Document:

BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC,

                                   Depositor,

                            EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,

                           Seller and Master Servicer,

                                       and

                       LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

                                     Trustee

                              ____________________

                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of October 1, 2004
                    ________________________________________

              BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I TRUST 2004-HE9

                   ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-HE9

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01   Defined Terms.................................................6
Section 1.02   Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls....................54

                                   ARTICLE II

           CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 2.01   Conveyance of Trust Fund.....................................56
Section 2.02   Acceptance of the Mortgage Loans.............................58
Section 2.03   Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master
               Servicer and the Seller......................................60
Section 2.04   Representations and Warranties of the Depositor..............66
Section 2.05   Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
               Substitutions and Repurchases................................67
Section 2.06   Countersignature and Delivery of Certificates................68

                                   ARTICLE III

              ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS

Section 3.01   The Master Servicer to act as Master Servicer................70
Section 3.02   Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements...................71
Section 3.03   Subservicers.................................................72
Section 3.04   Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the Master
               Servicer To Be Held for Trustee..............................73
Section 3.05   Maintenance of Hazard Insurance..............................73
Section 3.06   Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds.............74
Section 3.07   Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies.......74
Section 3.08   Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance................75
Section 3.09   Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination
               of Excess Liquidation Proceeds and Realized Losses;
               Repurchases of Certain Mortgage Loans........................75
Section 3.10   Servicing Compensation.......................................78
Section 3.11   REO Property.................................................78
Section 3.12   Liquidation Reports..........................................79
Section 3.13   Annual Certificate as to Compliance..........................79
Section 3.14   Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants'
               Servicing Report.............................................79
Section 3.15   Books and Records............................................80
Section 3.16   Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission........80
Section 3.17   UCC..........................................................82

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Section 3.18   Optional Purchase of Certain Mortgage Loans..................82
Section 3.19   Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of
               Mortgage Rates and Scheduled Payments........................83
Section 3.20   Reserve Fund.................................................83
Section 3.21   Advancing Facility...........................................85

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    ACCOUNTS

Section 4.01   Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Protected Account......87
Section 4.02   Permitted Withdrawals From the Protected Account.............89
Section 4.03   Collection of Taxes; Assessments and Similar Items;
               Escrow Accounts..............................................91
Section 4.04   Distribution Account.........................................91
Section 4.05   Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the
               Distribution Account.........................................92
Section 4.06   Class P Certificate Account..................................92

                                    ARTICLE V

                           DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES

Section 5.01   Advances.....................................................93
Section 5.02   Compensating Interest Payments...............................94
Section 5.03   REMIC Distributions..........................................94
Section 5.04   Distributions................................................94
Section 5.04A  Allocation of Realized Losses...............................101
Section 5.05   Monthly Statements to Certificateholders....................103
Section 5.06   REMIC Designations and REMIC Distributions..................106
Section 5.07   Policy Matters..............................................108

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                THE CERTIFICATES

Section 6.01   The Certificates............................................112
Section 6.02   Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and
               Exchange of Certificates....................................113
Section 6.03   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...........117
Section 6.04   Persons Deemed Owners.......................................117
Section 6.05   Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and
               Addresses...................................................117
Section 6.06   Book-Entry Certificates.....................................117
Section 6.07   Notices to Depository.......................................118
Section 6.08   Definitive Certificates.....................................119
Section 6.09   Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................119

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                                   ARTICLE VII

                      THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER

Section 7.01   Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master Servicer........120
Section 7.02   Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
               Servicer....................................................120
Section 7.03   Indemnification of the Trustee and the Master Servicer......120
Section 7.04   Limitations on Liability of the Depositor, the Master
               Servicer and Others.........................................121
Section 7.05   Master Servicer Not to Resign...............................122
Section 7.06   Successor Master Servicer...................................122
Section 7.07   Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing.....................122

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                     DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF MASTER SERVICER

Section 8.01   Events of Default...........................................124
Section 8.02   Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor....................126
Section 8.03   Notification to Certificateholders..........................127
Section 8.04   Waiver of Defaults..........................................128

                                   ARTICLE IX

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 9.01   Duties of Trustee...........................................129
Section 9.02   Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.......................130
Section 9.03   Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans.......132
Section 9.04   Trustee May Own Certificates................................133
Section 9.05   Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................................133
Section 9.06   Eligibility Requirements for Trustee........................133
Section 9.07   Insurance...................................................134
Section 9.08   Resignation and Removal of Trustee..........................134
Section 9.09   Successor Trustee...........................................135
Section 9.10   Merger or Consolidation of Trustee..........................135
Section 9.11   Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee...............135
Section 9.12   Tax Matters.................................................137

                                    ARTICLE X

                                   TERMINATION

Section 10.01  Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all
               Mortgage Loans..............................................140
Section 10.02  Final Distribution on the Certificates......................140
Section 10.03  Additional Termination Requirements.........................142

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                                   ARTICLE XI

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 11.01  Amendment...................................................143
Section 11.02  Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts......................144
Section 11.03  Governing Law...............................................144
Section 11.04  Intention of Parties........................................145
Section 11.05  Notices.....................................................145
Section 11.06  Severability of Provisions..................................146
Section 11.07  Assignment..................................................146
Section 11.08  Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders..................146
Section 11.09  Inspection and Audit Rights.................................148
Section 11.10  Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid...................148
Section 11.11  Certificate Insurer Rights..................................148

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A-1             Form of Class A Certificates
Exhibit A-2             Form of Class M Certificates
Exhibit A-3             Form of Class P Certificates
Exhibit A-4             Form of Class CE Certificates
Exhibit A-5             Form of Class R Certificates
Exhibit B               Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C               [Reserved]
Exhibit D               Form of Transfer Affidavit
Exhibit E               Form of Transferor Certificate
Exhibit F               Form of Investment Letter (Non-Rule 144A)
Exhibit G               Form of Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate
Exhibit H               Form of Request for Release
Exhibit I               DTC Letter of Representations
Exhibit J               Schedule of Mortgage Loans with Lost Notes
Exhibit K               Form of Custodial Agreement
Exhibit L               Form of Back-Up Certification
Exhibit M               Form of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit N               Form of Class II-A Policy

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      POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of October 1, 2004, among BEAR
STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as
depositor (the "Depositor"), EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation,
as seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as master servicer (in such
capacity, the "Master Servicer") and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as
trustee (the "Trustee").

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

      The Depositor is the owner of the Trust Fund that is hereby conveyed to
the Trustee in return for the Certificates.

                                     REMIC I
                                     -------

      As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the segregated pool of
assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other related assets subject
to this Agreement (other than the Reserve Fund and the Yield Maintenance
Agreements) as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool
of assets will be designated as "REMIC I". The Class R-1 Certificates will be
the sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC I for purposes of the REMIC
Provisions (as defined herein). The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate, the initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for
each of the REMIC I Regular Interests (as defined herein). None of the REMIC I
Regular Interests will be certificated.

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                             UNCERTIFICATED INITIAL
                         REMIC I          UNCERTIFICATED      LATEST POSSIBLE
    DESIGNATION     PASS-THROUGH RATE    PRINCIPAL BALANCE   MATURITY DATE (1)
----------------    -----------------   ------------------   -----------------
         AA            Variable(2)         $356,312,847.83   November 25, 2034
       I-A-1           Variable(2)         $   460,620.00    November 25, 2034
       I-A-2           Variable(2)         $   445,820.00    November 25, 2034
       I-A-3           Variable(2)         $   134,845.00    November 25, 2034
        II-A           Variable(2)         $   802,990.00    November 25, 2034
      III-A-1          Variable(2)         $   842,790.00    November 25, 2034
      III-A-2          Variable(2)         $   210,700.00    November 25, 2034
        M-1            Variable(2)         $   219,970.00    November 25, 2034
        M-2            Variable(2)         $   185,430.00    November 25, 2034
        M-3            Variable(2)         $    50,905.00    November 25, 2034
        M-4            Variable(2)         $    54,540.00    November 25, 2034
        M-5            Variable(2)         $    38,175.00    November 25, 2034
        M-6            Variable(2)         $    34,540.00    November 25, 2034
        M-7A           Variable(2)         $    30,905.00    November 25, 2034
        M-7B           Variable(2)         $    30,905.00    November 25, 2034
         ZZ            Variable(2)         $ 3,728,555.77    November 25, 2034
         P               0.00%(2)          $       100.00    November 25, 2034
         1A            Variable(2)         $     5,304.45    November 25, 2034
         1B            Variable(2)         $    26,130.15    November 25, 2034
         2A            Variable(2)         $     4,090.58    November 25, 2034
         2B            Variable(2)         $    20,150.38    November 25, 2034
         3A            Variable(2)         $     5,366.57    November 25, 2034
         3B            Variable(2)         $    26,436.37    November 25, 2034
         XX            Variable(2)         $363,497,060.09   November 25, 2034

___________________________
(1)   Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
      regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
      for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
      the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC I Regular Interest.
(2)   Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Uncertificated REMIC I
      Pass-Through Rate" herein.

                                    REMIC II

      As provided herein, the Trustee will make an election to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests as a REMIC
for federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC II". The Class R-2 Certificates

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will represent the sole class of "residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes
of the REMIC Provisions.

      The following table irrevocably sets forth the Class designation,
Pass-Through Rate and Initial Certificate Principal Balance for each Class of
Certificates that represents one or more of the "regular interests" in REMIC II
created hereunder.

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                                       INITIAL CERTIFICATE    LATEST POSSIBLE
   DESIGNATION     PASS-THROUGH RATE    PRINCIPAL BALANCE    MATURITY DATE(1)
  ------------     -----------------   -------------------   -----------------
      I-A-1           Variable(2)         $92,124,000.00     November 25, 2034
      I-A-2           Variable(2)         $89,164,000.00     November 25, 2034
      I-A-3           Variable(2)         $26,969,000.00     November 25, 2034
       II-A           Variable(2)         $160,598,000.00    November 25, 2034
     III-A-1          Variable(2)         $168,558,000.00    November 25, 2034
     III-A-2          Variable(2)         $42,140,000.00     November 25, 2034
       M-1            Variable(2)         $43,994,000.00     November 25, 2034
       M-2            Variable(2)         $37,086,000.00     November 25, 2034
       M-3            Variable(2)         $10,181,000.00     November 25, 2034
       M-4            Variable(2)         $10,908,000.00     November 25, 2034
       M-5            Variable(2)         $ 7,635,000.00       November 25,
                                                                            2034
       M-6            Variable(2)         $ 6,908,000.00     November 25, 2034
       M-7A           Variable(2)         $ 6,181,000.00     November 25, 2034
       M-7B           Variable(2)         $ 6,181,000.00     November 25, 2034
Class CE Interest    Variable(2)(3)       $18,542,077.21     November 25, 2034
 Class P Interest     0.00%(2)(4)         $        100.00    November 25, 2034
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(1)   Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
      regulations, the Distribution Date in the month following the maturity
      date for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been
      designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC II
      Regular Interest.
(2)   Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate"
      herein.
(3)   The Class CE Interest will accrue interest at its variable Pass-Through
      Rate on the Uncertificated Notional Balance of the Class CE Interest
      outstanding from time to time which shall equal the Uncertificated
      Principal Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I
      Regular Interest P). The Class CE Interest will not accrue interest on its
      Certificate Principal Balance.
(4)   The Class P Interest is not entitled to distributions in respect of
      interest.

                                    REMIC III
                                   ----------

      As provided herein, the Trustee shall make an election to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class CE Interest as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC III." The Class R-3 Interest represents the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

      The following table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation,
Pass-Through Rate and Initial Certificate Principal Balance for the indicated
Class of Certificates that represents a "regular interest" in REMIC III created
hereunder:

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                                        INITIAL AGGREGATE
                       PASS-THROUGH        CERTIFICATE       LATEST POSSIBLE
 CLASS DESIGNATION         RATE         PRINCIPAL BALANCE    MATURITY DATE(1)
------------------    -------------     -----------------   -----------------
      Class CE         Variable(2)       $18,542,077.21     November 25, 2034
    Certificates
_______________

(1) Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date for
the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as the
"latest possible maturity date" for the Class CE Certificates. (2) The Class CE
Certificates will receive 100% of amounts received in respect of the Class CE
Interest.

                                    REMIC IV
                                    --------

      As provided herein, the Trustee shall make an election to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class P Interest as a REMIC for
federal income tax purposes, and such segregated pool of assets will be
designated as "REMIC IV." The Class R-4 Interest represents the sole class of
"residual interests" in REMIC IV for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

      The following table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation,
Pass-Through Rate and Initial Certificate Principal Balance for the indicated
Class of Certificates that represents a "regular interest" in REMIC IV created
hereunder:

                                         INITIAL AGGREGATE
                                            CERTIFICATE      LATEST POSSIBLE
 CLASS DESIGNATION   PASS-THROUGH RATE   PRINCIPAL BALANCE   MATURITY DATE(1)
------------------   -----------------   -----------------  -----------------
Class P Certificates      0.00%(2)            $100.00       November 25, 2034
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(1)   Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
      regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
      for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been designated as
      the "latest possible maturity date" for the Class P Certificates.
(2)   The Class P Certificates will receive 100% of amounts received in respect
      of the Class P Interest.

      The Trust Fund shall be named, and may be referred to as, the "Bear
Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2004-HE9." The Certificates issued
hereunder may be referred to as "Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE9"
(including for purposes of any endorsement or assignment of a Mortgage Note or
Mortgage).

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

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                                   ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01      DEFINED TERMS.

      In addition to those terms defined in Section 1.02, whenever used in this
Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have the following meanings:

      ACCEPTED SERVICING PRACTICES: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, those
mortgage servicing practices (including collection procedures) that are in
accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations and prudent mortgage
banking practices for similar mortgage loans.

      ACCOUNT: The Distribution Account, the Reserve Account, the Class P
Certificate Account, the Class II-A Policy Payments Account and the Protected
Account.

      ACCRUAL PERIOD: With respect to the Certificates (other than the Class CE,
Class P and the Residual Certificates) and any Distribution Date, the period
from and including the immediately preceding Distribution Date (or with respect
to the first Accrual Period, the Closing Date) to and including the day prior to
such Distribution Date. With respect to the Class CE Certificates and any
Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding such Distribution
Date. All calculations of interest on the Certificates (other than the Class CE,
Class P and the Residual Certificates) will be made on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period. All calculations of
interest on the Class CE Certificates will be made on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

      ACCRUAL RATE: The rate set forth in the Insurance Agreement. The Accrual
Rate shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over
the actual number of days in the current calendar year. In no event shall the
Accrual Rate exceed the maximum rate permissible under law applicable to this
Agreement limiting interest rates.

      ADVANCE: An advance of delinquent payments of principal or interest in
respect of a Mortgage Loan required to be made by the Master Servicer as
provided in Section 5.01 hereof.

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

      ADJUSTABLE  RATE MORTGAGE LOAN:  Each of the Mortgage  Loans  identified
in the  Mortgage  Loan  Schedule as having a Mortgage  Rate that is subject to
adjustment.

      ADJUSTMENT DATE: With respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
first day of the month in which the Mortgage Rate of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage
Loan changes pursuant to the related Mortgage Note. The first Adjustment Date
following the Cut-off Date as to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan is set forth
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

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      AMOUNT HELD FOR FUTURE DISTRIBUTION: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate amount held in the Protected Account at the close of business on the
immediately preceding Determination Date on account of (i) all Scheduled
Payments or portions thereof received in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after
the related Due Period and (ii) Principal Prepayments, Liquidation Proceeds,
Subsequent Recoveries and Insurance Proceeds received in respect of such
Mortgage Loans after the last day of the related Prepayment Period.

      APPLIED REALIZED LOSS AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution Date and a
Class of Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates, the sum of the Realized
Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans which have been applied in reduction
of the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class of Certificates pursuant to
Section 5.04A of this Agreement which have not previously been reimbursed
reduced by any Subsequent Recoveries applied to such Applied Realized Loss
Amount.

      APPRAISED VALUE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated in
connection with a refinancing, the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property
based upon the appraisal made at the time of such refinancing or, with respect
to any other Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (x) the appraised value of the
Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made by a fee appraiser at the time
of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (y) the sales price of the
Mortgaged Property at the time of such origination.

      AVOIDED PAYMENT: As defined in the Class II-A Policy.

      BASIS RISK SHORTFALL CARRY FORWARD AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates
and any Distribution Date for which the Pass-Through Rate for such Certificates
is equal to the related Net Rate Cap, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the
excess, if any, of (a) the amount of Current Interest that such Class would have
been entitled to receive on such Distribution Date had the Pass-Though Rate
applicable to such Class been calculated at a per annum rate equal to One-Month
LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin, over (b) the amount of Current
Interest that such Class received on such Distribution Date at a per annum rate
equal to the related Net Rate Cap and (B) the amount in clause (A) for all
previous Distribution Dates not previously paid, together with interest thereon
at a rate equal to the related Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date.

      BANKRUPTCY CODE: Title 11 of the United States Code.

      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 6.06). As of the Closing Date, each Class
of Regular Certificates (other than the Class CE Certificates and Class P
Certificates) constitutes a Class of 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, New York, Chicago,
Illinois, Minneapolis,

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Minnesota or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or the
principal office of the Certificate Insurer or the Master Servicer is located
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

      CALENDAR QUARTER: January 1 to March 31, April 1 to June 30, July 1 to
September 30, or October 1 to December 31, as applicable.

      CERTIFICATE: Any one of the certificates of any Class executed and
authenticated by the Trustee in substantially the forms attached hereto as
Exhibits A-1 through A-5.

      CERTIFICATE  INSURER:  Assured  Guaranty  Corp.,  a  Maryland  domiciled
insurance company, or any successor thereto.

      CERTIFICATE  INSURER  CONTACT  PERSON:  The  officer  designated  by the
Master Servicer to provide  information to the Certificate Insurer pursuant to
Section 5.07(i).

      CERTIFICATE INSURER DEFAULT: As defined in Section 5.07(l).

      CERTIFICATE INSURER PREMIUM AMOUNT: With respect to the Class II-A Policy
and each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of the Certificate
Insurer Premium Rate and the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class II-A
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

      CERTIFICATE INSURER PREMIUM RATE: A percentage equal to one twelfth (1/12)
of the "premium percentage" set forth in the Premium Letter.

      CERTIFICATE MARGIN: With respect to the Class I-A-1 Certificates and, for
purposes of the definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I
Regular Interest I-A-1, 0.180%.

      With respect to the Class I-A-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
I-A-2, 0.370% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.740% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class I-A-3 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
I-A-3, 0.520% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 1.040% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class II-A Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
II-A, 0.300% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.600% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class III-A-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
III-A-1, 0.350% in the case of

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each Distribution Date through and including the first possible Optional
Termination Date and 0.700% in the case of each Distribution Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class III-A-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
III-A-2, 0.400% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.800% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest M-1,
0.650% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 0.975% in the case of each Distribution
Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest M-2,
1.200% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 1.800% in the case of each Distribution
Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest M-3,
1.400% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 2.100% in the case of each Distribution
Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class M-4 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest M-4,
1.750% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 2.625% in the case of each Distribution
Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class M-5 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest M-5,
1.850% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 2.775% in the case of each Distribution
Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class M-6 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest M-6,
3.500% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 5.250% in the case of each Distribution
Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class M-7A Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
M-7A, 4.000% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 6.000% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

      With respect to the Class M-7B Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
M-7B, 4.000% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 6.000% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

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      CERTIFICATE NOTIONAL BALANCE: With respect to the Class CE Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I
Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest P) for such Distribution
Date.

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

      CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: As to any Certificate (other than any Class
CE Certificate or Class R Certificate) and as of any Distribution Date, the
Initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate plus, in the case of a
Class A Certificate and Class M Certificate, any Subsequent Recoveries added to
the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate pursuant to Section
5.04(b), less the sum of (i) all amounts distributed with respect to such
Certificate in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof on
previous Distribution Dates pursuant to Section 5.04, and (ii) any Applied
Realized Loss Amounts allocated to such Certificate on previous Distribution
Dates. Exclusively for the purpose of determining any subrogation rights of the
Certificate Insurer arising under Section 5.07 hereof, the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class II-A Certificates shall not be reduced by the amount of any
payments made by the Certificate Insurer in respect of principal on such
Certificates under the Class II-A Policy, except to the extent such payment
shall have been reimbursed to the Certificate Insurer pursuant to the provisions
of this Agreement.

      CERTIFICATE  REGISTER:  The register maintained pursuant to Section 6.02
hereof.

      CERTIFICATEHOLDER OR HOLDER: The person in whose name a Certificate is
registered in the Certificate Register (initially, Cede & Co., as nominee for
the Depository, in the case of any Book-Entry Certificates) and, with respect to
the Class II-A Certificates, the Certificate Insurer to the extent of any
Reimbursement Amount.

      CLASS: All Certificates bearing the same Class designation as set forth in
Section 6.01 hereof.

      CLASS A CERTIFICATES: Any of the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3,
Class II-A, Class III-A-1 and Class III-A-2 Certificates.

      CLASS A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Principal Distribution Amount for such
Distribution Date and (y) the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, over (ii) the lesser of (a) the product of (1) 59.40% and (2)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the related Due Period, and (b) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period minus $3,635,845.

      CLASS I-A CERTIFICATES: Any of the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2 and Class
I-A-3 Certificates.

      CLASS I-A-1 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class I-A-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class I-A-1 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a

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Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS I-A-2 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class I-A-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class I-A-2 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS I-A-3 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class I-A-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class I-A-3 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS I-A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, with
respect to the Class I-A Certificates and any Distribution Date, is the product
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Principal Funds for Loan Group I for such Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is the Principal Funds for all Loan Groups for such
Distribution Date.

      CLASS II-A CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class II-A
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class II-A Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS II-A POLICY: The irrevocable financial guaranty insurance policy,
No. D-2004-110, including any endorsements thereto, issued by the Certificate
Insurer with respect to the Class II-A Certificates, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit N.

      CLASS II-A POLICY PAYMENTS ACCOUNT: The separate Eligible Account created
and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.07(c) in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Class II-A Certificateholders and designated
"LaSalle Bank National Association, in trust for registered holders of Bear
Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2004-HE9, Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2004-HE9, Class II-A." Funds in the Class II-A Policy Payments Account
shall be held in trust for the Class II-A Certificateholders for the uses and
purposes set forth in this Agreement.

      CLASS II-A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, with
respect to the Class II-A Certificates and any Distribution Date, is the product
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount and a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Principal Funds for Loan Group II for such Distribution Date and
the denominator of which is the Principal Funds for all Loan Groups for such
Distribution Date.

      CLASS III-A-1 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class III-A-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
representing the right to the Percentage

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Interest of distributions provided for the Class III-A-1 Certificates as set
forth herein and (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to
receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS III-A-2 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class III-A-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class III-A-2 Certificates as set forth herein and (i) a Regular Interest in
REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward
Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS CE CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class CE
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class CE Certificates herein and evidencing (i) a Regular Interest in REMIC
III and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount
from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS CE DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
sum of (i) the Current Interest for the Class CE Interest for such Distribution
Date, (ii) any Overcollateralization Release Amount for such Distribution Date
and (iii) without duplication, any Subsequent Recoveries not distributed to the
Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates on such Distribution Date;
provided, however that on any Distribution Date after the Distribution Date on
which the Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates have been reduced to zero, the Class CE Distribution Amount shall
include the Overcollateralization Amount.

      CLASS CE INTEREST: An uncertificated interest in the Trust Fund held by
the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Class CE Certificates, evidencing a
Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

      CLASS M CERTIFICATES: Any of the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7A and Class M-7B Certificates.

      CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class M-1 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS M-1 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount and (y) the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of (1) the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of
the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (b)
the lesser of (1) the product of (x) 71.50% and (y) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period, and

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(2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period minus $3,635,845.

      CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class M-2 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS M-2 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount and the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the
excess, if any, of (a) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the distribution
of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (2) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into
account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date) and (3) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (b) the lesser of
(1) the product of (x) 81.70% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period, and (2) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period minus $3,635,845.

      CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-3
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class M-3 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS M-3 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class
M-2 Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of
(1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (2) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (3) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (4) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date, over (b) the lesser of (1) the product of (x) 84.50% and (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period, and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period minus $3,635,845.

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      CLASS M-4 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-4
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class M-4 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS M-4 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount
and (y) the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (3) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (4) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (5) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date, over (b) the lesser of (1) the product of (x) 87.50% and (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period, and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period minus $3,635,845.

      CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-5
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class M-5 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS M-5 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount and
the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the excess, if any, of (a)
the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (2) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (3) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (4) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (5) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution

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Date) and (6) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (b) the lesser of (1) the
product of (x) 89.60% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period, and (2) the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period minus $3,635,845.

      CLASS M-6 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-6
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class M-6 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS M-6 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount and the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount and (y) the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of (1) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the distribution of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (2) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-1
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (3) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (4) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-3 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (5) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (6) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-5 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (7) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution
Date, over (b) the lesser of (1) the product of (x) 91.50% and (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period, and (2) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period minus $3,635,845.

      CLASS M-7A CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-7A
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class M-7A Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a Regular
Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk Shortfall
Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS M-7B CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class M-7B
Certificate" on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
representing the right to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for
the Class M-7B Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing (i) a

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Regular Interest in REMIC II and (ii) the right to receive the Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry Forward Amount from the Reserve Fund.

      CLASS M-7 PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the lesser of (x) the remaining Principal Distribution Amount
for such Distribution Date after distribution of the Class A Principal
Distribution Amount, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount, the
Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution
Amount and the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount and (y) the excess, if
any, of (a) the sum of (1) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class A Certificates (after taking into account the distribution of the Class A
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (2) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (3) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-2 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (4) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date), (5) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates
(after taking into account the distribution of the Class M-4 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (6) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-5 Certificates (after taking into account the
distribution of the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) (7) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-6 Certificates (after
taking into account the distribution of the Class M-6 Principal Distribution
Amount on such Distribution Date) and (8) the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-7A Certificates and Class M-7B Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date, over (b) the lesser of (1) the product of (x)
94.90% and (y) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period, and (2) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period minus $3,635,845.

      CLASS P CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class P Certificate"
on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, representing the right
to its Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class P
Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC IV.

      CLASS P INTEREST: An uncertificated interest in the Trust Fund held by the
Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, evidencing a
Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

      CLASS P CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.05 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Class P Certificateholders.

      CLASS R-1 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated a "Class R-1
Certificate" on the face thereof, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit
A-5 hereto, evidencing the Residual Interest

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in REMIC I and representing the right to the Percentage Interest of
distributions provided for the Class R-1 Certificates as set forth herein.

      CLASS R-2 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated a "Class R-2
Certificate" on the face thereof, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit
A-5 hereto, evidencing the Residual Interest in REMIC II and representing the
right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided for the Class R-2
Certificates as set forth herein.

      CLASS RX CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated a "Class RX Certificate"
on the face thereof, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-5 hereto,
evidencing the ownership of the Class R-3 Interest and the Class R-4 Interest
and representing the right to the Percentage Interest of distributions provided
for the Class RX Certificates as set forth herein.

      CLASS R-3 INTEREST: The uncertificated Residual Interest in REMIC III.

      CLASS R-4 INTEREST: The uncertificated Residual Interest in REMIC IV.

      CLOSING DATE: October 29, 2004.

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

      COMPENSATING INTEREST: An amount, not to exceed the Servicing Fee, to be
deposited in the Protected Account by the Master Servicer to the payment of a
Prepayment Interest Shortfall on a Mortgage Loan subject to this Agreement.

      CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The designated office of the Trustee where at any
particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement
shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this
Agreement is located at 135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625, Chicago, Illinois,
Attention: Global Securitization Trust Services Group - Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities I LLC, Series 2004-HE9, or at such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time.

      CORRESPONDING CERTIFICATE: With respect to each Uncertificated REMIC I
Regular Interest, the Certificate with the corresponding designation.

      CURRENT INTEREST: As of any Distribution Date, with respect to the
Certificates of each Class (other than the Class P Certificates and the Residual
Certificates), (i) the interest accrued on the Certificate Principal Balance or
Certificate Notional Balance or Uncertificated Notional Balance, as applicable,
during the related Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate plus any
amount previously distributed with respect to interest for such Certificate that
has been recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy minus
(ii) the sum of (a) any Prepayment Interest Shortfall for such Distribution
Date, to the extent not covered by Compensating Interest and (b) any Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls during the related Due Period, provided, however, that for
purposes of calculating Current Interest for any such Class, amounts specified
in clause (ii) hereof for any such Distribution Date shall be allocated first to
the Class CE Certificates and Residual Certificates in reduction of amounts
otherwise distributable to such

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Certificates on such Distribution Date, and then any excess shall be allocated
to each Class of Class A Certificates and Class M Certificates pro rata, based
on the respective amounts of interest accrued pursuant to clause (i) hereof for
each such Class on such Distribution Date.

      CURRENT SPECIFIED ENHANCEMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the sum of (i) the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M Certificates and (ii) the
Overcollateralization Amount, in each case prior to the distribution of the
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date, by (y) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due
Period.

      CUSTODIAL  AGREEMENT:  Any of the LaSalle  Custodial  Agreement or Wells
Fargo Custodial Agreement.

      CUSTODIANS: (i) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or any successor
custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and the Wells Fargo
Custodial Agreement ("Wells Fargo") and (ii) LaSalle Bank National Association,
or any successor custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and the
LaSalle Custodial Agreement ("LaSalle").

      CUT-OFF DATE: The close of business on October 1, 2004.

      CUT-OFF DATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: As to any Mortgage Loan, the unpaid
principal balance thereof as of the close of business on the Cut-off Date after
application of all Principal Prepayments received prior to the Cut-off Date and
scheduled payments of principal due on or before the Cut-off Date, whether or
not received, but without giving effect to any installments of principal
received in respect of Due Dates after the Cut-off Date. The aggregate Cut-off
Date Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is $727,169,077.21.

      DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a reduction by
a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in
the Scheduled Payment for such Mortgage Loan that became final and
non-appealable, except such a reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation or
any other reduction that results in a permanent forgiveness of principal.

      DEFICIENCY AMOUNT: As of any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) any
shortfall in the Interest Funds to pay the Current Interest due on the Class
II-A Certificates, except for any portion thereof payable under the Class II-A
Policy as an Avoided Payment and (ii) the amount of any Applied Realized Loss
Amount allocated to the Class II-A Certificates on such Distribution Date and
(iii) for the Last Scheduled Distribution Date, the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class II-A Certificates to the extent unpaid on such Distribution
Date (after taking into account all distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date).

      DEFICIENT VALUATION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation by a
court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than
the then outstanding indebtedness under such Mortgage Loan, or any reduction in
the amount of principal to be paid in connection with any Scheduled Payment that
results in a permanent forgiveness of principal, which valuation or reduction
results from an order of such court that is final and non-appealable in a
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code.

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      DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: As defined in Section 6.06.

      DELETED  MORTGAGE  LOAN: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced by a
Replacement Mortgage Loan.

      DELINQUENCY EVENT: A Delinquency Event shall have occurred and be
continuing if at any time, (x) the percent equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans that are 60 days or more Delinquent (including for this purpose any such
Mortgage Loans in bankruptcy or foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to
which the related Mortgaged Property is REO Property), and the denominator of
which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period exceeds (y) 40% of the Current
Specified Enhancement Percentage.

      DELINQUENT: A Mortgage Loan is "delinquent" if any payment due thereon is
not made pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan by the close of business on
the day such payment is scheduled to be due. A Mortgage Loan is "30 days
delinquent" if such payment has not been received by the close of business on
the corresponding day of the month immediately succeeding the month in which
such payment was due, or, if there is no such corresponding day (e.g., as when a
30-day month follows a 31-day month in which a payment was due on the 31st day
of such month), then on the last day of such immediately succeeding month.
Similarly for "60 days delinquent," "90 days delinquent" and so on.

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

      DEPOSITOR: Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, or its successor in interest.

      DEPOSITORY: The initial Depository shall be The Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), the nominee of which is Cede & Co., or any other organization
registered as a "clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository shall initially be the
registered Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates. The Depository shall at all
times be a "clearing corporation" as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York.

      DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT: With respect to the Class of Book-Entry
Certificates, the agreement among the Depositor, the Trustee and the initial
Depository, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit
I.

      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.

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

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      DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The separate Eligible Account created and maintained
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.04 in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer designated
"LaSalle Bank National Association, in trust for registered holders of Bear
Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2004-HE9". Funds in the Distribution Account shall be held in trust for the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer for the uses and purposes set
forth in this Agreement.

      DISTRIBUTION  ACCOUNT  DEPOSIT  DATE:  The  Business  Day  prior to each
Distribution Date.

      DISTRIBUTION DATE: The 25th day of each calendar month after the initial
issuance of the Certificates, or if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
next succeeding Business Day, commencing in November 2004.

      DUE DATE: As to any Mortgage Loan, the date in each month on which the
related Scheduled Payment is due, as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.

      DUE PERIOD: With respect to any Distribution Date, the period from the
second day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs through close of business on the first day of the
calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

      ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company, the
long-term unsecured debt obligations and short-term unsecured debt obligations
of which (or, in the case of a depository institution or trust company that is
the principal subsidiary of a holding company, the debt obligations of such
holding company, so long as Moody's is not a Rating Agency) are rated by each
Rating Agency in one of its two highest long-term and its highest short-term
rating categories, respectively, at the time any amounts are held on deposit
therein, or (ii) an account or accounts in a depository institution or trust
company in which such accounts are insured by the FDIC (to the limits
established by the FDIC) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts are
otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to
the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and to each Rating Agency, the
Certificateholders have a claim with respect to the funds in such account or a
perfected first priority security interest against any collateral (which shall
be limited to Permitted Investments) securing such funds that is superior to
claims of any other depositors or creditors of the depository institution or
trust company in which such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or
accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state
chartered depository institution or trust company having capital and surplus of
not less than $50,000,000, acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other
account acceptable to the Rating Agencies, as evidenced in writing. Eligible
Accounts may bear interest, and may include, if otherwise qualified under this
definition, accounts maintained with the Trustee.

