment of a trustee, conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, conservatorship, receivership, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation
of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or 
 (iv) The Servicer shall voluntarily go into liquidation, consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator or similar person in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar
proceedings of or relating to the Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property, or a decree or order of a court, agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a conservator,
receiver, liquidator or similar person in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Servicer and such
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60 days; or the Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any
applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or 
 (v) The Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds (a) with respect to the first 12 Distribution Dates, [        ]%, (b) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates,
[        ]% (c) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates, [        ]%, (d) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates,
[        ]%, (e) with respect to the next 12 Distribution Dates, [        ]%, (f) and with respect to all Distribution Dates thereafter,
[        ]%; or 
 (vi) Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans over any twelve-month
period exceeds [        ]% of the sum of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date and the Original Pre-Funded Amount; or 
 (vii) The Rolling 90 Day Delinquency Percentage exceeds [        ]%. 
 (b) then, and in each and every such case, so long as a Servicing Default shall not have been remedied within the applicable grace period, (x) with
respect solely to clause (i)(A) above, if such Advance is not made by 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the Business Day immediately following the Servicer Remittance Date (provided the Trustee shall give the Servicer notice of such failure to advance by
5:00 P.M. New York time on the Servicer Remittance Date), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement and the Trustee, or a successor servicer appointed in accordance with Section 7.02,
shall assume, pursuant to Section 7.02, the duties of a successor Servicer and (y) in the case of (i)(B), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) and (vii) above, the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Holders of Certificates
evidencing at least 51% of the Voters Rights, by notice then given in writing to the Servicer (and to the Trustee if given by Holders of Certificates), terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer as servicer under this Agreement. Any
such notice to the Servicer shall also be given to the Trustee, each Rating Agency, the Depositor and the Seller. On or after the receipt by the Servicer (and by the Trustee if such notice is given by the Holders) of such written notice, all
authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee or other Successor Servicer appointed in accordance with
Section 7.02. 
 Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. 
 (a) Within 90 days of the time the Servicer (and the Trustee if notice is sent by the Holders) receives a notice of termination pursuant to
Section 7.01, the Trustee (or such other successor Servicer as is approved in accordance with this Agreement) shall be the successor in all respects 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 arising on and after its succession. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
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Advances is subject to the standards set forth in Section 3.24 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee, in its capacity as successor
Servicer, shall not be responsible for the lack of information and/or documents that it cannot obtain through reasonable efforts. As compensation therefor, the Trustee (or such other successor Servicer) shall be entitled to such compensation as the
Servicer would have been entitled to hereunder if no such notice of termination had been given. Notwithstanding the above, (i) if the Trustee is unwilling to act as successor Servicer or (ii) if the Trustee is legally unable so to act, the
Trustee shall appoint or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home finance institution, bank or other mortgage loan or home equity loan servicer having a net worth of not less than $10,000,000 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; provided, that the appointment of any such successor Servicer will not result in the qualification,
reduction or withdrawal of the ratings assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies as evidenced by a letter to such effect from the Rating Agencies. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, unless the Trustee is
prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the successor shall be entitled to receive compensation out of payments on Mortgage Loans in an
amount equal to the compensation which the Servicer would otherwise have received pursuant to Section 3.18 (or such other compensation as the Trustee and such successor shall agree, not to exceed the Servicing Fee). The appointment of a
successor Servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Servicer which may have arisen under this Agreement prior to its termination as Servicer to pay any deductible under an insurance policy pursuant to Section 3.14 or to
indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.06, nor shall any successor Servicer be liable for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Servicer or for any breach by such Servicer of any of its representations or warranties contained herein or
in any related document or agreement. The Trustee and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. All Servicing Transfer Costs shall be paid by the predecessor
Servicer upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs, and if such predecessor Servicer defaults in its obligation to pay such costs, such costs shall be paid by the successor Servicer or the Trustee (in which case the successor
Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor from the assets of the Trust). 
 (b) Any successor,
including the Trustee, to the Servicer as servicer shall during the term of its service as servicer continue to service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of Certificateholders, and maintain in force a policy or policies of insurance
covering errors and omissions in the performance of its obligations as Servicer hereunder and a Fidelity Bond in respect of its officers, employees and agents to the same extent as the Servicer is so required pursuant to Section 3.14.

 (c) In connection with the termination or resignation of the Servicer hereunder, either (i) the successor Servicer, shall represent
and warrant that it is a member of MERS in good standing and shall agree to comply in all material respects with the rules and procedures of MERS in connection with the servicing of the Mortgage Loans that are registered with MERS, in which case the
predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the successor Servicer in causing MERS to revise its records to reflect the transfer of servicing to the successor Servicer as necessary under MERS’ rules and regulations, or (ii) the predecessor
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in recordable form to transfer the Mortgages from MERS to the Trustee and to execute and deliver such other notices, documents and other instruments as may
be necessary or desirable to effect a transfer of such Mortgage Loans or servicing of such Mortgage Loan on the MERS System to the successor Servicer. The predecessor Servicer shall file or cause to be filed any such assignment in the appropriate
recording offices. The predecessor Servicer shall bear any and all fees of MERS, costs of preparing any assignments of Mortgage, and fees and costs of filing any assignments of Mortgage that may be required under this subsection (c). The successor
Servicer shall cause assignment to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon receipt of the original with evidence of recording thereon or a copy certified by the public recording office in which such assignment was recorded. 
 Section 7.03 Waiver of Defaults. 
 The Majority Certificateholders may, on behalf of all Certificateholders, waive any events permitting removal of the Servicer as servicer pursuant to this Article VII by delivering written notice to the Trustee, provided, however,
that the Majority Certificateholders may not waive a default in making a required distribution on a Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate. Upon any waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist and any
Servicing Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereto except to the extent expressly so
waived. Notice of any such waiver shall be given by the Trustee to the Rating Agencies. 
 Section 7.04 Notification to
Certificateholders. 
 (a) Upon any termination or appointment of a successor the Servicer pursuant to this Article VII, the Trustee shall
give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and each Rating Agency. 
 (b) No later than 60 days after the occurrence of any event which constitutes or which, with notice or a lapse of time or both, would constitute a Servicing Default for five Business Days after a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such an event, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders notice of such occurrence unless such default or Servicing Default shall have been waived or cured. 
 Section 7.05 Survivability of Servicer Liabilities. 
 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon termination of the Servicer hereunder, any liabilities of the Servicer which accrued prior to such termination shall survive such termination. 
  

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 ARTICLE VIII 
 THE TRUSTEE 
 Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee. 
 On the Closing Date, the Trustee will act as disbursement agent and will distribute the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Certificates according to
the closing settlement statement provided by the Seller. If a Servicing Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise
as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
 (a) Except during the
continuance of a Servicing Default: 
 (i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement with respect to the Trustee and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee; and 
 (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions delivered to it to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. 
 (b) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
 (i) this paragraph does not
limit the effect of paragraph (9) of this Section 8.01; 
 (ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by its Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 
 (iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it from the Majority Certificateholders. 
 The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by the Trustee. 
 Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other trust funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this Agreement.

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the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
 Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and without limiting the generality
of this Section 8.01, the Trustee shall have no duty (A) to see to any recording, filing or depositing of this Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security
interest, or to see to the maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any rerecording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see to any insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax,
assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund other than from funds available in the Distribution Account, or (D) to confirm or
verify the contents of any reports or certificates of the Servicer delivered to the Trustee believed by the Trustee to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. 
 (c) The Trustee shall act as successor to the Servicer to the extent provided in Section 7.02 hereof. 
 (d) For all purposes under this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any Servicing Default unless a Responsible
Officer assigned to and working in the Trustee’s corporate trust department has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such Servicing Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office, and
such notice references the Certificates generally, the Trust, or this Agreement. 
 The Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and shall
execute this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement and shall perform their respective duties and satisfy their respective obligations thereunder. Every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall apply to the Trustee’s execution of this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement and the performance of their respective duties and satisfaction of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. 
 Section 8.02 Rights of Trustee. 
 The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting on any resolution, officer’s certificate, opinion of counsel, certificate of auditors or other certificate, statement, instrument, or document believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 
 Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee which Officers’ Certificate or
Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Trustee or the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action either of them takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

  

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 The Trustee may execute any of its trusts or powers hereunder and the Trustee may perform any of its
respective duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee and the Trustee shall have no liability for any misconduct or negligence on the part of such agent, attorney or custodian appointed by the
Trustee with due care. 
 The Trustee shall not be liable for any action either of them takes or omits to take in good faith which it
believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. 
 The Trustee may consult with counsel chosen by it with due care, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this
Agreement and the Certificates shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by either of them hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such
counsel. 
 The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to institute,
conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby (which in the case of the Majority Certificateholders will be deemed to be satisfied by a letter agreement with respect to such
costs from such Majority Certificateholders); nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of a Servicing Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge (which
has not been cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such
person’s own affairs. 
 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 to do by the Majority Certificateholders; provided, however, that if the payment within a
reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms
of this Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Servicer or, if paid by the
Trustee, shall be repaid by the Servicer upon demand from the Servicer’s own funds. 
 The rights of the Trustee to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act. 
 The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the Trust Fund created hereby or the powers granted
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 Section 8.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. 
 The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates and may otherwise deal with the Seller or its
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Certificates Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Section 8.11 hereof. 
 Section 8.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer. 
 The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Agreement or the Certificates, or of any Mortgage Loan or related document, or of MERS or the MERS System.
The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use of the proceeds from the Certificates, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement of the Trust in this Agreement or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the
Certificates or in the Certificates other than the Trustee’s or the Certificate Registrar’s certificate of authentication. 
 Section 8.05 Notice of Servicing Default. 
 The Trustee shall mail to each Certificateholder notice of the
Servicing Default within 10 days after a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge thereof unless such Servicing Default shall have been waived or cured. Except in the case of a Servicing Default in payment of principal of or interest on any
Certificate, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Certificateholders. 
 Section 8.06 [Reserved]. 
 Section 8.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

 The amount of the Trustee Fee and Custodian Fee shall be paid to the Trustee and Custodian, respectively, on each Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(i) of this Agreement, and all amounts owing to the Trustee hereunder in excess of such amount shall be paid solely as provided in this Agreement. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. 
 Section 8.08 Replacement of Trustee. 
 No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.08. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Depositor. The Majority Certificateholders may at any time remove the Trustee by so notifying the Depositor and the Trustee and the
Depositor and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Depositor shall remove the Trustee if: 
 (a) the Trustee fails to comply with
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 (c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its respective property; or

 (d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting. 
 If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Depositor shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee. 
 A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee, the
Depositor, the Trustee and the Servicer. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee or under this Agreement. The
successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Certificateholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee. 
 If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Depositor, the
Trustee or the Majority Certificateholders may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 
 Section 8.09 Successor Trustee by Merger. 
 If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, without any further act, shall be the successor Trustee; provided, that
such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under Section 8.11 hereof. 
 If at the time such
successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee, shall succeed to the trusts created by this Agreement and any of the Certificates shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may
adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Certificates so authenticated; and if at that time any of the Certificates shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such
Certificates either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force as the Certificates or this Agreement provide that such certificates of
the Trustee shall have. 
 Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. 
 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust Fund may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or
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obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the
terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.11 hereof and notice to, and no consent of the Certificateholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required. The Trustee hereby appoints
[                        ] as Co-Trustee hereunder solely for the purpose of holding the MI Policies. 
 Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

 (a) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any
law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title
to the Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee; 
 (b) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and 
 (c) the Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee. 
 Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts
conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including
every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee. 
 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 8.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. 
 The Trustee shall be a corporation or
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state of the United States. The Trustee is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. The Trustee shall at all times be reasonably acceptable to the Depositor and
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combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and it or its parent shall have a
long-term debt rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s, BBB or better by Standard & Poor’s and BBB or F-2 or better by Fitch. The Trustee shall also have a short term rating of A-1 or better by Standard & Poor’s.

 Section 8.12 [Reserved]. 
 Section 8.13 Representations and Warranties. 
 (a) The Trustee hereby represents that:

 (i) The Trustee is duly organized and validly existing as a national banking association in good standing under the laws of
the United States with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted; 
 (ii) The Trustee has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Trustee by all necessary corporate action; 
 (iii) The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a
default under, the articles of organization or bylaws of the Trustee or any agreement or other instrument to which the Trustee is a party or by which it is bound; and 
 (iv) To the Trustee’s best knowledge, there are no proceedings or investigations pending or threatened before any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Trustee or its properties: (A) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or (C) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Trustee of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement. 
 Section 8.14 Directions to Trustee. 
 The Trustee is hereby directed: 
 (a) to accept the Mortgage Loans and hold the assets of the Trust Fund in
trust for the Certificateholders; 
 (b) to authenticate and deliver the Certificates of each Class substantially in the forms prescribed by
Exhibits A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10, A-11, A-12, A-13, A-14, A-15, A-16, A-17, A-18, A-19, A-20, A-21, A-22, A-23, A-24, A-25 and A-26 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; 
  

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 (c) to execute the Swap Agreements and Cap Agreements as trustee on behalf of the Supplemental Interest
Trust; and 
 (d) to take all other actions as shall be required to be taken by the terms of this Agreement. 
 Section 8.15 The Agents. 
 The provisions of this Agreement relating to the limitations of the Trustee’s liability and to its indemnity shall inure also to the Paying Agent, and the Certificate Registrar. 
 Section 8.16 Reports by the Trustee; Trust Fiscal Year. 
 The Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall: 
 (a) file with the Commission, on behalf of the Trust, the
annual reports and information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Trust may be required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Such filings shall be as follows: within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall file with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval System, a Form 8-K with a copy of the statement to Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to January 31, 200[ ], the Trustee, shall file a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the
Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to March 31, 200[ ], the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall file a Form 10-K, in substance conforming to industry standards, with respect to the Trust Fund. The Depositor will prepare and execute any
certifications to be filed with the Form 10-K as required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Trust hereby grants to the Trustee, a limited power of attorney to execute and file each such document on behalf of the Trust. Such power of attorney
shall continue until the termination of the Trust Fund. The Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Seller within three Business Days after filing any Form 8-K or Form 10-K pursuant to this Section 8.16 a copy of such Form 8-K or
Form 10-K, as the case may be; and 
 (b) file with the Commission (with copies to the Seller and the Depositor) in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Trust with the conditions and covenants of this Agreement as may be required from time to time by such
rules and regulations. 
 (c) If required under Regulation AB, the Trustee will: 
 (i) deliver to the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer, a report, dated as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year,
on its assessment of compliance with the minimum servicing criteria regarding cash and collection administration during the preceding calendar year, including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance identified by the Trustee, as
required by Rule 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB under the Securities Act, and such additional provisions of Item 1122 as may be agreed among the Depositor, the Servicer and the Indenture Trustee to
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 (ii) cause a firm of registered public accountants that is qualified and independent
within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act to deliver to the Depositor and the Servicer an attestation report that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 under the Exchange Act, as applicable, on the
assessment of compliance with servicing criteria with respect to the prior calendar year. Such attestation report will be addressed to the board of directors of the Servicer and to the Depositor. Such attestation report will be in accordance with
Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The firm may render other services to the Indenture Trustee, but the firm must indicate in each attestation report that it is qualified and independent
within the meaning of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act. 
 (iii) The reports referred to in this Section
[    ] will be delivered on or before March 15 of each year in which a Form 10-K is required to be filed, beginning March 15, 200[ ]. 
 (d) The Trustee will furnish to the Depositor or the Issuing Entity, in writing, the necessary disclosure describing the legal proceedings required to be disclosed under Item 1117 of Regulation AB with respect to
the Trustee, for inclusion in reports, so long as such reports are required to be filed, pursuant to the Exchange Act. 
 The fiscal year of
the Trust shall end on December 31 of each year. 
 Section 8.17 Execution of the Novation, Swap Agreements, and Cap
Agreements. 
 The Depositor hereby directs the Trustee to enter into and execute the Novation Agreements, the Swap Agreements, and the
Cap Agreements on the Closing Date on behalf of the Supplemental Interest Trust. The Seller, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Certificateholders (by their acceptance of such Certificates) acknowledge that
[                        ] is entering into the Swap Agreements and Cap Agreements solely in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust
Fund and not in its individual capacity. 
 Section 8.18 Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.

 (a) (i) (A) Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, in accordance with industry standards, file with the
Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”), a Form 10-D, signed by the Servicer, with a copy of the monthly statement to be furnished by the Trustee to the Noteholders for such Distribution Date and
detailing all data elements specified in Item 1121(a) of Regulation AB; provided that the Trustee shall have received no later than five (5) calandar days after the related Distribution Date, all information required to be provided to the
Trustee as described in clause (a)(iv) below. Any disclosure in addition to the Monthly Statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D (“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”) shall be approved by the Depositor. 
  