      EMC:  EMC  Mortgage  Corporation,   a  Delaware  corporation,   and  its
successors and assigns.

      ENCORE: Encore Credit Corp., and its successors and assigns.

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

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      ERISA  RESTRICTED  CERTIFICATES:  Any  of  the  Class  CE,  Class  P and
Residual Certificates.

      EVENT OF DEFAULT: As defined in Section 8.01 hereof.

      EXCESS CASHFLOW: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount, if any,
equal to the sum of (a) the Remaining Excess Spread for such Distribution Date
and (b) the Overcollateralization Release Amount for such Distribution Date.

      EXCESS LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: To the extent not required by law to be paid
to the related Mortgagor, the excess, if any, of any Liquidation Proceeds with
respect to a Mortgage Loan over the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan and accrued and unpaid interest at the related Mortgage Rate through the
last day of the month in which the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated.

      EXCESS SPREAD: With respect to any Distribution Date, the excess, if any,
of (i) the Interest Funds for such Distribution Date over (ii) the sum of the
Certificate Insurer Premium Amount, Current Interest on the Class A Certificates
and Class M Certificates and Interest Carry Forward Amounts on the Class A
Certificates (other than Interest Carry Forward Amounts paid pursuant to Section
5.04(a)(4)(A)), in each case for such Distribution Date.

      EXEMPTION:  Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-30, as amended from time
to time.

      EXTRA PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (i) the excess, if any, of the Overcollateralization Target
Amount for such Distribution Date over the Overcollateralization Amount for such
Distribution Date (after giving effect to distributions of principal on the
Certificates other than any Extra Principal Distribution Amount) and (ii) the
Excess Spread for such Distribution Date.

      FANNIE   MAE:   Fannie  Mae   (formerly,   Federal   National   Mortgage
Association), or any successor thereto.

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

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

      FIRREA: The Financial  Institutions  Reform,  Recovery,  and Enforcement
Act of 1989.

      FINAL RECOVERY DETERMINATION: With respect to any defaulted Mortgage Loan
or any REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property purchased by the
Seller pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03(c) or Section 10.01), a
determination made by the Master Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds,
Liquidation Proceeds and other payments or recoveries which the Master Servicer,
in its reasonable good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in
respect thereof have been so recovered. The Trustee shall maintain records,
based solely on information provided by the Master Servicer, of each Final
Recovery Determination made thereby.

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      FISCAL AGENT: As defined in the Class II-A Policy.

      FREDDIE MAC:  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 I LOANS:  The Mortgage  Loans  identified  as such on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule.

      GROUP I PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the product of the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Principal Funds for the Loan
Group I for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the Principal
Funds for all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date.

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

      GROUP II PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the product of the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Principal Funds for the Loan
Group II for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the
Principal Funds for all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date.

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

      GROUP III PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution
Date, the product of the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution
Date and a fraction, the numerator of which is the Principal Funds for the Loan
Group III for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the
Principal Funds for all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date.

      GROUP III SEQUENTIAL TRIGGER EVENT: A trigger event in effect on any
Distribution Date if, before the 37th Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of
Realized Losses incurred since the Cut-off Date through the last day of the
related Prepayment Period divided by the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds 3.25% or if, on or after the
37th Distribution Date, a Trigger Event is in effect.

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

      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.

      INITIAL CERTIFICATION: The certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement.

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      INITIAL CERTIFICATE  PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Certificate,
the  Certificate  Principal  Balance of such  Certificate  or any  predecessor
Certificate on the Closing Date.

      INSURANCE AGREEMENT: The Insurance and Indemnity Agreement, dated October
29, 2004, among the Certificate Insurer, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Depositor and the Trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.

      INSURANCE POLICY: With respect to any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust
Fund, any insurance policy or LPMI Policy, including all riders and endorsements
thereto in effect with respect to such Mortgage Loan, including any replacement
policy or policies for any Insurance Policies.

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

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

      INSURED EXPENSES: Expenses covered by an Insurance Policy or any other
insurance policy with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

      INSURED PAYMENT: With respect to any Distribution Date, (i) any Deficiency
Amount and (ii) any Avoided Payment.

      INTEREST CARRY FORWARD AMOUNT: As of any Distribution Date and with
respect to each Class of Certificates (other than the Class CE, Class P and the
Residual Certificates), the sum of (i) the excess of (a) the Current Interest
for such Class with respect to such Distribution Date and any prior Distribution
Dates over (b) the amount actually distributed to such Class of Certificates
with respect to interest on such Distribution Dates and (ii) interest thereon
(to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
for such Class for the related Accrual Period including the Accrual Period
relating to such Distribution Date.
      INTEREST DETERMINATION DATE: Shall mean the second LIBOR Business Day
preceding the commencement of each Accrual Period.

      INTEREST FUNDS: With respect to each Loan Group and any Distribution Date
(i) the sum, without duplication, of (a) all scheduled interest during the
related Due Period with respect to the related Mortgage Loans less the Servicing
Fee, the Trustee Fee and the LPMI Fee, if any, (b) all Advances relating to
interest with respect to the related Mortgage Loans made on or prior to the
related Distribution Account Deposit Date, (c) all Compensating Interest with
respect to the related Mortgage Loans and required to be remitted by the Master
Servicer pursuant to this

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Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date, (d) Liquidation Proceeds and
Subsequent Recoveries with respect to the related Mortgage Loans collected
during the related Prepayment Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds
and Subsequent Recoveries relate to interest), and (e) all amounts relating to
interest with respect to each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group repurchased by
the Seller or Encore Credit Corp. pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 2.03 or the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and by EMC pursuant to Section 3.18, in each
case to the extent remitted by the Master Servicer to the Distribution Account
pursuant to this Agreement minus (ii) all amounts relating to interest required
to be reimbursed pursuant to Sections 4.02 and 4.05 or as otherwise set forth in
this Agreement.

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

      LASALLE: LaSalle Bank National Association, and any successor thereto.

      LASALLE CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT: The custodial agreement, dated as October 29,
2004, among the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and
LaSalle Bank National Association as Custodian relating to the Mortgage Loans
identified in such custodial agreement.

      LAST SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: Solely for purposes of the face of the
Certificates as follows: with respect to the Certificates, other than the Class
I-A-1, Class I-A-2 and Class M-7A Certificates, the Distribution Date in
November 2034; with respect to the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2 and Class M-7A
Certificates, the Distribution Date in April 2023, March 2032 and March 2031,
respectively.

      LATEST POSSIBLE MATURITY DATE: The Distribution Date in the month
following the final scheduled maturity date of the Mortgage Loan in the Trust
Fund having the latest scheduled maturity date as of the Cut-off Date. For
purposes of the Treasury Regulations under Code section 860A through 860G, the
latest possible maturity date of each regular interest issued by REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III and REMIC IV shall be the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

      LIBOR BUSINESS DAY: Shall mean a day on which banks are open for dealing
in foreign currency and exchange in London and New York City.

      LIQUIDATED LOAN: With respect to any Distribution Date, a defaulted
Mortgage Loan that has been liquidated through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure,
foreclosure sale, trustee's sale or other realization as provided by applicable
law governing the real property subject to the related Mortgage and any security
agreements and as to which the Master Servicer has made a Final Recovery
Determination with respect thereto.

      LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Amounts, other than Insurance Proceeds, received in
connection with the partial or complete liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, whether
through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or in connection with any
condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged Property and any other proceeds
received with respect to an REO Property, less the sum of related unreimbursed
Advances, Servicing Fees and Servicing Advances and all expenses of liquidation,
including property protection expenses and foreclosure and sale costs, including
court and reasonable attorneys fees.

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

      LOAN GROUP: Any of Loan Group I, Loan Group II or Loan Group III.

      LOAN GROUP I: The Mortgage  Loans  included as such on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.

      LOAN GROUP II: The Mortgage  Loans included as such on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule.

      LOAN GROUP III:  The  Mortgage  Loans  included as such on the  Mortgage
Loan Schedule.

      LPMI FEE: The fee payable to the insurer for each Mortgage Loan subject to
an LPMI Policy as set forth in such LPMI Policy.

      LPMI POLICY: A policy of mortgage guaranty insurance issued by an insurer
meeting the requirements of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in which the Master
Servicer or the related subservicer of the related Mortgage Loan is responsible
for the payment of the LPMI Fee thereunder from collections on the related
Mortgage Loan.

      MARKER RATE: With respect to the Class CE Interest and any Distribution
Date, a per annum rate equal to two (2) times the weighted average of the
Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for each of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1, REMIC I Regular
Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2,
REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A, REMIC
I Regular Interest M-7B and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, with the rate on each
such REMIC I Regular Interest (other than REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ) subject
to a cap equal to the lesser of (i) the related One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through
Rate for the Corresponding Certificate plus, in the case of REMIC I Regular
Interest II-A, the Certificate Insurer Premium Rate and (ii) the Net Rate Cap
for the Corresponding Certificate for the purpose of this calculation for such
Distribution Date and with the rate on REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ subject to a
cap of zero for the purpose of this calculation.

      MASTER SERVICER: EMC Mortgage Corporation, in its capacity as master
servicer, and its successors and assigns.

      MASTER SERVICER CERTIFICATION: A written certification covering servicing
of the Mortgage Loans by the Master Servicer and signed by an officer of the
Master Servicer that complies with (i) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as
amended from time to time, and (ii) the February 21, 2003 Statement by the Staff
of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Regarding Compliance by Asset-Backed Issuers with Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and
15d-14, as in effect from time to time; provided that if, after the Closing Date
(a) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is amended, (b) the Statement referred to in
clause (ii) is modified or superceded by any subsequent statement, rule or
regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any statement of a
division thereof, or (c) any future releases, rules

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and regulations are published by the Securities and Exchange Commission from
time to time pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which in any such case
affects the form or substance of the required certification and results in the
required certification being, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer,
materially more onerous than the form of the required certification as of the
Closing Date, the Master Servicer Certification shall be as agreed to by the
Master Servicer, the Depositor and the Seller following a negotiation in good
faith to determine how to comply with any such new requirements.

      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.

      MAXIMUM UNCERTIFICATED ACCRUED INTEREST DEFERRAL AMOUNT: With respect to
any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) accrued interest at the Uncertificated
REMIC I Pass-Through Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ for such
Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ minus the REMIC I Overcollateralized Amount, in each
case for such Distribution Date, over (ii) Uncertificated Accrued Interest on
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1,
REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC
I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest
M-7A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B with the rate on each such REMIC I Regular
Interest subject to a cap equal to the lesser of (i) the One-Month LIBOR
Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificate plus, in the case of REMIC I
Regular Interest II-A, the Certificate Insurer Premium Rate and (ii) the Net
Rate Cap for the Corresponding Certificate for the purpose of this calculation
for such Distribution Date.

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

      MERS(R) SYSTEM: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.

      MIN: The Mortgage Identification Number for Mortgage Loans registered with
MERS on the MERS(R) 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 STATEMENT: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders and
the Certificate Insurer pursuant to Section 5.05.

      MOODY'S: Moody's Investors Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.

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      MORTGAGE: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first
lien on or first priority ownership interest in an estate in fee simple in real
property securing a Mortgage Note.

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

      MORTGAGE LOANS: Such of the Mortgage Loans transferred and assigned to the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof, as from time to time are held as a
part of the Trust Fund (including any REO Property), the mortgage loans so held
being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, notwithstanding foreclosure or
other acquisition of title of the related Mortgaged Property.

      MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
dated as of October 29, 2004, among the Seller, as seller,the Depositor, as
purchaser and Encore Credit Corp., in the form attached hereto as Exhibit M.

      MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE PRICE: The price, calculated as set forth in
Section 10.01, to be paid in connection with the repurchase of the Mortgage
Loans pursuant to Section 10.01.

      MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE: The list of Mortgage Loans (as from time to time
amended by the Seller or the Master Servicer to reflect the deletion of Deleted
Mortgage Loans and the addition of Replacement Mortgage Loans pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement) transferred to the Trustee as part of the Trust
Fund and from time to time subject to this Agreement, the initial Mortgage Loan
Schedule being attached hereto as Exhibit B, setting forth the following
information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

          (i)  the loan number;

          (ii) the Mortgage Rate in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

          (iii) the Servicing Fee Rate;

          (iv) the Trustee Fee Rate;

          (v)  the LPMI Fee, if applicable;

          (vi) the Net Mortgage Rate in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

          (vii) the maturity date;

          (viii) the original principal balance;

          (ix) the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

          (x)  the original term;

          (xi) the remaining term;

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          (xii) the property type;

          (xiii) the MIN with respect to each MOM Loan;

          (xiv) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Minimum
     Mortgage Rate;

          (xv) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Maximum
     Mortgage Rate;

          (xvi) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the Gross
     Margin;

          (xvii)with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the next
     Adjustment Date;

          (xviii) with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
     Periodic Rate Cap;

          (xix) the Loan Group; and

          (xx) a code indicating whether such Mortgage Loan is a first lien
     Mortgage Loan or a second lien Mortgage Loan.

Such schedule shall also set forth the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance
for all of the Mortgage Loans.

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

      MORTGAGE RATE: With respect to each fixed rate Mortgage Loan, the rate set
forth in the related Mortgage Note. With respect to each Adjustable Rate
Mortgage Loan, the annual rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the related Mortgage
Note, which rate (A) as of any date of determination until the first Adjustment
Date following the Cut-off Date shall be the rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the Cut-off Date
and (B) as of any date of determination thereafter shall be the rate as adjusted
on the most recent Adjustment Date, to equal the sum, rounded to the next
highest or nearest 0.125% (as provided in the Mortgage Note), of the Index,
determined as set forth in the related Mortgage Note, plus the related Gross
Margin subject to the limitations set forth in the related Mortgage Note. With
respect to each Mortgage Loan that becomes an REO Property, as of any date of
determination, the annual rate determined in accordance with the immediately
preceding sentence as of the date such Mortgage Loan became an REO Property.

      MORTGAGED PROPERTY: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan.

      MORTGAGOR: The obligors on a Mortgage Note.

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      NET MORTGAGE RATE: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the per
annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the sum of (i) the Servicing Fee
Rate, (ii) the Trustee Fee Rate and (iii) the rate at which the LPMI Fee is
calculated, if any.

      NET RATE CAP: With respect to the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2 and Class I-A-3
Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the product of
(x) the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the then outstanding
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group I, weighted based on their Stated Principal
Balances as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month in which
the Distribution Date occurs and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is 30
and the denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Accrual Period. For federal income tax purposes, however, such rate shall be the
economic equivalent of the foregoing, expressed as the weighted average of
(adjusted for the actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period)
the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest 1B,
weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I
Regular Interest.

      With respect to the Class II-A Certificates and any Distribution Date, a
rate per annum equal to the product of (x) the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates on the then outstanding Mortgage Loans in Loan Group II, weighted
based on their Stated Principal Balances as of the first day of the calendar
month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, minus the
Certificate Insurer Premium Rate and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is
30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed in the
related Accrual Period. For federal income tax purposes, however, such rate
shall be the economic equivalent of the foregoing, expressed as the weighted
average of (adjusted for the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Accrual Period) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular
Interest 2B, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
such REMIC I Regular Interest, minus the Certificate Insurer Premium Rate. For
purposes of the definitions of the Marker Rate and Maximum Uncertificated
Accrued Interest Deferral Amount, the foregoing definitions in this paragraph
shall not be reduced by the Certificate Insurer Premium Rate.

      With respect to the Class III-A Certificates and any Distribution Date, a
rate per annum equal to the product of (x) the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates on the then outstanding Mortgage Loans in Loan Group III,
weighted based on their Stated Principal Balances as of the first day of the
calendar month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs and (y)
a fraction, the numerator of which is 30 and the denominator of which is the
actual number of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period. For federal income
tax purposes, however, such rate shall be the economic equivalent of the
foregoing, expressed as the weighted average of (adjusted for the actual number
of days elapsed in the related Accrual Period) the Uncertificated REMIC I
Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest 3B, weighted on the basis of the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest.

      With respect to the Class M Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate
per annum equal to the product of (x) the weighted average of the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates on the then outstanding Mortgage Loans in each
Loan Group, weighted in proportion to the results of subtracting from the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of each such Loan Group

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as of the first day of the calendar month preceding the month in which the
Distribution Date, the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the related
Class or Classes of Senior Certificates and (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is 30 and the denominator of which is the actual number of days elapsed in
the related Accrual Period. For federal income tax purposes, however, such rate
shall be the economic equivalent of the foregoing, expressed as the weighted
average of (adjusted for the actual number of days elapsed in the related
Accrual Period) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rates on (a) REMIC I
Regular Interest 1A, subject to a cap and a floor equal to the weighted average
of the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest 1B,
(b) REMIC I Regular Interest 2A, subject to a cap and a floor equal to the
weighted average of the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on REMIC I
Regular Interest 2B, and (c) REMIC I Regular Interest 3A, subject to a cap and a
floor equal to the weighted average of the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through
Rate on REMIC I Regular Interest 3B, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated
Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest.

      NON-BOOK-ENTRY  CERTIFICATE:  Any  Certificate  other than a  Book-Entry
Certificate.

      NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE: Any portion of an Advance previously made or
proposed to be made by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, that, in
the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of a
proposed advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable by it from the related
Mortgagor, related Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or otherwise.

      OFFERED CERTIFICATES: Any of the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3,
Class II-A, Class III-A-1, Class III-A-2, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7A and Class M-7B Certificates.

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

      ONE-MONTH LIBOR: With respect to any Accrual Period, the rate determined
by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the basis of the
rate for U.S. dollar deposits for one month that appears on Telerate Screen Page
3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date;
provided that the parties hereto acknowledge that One-Month LIBOR for the first
Accrual Period shall equal 1.96% per annum. If such rate does not appear on such
page (or such other page as may replace that page on that service, or if such
service is no longer offered, such other service for displaying One-Month LIBOR
or comparable rates as may be reasonably selected by the Trustee), One-Month
LIBOR for the applicable Accrual Period will be the Reference Bank Rate. If no
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Reference Bank Rate is available, One-Month LIBOR will be One-Month LIBOR
applicable to the preceding Accrual Period. The establishment of One-Month LIBOR
on each Interest Determination Date by the Trustee and the Trustee's calculation
of the rate of interest applicable to the Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates for the related Accrual Period shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be final and binding. ONE-MONTH LIBOR PASS-THROUGH RATE: With respect to
the Class I-A-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the definition of "Marker
Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest Deferral Amount", REMIC I
Regular Interest I-A-1, a per annum rate equal to One-Month LIBOR plus the
related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class I-A-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class I-A-3 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class II-A Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class III-A-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class III-A-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class M-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class M-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class M-3 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

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      With respect to the Class M-4 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class M-5 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class M-6 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest M-6, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class M-7A Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      With respect to the Class M-7B Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

      OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for
the Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, reasonably acceptable to each
addressee of such opinion; provided that with respect to Section 2.05, 7.05,
7.07 or 11.01, or the interpretation or application of the REMIC Provisions,
such counsel must (i) in fact be independent of the Seller, Depositor and the
Master Servicer, (ii) not have any direct financial interest in the Seller, the
Depositor or the Master Servicer or in any affiliate of either, and (iii) not be
connected with the Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions.

      OPTIONAL TERMINATION: The termination of the Trust Fund created hereunder
as a result of the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Property
pursuant to the last sentence of Section 10.01 hereof.

      OPTIONAL TERMINATION DATE: The Distribution Date on which the Stated
Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans is equal to or less than 10% of
the Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date.

      ORIGINAL VALUE: The value of the property underlying a Mortgage Loan
based, in the case of the purchase of the underlying Mortgaged Property, on the
lower of an appraisal or the sales price of such property or, in the case of a
refinancing, on an appraisal.

      OTS: The Office of Thrift Supervision.

      OUTSTANDING:  With  respect  to  the  Certificates  as of  any  date  of
determination,  all Certificates  theretofore executed and authenticated under
this Agreement except:

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      (a) Certificates theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; and

      (b) Certificates in exchange for which or in lieu of which other
Certificates have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement.

      OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE LOAN: As of any date of determination, a Mortgage
Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than zero that was not the subject
of a Principal Prepayment in full, and that did not become a Liquidated Loan,
prior to the end of the related Prepayment Period.

      OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans
as of the last day of the related Due Period (including any reduction due to
Realized Losses) over the Certificate Principal Balances of the Certificates on
such Distribution Date (after taking into account the payment of principal other
than any Extra Principal Distribution Amount on such Certificates).

      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
Overcollateralization Target Amount for such Distribution Date (with the amount
pursuant to clause (y) deemed to be $0 if the Overcollateralization Amount is
less than or equal to the Overcollateralization Target Amount on that
Distribution Date).

      OVERCOLLATERALIZATION TARGET AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution Date
(a) prior to the Stepdown Date, 2.55% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, (b) on or after the Stepdown Date
and if a Trigger Event is not in effect, the greater of (i) the lesser of (1)
2.55% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date and (2) 5.10% of the then current aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period and
(ii) $3,635,845 or (c) on or after the Stepdown Date and if a Trigger Event is
in effect, the Overcollateralization Target Amount for the immediately preceding
Distribution Date.

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

      PASS-THROUGH RATE: With respect to the Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates and any Distribution Date, a rate per annum equal to the lesser of
(i) the related One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date and
(ii) the related Net Rate Cap for such Distribution Date. The initial
Pass-Through Rates for the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3, Class II-A,
Class III-A-1, Class III-A-2, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class
M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7A and Class M-7B Certificates will be 2.140%, 2.330%,
2.480%, 2.260%, 2.310%, 2.360%, 2.610%, 3.160%, 3.360%, 3.710%, 3.810%, 5.460%,
5.960% and 5.960%, respectively.

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      With respect to the Class CE Interest and any Distribution Date, a rate
per annum equal to the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the sum of the amounts calculated pursuant to clauses (a) through (p)
below, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Uncertificated Principal
Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-A, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC
I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B and
REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ. For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate
for the Class CE Interest, the numerator is equal to the sum of the following
components:

     (a)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest AA minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest AA;

     (b)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest I-A-1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to
          the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
          I-A-1;

     (c)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest I-A-2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to
          the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
          I-A-2;

     (d)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest I-A-3 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to
          the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
          I-A-3;

     (e)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest II-A minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest II-A;

     (f)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest III-A-1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to
          the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
          III-A-1;

     (g)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest III-A-2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to
          the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
          III-A-2;

     (h)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest M-1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-1;

     (i)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest M-2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-2;

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     (j)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest M-3 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-3;

     (k)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest M-4 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-4;

     (l)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest M-5 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-5;

     (m)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest M-6 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-6;

     (n)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest M-7A minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A;

     (o)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest M-7B minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B; and

     (p)  the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC I Regular
          Interest ZZ minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
          Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ.

      With respect to the Class CE Certificates, 100% of the amounts
distributable to the Class CE Interest.

      With respect to the Class P Certificates, 0.00% per annum.

      PERCENTAGE INTEREST: With respect to any Certificate of a specified Class,
the Percentage Interest set forth on the face thereof or the percentage obtained
by dividing the Denomination of such Certificate by the aggregate of the
Denominations of all Certificates of the such Class.

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

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

          (ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by any state of
     the United States or the District of Columbia receiving the highest
     long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower rating as will
     not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to
     the Certificates by each Rating Agency (determined without regard to the
     Class II-A Policy), as evidenced in writing;

          (iii) [Reserved];

          (iv) commercial or finance company paper which is then receiving the
     highest commercial or finance company paper rating of each Rating Agency,
     or such lower rating as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
     the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by each Rating Agency
     (determined without regard to the Class II-A Policy), as evidenced in
     writing;

          (v) certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or bankers'
     acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company
     incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof
     and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking
     authorities (including the Trustee in its commercial banking capacity),
     provided that the commercial paper and/or long term unsecured debt
     obligations of such depository institution or trust company are then rated
     one of the two highest long-term and the highest short-term ratings of each
     such Rating Agency for such securities, or such lower ratings as will not
     result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the
     Certificates by any Rating Agency (determined without regard to the Class
     II-A Policy), as evidenced in writing;

          (vi) guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any bank, insurance
     company or other corporation containing, at the time of the issuance of
     such agreements, such terms and conditions as will not result in the
     downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned to the Certificates
     by any such Rating Agency (determined without regard to the Class II-A
     Policy), as evidenced in writing;

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

          (viii)securities (other than stripped bonds, stripped coupons or
     instruments sold at a purchase price in excess of 115% of the face amount
     thereof) bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any corporation
     incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
     which, at the time of such investment, have one of the two highest short
     term ratings of each Rating Agency (except if the Rating Agency is Moody's,
     such rating shall be the highest commercial paper rating of Moody's for any
     such securities), or such lower rating as will not result in the
     downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then

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     assigned to the Certificates by any Rating Agency (determined without
     regard to the Class II-A Policy), as evidenced by a signed writing
     delivered by each Rating Agency;

          (ix) interests in any money market fund (including any such fund
     managed or advised by the Trustee or any affiliate thereof) which at the
     date of acquisition of the interests in such fund and throughout the time
     such interests are held in such fund has the highest applicable short term
     rating by each Rating Agency or such lower rating as will not result in the
     downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the Certificates
     by each Rating Agency (determined without regard to the Class II-A Policy),
     as evidenced in writing;

          (x) short term investment funds sponsored by any trust company or
     banking association incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
     state thereof (including any such fund managed or advised by the Trustee or
     the Master Servicer or any affiliate thereof) which on the date of
     acquisition has been rated by each Rating Agency in their respective
     highest applicable rating category or such lower rating as will not result
     in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to the
     Certificates by each Rating Agency (determined without regard to the Class
     II-A Policy), as evidenced in writing; and

          (xi) such other investments having a specified stated maturity and
     bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating Agency and
     as will not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then
     assigned to the Certificates by any Rating Agency (determined without
     regard to the Class II-A Policy), as evidenced by a signed writing
     delivered by each Rating Agency;

provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if such
instrument (i) evidences the right to receive interest only payments with
respect to the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) is purchased at a
premium or (iii) is purchased at a deep discount; provided further that no such
instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (A) if such instrument evidences
principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such
instrument and the interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a
yield to maturity of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such
underlying obligations, or (B) if it may be redeemed at a price below the
purchase price (the foregoing clause (B) not to apply to investments in units of
money market funds pursuant to clause (vii) above); provided further that no
amount beneficially owned by any REMIC may be invested in investments (other
than money market funds) treated as equity interests for federal income tax
purposes, unless the Master Servicer shall receive an Opinion of Counsel, at the
expense of the Master Servicer, to the effect that such investment will not
adversely affect the status of any such REMIC as a REMIC under the Code or
result in imposition of a tax on any such REMIC. Permitted Investments that are
subject to prepayment or call may not be purchased at a price in excess of par.

      PERMITTED TRANSFEREE: Any person other than (i) the United States, any
State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or
any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (ii) a foreign
government, International Organization or any agency or instrumentality of
either of the foregoing, (iii) an organization (except certain farmers'

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cooperatives described in section 521 of the Code) that is exempt from tax
imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by section 511 of
the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as
defined in section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to any Residual
Certificate, (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in section
1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) a Person that is not a citizen or resident of the
United States, a corporation, partnership (other than a partnership that has any
direct or indirect foreign partners) or other entity (treated as a corporation
or a partnership for federal income tax purposes), created or organized in or
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, an estate whose income 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 trustor and (vi) any other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon
an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (which shall not be an expense of
the Trustee) that states that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a
Residual Certificate to such Person may cause REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or
REMIC IV to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
Outstanding. The terms "United States," "State" and "International Organization"
shall have the meanings set forth in section 7701 of the Code or successor
provisions. A corporation will not be treated as an instrumentality of the
United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof for these
purposes if all of its activities are subject to tax and, with the exception of
Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such
government unit.

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

      PREMIUM LETTER: The letter agreement dated October 29, 2004, among the
Seller, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee.

      PREPAYMENT ASSUMPTION: The applicable rate of prepayment as described in
the Prospectus Supplement relating to each Class of Offered Certificates.

      PREPAYMENT CHARGE: Any prepayment premium, penalty or charge payable by a
Mortgagor in connection with any Principal Prepayment on a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

      PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date, for
each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a partial Principal Prepayment, a
Principal Prepayment in full, or that became a Liquidated Loan during the
related Prepayment Period, (other than a Principal Prepayment in full resulting
from the purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02, 2.03, 3.18 or
10.01 hereof), the amount, if any, by which (i) one month's interest at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan immediately prior to such prepayment (or liquidation) or in the case of a
partial Principal Prepayment on the amount of such prepayment (or liquidation
proceeds) exceeds (ii) the amount

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of interest paid or collected in connection with such Principal Prepayment or
such liquidation proceeds less the sum of (a) the Trustee Fee, (b) the Servicing
Fee and (c) the LPMI Fee, if any.

      PREPAYMENT PERIOD: As to any Distribution Date, the period commencing on
the 16th day of the month prior to the month in which the related Distribution
Date occurs and ending on the 15th day of the month in which such Distribution
Date occurs.

      PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICY: Any primary mortgage guaranty insurance
policy issued in connection with a Mortgage Loan which provides compensation to
a Mortgage Note holder in the event of default by the obligor under such
Mortgage Note or the related security instrument, if any or any replacement
policy therefor through the related Accrual Period for such Class relating to a
Distribution Date.

      PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to each Distribution Date, an
amount equal to (x) the Principal Funds for such Distribution Date plus (y) any
Extra Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, less (z) any
Overcollateralization Release Amount.

      PRINCIPAL FUNDS: With respect to each Loan Group and any Distribution
Date, (i) the sum, without duplication, of (a) all scheduled principal collected
during the related Due Period, (b) all Advances relating to principal made on or
before the Distribution Account Deposit Date, (c) Principal Prepayments
exclusive of prepayment charges or penalties collected during the related
Prepayment Period, (d) the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the
related Loan Group that was repurchased by the Seller pursuant to Sections 2.02
and 2.03, Encore Credit Corp. pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
or by EMC pursuant to Section 3.18, (e) the aggregate of all Substitution
Adjustment Amounts for the related Determination Date in connection with the
substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.03(c), (f) all Liquidation
Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries collected during the related Prepayment
Period (to the extent such Liquidation Proceeds and Subsequent Recoveries relate
to principal), in each case to the extent remitted by the Master Servicer to the
Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement and (g) amounts in respect of
principal paid by EMC pursuant to Section 10.01, minus (ii) all amounts required
to be reimbursed pursuant to Sections 4.02 and 4.05 or as otherwise set forth in
this Agreement.

      PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT: Any Mortgagor payment or other recovery of (or
proceeds with respect to) principal on a Mortgage Loan (including loans
purchased or repurchased under Sections 2.02, 2.03, 3.18 and 10.01 hereof) that
is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date and is not accompanied by an
amount as to interest representing scheduled interest due on any date or dates
in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment. Partial Principal
Prepayments shall be applied by the Master Servicer, as appropriate, in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

      PRINCIPAL REMITTANCE AMOUNT: With respect to each Distribution Date, the
sum of the amounts listed in clauses (a) through (f) of the definition of
Principal Funds.

      PRIVATE  CERTIFICATES:  Any of  the  Class  P,  Class  CE  and  Residual
Certificates.

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      PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT: The Prospectus Supplement dated October 27, 2004
relating to the public offering of the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3,
Class II-A, Class III-A-1, Class III-A-2, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class
M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7A and Class M-7B Certificates.

      PROTECTED ACCOUNT: The separate Eligible Account established and
maintained by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO
Property in accordance with Section 4.01 hereof.

      PUD: A Planned Unit Development.

      PURCHASE PRICE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (x) required to be
repurchased by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, (y) Encore
Credit Corp. pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (z) that EMC
has a right to purchase pursuant to Section 3.18 hereof, an amount equal to the
sum of (i) 100% of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of
the date of such purchase (or if the related Mortgaged Property was acquired
with respect thereto, 100% of the Outstanding Principal Balance at the date of
the acquisition), plus (ii) accrued interest thereon at the applicable Mortgage
Rate through the first day of the month in which the Purchase Price is to be
distributed to Certificateholders, reduced by any portion of the Servicing Fee,
Servicing Advances and Advances payable to the purchaser of the Mortgage Loan
plus (iii) any costs and damages (if any) incurred by the Trust in connection
with any violation of such Mortgage Loan of any anti-predatory lending laws.

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

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

      RATING EVENT: Any time any of the Class A Certificates is put on a "watch
list" by Moody's or S&P or downgraded below "Aaa" by Moody's or "AAA" by S&P
(and with respect to the Class II-A Certificates, without regard to the Class
II-A Policy).

      REALIZED LOSS: With respect to each Mortgage Loan as to which a Final
Recovery Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal to
(i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the commencement of
the calendar month in which the Final Recovery Determination was made, plus (ii)
accrued interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the
Mortgagor through the end of the calendar month in which such Final Recovery
Determination was made, calculated in the case of each calendar month during
such period (A) at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was
then accruing on such Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, minus (iii) the proceeds, if
any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan

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during the calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made,
net of amounts that are payable therefrom to the Master Servicer pursuant to
this Agreement. In addition, to the extent the Master Servicer receives
Subsequent Recoveries with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of the
Realized Loss with respect to that Mortgage Loan will be reduced to the extent
such recoveries are distributed to any Class of Certificates or applied to
increase Excess Spread on any Distribution Date.