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 Within five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date, (i) the parties set forth in
Exhibit [__] shall be required to provide, pursuant to section             below, to the Trustee and the Depositor, to the extent known, in EDGAR-compatible format, or in such other form as
otherwise agreed upon by the Trustee and the Depositor and such party, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, if applicable, and (ii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may
be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the Trustee in connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on
Form 10-D pursuant to this Section. 
 (B) After preparing the Form 10-D, the Trustee shall forward electronically a draft copy of the Form
10-D to the Depositor and the Servicer for review. No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the related Distribution Date, a senior officer of the Servicer in charge of the servicing function shall sign the Form
10-D and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-D (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the
Trustee will follow the procedures set forth in Section             . Promptly (but no later than one (1) Business Day) after filing with the Commission, the Trustee will make
available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-D. The signing party at the Servicer can be contacted as set forth in Section [            ]. The parties to
this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Trustee of its duties under Sections              and
             related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D is contingent upon such parties strictly observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties
under such Sections. The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 10-D, where such failure results from the Trustee’s
inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. 
 (ii) (A) Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure on Form 8-K (each such event, a
“Reportable Event”), the Trustee shall prepare and file on behalf of the Issuing Entity any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act, provided that the Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the
issuance of the Notes. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”) shall be approved by and prepared at the direction of
the Depositor. 
 (B) For so long as the Issuing Entity is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than 12:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard time on the 2nd Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event (i) the parties set forth in Exhibit [    ] shall be required pursuant to Section
             below to provide to the Trustee and the Depositor, to the extent known, in EDGAR-compatible format, or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Trustee and the
Depositor and such party, the form and substance of any Form 8-K Disclosure Information, if applicable, and (ii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure
Information on Form 8-K. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the Trustee in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this Section. 
  

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 (C) After preparing the Form 8-K, the Trustee shall forward electronically a draft copy of the Form 8-K
to the Depositor and the Servicer for review. No later than the end of business New York City time on the 3rd Business Day after the Reportable Event, a senior officer of the Servicer in charge of the servicing function shall sign the Form 8-K and
return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will
follow the procedures set forth in Section             . Promptly (but no later than 1 Business Day) after filing with the Commission, the Trustee will, make available on its
internet website a final executed copy of each Form 8-K. The signing party at the Servicer can be contacted as set forth in Section [        ]. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the
performance by the Trustee of its duties under this Section              related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K is contingent upon such parties strictly observing
all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section             . The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of
or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results from the Trustee’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to
prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. 
 (iii) (A) Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuing Entity or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K Filing Deadline”) (it being understood that the fiscal year for the
Issuing Entity ends on December 31st of each year), commencing in March 20[__], the Trustee shall prepare and file on behalf of the Issuing Entity a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K
shall include the following items, in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Trustee within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement, (i) an annual compliance statement for the Servicer, each Servicer and any
subservicer, as described under Section             , the annual reports on assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria for the Servicer, each subservicer and subcontractor
participating in the Servicing Function, each Servicing Function Participant, the Trustee and each custodian, as described under Section             , and (B) if the
Servicer’s, or the Trustee’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section              identifies any material instance of
noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if the Servicer’s, or the Trustee’s report on assessment of compliance with Servicing Criteria described under Section
             is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included, (iii)(A) the registered
public accounting firm attestation report for the Servicer, and the Trustee, as described under Section             , and
             if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section             
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disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included, and (iv) a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification
(“Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”) as described in this Section              below. Any disclosure or information in addition to (i) through (iv) above that
is required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”) shall be determined and prepared by and approved by the Depositor. 
 (B) No later than March 1 (with a 10 calendar day cure period) of each year that the Issuing Entity is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, commencing in [    ],
(i) the parties set forth in Exhibit [    ] shall be required to provide pursuant to Section              below to the Trustee and the Depositor, to
the extent known, in EDGAR-compatible format, or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Trustee and the Depositor and such party, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, if applicable, and (ii) the Depositor
will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees and expenses assessed or incurred by the Trustee
in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K pursuant to this Section. 
 (C) After preparing the Form 10-K,
the Trustee shall forward electronically a draft copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor and the Servicer for review. No later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time on the 4th Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, a senior officer of the
Servicer in charge of the servicing function shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Trustee. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on
time or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Trustee will follow the procedures set forth in Section             . Promptly (but no later than 1 Business Day)
after filing with the Commission, the Trustee will make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-K. The signing party at the Servicer can be contacted as set forth in Section [    ]. The
parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Trustee of its duties under Sections              and
             related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K is contingent upon such parties strictly observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties
under such Section              and Section             . The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss,
expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file such Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Trustee’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from
any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. 
 (D) Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”), required to be included therewith pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Servicer and the Trustee, shall and the
Servicer shall cause any subservicer or subcontractor engaged by it to, provide to the Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification (the “Certifying Person”), by March 10 of each year in which the Issuing Entity is subject
to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and otherwise within a reasonable period of time upon request, a certification (each, a “Back-Up Certification”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
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an officer, and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person, “Certification Parties”) can
reasonably rely. The senior officer of the Servicer shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Issuing Entity. Such officer of the Certifying Person can be contacted as set forth in Section [    ]. In the event
the Trustee is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee shall provide a Back-Up Certification to the Certifying Person pursuant to this Section
             with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement. 
 (iv) With respect to any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, Additional Form 10-K Disclosure or any Form 8-K Disclosure Information (collectively, the “Additional Disclosure”) relating to the Trust Fund,
the Trustee’s obligation to include such Additional Information in the applicable Exchange Act report is subject to receipt from the entity that is indicated in Exhibit [    ] as the responsible party for providing
that information, if other than the Trustee, as and when required as described in Section              through (iii) above. Each of the Servicer, Sponsor, and Depositor hereby
agree to notify and provide to the extent known to the Trustee and the Depositor all Additional Disclosure relating to the Trust Fund, with respect to which such party is indicated in Exhibit [    ] as the responsible
party for providing that information. 
 (v) (A) On or prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee is
able to do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15 relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of the Issuing Entity under the Exchange Act. 
 (B) In the event that the Trustee is unable to timely file with the Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K required to be
filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information was either not delivered to it or delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement or for any other reason, the Trustee will immediately notify the Depositor and
the Servicer. In the case of Form 10-D and 10-K, the Depositor, Servicer and Trustee will cooperate to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a 10-DA and 10-KA as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the case of Form 8-K, the
Trustee will, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction of the Depositor, include such disclosure information on the next Form 10-D. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K
needs to be amended, the Trustee will notify the Depositor and the Servicer and such parties will cooperate to prepare any necessary 8-KA, 10-DA or 10-KA. Any Form 15, From 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K shall be signed by a
senior officer of the Servicer. The Depositor and Servicer acknowledge that the performance by the Trustee of its duties under this Section              related to the timely
preparation and filing of Form 15, a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, 10-D or 10-K is contingent upon the Servicer and the Depositor performing their duties under this Section. The Trustee shall have no liability for any loss, expense,
damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file any such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, 10-D or 10-K, where such failure results from the Trustee’s inability or failure to
receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, 10-D or 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or
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 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, 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             ; provided, however, the Trustee will cooperate with the Depositor in connection with any
additional filings with respect to the Issuing Entity as the Depositor deems necessary under the Exchange Act. Copies of all reports filed by the Trustee under the Exchange Act shall be sent to: the Depositor c/o
[                    ]. 
 (b) In
connection with the filing of any 10-K hereunder, the Trustee shall sign a certification (a “Form of Back-Up Certification to Form 10-K Certificate,” substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit [    ])
for the Depositor regarding certain aspects of the Form 10-K certification signed by the Depositor, provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to undertake an analysis of any accountant’s report attached as an exhibit to the Form
10-K. 
 (c) The Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor and its officers, directors and affiliates from and against any
losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the Trustee’s obligations under this Section
             or the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. 
 The Depositor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and its officers, directors and affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and
related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the obligations of the Depositor under this Section              or the
Depositor’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. 
 The Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Trustee and the Depositor and their respective officers, directors and affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses
arising out of or based upon a breach of the obligations of the Servicer under this Section              or the Servicer’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
connection therewith. 
 If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Depositor or the
Trustee, as applicable, then the defaulting party, in connection with a breach of its respective obligations under this Section              or its respective negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct in connection therewith, agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the other parties as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the other party in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault and the relative benefit of the Depositor on the one hand and the Trustee on the other. 
 (d) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section             , this Section              may be amended without the consent of the
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 ARTICLE IX 
 [Reserved] 
 ARTICLE X 
 REMIC ADMINISTRATION 
 Section 10.01 REMIC Administration. 
 (a) [Reserved]. 
 (b) December 15, 200[ ]
is hereby designated as the “Startup Day” of each REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code. 
 (c) The
Servicer shall pay any and all tax related expenses (not including taxes) of each REMIC, including but not limited to any professional fees or expenses related to audits or any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to each REMIC that
involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities, but only to the extent that (i) such expenses are ordinary or routine expenses, including expenses of a routine audit but not expenses of litigation (except as described in (ii));
or (ii) such expenses or liabilities (including taxes and penalties) are attributable to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Servicer in fulfilling its duties hereunder. The Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses to the
extent provided in clause (i) above from the Collection Account. 
 (d) The Trustee shall (a) maintain (or cause to be maintained)
the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis using the accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver (or cause to be delivered) to each Certificateholder as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, including the REMIC
Provisions, such information as may be required to enable each Certificateholder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns, (c) prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed such Tax Returns relating to the Trust as may be
required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations (including timely making elections to treat specified assets of the Trust as one or more REMICs for federal income tax purposes and any other such elections as may from time to time be
required or appropriate under any applicable state or federal statutes, rules or regulations), (d) collect or cause to be collected any required withholding tax with respect to income or distributions to Certificateholders and prepare or cause
to be prepared the appropriate forms relating thereto and (e) maintain records as required by the REMIC Provisions. 
 (e) The Holder of
the Residual Certificate at any time holding the largest Percentage Interest thereof shall be the “tax matters person” as defined in the REMIC Provisions (the “Tax Matters Person”) with respect to each REMIC and shall act
as Tax Matters Person for each REMIC. The Trustee, as agent for the Tax Matters Person, shall perform on behalf of each REMIC all reporting and other tax compliance duties that are the responsibility of such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC
Provisions, or other compliance guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local taxing authority. Among its other duties, if required by the Code, the REMIC Provisions, or other such guidance, the Trustee, as agent for the Tax
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Person, shall provide (i) to the Treasury or other governmental authority such information as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to
the transfer of a Residual Certificate to any Disqualified Organization or non-U.S. Person and (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or REMIC Provisions. 
 (f) The Trustee, the Servicer and the Holders of Certificates shall take any action or cause the REMIC to take any action necessary to create or maintain
the status of each REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and shall assist each other as necessary to create or maintain such status. Neither the Trustee, the Servicer nor the Holder of any Residual Certificate shall take any action, cause any
REMIC created hereunder to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of such REMIC as a REMIC or
(ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon such REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as defined in Code Section 860F(a)(2) and the tax on prohibited contributions set forth on Section 860G(d) of the
Code) (either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”) unless the Trustee and the Servicer have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated action will
not endanger such status or result in the imposition of such a tax. In addition, prior to taking any action with respect to any REMIC created hereunder or the assets therein, or causing such REMIC to take any action, which is not expressly permitted
under the terms of this Agreement, any Holder of a Residual Certificate will consult with the Trustee and the Servicer, or their respective designees, in writing, with respect to whether such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with
respect to any REMIC, and no such Person shall take any such action or cause any REMIC to take any such action as to which the Trustee or the Servicer has advised it in writing that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur. 
 (g) Each Holder of a Residual Certificate shall pay when due any and all taxes imposed on each REMIC created hereunder by federal or state governmental
authorities. To the extent that such Trust taxes are not paid by a Residual Certificateholder, the Trustee shall pay any remaining REMIC taxes out of current or future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holder of the Residual Certificate in the
REMICs or, if no such amounts are available, out of other amounts held in the Distribution Account, and shall reduce amounts otherwise payable to Holders of regular interests in the related REMIC. 
 (h) The Trustee, as agent for the Tax Matters Person, shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain books and records with respect to each REMIC
created hereunder on a calendar year and on an accrual basis. 
 (i) After the Pre-Funding Period, no additional contributions of assets
shall be made to any REMIC created hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement with respect to Qualified Replacement Mortgages. 
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 (k) The Trustee will apply for an Employee Identification Number from the Internal Revenue Service via a
Form SS-4 or other acceptable method for REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV and the Master REMIC. 
 (l) The Trustee shall treat the
Supplemental Interest Trust as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.860G-2(h) that is owned by the holders of the Class C Certificates and that is not an asset of any REMIC. The Trustee shall treat the
rights of the holders of the Class A and Mezzanine Certificates to receive any interest payments in excess of the REMIC Pass-Through Rate on the Master REMIC Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Certificates as rights in an interest
rate cap contract written by the Class C Certificateholders in favor of the holders of the Class A and Mezzanine Certificates. Thus, each Class A and Mezzanine Certificate shall be treated as representing not only ownership of a regular
interest in the Master REMIC, but also ownership of an interest in an interest rate cap contract. Furthermore, the Trustee shall treat the obligation of the Holders of the Class A and Mezzanine Certificates to make certain payments to the
Supplemental Interest Account to the extent that the payment on the Pass-Through Rate on the Master REMIC Regular Interest exceeds the interest payment on the corresponding Class of Certificates as an obligation to make payments pursuant to an
interest rate cap contract written by the Holders of the Class A and Mezzanine Certificates in favor of the Class C Certificateholder. Notwithstanding the priority and sources of payments set forth in Article IV hereof or otherwise, the Trustee
shall account for all distributions on the Certificates as set forth in this section. In no event shall any payments provided for in this section be treated as payments with respect to a “regular interest” in a REMIC within the meaning of
Code Section 860G(a)(1). 
 (m) None of the Class M-9 DSI Certificates, Class M-10 DSI Certificates, Class M-11 DSI Certificates or the
Class M-12 DSI Certificates will be treated as regular or residual interest in any REMIC created hereunder. 
 Section 10.02
Prohibited Transactions and Activities. 
 None of the Depositor, the Servicer nor the Trustee shall sell, dispose of, or substitute
for any of the Mortgage Loans, if such disposition, acquisition, substitution, or acceptance would (a) affect adversely the status of any REMIC created hereunder as a REMIC or (b) cause any REMIC created hereunder to be subject to a tax on
prohibited transactions or prohibited contributions pursuant to the REMIC Provisions. 
 ARTICLE XI 
 TERMINATION 
 Section 11.01
Termination. 
 (a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Seller, the Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee created
hereby (other than the obligation of the Trustee to make certain payments to Certificateholders after the final Distribution Date and the obligation of the Servicer to send certain notices as hereinafter set forth and the obligation of the Servicer
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Trustee upon the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Regular Certificates have been reduced to
zero, (ii) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan in the Trust, (iii) the optional purchase by the Servicer of the Mortgage Loans as described below and (iv) the Distribution Date in January 2036.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court
of St. James, living on the date hereof. 
 The Servicer may, at its option, terminate this Agreement on any date on which the aggregate of
the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on such date is equal to or less than 10% of the Maximum Collateral Amount, by purchasing, on the next succeeding Distribution Date, all of the outstanding Mortgage Loans and REO Properties at a price
equal to the greater of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties or the market value of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates
through the end of the Due Period preceding the final Distribution Date plus unreimbursed Servicing Advances, Advances, any unpaid Servicing Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, any accrued and unpaid Available Funds Cap
Shortfall Amount and Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount (without duplication of amounts already paid) and any unpaid amount due the Trustee, the Swap Counterparties, the Cap Counterparties and the Custodian under this Agreement;
provided, however, that in no event shall such price be less than the amount necessary to pay the sum of (i) 100% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of each Class of Certificates, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest
thereon at the related Pass-Through Rate through the date on which the trust is terminated, (iii) any unpaid Administrative Fees and (iv) any unpaid amount due to the Swap Counterparties or the Cap Counterparties (the “Termination
Price”); provided, however, that such option may only be exercised if the Termination Price is sufficient to pay all interest accrued on, as well as amounts necessary to retire the principal balance of, each class of net interest margin
notes issued pursuant to the Indenture at the time the option is exercised. 
 In connection with any such purchase pursuant to the preceding
paragraph, the Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account all amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account, which deposit shall be deemed to have occurred immediately preceding such purchase. 
 Any such purchase shall be accomplished by deposit into the Distribution Account on the Distribution Date of the Termination Price. 
 (b) In the event that the Certificate Principal Balances of all of the Class A and Mezzanine have not been reduced to zero by the Distribution Date
in January 2036, the Trustee, shall (i) sign a plan of complete liquidation of each REMIC created hereunder meeting the requirements of a “Qualified Liquidation” under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder,
(ii) sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund for cash in a commercially reasonable manner to maximize the value thereof, pursuant to the terms of the plan of complete liquidation, (iii) distribute the proceeds of the sale to the
Certificateholders in accordance with Section 4.01 hereof, and (iv) terminate the Trust. By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby agree to appoint the Trustee as their attorney in fact to: (i) adopt such a plan
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attorney in fact to sign such a plan) as appropriate and (ii) to take such other action in connection therewith as may be reasonably required to carry
out such plan of complete liquidation in accordance with the terms thereof. 
 (c) Notice of any termination, specifying the Distribution
Date (which shall be a date that would otherwise be a Distribution Date) upon which the Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee
upon the Trustee receiving notice of such date from the Servicer, by letter to the Certificateholders mailed not earlier than the 15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the month of such final distribution specifying
(1) the Distribution Date upon which final distribution of the Certificates will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee therein designated, (2) the amount of any such final
distribution and (3) 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 or agency of the Trustee therein
specified. 
 (d) Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall cause to be distributed to the Holders of the
Certificates on the Distribution Date for such final distribution, in proportion to the Percentage Interests of their respective Class and to the extent that funds are available for such purpose, an amount equal to the amount required to be
distributed to such Holders in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.01 for such Distribution Date. 
 (e) In the event that all
Certificateholders shall not surrender their Certificates for final payment and cancellation on or before such final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall promptly following such date cause all funds in the Distribution Account not distributed in
final distribution to Certificateholders to be withdrawn therefrom and credited to the remaining Certificateholders by depositing such funds in a separate Servicing Account for the benefit of such Certificateholders, and the Servicer (if the
Servicer has exercised its right to purchase the Mortgage Loans) or the Trustee (in any other case) 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 nine months after the second notice all the Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Residual Certificateholder shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets which
remain subject hereto, and the Trustee upon transfer of such funds shall be discharged of any responsibility for such funds, and the Certificateholders shall look to the Residual Certificateholder for payment. 
 Section 11.02 Additional Termination Requirements. 
 (a) In the event that the Servicer exercises its purchase option as provided in Section 11.01 or the Trustee terminates the Trust, each REMIC shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional
requirements, unless the Trustee shall have been furnished with an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the failure of the Trust to comply with the requirements of this Section will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on “prohibited
transactions” of the Trust as defined in Section 860F of the Code or (ii) cause any REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding: 
  

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 (i) Within 90 days prior to the final Distribution Date, the Servicer shall adopt and the
Trustee shall sign a plan of complete liquidation of each REMIC created hereunder meeting the requirements of a “Qualified Liquidation” under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder; and 
 (ii) At or after the time of adoption of such a plan of complete liquidation and at or prior to the final Distribution Date, the Trustee
shall sell all of the assets of the Trust Fund to the Servicer for cash pursuant to the terms of the plan of complete liquidation. 
 (b) By
their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby agree to appoint the Trustee as their attorney in fact to: (i) adopt such a plan of complete liquidation (and the Certificateholders hereby appoint the Trustee as their attorney in
fact to sign such plan) as appropriate and (ii) to take such other action in connection therewith as may be reasonably required to carry out such plan of complete liquidation all in accordance with the terms hereof. 
 ARTICLE XII 
 MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS 
 Section 12.01 Amendment. 
 This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto, and without the consent of the Certificateholders, the Swap Counterparties or the Cap Counterparties (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to
correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or (iii) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that any such action listed in clause (i) through (iii) above shall be deemed not to adversely affect in any respect the interests of (A) any
Certificateholder, if evidenced by (i) written notice to the Depositor, the Servicer and the Trustee from the Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class of Certificates
with respect to which it is a Rating Agency or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee and (B) any Swap Counterparty or Cap Counterparty, if evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel from outside
counsel delivered to the Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, each Swap Counterparty and each Cap Counterparty with a copy to the Rating Agencies stating that such actions will have no material adverse effect on the Swap Counterparty or Cap
Counterparties. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of the Swap Counterparties after the Class I Termination Date and without the consent of the Cap Counterparties after the Distribution Date in August 200[ ].

 In addition, this Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto with the consent of the Majority Certificateholders 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 or waiver
shall (w) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments on the Certificates or distributions which are required to be made on any Certificate 

  

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without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (x) adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any Class of
Certificates in a manner other than as described in clause (w) above, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates of such Class evidencing at least a 66% Percentage Interest in such Class, (y) reduce the percentage of Voting Rights
required by clause (x) above without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding or (z) have a material adverse effect on the interests of the Swap Counterparties or Cap Counterparties without such Swap
Counterparties’ or Cap Counterparties’ consent. Upon approval of an amendment, a copy of such amendment shall be sent to the Rating Agencies. 
 Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel, delivered by (and at the
expense of) the Person seeking such Amendment, to the effect that such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any REMIC created hereunder constituting part of the Trust Fund pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause any REMIC
created hereunder constituting part of the Trust to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding and that the amendment is being made in accordance with the terms hereof. Additionally, prior to entering into any
amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the party requesting such amendment an opinion of counsel stating that such amendment is authorized any permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 
 Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee shall furnish, at the expense of the Person that requested the amendment if such Person is
Seller or the Servicer (but in no event at the expense of the Trustee), otherwise at the expense of the Trust, a copy of such amendment and the Opinion of Counsel referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph to the Servicer and each Rating
Agency. 
 It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 12.01 to approve the particular form of
any proposed amendment; instead 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. 
 The Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this
Section 12.01 that affects its rights, duties and immunities under this Agreement or otherwise. 
 Section 12.02
Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. 
 To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all
appropriate public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or
elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Servicer at the expense of the Trust, but only upon direction of Certificateholders accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the
interests of the Certificateholders. 
 For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other
purposes, 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 together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  

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 Section 12.03 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. 
 The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not (i) operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, (ii) entitle such
Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust, or (iii) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the
parties hereto or any of them. 
 Except as expressly provided for herein, no Certificateholder shall have any right to vote or in any manner
otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms of the Certificates be construed so as to 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 person 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 of any provision 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 default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of Certificates entitled
to at least 25% of the Voting Rights shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 15 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 is understood and intended, and 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 of
any provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, which priority or preference is not
otherwise provided for herein, or to enforce any right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this
Section 12.03 each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. 
 Section 12.04 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. 
 This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws. With respect to any claim arising out of this Agreement, each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States District Court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, and each party irrevocably waives any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of

  

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venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating hereto brought in any such courts, irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action
or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in any inconvenient forum and further irrevocably waives the right to object, with respect to such claim, suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court, that such court does not have
jurisdiction over such party, provided that service of process has been made by any lawful means. 
 Section 12.05
Notices. 
 All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered at or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by reputable overnight courier service to: 
  

	 	(a)	in the case of the Depositor: 

 [NovaStar
Mortgage Funding Corporation] 
 [NovaStar Certificates Financing Corporation] 
 8140 Ward Parkway 
 Suite 300 
 Kansas City, Missouri 64114 
 Attention: Matt Kaltenrieder 
  

	 	(b)	in the case of the Servicer or the Seller: 

 NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. 
 8140 Ward Parkway 
 Suite 300 
 Kansas City, Missouri 64114 
 Attention: Matt Kaltenrieder 
  

	 	(c)	in the case of Rating Agencies: 

 Moody’s Investors Service Inc. 
 99 Church Street 
 New York, New York 10007 
 Attention: Shachar Gonen 
 Standard & Poor’s 
 26 Broadway 
 New York, New York 10004-1064 
 Attention: Scott Mason 
 Fitch Ratings 
 One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor 
 New York, New York 10004 
 Attention: Michele Patterson 
 Tel: (212) 908-0779 
  

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	 	(d)	in the case of the Custodian: 

 [Insert
Custodian Info] 
  

	 	(e)	in the case of the Trustee: 

 [Insert
Trustee Info] 
  

	 	(f)	in the case of the Co-Trustee: 

 [Insert
Co-Trustee Info] 
  

	 	(g)	in the case of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Swap Counterparty: 

 [Insert Swap Counterparty Info] 
  

	 	(h)	in the case of [            ], as Swap Counterparty: 

 [Insert Swap Counterparty Info] 
  

	 	(i)	in the case of [            ], as Swap Counterparty and as Cap Counterparty: 

 [Insert Swap Counterparty Info] 
 or, as to
each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address
of such Certificateholder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice. Any
notice or other document required to be delivered or mailed by the Trustee to any Rating Agency shall be given on a reasonable efforts basis and only as a matter of courtesy and accommodation and the Trustee shall have no liability for failure to
deliver such notice or document to any Rating Agency. 
 Section 12.06 Severability of Provisions. 
 If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall for any reason whatsoever be 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 12.07 Article and Section References. 

All article and section references used in this Agreement, unless otherwise provided, are to articles and sections in this Agreement. 
  

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 Section 12.08 Further Assurances. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not have any obligation to consent to any amendment or modification of this
Agreement unless they have been provided reasonable security or indemnity against their out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) to be incurred in connection therewith. 
 Section 12.09 Benefits of Agreement. 
 Nothing in this Agreement or in the Certificates, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Certificateholders, the Swap Counterparties, the Cap Counterparties and the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. 
 Section 12.10 Acts
of Certificateholders. 
 (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Agreement to be given or taken by the Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Certificateholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing, and such action
shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, the Seller and the Servicer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“act” of the Certificateholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of
the Trustee and the Trust, if made in the manner provided in this Section 12.10. 
 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person
of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such
instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Whenever such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. 
 (c) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by any Certificateholder shall bind
every future Holder of such Certificate and the Holder of every Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate. 
 Section 12.11
Confidentiality. 
 The Trustee hereby agrees to hold and treat all Confidential Information (as defined below) provided to it in
connection with the offering of the Certificates in confidence and in accordance with this Section 12.11, and will implement and maintain safeguards in accordance with the “Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding
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Information” as required by Appendix B to 12 CFR, Chapter I, Part 30, to further assure the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. Such
Confidential Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Servicer, be disclosed or used by the Trustee or by its subsidiaries or, affiliates, or its or their directors, officers, employees, agents or controlling persons or agents
or advisors (collectively, the “Information Recipients”) other than for the purposes of (i) structuring the securitization transaction and the facilitating the issuance of the Certificates, or (ii) in connection with the
performance of its required due diligence on the Mortgage Loans. Disclosure that is not in violation of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, as amended, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as amended, (the “G-L-B Act”) or
other applicable law by the Trustee of any Confidential Information at the request of its outside auditors or governmental regulatory authorities in connection with an examination of the Trustee by any such authority or for the purposes specified in
above shall not constitute a breach of its obligations under this Section 12.11, and shall not require the prior consent of the Servicer. 
 As used herein, “Confidential Information” means non-public personal information (as defined in the G-L-B Act and its enabling regulations issued by the Federal Trade Commission) regarding obligors on the Mortgage Loans that is
identified as such by the Servicer. Confidential Information shall not include information which (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by the Trustee or any of its Information Recipients;
(ii) was available to the Trustee on a non-confidential basis from a person or entity other than the Servicer; (iii) is requested to be disclosed by a governmental authority or related governmental, administrative, or regulatory or
self-regulatory agencies having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee any aspect of the Trustee’s business or that of its affiliates or is otherwise required by law or by legal or regulatory process to be disclosed; (iv) becomes
available to the Trustee on a non-confidential basis from a person or entity other than the Servicer who, to the best knowledge of the Trustee, is not otherwise bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Servicer, and is not otherwise prohibited
from transmitting the information to the Trustee; (v) the Servicer provides written permission to the Trustee to release, (vi) is independently developed by employees of the Trustee who did not have access to any or all of the otherwise
Confidential Information or (vii) is disclosed to the Trustee’s auditors or counsel or is required to be disclosed to its lenders or rating agencies, to the extent required for the purpose of consummating the services it is to provide as
set forth herein. 
  

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

			
	 [NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING CORPORATION][NOVASTAR CERTIFICATES FINANCING CORPORATION],
 as Depositor

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Matt Kaltenrieder
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC.,
 as Servicer and as
Seller

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Matt Kaltenrieder
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	 [                            ],
 as Custodian

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	 [                            ],
 as Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 [Pooling and Servicing Agreement Signature Page] 
  

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	[                            ],
	as Co-Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	

 [Pooling and Servicing Agreement Signature Page] 
  

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	STATE OF MISSOURI	  	)	  	
		  	) ss.:	  	
	COUNTY OF JACKSON	  	)	  	

 On the          day of December,
200[    ] before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared [Matt Kaltenrieder] known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be a Vice President of [NovaStar Mortgage Funding
Corporation][NovaStar Certificates Financing Corporation], a Delaware corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed it on behalf of said
corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

			
	Seal	  	  
 Notary Public

  

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	STATE OF MISSOURI	  	)	  	
		  	) ss.:	  	
	COUNTY OF JACKSON	  	)	  	

 On the          day of December,
200[    ] before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared Matt Kaltenrieder known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be a Vice President of NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., a
Virginia corporation that executed the within instrument, and also known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation
executed the within instrument. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this
certificate first above written. 
  

			
	Seal	  	  
 Notary Public

  

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	STATE OF MARYLAND	  	)	  	
		  	) ss.:	  	
	COUNTY OF FREDERICK	  	)	  	

 On the          day of December,
200[    ] before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared                      known to me
(or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be a                      of
[                    ] that executed the within instrument, and also known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument. 
 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

			
	Seal	  	  
 Notary Public

  

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

 On the          day of December,
200[    ] before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared                     , known to me
(or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be                      of
[                    ] that executed the within instrument, and also known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said association, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument. 
 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

			
	Seal	  	  
 Notary Public

  

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 APPENDIX A 
 DEFINITIONS 
 “1933 Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

“Account”: The Collection Account, the Pre-Funding Account, the Interest Coverage Account, the Supplemental Interest Account, and the
Distribution Account. 
 “Accrual Period”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the period commencing on the preceding
Distribution Date (or in the case of the first Accrual Period, commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on the day preceding the applicable Distribution Date. 
 “Addition Notice”: With respect to the transfer of Subsequent Mortgage Loans to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.08, a notice of the Company’s designation of the Subsequent Mortgage
Loans to be sold to the Trust Fund and the aggregate principal balance of such Subsequent Mortgage Loans as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date. The Addition Notice shall be given not later than four Business Days prior to the related Subsequent Transfer
Date and shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. 
 “Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage
Loan which provides at any period during the life of such loan for the adjustment of the Mortgage Rate payable in respect thereto. The Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans are identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. 
 “Adjustment Date”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, each adjustment date, on which the Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage
Loan changes pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. 
 “Administrative Fee”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the sum
of the MI Premium, the Servicing Fee, the Custodian Fee and the Trustee Fee with respect to such Distribution Date. 
 “Administrative Fee Rate”: As to each Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate, (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate, (iii) the Custodian Fee Rate and (iv) the total MI Premiums due during the
related Due Period, expressed as an annual percentage rate of the Pool Balance as of the beginning of that Due Period. 
 “Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the Servicer in respect of any Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.24. 
 “Adverse REMIC Event”: As defined in Section 10.01(f) hereof. 
 “Affiliate”: With respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For 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 “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

 “Agreement”: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof and
supplements hereto. 
 “Allocated Realized Loss Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Mezzanine
Certificates or the Overcollateralization Amount, the Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Certificates (or, with respect to the Overcollateralization Amount, the Realized Loss allocated to the Overcollateralization Amount) on such
Distribution Date. 
 “Applicable Regulations”: As to any Mortgage Loan, all federal and state laws, statutes, rules and
regulations applicable thereto. 
 “Appraised Value”: The appraised value of a Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal
made at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan. With respect to a Mortgage Loan the proceeds of which were used to refinance an existing Mortgage Loan, the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal with the
lowest appraised value (as reviewed and approved by the Seller) obtained within 12 months of the time of refinancing. 
 “Assignment
of Mortgage”: An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the sale
of the Mortgage, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same county, if permitted by law. 
 “Assumed Final Maturity Date”: As to each Class of Certificates, the Distribution Date in January 2036. 
 “Available Funds”: As to each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the amount on deposit in the Distribution Account, representing the
sum of (i) the aggregate amount of scheduled payments on the related Mortgage Loans due on the related Due Date and received on or prior to the related Determination Date, (ii) miscellaneous fees and collections, including prepayment
penalties with respect to the Mortgage Loans (but excluding late fees), (iii) any unscheduled payments and receipts, including Mortgagor prepayments on the related Mortgage Loans, received during the related Prepayment Period and proceeds of
repurchases, and adjustments in the case of substitutions and terminations, Net Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds, and proceeds from Subsequent Recoveries to pay certain Certificates amounts in respect of Realized Losses allocated to such
Certificates, (iv) all Advances made and Compensating Interest paid for such Distribution Date in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, (v) on the Distribution Date following the termination of the Pre-Funding Period, the remaining amount
of the Original Pre-Funded Amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account at such time and (vi) on the Distribution Date following the termination pursuant to Section 11.01 herein, the Termination Price. 
 “Available Funds Cap”: With respect to each Distribution Date and (a) the Group I Certificates, the Group I Available Funds Cap,
(b) the Group II Certificates, the Group II Available Funds Cap and (c) the Class M Certificates, the Subordinate Available Funds Cap, 

  

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each for such Distribution Date. If the aggregate Principal Balance of any Group of Mortgage Loans has been reduced to zero on a prior Distribution Date, the
Available Funds Cap for the related Classes of Class A Certificates will be equal to the Available Funds Cap of the Group of Mortgage Loans with an aggregate Principal Balance greater than zero. 
 “Available Funds Cap Carryforward Amount”: With respect to any Class of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the positive excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate cumulative amount of Available Funds Cap Shortfall Amounts for such Class on all prior Distribution Dates over (y) the aggregate cumulative amount of
Supplemental Interest Payments actually paid to the Holders of that Class on all prior Distribution Dates pursuant to those clauses of Section 4.04(c), which relate to payments to that Class, plus (ii) interest on the amount described in
clause (i) at a rate equal to the related Formula Rate for such Class and Distribution Date. 
 “Available Funds Cap Shortfall
Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and Class of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates the excess, if any, of (1) the interest due on such Class calculated using the Formula Rate applicable to such Class over
(2) the interest due on such Class, calculated using the Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Class. 
 “Balloon Mortgage
Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that provides for the payment of the unamortized principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity of such Mortgage Loan that is substantially greater than the preceding monthly payment.