      With respect to any REO Property as to which a Final Recovery
Determination has been made, an amount (not less than zero) equal to (i) the
unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date of
acquisition of such REO Property on behalf of REMIC I, plus (ii) accrued
interest from the Due Date as to which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor
in respect of the related Mortgage Loan through the end of the calendar month
immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, calculated in the case of each calendar month during such period (A)
at an annual rate equal to the annual rate at which interest was then accruing
on the related Mortgage Loan and (B) on a principal amount equal to the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date during such calendar month, plus (iii) REO Imputed
Interest for such REO Property for each calendar month commencing with the
calendar month in which such REO Property was acquired and ending with the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made, minus (iv)
the aggregate of all unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances.

      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 subject of a Debt
Service Reduction, the portion, if any, of the reduction in each affected
Monthly Payment attributable to a reduction in the Mortgage Rate imposed by a
court of competent jurisdiction. Each such Realized Loss shall be deemed to have
been incurred on the Due Date for each affected Monthly Payment.

      RECORD DATE: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A
Certificates and Class M Certificates, so long as such Classes of Certificates
are Book-Entry Certificates, the Business Day preceding such Distribution Date,
and otherwise, the close of business on the last Business Day of the month
preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. With respect to the
Class CE, Class P and Residual Certificates and (a) the first Distribution Date,
the Closing Date and (b) with respect to any other Distribution Date, the close
of business on the last Business Day of the month preceding the month in which
such Distribution Date occurs.

      REFERENCE BANKS: Shall mean leading banks selected by the Trustee and
engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency
market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii) which have been
designated as such by the Trustee and (iii) which are not controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with, the Depositor, the Seller or the
Master Servicer.

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      REFERENCE BANK RATE: With respect to any Accrual Period shall mean the
arithmetic mean, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of
0.03125%, of the offered rates for United States dollar deposits for one month
that are quoted by the Reference Banks as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the related Interest Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank
market for a period of one month in an amount approximately equal to the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates for such Accrual Period, provided that at least two such Reference
Banks provide such rate. If fewer than two offered rates appear, the Reference
Bank Rate will be the arithmetic mean, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%, of the rates quoted by one or more major
banks in New York City, selected by the Trustee, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on such date for loans in United States dollars to leading European banks
for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates and Class M
Certificates for such Accrual Period.

      REGULAR CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate other than a Residual Certificate.

      REGULAR INTEREST:  A "regular interest" in a REMIC within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code.

      REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT: Shall mean the sum of (a) the aggregate unreimbursed
amount of any payments made by the Certificate Insurer under the Class II-A
Policy, together with interest on such amount from the date of payment by the
Certificate Insurer until paid in full at a rate of interest equal to the
Accrual Rate and (b) any other amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer under
this Agreement or the Insurance Agreement.

      RELIEF ACT: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended, or similar
state law.

      RELIEF ACT INTEREST SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date and
any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest collectible on such
Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended Due Period as a result of the
application of the Relief Act.

      REMAINING EXCESS SPREAD: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Excess
Spread less (i) any Extra Principal Distribution Amount, in each case for such
Distribution Date and (ii) any unpaid Reimbursement Amounts related to interest
or principal draws not previously paid to the Certificate Insurer pursuant to
Sections 5.04(a)(1), (2) and (3).

      REMIC: A "real estate mortgage investment conduit" within the meaning of
section 860D of the Code.

      REMIC I: The segregated pool of assets described in Section 5.06(a).

      REMIC I INTEREST LOSS ALLOCATION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount (subject to adjustment based on the actual number of days
elapsed in the respective Accrual Period) equal to (a) the product of (i) 50% of
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
then outstanding and (ii) the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate for REMIC
I Regular Interest AA minus the Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.

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      REMIC I MARKER ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE: 50% of any amount payable or loss
attributable from the Mortgage Loans, which shall be allocated to REMIC I
Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I
Regular Interest III-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC
I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest
M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B and REMIC I
Regular Interest ZZ.

      REMIC I OVERCOLLATERALIZATION AMOUNT: With respect to any date of
determination, (i) 0.50% of the aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balances of
the REMIC I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest P) minus (ii)
the aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3,
REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1, REMIC I Regular
Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2,
REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-5 and REMIC I Regular Interest M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A and
REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B, in each case as of such date of determination.

      REMIC I PRINCIPAL LOSS ALLOCATION AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution
Date, an amount equal to (a) the product of (i) 50% of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties then outstanding and
(ii) 1 minus a fraction, the numerator of which is two times the aggregate of
the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest
II-A, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC
I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B and
the denominator of which is the aggregate of the Uncertificated Principal
Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I Regular
Interest III-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest M-6, REMIC
I Regular Interest M-7A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B and REMIC I Regular
Interest ZZ.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST: Any of the separate non-certificated beneficial
ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a "regular
interest" in REMIC I. Each REMIC I Regular Interest shall accrue interest at the
related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time,
and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated
Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto. The
designations for the respective REMIC I Regular Interests are set forth in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST AA: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC

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I Regular Interest AA shall accrue interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC
I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to time, and shall be entitled to
distributions of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an
aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set
forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST I-A-1: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I . REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST I-A-2: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I . REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST I-A-3: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I . REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST II-A: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I . REMIC I Regular Interest II-A shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST III-A-1: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I . REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST III-A-2: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I . REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2 shall accrue
interest at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from
time to time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

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      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST M-1: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-1 shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST M-2: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-2 shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST M-3: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-3 shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST M-4: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-4 shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST M-5: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-5 shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST M-6: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-6 shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST M-7A: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal,

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subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its
initial Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST M-7B: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST P: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest P shall accrue interest at
the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST XX: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest XX shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST ZZ: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST 1A: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest 1A shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST 1B: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest 1B shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

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      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST 2A: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest 2A shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST 2B: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest 2B shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST 3A: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest 3A shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I REGULAR INTEREST 3B: One of the separate non-certificated
beneficial ownership interests in REMIC I issued hereunder and designated as a
Regular Interest in REMIC I. REMIC I Regular Interest 3B shall accrue interest
at the related Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate in effect from time to
time, and shall be entitled to distributions of principal, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, in an aggregate amount equal to its initial
Uncertificated Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.

      REMIC I SUB WAC ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE: 50% of any amount payable or loss
attributable from the Mortgage Loans, which shall be allocated to REMIC I
Regular Interest 1A, REMIC I Regular Interest 1B, REMIC I Regular Interest 2A,
REMIC I Regular Interest 2B, REMIC I Regular Interest 3A, REMIC I Regular
Interest 3B and REMIC I Regular Interest XX.

      REMIC I SUBORDINATED BALANCE RATIO: The ratio among the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of each REMIC I Regular Interest ending with the designation
"A" (other than REMIC I Regular Interest II-A), equal to the ratio among, with
respect to each such REMIC I Regular Interest, the excess of (x) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group I, the Mortgage
Loans in Loan Group II or the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group III, as applicable
over (y) the current Certificate Principal Balance of related Class A
Certificates.

      REMIC   I   REQUIRED   OVERCOLLATERALIZATION   AMOUNT:   0.50%   of  the
Overcollateralization Target Amount.

      REMIC II:  The segregated pool of assets described in Section 5.06(a).

      REMIC II CERTIFICATE:  Any Regular  Certificate (other than the Class CE
Certificate and Class P Certificate).

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      REMIC II CERTIFICATEHOLDER: The Holder of any REMIC II Certificate.

      REMIC II REGULAR INTEREST: Any Class A Certificate, Class M Certificate,
the Class CE Interest or Class P Interest.

      REMIC III: The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class CE
Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Class CE Certificates and the Class RX Certificate (in respect of the Class R-3
Interest), with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be made.

      REMIC III CERTIFICATE: Any Class CE Certificate or Class RX Certificate
(in respect of the Class R-3 Interest).

      REMIC IV: The segregated pool of assets consisting of the Class P Interest
conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P
Certificates and the Class RX Certificate (in respect of the Class R-4
Interest), with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be made.

      REMIC IV CERTIFICATE: Any Class P Certificate or Class RX Certificate (in
respect of the Class R-4 Interest).

      REMIC OPINION: Shall mean an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
proposed action will not cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV
to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.

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

      REMITTANCE DATE:  Shall mean the Business Day immediately  preceding the
Distribution Account Deposit Date.

      REO IMPUTED INTEREST: As to any REO Property, for any calendar month
during which such REO Property was at any time part of REMIC I, one month's
interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of
such REO Property (or, in the case of the first such calendar month, of the
related Mortgage Loan, if appropriate) as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date in such calendar month.

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

      REPLACEMENT MORTGAGE LOAN: A Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans in the
aggregate substituted by the Seller for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, which must, on
the date of such substitution, as confirmed in a Request for Release, (i) have a
Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the principal portion of the
Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not

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in excess of, and not less than 90% of, the Stated Principal Balance of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) if the Replacement Mortgage Loan is a fixed rate
Mortgage Loan, have a fixed Mortgage Rate not less than or more than 1% per
annum higher than the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (iii) have the
same or higher credit quality characteristics than that of the Deleted Mortgage
Loan; (iv) have a Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (v) have a remaining term to maturity no greater than (and not
more than one year less than) that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) not permit
conversion of the Mortgage Rate from a fixed rate to a variable rate; (vii) have
the same lien priority as the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (viii) constitute the same
occupancy type as the Deleted Mortgage Loan or be owner occupied; (ix) if the
Replacement Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Maximum
Mortgage Rate not less than the Maximum Mortgage Rate on the Deleted Mortgage
Loan, (x) if the Replacement Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan,
have a Minimum Mortgage Rate not less than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xi) if the Replacement Mortgage Loan is an Adjustable
Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Gross Margin equal to or greater than the Gross
Margin of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xii) if the Replacement Mortgage Loan is
an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, have a next Adjustment Date not more than two
months later than the next Adjustment Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xiii)
comply with each representation and warranty set forth in Section 7 of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and (xiv) the related Custodian has delivered a
Final Certification noting no defects or exceptions.

      REQUEST FOR RELEASE: The Request for Release to be submitted by the Seller
or the Master Servicer to the related Custodian substantially in the form of
Exhibit H. Each Request for Release furnished to the related Custodian by the
Seller or the Master Servicer shall be in duplicate and shall be executed by an
officer of such Person or a Servicing Officer (or, if furnished electronically
to the related Custodian, shall be deemed to have been sent and executed by an
officer of such Person or a Servicing Officer) of the Master Servicer.

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

      RESERVE  FUND:  Shall  mean  the  separate  trust  account  created  and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.20 hereof.

      RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES: The Class R-1, Class R-2 and Class RX Certificates
(representing ownership of the Class R-3 Interest and Class R-4 Interest) each
evidencing the sole class of "residual interests" (within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(2) of the Code) in the related REMIC.

      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 Vice President, any
Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or any Trust
Officer with specific responsibility for the transactions contemplated hereby,
any other officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any of the above designated officers or other officers of the

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Trustee specified by the Trustee, as to whom, with respect to a particular
matter, such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.

      S&P: Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill  Companies,  Inc.,
and any successor thereto.

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

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

      SELLER:  EMC  Mortgage  Corporation,  a  Delaware  corporation,  and its
successors  and assigns,  in its  capacity as seller of the Mortgage  Loans to
the Depositor.

      SENIOR  CERTIFICATES:  Any of the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3,
Class II-A, Class III-A-1 and Class III-A-2 Certificates.

      SERVICING ADVANCES: All customary, reasonable and necessary "out of
pocket" costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) incurred in the
performance by the Master Servicer of its servicing obligations hereunder,
including, 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, and including any expenses incurred in
relation to any such proceedings that result from the Mortgage Loan being
registered in the MERS(R) System, (iii) the management and liquidation of any
REO Property (including, without limitation, realtor's commissions) and (iv)
compliance with any obligations under Section 3.07 hereof to cause insurance to
be maintained.

      SERVICING FEE: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to 1/12th of the Servicing Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the last day of the related Due
Period or, in the event of any payment of interest that accompanies a Principal
Prepayment in full during the related Due Period made by the Mortgagor
immediately prior to such prepayment, interest at the Servicing Fee Rate on the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan for the period covered by such
payment of interest.

      SERVICING FEE RATE: 0.500% per annum.

      SERVICING MODIFICATION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is in
default or, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, as to which
default is reasonably foreseeable, any modification which is effected by the
Master Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement which results in
any change in the outstanding Stated Principal Balance, any change in the
Mortgage Rate or any extension of the term of such Mortgage Loan.

      SERVICING OFFICER: Any officer of the Master Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer by the Master

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Servicer on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, as such list may from
time to time be amended.

      STARTUP DAY: The Startup Day for each REMIC formed hereunder shall be the
Closing Date.

      STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property and any Distribution Date, the Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof
minus the sum of (i) the principal portion of the Scheduled Payments due with
respect to such Mortgage Loan during each Due Period ending prior to such
Distribution Date (and irrespective of any delinquency in their payment), (ii)
all Principal Prepayments with respect to such Mortgage Loan received prior to
or during the related Prepayment Period, and all Liquidation Proceeds to the
extent applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance
with Section 3.09 with respect to such Mortgage Loan, that were received by the
Master Servicer as of the close of business on the last day of the Prepayment
Period related to such Distribution Date and (iii) any Realized Losses on such
Mortgage Loan incurred during the related Prepayment Period. The Stated
Principal Balance of a Liquidated Loan equals zero.

      STEPDOWN DATE: The later to occur of (a) the Distribution Date in November
2007 and (b) the first Distribution Date on which the Current Specified
Enhancement Percentage (calculated for this purpose only, prior to distributions
on the Certificates but following distributions on the Mortgage Loans for the
related Due Period) is greater than or equal to 40.60%.

      SUBORDINATED   CERTIFICATES:   The  Class  M   Certificates,   Class  CE
Certificates and Residual Certificates.

      SUBSEQUENT RECOVERIES: As of any Distribution Date, amounts received by
the Master Servicer (net of any related expenses permitted to be reimbursed
pursuant to Section 4.02) or surplus amounts held by the Master Servicer to
cover estimated expenses (including, but not limited to, recoveries in respect
of the representations and warranties made by the Seller pursuant to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) specifically related to a Mortgage Loan that
was the subject of a liquidation or final disposition of any REO Property prior
to the related Prepayment Period that resulted in a Realized Loss.

      SUBSERVICING AGREEMENT: Any agreement entered into between the Master
Servicer and a subservicer with respect to the subservicing of any Mortgage Loan
hereunder by such subservicer.

      SUBSTITUTION  ADJUSTMENT  AMOUNT:  The  meaning  ascribed  to such  term
pursuant to Section 2.03(c).

      SUCCESSOR  MASTER  SERVICER:  The meaning ascribed to such term pursuant
to Section 8.01.

      TAX MATTERS PERSON: The person designated as "tax matters person" in the
manner provided under Treasury regulation ss. 1.860F-4(d) and temporary Treasury
regulation ss. 301.6231(a)(7)-1T. The holder of the greatest Percentage Interest
in a Class of Residual Certificates shall be the Tax Matters Person for the
related REMIC. The Trustee, or any

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successor thereto or assignee thereof shall serve as tax administrator hereunder
and as agent for the related Tax Matters Person.

      TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS: This Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Insurance Agreement, the Indemnification
Agreement (as defined in the Insurance Agreement), the Underwriting Agreement
and the Premium Letter.

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

      TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT: As defined in Section 6.02(c).

      TRIGGER EVENT: With respect to any Distribution Date, a Trigger Event
exists if (i) a Delinquency Event shall have occurred and be continuing or (ii)
the aggregate amount of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans since the Cut-off
Date as a percentage of the initial aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date exceeds the applicable percentages set
forth below with respect to such Distribution Date:

                   DISTRIBUTION DATE        PERCENTAGE
           ---------------------------     -------------
           November 2007 to October 2008      3.25%

           November 2008 to October 2009      5.00%

           November 2009 to October 2010      6.50%

           November 2010 and thereafter       7.25%

      TRUST FUND: The corpus of the trust created hereunder consisting of (i)
the Mortgage Loans and all interest accruing and principal due with respect
thereto after the Cut-off Date to the extent not applied in computing the
Cut-off Date Principal Balance thereof; (ii) the Distribution Account, the Class
II-A Policy Payments Account, the Class P Certificate Account, the Reserve Fund
and the Protected Account and all amounts deposited therein pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Agreement; (iii) property that secured a Mortgage
Loan and has been acquired by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or
otherwise; (iv) the mortgagee's rights under the Insurance Policies with respect
to the Mortgage Loans; (v) for the benefit of the Class II-A Certificates only,
the Class II-A Policy; (vi) the rights under the Yield Maintenance Agreements;
(vii) the rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; and (viii) all
proceeds of the foregoing, including proceeds of conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash or other liquid property.

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

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      TRUSTEE FEE: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, a fee per
annum equal to 0.0025% multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the last day of the related Due Period.

      UNCERTIFICATED ACCRUED INTEREST: With respect to each REMIC I Regular
Interest on each Distribution Date, an amount equal to one month's interest at
the Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest. In each case, Uncertificated Accrued
Interest will be reduced by any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls (allocated to such REMIC I Regular Interests as set forth in
Section 5.06).

      UNCERTIFICATED NOTIONAL BALANCE: With respect to the Class CE Interest and
any Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I
Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest P) for such Distribution
Date.

      UNCERTIFICATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: The amount of the REMIC I Regular
Interests outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the Closing Date,
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest shall
equal the amount set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial
uncertificated principal balance. On each Distribution Date, the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of the REMIC I Regular Interest shall be reduced by all
distributions of principal made on such REMIC I Regular Interest on such
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 5.06 and, if and to the extent necessary
and appropriate, shall be further reduced on such Distribution Date by Realized
Losses as provided in Section 5.04A and the Uncertificated Principal Balance of
REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ shall be increased by interest deferrals as provided
in Section 5.06(b)(1)(i). The Uncertificated Principal Balance of each REMIC I
Regular Interest shall never be less than zero. With respect to the Class CE
Interest as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of (A) the then aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balances of the REMIC I
Regular Interests over (B) the then aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of
the Class A Certificates, the Class M Certificates and the Class P Interest then
outstanding.

      UNCERTIFICATED REMIC I PASS-THROUGH RATE: With respect to REMIC I Regular
Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I Regular
Interest III-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest M-6, REMIC
I Regular Interest M-7A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B, REMIC I Regular Interest
ZZ, REMIC I Regular Interest 1A, REMIC I Regular Interest 2A, REMIC I Regular
Interest 3A and REMIC I Regular Interest XX, the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans. With respect to REMIC I Regular Interest
1B, the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans in Loan
Group I. With respect to REMIC I Regular Interest 2B, the weighted average of
the Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group II. With respect to
REMIC I Regular Interest 3B, the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of
the Mortgage Loans in Loan Group III With respect to REMIC I Regular Interest P,
0.00%.

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      UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT:  The Underwriting  Agreement,  dated as of April
26, 2004,  together with the related Terms Agreement,  dated as of October 27,
2004, between the Depositor and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. ("Bear Stearns")

      UNPAID REALIZED LOSS AMOUNT: With respect to any Class A Certificates and
as to any Distribution Date, is the excess of Applied Realized Loss Amounts with
respect to such Class over the sum of all distributions in reduction of the
Applied Realized Loss Amounts on all previous Distribution Dates. Any amounts
distributed to the Class A Certificates in respect of any Unpaid Realized Loss
Amount shall not be applied to reduce the Certificate Principal Balance of such
Class.

      VOTING RIGHTS: The portion of the voting rights of all the Certificates
that is allocated to any Certificate for purposes of the voting provisions
hereunder. Voting Rights shall be allocated (i) 93% to the Class A Certificates
and Class M Certificates, (ii) 3% to the Class CE Certificates until paid in
full, and (iii) 1% to each Class of Residual Certificates and Class P
Certificates, with the allocation among the Certificates (other than the Class
CE, Class P and the Residual Certificates) to be in proportion to the
Certificate Principal Balance of each Class relative to the Certificate
Principal Balance of all other such Classes. Voting Rights will be allocated
among the Certificates of each such Class in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests. With respect to Voting Rights, the Class II-A
Certificateholders are subject to Section 5.07(l) of this Agreement.

      WELLS FARGO CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT: The custodial agreement, dated as October
29, 2004, among the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Custodian relating to the Mortgage
Loans identified in such custodial agreement.

      WELLS FARGO: Wells Fargo Bank, National  Association,  and any successor
thereto.

      YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS: The four Yield Maintenance Agreements, each
dated October 29, 2004 between the Trust (on behalf of the Class I-A, Class
II-A, Class III-A-2 and Class M Certificateholders) and Bear Stearns Financial
Products Inc.

Section 1.02      ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN INTEREST SHORTFALLS.

      For purposes of calculating the amount of Current Interest for the Class A
Certificates, the Class M Certificates and the Class CE Certificates for any
Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
(to the extent not covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 5.02) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the
Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to the Class
CE Certificates based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the Certificate Notional Amount
thereof and, thereafter, among the Offered Certificates, in each case on a pro
rata basis based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
applicable respective Pass-Through Rate on the respective Certificate Principal
Balance of each such Certificate.

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      For purposes of calculating the amount of Uncertificated Accrued Interest
for the REMIC I Regular Interests for any Distribution Date:

      (a) The REMIC I Marker Allocation Percentage of the aggregate amount of
any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by payments by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 5.02) and the REMIC I Marker Allocation
Percentage of any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the
Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated among REMIC I
Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1, REMIC I
Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest
M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular
Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A, REMIC
I Regular Interest M-7B and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, pro rata, based on, and
to the extent of, one month's interest at the then applicable respective
Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on the respective Uncertificated
Principal Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest;

      (b) The REMIC I Sub WAC Allocation Percentage of the aggregate amount of
any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the extent not covered by payments by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 5.02) and the REMIC I Sub WAC Allocation
Percentage of any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in respect of the
Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated to Uncertificated
Accrued Interest payable to REMIC I Regular Interest 1A, REMIC I Regular
Interest 1B, REMIC I Regular Interest 2A, REMIC I Regular Interest 2B, REMIC I
Regular Interest 3A, REMIC I Regular Interest 3B and REMIC I Regular Interest
XX, pro rata based on, and to the extent of, one month's interest at the then
applicable respective Uncertificated REMIC I Pass-Through Rate on the respective
Uncertificated Principal Balance of each such REMIC I Regular Interest; and

      (c) The aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls (to the
extent not covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 5.02)
and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls allocated to the Class CE Certificates
shall be deemed allocated to the Class CE Interest.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                            CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

      Section 2.01 CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND.

      Pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller sold,
transferred, assigned, set over and otherwise conveyed to the Depositor, without
recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the assets
in the Trust Fund.

      The Seller has entered into this Agreement in consideration for the
purchase of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement and has agreed to take the actions specified herein.

      The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, hereby
sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to the Trustee for
the use and benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer,
without recourse, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to
the Trust Fund. In addition, on or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor
shall cause the Certificate Insurer to deliver the Class II-A Policy to the
Trustee.

      In connection with such sale, the Depositor has delivered to, and
deposited with, the Trustee or the related Custodian, as its agent, the
following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so
assigned: (i) the original Mortgage Note, including any riders thereto, endorsed
without recourse to the order of "LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee
for certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC Asset
Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE9," and showing an unbroken chain of
endorsements from the original payee thereof to the Person endorsing it to the
Trustee, (ii) the original Mortgage and, if the related Mortgage Loan is a MOM
Loan, noting the presence of the MIN and language indicating that such Mortgage
Loan is a MOM Loan, which shall have been recorded (or if the original is not
available, a copy), with evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if
clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form), (iii)
unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, the assignment (either an original or a
copy, which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted in the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located) to the Trustee of the
Mortgage with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the name of "LaSalle Bank
National Association, as Trustee for certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities I LLC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE9," which shall
have been recorded (or if clause (x) in the proviso below applies, shall be in
recordable form) (iv) an original or a copy of all intervening assignments of
the Mortgage, if any, with evidence of recording thereon, (v) the original
policy of title insurance or mortgagee's certificate of title insurance or
commitment or binder for title insurance, if available, or a copy thereof, or,
in the event that such original title insurance policy is unavailable, a
photocopy thereof, or in lieu thereof, a current lien search on the related
Mortgaged Property and (vi) originals or copies of all available assumption,
modification or substitution agreements, if any; provided, however, that in lieu
of the foregoing, the Seller may deliver the following documents, under the
circumstances set forth below: (x) if

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any Mortgage, assignment thereof to the Trustee or intervening assignments
thereof have been delivered or are being delivered to recording offices for
recording and have not been returned in time to permit their delivery as
specified above, the Depositor may deliver a true copy thereof with a
certification by the Seller or the title company issuing the commitment for
title insurance, on the face of such copy, substantially as follows: "Certified
to be a true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted for
recording"; and (y) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans
identified in the list set forth in Exhibit J, the Depositor may deliver a lost
note affidavit and indemnity and a copy of the original note, if available; and
provided, further, however, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been
prepaid in full after the Cut-Off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the
Depositor, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee
and the related Custodian a certification of a Servicing Officer to such effect
and in such case shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage
Loans, in the Protected Account or in the Distribution Account on the Closing
Date. In the case of the documents referred to in clause (x) above, the
Depositor shall deliver such documents to the Trustee or the related Custodian
promptly after they are received. The Seller shall cause, at its expense, the
Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and to the extent required in
accordance with the foregoing, the assignment of the Mortgage to the Trustee to
be submitted for recording promptly after the Closing Date; provided that the
Seller need not cause to be recorded (a) any assignment in any jurisdiction
under the laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the
Trustee delivered by the Seller to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the
Rating Agencies, the recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect
the Trustee's interest in the related Mortgage Loan or (b) if MERS is identified
on the Mortgage or on a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as the
mortgagee of record solely as nominee for Seller and its successors and assigns.
In the event that the Seller, the Depositor or the Master Servicer gives written
notice to the Trustee that a court has recharacterized the sale of the Mortgage
Loans as a financing, the Seller shall submit or cause to be submitted for
recording as specified above each such previously unrecorded assignment to be
submitted for recording as specified above at the expense of the Trust. In the
event a Mortgage File is released to the Master Servicer as a result of such
Person having completed a Request for Release, the related Custodian shall, if
not so completed, complete the assignment of the related Mortgage in the manner
specified in clause (iii) above.

      In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan registered on the
MERS(R) System, the Seller further agrees that it will cause, at the Seller's
own expense, within 30 days after the Closing Date, the MERS(R) System to
indicate that such Mortgage Loans have been assigned by the Seller to the
Depositor and by the Depositor to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer by
including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in
accordance with this Agreement) in such computer files (a) the code in the field
which identifies the specific Trustee and (b) the code 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 Master Servicer to, and the Master Servicer agrees that it will not, alter
the codes referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during
the term of this Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.

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      Section 2.02 ACCEPTANCE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.

      (a) Based on the Initial Certification received by it from the related
Custodian, the Trustee acknowledges receipt of, subject to the further review
and exceptions reported by the related Custodian pursuant to the procedures
described below, the documents (or certified copies thereof) delivered to the
Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf pursuant to Section 2.01 and
declares that it holds and will continue to hold directly or through a custodian
those documents and any amendments, replacements or supplements thereto and all
other assets of the Trust Fund delivered to it in trust for the use and benefit
of all present and future Holders of the Certificates and the Certificate
Insurer. On the Closing Date, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf
will deliver one or more Initial Certifications, each in the form of Exhibit One
to the related Custodial Agreement, confirming whether or not it has received
the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan, but without review of such Mortgage
File, except to the extent necessary to confirm whether such Mortgage File
contains the original Mortgage Note or a lost note affidavit and indemnity in
lieu thereof. No later than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee or the
related Custodian on its behalf shall, for the benefit of the Certificateholders
and the Certificate Insurer, review each Mortgage File delivered to it and
execute and deliver to the Seller, the Master Servicer and the Certificate
Insurer and, if reviewed by either Custodian, the Trustee, one or more Interim
Certifications, each substantially in the form of Exhibit Two to the related
Custodial Agreement. In conducting such review, the Trustee or the related
Custodian on its behalf will ascertain whether all required documents 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 identified in Exhibit B to this Agreement, as supplemented
(provided, however, that with respect to those documents described in subclauses
(iv) and (vi) of Section 2.01, such obligations shall extend only to documents
actually delivered pursuant to such subclauses). In performing any such review,
the Trustee and the related Custodian may conclusively rely on the purported due
execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported genuineness
of any signature thereon. If the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf
finds any document constituting part of the Mortgage File not to have been
executed or received, or to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in
Exhibit B or to appear to be defective on its face, the Trustee or the related
Custodian on its behalf shall include such information in the exception report
attached to the Interim Certification. The Seller shall correct or cure any such
defect or, if prior to the end of the second anniversary of the Closing Date,
the Seller may substitute for the related Mortgage Loan a Replacement Mortgage
Loan, which substitution shall be accomplished in the manner and subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 2.03 or shall deliver to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee to the effect
that such defect does not materially or adversely affect the interests of the
Certificateholders in such Mortgage Loan (such determination to be made without
regard to the Class II-A Policy) within 60 days from the date of notice from the
Trustee of the defect and if the Seller fails to correct or cure the defect or
deliver such opinion within such period, the Seller will, subject to Section
2.03, within 90 days from the notification of the Trustee purchase such Mortgage
Loan at the Purchase Price; provided, however, that if such defect relates
solely to the inability of the Seller to deliver the Mortgage, assignment
thereof to the Trustee, or intervening assignments thereof with evidence of
recording thereon because such documents have been submitted for recording and
have not been returned by the applicable jurisdiction, the Seller shall not be
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such documents promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360 days after
the Closing Date.

      (b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee or the
related Custodian on its behalf will review, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer, the Mortgage Files and will
execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the Seller, the
Master Servicer and the Certificate Insurer and, if reviewed by either
Custodian, the Trustee, one or more Final Certifications, each substantially in
the form of Exhibit Three to the related Custodial Agreement. In conducting such
review, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf will ascertain
whether each document required to be recorded has been returned from the
recording office with evidence of recording thereon and the Trustee or the
related Custodian on its behalf has received either an original or a copy
thereof, as required in Section 2.01 (provided, however, that with respect to
those documents described in subclauses (iv) and (vi) of Section 2.01, such
obligations shall extend only to documents actually delivered pursuant to such
subclauses). If the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf finds any
document with respect to a Mortgage Loan has not been received, or to be
unrelated, determined on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal
balance and loan number, to the Mortgage Loans identified in Exhibit B or to
appear defective on its face, the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf
shall note such defect in the exception report attached to the Final
Certification and shall promptly notify the Seller and the Certificate Insurer.
The Seller shall correct or cure any such defect or, if prior to the end of the
second anniversary of the Closing Date, the Seller may substitute for the
related Mortgage Loan a Replacement Mortgage Loan, which substitution shall be
accomplished in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Section
2.03 or shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer an Opinion of
Counsel addressed to the Trustee to the effect that such defect does not
materially or adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders in such
Mortgage Loan (such determination to be made without regard to the Class II-A
Policy) within 60 days from the date of notice from the Trustee of the defect
and if the Seller is unable within such period to correct or cure such defect,
or to substitute the related Mortgage Loan with a Replacement Mortgage Loan or
to deliver such opinion, the Seller shall, subject to Section 2.03, within 90
days from the notification of the Trustee, purchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Purchase Price; provided, however, that if such defect relates solely to the
inability of the Seller to deliver the Mortgage, assignment thereof to the
Trustee or intervening assignments thereof with evidence of recording thereon,
because such documents have not been returned by the applicable jurisdiction,
the Seller shall not be required to purchase such Mortgage Loan, if the Seller
delivers such documents promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than 360
days after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the
Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to the custody or review of
Mortgage Files held by the related Custodian pursuant to the related Custodial
Agreement. The Trustee shall have no liability for the failure of the Custodians
to perform their respective obligations under the related Custodial Agreement.

      (c) In the event that a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Seller in
accordance with subsections 2.02(a) or (b) above or Section 2.03, the Seller
shall remit the applicable Purchase Price to the Master Servicer for deposit in
the Protected Account and shall provide written notice to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer detailing the components of the Purchase Price, signed by a
Servicing Officer. Upon deposit of the Purchase Price in the Protected Account
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receipt of a Request for Release with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the Trustee
or the related Custodian will release to the Seller the related Mortgage File
and the Trustee shall execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or
assignment, without recourse, representation or warranty furnished to it by the
Seller, as are necessary to vest in the Seller title to and rights under the
Mortgage Loan. Such purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on
which the deposit into the Protected Account was made. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Rating Agencies and the Certificate Insurer of such
repurchase. The obligation of the Seller to cure, repurchase or substitute for
any Mortgage Loan as to which a defect in a constituent document exists shall be
the sole remedies respecting such defect available to the Certificateholders and
the Certificate Insurer or to the Trustee on their behalf.

      (d) The Seller shall deliver to the Trustee or the related Custodian on
its behalf, and Trustee agrees to accept the Mortgage Note and other documents
constituting the Mortgage File with respect to any Replacement Mortgage Loan,
which the Trustee or the related Custodian will review as provided in
subsections 2.02(a) and 2.02(b), provided, that the Closing Date referred to
therein shall instead be the date of delivery of the Mortgage File with respect
to each Replacement Mortgage Loan.

      Section 2.03 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE MASTER
SERVICER AND THE SELLER.

      (a) The Master Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor,
the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer as follows, as of the Closing Date:

            (i) It is duly organized and is validly existing and in good
      standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly authorized
      and qualified to transact any and all business contemplated by this
      Agreement to be conducted by it in any state in which a Mortgaged Property
      is located or is otherwise not required under applicable law to effect
      such qualification and, in any event, is in compliance with the doing
      business laws of any such state, to the extent necessary to ensure its
      ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan, to service the Mortgage Loans in
      accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to perform any of its
      other obligations under this Agreement and any other Transaction Documents
      to which it is a party in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.

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

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      subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before
      which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

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

            (iv) It is an approved servicer of conventional mortgage loans for
      Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of
      Housing and Urban Development pursuant to sections 203 and 211 of the
      National Housing Act.

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

            (vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
      governmental agency or body is required for its execution, delivery and
      performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement and any other
      Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the consummation of the
      transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or if any such consent,
      approval, authorization or order is required, it has obtained the same.

            (vii) The Master Servicer will transmit full-file credit reporting
      data for each Group II Loan pursuant to the Fannie Mae Selling Guide and
      that for each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer agrees it shall report
      one of the following statuses each month as follows: new origination,
      current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days, etc.) or foreclosed.

            (viii)The Master Servicer for each Group III Loan has 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

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      Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union Credit Information Company (three of
      the credit repositories), on a monthly basis.

      (b) The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer as follows, as of the Closing Date:

            (i) The Seller is duly organized as a Delaware corporation and is
      validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
      Delaware and is duly authorized and qualified to transact any and all
      business contemplated by this Agreement to be conducted by the Seller in
      any state in which a Mortgaged Property is located or is otherwise not
      required under applicable law to effect such qualification and, in any
      event, is in compliance with the doing business laws of any such state, to
      the extent necessary to ensure its ability to enforce each Mortgage Loan,
      to sell the Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
      and to perform any of its other obligations under this Agreement and any
      other Transaction Documents to which it is a party in accordance with the
      terms hereof or thereof.

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

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

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      agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it which breach or
      violation may materially impair the Seller's ability to perform or meet
      any of its obligations under this Agreement and any other Transaction
      Documents to which it is a party.

            (iv) The Seller is an approved seller of conventional mortgage loans
      for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and is a mortgagee approved by the Secretary
      of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to sections 203 and 211 of the
      National Housing Act.

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

            (vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
      governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
      performance by the Seller of, or compliance by the Seller with, this
      Agreement and any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or
      the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or if
      any such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Seller
      has obtained the same.

            (vii) With respect to each Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date (or
      such other date as may be specified in Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan
      Purchase Agreement), the Seller hereby remakes and restates each of the
      representations and warranties set forth in Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan
      Purchase Agreement to the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and the
      Trustee to the same extent as if fully set forth herein.

      (c) Upon discovery by any of the parties hereto or the Certificate Insurer
of a breach of a representation or warranty set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans that materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or the Certificate
Insurer in any Mortgage Loan (such determination to be made without regard to
the Class II-A Policy), the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice thereof to the other parties and the Certificate Insurer. Any
breach of a representation or warranty contained in clauses (hh), (ii) and (nn)
through (qq) of Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of
a Group III Loan, shall be deemed to materially adversely affect the interests
of the related Certificateholders. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
breach of a representation or warranty contained in clauses (hh) and (ii) of
Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of a Group I Loan
or Group II Loan that materially and adversely affects the interests of the
related Certificateholders or the Certificate Insurer in any such Mortgage Loan
will require the Seller to remedy such breach as set forth in this Section and
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The Seller hereby covenants, or Encore
Credit Corp. will (pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement), as
applicable, with respect to the representations and warranties set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to the Mortgage Loans, that within
90 days of the discovery of a breach of any representation or warranty set forth
therein that materially and adversely affects the interests of the

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Certificateholders (such determination to be made without regard to the Class
II-A Policy) or the Certificate Insurer in any Mortgage Loan, it shall cure such
breach in all material respects and, if such breach is not so cured, (i) if such
90 day period expires prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date,
remove such Mortgage Loan (a "Deleted Mortgage Loan") from the Trust Fund and
substitute in its place a Replacement Mortgage Loan, in the manner and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Section; or (ii) repurchase the affected
Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans from the Trustee at the Purchase Price in the
manner set forth below; provided that any such substitution pursuant to (i)
above or repurchase pursuant to (ii) above shall not be effected prior to the
delivery to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of an Opinion of Counsel if
required by Section 2.05 hereof and any such substitution pursuant to (i) above
shall not be effected prior to the additional delivery to the Trustee of a
Request for Release. The Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the parties
hereto and the Certificate Insurer of the Seller's or Encore Credit Corp.'s,
as applicable, failure to cure such breach as set forth in the preceding
sentence. The Seller or Encore Credit Corp. (pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement), as applicable, shall promptly reimburse the Master Servicer
and the Trustee for any expenses reasonably incurred by the Master Servicer or
the Trustee in respect of enforcing the remedies for such breach. To enable the
Master Servicer to amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Seller or Encore Credit
Corp. (pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement), as applicable, shall,
unless it cures such breach in a timely fashion pursuant to this Section 2.03,
promptly notify the Master Servicer whether it intends either to repurchase, or
to substitute for, the Mortgage Loan affected by such breach. With respect to
the representations and warranties with respect to the Mortgage Loans that are
made to the best of the Seller's knowledge, if it is discovered by any of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller, the Trustee, the related Custodian
or the Certificate Insurer that the substance of such representation and
warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the
value of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding the Seller's lack of
knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation or warranty, the
Seller shall nevertheless be required to cure, substitute for or repurchase the
affected Mortgage Loan in accordance with the foregoing.

      With respect to any Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Seller or
Encore Credit Corp. (pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) shall
deliver to the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf for the benefit of
the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer such documents and agreements
as are required by Section 2.01. No substitution will be made in any calendar
month after the Determination Date for such month. Scheduled Payments due with
respect to Replacement Mortgage Loans in the Due Period related to the
Distribution Date on which such proceeds are to be distributed shall not be part
of the Trust Fund and will be retained by the Seller or Encore Credit Corp., as
applicable. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders
will include the Scheduled Payment due on any Deleted Mortgage Loan for the
related Due Period and thereafter the Seller or Encore Credit Corp. shall be
entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the benefit
of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer to reflect the removal of
such Deleted Mortgage Loan and the substitution of the Replacement Mortgage Loan
or Loans and the Master Servicer shall deliver the amended Mortgage Loan
Schedule to the Trustee, the related Custodian and the Certificate Insurer. Upon
such substitution, the Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans shall be subject to
the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the Seller or Encore Credit
Corp., as applicable, shall be deemed

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to have made with respect to such Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, as of the
date of substitution, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 7
or Section 8 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to such
Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution and the deposit into the Protected
Account of the amount required to be deposited therein in connection with such
substitution as described in the following paragraph and receipt by the Trustee
of a Request for Release for such Mortgage Loan, the Trustee or the related
Custodian shall release to the Seller or Encore Credit Corp., as applicable, the
Mortgage File relating to such Deleted Mortgage Loan and held for the benefit of
the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee shall execute
and deliver at the Seller's or Encore Credit Corp.'s direction such instruments
of transfer or assignment as have been prepared by the Seller or Encore Credit
Corp., in each case without recourse, representation or warranty as shall be
necessary to vest in the Seller or Encore Credit Corp., as applicable, or its
respective designee, title to the Trustee's interest in any Deleted Mortgage
Loan substituted for pursuant to this Section 2.03.

      For any month in which the Seller or Encore Credit Corp. substitutes one
or more Replacement Mortgage Loans for a Deleted Mortgage Loan, the Master
Servicer will determine the amount (if any) by which the aggregate principal
balance of all the Replacement Mortgage Loans as of the date of substitution is
less than the Stated Principal Balance (after application of the principal
portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution) of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan. An amount equal to the aggregate of such deficiencies,
described in the preceding sentence for any Distribution Date (such amount, the
"Substitution Adjustment Amount") shall be deposited into the Protected Account,
by the Seller or Encore Credit Corp. delivering such Replacement Mortgage Loan
on the Determination Date for the Distribution Date relating to the Prepayment
Period during which the related Mortgage Loan became required to be purchased or
replaced hereunder.

      In the event that the Seller or Encore Credit Corp. shall have repurchased
a Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price therefor shall be deposited into the
Protected Account, on the Determination Date for the Distribution Date in the
month following the month during which the Seller became obligated to repurchase
or replace such Mortgage Loan and upon such deposit of the Purchase Price, the
delivery of an Opinion of Counsel if required by Section 2.05 and the receipt of
a Request for Release, the Trustee or the related Custodian shall release the
related Mortgage File held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to the
Seller or Encore Credit Corp., as applicable, and the Trustee shall execute and
deliver at such Person's direction the related instruments of transfer or
assignment prepared by the Seller or Encore Credit Corp., in each case without
recourse, as shall be necessary to transfer title from the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and transfer the Trustee's interest to the
Seller or Encore Credit Corp. to any Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this
Section 2.03. It is understood and agreed that the obligation under this
Agreement of the Seller or Encore Credit Corp. to cure, repurchase or replace
any Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedies against the Seller and Encore Credit Corp.
respecting such breach available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor or the
Trustee.

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      (d) The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03
hereof shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Loans and Mortgage
Files to the Trustee or the related Custodian for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer.

      Section 2.04 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DEPOSITOR.

      The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer as follows, as of the date hereof and as of
the Closing Date:

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

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

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

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

            (v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
      governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and
      performance by the Depositor of, or compliance by the Depositor with, this
      Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or the
      consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or if any
      such consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Depositor
      has obtained the same.

      The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer as of the Closing Date, following the transfer of the
Mortgage Loans to it by the Seller, the Depositor had good title to the Mortgage
Loans and the related Mortgage Notes were subject to no offsets, claims,
defenses or counterclaims.

      It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set
forth in this Section 2.04 shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Files to the
Trustee or the related Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders and
the Certificate Insurer. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Trustee or the
Certificate Insurer of a breach of such representations and warranties, the
party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the others, to
each Rating Agency and to the Certificate Insurer.

            Section 2.05 DELIVERY OF OPINION OF COUNSEL IN CONNECTION WITH
      SUBSTITUTIONS AND REPURCHASES.

      (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, with respect
to any Mortgage Loan that is not in default or as to which default is not
imminent, no repurchase or substitution pursuant to Sections 2.02 or 2.03 shall
be made unless the Seller delivers to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer an
Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, to the
effect that such repurchase or substitution would not (i) result in the
imposition of the tax on "prohibited transactions" of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC
III or REMIC IV or contributions after the Closing Date, as defined in sections
860F(a)(2) and 860G(d) of the Code, respectively or (ii) cause any of REMIC I,
REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that
any Certificates are outstanding. Any Mortgage Loan as to which repurchase or
substitution was delayed pursuant to this paragraph shall be repurchased or the
substitution therefor shall occur (subject to compliance with Sections 2.02 or
2.03) upon the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a default or imminent default
with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (b) receipt by the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer of an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee to the
effect that such repurchase or substitution, as applicable, will not result in
the events described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.

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

      Section 2.06 COUNTERSIGNATURE AND DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES.

      (a) The Trustee acknowledges the sale, transfer and assignment to it of
the Trust Fund and, concurrently with such transfer and assignment, has
executed, countersigned and delivered, to or upon the order of the Depositor,
the Certificates in authorized denominations evidencing the entire ownership of
the Trust Fund. The Trustee agrees to hold the Trust Fund and exercise the
rights referred to above for the benefit of all present and future Holders of
the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer and to perform the duties set forth
in this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

      (b) 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 all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the REMIC I Regular Interests, and the other assets of REMIC II for the
benefit of the holders of the REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R-2
Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests
(which are uncertificated) and the other assets of REMIC II and declares that it
holds and will hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the
holders of the REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R-2 Certificates.

      (c) 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 all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the Class CE Interest for the benefit of the holders of the REMIC III
Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Class CE Interest (which
are uncertificated) and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust
for the exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the REMIC III Certificates.

      (d) 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 all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in
and to the Class P Interest for the benefit of the holders of the REMIC IV
Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Class P Interest (which

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are uncertificated) and declares that it holds and will hold the same in trust
for the exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the REMIC IV Certificates.

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                                  ARTICLE III

               ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS

      Section 3.01 THE MASTER SERVICER TO ACT AS MASTER SERVICER.

            The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans
in accordance with customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage
loan servicers in the respective states in which the related Mortgaged
Properties are located. In connection with such servicing and administration,
the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or
through subservicers as provided in Section 3.03, to do or cause to be done any
and all things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such
servicing and administration, including but not limited to, the power and
authority, subject to the terms hereof (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of
the Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, customary
consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to
transfers of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the Mortgage
Notes and related Mortgages (but only in the manner provided herein), (iii) to
collect any Insurance Proceeds and other Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent
Recoveries, and (iv) subject to Section 3.09, to effectuate foreclosure or other
conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing any Mortgage
Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall take no action that is
inconsistent with or prejudices the interests of the Trust Fund, the Certificate
Insurer or the Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan or the rights and
interests of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer under this
Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.

      Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer, in
its own name or in the name of the Trust, the Depositor or the Trustee, is
hereby authorized and empowered by the Trust, the Depositor and the Trustee,
when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its reasonable judgment, to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge and all other
comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and with respect to
the Mortgaged Properties held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the
Certificate Insurer. The Master Servicer shall prepare and deliver to the
Depositor and/or the Trustee such documents requiring execution and delivery by
any or all of them as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer
to service and administer the Mortgage Loans. Upon receipt of such documents,
the Depositor and/or the Trustee shall execute such documents and deliver them
to the Master Servicer.

      In accordance with the standards of the first paragraph of this Section
3.01, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as
necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on
the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first
instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 4.03,
and further as provided in Section 5.02. All costs incurred by the Master
Servicer, if any, in effecting the timely payments of taxes and assessments on
the Mortgaged Properties and related insurance premiums shall not, for the
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the Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance under the
related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so
permit.

      Section 3.02 DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AGREEMENTS.

      (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.02, when any property
subject to a Mortgage has been or is about to be conveyed by the Mortgagor, the
Master Servicer shall to the extent that it has knowledge of such conveyance,
enforce any due-on-sale clause contained in any Mortgage Note or Mortgage, to
the extent permitted under applicable law and governmental regulations, but only
to the extent that such enforcement will not adversely affect or jeopardize
coverage under any Required Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Master Servicer is not required to exercise such rights with respect to a
Mortgage Loan if the Person to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been
conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed satisfies the terms and conditions
contained in the Mortgage Note and Mortgage related thereto and the consent of
the mortgagee under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage is not otherwise so required
under such Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a condition to such transfer. In the
event that the Master Servicer is prohibited by law from enforcing any such
due-on-sale clause, or if coverage under any Required Insurance Policy would be
adversely affected, or if nonenforcement is otherwise permitted hereunder, the
Master Servicer is authorized, subject to Section 3.02(b), to take or enter into
an assumption and modification agreement from or with the person to whom such
property has been or is about to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person
becomes liable under the Mortgage Note and, unless prohibited by applicable
state law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon, provided that the Mortgage Loan
shall continue to be covered (if so covered before the Master Servicer enters
such agreement) by the applicable Required Insurance Policies. The Master
Servicer, subject to Section 3.02(b), is also authorized with the prior approval
of the insurers under any Required Insurance Policies to enter into a
substitution of liability agreement with such Person, pursuant to which the
original Mortgagor is released from liability and such Person is substituted as
Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage Note. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default under this
Section 3.02(a) by reason of any transfer or assumption that the Master Servicer
reasonably believes it is restricted by law from preventing.

      (b) Subject to the Master Servicer's duty to enforce any due-on-sale
clause to the extent set forth in Section 3.02(a), in any case in which a
Mortgaged Property has been conveyed to a Person by a Mortgagor, and such Person
is to enter into an assumption agreement or modification agreement or supplement
to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage that requires the signature of the Trustee, or
if an instrument of release signed by the Trustee is required releasing the
Mortgagor from liability on the related Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall
prepare and deliver or cause to be prepared and delivered to the Trustee for
signature and shall direct, in writing, the Trustee to execute the assumption
agreement with the Person to whom the Mortgaged Property is to be conveyed and
such modification agreement or supplement to the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or
other instruments as are reasonable or necessary to carry out the terms of the
Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise to comply with any applicable laws
regarding assumptions or the transfer of the Mortgaged Property to such Person.
In connection with any such assumption, no material term of the Mortgage Note
(including, but not limited to, the Mortgage Rate, the amount of the Scheduled
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amount or timing of payment on the Mortgage Loan) may be changed. In addition,
the substitute Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property must be acceptable to the
Master Servicer in accordance with its servicing standards as then in effect.
The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee that any such substitution or
assumption agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Trustee the
original of such substitution or assumption agreement, which in the case of the
original shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all
purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all
other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. Any fee collected
by the Master Servicer for entering into an assumption or substitution of
liability agreement will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional
servicing compensation.

Section 3.03      SUBSERVICERS.

      The Master Servicer shall perform all of its servicing responsibilities
hereunder or may cause a subservicer to perform any such servicing
responsibilities on its behalf, but the use by the Master Servicer of a
subservicer shall not release the Master Servicer from any of its obligations
hereunder and the Master Servicer shall remain responsible hereunder for all
acts and omissions of each subservicer as fully as if such acts and omissions
were those of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall pay all fees of
each subservicer from its own funds, and a subservicer's fee shall not exceed
the Servicing Fee payable to the Master Servicer hereunder.

      At the cost and expense of the Master Servicer, without any right of
reimbursement from its Protected Account, the Master Servicer shall be entitled
to terminate the rights and responsibilities of a subservicer and arrange for
any servicing responsibilities to be performed by a successor subservicer;
provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent or
prohibit the Master Servicer, at the Master Servicer's option, from electing to
service the related Mortgage Loans itself. In the event that the Master
Servicer's responsibilities and duties under this Agreement are terminated
pursuant to Section 8.01, the Master Servicer shall at its own cost and expense
terminate the rights and responsibilities of each subservicer effective as of
the date of termination of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall pay
all fees, expenses or penalties necessary in order to terminate the rights and
responsibilities of each subservicer from the Master Servicer's own funds
without reimbursement from the Trust Fund.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not be relieved
of its obligations hereunder and shall be obligated to the same extent and under
the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering
the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into an
agreement with a subservicer for indemnification of the Master Servicer by the
subservicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or
modify such indemnification.

      Any subservicing agreement and any other transactions or services relating
to the Mortgage Loans involving a subservicer shall be deemed to be between such
subservicer and the Master Servicer alone, and the Trustee shall not have any
obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such subservicer including
any obligation, duty or liability of the Trustee to pay such subservicer's fees
and expenses. Each subservicing agreement shall provide that such agreement may
be assumed or terminated without cause or penalty by the Trustee or other
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Servicer in the event the Master Servicer is terminated in accordance with this
Agreement. For purposes of remittances to the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received a payment on a
Mortgage Loan when a subservicer has received such payment.

      Section 3.04 DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF THE MASTER
SERVICER TO BE HELD FOR TRUSTEE.

      Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer shall transmit to the Trustee or the related Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee as required by this Agreement all documents and instruments in respect
of a Mortgage Loan coming into the possession of the Master Servicer from time
to time and shall account fully to the Trustee for any funds received by the
Master Servicer or that otherwise are collected by the Master Servicer as
Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries in respect of
any such Mortgage Loan. All Mortgage Files and funds collected or held by, or
under the control of, the Master Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loans,
whether from the collection of principal and interest payments or from
Liquidation Proceeds or Subsequent Recoveries, including but not limited to, any
funds on deposit in the Protected Account, shall be held by the Master Servicer
for and on behalf of the Trustee and shall be and remain the sole and exclusive
property of the Trustee, subject to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
The Master Servicer also agrees that it shall not create, incur or subject any
Mortgage File or any funds that are deposited in the Protected Account or in any
Escrow Account, or any funds that otherwise are or may become due or payable to
the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate
Insurer, to any claim, lien, security interest, judgment, levy, writ of
attachment or other encumbrance, or assert by legal action or otherwise any
claim or right of set off against any Mortgage File or any funds collected on,
or in connection with, a Mortgage Loan, except, however, that the Master
Servicer shall be entitled to set off against and deduct from any such funds any
amounts that are properly due and payable to the Master Servicer under this
Agreement.

      Section 3.05 MAINTENANCE OF HAZARD INSURANCE.

      The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained, for each Mortgage Loan,
hazard insurance on buildings upon, or comprising part of, the Mortgaged
Property against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other
hazards as are customary in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is
located with an insurer which is licensed to do business in the state where the
related Mortgaged Property is located. Each such policy of standard hazard
insurance shall contain, or have an accompanying endorsement that contains, a
standard mortgagee clause. The Master Servicer shall also cause flood insurance
to be maintained on property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, to the extent described below. Pursuant to
Section 4.01, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any such
policies (other than the amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of
the related Mortgaged Property or property thus acquired or amounts released to
the Mortgagor in accordance with the Master Servicer's normal servicing
procedures) shall be deposited in the Protected Account. Any cost incurred by
the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose
of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders or remittances to
the Trustee for their benefit, be added to the principal balance of the Mortgage
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terms of the Mortgage Loan so permit. Such costs shall be recoverable by the
Master Servicer out of late payments by the related Mortgagor or out of
Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section 4.02. It is understood
and agreed that no earthquake or other additional insurance is to be required of
any Mortgagor or maintained on property acquired in respect of a Mortgage other
than pursuant to such applicable laws and regulations as shall at any time be in
force and as shall require such additional insurance. If the Mortgaged Property
is located at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan in a federally
designated special flood hazard area and such area is participating in the
national flood insurance program, the Master Servicer shall cause flood
insurance to be maintained with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Such flood
insurance shall be in an amount equal to the least of (i) the Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) minimum amount required to compensate
for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis or (iii) the maximum amount of
such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property under the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.

      In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket
policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans, it shall
conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligations as set forth in the
first sentence of this Section 3.05, it being understood and agreed that such
policy may contain a deductible clause on terms substantially equivalent to
those commercially available and maintained by comparable servicers. If such
policy contains a deductible clause, the Master Servicer shall, in the event
that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property a
policy complying with the first sentence of this Section 3.05, and there shall
have been a loss that would have been covered by such policy, deposit in the
Protected Account the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy
because of such deductible clause. Such deposit shall be from the Master
Servicer's own funds without reimbursement therefor. In connection with its
activities as administrator and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer agrees to present, on behalf of itself, the Depositor and the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer claims
under any such blanket policy.

      Section 3.06 PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS AND COLLECTION OF PROCEEDS.

      The Master Servicer shall prepare and present on behalf of the Trustee and
the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer all claims under the
Insurance Policies and take such actions (including the negotiation, settlement,
compromise or enforcement of the insured's claim) as shall be necessary to
realize recovery under such Insurance Policies. Any proceeds disbursed to the
Master Servicer in respect of such Insurance Policies shall be promptly
deposited in the Protected Account upon receipt, except that any amounts
realized that are to be applied to the repair or restoration of the related
Mortgaged Property as a condition precedent to the presentation of claims on the
related Mortgage Loan to the insurer under any applicable Insurance Policy need
not be so deposited (or remitted).

      Section 3.07 MAINTENANCE OF THE PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES.

      (a) The Master Servicer shall not take any action that would result in
noncoverage under any applicable Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy of any loss
which, but for the actions of the Master Servicer would have been covered
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efforts to keep in force and effect (to the extent that the Mortgage Loan
requires the Mortgagor to maintain such insurance), Primary Mortgage Insurance
applicable to each Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer shall not cancel or refuse
to renew any such Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy that is in effect at the
date of the initial issuance of the Mortgage Note and is required to be kept in
force hereunder.

      (b) The Master Servicer agrees to present on behalf of the Trustee, the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer, claims to the insurer under any
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies and, in this regard, to take such reasonable
action as shall be necessary to permit recovery under any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies respecting defaulted Mortgage Loans. Pursuant to Section
4.01, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer under any Primary Mortgage
Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the Protected Account, subject to
withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof.

      Section 3.08 FIDELITY BOND, ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE.

      The Master Servicer shall maintain, at its own expense, a blanket fidelity
bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy, with broad coverage with
responsible companies on all officers, employees or other persons acting in any
capacity with regard to the Mortgage Loans and who handle funds, money,
documents and papers relating to the Mortgage Loans. The fidelity bond and
errors and omissions insurance shall be in the form of the Mortgage Banker's
Blanket Bond and shall protect and insure the Master Servicer against losses,
including forgery, theft, embezzlement, fraud, errors and omissions and
negligent acts of such persons. Such fidelity bond shall also protect and insure
the Master Servicer against losses in connection with the failure to maintain
any insurance policies required pursuant to this Agreement and the release or
satisfaction of a Mortgage Loan which is not in accordance with Accepted
Servicing Practices. No provision of this Section 3.08 requiring the fidelity
bond and errors and omissions insurance shall diminish or relieve the Master
Servicer from its duties and obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The
minimum coverage under any such bond and insurance policy shall be at least
equal to the corresponding amounts required by Accepted Servicing Practices. The
Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate from the surety and
the insurer as to the existence of the fidelity bond and errors and omissions
insurance policy and shall obtain a statement from the surety and the insurer
that such fidelity bond or insurance policy shall in no event be terminated or
materially modified without thirty days prior written notice to the Trustee. The
Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee within five business days of receipt of
notice that such fidelity bond or insurance policy will be, or has been,
materially modified or terminated. The Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer must be named as loss payees on
the fidelity bond and as additional insured on the errors and omissions policy.

      Section 3.09 REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS; DETERMINATION OF
EXCESS LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS AND REALIZED LOSSES; REPURCHASES OF CERTAIN MORTGAGE
LOANS.

      (a) The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to foreclose upon or
otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the
Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no
satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments. In
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Master Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem
necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage
servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required
Insurance Policy; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be required to
expend its own funds in connection with any foreclosure or towards the
restoration of any property unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration
and/or foreclosure will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage
Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses
will be recoverable to it through Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
(respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the
Protected Account pursuant to Section 4.02). If the Master Servicer reasonably
believes that Liquidation Proceeds with respect to any such Mortgage Loan would
not be increased as a result of such foreclosure or other action, such Mortgage
Loan will be charged-off and will become a Liquidated Loan. The Master Servicer
will give notice of any such charge-off to the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer. The Master Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and
expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided that such costs and
expenses shall be Servicing Advances and that it shall be entitled to
reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged
Property, as contemplated in Section 4.02. If the Master Servicer has knowledge
that a Mortgaged Property that the Master Servicer is contemplating acquiring in
foreclosure or by deed- in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile
radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the
Master Servicer, the Master Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged
Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with its
established environmental review procedures.

      With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be
taken in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and
the Certificate Insurer (or the Trustee's nominee on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer). The Trustee's name shall be
placed on the title to such REO Property solely as the Trustee hereunder and not
in its individual capacity. The Master Servicer shall ensure that the title to
such REO Property references this Agreement and the Trustee's capacity
hereunder. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master
Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Master Servicer
protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as
is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may,
incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer, rent the same, or any part
thereof, as the Master Servicer deems to be in the best interest of the Master
Servicer and the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer for the period
prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Master Servicer shall prepare for
and deliver to the Trustee a statement with respect to each REO Property that
has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses
incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property
at such times as is necessary to enable the Trustee to comply with the reporting
requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any,
from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Protected Account no later than
the close of business on each Determination Date. The Master Servicer shall
perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments
and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and
6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as
may be required.

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      In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as
aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a
Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property
prior to three years after its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense
of the Trust Fund, request more than 60 days prior to the day on which such
three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace
period unless the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer shall have been supplied
with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer
(such opinion not to be an expense of the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer) to
the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property
subsequent to such three-year period will not result in the imposition of taxes
on "prohibited transactions" of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as
defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III
or REMIC IV to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged
Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property
acquired by the Trust Fund shall be rented (or allowed to continue to be rented)
or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund
in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged
Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC
III or REMIC IV to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on
the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code
or otherwise, unless the Master Servicer has agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes.

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

      The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of
any payment to the Master Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the
Protected Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt
thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date, except that any
Excess Liquidation Proceeds shall be retained by the Master Servicer as
additional servicing compensation.

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      The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting
from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO
Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to
reimburse the Master Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances
and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 4.02 or this Section 3.09; second, to
reimburse the Master Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section
4.02 or this Section 3.09; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent
no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO
Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the first day of the month in which such
amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal
of the Mortgage Loan.

      (b) On each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall determine the
respective aggregate amounts of Excess Liquidation Proceeds and Realized Losses,
if any, for the related Prepayment Period.

      (c) The Master Servicer has no intent to foreclose on any Mortgage Loan
based on the delinquency characteristics as of the Closing Date; provided, that
the foregoing does not prevent the Master Servicer from initiating foreclosure
proceedings on any date hereafter if the facts and circumstances of such
Mortgage Loans including delinquency characteristics in the Master Servicer's
discretion so warrant such action.

      Section 3.10 SERVICING COMPENSATION.

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

      Additional servicing compensation in the form of any Excess Liquidation
Proceeds, assumption fees, late payment charges, all income and gain net of any
losses realized from Permitted Investments with respect to funds in or credited
to the Protected Account shall be retained by the Master Servicer to the extent
not required to be deposited in the Protected Account pursuant to Section 4.02.
The Master Servicer shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in
connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including payment of any
premiums for hazard insurance, as required by Section 3.05 and maintenance of
the other forms of insurance coverage required by Section 3.07) and shall not be
entitled to reimbursement therefor except as specifically provided in Section
4.02.

      Section 3.11 REO PROPERTY.

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

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      (b) The Master Servicer shall deposit all funds collected and received in
connection with the operation of any REO Property into the Protected Account.

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

      Section 3.12 LIQUIDATION REPORTS.

      Upon the foreclosure of any Mortgaged Property or the acquisition thereof
by the Trust Fund pursuant to a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, the Master Servicer
shall submit a liquidation report to the Trustee and Certificate Insurer
containing such information as shall be mutually acceptable to the Master
Servicer and the Trustee with respect to such Mortgaged Property.

      Section 3.13 ANNUAL CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

      (a) The Master Servicer will deliver to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies
and the Certificate Insurer not later than March 1, 2005 and not later than
March 1 of each year thereafter, a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating,
as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Master
Servicer during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of its
performance under this Agreement has been made under such officer's supervision,
and (ii) to the best of such officer's knowledge, based on such review, the
Master Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Agreement in all
material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, 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 except for such
defaults as such officer in its good faith judgment believe to be immaterial.

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

      Section 3.14 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' SERVICING
REPORT.

      Not later than March 1, 2005 and not later than March 1 of each year
thereafter, the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a firm of independent
public accountants which is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies
and the Certificate Insurer to the effect that, with respect to the preceding
calendar year, such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to
the Master Servicer's servicing of mortgage loans of the same type as the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to servicing agreements substantially similar to this
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this Agreement, and that, on the basis of such an examination, conducted
substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for
Mortgage Bankers, such firm is of the opinion that the Master Servicer's
servicing has been conducted in compliance with the agreements examined pursuant
to this Section 3.14, except for (i) such exceptions as such firm shall believe
to be immaterial,(ii) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such
statement and (iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program
for Mortgage Bankers requires it to report. Copies of such statements shall be
provided to any Certificateholder upon request by the Master Servicer or by the
Trustee at the Master Servicer's expense if the Master Servicer failed to
provide such copies (unless (i) the Master Servicer shall have failed to provide
the Trustee with such statement or (ii) the Trustee shall be unaware of the
Master Servicer's failure to provide such statement).

      Section 3.15 BOOKS AND RECORDS.

      The Master Servicer shall be responsible for maintaining, and shall
maintain, a complete set of books and records for the Mortgage Loans which shall
be appropriately identified in the Master Servicer's computer system to clearly
reflect the ownership of the Mortgage Loans by the Trust. In particular, the
Master Servicer shall maintain in its possession, available for inspection by
the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer and shall deliver to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer upon demand, evidence of compliance with all federal, state
and local laws, rules and regulations. To the extent that original documents are
not required for purposes of realization of Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance
Proceeds, documents maintained by the Master Servicer may be in the form of
microfilm or microfiche or such other reliable means of recreating original
documents, including, but not limited to, optical imagery techniques so long as
the Master Servicer complies with the requirements of Accepted Servicing
Practices.

      The Master Servicer shall maintain with respect to each Mortgage Loan and
shall make available for inspection by the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer
the related servicing file during the time such Mortgage Loan is subject to this
Agreement and thereafter in accordance with applicable law.

      Section 3.16 REPORTS FILED WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

      (a) The Depositor shall prepare or cause to be prepared the initial
current report on Form 8-K. 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 8-K
with a copy of the monthly statement to be furnished by the Trustee to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to
January 30 in each year commencing in 2005, the Trustee shall, in accordance
with industry standards, file a Form 15 Suspension Notice with respect to the
Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to (i) March 15, 2005 and (ii) unless and until
a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been filed, prior to March 15 of each
year thereafter, the Master Servicer shall provide the Trustee with a Master
Servicer Certification, together with a copy of the annual independent
accountant's servicing report and annual statement of compliance to be delivered
by the Master Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.13 and 3.14. Prior to (i) March
31, 2005 and (ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have been
filed, March 31 of each year thereafter, the Trustee shall,

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subject to subsection (d) below, file a Form 10-K, in substance conforming to
industry standards, with respect to the Trust Fund. Such Form 10-K shall include
the Master Servicer Certification and other documentation provided by the Master
Servicer pursuant to the second preceding sentence and the Form 10-K
certification signed by the Depositor. The Depositor hereby grants to the
Trustee a limited power of attorney to execute and file each such document on
behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall continue until either the
earlier of (i) receipt by the Trustee from the Depositor of written termination
of such power of attorney and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund. The
Depositor agrees to promptly furnish to the Trustee, from time to time upon
request, such further information, reports and financial statements within its
control related to this Agreement, 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 3.16; provided, however, the Trustee will cooperate
with the Depositor in connection with any additional filings with respect to the
Trust Fund as the Depositor deems necessary under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Copies of all reports filed by the
Trustee under the Exchange Act shall be sent to: the Depositor c/o Bear, Stearns
& Co. Inc., Attn: Managing Director-Analysis and Control, One Metrotech Center
North, Brooklyn, New York 11202-3859. Fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee
in connection with this Section 3.16 shall not be reimbursable from the Trust
Fund.