 “Balloon Payment”: A payment of the unamortized principal balance of a Mortgage Loan in a single payment at the maturity
of such Mortgage Loan that is substantially greater than the preceding Monthly Payment. 
 “Bankruptcy Code”: The Bankruptcy
Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11 of the United States Code), as amended. 
 “Base Prospectus”: The base Prospectus, dated
                        , 20[    ] with respect to the Offered Certificates. 
 “Basic Documents”: This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, each Subsequent Transfer Instrument, the REMIC Interests Sale Agreement, the
Underwriting Agreement, MI Policy, the Swap Agreements, the Cap Agreements, the Novation Agreements and the other documents and Certificates delivered in connection with any of the above. 
 “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 5.02 hereof). On the Closing Date, the Class A Certificates and the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7 and Class M-8 Certificates shall be Book-Entry
Certificates. 
 “Business Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York, the State of Missouri or in the city in which the corporate trust office of the Trustee or Custodian are located, are required or authorized by law to be closed. 
  

 Appendix A-3 

 “Cap Agreement”: Any of the two interest rate Cap Agreements between the Supplemental
Interest Trust and a Cap Counterparty which are deemed to be assets of the Supplemental Interest Trust and not an asset of any one of the REMICs created hereunder. 
 “Cap Amount”: The Cap Amount is subject to the verification and confirmation of the Cap Counterparties who are calculation agents for the Cap Agreements. Cap Amount shall mean, on each Distribution
Date on or prior to the Class I Termination Date, the product of (i) the related fixed rate of interest, (ii) 30 divided by 360 and (iii) the related effective notional amount. 
 “Cap Contract Rights and Obligations”: The rights of the Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates to receive interest
payments in excess of payments at the REMIC Pass-Through Rate on the Master REMIC Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Certificates as set forth in Exhibit J and the obligations of the Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates
to make certain payments to the Class C Holder to the extent that the amounts allocated at the REMIC Pass-Through Rate on the Master REMIC Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Certificates exceed the amount of interest distributed on such
Certificates. 
 “Cap Counterparty”: [cap counterparty] 
 “Cash Liquidation”: As to any defaulted Mortgage Loan other than a Mortgage Loan as to which an REO Acquisition occurred, a
determination by the Servicer that it has received all Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or cash recoveries which the Servicer reasonably and in good faith expects to be finally recoverable with respect to such Mortgage Loan. 
 “Certificate”: Any Regular Certificate, Class M-9 DSI Certificate, Class M-10 DSI Certificate, Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12
DSI Certificate or Class R Certificate. 
 “Certificateholder” or “Holder”: The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a Disqualified Organization or non-U.S. Person shall not be a Holder of a Residual Certificate for any purpose hereof. 
  

 Appendix A-4 

 “Certificate Margin”: With respect to each Class and each Distribution Date prior to the
Rate Step-Up Date: 
  

			
	 Class
	 	 Rate

	A-1A	 	
		
	A-2A	 	
		
	A-2B	 	
		
	A-2C	 	
		
	A-2D	 	
		
	M-1	 	
		
	M-2	 	
		
	M-3	 	
		
	M-4	 	
		
	M-5	 	
		
	M-6	 	
		
	M-7	 	
		
	M-8	 	
		
	M-9	 	
		
	M-10	 	
		
	M-11	 	
		
	M-12	 	

 With respect to each Class and each Distribution Date on and after the Rate Step-Up Date:

  

			
	 Class
	 	 Rate

	A-1A	 	
		
	A-2A	 	
		
	A-2B	 	
		
	A-2C	 	
		
	A-2D	 	
		
	M-1	 	
		
	M-2	 	
		
	M-3	 	
		
	M-4	 	
		
	M-5	 	
		
	M-6	 	
		
	M-7	 	
		
	M-8	 	
		
	M-9	 	
		
	M-10	 	
		
	M-11	 	
		
	M-12	 	

  

 Appendix A-5 

 “Certificate Owner”: With respect to each Book-Entry Certificate, any beneficial owner
thereof. 
 “Certificate Principal Balance”: With respect to any Class of Regular Certificates (other than the Class C
Certificates and the Class I Certificates) immediately prior to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Initial Certificate Principal Balance thereof reduced by the sum of all amounts actually distributed in respect of principal of such Class
and, in the case of a Mezzanine Certificate, Allocated Realized Loss Amounts applied with respect to that Class on all prior Distribution Dates. The Class C Certificates, Class M-9 DSI Certificate, Class M-10 DSI Certificate, Class M-11 DSI
Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate and the Class I Certificates will not have a Certificate Principal Balance. 
 “Certificate
Register”: The register maintained by the Certificate Registrar in which the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates. 
 “Certificate Registrar”: Initially, the Trustee, in its capacity as Certificate Registrar, or any successor to the Trustee in such
capacity. 
 “Class”: Collectively, Certificates which have the same priority of payment and bear the same Class designation
and the form of which is identical except for variation in the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby. 
 “Class A
Certificate”: Any Group I Certificate or Group II Certificate. 
 “Class A Principal Distribution Amount”: For any
Distribution Date, the sum of the Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date. 
 “Class A-1A Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-1A Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class A-2A Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-2A Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  

 Appendix A-6 

 “Class A-2B Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-2B Certificates executed,
authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC.

 “Class A-2C Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-2C Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class A-2D Certificate”: Any one of the Class A-2D Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-5, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class C Certificate”: Any one of the Class C Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-21, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing one or more regular interests in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class I Certificate”: Any Class I-1 Certificate, Class I-2 Certificate or Class I-3 Certificate. 
 “Class I-1 Certificate”: Any one of the Class I-1 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-18, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class I-2 Certificate”: Any one of the Class I-2 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-19, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class I-3 Certificate”: Any one of the Class I-3 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-20, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount”: For any Distribution Date, shall mean the sum of (i) the Group I Class I Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount and (ii) the Group II Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, each for such Distribution Date. 
 “Class IV-Accrual Interest”: Either the Class IV-Accrual1 or Class IV-Accrual2 Interest as applicable. 
  

 Appendix A-7 

 “Class I Termination Date”: The Distribution Date occurring in
                         20[    ]. 
 “Class M Certificate”: Any Class M-1 Certificate, Class M-2 Certificate, Class M-3 Certificate, Class M-4 Certificate, Class M-5
Certificate, Class M-6 Certificate, Class M-7 Certificate, Class M-8 Certificate, Class M-9 Certificate, Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate or Class M-12 Certificate. 
 “Class M-1 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-1 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ]. 
 “Class M-2 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-2 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7,
representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking
into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of
(i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$[            ]. 
 “Class M-3 Certificate”: Any one of the
Class M-3 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-8, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular
interest in the Master REMIC. 
  

 Appendix A-8 

 “Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date
over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to
scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ]. 
 “Class M-4
Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-4 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-9, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein
and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on
such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period)
minus $[            ]. 
 “Class M-5 Certificate”: Any one of
the Class M-5 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-10, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a
regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
  

 Appendix A-9 

 “Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and
(vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the
aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections
of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ]. 
 “Class M-6 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-6 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-11, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior
to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received 

  

 Appendix A-10 

 
during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$[            ]. 
 “Class M-7 Certificate”: Any one of the
Class M-7 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-12, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular
interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is an amount equal to
the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), and (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates immediately prior to that
Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period
(after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ]. 
 “Class M-8 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-8 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-13, representing the right to
distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-8 Principal
Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 

  

 Appendix A-11 

 
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking
into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates, (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-8 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or
advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ]. 
 “Class M-9 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-9 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-14, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-9 DSI Certificates”: Any one of the Class M-9 DSI Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-23, which are notional amount certificates based on the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates and which represent the right to receive certain
distributions from the Supplemental Interest Trust. 
 “Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date,
is an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-6 

  

 Appendix A-12 

 
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (viii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates (after taking
into account the payment of the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period)
minus $[            ]. 
 “Class M-10 Certificate”: Any one of
the Class M-10 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-15, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a
regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-10 DSI Certificates”: Any one of the Class M-10 DSI Certificates executed,
authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-24, which are notional amount certificates based on the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates and which represent
the right to receive certain distributions from the Supplemental Interest Trust. 
 “Class M-10 Principal Distribution
Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-7 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates (after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 

  

 Appendix A-13 

 
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (xi) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period,
to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ]. 
 “Class M-11 Certificate”: Any one of the Class M-11 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-16, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-11 DSI Certificates”: Any one of the Class M-11 DSI Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-25, which are notional amount certificates based on the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-11 Certificates and which represent the right to receive certain
distributions from the Supplemental Interest Trust. 
 “Class M-11 Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution
Date, is an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-7 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-8 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, (xi) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date and (xii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-11 

  

 Appendix A-14 

 
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of
(i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$[            ]. 
 “Class M-12 Certificate”: Any one of the
Class M-12 Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-17, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a regular
interest in the Master REMIC. 
 “Class M-12 DSI Certificates”: Any one of the Class M-12 DSI Certificates executed,
authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-26, which are notional amount certificates based on the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-12 Certificates and which represent
the right to receive certain distributions from the Supplemental Interest Trust. 
 “Class M-12 Principal Distribution
Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is an amount equal to the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (vi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (vii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (viii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class M-7 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-7 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (ix) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-8 Certificates (after taking into account the payment
of the Class M-8 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (x) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-9 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-9 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date, (xi) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-10 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-10 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, (xii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-11 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (xiii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-12 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the 

  

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lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related
Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or
advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ]. 
 “Class R Certificate”: Any one of the Class R Certificates executed, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 5.01,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-22, representing the right to distributions as set forth herein, and evidencing the R-I Interest, the R-II Interest, the R-III Interest, the R-IV Interest and the R-V Interest, each the sole
“residual interest” in REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III, REMIC IV and the Master REMIC, respectively. 
 “Close of Business”: As used herein, with respect to any Business Day, 5:00 p.m. (New York time). 
 “Closing Date”:                         , 20[    ]. 
 “Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as it may be amended from time to time. 
 “Collection Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained by the Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06(d) hereof, which must
be an Eligible Account. 
 “Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 “Company”: [NovaStar Mortgage Funding Corporation][NovaStar Certificates Financing Corporation], a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns. 
 “Compensating Interest”: With respect to any Determination Date, an amount equal to the lesser of
(i) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for the related Prepayment Period and (ii) the Servicing Fee for the related Distribution Date. 
 “Corporate Trust Office”: With respect to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Certificate Registrar, the principal corporate trust office at which at any particular time its corporation trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located at [Insert Trustee Office Address]. 
 “Corresponding Class of Master REMIC Certificates”: As defined in Exhibit J hereof. 
 “Corresponding
Interest Rate”: As set forth in the Swap/Cap Interest Rate Schedule. 
 “Corresponding Maturity Date”: As set forth
in the Swap/Cap Interest Date Schedule. 
 “Corresponding REMIC II Regular Interest”: As defined in Exhibit J hereof.

  

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 “Credit Enhancement Percentage”: For any Distribution Date, is equal to (i) the sum
of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Mezzanine Certificates and the Overcollateralization Amount, divided by (ii) the Pool Balance, in each case calculated prior to taking into account the distribution of the Principal
Distribution Amount to the Holders of the Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date and prior to taking into account distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans on such Distribution Date. 
 “Crossover Date”: The earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates is reduced to zero; and (ii) the later to occur of (x) the Distribution Date occurring in
                         20[    ] and (y) the first Distribution Date on which the Credit
Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose only after taking into account distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans but prior to the principal distributions to the certificates) is greater than or equal to
[        ]%. 
 “Cumulative Loss Percentage”: As to any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of the fraction obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans (after giving effect to coverage provided by any MI Policy) from the Cut-off Date through such Distribution Date by
(ii) the sum of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date plus the Original Pre-Funded Amount. 
 “Current Interest”: For any Distribution Date and each Class of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates the amount of interest accrued during the related Accrual Period at the related Pass-Through Rate on the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to such Distribution Date, in each case, reduced by any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and any Relief Act Shortfalls allocated to that Class (allocated to each Certificate based on
its respective entitlements to interest irrespective of any Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or Relief Act Shortfalls for that Distribution Date). 
 “Custodian”: Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking association, and any successor thereto. 
 “Custodian Fee”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the product of (i) $0.20 and (ii) the number of Mortgage Loans. 
 “Custodian Fee Rate”: The percentage equivalent expressed as a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the product of (a) the
Custodian Fee and (b) 12 and the denominator of which is (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the beginning of the Due Period. 
 “Cut-off Date”: With respect to each Initial Mortgage Loan the later of
(i)                         , 20[    ] and (ii) the date of origination of such Initial
Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Subsequent Mortgage Loan, the later of (i) the first day of the month in which such Subsequent Mortgage Loan is acquired by the Trust and (ii) the date of origination of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan.

 “Cut-off Date Aggregate Principal Balance”: With respect to the Mortgage Pool, the aggregate of the Cut-off Date
Principal Balances of the Initial Mortgage Loans of $[            ] consisting of $[            ] related to Group I and
$[            ] related to Group II. 
  

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 “Cut-off Date Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal balance thereof as of the applicable Cut-off Date or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as the case may be (or as of the applicable date of substitution with respect to an Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan). 
 “Debt Service Reduction”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a
court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation. 
 “Deferred Interest”: With respect to any REO Property, the current portion of interest not currently paid by the Mortgagor that is added to the principal balance of such REO Property. 
 “Deficient Valuation”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent
jurisdiction in an amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code. 
 “Definitive Certificates”: The Class C, Class I and Class R Certificates, and such other Classes of Certificates as become Definitive
Certificates pursuant to Section 5.02(c) hereof. 
 “Deleted Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced
by one or more Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loans. 
 “30-Day Delinquency Percentage”: As of the last day of any Due Period,
the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which equals the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 30 or more days contractually delinquent, in foreclosure or converted to REO Properties, and (ii) the
denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of such Due Period. 
 “60-Day Delinquency Percentage”: As of
the last day of any Due Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which equals the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 60 or more days contractually delinquent, in foreclosure or converted to
REO Properties, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of such Due Period. 
 “90-Day
Delinquency Percentage”: As of the last day of any Due Period, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, (i) the numerator of which equals the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that are 90 or more days contractually
delinquent, in foreclosure or converted to REO Properties and (ii) the denominator of which is the Pool Balance as of the last day of such Due Period. 
 “Delinquent”: Any Mortgage Loan, the Monthly Payment due on a Due Date which is not made by the Close of Business on the next scheduled Due Date for such Mortgage Loan. 
 “Depository”: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company, whose nominee 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 

  

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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(a)(5) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York. 
 “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. 
 “Derivative Supplemental Interest Payment”: With respect to each Distribution Date, and the Class M-9, Class M-10, Class M-11 and the
Class M-12 Certificates, the dollar amount of the excess of (i) the Supplemental Interest Payment for the Class M-9, Class M-10, Class M-11 or Class M-12 Certificates, as appropriate, over (ii) the Non-Derivative Supplemental Interest
Payment for the Class M-9, Class M-10, Class M-11 or Class M-12 Certificates, as appropriate. 
 “Determination Date”: With
respect to any Distribution Date, the 15th day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such 15th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such 15th day. 
 “Determination Date Report”: The meaning specified in Section 3.23 hereof. 
 “Disqualified Organization”: “Disqualified Organization” shall have the meaning set forth from time to time in the definition
thereof at Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code and applicable to the Trust. 
 “Distribution Account”: The trust account or
accounts created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, which must be an Eligible Account. 
 “Distribution Date”: The 25th day of any calendar month, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such 25th day, commencing in
                         20[    ]. 
 “Due Date”: The first day of the month of the related Distribution Date. 
 “Due Period”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month
of such Distribution Date and ending on the related Due Date. 
 “Eligible Account”: An account that is either: (A) a
segregated account or accounts maintained with an institution whose deposits are insured by the FDIC, the unsecured and uncollateralized long-term debt obligations of which institution shall be rated “AA” or higher by Standard &
Poor’s, “Aa2” or higher by Moody’s and “AA”/”F-1+” or higher by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by each of the Rating Agencies, and which is (i) a federal savings and loan association
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, (ii) an institution duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the applicable banking laws of any state, (iii) a national banking
association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the federal banking laws, or (iv) a principal subsidiary of a bank holding company or (B) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the trust department
of a federal or state chartered depository institution acceptable to each Rating Agency, having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000, acting in its fiduciary capacity. 
  