      (b) In connection with the filing of any 10-K hereunder, the Trustee shall
sign a certification (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L) 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)    (i) 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 3.16 or the Trustee's
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.

            (ii) 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 3.16 or the Depositor's negligence, bad faith or willful
      misconduct in connection therewith.

            (iii) The Master 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 Master Servicer under this Section 3.16
      or the Master Servicer's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in
      connection therewith.

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            (iv) 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 3.16 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) Nothing shall be construed from the foregoing subsections (a), (b) and
(c) to require the Trustee or any officer, director or Affiliate thereof to sign
any Form 10-K or any certification contained therein. Furthermore, the inability
of the Trustee to file a Form 10-K as a result of the lack of required
information as set forth in Section 3.16(a) or required signatures on such Form
10-K or any certification contained therein shall not be regarded as a breach by
the Trustee of any obligation under this Agreement.

      (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.01, this Section 3.16 may
be amended without the consent of the Certificateholders or the Certificate
Insurer.

      Section 3.17 UCC.

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

      Section 3.18 OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF CERTAIN MORTGAGE LOANS.

      With respect to any Mortgage Loans which as of the first day of a Calendar
Quarter is delinquent in payment by 90 days or more or is an REO Property, EMC
shall have the right to purchase any Mortgage Loan from the Trust which becomes
90 days or more delinquent or becomes an REO Property at a price equal to the
Purchase Price; provided however (i) that such Mortgage Loan is still 90 days or
more delinquent or is an REO Property as of the date of such purchase and (ii)
this purchase option, if not theretofore exercised, shall terminate on the date
prior to the last day of the related Calendar Quarter. This purchase option, if
not exercised, shall not be thereafter reinstated unless the delinquency is
cured and the Mortgage Loan thereafter again becomes 90 days or more delinquent
or becomes an REO Property, in which case the option shall again become
exercisable as of the first day of the related Calendar Quarter.

      In addition, EMC shall, at its option, purchase any Mortgage Loan from the
Trust if the first Due Date for such Mortgage Loan is subsequent to the Cut-off
Date and the initial Scheduled Payment is not made within thirty (30) days of
such Due Date. Such purchase shall be made at a price equal to the Purchase
Price.

      If at any time EMC remits to the Master Servicer a payment for deposit in
the Protected Account covering the amount of the Purchase Price for such a
Mortgage Loan, and EMC provides to the Trustee a certification signed by a
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such payment has been deposited in the Protected Account, then the Trustee shall
execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan prepared and delivered to the
Trustee, at the request of EMC, without recourse, representation or warranty, to
EMC which shall succeed to all the Trustee's right, title and interest in and to
such Mortgage Loan, and all security and documents relative thereto. Such
assignment shall be an assignment outright and not for security. EMC will
thereupon own such Mortgage, and all such security and documents, free of any
further obligation to the Trustee or the Certificateholders with respect
thereto.

      Section 3.19 OBLIGATIONS OF THE MASTER SERVICER IN RESPECT OF MORTGAGE
RATES AND SCHEDULED PAYMENTS.

      In the event that a shortfall in any collection on or liability with
respect to any Mortgage Loan results from or is attributable to adjustments to
Mortgage Rates, Scheduled Payments or Stated Principal Balances that were made
by the Master Servicer in a manner not consistent with the terms of the related
Mortgage Note and this Agreement, the Master Servicer, upon discovery or receipt
of notice thereof, immediately shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account from its own funds the amount of any such shortfall and
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor and
any successor Master Servicer in respect of any such liability. Such indemnities
shall survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 3.19 shall not limit the ability of the Master
Servicer to seek recovery of any such amounts from the related Mortgagor under
the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.

      Section 3.20 RESERVE FUND.

      (a) On or before the Closing Date, the Trustee shall establish a Reserve
Fund on behalf of the Holders of the Certificates. The Reserve Fund must be an
Eligible Account. The Reserve Fund shall be entitled "Reserve Fund, LaSalle Bank
National Association as Trustee for the benefit of holders of Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE9". The
Trustee shall demand payment of all money payable by Bear Stearns Financial
Products Inc. (the "Counterparty") under the Yield Maintenance Agreements. The
Trustee shall deposit in the Reserve Fund all payments received from the
Counterparty pursuant to the Yield Maintenance Agreements. On each Distribution
Date the Trustee shall remit amounts received from the Counterparty to the
Holders of the Class A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class CE
Certificates in the manner provided in clause (b) below. In addition, on each
Distribution Date as to which there is a Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward
Amount payable to any Class of Class A Certificates and/or Class M Certificates,
the Trustee shall deposit the amounts distributable pursuant to clauses (C) and
(E) of Section 5.04(a)(4) into the Reserve Fund and the Trustee has been
directed by the Class CE Certificateholder to distribute such amounts to the
Holders of the Class A and/or Class M Certificates in the amounts and priorities
set forth in clauses (C) and (E) of Section 5.04(a)(4). Any amount paid to the
Holders of Class A Certificates and/or Class M Certificates pursuant to the
preceding sentence in respect of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount shall
be treated as distributed to the Class CE Certificateholder in respect of the
Class CE Certificates and paid by the Class CE Certificateholder to the Holders
of the Class A Certificates and/or Class M Certificates. Any payments to the
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Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount, whether pursuant to the second
preceding sentence or pursuant to subsection (b) below, shall not be payments
with respect to a "regular interest" in a REMIC within the meaning of Code
Section 860(G)(a)(1).

      (b) Amounts received from the Counterparty under the Yield Maintenance
Agreements shall be distributed in the following manner and order of priority:

            (i) first, (A) from amounts received under the Yield Maintenance
      Agreement related to the Class I-A Certificates, to the Class I-A
      Certificates, pro rata based on the amount of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry
      Forward Amount for such Classes of Certificates for the related
      Distribution Date, (B) from amounts received under the Yield Maintenance
      Agreement related to the Class II-A Certificates, to the Class II-A
      Certificates, the amount of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount for
      such Class of Certificates for the related Distribution Date, (C) from
      amounts received under the Yield Maintenance Agreement related to the
      Class III-A-2 Certificates, to the Class III-A-2 Certificates the amount
      of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount for such Class of
      Certificates for such Distribution Date and (D) from amounts received
      under the Yield Maintenance Agreement related to the Class M Certificates,
      sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5,
      Class M-6, Class M-7A and Class M-7B Certificates, in that order, the
      amount of any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount for such Classes
      of Certificates for the related Distribution Date;

            (ii) second, from any remaining amounts received under the
      non-related Yield Maintenance Agreements, to the Class I-A, Class II-A,
      Class III-A-2 and Class M Certificates, as applicable, pro rata, based on
      the aggregate amount of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts for the
      Class I-A, Class II-A, Class III-A-2 and Class M Certificates, as
      applicable, for such Distribution Date to the extent not covered in clause
      (i) above, which amounts shall be paid in the case of the Class I-A
      Certificates and Class M Certificates in the order of priority in clauses
      (i) first (A) and (D) above; and

            (iii) third, any remaining amounts received under the Yield
      Maintenance Agreements, to the Class CE Certificates.

      (c) The Reserve Fund is an "outside reserve fund" within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation ss.1.860G-2(h) and shall be an asset of the Trust Fund but
not an asset of any REMIC. The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall be the
nominal owner of the Reserve Fund. The Class CE Certificateholder shall be the
beneficial owner of the Reserve Fund, subject to the power of the Trustee to
transfer amounts under Section 5.04. Amounts in the Reserve Fund shall, at the
direction of the Class CE Certificateholder, be invested in Permitted
Investments that mature no later than the Business Day prior to the next
succeeding Distribution Date. All net income and gain from such investments
shall be distributed to the Class CE Certificateholder, not as a distribution in
respect of any interest in any REMIC, on such Distribution Date. All amounts
earned on amounts on deposit in the Reserve Fund shall be taxable to the Class
CE Certificateholder. Any losses on such investments shall be deposited in the
Reserve Fund by the Class CE Certificateholder out of its own funds immediately
as realized.

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      Section 3.21 ADVANCING FACILITY.

      (a) The Master Servicer and/or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund, in
either case, with the consent of the Master Servicer in the case of the Trustee
and, in each case, with the consent of the Certificate Insurer (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld) and notice to the Rating Agencies, is hereby
authorized to enter into a facility (the "Advancing Facility") with any Person
which provides that such Person (an "Advancing Person") may fund Advances and/or
Servicing Advances to the Trust Fund under this Agreement, although no such
facility shall reduce or otherwise affect the Master Servicer's obligation to
fund such Advances and/or Servicing Advances. If the Master Servicer enters into
such an Advancing Facility pursuant to this Section 3.21, upon reasonable
request of the Advancing Person, the Trustee shall execute a letter of
acknowledgment, confirming its receipt of notice of the existence of such
Advancing Facility. To the extent that an Advancing Person funds any Advance or
any Servicing Advance and provides the Trustee with notice acknowledged by the
Servicer that such Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement, such Advancing
Person shall be entitled to receive reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement for
such amount to the extent provided in Section 3.21(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 and the section(s) of the Advancing Facility that entitle the
Advancing Person to request reimbursement from the Trustee, rather than the
Master Servicer, and include the Master Servicer's acknowledgment thereto or
proof of an Event of Default under the Advancing 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 3.21. 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 Master Servicer or a subservicer pursuant to
Section 8.02 hereof and will not be deemed to be a subservicer under this
Agreement.

      (b) If an Advancing Facility is entered into, then the Master Servicer
shall not be permitted to reimburse itself therefor under Section 4.02(a)(ii),
Section 4.02(a)(iii) and Section 4.02(a)(v) prior to the remittance to the Trust
Fund, but instead the Master Servicer shall include such amounts in the
applicable remittance to the Trustee made pursuant to Section 4.02. The Trustee
is hereby authorized to pay to the Advancing Person, reimbursements for Advances
and Servicing Advances from the Distribution Account to the same extent the
Master Servicer would have been permitted to reimburse itself for such Advances
and/or Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 4.02(a)(ii), Section
4.02(a)(iii) or Section 4.02(a)(v), as the case may be, had the Master Servicer
itself funded such Advance or Servicing Advance. The Trustee is hereby
authorized to pay directly to the Advancing Person such portion of the Servicing
Fee as the parties to any advancing facility agree.

      (c) 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.

      (d) Any amendment to this Section 3.21 or to any other provision of this
Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the terms of an
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generally in this Section 3.21, including amendments to add provisions relating
to a successor master servicer, may be entered into by the Trustee and the
Master Servicer without the consent of any Certificateholder but with the
consent of the Certificate Insurer, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    ACCOUNTS

      Section 4.01 COLLECTION OF MORTGAGE LOAN PAYMENTS; PROTECTED ACCOUNT.

      (a) The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts in accordance with
customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders in the
respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located to collect all
payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans to the
extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement and the terms and
provisions of any related Required Insurance Policy. Consistent with the
foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late payment
charge and (ii) extend the due dates for payments due on a Mortgage Note for a
period not greater than 125 days. In the event of any such arrangement, the
Master Servicer shall make Advances on the related Mortgage Loan during the
scheduled period in accordance with the amortization schedule of such Mortgage
Loan without modification thereof by reason of such arrangements, and shall be
entitled to reimbursement therefor in accordance with Section 5.01. The Master
Servicer shall not be required to institute or join in litigation with respect
to collection of any payment (whether under a Mortgage, Mortgage Note or
otherwise or against any public or governmental authority with respect to a
taking or condemnation) if it reasonably believes that enforcing the provision
of the Mortgage or other instrument pursuant to which such payment is required
is prohibited by applicable law. In addition, if (x) a Mortgage Loan is in
default or default is imminent or (y) the Master Servicer delivers to the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer a certification addressed to the Trustee and
the Certificate Insurer, based on the advice of counsel or certified public
accountants, in either case, that have a national reputation with respect to
taxation of REMICs, that a modification of such Mortgage Loan will not result in
the imposition of taxes on or disqualify any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or
REMIC IV, the Master Servicer may, (A) amend the related Mortgage Note to reduce
the Mortgage Rate applicable thereto, provided that such reduced Mortgage Rate
shall in no event be lower than 5.00% with respect to any Mortgage Loan and (B)
amend any Mortgage Note to extend to the maturity thereof.

      The Master Servicer shall not waive (or permit a sub-servicer to waive)
any Prepayment Charge unless: (i) the enforceability thereof shall have been
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, receivership and other similar
laws relating to creditors' rights generally, (ii) the enforcement thereof is
illegal, or any local, state or federal agency has threatened legal action if
the prepayment penalty is enforced, (iii) the collectability thereof shall have
been limited due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other
involuntary payment or (iv) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing
similar Mortgage Loans and relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable
default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, maximize
recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment
Charge and the related Mortgage Loan. If a Prepayment Charge is waived, but does
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above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived
Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Class P Certificates, by remitting
such amount to the Trustee by the Distribution Account Deposit Date.

      (b) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Protected Account
(which shall at all times be an Eligible Account) with a depository institution
in the name of the Master Servicer for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of
the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer and designated "EMC Mortgage
Corporation, as Master Servicer, for the benefit of LaSalle Bank National
Association, in trust for registered holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed
Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2004-HE9". The Master
Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Protected Account on a
daily basis within one Business Day of receipt, except as otherwise specifically
provided herein, the following payments and collections remitted by subservicers
or received by it in respect of the Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off
Date (other than in respect of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans
on or before the Cut-off Date) and the following amounts required to be
deposited hereunder:

            (i) all payments on account of principal, including Principal
      Prepayments, on the Mortgage Loans;

            (ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans net
      of the Servicing Fee permitted under Section 3.10 and LPMI Fees, if any;

            (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and Insurance
      Proceeds, other than proceeds to be applied to the restoration or repair
      of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with
      the Master Servicer's normal servicing procedures;

            (iv) any amount required to be deposited by the Master Servicer
      pursuant to Section 4.01(c) in connection with any losses on Permitted
      Investments;

            (v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer
      pursuant to Section 3.05;

            (vi) any Prepayment Charges collected on the Mortgage Loans; and

            (vii) any other amounts required to be deposited hereunder.

      The foregoing requirements for remittance by the Master Servicer into the
Protected Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late
payment charges or assumption fees, if collected, need not be remitted by the
Master Servicer. In the event that the Master Servicer shall remit any amount
not required to be remitted and not otherwise subject to withdrawal pursuant to
Section 4.02, it may at any time withdraw or direct the institution maintaining
the Protected Account, to withdraw such amount from the Protected Account, any
provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Such withdrawal or direction
may be accomplished by delivering written notice thereof to the institution
maintaining the Protected Account, that describes the

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amounts deposited in error in the Protected Account. The Master Servicer shall
maintain adequate records with respect to all withdrawals made pursuant to this
Section. All funds deposited in the Protected Account shall be held in trust for
the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer until withdrawn in accordance
with Section 4.02.

      (c) The institution that maintains the Protected Account shall invest the
funds in the Protected Account, in the manner directed by the Master Servicer,
in Permitted Investments which shall mature not later than the Remittance Date
and shall not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted
Investments shall be made in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer. All income and gain net of any
losses realized from any such investment shall be for the benefit of the Master
Servicer as servicing compensation and shall be remitted to it monthly as
provided herein. The amount of any losses incurred in the Protected Account in
respect of any such investments shall be deposited by the Master Servicer into
the Protected Account, out of the Master Servicer's own funds.

      (d) The Master Servicer shall give at least 30 days advance notice to the
Trustee, the Seller, each Rating Agency, the Certificate Insurer and the
Depositor of any proposed change of location of the Protected Account prior to
any change thereof.

      Section 4.02 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS FROM THE PROTECTED ACCOUNT.

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

            (i) to pay itself (to the extent not previously paid to or withheld
      by the Master Servicer), as servicing compensation in accordance with
      Section 3.10, that portion of any payment of interest that equals the
      Servicing Fee for the period with respect to which such interest payment
      was made, and, as additional servicing compensation, those other amounts
      set forth in Section 3.10;

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

            (iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any previously made
      portion of a Servicing Advance or an Advance made by the Master Servicer
      that, in the good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, will not be
      ultimately recoverable by it from the related Mortgagor, any related
      Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or otherwise (a "Nonrecoverable
      Advance"), to the extent not reimbursed pursuant to clause (ii) or clause
      (v);

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

            (v) to pay the Master Servicer any unpaid Servicing Fees and to
      reimburse it for any unreimbursed Servicing Advances, provided, however,
      that the Master Servicer's right to reimbursement for Servicing Advances
      pursuant to this subclause (v) with respect to any Mortgage Loan shall be
      limited to amounts received on particular Mortgage Loan(s) (including, for
      this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Subsequent
      Recoveries and purchase and repurchase proceeds) that represent late
      recoveries of the payments for which such Servicing Advances were made;

            (vi) to pay to the Seller, the Depositor or itself or Encore Credit
      Corp., as applicable, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or property
      acquired in respect thereof that has been purchased pursuant to Section
      2.02, 2.03 or 3.18 of this Agreement, all amounts received thereon and not
      taken into account in determining the related Stated Principal Balance of
      such repurchased Mortgage Loan;

            (vii) to pay any expenses recoverable by the Master Servicer
      pursuant to Section 7.04 of this Agreement;

            (viii)to withdraw pursuant to Section 4.01 any amount deposited in
      the Protected Account and not required to be deposited therein; and

            (ix) to clear and terminate the Protected Account upon termination
      of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof.

      In addition, no later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Distribution
Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Protected
Account and remit to the Trustee the amount of Interest Funds for each Loan
Group (without taking into account any reduction in the amount of Interest Funds
attributable to the application of clause (c) of the definition thereof
contained in Article I of this Agreement) and Principal Funds for each Loan
Group collected, to the extent on deposit, and the Trustee shall deposit such
amount in the Distribution Account. In addition, on or before the Distribution
Account Deposit Date, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Trustee for deposit
in the Distribution Account any Advances or any payments of Compensating
Interest required to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage
Loans. Furthermore, on each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Master
Servicer shall remit to the Trustee all Prepayment Charges collected by the
Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans during the related Prepayment
Period.

      The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on a
Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of justifying any
withdrawal from the Protected Account pursuant to subclauses (i), (ii), (iv),
(v), (vi) and (vii) above. Prior to making any withdrawal from the Protected
Account pursuant to subclause (iii), the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate of a Servicing Officer indicating the amount of
any previous Advance or Servicing Advance determined by the Master Servicer to
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Advance and identifying the related Mortgage Loan(s), and their respective
portions of such Nonrecoverable Advance.

      Section 4.03 COLLECTION OF TAXES; ASSESSMENTS AND SIMILAR ITEMS; ESCROW
ACCOUNTS.

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

      Withdrawals of amounts so collected from the Escrow Accounts may be made
only to effect timely payment of taxes, assessments, hazard insurance premiums,
condominium or PUD association dues, or comparable items, to reimburse the
Master Servicer out of related collections for any payments made with respect to
each Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.01 (with respect to taxes and
assessments and insurance premiums) and Section 3.05 (with respect to hazard
insurance), to refund to any Mortgagors for any Mortgage Loans any sums as may
be determined to be overages, to pay interest, if required by law or the terms
of the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note, to such Mortgagors on balances in the
Escrow Account or to clear and terminate the Escrow Account at the termination
of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01 thereof. The Escrow Account
shall not be a part of the Trust Fund.

      Section 4.04 DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT.

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

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

      (c) The Distribution Account shall constitute an Eligible Account of the
Trust Fund segregated on the books of the Trustee and held by the Trustee and
the Distribution Account and the funds deposited therein shall not be subject
to, and shall be protected from, all claims, liens, and encumbrances of any
creditors or depositors of the Trustee (whether made directly, or indirectly
through a liquidator or receiver of the Trustee). The amount at any time
credited to the Distribution Account may be invested in the name of the Trustee,
in such Permitted Investments, or deposited in demand deposits with such
depository institutions, as determined by the Trustee. All Permitted Investments
shall mature or be subject to redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall
be held until, the next succeeding Distribution Date if the obligor for such
Permitted Investment is the Trustee or, if such obligor is any other Person, the
Business Day preceding such Distribution Date. All investment earnings on
amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account or benefit from funds uninvested
therein from time to time shall be for the account of the Trustee. The Trustee
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investment earnings from the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date. If
there is any loss on a Permitted Investment or demand deposit, the Trustee shall
deposit the amount of the loss in the Distribution Account not later than the
applicable Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are required to be
distributed to the Certificateholders. With respect to the Distribution Account
and the funds deposited therein, the Trustee shall take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer
shall be entitled to the priorities afforded to such a trust account (in
addition to a claim against the estate of the Trustee) as provided by 12 U.S.C.
ss. 92a(e), and applicable regulations pursuant thereto, if applicable, or any
applicable comparable state statute applicable to state chartered banking
corporations.

      Section 4.05 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION
ACCOUNT.

      (a) The Trustee will make or cause to be made such withdrawals or
transfers from the Distribution Account for the following purposes:

            (i) to pay to itself the Trustee Fee;

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

            (iii) to pay investment income to the Trustee;

            (iv) to remove amounts deposited in error; and

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

      (b) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute Interest Funds
and Principal Funds in the Distribution Account for each Loan Group to the
holders of the Certificates and the Certificate Insurer in accordance with
Section 5.04.

      Section 4.06 CLASS P CERTIFICATE ACCOUNT.

      (a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee,
for the benefit of the Class P Certificateholders, the Class P Certificate
Account as a segregated trust account or accounts.

      (b) On the Closing Date, the Depositor will deposit, or cause to be
deposited in the Class P Certificate Account, an amount equal to $100. All
amounts deposited to the Class P Certificate Account shall be held by the
Trustee in the name of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Class P
Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement. The amount on deposit in the Class P Certificate Account shall be
held uninvested.

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                                   ARTICLE V

                           DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES

      Section 5.01 ADVANCES.

      The Master Servicer shall, or shall cause the related subservicer pursuant
to the Subservicing Agreement to, make an Advance and deposit such Advance in
the Protected Account. Each such Advance shall be remitted to the Distribution
Account no later than 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the Distribution Account Deposit
Date in immediately available funds. The Master Servicer shall be obligated to
make any such Advance only to the extent that such advance would not be a
Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Master Servicer shall have determined that it has
made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that a proposed Advance or a lesser portion of
such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer
shall deliver (i) to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and
the Certificate Insurer funds constituting the remaining portion of such
Advance, if applicable, and (ii) to the Depositor, each Rating Agency, the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee an Officer's Certificate setting forth the
basis for such determination. Subject to the Master Servicer's recoverability
determination, in the event that a subservicer fails to make a required Advance,
the Master Servicer shall be required to remit the amount of such Advance to the
Distribution Account.

      In lieu of making all or a portion of such Advance from its own funds, the
Master Servicer may (i) cause to be made an appropriate entry in its records
relating to the Protected Account that any Amount Held for Future Distributions
has been used by the Master Servicer in discharge of its obligation to make any
such Advance and (ii) transfer such funds from the Protected Account to the
Distribution Account. Any funds so applied and transferred shall be replaced by
the Master Servicer by deposit in the Distribution Account, no later than the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution
Date on which such funds are required to be distributed pursuant to this
Agreement.

      The Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed from the Protected
Account for all Advances of its own funds made pursuant to this Section as
provided in Section 4.02. The obligation to make Advances with respect to any
Mortgage Loan shall continue until such Mortgage Loan is paid in full or the
related Mortgaged Property or related REO Property has been liquidated or until
the purchase or repurchase thereof (or substitution therefor) from the Trust
Fund pursuant to any applicable provision of this Agreement, except as otherwise
provided in this Section 5.01.

      Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII hereof,
in the event the Master Servicer fails to make such Advance, then the Trustee,
as Successor Master Servicer, shall be obligated to make such Advance, subject
to the provisions of this Section 5.01.

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      Section 5.02 COMPENSATING INTEREST PAYMENTS.

      In the event that there is a Prepayment Interest Shortfall arising from a
voluntary Principal Prepayment in part or in full by the Mortgagor with respect
to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall, to the extent of the Servicing
Fee for such Distribution Date, deposit into the Distribution Account, as a
reduction of the Servicing Fee for such Distribution Date, no later than the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution
Date, an amount equal to the Prepayment Interest Shortfall; and in case of such
deposit, the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any recovery or
reimbursement from the Depositor, the Trustee, the Seller, the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders.

      Section 5.03 REMIC DISTRIBUTIONS.

      On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall be deemed to have allocated
distributions to the REMIC I Regular Interests in accordance with Section 5.06
hereof.

      Section 5.04 DISTRIBUTIONS.

      (a) On each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Interest Funds and
Principal Funds for each Loan Group for such Distribution Date shall be
withdrawn by the Trustee from the Distribution Account and distributed in the
following order of priority:

      (1)   Interest Funds shall be distributed in the following manner and
            order of priority:

            (A) From Interest Funds in respect of:

            (i) Loan Group I, to the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2 and Class I-A-3
      Certificates, the Current Interest and then any Interest Carry Forward
      Amount for each such Class, on a pro rata basis based on the entitlement
      of each such Class;

            (ii) Loan Group II, first, to the Certificate Insurer, the
      Certificate Insurer Premium Amount, second, to the Class II-A
      Certificates, the Current Interest and any Interest Carry Forward Amount
      for such Class, and third, to the Certificate Insurer, with respect to any
      Reimbursement Amount in connection with any draws relating to interest on
      the Class II-A Policy; and

            (iii) Loan Group III, to the Class III-A-1 Certificates and Class
      III-A-2 Certificats, the Current Interest and then any Interest Carry
      Forward Amount for each such Class, on a pro rata basis based on the
      entitlement of each such Class.

            (A) From remaining Interest Funds in respect of the non-related Loan
      Groups, to the Class I-A, Class II-A and Class III-A Certificates, the
      remaining Current Interest, if any, and the remaining Interest Carry
      Forward Amount, if any, for such Classes, pro rata based on the
      entitlement of each such Class; provided, however, any such remaining
      Interest Funds that would otherwise be distributed to the Class II-A
      Certificates to pay the remaining Interest Carry Forward Amount for any
      Distribution Date will be used to pay the Certificate Insurer the
      Reimbursement Amount related to interest draws on the Class

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      II-A Policy, if any, prior to paying such Interest Carry Forward Amount to
      the Class II-A Certificates; and

            (B) From remaining Interest Funds in respect of all Loan Groups,
      sequentially, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class
      M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7A and Class M-7B Certificates, in that order, the
      Current Interest for each such Class.

      Any Excess Spread to the extent necessary to meet a level of
overcollateralization equal to the Overcollateralization Target Amount will be
the Extra Principal Distribution Amount and will be included as part of the
Principal Distribution Amount; provided, however, any such Excess Spread that
would otherwise be distributed to the Class II-A Certificates to pay the Extra
Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date will be used to pay the
Certificate Insurer the Reimbursement Amount related to interest or principal
draws on the Class II-A Policy, if any, prior to paying such Extra Principal
Distribution Amount to the Class II-A Certificates. Any Remaining Excess Spread
together with any Overcollateralization Release Amount will be applied as Excess
Cashflow and distributed pursuant to clauses (4)(A) through (H) below.

      On any Distribution Date, any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls and any
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls to the extent not covered by Compensating
Interest will be allocated as set forth in the definition of "Current Interest"
herein.

      (2) Principal Funds, including any Extra Principal Distribution Amount,
shall be distributed in the following manner and order of priority:

            (A) For each Distribution Date (i) prior to the Stepdown Date or
      (ii) on which a Trigger Event is in effect:

            (i) To the Class A Certificates, the Principal Distribution Amount
            for such Distribution Date to be distributed as follows:

                  (1) from the Group I Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date, sequentially, to the Class I-A-1, Class
                  I-A-2 and Class I-A-3 Certificates, in that order, in each
                  case until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is
                  reduced to zero;

                  (2) from the Group II Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date, to the Class II-A Certificates, until the
                  Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero; and

                  (3) from the Group III Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date, pro rata to the Class III-A-1 Certificates
                  and Class III-A-2 Certificates, until the Certificate
                  Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero; provided,
                  however, that if a Group III Sequential Trigger Event is in
                  effect, the Group III Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date will be distributed sequentially to the
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                  Certificates and Class III-A-2 Certificates, in that order, in
                  each case until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is
                  reduced to zero;

            (ii) To the Class M-1 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Funds in respect of all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date, the
            remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
            Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (iii) To the Class M-2 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Funds in respect of all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date, the
            remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
            Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (iv) To the Class M-3 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Funds in respect of all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date, the
            remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
            Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (v) To the Class M-4 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Funds in respect of all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date, the
            remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
            Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (vi) To the Class M-5 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Funds in respect of all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date, the
            remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
            Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (vii) To the Class M-6 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Funds in respect of all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date, the
            remaining Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate
            Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero; and

            (viii)Sequentially, to the Class M-7A Certificates and Class M-7B
            Certificates, in that order, from any remaining Principal Funds in
            respect of all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date, the remaining
            Principal Distribution Amount, in each case until the Certificate
            Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero.

            (B) For each Distribution Date on or after the Stepdown Date, so
      long as a Trigger Event is not in effect:

            (i) To the Class A Certificates, the Principal Distribution Amount
            for such Distribution Date to be distributed as follows:

                  (1) from the Group I Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date, sequentially, to the Class I-A-1, Class
                  I-A-2 and Class

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                  I-A-3 Certificates, in that order, the Class I-A Principal
                  Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, in each case
                  until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to
                  zero;

                  (2) from the Group II Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date, to the Class II-A Certificates, the Class
                  II-A Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date,
                  until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to
                  zero; and

                  (3) from the Group III Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date, pro rata to the Class III-A-1 Certificates
                  and Class III-A-2 Certificates, the Class III-A Principal
                  Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the
                  Certificate Principal Balances thereof are reduced to zero;

            (ii) To the Class M-1 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Distribution Amount in respect of all Loan Groups for such
            Distribution Date, the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount,
            until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (iii) To the Class M-2 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Distribution Amount in respect of all Loan Groups for such
            Distribution Date, the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount,
            until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (iv) To the Class M-3 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Distribution Amount in respect of all Loan Groups for such
            Distribution Date, the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount,
            until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (v) To the Class M-4 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Distribution Amount in respect of all Loan Groups for such
            Distribution Date, the Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount,
            until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (vi) To the Class M-5 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Distribution Amount in respect of all Loan Groups for such
            Distribution Date, the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount,
            until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;

            (vii) To the Class M-6 Certificates, from any remaining Principal
            Distribution Amount in respect of all Loan Groups for such
            Distribution Date, the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount,
            until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero;
            and

            (viii) Sequentially, to the Class M-7A Certificates and M-7B
            Certificates, in that order, from any remaining Principal
            Distribution Amount

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            in respect of all Loan Groups for such Distribution Date, the Class
            M-7 Principal Distribution Amount, in each case, until the
            Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero.

      (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (2)(A) and (B) above, if on
any Distribution Date the Class A Certificates related to a Loan Group are no
longer outstanding, the pro rata portion of the Principal Distribution Amount or
the applicable Class A Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable, otherwise
allocable to such Class A Certificates will be allocated among the remaining
group or groups of Class A Certificates pro rata, based on the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates in each such remaining
group (after giving effect to distributions on such Distribution Date from such
Class or Classes related Loan Group in accordance with clauses (2)(A) and (B)
and among the Classes of each such group), in the same manner and order of
priority described above in clauses (2)(A) and (B); provided, however, any such
amount allocable to the Class II-A Certificates will be used first to pay the
Certificate Insurer any Reimbursement Amounts related to principal draws on the
Class II-A Policy, if any; and

      (4) Any Excess Cashflow shall be distributed in the following manner and
order of priority:

            (A) from any remaining Excess Cashflow, to the Class A Certificates,
      (a) first, any remaining Interest Carry Forward Amount for such Classes,
      pro rata, in accordance with the Interest Carry Forward Amount due with
      respect to each such Class, to the extent not fully paid pursuant to
      clauses (1)(A) and (B) above; provided, however, that any Excess Cashflow
      allocable to the Class II-A Certificates under this clause will be used to
      pay any unpaid Reimbursement Amounts relating to interest draws owed to
      the Certificate Insurer prior to paying any such Interest Carry Forward
      Amount to the Class II-A Certificates and (b) second, any Unpaid Realized
      Loss Amount for such Classes for such Distribution Date, pro rata, in
      accordance with the Applied Realized Loss Amount allocated to each such
      Class;

            (B) from any remaining Excess Cashflow, sequentially, to the Class
      M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7A and
      Class M-7B Certificates, in that order, an amount equal to the Interest
      Carry Forward Amount for each such Class for such Distribution Date;

            (C) from any remaining Excess Cashflow otherwise distributable to
      the Class CE Certificates, to the Reserve Fund to pay to the Class I-A,
      Class II-A and Class III-A Certificates, any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry
      Forward Amount for each such Class for such Distribution Date, on a pro
      rata basis, based on the amount of the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward
      Amount for each such Class, and in the case of the Class I-A, Class II-A
      and Class III-A-2 Certificates, to the extent not covered by the Yield
      Maintenance Agreements;

            (D) from any such remaining Excess Cashflow, to pay the Certificate
      Insurer any Reimbursement Amount to the extent not paid above;

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            (E) from any remaining Excess Cashflow otherwise distributable to
      the Class CE Certificates, to the Reserve Fund to pay to the Class M-1,
      Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5, Class M-6, Class M-7A and
      Class M-7B Certificates, sequentially in that order, any Basis Risk
      Shortfall Carry Forward Amount for each such Class for such Distribution
      Date, if any, in each case to the extent not covered by the Yield
      Maintenance Agreements;

            (F) from any remaining Excess Cashflow, to the Class A Certificates,
      on a pro rata basis, based on the entitlement of each such Class, and then
      sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5,
      Class M-6, Class M-7A and Class M-7B Certificates, in that order, the
      amount of Relief Act Shortfalls and any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
      allocated to such Classes of Certificates, to the extent not previously
      reimbursed;

            (G) from any remaining Excess Cashflow, to the Class CE
      Certificates, an amount equal to the Class CE Distribution Amount reduced
      by amounts distributed in clauses (C) and (E) above; and

            (H) any remaining amounts to each of the Class R-1, Class R-2 and
      Class RX Certificates, based on the related REMIC in which such amounts
      remain.

      On each Distribution Date, all amounts in respect of Prepayment Charges
shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class P Certificates, provided that
such distributions shall not be in reduction of the principal balance thereof.
On the Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the latest
Prepayment Charge term as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, any amount
on deposit in the Class P Certificate Account will be distributed to the Holders
of the Class P Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof.

      In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Distribution Date after
the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class of
Offered Certificates has been reduced to zero, that Class of Offered
Certificates will be retired and will no longer be entitled to distributions,
including distributions in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or Basis
Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amounts.

      (b) In addition to the foregoing distributions, with respect to any
Subsequent Recoveries, the Master Servicer shall deposit such funds into the
Protected Account pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(iii). If, after taking into
account such Subsequent Recoveries, the amount of a Realized Loss is reduced,
the amount of such Subsequent Recoveries will be applied to increase the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates with the highest
payment priority to which Realized Losses have been allocated, but not by more
than the amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to that Class of
Certificates pursuant to Section 5.04A; provided, however, to the extent that no
reductions to a Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates
currently exists as the result of a prior allocation of a Realized Loss, such
Subsequent Recoveries will be applied as Excess Spread. The amount of any
remaining Subsequent Recoveries will be applied to increase the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates with the next highest payment
priority, up to the amount of such Realized Losses previously allocated to that

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Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 5.04A, and so on. Holders of such
Certificates will not be entitled to any payment in respect of Current Interest
on the amount of such increases for any Interest Accrual Period preceding the
Distribution Date on which such increase occurs. Any such increases shall be
applied to the Certificate Principal Balance of each Certificate of such Class
in accordance with its respective Percentage Interest.

(c) Subject to Section 10.02 hereof respecting the final distribution, on each
Distribution Date the Trustee shall make distributions to each Certificateholder
of record on the preceding Record Date either by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account of such holder at a bank or other entity having
appropriate facilities therefor, if such Holder has so notified the Trustee at
least 5 Business Days prior to the related Record Date, or, if not, by check
mailed by first class mail to such Certificateholder at the address of such
holder appearing in the Certificate Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but
subject to Section 10.02 hereof respecting the final distribution, distributions
with respect to Certificates registered in the name of a Depository shall be
made to such Depository in immediately available funds.

(d) On or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the fifth Business Day immediately
preceding each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver a report to
the Trustee in electronic form (or by such other means as the Master Servicer
and the Trustee may agree from time to time) containing such data and
information, as agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Trustee such as to
permit the Trustee to prepare the Monthly Statement to Certificateholders and to
make the required distributions for the related Distribution Date.

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      Section 5.04A ALLOCATION OF REALIZED LOSSES.

      (a) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any REMIC I
Regular Interest pursuant to Section 5.04A(b) on the Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date as follows: first, to Excess
Spread; second, to the Class CE Certificates, until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; third, to the Class M-7A Certificates
and Class M-7B Certificates, on a pro rata basis, until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof have been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Class M-6
Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced
to zero; fifth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal
Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; sixth, to the Class M-4 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
seventh, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero; eighth, to the Class M-2 Certificates, until
the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; ninth, to
the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero; tenth, to the related Class or Classes of Class A
Certificates, on a pro rata basis, until the Certificate Principal Balances
thereof have been reduced to zero; and eleventh, to the unrelated Class or
Classes of Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis, until the Certificate
Principal Balances thereof have been reduced to zero; provided, however, any
such Realized Losses otherwise allocable to the Class III-A-1 Certificates shall
be allocated first to the Class III-A-2 Certificates until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero, and then to the Class
III-A-1 Certificates. 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.

      (b) Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class of Certificates on any
Distribution Date shall be made by reducing the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof by the amount so allocated; any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class
CE Certificates shall be made by reducing the amount otherwise payable in
respect thereof pursuant to clause (G) of Section 5.04(a)(4). No allocations of
any Realized Losses shall be made to the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class P Certificates.

      As used herein, an allocation of a Realized Loss on a "pro rata basis"
among two or more specified Classes of Certificates means an allocation on a pro
rata basis, among the various Classes so specified, to each such Class of
Certificates on the basis of their then outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such Distribution
Date. All Realized Losses and all other losses allocated to a Class of
Certificates hereunder will be allocated among the Certificates of such Class in
proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.

      (c) (i) The REMIC I Marker Percentage of all Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans (without duplication of losses allocated pursuant to Section
1.02) shall be allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date to the
following REMIC I Regular Interests in the specified

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percentages, as follows: first, to Uncertificated Accrued Interest payable to
the REMIC I Regular Interest AA and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ up to an
aggregate amount equal to the REMIC I Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98.00%
and 2.00%, respectively; second, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of the
REMIC I Regular Interest AA and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ up to an aggregate
amount equal to the REMIC I Principal Loss Allocation Amount, 98.00% and 2.00%,
respectively; third, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B and
REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 0.50%, 0.50% and 1.00%, respectively, until
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A and REMIC
I Regular Interest M-7B has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-6
and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until
the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-6 has been
reduced to zero; fifth to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I
Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5 and REMIC I Regular Interest
ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-5 has been reduced to zero; sixth, to the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I
Regular Interest M-4 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular
Interest M-4 has been reduced to zero; seventh to the Uncertificated Principal
Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3 and REMIC
I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00%, and 1.00%, respectively, until the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-3 has been
reduced to zero; eighth to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I
Regular Interest AA, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2 and REMIC I Regular Interest
ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal
Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest M-2 has been reduced to zero; ninth to the
Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC I
Regular Interest M-1 and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 98.00%, 1.00% and 1.00%,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular
Interest M-1 has been reduced to zero; and tenth with respect to any Realized
Losses on the Mortgage Loans, to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest AA, 98.00%, to the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I
Regular Interests I-A-1, I-A-2, I-A-3, II-A, III-A-1, and III-A-2, 1.00% pro
rata, and to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest
ZZ, 1.00%, until the Uncertificated Principal Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interests I-A-1, I-A-2, I-A-3, II-A, III-A-1, and III-A-2 have been reduced to
zero.

            (ii) The REMIC I Sub WAC Allocation Percentage of all Realized
      Losses shall be applied after all distributions have been made on each
      Distribution Date first, so as to keep the Uncertificated Principal
      Balance of each REMIC I Regular Interest ending with the designation "B"
      equal to 0.01% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
      Loans in the related Loan Group; second, to each REMIC I Regular Interest
      ending with the designation "A" (other than REMIC I Regular Interest II-A)
      so that the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each such REMIC I Regular
      Interest is equal to 0.01% of the excess of (x) the aggregate Stated
      Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over (y)
      the current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates
      related to such Loan Group (except that if any such excess is a larger
      number than in the preceding distribution period, the least amount of
      Realized Losses

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      shall be applied to such REMIC I Regular Interests such that the REMIC I
      Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained); and third, any remaining
      Realized Losses shall be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest XX.

      Section 5.05 MONTHLY STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.

      (a) Not later than each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare and
make available to each Holder of Certificates, the Certificate Insurer, the
Master Servicer and the Depositor a statement setting forth for the
Certificates:

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

            (ii) the amount of such distribution to Holders of each Class
      allocable to interest and the portion thereof, if any, provided by the
      Yield Maintenance Agreements;

            (iii) the Interest Carry Forward Amount and any Basis Risk Shortfall
      Carry Forward Amount for each Class of Certificates;

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

            (v) for each Loan Group, the aggregate of the Stated Principal
      Balances of (A) all of the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group, (B) the
      first lien Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group, (C) the second lien Mortgage
      Loans in such Loan Group, and (D) the Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans in
      such Loan Group, for the following Distribution Date;

            (vi) the related amount of the Servicing Fees paid to or retained by
      the Master Servicer for the related Due Period;

            (vii) the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Offered Certificates
      with respect to the current Accrual Period, and, if applicable, whether
      such Pass-Through Rate was limited by the applicable Net Rate Cap;

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

            (ix) the cumulative amount of Applied Realized Loss Amounts to date;

            (x) the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the
      Mortgage Loans in each Loan Group (A) Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage
      Loans in foreclosure and bankruptcy) (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days
      and (3) 91 or more days, (B) in

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      foreclosure and delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2) 61 to 90 days and (3) 91
      or more days and (C) in bankruptcy and delinquent (1) 31 to 60 days, (2)
      61 to 90 days and (3) 91 or more days, in each case as of the close of
      business on the last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution
      Date and separately identifying such information for the (1) first lien
      Mortgage Loans, (2) second lien Mortgage Loans, and (3) Adjustable Rate
      Mortgage Loans, in each such Loan Group;

            (xi) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that was liquidated during
      the preceding calendar month, the loan number and Stated Principal Balance
      of, and Realized Loss on, such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business
      on the Determination Date preceding such Distribution Date;

            (xii) the total number and principal balance of any real estate
      owned or REO Properties as of the close of business on the Determination
      Date preceding such Distribution Date;

            (xiii)the three month rolling average of the percent equivalent of a
      fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate stated Principal Balance
      of the Mortgage Loans in each Loan Group that are 60 days or more
      delinquent or are in bankruptcy or foreclosure or are REO Properties, and
      the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all
      of the Mortgage Loans in such Loan Group as of the last day of such
      Distribution Date and separately identifying such information for the (1)
      first lien Mortgage Loans, (2) second lien Mortgage Loans, and (3)
      Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans, in each such Loan Group;

            (xiv) the Realized Losses during the related Prepayment Period and
      the cumulative Realized Losses through the end of the preceding month;

            (xv) whether a Trigger Event exists;

            (xvi) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution Date
      to the Holders of the Class P Certificates allocable to Prepayment
      Charges;

            (xvii) the Certificate Insurer Premium Amount; and

            (xviii) the Reimbursement Amount, separately indicating the amount
      related to (a) interest draws on the Class II-A Policy, (b) principal
      draws on the Class II-A Policy and (c) all other amounts representing such
      Reimbursement Amount.

      The Trustee may make the foregoing Monthly Statement (and, at its option,
any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format)
available each month to Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer via the
Trustee's internet website. The Trustee's internet website shall initially be
located at "www.etrustee.net". Assistance in using the website can be obtained
by calling the Trustee's customer service desk at (312) 904-7992. Parties that
are unable to use the above distribution options are entitled to have a paper
copy mailed to them via first class mail by calling the customer service desk
and indicating such. The Trustee may change

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the way Monthly Statements are distributed in order to make such distributions
more convenient or more accessible to the above parties.

      (b) The Trustee's responsibility for making the above information
available to the Certificateholders is limited to the availability, timeliness
and accuracy of the information derived from the Master Servicer. The Trustee
will make available a copy of each statement provided pursuant to this Section
5.05 to each Rating Agency.

      (c) Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar
year, the Trustee shall cause to be furnished upon request to each Person who at
any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement
containing the information set forth in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this
Section 5.05 aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof
during which such Person was a Certificateholder. Such obligation of the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Trustee pursuant to any
requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.

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

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

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

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

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

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

            (vi) The amount and timing of any non-interest expenses of a REMIC;
      and

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

      The information pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall
be provided by the Depositor pursuant to Section 9.12.

      Section 5.06 REMIC DESIGNATIONS AND REMIC DISTRIBUTIONS.

      (a) The Trustee shall elect that each of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and
REMIC IV shall be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code. Any
inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of
this Agreement shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the validity of such
REMIC elections. The assets of REMIC I shall include the Mortgage Loans and all
interest owing in respect of and principal due thereon, the Distribution
Account, the Protected Account, any REO Property, any proceeds of the foregoing
and any other assets subject to this Agreement (other than the Reserve Fund).
The REMIC I Regular Interests shall constitute the assets of REMIC II. The Class
CE Interest shall constitute the assets of REMIC III and the Class P Interest
shall constitute the assets of REMIC IV.

      (b) (1) On each Distribution Date, the following amounts, in the following
order of priority, shall be distributed by REMIC I to REMIC II on account of the
REMIC I Regular Interests or withdrawn from the Distribution Account and
distributed to the holders of the Class R-1 Certificates, as the case may be:

            (i) to Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, REMIC Regular
      Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, Regular Interest I-A-3,
      REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, Regular Interest III-A-1, Regular Interest
      III-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC
      I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular
      Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A,
      REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, pro rata,
      in an amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated Accrued Interest for such
      Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in respect thereof remaining
      unpaid from previous Distribution Dates. Amounts payable as Uncertificated
      Accrued Interest in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ shall be
      reduced when the REMIC I Overcollateralization Amount is less than the
      REMIC I Required Overcollateralization Amount, by the lesser of (x) the
      amount of such difference and (y) the Maximum Uncertificated Accrued
      Interest Deferral Amount and such amount will be payable to the Holders of
      REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I
      Regular Interest I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I Regular
      Interest III-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular
      Interest M-1, REMIC I Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3,
      REMIC I Regular Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I
      Regular Interest M-6, REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A and REMIC I Regular
      Interest M-7B in the same proportion as the Overcollateralization Increase
      Amount is allocated to the Corresponding Certificates and the
      Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ shall be
      increased by such amount;

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            (ii) to Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest 1A, REMIC I Regular
      Interest 1B, REMIC I Regular Interest 2A, REMIC I Regular Interest 2B,
      REMIC I Regular Interest 3A, REMIC I Regular Interest 3B and REMIC I
      Regular Interest XX, pro rata, an amount equal to (A) the Uncertificated
      Accrued Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any amounts in
      respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates;

            (iii) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interests, in an amount
      equal to the remainder of the REMIC I Marker Allocation Percentage of the
      Interest Funds and Principal Funds for all Loan Groups for such
      Distribution Date after the distributions made pursuant to clause (i)
      above, allocated as follows:

            (A) 98% of such remainder to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
      AA, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular
      Interest is reduced to zero;

            (B) 2% of such remainder, first, to the Holders of REMIC I Regular
      Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
      I-A-3, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-1,
      REMIC I Regular Interest III-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-1, REMIC I
      Regular Interest M-2, REMIC I Regular Interest M-3, REMIC I Regular
      Interest M-4, REMIC I Regular Interest M-5, REMIC I Regular Interest M-6,
      REMIC I Regular Interest M-7A and REMIC I Regular Interest M-7B, in an
      aggregate amount equal to 1% of and in the same proportion as principal
      payments are allocated to the Corresponding Certificates, until the
      Uncertificated Principal Balances of such REMIC I Regular Interests are
      reduced to zero; and second, to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
      ZZ, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such REMIC I Regular
      Interest is reduced to zero; then

            (C) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class R-1
      Certificates;

            (iv) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interests, in an amount equal
      to the remainder of the REMIC I Sub WAC Allocation Percentage of the
      Interest Funds and Principal Funds for all Loan Groups for such
      Distribution Date after the distributions made pursuant to clause (ii)
      above, first, so as to keep the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
      REMIC I Regular Interest ending with the designation "B" equal to 0.01% of
      the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the
      related Loan Group; second, to each REMIC I Regular Interest ending with
      the designation "A," so that the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each
      such REMIC I Regular Interest is equal to 0.01% of the excess of (x) the
      aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related
      Loan Group over (y) the current Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
      A Certificate related to such Loan Group (except that if any such excess
      is a larger number than in the preceding distribution period, the least
      amount of principal shall be distributed to such REMIC I Regular Interests
      such that the REMIC I Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained); and
      third, any remaining principal to REMIC I Regular Interest XX.

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      (c) On each Distribution Date, all amounts representing Prepayment Charges
deemed distributed in respect of the Class P Interest shall be deemed
distributed in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest P, provided that such amounts
shall not reduce the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC I Regular
Interest P. On the Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the
latest Prepayment Charge term as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, $100
shall be deemed distributed in respect of REMIC I Regular Interest P in
reduction of the Uncertificated Principal Balance thereof.

      (d) On each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the amounts distributed
pursuant to Sections 5.04(a)(4)(C), (E) and (G) on such date shall be deemed
distributed from REMIC II to REMIC III in respect of the Class CE Distribution
Amount distributable to the Class CE Interest.

      (e) On each Distribution Date, 100% of the amounts deemed distributed on
REMIC I Regular Interest P shall be deemed distributed by REMIC II to REMIC IV
in respect of the Class P Interest.

      Section 5.07 POLICY MATTERS.

      (a) If, on the third Business Day before any Distribution Date, the
Trustee determines that a Deficiency Amount exists on such Distribution Date,
the Trustee shall give notice to the Certificate Insurer and the Fiscal Agent
(as defined in the Class II-A Policy), if any, by telephone or telecopy of the
amount of such Deficiency Amount, confirmed in writing by notice substantially
in the form of Exhibit A to the Class II-A Policy by 12:00 noon, New York City
time on such third Business Day. The Trustee's responsibility for delivering the
notice to the Certificate Insurer as provided in the preceding sentence is
contingent upon its receipt of available, timely and accurate information from
the Master Servicer.

      (b) In the event the Trustee receives a certified copy of an order of the
appropriate court regarding any Avoided Payment (as defined in the Class II-A
Policy), the Trustee shall (i) promptly notify the Certificate Insurer and the
Fiscal Agent, if any, and (ii) comply with the provisions of the Class II-A
Policy to obtain payment by the Certificate Insurer of such Avoided Payment. In
addition, the Trustee shall mail notice to all Holders of the Class II-A
Certificates so affected that, in the event that any such Holder's scheduled
payment is an Avoided Payment, such Holder will be entitled to payment pursuant
to the terms of the Class II-A Policy, a copy of which shall be made available
to such Holders by the Trustee. The Trustee shall furnish to the Certificate
Insurer and the Fiscal Agent, if any, its records listing the payments on the
affected Class II-A Certificates, if any, that have been made by the Trustee and
subsequently recovered from the affected Holders, and the dates on which such
payments were made by the Trustee.

      (c) At the time of the execution hereof, and for the purposes hereof, the
Trustee shall establish a separate special purpose trust account in the name of
the Trustee for the benefit of Holders of the Class II-A Certificates (the
"Class II-A Policy Payments Account") over which the Trustee shall have
exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The Class II-A Policy Payments
Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Trustee shall deposit any amount paid
under the Class II-A Policy into the Class II-A Policy Payments Account and
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amount only for the purposes of making the payments to Holders of the Class II-A
Certificates in respect of the Insured Payment for which the related claim was
made under the Class II-A Policy. Such amounts shall be allocated by the Trustee
to Holders of Class II-A Certificates affected by such shortfalls in the same
manner as interest and principal payments are to be allocated with respect to
such Certificates pursuant to Section 5.04. It shall not be necessary for such
payments to be made by checks or wire transfers separate from the checks or wire
transfers used to make regular payments hereunder with funds withdrawn from the
Distribution Account. However, any payments made on the Class II-A Certificates
from funds in the Class II-A Policy Payments Account shall be noted as provided
in subsection (e) below. Funds held in the Class II-A Policy Payments Account
shall not be invested by the Trustee.

      (d) Any funds received from the Certificate Insurer for deposit into the
Class II-A Policy Payments Account pursuant to the Class II-A Policy in respect
of a Distribution Date or otherwise as a result of any claim under the Class
II-A Policy shall be applied by the Trustee directly to the payment in full (i)
of the Deficiency Amount due on such Distribution Date on the Class II-A
Certificates, or (ii) of other amounts payable under the Class II-A Policy.
Funds received by the Trustee as a result of any claim under the Class II-A
Policy shall be used solely for payment to the Holders of the Class II-A
Certificates and may not be applied for any other purpose, including, without
limitation, satisfaction of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trustee,
the Depositor, the Seller, any subservicer, the Master Servicer or the Trust
Fund. Any funds remaining in the Class II-A Policy Payments Account on the first
Business Day after each Distribution Date shall be remitted promptly to the
Certificate Insurer pursuant to the written instruction of the Certificate
Insurer.

      (e) The Trustee shall keep complete and accurate records in respect of (i)
all funds remitted to it by the Certificate Insurer and deposited into the Class
II-A Policy Payments Account and (ii) the allocation of such funds to (A)
payments of interest on and principal in respect of any Class II-A Certificates
and (B) the amount of funds available to make distributions on the Class II-A
Certificates pursuant to Section 5.04. The Certificate Insurer shall have the
right to inspect such records at reasonable times during normal business hours
upon three Business Days' prior notice to the Trustee.

      (f) The Trustee acknowledges, and each Holder of a Class II-A Certificate
by its acceptance of the Class II-A Certificate agrees, that, without the need
for any further action on the part of the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee to
the extent the Certificate Insurer makes payments, directly or indirectly, on
account of principal of or interest on any Class II-A Certificates, the
Certificate Insurer will be fully subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Class II-A Certificates to receive such principal and interest from the
Trust Fund. The Holders of the Class II-A Certificates, by acceptance of the
Class II-A Certificates, assign their rights as Holders of the Class II-A
Certificates to the extent of the Certificate Insurer's interest with respect to
amounts paid under the Class II-A Policy. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, solely for purposes of determining the Certificate Insurer's
rights, as applicable, as subrogee for payments distributable pursuant to
Section 5.04, any payment with respect to distributions to the Class II-A
Certificates which is made with funds received pursuant to the terms of the
Class II-A Policy, shall not be considered payment of the Class II-A
Certificates from the Trust Fund and shall not result in the distribution or the
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reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class II-A Certificates as
described in this Article V.

      The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall cooperate in all respects with
any reasonable request by the Certificate Insurer for action to preserve or
enforce the Certificate Insurer's rights or interests under this Agreement or
the Insurance Agreement without limiting the rights or affecting the interests
of the Holders as otherwise set forth herein.

      (g) Upon its becoming aware of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Insurer of such Event of Default.

      (h) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Certificate Insurer of either of
the following as to which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge: (A) the
commencement of any proceeding by or against the Depositor commenced under the
United States bankruptcy code or any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, rehabilitation or similar law (an "Insolvency Proceeding") and (B)
the making of any claim in connection with any proceeding seeking the avoidance
as a preferential transfer (a "Preference Claim") of any distribution made with
respect to the Class II-A Certificates as to which it has actual knowledge. Each
Holder of a Class II-A Certificate, by its purchase of Class II-A Certificates,
and the Trustee hereby agrees that the Certificate Insurer (so long as no
Certificate Insurer Default exists) may at any time during the continuation of
any proceeding relating to a Preference Claim direct all matters relating to
such Preference Claim, including, without limitation, (i) the direction of any
appeal of any order relating to any Preference Claim and (ii) the posting of any
surety, supersedeas or performance bond pending any such appeal. In addition and
without limitation of the foregoing, the Certificate Insurer shall be subrogated
to the rights of the Trustee and each Holder of a Class II-A Certificate in the
conduct of any Preference Claim, including, without limitation, all rights of
any party to an adversary proceeding action with respect to any court order
issued in connection with any such Preference Claim.

      (i) The Master Servicer shall designate a Certificate Insurer Contact
Person who shall be available to the Certificate Insurer to provide reasonable
access to information regarding the Mortgage Loans. The initial Certificate
Insurer Contact Person is to the attention of EMC Mortgage Corporation, 909
Hidden Ridge Drive, Irving, Texas 75038, Attention: Christa Fellers, telephone:
972-444-3329.

      (j) The Trustee shall promptly surrender the Class II-A Policy to the
Certificate Insurer for cancellation upon the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class II-A Certificates to zero.

      (k) The Trustee shall send to the Certificate Insurer the statements
prepared pursuant to Section 5.05, as well as any other statements or
communications sent to Holders of the Class II-A Certificates, in each case at
the same time such reports, statements and communications are otherwise sent.

      (l) For so long as there is not continuing default by the Certificate
Insurer under its obligations under the Class II-A Policy (a "Certificate
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II-A Certificate agrees that the Certificate Insurer shall be treated by the
Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee as if the Certificate Insurer
were the Holder of all Class II-A Certificates for the purpose (and solely for
the purpose) of the giving of any consent, the making of any direction or the
exercise of any voting or other control rights otherwise given the Holders of
the Class II-A Certificates hereunder without any further consent of the Holders
of the Class II-A Certificates and such holders shall not exercise such rights
without the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer.

      With respect to this Section 5.07, (i) the terms "Receipt" and "Received"
shall mean actual delivery to the Certificate Insurer and Certificate Insurer's
Fiscal Agent, if any, received prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a
Business Day; delivery either on a day that is not a Business Day or after 12:00
noon, New York City time, shall be deemed to be Received on the next succeeding
Business Day. If any notice or certificate given under the Class II-A Policy by
the Trustee is not in proper form or is not properly completed, executed or
delivered, it shall be deemed not to have been Received. The Certificate Insurer
or its Fiscal Agent, if any, shall promptly so advise the Trustee and the
Trustee may submit an amended notice and (ii) "Business Day" means any day other
than (A) a Saturday or Sunday, (B) a day on which the Certificate Insurer is
closed or (C) a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New
York, or in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

      (m) Unless otherwise designated in writing by the President or a Managing
Director of the Certificate Insurer to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer
Premium Amount to be paid pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(1) shall be paid by the
Trustee to the Certificate Insurer in accordance with the terms of the Premium
Letter.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                                THE CERTIFICATES

      Section 6.01 THE CERTIFICATES.

      The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms attached hereto as
Exhibits A-1 through A-5. The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form,
in the minimum dollar denominations, integral dollar multiples in excess thereof
(except that one Certificate of each Class may be issued in a different amount
which must be in excess of the applicable minimum dollar denomination) and
aggregate dollar denominations as set forth in the following table:

                                                   ORIGINAL
                                  INTEGRAL        CERTIFICATE
                  MINIMUM        MULTIPLE IN       PRINCIPAL
    CLASS       DENOMINATION  EXCESS OF MINIMUM     BALANCE
----------------------------------------------------------------
    I-A-1           $25,000         $1.00          $92,124,000.00
    I-A-2           $25,000         $1.00          $89,164,000.00
    I-A-3           $25,000         $1.00          $26,969,000.00
     II-A           $25,000         $1.00         $160,598,000.00
   III-A-1          $25,000         $1.00         $168,558,000.00
   III-A-2          $25,000         $1.00          $42,140,000.00
     M-1            $25,000         $1.00          $43,994,000.00
     M-2            $25,000         $1.00          $37,086,000.00
     M-3            $25,000         $1.00          $10,181,000.00
     M-4            $25,000         $1.00          $10,908,000.00
     M-5            $25,000         $1.00           $7,635,000.00
     M-6            $25,000         $1.00           $6,908,000.00
     M-7A           $25,000         $1.00           $6,181,000.00
     M-7B           $25,000         $1.00           $6,181,000.00
      CE            10%              1%            $18,542,077.21
      P             $ 100            N/A          $        100.00
     R-1            100%             N/A                N/A
     R-2            100%             N/A                N/A
      RX            100%             N/A                N/A

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

      The Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee on a
continuous basis, an adequate inventory of Certificates to facilitate transfers.

      Section 6.02 CERTIFICATE REGISTER; REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
OF CERTIFICATES.

      (a) The Trustee shall maintain, or cause to be maintained in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.09 hereof, a Certificate Register for the Trust
Fund in which, subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) below and to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trustee shall provide for
the registration of Certificates and of Transfers and exchanges of Certificates
as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of Transfer of any
Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of the same
Class and of like aggregate Percentage Interest.

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

      No service charge to the Certificateholders shall be made for any
registration of Transfer or exchange of Certificates, but payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any Transfer or exchange of Certificates may be required.

      All Certificates surrendered for registration of Transfer or exchange
shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with
the Trustee's customary procedures.

      (b) No Transfer of a Private Certificate shall be made unless such
Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or is exempt from the
registration requirements under the Securities Act and such state securities
laws. In the event that a Transfer is to be made in reliance upon an exemption
from the Securities Act and such laws, in order to assure compliance with the
Securities Act and such laws, the Certificateholder desiring to effect such
Transfer and such Certificateholder's prospective transferee shall each certify
to the Trustee in writing the facts surrounding the Transfer by (x)(i) the
delivery to the Trustee by the Certificateholder desiring to effect such
transfer of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E (the
"Transferor Certificate") and (ii) the delivery by the Certificateholder's
prospective transferee of (A) a letter in substantially the form of Exhibit F
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Institutional Accredited Investor or (B) a letter in substantially the form of
Exhibit G (the "Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate") if the prospective
transferee is a QIB or (y) there shall be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel addressed to the Trustee that such Transfer may be made pursuant to an
exemption from the Securities Act, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or the Trustee. The
Depositor shall provide to any Holder of a Private Certificate and any
prospective transferee designated by any such Holder, information regarding the
related Certificates and the Mortgage Loans and such other information as shall
be necessary to satisfy the condition to eligibility set forth in Rule
144A(d)(4) for Transfer of any such Certificate without registration thereof
under the Securities Act pursuant to the registration exemption provided by Rule
144A. The Trustee and the Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor in
providing the Rule 144A information referenced in the preceding sentence,
including providing to the Depositor such information regarding the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans and other matters regarding the Trust Fund as
the Depositor shall reasonably request to meet its obligation under the
preceding sentence. Each Holder of a Private Certificate desiring to effect such
Transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor,
the Seller and the Master Servicer against any liability that may result if the
Transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and
state laws.

      No Transfer of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be made unless either
(i) the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall have received a representation
from the transferee of such Certificate acceptable to and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Master Servicer, to the effect that such
transferee is not an employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of ERISA or a
plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a Person acting on behalf of any
such plan or using the assets of any such plan, or (ii) in the case of any such
ERISA Restricted Certificate presented for registration in the name of an
employee benefit plan subject to ERISA, or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the
Code (or comparable provisions of any subsequent enactments), or a trustee of
any such plan or any other person acting on behalf of any such plan, the Trustee
shall have received an Opinion of Counsel for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Master Servicer and on which they may rely, satisfactory to the Trustee, to the
effect that the purchase and holding of such ERISA Restricted Certificate will
not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust being deemed to be "plan
assets" under ERISA or the Code, will not result in any prohibited transactions
under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not subject the Trustee, the
Master Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those
expressly undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an
expense of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Depositor. Notwithstanding
anything else to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an ERISA
Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject to
Section 406 of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code without the
delivery of the Opinion of Counsel as described above shall be void and of no
effect; provided that the restriction set forth in this sentence shall not be
applicable if there has been delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
meeting the requirements of clause (ii) of the first sentence of this paragraph.
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Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall be required to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with the transfer restrictions with respect to any
ERISA Restricted Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate, and neither the
Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall have any liability for transfers of any
such Book-Entry Certificates made through the book-entry facilities of any
Depository or between or among participants of the Depository or Certificate
Owners made in violation of the transfer restrictions set forth herein. Neither
the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to any Person
for any registration of transfer of any ERISA Restricted Certificate that is in
fact not permitted by this Section 6.02(b) or for making any payments due on
such Certificate to the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect
to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement. The Trustee shall be
entitled, but not obligated, to recover from any Holder of any ERISA Restricted
Certificate that was in fact an employee benefit plan subject to Section 406 of
ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a Person acting on behalf
of any such plan at the time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as
it became such a plan or Person acting on behalf of such a plan, all payments
made on such ERISA Restricted Certificate at and after either such time. Any
such payments so recovered by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the
Trustee to the last preceding Holder of such Certificate that is not such a plan
or Person acting on behalf of a plan.

      Each beneficial owner of a Class M Certificate or any interest therein
shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of
that certificate or interest therein, that either (i) it is not a Plan or
investing with "Plan Assets", (ii) it has acquired and is holding such
certificate in reliance on the Exemption, and that it understands that there are
certain conditions to the availability of the Exemption, including that the
certificate must be rated, at the time of purchase, not lower than "BBB-" (or
its equivalent) by S&P, Fitch Ratings or Moody's, and the certificate is so
rated or (iii) (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to
acquire or hold the certificate or interest therein is an "insurance company
general account," as such term is defined in Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60, and (3) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE
95-60 have been satisfied.

      (c) 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
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 Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate may be
      registered on the Closing Date or thereafter transferred, and the Trustee
      shall not register the Transfer of any Residual Certificate unless, in
      addition to the certificates required to be delivered to the Trustee under
      subparagraph (b) above, the Trustee shall have been furnished with an
      affidavit (a "Transfer Affidavit") of the initial owner or the proposed
      transferee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

            (iii) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a
      Residual Certificate shall agree (A) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit from
      any other Person to whom such Person attempts to Transfer its Ownership
      Interest in a Residual Certificate, (B) to obtain a Transfer Affidavit
      from any Person for whom such Person is acting as nominee, trustee or
      agent in connection with any Transfer of a Residual Certificate and (C)
      not to Transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate or to
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      Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any other Person if it has
      actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee.