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 “Eligible Investments”: One or more of the following: 
 (i) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed by, the United States of America, any of the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation, the Federal
National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Banks or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America; 
 (ii) (A) demand and time deposits in, Certificates of deposit of, banker’s acceptances issued by or federal funds sold by any depository
institution or trust company (including the Trustee or its agents acting in their respective commercial capacities) incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by
federal and/or state authorities, so long as at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for such investment, such depository institution or trust company has a short-term unsecured debt rating in the highest available rating
category of each of the Rating Agencies and provided that each such investment has an original maturity of no more than 365 days, and (B) any other demand or time deposit or deposit which is fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation; 
 (iii) repurchase obligations with a term not to exceed 30 days with respect to any security described in clause
(i) above and entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as a principal) rated “A-1+” or higher by S&P, “A2” or higher by Moody’s and “F-1+” or higher by Fitch; provided, however,
that collateral transferred pursuant to such repurchase obligation must (A) be valued daily at current market price plus accrued interest, (B) pursuant to such valuation, equal, at all times, 105% of the cash transferred in exchange for
such collateral and (C) be delivered in such a manner as to accomplish perfection of a security interest in the collateral by possession of certificated securities; 
 (iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a long-term unsecured debt rating in the
highest available rating category of each of the Rating Agencies at the time of such investment; 
 (v) commercial paper having an original
maturity of less than 365 days and issued by an institution having a short-term unsecured debt rating in the highest available rating category of each of the Rating Agencies at the time of such investment; 
 (vi) a guaranteed investment contract approved by each of the Rating Agencies and issued by an insurance company or other corporation having a long-term
unsecured debt rating in the highest available rating category of each of the Rating Agencies at the time of such investment; and 
 (vii)
money market funds having ratings in the highest available long-term rating category of each of the Rating Agencies at the time of such investment; any such money market funds which provide for demand withdrawals being conclusively deemed to satisfy
any maturity requirement for Eligible Investments set forth in the Agreement, 
  

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 provided, however, that each such instrument shall be acquired in an arm’s-length
transaction and no such instrument shall be an Eligible Investment if it represents, either (1) the right to receive only interest payments with respect to the underlying debt instrument or (2) the right to receive both principal and
interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the principal and interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying
obligations; provided, further, however, that each such instrument acquired shall not be acquired at a price in excess of par. The Trustee may purchase from or sell to itself or an affiliate, as principal or agent, the Eligible Investments listed
above. 
 “Eligible Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which
must, on the date of such substitution, as confirmed in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the monthly payment due in the month of
substitution (or in the case of a substitution of more than one Mortgage Loan for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, an aggregate outstanding principal balance, after such deduction), not in excess of the outstanding principal balance of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan (the amount of any shortfall to be deposited by the Seller in the Collection Account in the month of substitution); (ii) comply in all material respects with each representation and warranty set forth in clauses, (ii) through (xcix)
of Section 3.01(b) of the Purchase Agreement other than clauses (iii), (v)-(xiv), (xlii), (lv), (lvi)-(lviii), (lxxii), (lxxxix) and (xc); (iii) have a Mortgage Rate and, with respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, a Gross
Margin no lower than and not more than 1% per annum higher than the Mortgage Rate and Gross Margin, respectively, of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the date of substitution; (iv) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio, at the time of substitution no
higher than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan at the time of substitution; (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) not be 30 days or more
delinquent; (vii) not be a negative amortization loan; (viii) have a lien priority equal to or superior to the lien priority of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; and (ix) be a Qualified Replacement Mortgage. 
 “ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 
 “Excess Cashflow”: For any Distribution Date, is equal to the sum of (i) the Overcollateralization Release Amount and (ii) the
excess of (a) the Interest Remittance Amount over (b) the sum of (w) the Monthly Interest Distributable Amounts for the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, (x) the Class I Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount and (y) the Administrative Fees, each for such Distribution Date. 
 “Extra Principal Distribution Amount”: For
any Distribution Date, is the lesser of (x) the Excess Cashflow for such Distribution Date and (y) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount for such Distribution Date. 
  

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 “Expense Adjusted Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of
determination, a per annum rate of interest equal to the then applicable Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan minus the Administrative Fee Rate. 
 “Fannie Mae”: Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto. 
 “FDIC”: Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto. 
 “Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, or its successors in interest.

 “Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan”: A first-lien or second-lien Mortgage Loan which provides for a fixed Mortgage Rate payable
with respect thereto. The Fixed Rate Mortgage Loans are identified as such on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. 
 “Foreclosure
Profit”: With respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate of its Net Liquidation Proceeds exceeds (ii) the related Principal Balance (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the
applicable Mortgage Rate from the date interest was last paid through the date of receipt of the final Liquidation Proceeds) of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the final recovery of its Liquidation Proceeds. 
 “Formula Rate”: For any Distribution Date and the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates the lesser of (i) LIBOR
plus the related Certificate Margin and (ii) [        ]%. 
 “Freddie Mac”: The
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto. 
 “Gross Margin”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note that is added to the Index on each Adjustment Date in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note used to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan.

 “Group”: Any of the Group I Mortgage Loans and the Group II Mortgage Loans. 
 “Group I Allocation Percentage”: For any Distribution Date is the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is
(i) the Group I Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date. 
 “Group I Available Funds Cap”: For each Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction equal to (a) an amount equal to
(i) the aggregate Interest Remittance Formula Amount for the Group I Mortgage Loans, less (ii) the Administrative Fees allocable to the Group I Mortgage Loans, and less (iii) the Group I Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount,
divided by (b) the product of (i) the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period divided by 360 and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans plus any related amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding
Account. 
 “Group I Basic Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date the excess of (i) the
Group I Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Overcollateralization Release Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Group I Allocation Percentage. 
  

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 “Group I Certificate”: Any Class A-1A Certificate. 
 “Group I Certificate Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A-1A Certificates immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ].

 “Group I Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount”: For any Distribution Date, shall mean the sum of (i) the
Group I Class I-1 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, (ii) the Group I Class I-2 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, each for such Distribution Date and (iii) the Group I Class I-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, each for such
Distribution Date. 
 “Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts” shall mean, on each Distribution Date up to and
including the Distribution Date in                          20[    ] the following: 
 (I) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (II) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (III) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (IV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (V) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (VI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]%
(on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (VII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (VIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (IX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the product of (A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date; and 
 (X) the product of (x) [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) (y) 10 and
(z) the product of (A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date.

 (XI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on
an actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XIV ) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XVI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XVII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and (y) the product of (A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (XVIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of
[        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for
such Distribution Date; and 
 (XIX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a
30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the product of (A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date; and 
 (XXI) the product of (x) [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) (y) 10
and (z) the product of (A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution
Date; and 
 (XXII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis)
over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and $[            ] multiplied by the Group I Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date. 
 “Group I Class I-1 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” shall mean, commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including
the Distribution Date in                          20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
described in clauses (I) through (X) of the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution
Date in                          20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in
clauses (IV) through (X) of the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                     20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses (IX) and (X) of the
definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ] and each Distribution Date thereafter, the Group I Class I-1 Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount shall be zero. 
 “Group I Class I-2 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” shall mean,
commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in                         
20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses (XI) through (XXI) of the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses
(XII) through (XXI) of the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
  

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 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses
(XIV) through (XXI) of the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses
(XVII) through (XXI) of the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses (XX)
and (XXI) of the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ] and each Distribution Date thereafter, the Group I Class I-2 Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount shall be zero. 
 “Group I Class I-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” shall mean,
commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in                         
20[    ], an amount equal the amount described in clause (XXII) of the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 “Group I Class I Percentage”: For any Distribution Date beginning on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], the percentage equivalent of the fraction (a) the numerator of
which is the sum of (i) the current principal balance of the Group I Loans and (ii) any amount in the related Pre-Funding Account and (b) the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the current principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans and (ii) any amount remaining in the Pre-Funding Accounts. For all Distribution Dates thereafter, 0.00%. 
 “Group I Cross
Collateralization Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Group I Interest Remittance Amount remaining after payment of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amount on the Group I Certificates, the Group I Class I Monthly
Interest Distributable Amount and the related proportional amount of the Administrative Fees. 
 “Group I Interest Remittance
Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Interest Remittance Amount that was collected or advanced on the Group I Mortgage Loans. 
 “Group I Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans allocated to Group I which primarily support the Group I Certificates. 
 “Group I Pool Balance”: The Pool Balance relating to the Group I Mortgage Loans. 
 “Group I Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date is the sum of (i) the Group I Basic Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Extra Principal Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Group I Allocation Percentage. 
 “Group I Principal Remittance Amount”:
For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount that was collected or advanced on the Group I Mortgage Loans plus, following the Pre-Funding Period, any remaining Pre-Funded Amounts related to the Group I Mortgage
Loans. 
  

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 “Group I Subordinated Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the
Group I Pool Balance plus any related Pre-Funded Amount over the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group I Certificates, for such Distribution Date. 
 “Group II Allocation Percentage”: For any Distribution Date is the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date. 
 “Group II
Available Funds Cap”: For each Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction equal to (a) an amount equal to (i) the aggregate Interest Remittance Formula Amount for the Group II Mortgage Loans, less (ii) the
Administrative Fees allocable to the Group II Mortgage Loans, and less (iii) the Group II Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, divided by (b) the product of (i) the actual number of days in the related Accrual Period divided
by 360 and (ii) the aggregate principal balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans plus any related amounts on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account. 
 “Group II Basic Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date the excess of (i) the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Overcollateralization
Release Amount, if any, for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Group II Allocation Percentage. 
 “Group II
Certificate”: Any of the Class A-2A Certificates, Class A-2B Certificates, Class A-2C Certificates or Class A-2D Certificates. 
 “Group II Certificate Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the excess of (x) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Group II Certificates
immediately prior to that Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) [        ]% and (ii) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and
(B) the aggregate Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus $[            ]. 
 “Group II Class I Monthly Interest Distributable Amount”: For any Distribution Date, shall mean the sum of (i) the Group II Class I-1 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, (ii) the Group II
Class I-2 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, each for such Distribution Date and (iii) the Group II Class I-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount, each for such Distribution Date. 
 “Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts” shall mean, on each Distribution Date up to and including the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], the following: 
 (I) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (II) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]%
(on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (III) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (IV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (V) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (VI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (VII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (VIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (IX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) the product of (A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such
Distribution Date; and 
 (X) the product of (x) [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) (y) 10 and
(z) the product of (A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date.

 (XI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on
an actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
  

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 (XIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]%
(on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XIV ) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XV) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XVI) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360
basis) and (y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XVII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and (y) the product of (A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for
such Distribution Date; and 
 (XVIII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on
a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) $20,000,000 multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XIX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and
(y) $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XX) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an actual/360 basis) and (y) the product of
(A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XXI) the product of (x) [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) (y) 10 and (z) the product of
(A) $[            ] less the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount multiplied by (B) the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date; and 
 (XXII) the product of (x) the excess, if any, of [        ]% (on a 30/360 basis) over LIBOR (on an
actual/360 basis) and $[            ] multiplied by the Group II Class I Percentage for such Distribution Date. 
 “Group II Class I-1 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” shall mean, commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including
the Distribution Date in                          20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
described in clauses (I) through (X) of the definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
  

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 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses (IV)
through (X) of the definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                     20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses (IX) and (X) of the
definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], and each Distribution Date thereafter, the Group II Class I-1
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount shall be zero. 
 “Group II Class I-2 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” shall
mean, commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in                         
20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses (XI) through (XXI) of the definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses
(XII) through (XXI) of the definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses
(XIV) through (XXI) of the definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses
(XVII) through (XXI) of the definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts described in clauses (XX)
and (XXI) of the definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 For the Distribution Date in
                         20[    ] and each Distribution Date thereafter, the Group II Class I-2
Monthly Interest Distributable Amount shall be zero. 
 “Group II Class I-3 Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” shall
mean, commencing on the first Distribution Date through and including the Distribution Date in                         
20[    ], an amount equal the amount described in clause (XXII) of the definition of Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts. 
 “Group II Class I Percentage”: For any distribution date beginning on the first distribution date through and including the distribution date in
                         20[    ], the percentage equivalent of the fraction (a) the numerator of
which is the sum of (i) the current principal balance of the Group II Loans and (ii) any amount in the related Pre-Funding Account and (b) the denominator of which is the sum of (i) the current principal balance of the Mortgage
Loans and (ii) any amount remaining in the Pre-Funding Accounts. For all Distribution Dates thereafter, 0.00%. 
  

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 “Group II Cross Collateralization Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the
Group II Interest Remittance Amount remaining after payment of the Monthly Interest Distributable Amounts on the Group II Certificates, the Group II Class I Monthly Distributable Amount and the related proportional amount of the Administrative Fees.

 “Group II Interest Remittance Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Interest Remittance Amount that was
collected or advanced on the Group II Mortgage Loans. 
 “Group II Mortgage Loans:” The Mortgage Loans allocated to Group II
which primarily support the Group II Certificates. 
 “Group II Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any
Distribution Date is the sum of (i) the Group II Basic Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date multiplied by the Group II Allocation Percentage.

 “Group II Principal Remittance Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the portion of the Principal Remittance Amount that
was collected or advanced on the Group II Mortgage Loans plus, following the Pre-Funding Period, any remaining Pre-Funded Amounts related to the Group II Mortgage Loans. 
 “Group II Subordinated Amount”: For any Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Group II Pool Balance plus any related Pre-Funded Amount over the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Group II Certificates, for such Distribution Date. 
 “Hedge Termination Payment”: The termination payment pursuant to a
Swap Agreement or Cap Agreement, which would be payable out of the Supplemental Interest Trust if the Supplemental Interest Trust fails to pay the related Swap Amount or Cap Amount on a prior Distribution Date. 
 “Indenture”: An indenture relating to the issuance of net interest margin notes secured by the Class C Certificates. 
 “Independent”: When used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Company, the
Servicer and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have any direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in the Company or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, and (c) is not connected with the Company or
the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Company or the Servicer
or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any Class of securities issued by the Company or the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be. 
 “Index”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and with respect to each related Adjustment Date, the index as specified in
the related Mortgage Note. 
  

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 “Initial Certificate Principal Balance”: With respect to any Regular Certificate (other
than a Class C Certificate or Class I Certificate), the amount designated “Initial Certificate Principal Balance” on the face thereof. 
 “Initial Mortgage Loan”: The Mortgage Loans which are described (with complete statistical information included) in the Prospectus Supplement and which are included in the Trust Fund on the Closing Date. 
 “Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds paid by any insurer pursuant to any insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan which are required to be
remitted to the Servicer, including MI Insurance Proceeds in the case of Mortgage Loans covered under a MI Policy, or amounts required to be paid by the Servicer hereunder, net of any component thereof (i) covering any expenses incurred by or
on behalf of the Servicer in connection with obtaining such proceeds, (ii) that is applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or (iii) released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicer’s normal
servicing procedures. 
 “Interest Coverage Account”: The account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.06,
as defined therein, which must be an Eligible Account. 
 “Interest Coverage Amount”: The amount to be paid by the Company
to the Trustee for deposit in the Interest Coverage Account on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.06, which amount is $[            ]. 
 “Interest Determination Date”: With respect to each Accrual Period, the second LIBOR Business Day preceding the commencement of such
Accrual Period. 
 “Interest Remittance Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, that portion of the Available Funds
for such Distribution Date allocable to interest (excluding Prepayment Charges). 
 “Interest Remittance Formula Amount”: As
of any Distribution Date and any Group is an amount equal to (1) the product of (x) 1/12 of the Weighted Average Mortgage Rate of the related Group as of the beginning of the prior Due Period and (y) the Pool Balance related to that
Group as of the beginning of the prior Due Period minus (2) the aggregate amount of Relief Act Shortfalls and Net Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Group for the prior period. 
 “Issuing Entity”: NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust 20[    ]-[    ], the trust created hereunder.

 “Lender Letter”: The lender letter #LL03-00 dated April 11, 2000 for Fannie Mae Sellers. 
 “LIBOR”: All references to LIBOR herein are references to LIBOR. With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined by the Trustee
on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the offered rates of the Reference Banks for one-month United States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Telerate Page 3750, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest
Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 3750, the rate for that day will be determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in United States dollars are 

  

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offered by the Reference Banks at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that day to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period equal to the
relevant Accrual Period (commencing on the first day of such Accrual Period). The Trustee will request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the
rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that day will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee,
at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that day for loans in United States dollars to leading European banks for a period equal to the relevant Accrual Period (commencing on the first day of such Accrual Period). 
 The establishment of LIBOR on each Interest Determination Date by the Trustee and the Trustee’s calculation of the rate of interest applicable to
the Certificates for the related Accrual Period shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. 
 “LIBOR Business
Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or in the city of London, England are required or authorized by law to be closed. 
 “Lifetime Rate Cap”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan with respect to which the related Mortgage Note provides for a
lifetime rate cap, the maximum Mortgage Rate permitted over the life of such Mortgage Loan under the terms of such Mortgage Note, as set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. 
 “Liquidated Mortgage Loan”: With respect to any Distribution Date, any Mortgage Loan in respect of which the Servicer has determined, in
accordance with the servicing procedures specified in Article III hereof, as of the end of the related Prepayment Period that substantially all Liquidation Proceeds which it reasonably expects to recover with respect to the disposition of the
related Mortgaged Property or REO Property have been recovered. 
 “Liquidation Expenses”: Out-of-pocket expenses (exclusive
of overhead) which are incurred by or on behalf of the Servicer in connection with the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan and not recovered under any insurance policy, such expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, any
unreimbursed amount expended respecting the related Mortgage Loan and any related and unreimbursed expenditures for real estate property taxes or for property restoration, preservation or insurance against casualty loss or damage. 
 “Liquidation Proceeds”: Proceeds (including Insurance Proceeds) received in connection with the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan or
related REO Property. 
 “Loan-to-Value Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, a
fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the then current principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, and the denominator of which is the lesser of the purchase price or the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.