            (iv) Any attempted or purported Transfer of any Ownership Interest
      in a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
      6.02(c) shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no rights in the
      purported Transferee. If any purported transferee shall become a Holder of
      a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section
      6.02(c), then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored to
      all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of registration of
      Transfer of such 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 Section 6.02(b) and this
      Section 6.02(c) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the
      Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder
      under the provisions of this Agreement so long as the Transfer was
      registered after receipt of the related Transfer Affidavit. The Trustee
      shall be entitled but not obligated to recover from any Holder of a
      Residual Certificate that was in fact not a Permitted Transferee at the
      time it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became other
      than a Permitted Transferee, all payments made on such Residual
      Certificate at and after either such time. Any such payments so recovered
      by the Trustee shall be paid and delivered by the Trustee to the last
      preceding Permitted Transferee of such Certificate.

            (v) The Master Servicer shall make available within 60 days of
      written request from the Trustee, all information necessary to compute any
      tax imposed under Section 860E(e) of the Code as a result of a Transfer of
      an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Holder who is not a
      Permitted Transferee.

The restrictions on Transfers of a Residual Certificate set forth in this
Section 6.02(c) shall cease to apply (and the applicable portions of the legend
on a Residual Certificate may be deleted) with respect to Transfers occurring
after delivery to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer of an Opinion of
Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trustee, the Seller, the Certificate
Insurer or the Master Servicer to the effect that the elimination of such
restrictions will not cause REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV, as
applicable, to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are
outstanding or result in the imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, a
Certificateholder or another Person. Each Person holding or acquiring any
ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate hereby consents to any amendment of
this Agreement that, based on an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and
the Certificate Insurer and furnished to the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer, is reasonably necessary (a) to ensure that the record ownership of, or
any beneficial interest in, a Residual Certificate is not transferred, directly
or indirectly, to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee and (b) to provide
for a means to compel the Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is held by a
Person that is not a Permitted Transferee to a Holder that is a Permitted
Transferee.

      (d) The preparation and delivery of all certificates and opinions referred
to above in this Section 6.02 shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer.

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      Section 6.03 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES.

      If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee, or the
Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of any Certificate and of the ownership thereof and (b) there is delivered to
the Trustee (and with respect to any Class II-A Certificates, to the Certificate
Insurer) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Trustee that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
Class, tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 6.03, the Trustee may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 6.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost,
stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time. All Certificates
surrendered to the Trustee under the terms of this Section 6.03 shall be
canceled and destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its standard procedures
without liability on its part.

      Section 6.04 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.

      The Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and any agent of the Trustee or the
Certificate Insurer may treat the person in whose name any Certificate is
registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer nor any agent of
the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.

      Section 6.05 ACCESS TO LIST OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES.

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

      Section 6.06 BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES.

      The Regular Certificates (other than the Class CE Certificates and Class P
Certificates), upon original issuance, shall be issued in the form of one or
more typewritten Certificates

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representing the Book-Entry Certificates, to be delivered to the Depository by
or on behalf of the Depositor. Such Certificates shall initially be registered
on the Certificate Register in the name of the Depository or its nominee, and no
Certificate Owner of such Certificates will receive a definitive certificate
representing such Certificate Owner's interest in such Certificates, except as
provided in Section 6.08. Unless and until definitive, fully registered
Certificates ("Definitive Certificates") have been issued to the Certificate
Owners of such Certificates pursuant to Section 6.08:

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

      (b) the Depositor and the Trustee may deal with the Depository and the
Depository Participants for all purposes (including the making of distributions)
as the authorized representative of the respective Certificate Owners of such
Certificates;

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

      (d) the rights of the respective Certificate Owners of such Certificates
shall be exercised only through the Depository and the Depository Participants
and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between the
Owners of such Certificates and the Depository and/or the Depository
Participants. Pursuant to the Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive
Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 6.08, the Depository will make
book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants and receive and transmit
distributions of principal and interest on the related Certificates to such
Depository Participants;

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

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

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

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

      Section 6.07 NOTICES TO DEPOSITORY.

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

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      Section 6.08 DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES.

      If, after Book-Entry Certificates have been issued with respect to any
Certificates, (a) the Depositor or the Depository advises the Trustee that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its
responsibilities under the Depository Agreement with respect to such
Certificates and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor or (b)
the Depositor, at its sole option, advises the Trustee that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system with respect to such Certificates through the
Depository, then the Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners of such
Certificates, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of
the availability of Definitive Certificates to applicable Certificate Owners
requesting the same. The Depositor shall provide the Trustee with an adequate
inventory of certificates to facilitate the issuance and transfer of Definitive
Certificates. Upon surrender to the Trustee of any such Certificates by the
Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for
registration, the Trustee shall countersign and deliver such Definitive
Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and
shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.

      In addition, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each
Certificate Owner materially adversely affected thereby may at its option
request a Definitive Certificate evidencing such Certificate Owner's Voting
Rights in the related Class of Certificates. In order to make such request, such
Certificate Owner shall, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository,
provide the Depository or the related Depository Participant with directions for
the Trustee to exchange or cause the exchange of the Certificate Owner's
interest in such Class of Certificates for an equivalent Voting Right in fully
registered definitive form. Upon receipt by the Trustee of instructions from the
Depository directing the Trustee to effect such exchange (such instructions to
contain information regarding the Class of Certificates and the Certificate
Principal Balance being exchanged, the Depository Participant account to be
debited with the decrease, the registered holder of and delivery instructions
for the definitive Certificate, and any other information reasonably required by
the Trustee), (i) the Trustee shall instruct the Depository to reduce the
related Depository Participant's account by the aggregate Current Principal
Amount of the definitive Certificate, (ii) the Trustee shall execute,
authenticate and deliver, in accordance with the registration and delivery
instructions provided by the Depository, a definitive Certificate evidencing
such Certificate Owner's Voting Rights in such Class of Certificates and (iii)
the Trustee shall execute and authenticate a new Book-Entry Certificate
reflecting the reduction in the Current Principal Amount of such Class of
Certificates by the amount of the definitive Certificates.

      Section 6.09 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.

      The Trustee will maintain or cause to be maintained at its expense an
office or offices or agency or agencies at the Corporate Trust Office where
Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The
Trustee initially designates its Corporate Trust Office, as the office for such
purposes. The Trustee will give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders
and the Certificate Insurer of any change in such location of any such office or
agency.

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                                  ARTICLE VII

                      THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER

      Section 7.01 LIABILITIES OF THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER.

      Each of the Depositor, and the Master Servicer shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
upon and undertaken by it herein.

      Section 7.02 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF THE DEPOSITOR OR THE MASTER
SERVICER.

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

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

      Section 7.03 INDEMNIFICATION OF THE TRUSTEE AND THE MASTER SERVICER.

      (a) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Persons for,
and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including
reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred on their part that
may be sustained in connection with, arising out of, or relating to, any claim
or legal action (including any pending or threatened claim or legal action)
relating to this Agreement, including any powers of attorney delivered pursuant
to this Agreement, the Custodial Agreement or the Certificates (i) related to
the Master Servicer's failure to perform its duties in compliance with this
Agreement (except as any such loss, liability or expense shall be otherwise
reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) or (ii) incurred by reason of the
Master Servicer's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of
obligations and duties hereunder, provided, in each case, that with respect to
any such claim or legal action (or pending or threatened claim or legal action),
the Trustee shall have given the Master Servicer and the Seller written notice
thereof promptly after the Trustee shall have with respect to such claim or
legal action knowledge thereof; provided, however that the failure to give such
notice shall not relieve the Master Servicer of its indemnification obligations
hereunder. This indemnity shall survive the resignation or removal of the
Trustee or Master Servicer and the termination of this Agreement.

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      (b) The Seller will indemnify any Indemnified Person for any loss,
liability or expense of any Indemnified Person not otherwise paid or covered
pursuant to Subsection (a) above.

      Section 7.04 LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER
SERVICER AND OTHERS. Subject to the obligation of the Master Servicer to
indemnify the Indemnified Persons pursuant to Section 7.03:

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

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

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

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      (d) Neither the Depositor nor the Master Servicer shall be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not
incidental to its duties under this Agreement and that in its opinion may
involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, the Master Servicer
may in its discretion, with the consent of the Trustee (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld), undertake any such action which it may deem necessary
or desirable with respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the
parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders hereunder. In such
event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of the Protected
Account as provided by Section 4.02. Nothing in this Subsection 7.04(d) shall
affect the Master Servicer's obligation to service and administer the Mortgage
Loans pursuant to Article III.

      (e) In taking or recommending any course of action pursuant to this
Agreement, unless specifically required to do so pursuant to this Agreement, the
Master Servicer shall not be required to investigate or make recommendations
concerning potential liabilities which the Trust might incur as a result of such
course of action by reason of the condition of the Mortgaged Properties but
shall give notice to the Trustee if it has notice of such potential liabilities.

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

      Section 7.06 SUCCESSOR MASTER SERVICER. In connection with the appointment
of any successor Master Servicer or the assumption of the duties of the Master
Servicer, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such
successor master servicer out of payments on the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee
and such successor master servicer shall agree. If the successor master servicer
does not agree that such market value is a fair price, such successor master
servicer shall obtain two quotations of market value from third parties actively
engaged in the servicing of single-family mortgage loans. In no event shall the
compensation of any successor master servicer exceed that permitted the Master
Servicer hereunder without the consent of the Certificate Insurer and all of the
Certificateholders.

      Section 7.07 SALE AND ASSIGNMENT OF MASTER SERVICING. The Master Servicer
may sell and assign its rights and delegate its duties and obligations in its
entirety as Master Servicer under this Agreement; provided, however, that: (i)
the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (a) shall
be a Person which shall be qualified to service mortgage loans for Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac; (b) shall have a net worth of not less than $10,000,000

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(unless otherwise approved by each Rating Agency pursuant to clause (ii) below);
(c) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer
(as evidenced in a writing signed by the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer);
and (d) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer an
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer, which contains an assumption by such Person of the due and
punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be
performed or observed by it as master servicer under this Agreement, any
custodial agreement from and after the effective date of such agreement; (ii)
each Rating Agency and the Certificate Insurer shall be given prior written
notice of the identity of the proposed successor to the Master Servicer and each
Rating Agency's rating of the Certificates in effect immediately prior to such
assignment, sale and delegation (determined without regard to the Class II-A
Policy) will not be downgraded, qualified or withdrawn as a result of such
assignment, sale and delegation, as evidenced by a letter to such effect
delivered to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer; and
(iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling the master servicing shall
deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer an Officer's Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, each
stating that all conditions precedent to such action under this Agreement have
been completed and such action is permitted by and complies with the terms of
this Agreement. No such assignment or delegation shall affect any liability of
the Master Servicer arising prior to the effective date thereof.

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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                     DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF MASTER SERVICER

      Section 8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

      "Event of Default," wherever used herein, means any one of the following
events:

            (i) any failure by the Master Servicer to remit to the Trustee any
      amounts received or collected by the Master Servicer in respect of the
      Mortgage Loans and required to be remitted by it hereunder (other than any
      Advance), which failure shall continue unremedied for one Business Day
      after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been
      given to the Master Servicer by the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the
      Trustee and the Master Servicer by the Holders of Certificates evidencing
      not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates;

            (ii) any failure by the Master Servicer to observe or perform in any
      material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of
      the Master Servicer contained in this Agreement or any breach of a
      representation or warranty by the Master Servicer, which failure or breach
      shall continue unremedied for a period of 60 days after the date on which
      written notice of such failure shall have been given to Master Servicer by
      the Trustee or the Depositor, or to the Trustee and the Master Servicer by
      the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting
      Rights evidenced by the Certificates;

            (iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
      authority having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a
      receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
      marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the
      winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against
      the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force
      undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days;

            (iv) the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a
      receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
      marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or
      relating to the Master Servicer or all or substantially all of the
      property of the Master Servicer;

            (v) the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay
      its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage
      of, or commence a voluntary case under, any applicable insolvency or
      reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its
      creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations;

            (vi) the Master Servicer assigns or delegates its duties or rights
      under this Agreement in contravention of the provisions permitting such
      assignment or delegation under Sections 7.05 or 7.07; or

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            (vii) The Master Servicer fails to deposit, or cause to be
      deposited, in the Distribution Account any Advance (other than a
      Nonrecoverable Advance) by 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the
      Distribution Account Deposit Date; or

            (viii)any draw on the Class II-A Policy, unless a Certificate
      Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing; provided that if the
      Master Servicer is EMC Mortgage Corporation, the Master Servicer shall not
      be in default pursuant to this clause if the direct or indirect parent of
      EMC Mortgage Corporation is rated at least "BBB" by Standard & Poor's or
      "Baa2" by Moody's.

      If an Event of Default shall occur, then, and in each and every such case,
so long as such Event of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may,
and at the direction of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25%
of the Voting Rights evidenced by the Certificates, the Trustee shall in the
case of any Event of Default described in clauses (i) through (vii) above or
upon receipt of written instructions from the Certificate Insurer in the case of
an Event of Default described in clause (viii) above, by notice in writing to
the Master Servicer (with a copy to each Rating Agency and the Certificate
Insurer), terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer
under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof,
other than its rights as a Certificateholder hereunder. On or after the receipt
by the Master Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the
Master Servicer hereunder, whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or
otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee, or any successor
appointed pursuant to Section 8.02 (a "Successor Master Servicer"); provided, to
the extent the Certificate Insurer directs the Trustee to terminate the Master
Servicer due to an Event of Default described in clause (viii) above, the
Certificate Insurer will be required to appoint a Successor Master Servicer
which is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies; and
provided further no such termination of the Master Servicer due to an Event of
Default as described under clause (viii) shall occur until and unless a
Successor Master Servicer has been appointed. Such Successor Master Servicer
shall thereupon if such Successor Master Servicer is a successor to the Master
Servicer, make any Advance required by Article V, subject, in the case of the
Trustee, to Section 8.02. The Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the terminated Master Servicer, as attorney-
in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or
accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the
purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and
endorsement or assignment of any Mortgage Loans and related documents, or
otherwise. Unless expressly provided in such written notice, no such termination
shall affect any obligation of the Master Servicer to pay amounts owed pursuant
to Article VII or Article IX. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with the
Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's responsibilities
and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the
applicable Successor Master Servicer of all cash amounts which shall at the time
be credited to the Protected Account maintained pursuant to Section 4.02, or
thereafter be received with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loans. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies and the Certificate Insurer of
the occurrence of an Event of Default known to the Trustee.

      Notwithstanding any termination of the activities of the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any late
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a Mortgage Loan that was due prior to the notice terminating the Master
Servicer's rights and obligations as Master Servicer hereunder and received
after such notice, that portion thereof to which the Master Servicer would have
been entitled pursuant to Sections 4.02 and to receive any other amounts payable
to the Master Servicer hereunder the entitlement to which arose prior to the
termination of its activities hereunder.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default described in clause
(vii) of this Section 8.01 shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice in writing
to the Master Servicer, with a copy to the Certificate Insurer, which may be
delivered by telecopy, immediately terminate all of the rights and obligations
of the Master Servicer thereafter arising under this Agreement, but without
prejudice to any rights it may have as a Certificateholder or to reimbursement
of Advances and other advances of its own funds, and the Trustee shall act as
provided in Section 8.02 to carry out the duties of the Master Servicer,
including the obligation to make any Advance the nonpayment of which was an
Event of Default described in clause (vii) of this Section 8.01. Any such action
taken by the Trustee must be prior to the distribution on the relevant
Distribution Date.

      Section 8.02 TRUSTEE TO ACT; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.

      Except with respect to an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(viii)
above for which the Certificate Insurer is required to appoint a Successor
Master Servicer, on and after the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of
termination pursuant to Section 8.01 hereof the Trustee shall automatically
become the successor to the Master Servicer with respect to the transactions set
forth or provided for herein and after a transition period (not to exceed 90
days), shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities
relating thereto placed on the Master Servicer by the terms and provisions
hereof; provided, however that, pursuant to Article V hereof, the Trustee in its
capacity as successor Master Servicer shall be responsible for making any
Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer immediately upon the
termination of the Master Servicer and any such Advance shall be made on the
Distribution Date on which such Advance was required to be made by the
predecessor Master Servicer. Effective on the date of such notice of
termination, as compensation therefor, the Trustee shall be entitled to all
compensation, reimbursement of expenses and indemnification that the Master
Servicer would have been entitled to if it had continued to act hereunder,
provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be (i) liable for any acts or
omissions of the Master Servicer, (ii) obligated to make Advances if it is
prohibited from doing so under applicable law, (iii) responsible for expenses of
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 or (iv) obligated to deposit losses
on any Permitted Investment directed by the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall, if it
is prohibited by applicable law from making Advances pursuant to Article V or if
it is otherwise unable to so act, appoint, or petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution the
appointment of which does not adversely affect the then current rating of the
Certificates by each Rating Agency (determined without regard to the Class II-A
Policy) as the successor to the Master Servicer hereunder in the assumption of
all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master
Servicer hereunder. Any Successor Master Servicer shall (i) be an institution
that is a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved seller/servicer in good standing,
that has a net worth of at least $15,000,000, (ii) be acceptable to the Trustee
and the Certificate Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld)
and (iii) be willing to act as successor servicer of any Mortgage Loans under
this Agreement, and shall have executed and delivered to the Depositor, the
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Insurer an agreement accepting such delegation and assignment, that contains an
assumption by such Person of the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities,
obligations and liabilities of the Master Servicer (other than any liabilities
of the Master Servicer hereof incurred prior to termination of the Master
Servicer under Section 8.01 or as otherwise set forth herein), with like effect
as if originally named as a party to this Agreement, provided that each Rating
Agency shall have acknowledged in writing that its rating of the Certificates in
effect immediately prior to such assignment and delegation (determined without
regard to the Class II-A Policy) will not be qualified or reduced as a result of
such assignment and delegation. If the Trustee assumes the duties and
responsibilities of the Master Servicer in accordance with this Section 8.02,
the Trustee shall not resign as Master Servicer until a Successor Master
Servicer has been appointed and has accepted such appointment. Pending
appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder, the Trustee, unless
the Trustee is prohibited by law from so acting, shall act in such capacity as
hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the
Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of
payments on Mortgage Loans or otherwise as it and such successor shall agree;
provided that no such compensation unless agreed to by the Certificateholders
shall be in excess of that permitted the Master Servicer hereunder. The Trustee
and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as
shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Neither the Trustee nor
any other Successor Master Servicer shall be deemed to be in default hereunder
by reason of any failure to make, or any delay in making, any distribution
hereunder or any portion thereof or any failure to perform, or any delay in
performing, any duties or responsibilities hereunder, in either case caused by
the failure of the Master Servicer to deliver or provide, or any delay in
delivering or providing, any cash, information, documents or records to it.

      The costs and expenses of the Trustee in connection with the termination
of the Master Servicer, appointment of a Successor Master Servicer and, if
applicable, any transfer of servicing, including, without limitation, all costs
and expenses associated with the complete transfer of all servicing data and the
completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be required
by the Trustee to correct any errors or insufficiencies in the servicing data or
otherwise to enable the Trustee or the Successor Master Servicer to service the
related Mortgage Loans properly and effectively, to the extent not paid by the
terminated Master Servicer, shall be payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section
9.05. Any successor to the Master Servicer as successor servicer under any
Subservicing Agreement shall give notice to the applicable Mortgagors of such
change of servicer and shall, during the term of its service as successor
servicer maintain in force the policy or policies that the Master Servicer is
required to maintain pursuant to Section 3.08.

      Section 8.03 NOTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.

      (a) Upon any termination of or appointment of a successor to the Master
Servicer, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to
Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer and to each Rating Agency.

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      (b) Within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders and the Certificate
Insurer notice of each such Event of Default hereunder actually known to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Event of Default shall have been
cured or waived.

      Section 8.04 WAIVER OF DEFAULTS.

      The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Certificateholders and the
Certificate Insurer, within 60 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured, notice of each such Event of Default hereunder
known to the Trustee. The Certificate Insurer or the Holders of Certificates
evidencing not less than 51% of the Voting Rights (with the consent of the
Certificate Insurer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) may, on
behalf of all Certificateholders, waive any default by the Master Servicer in
the performance of its obligations hereunder and the consequences thereof,
except a default in the making of or the causing to be made of any required
distribution on the Certificates. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such
default shall be deemed to cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been timely remedied for every purpose of this
Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or
impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.
The Trustee shall give notice of any such waiver to the Rating Agencies and the
Certificate Insurer.

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                                   ARTICLE IX

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

      Section 9.01 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.

      (a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred,
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement as duties of the Trustee. If an Event of Default has
occurred and has not been cured or waived, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and the same degree of
care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise under the
circumstances in the conduct of such Person's own affairs.

      (b) Upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions,
reports, documents, orders or other instruments which are specifically required
to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall examine them to determine whether they are in the form required by
this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be responsible for
the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion,
report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Master Servicer;
provided, further, that the Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy or
verification of any calculation provided to it pursuant to this Agreement.

      (c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall make monthly
distributions and the final distribution to the Certificateholders from funds in
the Distribution Account as provided in Sections 5.04 and 10.01 herein.

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

            (i) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, and after the
      curing or waiver of all such Events of Default which may have occurred,
      the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by
      the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee shall not be liable
      except for the performance of their respective duties and obligations as
      are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or
      obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and, in
      the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
      conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
      of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
      furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
      Agreement;

            (ii) The Trustee shall not be liable in its individual capacity for
      an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or
      Responsible Officers of the

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      Trustee unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
      ascertaining the pertinent facts;

            (iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
      taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
      with the directions of the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
      than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates (or such other
      percentage as specifically set forth herein), if such action or non-action
      relates to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
      remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or other power
      conferred upon the Trustee under this Agreement;

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

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

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

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

The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground
for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the
provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Trustee to
perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the
obligations of the Master Servicer.

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

      Section 9.02 CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE.

      (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.01:

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

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

            (iii) The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to exercise any
      of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement, other than its
      obligation to give notices pursuant to this Agreement, or to institute,
      conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the
      request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders pursuant to
      the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall
      have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
      costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
      Nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the
      obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a
      Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge (which has not
      been cured or waived), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
      it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in
      their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances
      in the conduct of his own affairs;

            (iv) The Trustee shall not be liable in its individual capacity for
      any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by
      it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred
      upon it by this Agreement;

            (v) 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 so by
      Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate
      Voting Rights of the Certificates and provided that 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 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 expense or liability as a condition to
      taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such examination
      shall be paid by the Certificateholders requesting the investigation;

            (vi) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
      or perform any duties hereunder either directly or through Affiliates,
      agents or attorneys; provided, however, that the Trustee may not appoint
      any paying agent to perform any paying agent functions under this
      Agreement without the express written consent of the Master Servicer and
      the Certificate Insurer, which consents will not be unreasonably withheld.
      The Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for the misconduct or
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      the Trustee's agents or attorneys or paying agent appointed hereunder by
      the Trustee with due care and, when required, with the consent of the
      Master Servicer;

            (vii) Should the Trustee deem the nature of any action required on
      its part to be unclear, the Trustee may require prior to such action that
      it be provided by the Depositor with reasonable further instructions; the
      right 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
      accountable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the
      performance of any such act;

            (viii)The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety
      with respect to the execution of the trust created hereby or the powers
      granted hereunder, except as provided in Subsection 9.07; and

            (ix) The Trustee shall not have any duty to conduct any affirmative
      investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the
      repurchase of any Mortgage Loan by any Person pursuant to this Agreement,
      or the eligibility of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement.

      (b) The Trustee is hereby directed by the Depositor to execute and deliver
the Insurance Agreement and the Yield Maintenance Agreements. Amounts payable by
the Trust on the Closing Date pursuant to the Yield Maintenance Agreement shall
be paid by the Depositor or its designee. The Trustee in its individual capacity
shall have no responsibility for any of the undertakings, agreements or
representations with respect to the Yield Maintenance Agreement, including,
without limitation, for making any payments thereunder.

      Section 9.03 TRUSTEE NOT LIABLE FOR CERTIFICATES OR MORTGAGE LOANS.

      The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other than the
signature and countersignature of the Trustee on the Certificates) shall be
taken as the statements of the Depositor, and the Trustee shall not have any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates (other than the signature and
countersignature of the Trustee on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan
except as expressly provided in Sections 2.02 and 2.06 hereof; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee, or the related
Custodian on its behalf, of the obligation to review the Mortgage Files pursuant
to Section 2.02 of this Agreement. The Trustee's signature and countersignature
(or countersignature of its agent) on the Certificates shall be solely in its
capacity as Trustee and shall not constitute the Certificates an obligation of
the Trustee in any other capacity. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates or of the
proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid
to the Depositor with respect to the Mortgage Loans. Subject to Section 2.06,
the Trustee shall not be responsible for the legality or validity of this
Agreement or any document or instrument relating to this Agreement, the validity
of the execution of this Agreement or of any supplement hereto or instrument of
further assurance, or the validity, priority, perfection or sufficiency of the
security for the Certificates issued hereunder or intended to be issued
hereunder. The Trustee shall not at any time have any responsibility or
liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of
any Mortgage or any Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and priority of any
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respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Fund or its ability to generate the
payments to be distributed to Certificateholders, under this Agreement. The
Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation
statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain
the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to
record this Agreement.

      Section 9.04 TRUSTEE MAY OWN CERTIFICATES.

      The Trustee in its individual capacity or in any capacity other than as
Trustee hereunder may become the owner or pledgee of any Certificates with the
same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee and may otherwise deal with
the parties hereto.

      Section 9.05 TRUSTEE'S FEES AND EXPENSES.

      The Trustee will be entitled to recover from the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 4.05, the Trustee Fee, all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, disbursements and advances and the expenses of the Trustee in
connection with any Event of Default (or anything related thereto, including any
determination that an Event of Default does or does not exist), any breach of
this Agreement or any claim or legal action (including any pending or threatened
claim or legal action) incurred or made by the Trustee in the administration of
the trusts hereunder (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements of its counsel) except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may arise from its negligence or intentional misconduct or which is the
responsibility of the Certificateholders hereunder. If funds in the Distribution
Account are insufficient therefor, the Trustee shall recover such expenses,
disbursements or advances from the Depositor and the Depositor hereby agrees to
pay such expenses, disbursements or advances. Such compensation and
reimbursement obligation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard
to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust.

      Section 9.06 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUSTEE.

      The Trustee and any successor Trustee shall during the entire duration of
this Agreement be a state bank or trust company or a national banking
association organized and doing business under the laws of a state or the United
States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of at least
$50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority
and rated "BBB" or higher by Fitch with respect to their long-term rating and
rated "BBB" or higher by Standard & Poor's and "Baa2" or higher by Moody's with
respect to any outstanding long-term unsecured unsubordinated debt, and, in the
case of a successor Trustee other than pursuant to Section 9.10, rated in one of
the two highest long-term debt categories of, or otherwise acceptable to, each
of the Rating Agencies and the Certificate Insurer (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld). The Trustee shall not be an Affiliate of the Master
Servicer. If the Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 9.06 the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its total equity capital
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capital and surplus) as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.06, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 9.08.

      Section 9.07 INSURANCE.

      The Trustee, at its own expense, shall at all times maintain and keep in
full force and effect: (i) fidelity insurance, (ii) theft of documents insurance
and (iii) forgery insurance (which may be collectively satisfied by a "Financial
Institution Bond" and/or a "Bankers' Blanket Bond"); provided, that such
insurance may be provided through self-insurance so long as the Trustee is rated
"A" or better by S&P and "A1" or better by Moody's. All such insurance shall be
in amounts, with standard coverage and subject to deductibles, as are customary
for insurance typically maintained by banks or their affiliates which act as
custodians for investor-owned mortgage pools. A certificate of an officer of the
Trustee as to the Trustee's compliance with this Section 9.07 shall be furnished
to any Certificateholder and the Certificate Insurer upon reasonable written
request.

      Section 9.08 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.

      The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the Trust hereby
created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Seller and the
Master Servicer, with a copy to the Rating Agencies and the Certificate Insurer.
Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint
a successor trustee by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to each of the resigning Trustee and the successor
trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted
appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee.

      If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 9.06 hereof and shall fail to resign after
written request thereto by the Depositor, (ii) the Trustee shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or
(iii)(A) a tax is imposed with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which
the Trustee or the Trust Fund is located, (B) the imposition of such tax would
be avoided by the appointment of a different trustee and (C) the Trustee fails
to indemnify the Trust Fund against such tax, then the Depositor or the Master
Servicer may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written
instrument, in multiple copies, a copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the successor trustee.

      The Holders evidencing at least 51% of the Voting Rights of each Class of
Certificates (with the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) may at any time remove the Trustee
and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument or instruments, in
multiple copies, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly
authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered by the
successor trustee to the Master Servicer, the Trustee so removed and the
successor trustee so appointed.

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Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be given to each Rating Agency and
the Certificate Insurer by the Trustee or successor trustee.

      Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 9.08 shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
Section 9.09 hereof.

      Section 9.09 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.

      Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 9.08 hereof shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, to its predecessor trustee,
the Master Servicer and the Certificate Insurer an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the
like effect as if originally named as trustee herein.

      No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section
9.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 9.07 hereof and its appointment shall
not adversely affect the then current rating of the Certificates (determined
without regard to the Class II-A Policy).

      Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this
Section 9.09, the successor trustee shall mail notice of the succession of such
trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates and the Certificate Insurer. If
the successor trustee fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance
of appointment, the Depositor shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Trust Fund.

      Section 9.10 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE.

      Any corporation, state bank or national banking association into which the
Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any
corporation, state bank or national banking association resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation, state bank or national banking association succeeding to
substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
eligible under the provisions of Section 9.06 hereof without the execution or
filing of any paper or further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

      Section 9.11 APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE.

      Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of the Trust Fund or property securing any Mortgage Note may at the time be
located, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power
and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees jointly with the
Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the
Trust Fund,

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and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of
the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer, such title to the Trust Fund
or any part thereof, whichever is applicable, and, subject to the other
provisions of this Section 9.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or
desirable. If the Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment
within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, or in the case an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall
have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee
hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor
trustee under Section 9.06 and no notice to Certificateholders of the
appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under
Section 9.09.

      Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

            (i) All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed
      upon the Trustee, except for the obligation of the Trustee under this
      Agreement to advance funds on behalf of the Master Servicer, shall be
      conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and
      such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such
      separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without
      the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law
      of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be
      performed (whether a Trustee hereunder or as a Successor Master Servicer
      hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform
      such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
      obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any
      portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed
      singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction
      of the Trustee;

            (ii) No trustee hereunder shall be held personally liable by reason
      of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

            (iii) The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or
      remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

      Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed
to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as
effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article IX. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as
may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement,
specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct
of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every
such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to the
Master Servicer and the Depositor.

      Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the
Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the
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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 9.12 TAX MATTERS.

      It is intended that the Trust Fund shall constitute, and that the affairs
of the Trust Fund shall be conducted so that each REMIC formed hereunder
qualifies as, a "real estate mortgage investment conduit" as defined in and in
accordance with the REMIC Provisions. In furtherance of such intention, the
Trustee covenants and agrees that it shall act as agent (and the Trustee is
hereby appointed to act as agent) on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Trustee, as
agent on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall do or refrain from doing, as
applicable, the following: (a) the Trustee shall prepare and file, or cause to
be prepared and filed, in a timely manner, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment
Conduit Income Tax Returns (Form 1066 or any successor form adopted by the
Internal Revenue Service) and prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed
with the Internal Revenue Service and applicable state or local tax authorities
income tax or information returns for each taxable year with respect to each
such REMIC containing such information and at the times and in the manner as may
be required by the Code or state or local tax laws, regulations, or rules, and
furnish or cause to be furnished to Certificateholders the schedules, statements
or information at such times and in such manner as may be required thereby; (b)
the Trustee shall apply for an employer identification number with the Internal
Revenue Service via a Form SS-4 or other comparable method for each REMIC that
is or becomes a taxable entity, and within thirty days of the Closing Date,
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Internal Revenue Service, on Forms 8811
or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title, address, and
telephone number of the person that the holders of the Certificates may contact
for tax information relating thereto, together with such additional information
as may be required by such Form, and update such information at the time or
times in the manner required by the Code for the Trust Fund; (c) the Trustee
shall make or cause to be made elections, on behalf of each REMIC formed
hereunder to be treated as a REMIC on the federal tax return of such REMIC for
its first taxable year (and, if necessary, under applicable state law); (d) the
Trustee shall prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the
Certificateholders and to the Internal Revenue Service and, if necessary, state
tax authorities, all information returns and reports as and when required to be
provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions, including without
limitation, the calculation of any original issue discount using the Prepayment
Assumption; (e) the Trustee shall provide information necessary for the
computation of tax imposed on the transfer of a Residual Certificate to a Person
that is not a Permitted Transferee, or an agent (including a broker, nominee or
other middleman) of a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, or a
pass-through entity in which a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee is the
record holder of an interest (the reasonable cost of computing and furnishing
such information may be charged to the Person liable for such tax); (f) the
Trustee shall, to the extent under its control, conduct the affairs of the Trust
Fund at all times that any Certificates are outstanding so as to maintain the
status of each REMIC formed hereunder as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions; (g)
the Trustee shall not knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take
any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any REMIC
formed hereunder; (h) the Trustee shall pay, from the sources specified in the
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this Section 9.12, the amount of any federal, state and local taxes, including
prohibited transaction taxes as described below, imposed on any REMIC formed
hereunder prior to the termination of the Trust Fund when and as the same shall
be due and payable (but such obligation shall not prevent the Trustee or any
other appropriate Person from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings
and shall not prevent the Trustee from withholding payment of such tax, if
permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings); (i) the Trustee
shall maintain records relating to each REMIC formed hereunder including but not
limited to the income, expenses, assets and liabilities of each such REMIC and
adjusted basis of the Trust Fund property determined at such intervals as may be
required by the Code, as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns,
schedules, statements or information; (j) the Trustee shall, for federal income
tax purposes, maintain books and records with respect to the REMICs on a
calendar year and on an accrual basis; (k) the Trustee shall not enter into any
arrangement not otherwise provided for in this Agreement by which the REMICs
will receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit the REMICs to
receive any income from assets other than "qualified mortgages" as defined in
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or "permitted investments" as defined in Section
860G(a)(5) of the Code; and (l) as and when necessary and appropriate, the
Trustee, at the expense of the Trust Fund, shall represent the Trust Fund in any
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to an examination or audit by
any governmental taxing authority, request an administrative adjustment as to
any taxable year of any REMIC formed hereunder, enter into settlement agreements
with any governmental taxing agency, extend any statute of limitations relating
to any tax item of the Trust Fund, and otherwise act on behalf of each REMIC
formed hereunder in relation to any tax matter involving any such REMIC.