 “Loan Year”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the one year period commencing on the day succeeding the origination of
such Mortgage Loan and ending on the anniversary date of such Mortgage Loan, and each annual period thereafter. 
  

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 “Majority Certificateholders”: The Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 51% of
the Voting Rights. 
 “Master REMIC”: The REMIC established pursuant to Exhibit J hereof. The assets of the Master REMIC
shall be the REMIC IV Regular Interests. 
 “Master REMIC Regular Interests”: As defined in Exhibit J hereof.

 “Maximum Collateral Amount”: The sum of the Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date of the Initial Mortgage Loans and
the Original Pre-Funded Amount. 
 “Maximum Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder. 
 “MERS”: Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor thereto. 
 “MERS System”: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages electronically maintained by MERS. 
 “Mezzanine Certificate”: Any Class M-1 Certificate, Class M-2 Certificate, Class M-3 Certificate, Class M-4 Certificate, Class M-5 Certificate, Class M-6 Certificate, Class M-7 Certificate, Class M-8 Certificate, Class M-9
Certificate, Class M-10 Certificate, Class M-11 Certificate or Class M-12 Certificate. 
 “MI Insurance Agreement”: A
private mortgage insurance agreement issued by the MI Insurer pursuant to which MI Policies are issued on individual Mortgage Loans. 
 “MI Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds paid by the MI Insurer pursuant to an MI Policy. 
 “MI
Insurer”: Each of (i) PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., an Arizona mortgage insurance company, (ii) Radian Guaranty, Inc., a Pennsylvania mortgage insurance corporation and (iii) Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, a Wisconsin
private mortgage insurance company and their successors and assigns. 
 “MI Insurer Insolvency Event”: (A) The
determination by the applicable regulatory or supervisory agency having jurisdiction over the MI Insurer that such MI Insurer is insolvent or unable to pay its obligations as they mature, (B) following the failure of the MI Insurer to pay under
the related MI Policy, the determination by the Servicer that such MI Insurer is insolvent or unable to pay its obligations as they become due, (C) the long-term rating on the claims paying ability of the MI Insurer shall be lowered by
Moody’s below A-2, if such MI Insurer is then rated by Moody’s, or shall be lowered by S&P below AA, if such MI Insurer is then rated by S&P. 
 “MI Policy”: A private mortgage insurance policy underwritten by the MI Insurer with respect to an individual Mortgage Loan, issued pursuant to the MI Insurance Agreement. 
  

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 “MI Premium”: The primary mortgage insurance premium for each MI Policy, payable
annually to an MI Insurer, as specified in the MI Insurance Agreement, and with respect to each monthly premium payment, 1/12 of the annual premium. 
 “MIN”: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with MERS on the MERS System. 
 “Minimum Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder. 
 “MOM Loan”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, MERS acting as the mortgagee of such Mortgage Loan, solely as nominee for the originator
of such Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns, at the origination thereof. 
 “Monthly Interest Distributable
Amount”: For any Distribution Date and any Class of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates, the sum of (1) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for that Class and Distribution Date and (2) the Current Interest for
that Class and Distribution Date. In the event of a shortfall in the full amount necessary to pay both the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount and the Current Interest for a Class, the money will first be applied to the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount
and then to the Current Interest. 
 “Monthly Payment”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) and
any Due Date, the payment of principal and interest due thereon in accordance with the amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto (after adjustment, if any, for partial Principal Prepayments and for Deficient Valuations occurring prior to
such Due Date but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy, other than a Deficient Valuation, or similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace period). 
 “Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or its successor in interest. 
 “Mortgage”: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first lien on an estate or fee simple interest in real property
securing a Mortgage Note. 
 “Mortgage File”: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01 pertaining to a particular
Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement. 
 “Mortgage Loan
Schedule”: With respect to any date, the schedule of Mortgage Loans subject to this Agreement on such date. The schedule of Initial Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date is the schedule set forth in Exhibit B hereto and the schedule or
schedules of Subsequent Mortgage Loans, if any, as of the Subsequent Cut-off Date, which schedules set forth as to each Mortgage Loan: 
 (i)
the loan number and name of the Mortgagor; 
 (ii) the street address, city, state and zip code of the Mortgaged Property; 
 (iii) the Mortgage Rate at origination; 
  

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 (iv) with respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Maximum Rate and the Minimum Rate; 

(v) the maturity date; 
 (vi) the
original Principal Balance; 
 (vii) the first due date; 
 (viii) the type of Mortgaged Property; 
 (ix) the Monthly Payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date (with
respect to an Initial Mortgage Loan) or Subsequent Cut-off Date (with respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan); 
 (x) the Principal Balance as
of the Cut-off Date (with respect to an Initial Mortgage Loan) or Subsequent Cut-off Date (with respect to a Subsequent Mortgage Loan); 
 (xi) with respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Index, the Gross Margin; the Lifetime Rate Cap and the Periodic Rate Cap; 
 (xii) with respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the first Adjustment Date and next Adjustment Date, if any; 
 (xiii) with
respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Adjustment Date frequency and Distribution Date frequency; 
 (xiv) the occupancy status;

 (xv) the purpose of the Mortgage Loan; 
 (xvi) the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property; 
 (xvii) the original term to maturity; 
 (xviii) the paid-through date of the Mortgage Loan; 
 (xix) the Loan-to-Value Ratio; 
 (xx) whether the Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan or a Fixed Rate Mortgage Loan;

 (xxi) whether or not the Mortgage Loan was underwritten pursuant to a limited documentation program; 
 (xxii) whether the Mortgage Loan is covered by an MI Policy; 
 (xxiii) if the Mortgage Loan is registered with MERS on the MERS System, the MIN; and 
  

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 (xxiv) whether the Mortgage Loan is in Group I or Group II. 
 The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the total of the amounts described under (x) above for all of the Mortgage Loans. 
 “Mortgage Loans”: At any time, collectively, all Mortgage Loans that have been transferred and conveyed to the Trust, in each case
together with the Related Documents, and that remain subject to the terms of the Agreement. As applicable, a “Mortgage Loan” shall be deemed to refer to the related REO Property and both Initial Mortgage Loans and Subsequent Mortgage
Loans. 
 “Mortgage Note”: The original executed note or other evidence of indebtedness evidencing the indebtedness of a
Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan. 
 “Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which interest
accrues on such Mortgage Loan. 
 “Mortgage Pool”: The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on Exhibit B from time to time,
and any REO Properties acquired in respect thereof and as supplemented by any Subsequent Mortgage Loans identified on each schedule of Subsequent Mortgage Loans attached to a Subsequent Transfer Instrument. 
 “Mortgaged Property”: The underlying property, including real property and improvements thereon, securing a Mortgage Loan. 

“Mortgagor”: The obligor on a Mortgage Note. 
 “Net Liquidation Proceeds”: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds net of Liquidation Expenses. 
 “Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any day, the related Mortgage Rate less the Administrative Fee Rate.

 “Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: On any Distribution Date, the excess, if any of (i) any Prepayment Interest
Shortfall and (ii) any payments of Compensating Interest made by the Servicer. 
 “Net WAC”: With respect to any
Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the Mortgage Loans (weighted by the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans). 
 “NCFC”: NovaStar Certificates Financing Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns. 
 “NCFLLC”: NovaStar Certificates Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns. 
 “NFI”: NovaStar Financial, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its successors and assigns. 
  

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 “NIM Note”: Any of the notes (i) issued pursuant to a structured net interest
margin transaction sponsored by NovaStar Financial, Inc. or its Affiliates and (ii) evidencing debt of the trust formed pursuant to such transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any subordinate equity interests (or subordinate certificates
issued evidencing an equity interest) in such trust shall not be considered NIM Notes. 
 “Non-Derivative Supplemental Interest
Payment”: With respect to each Distribution Date, and the Class M-9, Class M-10, Class M-11 and the Class M-12 Certificates, the dollar amount of Supplemental Interest Payment which would be distributed to each such Class on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04(c)(ii) hereof if the amount received by the Supplemental Interest Trust from each Swap Counterparty and each Cap Counterparty on such Distribution Date was zero. 
 “Non-REMIC Accounts”: The Pre-Funding Account, the Interest Coverage Account and the Supplemental Interest Account held by the
Supplemental Interest Trust. 
 “Nonrecoverable Advance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan: 
 (x) any Advance (i) which was previously made or is proposed to be made by the Servicer; and (ii) which, in the good faith judgment of the
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds, Repurchase Price or future payments on such Mortgage Loan; and 
 (y) the amount, if any, by which an MI Claim Payment Advance made or to be made by the Servicer exceeds, or would exceed, the amount actually received,
or expected to be received as MI Insurance Proceeds from the related MI Insurer on account of the related claim; provided, however that if an MI Insurer Insolvency Event occurs after the MI Claim Payment Advance has been made by the Servicer
and before the full amount thereof has been reimbursed to the Servicer from the related MI Insurance Proceeds, then any remaining, unreimbursed amount shall be considered a Nonrecoverable Advance as of the date of the MI Insurer Insolvency Event.

 “Novation Agreements”: The Novation Agreement, dated as of
                        , 20[    ], among NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., the Supplemental Interest Trust and
[Counterparty]., the Novation Agreement, dated as of             , 20[ ] among [Counterparty], the Supplemental Interest Trust and NovaStar Financial, Inc. and the Novation Agreement,
dated as of                         , 20[    ] among [Counterparty], the Supplemental Interest Trust
and NovaStar Financial, Inc. 
 “Offered Certificates”: Collectively, the Class A Certificates and the Class M-1
Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates, Class M-8 Certificates, Class M-9 Certificates and Class M-10 Certificates. 
 “Officers’ Certificate”: A Certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or any
vice president (however denominated), and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, or any assistant treasurer or assistant secretary of the applicable Person. 
  

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 “Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be a
salaried counsel for the Company or the Servicer, acceptable to the Trustee, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions which must be an opinion
of Independent counsel. 
 “Optional Termination Date”: The first Distribution Date on which the Servicer may opt to
terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 11.01. 
 “Original Pre-Funded Amount”: The amount deposited by the
Company in the Pre-Funding Account on the Closing Date, which amount is $[            ], $[            ] related to the Group I
Mortgage Loans and $[            ] related to the Group II Mortgage Loans). 
 “Original Value”: Except in the case of a refinanced Mortgage Loan, the lesser of the Appraised Value or sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the time a Mortgage Loan is closed, and for a refinanced Mortgage Loan, the
Original Value is the value of such property set forth in an appraisal acceptable to the Servicer. 
 “Ownership Interest”:
As to any Certificate, any ownership or security 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, as owner or as pledgee.

 “Overcollateralization Amount”: For any Distribution Date, is equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Pool Balance,
after giving effect to distributions of principal on the Mortgage Loans, and (ii) any outstanding Pre-Funded Amount, minus (b) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates, after
giving effect to principal distributions to be made on the Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates on such Distribution Date. 
 “Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date equals the amount, if any, by which the Required Overcollateralization Amount exceeds the Overcollateralization Amount on such Distribution
Date (after giving effect to distributions in respect of the Group I Basic Principal Distribution Amount and the Group II Basic Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date). 
 “Overcollateralization Release Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the Principal Remittance Amount
for such Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date (assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount is applied as a principal payment on such Distribution Date)
over (ii) the Required Overcollateralization Amount for such Distribution Date. 
 “Pass-Through Rate”: For any
Distribution Date and any of the Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates, the lesser of (1) the Formula Rate for such Class for such Distribution Date and (2) the related Available Funds Cap for such Distribution Date.

 “Paying Agent”: Any paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.05. 
 “Percentage Interest”: With respect to any Class A Certificate or Class M Certificate, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the Initial Certificate Principal Balance represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which is the Initial Certificate 

  

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Principal Balance of the related Class. With respect to a Class I Certificate, Class C Certificate, Class M-9 DSI Certificate, Class M-10 DSI Certificate,
Class M-11 DSI Certificate, Class M-12 DSI Certificate or Residual Certificate, the portion of the Class evidenced thereby, expressed as a percentage, as stated on the face of such Certificate; provided, however, that the sum of all such percentages
for each such Class totals 100%. 
 “Periodic Rate Cap”: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan and any
Adjustment Date therefor, the fixed percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note, which is the maximum amount by which the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan may increase or decrease (without regard to the Maximum Mortgage Rate or the Minimum
Mortgage Rate) on such Adjustment Date from the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to such Adjustment Date. 
 “Permitted
Transferee”: Any transferee of a Residual Certificate other than a Disqualified Organization or a non-U.S. Person. 
 “Person”: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof. 
 “Plan”: Either (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the
provisions of Title I of ERISA or (ii) a plan (as defined in section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code. 
 “Plan Assets”: As defined in Section 5.02(d) hereof. 
 “Pool Balance”: As of any date of
determination, the aggregate Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loans as of such date. 
 “Pre-Funded Amount”: With
respect to any date of determination, the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account. 
 “Pre-Funding Account”: The
account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.05, as defined herein, and which must be an Eligible Account. 
 “Pre-Funding Period”: The period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the date upon which (a) the date on which the amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account is less than
$10,000 and (b)                         , 20[    ]. 
 “Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount”: For the Distribution Dates commencing in
                        , 20[    ] through and including the Distribution Date in
                        , 20[    ], an amount determined using the following rule: For every $1 in the
Pre-Funding Account as of the last day of the Pre-Funding Period (if the Pre-Funding Period has not ended, then the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount shall be equal to zero), the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount will
increase by $.[            ] ($.[            ] with respect to clauses XX, IX and XVII) in the following order of priority with
respect to certain clauses in the definition of Group I Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts or Group II Class I Monthly Interest Formula Amounts, as applicable: clause XX, IX, XVII, XXI and X until such related 

  

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Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount equals the numerical value set forth in sub-clause (A) of such clause at which point any remaining amounts will
be allocated as Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amounts to the subsequent clause in the order of priority. For all other Distribution Dates, the related Pre-Funding Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount shall be equal to zero. 
 “Prepayment Assumption”: As defined in the Prospectus Supplement. 
 “Prepayment Charge”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the charges or premiums, if any, due in connection with a full or partial
Principal Prepayment of such Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms thereof. 
 “Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: As to
any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property) that was the subject of (a) a Principal Prepayment in full during the related Prepayment Period, but in the prior calendar month an amount
equal to the excess of interest accrued during the prior calendar month at the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee) on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan over the amount of interest (adjusted to the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing
Fee)) paid by the Mortgagor for such Prepayment Period to the date of such Principal Prepayment in full or (b) a partial Principal Prepayment during the prior calendar month, an amount equal to interest accrued during the related prior calendar
month at the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee) on the amount of such partial Principal Prepayment. 
 “Prepayment
Period”: For any Distribution Date, the period commencing on the day after the Determination Date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date falls (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, from the Cut-off Date)
and ending on the Determination Date of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date falls. 
 “Principal Balance”:
With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at any given time, (i) the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date or Subsequent Cut-off Date, as applicable, minus (ii) the sum of (a) the principal
portion of the Monthly Payments due with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property during each Due Period ending prior to the most recent Distribution Date which were received or with respect to which an Advance was made, and (b) all
Principal Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Proceeds, to the extent applied by the Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance with Section 3.13 hereof
with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, and (c) the principal portion of any Realized Loss with respect thereto for any previous Distribution Date. 
 “Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest
representing the full amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. 
 “Principal Remittance Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) each scheduled payment of principal collected or advanced on the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer that were due during the related Due
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full Principal Prepayments of the Mortgage Loans applied by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period, (iii) the principal portion of all
related Net Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds received during such Prepayment Period, (iv) that portion of the Repurchase Price, representing principal of any repurchased Mortgage Loan, deposited to the Collection Account during such
Prepayment Period, (v) the principal portion of any related Substitution Adjustment Amounts deposited in the Collection Account during such Prepayment Period, (vi) in the case of the Distribution Date immediately following the end of the
Pre-Funding Period, any remaining amounts of the Original Pre-Funded Amount on deposit in the Pre-Funding Account, (vii) on the Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund is to be terminated pursuant to Section 11.01, that portion of the
Termination Price, in respect of principal and (viii) Subsequent Recoveries to pay certain Certificates amounts in respect of Realized Losses allocated to such Certificates. 
 “Prospectus”: The Prospectus Supplement together with the Base Prospectus attached thereto with respect to the Offered Certificates.

 “Prospectus Supplement”: That certain Prospectus Supplement dated
                        , 20[    ] relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.

 “Purchase Agreement”: The agreement, dated as of
                        , 20[    ], between the Seller, the Company, the Trustee and the Custodian,
regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to or at the direction of the Company. 
 “Qualified
Liquidation”: The meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code and applicable to the Trust. 
 “Qualified Mortgage”: The meaning set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code and applicable to the Trust. 
 “Qualified Replacement Mortgage”: A Mortgage Loan substituted for another pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Purchase Agreement and
that satisfies all of the criteria set forth from time to time in the definition thereof at Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code and applicable to the Trust, all as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate of the Seller delivered to the Trustee
prior to any such substitution. 
 “Qualified Underwriting”: Any public offering or private placement of securities with
respect to which an entity that has received an Underwriter Exemption, is (i) the sole underwriter, (ii) the manager or co-manager of the underwriting syndicate or (iii) a selling or placement agent. 
 “Rate Step-up Date”: The first Distribution Date to occur after the Optional Termination Date has occurred. 
 “Rating Agency”: Any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or its successor, that rated the Class A Certificates
and Mezzanine Certificates at the request of the Company at the time of the initial issuance of the Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates. Initially such rating agencies shall consist of Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s
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nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or other comparable Person, designated by the Company, notice of which designation shall be given to
the Trustee. References herein to the highest short-term unsecured rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean “A-1” or better in the case of Standard & Poor’s, “P-1” or better in the case of Moody’s,
“F-1+” or better in the case of Fitch and in the case of any other Rating Agency shall mean such equivalent rating. References herein to the highest long-term rating category of a Rating Agency shall mean “AAA” in the case of
Standard & Poor’s, “Aaa” in the case of Moody’s and “AAA” in the case of Fitch, and in the case of any other Rating Agency, such equivalent rating. 
 “Realized Loss”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as to which a Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition has occurred, an
amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan (or REO Property) as of the date of Cash Liquidation or REO Disposition, plus (ii) interest (and REO Imputed Interest, if any) at the Net Mortgage Rate
from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid or advanced to Certificateholders up to the last day of the month in which the Cash Liquidation (or REO Disposition) occurred on the Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan (or REO Property)
outstanding during each Due Period that such interest was not paid or advanced, minus (iii) Net Liquidation Proceeds (after giving effect to coverage provided by any MI policy), if any, received with respect to such Cash Liquidation (or REO
Disposition), minus the portion thereof reimbursable to the Servicer or any Subservicer with respect to related Advances or expenses as to which the Servicer or Subservicer is entitled to reimbursement thereunder but which have not been previously
reimbursed. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation. With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the object of a Debt Service Reduction, the amount of such Debt Service Reduction. 
 “Record Date”: For as long as there are no definitive notes, with respect to each Distribution Date, the Close of Business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. If definitive notes have been issued, the Record Date is the last business day of the month prior to the related Distribution Date. 
 “Reference Banks”: Deutsche Bank, Barclays Bank PLC, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, LTD. and National Westminster Bank PLC and their
successors in interest; provided that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Trustee which are engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international
Eurocurrency market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii) not controlling, under the control of or under common control with the Seller or any Affiliate thereof, (iii) whose quotations appear on the Reuters Screen
LIBOR Page on the relevant Interest Determination Date and (iv) which have been designated as such by the Trustee. 
 “Regular
Certificate”: Any of the Class A Certificates, Mezzanine Certificates, Class I Certificates or Class C Certificates. 
 “Regulation AB”: Subpart 229,1100 — Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-2291123, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such 

  

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clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities Act Release
No. 33-8518, 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (Jan. 7, 2005)) or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time. 
 “Related Documents”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the documents specified in Section 2.01 hereof and any documents required to be added to such documents pursuant to this Agreement, the
Purchase Agreement or any Subsequent Transfer Instrument. 
 “Relevant Servicing Criteria”: The Servicing Criteria
applicable to the various parties, as set forth on Exhibit [ ] attached hereto. For clarification purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria. With respect to a Servicing Function Participant
engaged by the Servicer [and the Indenture Trustee], the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” may refer to a portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to such parties. 
 “Relief Act”: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended. 
 “Relief Act Shortfall”: As to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan relating to an REO Property), any
shortfalls relating to the Relief Act or similar legislation or regulations. 
 “REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage
investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code. 
 “REMIC Available Funds Cap”: The weighted
average of the pass-through rates on the Class IV-Accrual, Class IV-A1A, Class IV-A2A, Class IV-A2B, Class IV-A2C, Class IV-A2D, Class IV-M1, Class IV-M2, Class IV-M3, Class IV-M4, Class IV-M5, Class IV-M6, Class IV-M7, Class IV-M8, Class IV-M9,
Class IV-M10, Class IV-M11, Class IV-M12 and Class IV-C Interests. 
 “REMIC III Net WAC”: The weighted average of the
pass-through rates on the Class II-A, Class II-B, Class II-C, Class II-D, Class II-E, Class II-F, Class II-G, Class II-H, Class II-K, Class II-L, Class II-M, Class II-O, Class II-Q, Class II-S, Class II-T, Class II-U, Class II-V, Class II-W, Class
II-Y, Class II-Z, Class II-a, Class II-b and Class II-J1 Interests. 
 “REMIC Swap/Cap Adjustment Amount”: An amount equal
to the product of (i) the amount of the Original Pre-Funded Amount not used to purchase Subsequent Mortgage Loans during the Pre-Funding Period and (ii) .[            ].

 “REMIC Interests Sale Agreement”: The REMIC Interests Sale Agreement, dated as
                        , 20[    ], between the Company and NCFC. 
 “REMIC Pass-Through Rate”: As defined in Exhibit J hereof. 
 “REMIC I Pass-Through Rate”: As to each of the respective REMIC I Regular Interests, the applicable “REMIC I
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 “REMIC II Pass-Through Rate”: As to each of the respective REMIC II Regular
Interests, the applicable “REMIC II Pass-Through Rate” set forth in Exhibit J hereof. 
 “REMIC III Pass-Through
Rate”: As to each of the respective REMIC III Regular Interests, the applicable “REMIC III Pass-Through Rate” set forth in Exhibit J hereof. 
 “REMIC IV Pass-Through Rate”: As to each of the respective REMIC IV Regular Interests, the applicable “REMIC IV Pass-Through Rate set forth in Exhibit J hereof. 
 “REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits which appear at
Section 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time. 
 “REMIC Regular Interests”: The REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular Interests, the REMIC III Regular Interests, the REMIC IV
Regular Interests and the Master REMIC Regular Interests. 
 “REMIC I Regular Interests”: As defined in Exhibit J
hereof. 
 “REMIC II Regular Interests”: As defined in Exhibit J hereof. 
 “REMIC III Regular Interests”: As defined in Exhibit J hereof. 
 “REMIC IV Regular Interests”: As defined in Exhibit J hereof. 
 “REO Acquisition”: The acquisition by the Servicer on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of any REO
Property pursuant to Section 3.13 hereof. 
 “REO Disposition”: As to any REO Property, a determination by the Servicer
that it has received substantially all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds and other payments and recoveries (including proceeds of a final sale) which the Servicer expects to be finally recoverable from the sale or other
disposition of the REO Property. 
 “REO Imputed Interest”: As to any REO Property, for any period, an amount equivalent to
interest (at the Net Mortgage Rate that would have been applicable to the related Mortgage Loan had it been outstanding net, with respect to a negative amortization loan, of amounts that would have been Deferred Interest, if any) on the unpaid
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of acquisition thereof for such period as such balance is reduced pursuant to Section 3.13 hereof by any income from the REO Property treated as a recovery of principal and with respect to a
negative amortization loan, as such balance is increased by the addition of Deferred Interest. 
 “REO Proceeds”: Proceeds,
net of expenses, received in respect of any REO Property (including, without limitation, proceeds from the rental of the related Mortgaged Property), which proceeds are required to be deposited into the Collection Account within two days of receipt
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 “REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property that is acquired by the Trust by foreclosure or by
deed in lieu of foreclosure. 
 “Repurchase Event”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, either (i) a discovery that, as
of the Closing Date the related Mortgage was not a valid lien on the related Mortgaged Property subject only to (A) the lien of real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (B) covenants, conditions, and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage and such other permissible title exceptions as are permitted and (C) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do
not materially adversely affect the value, use, enjoyment or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property or (ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the Seller delivers an affidavit certifying that the original Mortgage Note has
been lost or destroyed, a subsequent default on such Mortgage Loan if the enforcement thereof or of the related Mortgage is materially and adversely affected by the absence of such original Mortgage Note. 
 “Repurchase Price”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (i) required to be repurchased on any date by the Seller pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement or (ii) permitted to be purchased by the Servicer pursuant to Article III hereof, an amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of (i) 100% of the Principal Balance thereof (without reduction for any amounts charged
off) and (ii) unpaid accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate on the outstanding principal balance thereof from the Due Date to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor (or with respect to which an Advance was last made by the Servicer) to
the first day of the month following the month of purchase plus (iii) the amount of any unreimbursed Servicing Advances or unreimbursed Advances made with respect to such Mortgage Loan plus (iv) any other amounts owed to the Servicer or
the Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof and not included in clause (iii) of this definition plus (v) any costs and damages incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with any violation by any Mortgage Loan of any predatory or
abusive lending law or breach of representations and warranties regarding licensing or any predatory or abusive lending law. 
 “Request for Release”: A request for release in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto. 
 “Required
Overcollateralization Amount”: For any Distribution Date is equal to: 
 (i) prior to the Crossover Date,
[        ]% of the sum of (i) the aggregate principal balance of the initial mortgage loans as of the related cut-off date and (ii) the pre-funding amount as of the closing date. 
 (ii) on or after the Crossover Date, the greater of: 
 (a) [        ]% of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal balance of the initial mortgage loans as of the related cut-off date and (y) the pre-funding amount as of the closing date; and

 (b) the lesser of: 
 (1)
[        ]% of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal balance of the initial mortgage loans as of the related cut-off date and (y) the pre-funding amount as of the closing date; and 
  

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 (2) [        ]% of the current aggregate principal balance of the
mortgage loans as of the end of the related due period. 
 On any Distribution Date on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Required
Overcollateralization Amount will be equal to the Required Overcollateralization Amount as of the preceding Distribution Date. 
 “Residual Certificate”: The Class R Certificates representing beneficial ownership of the Class R-I, Class R-II, Class R-III, Class R-IV and Class R-V Interests. 
 “Residual Interest”: The sole Class of “residual interests” in a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the
Code. 
 “Responsible Officer”: With respect to the Trustee, any officer working in the Corporate Trust Office with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 “Rolling 60-Day Delinquency Percentage”: For any Distribution Date, the average of the 60-Day Delinquency Percentages for
the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of each of the three (or 1 and 2 in the case of the first two Distribution Dates, as applicable) most recently ended Due Periods. 
 “Rolling 90-Day Delinquency Percentage”: For any Distribution Date, the average of the 90-Day Delinquency Percentages for the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of each of the three (or 1 and 2 in the
case of the first two Distribution Dates, as applicable) most recently ended Due Periods. 
 “Scheduled Principal Payment”:
Any scheduled payment of principal made on a scheduled Due Date. 
 “Seller”: NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, and its successors and assigns. 
 “Servicer”: NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and its
successors and assigns. 
 “Servicer Remittance Date”: The third Business Day prior to each Distribution Date. 

“Servicing Account”: The separate trust account created and maintained by the Servicer or each Subservicer with respect to the
Mortgage Loans or REO Property, which shall be an Eligible Account, for collection of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums and comparable items as described in Section 3.08 hereof. 
 “Service(s)(ing)”: In accordance with Regulation AB, the act of servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans or any other assets of
the Trust by an entity that meets the definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101 of Regulation AB and is subject to the disclosure requirements set forth in 1108 of Regulation AB. For clarification purposes, any uncapitalized
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 “Servicing Advances”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket”
costs and expenses incurred in connection with a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event in the performance by the Servicer of its servicing obligations, including, without duplication, but not limited to, the cost of (i) the
preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (ii) any enforcement or judicial proceedings, including foreclosures, (iii) the management and liquidation of any REO Property, (iv) compliance with the obligations
under Section 3.13 hereof, and (v) expenses incurred in connection with any Mortgage Loan being registered on the MERS System. 
 “Servicing Criteria”: The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as such may be amended from time to time. 
 “Servicing Default”: The meaning assigned in Section 7.01 hereof. 
 “Servicing
Fee”: With respect to the Mortgage Loans and any Distribution Date, the product of (i) the Servicing Fee Rate divided by 12 and (ii) the Pool Balance as of the first day of the related Due Period. 
 “Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, [        ]% per annum. 
 “Servicing Function Participant”: Any sub-servicer, subcontractor or any other Person, other than the Servicer and the Indenture
Trustee, that is performing activities addressed by the Servicing Criteria, unless such Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage Loans. 
 “Servicing Officer”: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing
officers furnished to the Trustee by the Servicer or a Subservicer, as such list may be amended from time to time. 
 “Servicing
Transfer Costs”: Reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred, by or on behalf of the Trustee or successor Servicer in connection with the transfer of servicing in the event of termination of the Servicer as servicer hereunder and
the resulting transfer to the successor Servicer. 
 “Sponsor”: NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., a Virginia Corporation, and its
successors and assigns. 
 “Standard & Poor’s” or “S&P”: Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or its successor in interest. 
 “Startup Day”: As defined
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 “Subordinate Available Funds Cap”: For each Distribution Date, a rate equal to the
weighted average of (1) the Group I Available Funds Cap and (2) the Group II Available Funds Cap, weighted on the basis of the related Subordinated Amount, all for such Distribution Date. 
 “Subordinate REMIC Available Funds Cap”: The weighted average of the pass-through rates on the Class IV-S1 and Class IV-S2 Interests.

 “Subordinated Amount”: For each Distribution Date, either (i) the Group I Subordinated Amount or (ii) the Group
II Subordinated Amount. 
 “Subordinated Amount Ratio”: The ratio of the Group I Subordinated Amount to the Group II
Subordinated Amount. 
 “Subsequent Cut-off Date”: With respect to those Subsequent Mortgage Loans which are sold to the
Trust pursuant to a Subsequent Transfer Instrument, the later of (i) the first day of the month in which such Subsequent Mortgage Loan was acquired by the Trust and (ii) the date of origination of such Subsequent Mortgage Loan. 

“Subsequent Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan sold by the Company to the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 2.08, such Mortgage Loan
being identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to a Subsequent Transfer Instrument. 
 “Subsequent Recovery”: With
respect to any Mortgage Loan that had previously been the subject of a realized loss, any principal amount subsequently received in connection with such Mortgage Loan. 
 “Subsequent Transfer Date”: With respect to each Subsequent Transfer Instrument, the date on which the related Subsequent Mortgage Loans are sold to the Trust Fund. 
 “Subsequent Transfer Instrument”: Each Subsequent Transfer Instrument, dated as of a Subsequent Transfer Date, executed by the Trustee
and the Company substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, by which Subsequent Mortgage Loans are transferred to the Trust Fund. 
 “Subservicer”: Any Person with which the Servicer has entered into a Subservicing Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof. 
 “Subservicing Account”: An account established by a Subservicer which meets the requirements set forth in Section 3.06(e) and is
otherwise acceptable to the Servicer. 
 “Subservicing Agreement”: The written contract between the Servicer and a
Subservicer relating to servicing and administration of certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.02 hereof. 
 “Subservicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the portion of the Servicing Fee paid to a Subservicer. 
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 “Supplemental Interest Account”: An account established by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.04 and is otherwise acceptable to the Servicer. 
 “Supplemental Interest Amount Due”: With respect to any of
the Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum of (x) the Available Funds Cap Shortfall Amount for such Group or Class of Certificates and such Distribution Date and (y) the Available Funds Cap
Carryforward Amount for such Group or Class and Distribution Date. 
 “Supplemental Interest Payment”: With respect to any
Distribution Date: 
 (i) for the Class A-1A Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the
Class A-1A Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class A-1A Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (ii) for the Class A-2A Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class A-2A Certificates and
(y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class A-2A Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (iii) for the Class A-2B Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class A-2B Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the
Class A-2B Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (iv) for the Class A-2C Certificates,
the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class A-2C Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class A-2C Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that
Distribution Date; 
 (v) for the Class A-2D Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the
Class A-2D Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class A-2D Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (vi) for the Class M-1 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-1 Certificates and (y) the amounts
on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-1 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (vii) for the Class M-2 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-2 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-2 Certificates from the
Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (viii) for the Class M-3 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental
Interest Amount Due for the Class M-3 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-3 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
  

 Appendix A-50 

 (ix) for the Class M-4 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the
Class M-4 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-4 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (x) for the Class M-5 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-5 Certificates and (y) the amounts
on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-5 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (xi) for the Class M-6 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-6 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-6 Certificates from the
Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (xii) for the Class M-7 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental
Interest Amount Due for the Class M-7 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-7 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (xiii) for the Class M-8 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-8 Certificates and (y) the
amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-8 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; 
 (xiv) for the Class M-9 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-9 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-9 Certificates from the
Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date; and 
 (xv) for the Class M-10 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental
Interest Amount Due for the Class M-10 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-10 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date. 
 (xvi) For the Class M-11 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-11 Certificates and (y) the
amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-11 Certificates from the Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date. 
 (xvii) For the Class M-12 Certificates, the lesser of (x) the Supplemental Interest Amount Due for the Class M-12 Certificates and (y) the amounts on deposit and available for distribution to the Class M-12 Certificates from the
Supplemental Interest Trust on that Distribution Date. 
 “Supplemental Interest Trust”: The supplemental interest trust
established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.04 and designated as such. 
 “Swap Agreement”: Any of the
[        ] interest rate Swap Agreements between the Supplemental Interest Trust and a Swap Counterparty which are deemed to be assets of the Supplemental Interest Trust and not an asset of any one of the
REMICs created hereunder. 
  

 Appendix A-51 

 “Swap Amount”: The calculation of the Swap Amount is subject to the verification and
confirmation of the Swap Counterparties who are calculation agents for the Swap Agreements. Swap Amount shall mean, on each Distribution Date on or prior to the Class I Termination Date, the excess of (x) the product of (i) the related
fixed rate of interest, (ii) 30 divided by 360 and (iii) the related notional amount over (y) the product of (i) LIBOR, (ii) the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period divided by 360 and (iii) the
related notional amount, (so long as such calculation results in a positive number). 
 “Swap Counterparty”: [Swap
Counterparty]. 
 “Swap/Cap Interest Rate Schedule”: As set forth in Appendix B. 
 “Tax Matters Person”: The tax matters person appointed pursuant to Section 10.01(e) hereof. 
 “Tax Returns”: The federal income tax return on Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC)
Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed by the Trustee, on behalf of each REMIC, together with any and all
other information reports, forms or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state or
local tax laws. 
 “Telerate Page 3750”: The display page currently so designated on the Moneyline Telerate Service (or such
other page as may replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices). 
 “Termination
Price”: As defined in Section 11.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
 “Treasury Regulations”:
Regulations, including proposed or temporary Regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor
Treasury Regulations. 
 “Trigger Event”: A Trigger Event is in effect with respect to any Distribution Date, on or after
the Crossover Date, if either (i) the Rolling 60-Day Delinquency Percentage (calculated on a contractual basis) exceeds [        ]% of the current Credit Enhancement Percentage, or (ii) the
Cumulative Loss Percentage for such Distribution Date is greater than the applicable percentage set forth below with respect to such Distribution Date: 
  

			
	 Distribution Date Occurring
In:
	 	 Percentage

		 	
		 	

  

 Appendix A-52 

 “Trust Fund”: All of the assets of the Trust, which is the trust created hereunder
consisting of the REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III, REMIC IV, the Master REMIC, the Pre-Funding Account, the Interest Coverage Account and the Supplemental Interest Trust. 
 “Trustee”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, and
its successors and assigns or any successor trustee appointed pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. 
 “Trustee Fee”: With
respect to each Distribution Date, the product of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate divided by 12 and (ii) the sum of the Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the Pre-Funded Amount as of the first day of the related Due Period. 

“Trustee Fee Rate”: [        ]% per annum. 
  

 Appendix A-53 

 “Underwriter Exemption”: An individual prohibited transaction exemption, issued by the
U.S. Department of Labor, which is described in PTE 2000-58, 65 Fed. Reg. 67,765 (Nov. 13, 2000). 
 “Underwriters”:
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and their successors and assigns. 
 “Underwriting Agreement”: The Underwriting Agreement dated November 30, 2005 among the Underwriters, the Company and the Seller
with respect to the offer and sale of the Underwritten Certificates, as the same may be amended from time to time. 
 “Underwriting
Guidelines”: The underwriting guidelines set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Underwriting Standards for Mortgage Loans”. 
 “Underwritten Certificates” Collectively, the Class A Certificates and the Class M-1 Certificates, Class M-2 Certificates, Class
M-3 Certificates, Class M-4 Certificates, Class M-5 Certificates, Class M-6 Certificates, Class M-7 Certificates and Class M-8 Certificates. 
 “United States Person” or “U.S. Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes (other
than a partnership that is not treated as a U.S. Person pursuant to any applicable Treasury regulations) created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or an estate the income of
which from sources without the United States is includible 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. 
 “Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount”: With respect to each Class of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine Certificates and (i) the
first Distribution Date, zero, and (ii) any Distribution Date after the first Distribution Date, the sum of (a) the Unpaid Interest Shortfall Amount for that Class as of the prior Distribution Date, (b) the excess of the amount of the
Current Interest due with respect to that Class on the prior Distribution Date over the amount actually distributed to the Holders of that Class on account of the Current Interest on the prior Distribution Date and (c) interest on the sum of
(a) and (b) to the extent permitted by law, at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class for the related Accrual Period. 
 “Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. At all times the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates shall have 97% of the Voting
Rights (allocated among the Holders of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates in proportion to the then outstanding Certificate Principal Balances of their respective Certificates), the Class C Certificates shall have 1% of the
Voting Rights, the Class I Certificates shall have 1% of the Voting Rights and the Class R Certificates shall have 1% of the Voting Rights. The Voting Rights allocated to any Class of Certificates 

  

 Appendix A-54 

 
(other than the Class C Certificates, Class I Certificates and the Class R Certificates) shall be allocated among all Holders of each such Class in
proportion to the outstanding Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificates and the Voting Rights allocated to the Class C Certificates, Class I Certificates and the Class R Certificates shall be allocated among all Holders of each such Class
in proportion to such Holders’ respective Percentage Interest; provided, however that when none of the Regular Certificates are outstanding, 100% of the Voting Rights shall be allocated among Holders of the Class R Certificates in accordance
with such Holders’ respective Percentage Interests in the Certificates of such Class. The Class M-9 DSI, Class M-10 DSI, Class M-11 DSI and Class M-12 DSI Certificates do not have Voting Rights. 
 “Weighted Average Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage
Loans (weighted by the Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans). 
  

 Appendix A-55 

 APPENDIX B 
 Swap/Cap Interest Rate Schedule 
  

					
	 Corresponding REMIC III
 Regular Interest
	 	 Corresponding
 Interest Rate
	 	 Corresponding
 Maturity Date

 EXHIBIT [    ] 
 FORM 10-D, FORM 8-K AND FORM 10-K 
 REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY 
 As to each item described below, the entity indicated as the Responsible Party shall be primarily responsible for reporting the information to the party identified as
responsible for preparing the Securities Exchange Act Reports pursuant to Section [    ] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 
 Under
Item 1 of Form 10-D: a) items marked “[    ] statement” are required to be included in the periodic reports prepared by the Trustee under Section [    ] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
provided by the Trustee based on information received from the Servicer; and b) items marked “Form 10-D report” are required to be in the Form 10-D report but not the [    ] statement, provided by the party indicated.
Information under all other Items of Form 10-D is to be included in the Form 10-D report. All such information and any other Items of Form 8-K and Form 10-K set forth in this exhibit shall be sent to the Trustee and the Depositor. 
  

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

	10-D	  		  		  		  		  		  	
		  	1	  	Distribution and Pool Performance Information	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Item 1121(a) – Distribution and Pool Performance Information	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	(1) Any applicable record dates, accrual dates, determination dates for calculating distributions and actual distribution dates for the distribution period.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	(2) Cash flows received and the sources thereof for distributions, fees and expenses.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	(3) Calculated amounts and distribution of the flow of funds for the period itemized by type and priority of payment, including:	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	 (i) Fees or expenses accrued and paid, with an identification of the general purpose of such fees and the party receiving such fees or expenses.
	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	

  

 I-1 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	 (ii) Payments accrued or paid with respect to enhancement or other support identified in Item 1114 of Regulation AB (such as insurance premiums or other
enhancement maintenance fees), with an identification of the general purpose of such payments and the party receiving such payments.
	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	 (iii) Principal, interest and other distributions accrued and paid on the asset-backed securities by type and by class or series and any principal or interest
shortfalls or carryovers.
	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	 (iv) The amount of excess cash flow or excess spread and the disposition of excess cash flow.
	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	(4) Beginning and ending principal balances of the asset-backed securities.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	(5) Interest rates applicable to the pool assets and the asset-backed securities, as applicable. Consider providing interest rate information for pool assets in appropriate distributional groups
or incremental ranges.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	(6) Beginning and ending balances of transaction accounts, such as reserve accounts, and material account activity during the period.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	

  

 I-2 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	(7) Any amounts drawn on any credit enhancement or other support identified in Item 1114 of Regulation AB, as applicable, and the amount of coverage remaining under any such enhancement, if
known and applicable.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ]
 Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	(8) Number and amount of pool assets at the beginning and ending of each period, and updated pool composition information, such as weighted average coupon, weighted average remaining term, pool
factors and prepayment amounts.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  	Updated pool composition information fields to be as specified by Depositor from time to time	  	
							
		  		  	(9) Delinquency and loss information for the period.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	In addition, describe any material changes to the information specified in Item 1100(b)(5) of Regulation AB regarding the pool assets. (methodology)	  	X	  		  		  	
							
		  		  	(10) Information on the amount, terms and general purpose of any advances made or reimbursed during the period, including the general use of funds advanced and the general source of funds for
reimbursements.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	(11) Any material modifications, extensions or waivers to pool asset terms, fees, penalties or payments during the distribution period or that have cumulatively become material over
time.	  	X	  		  	X	  	X

  

 I-3 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	(12) Material breaches of pool asset representations or warranties or transaction covenants.	  	X	  		  	X	  	X
							
		  		  	(13) Information on ratio, coverage or other tests used for determining any early amortization, liquidation or other performance trigger and whether the trigger was met.	  		  	 X
  
 ([    ] Statement)
	  		  	
							
		  		  	(14) Information regarding any new issuance of asset-backed securities backed by the same asset pool,	  		  		  	X	  	X
							
		  		  	Information regarding any pool asset changes (other than in connection with a pool asset converting into cash in accordance with its terms), such as additions or removals in connection with a
prefunding or revolving period and pool asset substitutions and repurchases (and purchase rates, if applicable), and cash flows available for future purchases, such as the balances of any prefunding or revolving accounts, if applicable.	  	X	  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Disclose any material changes in the solicitation, credit-granting, underwriting, origination, acquisition or pool selection criteria or procedures, as applicable, used to originate, acquire or
select the new pool assets.	  		  		  	X	  	X
							
		  		  	 Item 1121(b) – Pre-Funding or Revolving Period Information
  
 Updated pool information as required under Item 1121(b).
	  		  		  	X	  	

  

 I-4 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	2	  	Legal Proceedings	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Item 1117 – Legal proceedings pending against the following entities, or their respective property, that is material to Certificateholders, including proceedings known to be contemplated by
governmental authorities:	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Sponsor	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	Depositor	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Issuing entity	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Servicer, other Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers	  	X	  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Trustee	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  		  	Custodian	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  	3	  	Sales of Securities and Use of Proceeds	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Information from Item 2(a) of Part II of Form 10-Q:
  
 With respect to any sale of securities by the sponsor, depositor or issuing entity, that are backed by the same asset pool or are otherwise issued by the issuing entity,
whether or not registered, provide the sales and use of proceeds information in Item 701 of Regulation S-K. Pricing information can be omitted if securities were not registered.
	  		  		  	X	  	

  

 I-5 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	 4
	  	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Information from Item 3 of Part II of Form 10-Q:
  
 Report the occurrence of any Event of Default (after expiration of any grace period and provision of any required notice)
	  		  	X	  	X	  	X
							
		  	 5
	  	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Certificateholders	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Information from Item 4 of Part II of Form 10-Q	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  	 6
	  	Significant Obligors of Pool Assets	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Item 1112(b) – Significant Obligor Financial Information*	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Item.	  		  		  		  	
							
		  	 7
	  	Significant Enhancement Provider Information	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Item 1114(b)(2) – Credit Enhancement Provider Financial Information*	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Determining applicable disclosure threshold
	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	 Requesting required financial information or effecting incorporation by reference
	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	Item 1115(b) – Derivative Counterparty Financial Information*	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Determining current maximum probable exposure
	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	 Determining current significance percentage
	  		  		  		  	X

  

 I-6 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	 Requesting required financial information or effecting incorporation by reference
	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	*This information need only be reported on the Form 10-D for the distribution period in which updated information is required pursuant to the Items.	  		  		  		  	
							
		  	8	  	Other Information	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Disclose any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the period covered by the Form 10-D but not reported	  		  		  		  	
							
		  	9	  	Exhibits	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Distribution Report	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  		  	Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, such as material agreements	  		  		  	X	  	
							
	8-K	  		  		  		  		  		  	
							
		  	1.01	  	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Disclosure is required regarding entry into or amendment of any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization, even if depositor is not
a party.
  
 Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement.
  
 Note: disclosure not required as to definitive agreements that are fully disclosed in the
prospectus
	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X

  

 I-7 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	1.02	  	Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Disclosure is required regarding termination of any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization (other than expiration in accordance
with its terms), even if depositor is not a party.
  
 Examples: servicing agreement,
custodial agreement.
	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X
							
		  	1.03	  	Bankruptcy or Receivership	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Disclosure is required regarding the bankruptcy or receivership, if known to the Depositor, Trustee, Sponsor or Servicer, with respect to any of the
following:
  
 Sponsor, Depositor, Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other Servicer servicing
20% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers, Trustee, Trustee, significant obligor, credit enhancer (10% or more), derivatives counterparty, custodian
	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X

  

 I-8 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	2.04	  	Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Includes an early amortization, performance trigger or other event, including event of default, that would materially alter the payment
priority/distribution of cash flows/amortization schedule.
  
 Disclosure will be made of
events other than waterfall triggers which are disclosed in the [    ] statement
	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  	3.03	  	Material Modification to Rights of Certificateholders	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Disclosure is required of any material modification to documents defining the rights of Certificateholders, including the Pooling and Servicing Agreement	  		  	X	  	X	  	X
							
		  	5.03	  	Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Disclosure is required of any amendment “to the governing documents of the issuing entity”	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  	5.06	  	Change in Shell Company Status	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	[Not applicable to ABS issuers]	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  	6.01	  	ABS Informational and Computational Material	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	[Not included in reports to be filed under Section 3.19]	  		  		  	X	  	

  

 I-9 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	6.02	  	Change of Servicer or Trustee	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Requires disclosure of any removal, replacement, substitution or addition of any servicer, affiliated servicer, other servicer servicing 10% or more of pool assets at time of report, other
material servicers, or trustee.	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Reg AB disclosure about any new servicer is also required.	  	X	  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Reg AB disclosure about any new trustee is also required.	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  	6.03	  	Change in Credit Enhancement or Other External Support	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Covers termination of any enhancement in manner other than by its terms, the addition of an enhancement, or a material change in the enhancement provided. Applies to external credit enhancements
as well as derivatives.	  		  	X	  	X	  	X
							
		  		  	Reg AB disclosure about any new enhancement provider is also required.	  		  	X	  	X	  	
							
		  	6.04	  	Failure to Make a Required Distribution	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  	6.05	  	Securities Act Updating Disclosure	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	If any material pool characteristic differs by 5% or more at the time of issuance of the securities from the description in the final prospectus, provide updated Reg AB disclosure about the
actual asset pool.	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	If there are any new servicers or originators required to be disclosed under Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing, provide the information called for in Items 1108 and 1110
respectively.	  		  		  	X	  	

  

 I-10 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  	7.01	  	7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure	  	X	  	X	  	X	  	X
							
		  	8.01	  	Other Events	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Any event, with respect to which information is not otherwise called for in Form 8-K, that the registrant deems of importance to Certificateholders.	  		  		  	X	  	X
							
		  	9.01	  	Financial Statements and Exhibits	  		  		  		  	
							
	10-K	  		  		  		  		  		  	
							
		  	9B	  	Other Information	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Disclose any information required to be reported on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter covered by the Form 10-K but not reported	  		  		  		  	
							
		  	15	  	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Item 1112(b) – Significant Obligor Financial Information	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Item 1114(b)(2) – Credit Enhancement Provider Financial Information	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Determining applicable disclosure threshold
	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	 Requesting required financial information or effecting incorporation by reference
	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	Item 1115(b) – Derivative Counterparty Financial Information	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	 Determining current maximum probable exposure
	  		  		  		  	X

  

 I-11 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	 Determining current significance percentage
	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	 Requesting required financial information or effecting incorporation by reference
	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	Item 1117 – Legal proceedings pending against the following entities, or their respective property, that is material to Certificateholders, including proceedings known to be contemplated by
governmental authorities:	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Sponsor	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	Depositor	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Issuing entity	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers	  	X	  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Trustee	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  		  	Custodian	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  		  	Item 1119 – Affiliations and relationships between the following entities, or their respective affiliates, that are material to Certificateholders:	  		  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Sponsor	  		  		  		  	X
							
		  		  	Depositor	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Servicer, affiliated Servicer, other Servicer servicing 20% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers	  	X	  		  		  	
							
		  		  	Trustee	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  		  	Custodian	  		  	X	  		  	
							
		  		  	Credit Enhancer/Support Provider	  		  		  	X	  	

  

 I-12 

													
	 Form
	  	 Item
	  	 Description
	  	 Servicer
	  	 Trustee
	  	 Depositor
	  	 Sponsor

		  		  	Significant Obligor	  		  		  	X	  	
							
		  		  	Item 1122 – Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria	  	X	  	X	  		  	
							
		  		  	Item 1123 – Servicer Compliance Statement	  	X	  		  		  	

  

 I-13

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