      In order to enable the Trustee to perform its duties as set forth herein,
the Depositor shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the Trustee within 10
days after the Closing Date all information or data that the Trustee requests in
writing and determines to be relevant for tax purposes to the valuations and
offering prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price,
yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flows of the Certificates and
the Mortgage Loans. Thereafter, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee
promptly upon written request therefor, any such additional information or data
that the Trustee may, from time to time, request in order to enable the Trustee
to perform its duties as set forth herein. The Depositor hereby indemnifies the
Trustee for any losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses of the Trustee
arising from any errors or miscalculations of the Trustee that result from any
failure of the Depositor to provide, or to cause to be provided, accurate
information or data to the Trustee on a timely basis.

      In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited transactions" of any
of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of
the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of the Trust Fund as
defined in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contribution to any of REMIC I,
REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV after the startup day pursuant to Section
860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax is imposed, including, without limitation,
any federal, state or local tax or minimum tax imposed upon any of REMIC I,
REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV, and is not paid as otherwise provided for
herein, such tax shall be paid by (i) the Trustee, if any such other tax arises
out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its obligations under
this Agreement, (ii) any party hereto (other than the Trustee) to the extent any
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its obligations under this Agreement or (iii) in all other cases, or in the
event that any liable party hereto fails to honor its obligations under the
preceding clauses (i) or (ii), any such tax will be paid first with amounts
otherwise to be distributed to the Class R Certificateholders, and second with
amounts otherwise to be distributed to all other Certificateholders in the
following order of priority: first, to the Class M-7A Certificates and Class
M-7B Certificates (pro rata based on their then outstanding Certificate
Principal Balances prior to giving effect to distributions to be made on such
Distribution Date), second, to the Class M-6 Certificates, third, to the Class
M-5 Certificates, fourth, to the Class M-4 Certificates, fifth, to the Class M-3
Certificates, sixth, to the Class M-2 Certificates, seventh to the Class M-1
Certificates, and eighth to the Class A Certificates (pro rata based on the
amounts to be distributed). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, to the extent that such tax is payable by the Holder of any
Certificates, the Trustee is hereby authorized to retain on any Distribution
Date, from the Holders of the Class R Certificates (and, if necessary, second,
from the Holders of the other Certificates in the priority specified in the
preceding sentence), funds otherwise distributable to such Holders in an amount
sufficient to pay such tax. The Trustee shall promptly notify in writing the
party liable for any such tax of the amount thereof and the due date for the
payment thereof.

      The Trustee agrees that, in the event it should obtain any information
necessary for the other party to perform its obligations pursuant to this
Section 9.12, it will promptly notify and provide such information to such other
party.

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                                   ARTICLE X

                                   TERMINATION

      Section 10.01 TERMINATION UPON LIQUIDATION OR REPURCHASE OF ALL MORTGAGE
LOANS.

      Subject to Section 10.03, the obligations and responsibilities of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Seller and the Trustee created hereby with
respect to the Trust Fund shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the purchase
by the Master Servicer of all of the Mortgage Loans (and REO Properties)
remaining in the Trust Fund at a price (the "Mortgage Loan Purchase Price")
equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage
Loan (other than in respect of REO Property), (ii) accrued interest thereon at
the applicable Mortgage Rate to, but not including, the first day of the month
of such purchase, (iii) the appraised value of any REO Property in the Trust
Fund (up to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan), such
appraisal to be conducted by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, (iv) unreimbursed out-of pocket costs of the Master
Servicer, including unreimbursed servicing advances and the principal portion of
any unreimbursed Advances, made on the Mortgage Loans prior to the exercise of
such repurchase right, (v) any unreimbursed costs and expenses of the Trustee
payable pursuant to Section 9.05 and (vi) the amount of any Reimbursement Amount
due to the Certificate Insurer and (b) the later of (i) the maturity or other
liquidation (or any Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO Property and (ii) the
distribution to Certificateholders and to the Certificate Insurer of all amounts
required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement, as applicable. In
no event shall the trusts created hereby continue beyond the earlier of (i) the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of
Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St.
James, living on the date hereof and (ii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

      The right to repurchase all Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to
clause in the preceding paragraph shall be conditioned upon the Stated Principal
Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans in the Trust Fund, at the time of any such
repurchase, aggregating 10% or less of the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans.

      Section 10.02 FINAL DISTRIBUTION ON THE CERTIFICATES.

      If on any Determination Date, (i) the Master Servicer determines that
there are no Outstanding Mortgage Loans and no other funds or assets in the
Trust Fund other than the funds in the Protected Account, the Master Servicer
shall direct the Trustee to send a final distribution notice promptly to the
Certificate Insurer and each Certificateholder or (ii) the Trustee determines
that a Class of Certificates shall be retired after a final distribution on such
Class, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders (and the Certificate
Insurer with respect to the Class II-A Certificates) within five (5) Business
Days after such Determination Date that the final distribution in retirement of
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immediately following Distribution Date. Any final distribution made pursuant to
the immediately preceding sentence will be made only upon presentation and
surrender of the related Certificates at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee. If the Master Servicer elects to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to
Section 10.01, at least 20 days prior to the date notice is to be mailed to the
Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall notify the Depositor, the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee of the date the Master Servicer intends to
terminate the Trust Fund. The Master Servicer shall remit the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Price to the Trustee on the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date
for such Optional Termination by the Master Servicer.

      Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund, specifying the Distribution
Date on which Certificateholders may surrender their Certificates for payment of
the final distribution and cancellation, shall be given promptly by the Trustee
by letter to Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer mailed not later
than two Business Days after the Determination Date in the month of such final
distribution. Any such notice shall specify (a) the Distribution Date upon which
final distribution on the Certificates will be made upon presentation and
surrender of Certificates at the office therein designated, (b) the amount of
such final distribution, (c) the location of the office or agency at which such
presentation and surrender must be made and (d) that the Record Date otherwise
applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, distributions being made
only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office therein
specified. The Trustee will give such notice to each Rating Agency at the time
such notice is given to Certificateholders.

      In the event such notice is given, the Master Servicer shall cause all
funds in the Protected Account to be remitted to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account on the Business Day prior to the applicable Distribution
Date in an amount equal to the final distribution in respect of the Certificates
and any Reimbursement Amounts due to the Certificate Insurer. Upon such final
deposit with respect to the Trust Fund and the receipt by the Trustee of a
Request for Release therefor, the Trustee or the related Custodian shall
promptly release to EMC as applicable the Mortgage Files for the Mortgage Loans
and the Trustee shall execute and deliver any documents prepared and delivered
to it which are necessary to transfer any REO Property.

      Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee shall
cause to be distributed to Certificateholders of each Class and to the
Certificate Insurer the amounts allocable to such Certificates and to the
Certificate Insurer held in the Distribution Account in the order and priority
set forth in Section 5.04 hereof on the final Distribution Date and in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.

      In the event that any affected Certificateholders shall not surrender
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written notice
to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
six months after the second notice all the applicable Certificates shall not
have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps,
or may appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining
Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates, and the cost
thereof shall be paid out of the funds and other assets that remain a part of
the Trust Fund. If within one year after the second notice all Certificates
shall not have been surrendered

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for cancellation, the Class R Certificateholders shall be entitled to all
unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that remain subject hereto.

      Section 10.03 ADDITIONAL TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS.

      (a) Upon exercise by the Master Servicer of its purchase option as
provided in Section 10.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee
and the Certificate Insurer, at the expense of the Master Servicer, to the
effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to comply with the requirements of
this Section 10.03 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" of a REMIC, or (ii) cause a REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that any Certificates are outstanding:

      (1) The Master Servicer shall establish a 90-day liquidation period and
notify the Trustee thereof, and the Trustee shall in turn specify the first day
of such period in a statement attached to the tax return for any of REMIC I,
REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
1.860F-1. The Master Servicer shall satisfy all the requirements of a qualified
liquidation under Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel obtained at the expense of the Master
Servicer;

      (2) During such 90-day liquidation period, and at or prior to the time of
making the final payment on the Certificates, the Trustee shall sell all of the
assets of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV for cash; and

      (3) At the time of the making of the final payment on the Certificates,
the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be distributed or credited,
to the Holders of the Residual Certificates all cash on hand (other than cash
retained to meet claims), and REMIC I shall terminate at that time.

      (b) By their acceptance of the Certificates, the Holders thereof hereby
authorize the adoption of a 90-day liquidation period for REMIC I, REMIC II,
REMIC III and REMIC IV, which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.

      (c) The Trustee as agent for each REMIC hereby agrees to adopt and sign
such a plan of complete liquidation upon the written request of the Master
Servicer, and the receipt of the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section
10.03(a)(1) and to take such other action in connection therewith as may be
reasonably requested by the Master Servicer.

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                                   ARTICLE XI

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

      Section 11.01 AMENDMENT.

      This Agreement may be amended from time to time by parties hereto, with
the consent of the Certificate Insurer but without the consent of any of the
Certificateholders to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions herein (including to give effect to the expectations of investors),
to change the manner in which the Protected Account is maintained or to make
such other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Agreement as shall not be inconsistent with any other provisions herein if such
action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the
Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder; provided that any such amendment shall be deemed not to
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Certificateholders
and no such Opinion of Counsel shall be required if the Person requesting such
amendment obtains a letter from each Rating Agency stating that such amendment
would not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the respective ratings then
assigned to the Certificates (determined without regard to the Class II-A
Policy).

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the
Certificateholders, the parties hereto may at any time and from time to time
amend this Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to
such extent as shall be necessary or appropriate to maintain the qualification
of any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV as a REMIC under the Code or
to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any tax on any of REMIC I,
REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV pursuant to the Code that would be a claim
against any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC IV at any time prior to the
final redemption of the Certificates, provided that the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer has been provided an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the
Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, which opinion shall be an expense of the
party requesting such opinion but in any case shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Trust Fund, to the effect that such action is necessary or
appropriate to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of
the imposition of such a tax.

      This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties hereto
with the consent of the Certificate Insurer and the Holders of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby evidencing over 50% of the Voting Rights of such
Class or Classes for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided that no such
amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
payments required to be distributed on any Certificate without the consent of
the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III
or REMIC IV to cease to qualify as a REMIC or (iii) reduce the aforesaid
percentages of Certificates of each Class the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment without the consent of the Holders of all
Certificates of such Class then outstanding.

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      Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
shall not consent to any amendment to this Agreement unless it and the
Certificate Insurer shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel addressed to
the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, which opinion shall be an expense of
the party requesting such amendment but in any case shall not be an expense of
the Trustee, to the effect that such amendment will not (other than an amendment
pursuant to clause (ii) of, and in accordance with, the preceding paragraph)
cause the imposition of any tax on any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC
IV or the Certificateholders or cause any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or
REMIC IV to cease to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are
outstanding. Further, nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trustee to
enter into an amendment without receiving an Opinion of Counsel (a copy of which
shall be addressed to and delivered to the Certificate Insurer), satisfactory to
the Trustee that (i) such amendment is permitted and is not prohibited by this
Agreement and that all requirements for amending this Agreement (including any
consent of the applicable Certificateholders) have been complied with.

      Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement requiring
the consent of Certificateholders, the Trustee shall furnish written
notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder, the
Certificate Insurer and each Rating Agency.

      It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution
thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as
the Trustee may prescribe.

      Section 11.02 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
of the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the
Mortgaged Properties are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording
office or elsewhere. The Master Servicer shall effect such recordation at the
Trust's expense upon the request in writing of a Certificateholder, but only if
such direction is accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense
of the Certificateholder requesting recordation) to the effect that such
recordation would materially and beneficially affect the interests of the
Certificateholders or is required by law.

      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 constitute but one and
the same instrument.

      Section 11.03 GOVERNING LAW.

      THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO
BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE

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OF NEW YORK AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND
THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF
THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAWS).

      Section 11.04 INTENTION OF PARTIES.

      It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the
Mortgage Notes, Mortgages, assignments of Mortgages, title insurance policies
and any modifications, extensions and/or assumption agreements and private
mortgage insurance policies relating to the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the
Depositor, and by the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be construed as, an
absolute sale thereof to the Depositor or the Trustee, as applicable. It is,
further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a
pledge thereof by the Seller to the Depositor, or by the Depositor to the
Trustee. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the intent of the parties,
such assets are held to be the property of the Seller or the Depositor, as
applicable, or if for any other reason the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
this Agreement is held or deemed to create a security interest in such assets,
then (i) the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement shall each be
deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial
Code of the State of New York and (ii) the conveyance provided for in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement from the Seller to the Depositor, and the
conveyance provided for in this Agreement from the Depositor to the Trustee,
shall be deemed to be an assignment and a grant by the Seller or the Depositor,
as applicable, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate
Insurer, of a security interest in all of the assets that constitute the Trust
Fund, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

      The Depositor for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the
Certificate Insurer shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement, take
such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this Agreement were deemed
to create a security interest in the assets of the Trust Fund, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Agreement.

      Section 11.05 NOTICES.

      (a) The Trustee shall use its best efforts to promptly provide notice to
each Rating Agency and the Certificate Insurer with respect to each of the
following of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge:

            (i) Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

            (ii) The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;

            (iii) The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or the
      Trustee and the appointment of any successor;

            (iv) The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
      Sections 2.02, 2.03, 3.18 and 10.01; and

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            (v) The final payment to Certificateholders.

      (b) All directions, demands and notices hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by recognized
overnight courier, or by facsimile transmission to a number provided by the
appropriate party if receipt of such transmission is confirmed to (i) in the
case of the Depositor, Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, 383 Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Chief Counsel; (ii) in the case of
the Seller or the Master Servicer, EMC Mortgage Corporation, 909 Hidden Ridge
Drive, Irving, Texas 75038, Attention: Ralene Ruyle or such other address as may
be hereafter furnished to the other parties hereto by the Master Servicer in
writing; (iii) in the case of the Trustee, at each Corporate Trust Office or
such other address as the Trustee may hereafter furnish to the other parties
hereto; (iv) in the case of the Certificate Insurer, Assured Guaranty Corp.,
1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: General
Counsel, with a copy to Risk Management at the same address, or such other
address as may be hereafter furnished to the Trustee by the Certificate Insurer
in writing; and (v) in the case of the Rating Agencies, (x) Moody's Investors
Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, Attention: Home
Equity Monitoring and (y) Standard & Poor's, 55 Water Street, 41st Floor, New
York, New York 10041, Attention: Mortgage Surveillance Group. Any notice
delivered to the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate
Insurer under this Agreement shall be effective only upon receipt. Any notice
required or permitted to be mailed to a Certificateholder, unless otherwise
provided herein, shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the
address of such Certificateholder as shown in the Certificate Register; any
notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
Certificateholder receives such notice.

      Section 11.06 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.

      If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

      Section 11.07 ASSIGNMENT.

      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as
provided pursuant to Section 7.02, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Master Servicer, the Seller or the Depositor.

      Section 11.08 LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS.

      The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to
terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, nor entitle such Certificateholder's
legal representative or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
commence any proceeding in any court for a petition

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or winding up of the Trust Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

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

      No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing itself
of any provisions of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding
in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of an Event
of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, the Holders
of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights evidenced by
the Certificates shall also have made written request to the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute any such
action, suit or proceeding; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing itself or
themselves of any provisions of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of the Holders of any other of the Certificates, or to obtain or seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of
the provisions of this Section 11.08, each and every Certificateholder or the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in
equity.

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      Section 11.09 INSPECTION AND AUDIT RIGHTS. The Master Servicer agrees
that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the
Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer during the Master Servicer's
normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports and
other papers of the Master Servicer relating to the Mortgage Loans, to make
copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by independent
certified public accountants selected by the Depositor, the Trustee or the
Certificate Insurer and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts relating
to such Mortgage Loans with its officers, employees and independent public
accountants (and by this provision the Master Servicer hereby authorizes such
accountants to discuss with such representative such affairs, finances and
accounts), all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably
requested. Any out-of-pocket expense incident to the exercise by the Depositor,
the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer of any right under this Section 11.09
shall be borne by the party requesting such inspection, subject to such party's
right to reimbursement hereunder (in the case of the Trustee, pursuant to
Section 9.05 hereof or in the case of the Certificate Insurer, solely if a
Rating Event exists or at any time the Certificate Insurer has not be fully
reimbursed for amounts paid pursuant to the Class II-A Policy, as provided in
the Insurance Agreement).

      Section 11.10 CERTIFICATES NONASSESSABLE AND FULLY PAID.

      It is the intention of the Depositor that Certificateholders shall not be
personally liable for obligations of the Trust Fund, that the interests in the
Trust Fund represented by the Certificates shall be nonassessable for any reason
whatsoever, and that the Certificates, upon due authentication thereof by the
Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall be deemed fully paid.

      Section 11.11 CERTIFICATE INSURER RIGHTS.

      (a) All notices, statements, reports, certificates, lists or opinions
required by this Agreement to be sent to the parties hereto, the Rating Agencies
or the Class II-A Certificateholders shall also be sent at such time to the
Certificate Insurer at the notice address set forth in Section 11.05.

      (b) The Certificate Insurer shall be an express third party beneficiary of
this Agreement for the purpose of enforcing the provisions hereof to the extent
of the Certificate Insurer's or any Class II-A Certificateholder's rights
explicitly specified herein as if a party hereto.

      (c) All references herein to the ratings assigned to the Certificates and
to the interests of any Certificateholders shall be without regard to the Class
II-A Policy.

      (d) The Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer shall cooperate in
all respects with any reasonable request by the Certificate Insurer for action
to preserve or enforce the Certificate Insurer's rights or interests hereunder
without limiting the rights or affecting the interests of the Certificateholders
as otherwise set forth herein.

      (e) The Certificate Insurer will have the right to exercise all rights,
including voting rights, which the Holders of the Class II-A Certificates are
entitled to exercise under this

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Agreement, under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or any other instrument,
document or agreement relating to the foregoing. In addition, the Certificate
Insurer shall have the right to participate in, to direct the enforcement or
defense of, and, at the Certificate Insurer's sole option, to institute or
assume the defense of, any action, proceeding or investigation for any remedy
available to the Trustee with respect to any matter that could adversely affect
the Trust, the Trust Fund or the rights or obligations of the Certificate
Insurer hereunder, under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, under the
Insurance Agreement or under the Class II-A Policy or any other instrument,
document or agreement relating to the foregoing or under the other Transaction
Documents, including (without limitation) any insolvency or bankruptcy
proceeding in respect of the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or any
Affiliate thereof provided, that such participation or direction shall not be in
conflict with any rule of law or with the terms of this Agreement. Following
written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer shall have the exclusive
right to determine, in its sole discretion, the actions necessary to preserve
and protect the Trust and the Trust Fund.

      (f) The Trustee hereby agrees to provide to the Certificate Insurer prompt
written notice of any action, proceeding or investigation of which it has actual
knowledge that names the Trust or the Trustee as a party or that could adversely
affect the Trust or the Trust Fund.

      (g) Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in any of the other
Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Trustee shall not, without the
Certificate Insurer's prior written consent or unless directed in writing by the
Certificate Insurer, undertake or join any litigation or agree to any settlement
of any action, proceeding or investigation affecting the Trust or the Trust Fund
to the extent any such settlement, action, proceeding or investigation could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse affect on the rights or
obligations of the Certificate Insurer hereunder or under the Class II-A Policy
or the Transaction Documents.

      (h) Each Holder of a Certificate, by acceptance of its Certificate, and
the Trustee agree that Certificate Insurer shall have such rights as set forth
in this Section, which are in addition to any rights of the Certificate Insurer
pursuant to the other provisions of the Transaction Documents, that the rights
set forth in this Section may be exercised by the Certificate Insurer, in its
sole discretion, without the need for the consent or approval of any
Certificateholder or the Trustee, notwithstanding any other provision contained
herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents, and that nothing contained
in this Section shall be deemed to be an obligation of the Certificate Insurer
to exercise any of the rights provided for herein.

                                    * * *

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

                                    BEAR  STEARNS  ASSET  BACKED  SECURITIES
                                    I LLC,
                                          as Depositor

                                    By: /s/ Matthew Perkins
                                    --------------------------------------
                                    Name: Matthew Perkins
                                    Title: Vice President

                                    EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
                                          as Seller and Master Servicer

                                    By: /s/ Sue Stepanek
                                    --------------------------------------
                                    Name: Sue Stepanek
                                    Title: Executive Vice President

                                    LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                          as Trustee

                                    By: /s/ Christopher Lewis
                                    --------------------------------------
                                    Name: Christopher Lewis
                                    Title: Assistant Vice President

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

      On this 29th day of October, 2004, before me, a notary public in and for
said State, appeared ______________, personally known to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be an authorized representative of Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities I LLC, one of the companies that executed the within
instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of
such limited liability company and acknowledged to me that such limited
liability company executed the within instrument.

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

                                                ---------------------------
                                                Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]

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STATE OF TEXAS          )
                        ) ss.:
COUNTY OF   DALLAS      )

      On this 29th day of October, 2004, before me, a notary public in and for
said State, appeared Sue Stepanek, personally known to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be an authorized representative of EMC Mortgage
Corporation, one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and
also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such corporation
and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.

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

                                                ---------------------------
                                                Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]

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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
                        ) ss.:
COUNTY OF   COOK        )

      On this 29th day of October, 2004, before me, a notary public in and for
said State, appeared _________________ , personally known to me on the basis of
satisfactory evidence to be an authorized representative of LaSalle Bank
National Association that executed the within instrument, and also known to me
to be the person who executed it on behalf of such corporation, and acknowledged
to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.

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

                                                ---------------------------
                                                Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]

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                                   EXHIBIT A-1

                          Form of Class A Certificates

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

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

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

                                     A-1-1
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Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and Cut-off Date: October 1, 2004

Certificate No. 1                       Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class
[I-A-1][I-A-2][I-A-3][II-A][III-A-1]
[III-A-2] Senior

Date of Pooling and Servicing           Aggregate Initial Certificate
Agreement and Cut-off Date: October     Principal  Balance of this Certificate
1, 2004                                 as of the Cut-off Date:
                                        $[__________]

First Distribution Date:                Initial Certificate Principal Balance
November 26, 2004                       of this  Certificate as of the Cut-off
                                        Date:
                                        $[__________]

Master Servicer:                        CUSIP: [_____]
EMC Mortgage Corporation

Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
[___________ , ___]

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE9

      evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions allocable
      to the Class [I-A-1][I-A-2][I-A-3][II-A][III-A-1][III-A-2] Certificates
      with respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of
      conventional, closed-end one- to four-family first and second lien, fixed
      and adjustable interest rate mortgage loans sold by BEAR STEARNS ASSET
      BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

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

            This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of
Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the "Trust Fund")
generally consisting of conventional, closed-end first and second lien, fixed
and adjustable rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences
(collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed
Securities I LLC ("BSABS I"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC")

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

            Interest on this Certificate will accrue from and including the
immediately preceding Distribution Date (or with respect to the First
Distribution Date, the Closing Date) to and including the day prior to the
current Distribution Date on the Certificate Principal Balance hereof at a per
annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate set forth above. The Trustee will
distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if such 25th day is not a Business
Day, the immediately following Business Day (each, a "Distribution Date"),
commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in
whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date so long as such
Certificate remains in book-entry form (and otherwise, the close of business on
the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month of such
Distribution Date), an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount (of interest and principal, if any)
required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as
this Certificate.

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

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

            [This Certificate is entitled to the benefits of an irrevocable and
unconditional financial guaranty insurance policy issued by Assured Guaranty
Corp. (the "Policy").]

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

                                     A-1-3
<PAGE>

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

            The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time
to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Certificate Insurer and
the Holders of each Class of Certificates affected thereby evidencing over 50%
of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes. Any such consent by the Holder of
this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon the
transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Certificates.

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

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

            No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any
such registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of any
of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and none of Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

            The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) the later of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and disposition
of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or
(ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the
Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms
of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the
first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans is less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right will

                                     A-1-4
<PAGE>

effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will the
Trust Fund created by the Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years
after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement.

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

                                     A-1-5
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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
duly executed.

Dated: _____________, ____          LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                    not in its individual  capacity but solely
                                    as Trustee

                                    By: __________________________________
                                             Authorized Signatory

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

            This is one of the Class [I-A-1][I-A-2][I-A-3][II-A][III-A-1][III
-A-2] Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

                                    LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Authorized
                                    signatory of LaSalle Bank National
                                    Association, not in its individual capacity
                                    but solely as Trustee
                                    By: __________________________________
                                                 Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                   ASSIGNMENT

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

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

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Dated:                  ______________________________________________________
                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                    __________________________________________
                                          Signature Guaranteed

                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

            The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account
of _________________________ account number _____________, or, if mailed by
check, to ______________________________. Applicable statements should be mailed
to _____________________________________________.

            This information is provided by ___________________, the assignee
named above, or ________________________, as its agent.

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-2

           Form of Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7A][7B] Certificates

            THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE SENIOR
CERTIFICATES [,] [AND] [CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS M-2
CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS M-3 CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS M-4
CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS M-5 CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS M-6
CERTIFICATES] [,] [AND] [CLASS M-7A CERTIFICATES] [AND] [CLASS M-7B
CERTIFICATES] AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED BELOW).

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

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

            EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF A CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN SHALL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED, BY VIRTUE OF ITS ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THAT
CERTIFICATE OR INTEREST THEREIN, THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT A PLAN OR INVESTING
WITH "PLAN ASSETS", (II) IT HAS ACQUIRED AND IS HOLDING SUCH CERTIFICATE IN
RELIANCE ON PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION 2002-41 AS AMENDED ("EXEMPTION"),
AND THAT IT UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF
THE EXEMPTION, INCLUDING THAT THE CERTIFICATE MUST BE RATED, AT THE TIME OF
PURCHASE, NOT LOWER THAN "BBB-" (OR ITS EQUIVALENT) BY S&P, FITCH RATINGS OR
MOODY'S, AND THE CERTIFICATE IS SO RATED OR (III) (1) IT IS AN INSURANCE
COMPANY, (2) THE SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO ACQUIRE OR HOLD THE CERTIFICATE OR
INTEREST THEREIN IS AN "INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT," AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED IN PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 95-60, AND (3) THE
CONDITIONS IN SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.

            UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE

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<PAGE>

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

                                     A-2-2
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Certificate No.1                        Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7A][7B]
Subordinate

Date of Pooling and Servicing           Aggregate  Initial Certificate
Agreement and Cut-off Date: October     Principal  Balance of this Certificate
 1, 2004                                as of the Cut-off Date:
                                        $[__________]

First Distribution Date:                Initial Certificate  Principal Balance
November 26, 2004                       of this  Certificate as of the Cut-off
                                        Date:
                                        $[__________]

Master Servicer:                        CUSIP:  [_____]
EMC Mortgage Corporation

Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
November 25, 2034

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE9

      evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions allocable
      to the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7A][7B] Certificates with respect to a
      Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of conventional, closed-end one-
      to four-family first and second lien, fixed and adjustable interest rate
      mortgage loans sold by BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

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

            This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of the
Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of
Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the "Trust Fund")
generally consisting of conventional, closed-end first and second lien, fixed
and adjustable rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences

                                     A-2-4
<PAGE>

(collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed
Securities I LLC ("BSABS I"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC") to BSABS I. EMC will act as master servicer of the Mortgage
Loans (in that capacity, the "Master Servicer," which term includes any
successors thereto under the Agreement referred to below). The Trust Fund was
created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off
Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among BSABS I, as depositor (the
"Depositor"), EMC Mortgage Corporation as seller and Master Servicer and LaSalle
Bank National Association as trustee (the "Trustee"), a summary of certain of
the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning ascribed to
them in the Agreement. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder
of this Certificate by virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.

            Interest on this Certificate will accrue from and including the
immediately preceding Distribution Date (or with respect to the First
Distribution Date, the Closing Date) to and including the day prior to the
current Distribution Date on the Certificate Principal Balance hereof at a per
annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate set forth above. The Trustee will
distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if such 25th day is not a Business
Day, the immediately following Business Day (each, a "Distribution Date"),
commencing on the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in
whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution Date so long as such
Certificate remains in book-entry form (and otherwise, the close of business on
the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month of such
Distribution Date), an amount equal to the product of the Percentage Interest
evidenced by this Certificate and the amount (of interest and principal, if any)
required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the same Class as
this Certificate.

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

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

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

                                     A-2-5
<PAGE>

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

            The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time
to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Certificate Insurer and
the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates affected thereby evidencing
over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes. Any such consent by the
Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon
the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Certificates.

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

            Each beneficial owner of a Certificate or any interest therein shall
be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of that
certificate or interest therein, that either (i) it is not a Plan or investing
with "Plan Assets," (ii) it has acquired and is holding such certificate in
reliance on the Exemption, and that it understands that there are certain
conditions to the availability of the Exemption, including that the certificate
must be rated, at the time of purchase, not lower than "BBB-" (or its
equivalent) by S&P, Fitch Ratings or Moody's, and the certificate is so rated or
(iii) (1) it is an insurance company, (2) the source of funds used to acquire or
hold the certificate or interest therein is an "insurance company general
account," as such term is defined in Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
("PTCE") 95-60, and (3) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have
been satisfied.

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

            No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any
such registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of any
of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                                     A-2-6
<PAGE>

            The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) the later of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and disposition
of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or
(ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the
Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms
of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the
first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans is less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right will effect the
early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will the Trust Fund
created by the Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years after the
death of certain persons identified in the Agreement.

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

                                     A-2-7
<PAGE>
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: ______________, _____              LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                          not in its  individual  capacity but
                                          solely as Trustee

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                      Authorized Signatory

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

      This is one of the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7A][7B] Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.

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

                                    By: ______________________________________
                                             Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                   ASSIGNMENT

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

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

Dated:                  ______________________________________________________
                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                    __________________________________________
                                          Signature Guaranteed

                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

            The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account
of _________________________ account number _____________, or, if mailed by
check, to ______________________________. Applicable statements should be mailed
to _____________________________________________.

            This information is provided by __________________, the assignee
named above, or ________________________, as its agent.

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-3

                           Form of Class P Certificate

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

            THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE
DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL
ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE
ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE BY
INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN.

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

                                     A-3-1
<PAGE>

            NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO ANY PERSON, UNLESS
THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES EITHER A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.02 OF THE
AGREEMENT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT THE PURCHASE
AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA") OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, MASTER SERVICER OR
THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN
THE AGREEMENT.

                                     A-3-2
<PAGE>

Certificate No.1                        Percentage Interest: 100%

Class P

Date of Pooling and Servicing           Aggregate  Initial  Certificate
Agreement and Cut-off Date: October 1,  Principal Balance of this Certificate
2004                                    as of the Cut-off Date:
                                        $100.00

First Distribution Date:                Initial Certificate Principal Balance
November 26, 2004                       of this  Certificate as of the Cut-off
                                        Date:
                                        $100.00

Master Servicer:                        CUSIP:  [_____]
EMC Mortgage Corporation

Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
November 25, 2034

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE9

      evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions allocable
      to the Class P Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting
      primarily of a pool of conventional, closed-end one- to four-family first
      and second lien, fixed and adjustable interest rate mortgage loans sold by
      BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

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

            This certifies that ___________________ is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of
Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the "Trust Fund")
generally consisting of conventional, closed-end first and second lien, fixed
and adjustable rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences
(collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed
Securities I LLC ("BSABS I"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation

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

            Each Holder of this Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to be
bound by the restrictions set forth in the Agreement to the effect that (i) each
person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Certificate must be a
United States Person and a Permitted Transferee, (ii) the transfer of any
Ownership Interest in this Certificate will be conditioned upon the delivery to
the Trustee of, among other things, an affidavit to the effect that it is a
United States Person and Permitted Transferee, (iii) any attempted or purported
transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate in violation of such
restrictions will be absolutely null and void and will vest no rights in the
purported transferee, and (iv) if any person other than a United States Person
and a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in this Certificate
in violation of such restrictions, then the Depositor will have the right, in
its sole discretion and without notice to the Holder of this Certificate, to
sell this Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Depositor, which purchaser
may be the Depositor, or any affiliate of the Depositor, on such terms and
conditions as the Depositor may choose.

            The Trustee will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day
(each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the First Distribution Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at
the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the calendar month
immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, an amount
equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate
and the amounts required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the
same Class as this Certificate.

            Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests
by notifying the Trustee in writing as specified in the Agreement.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose and designated in such notice.

            No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective registration or
qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a
transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the
event that

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such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without registration or
qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such transfer is
purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, written
certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the
transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee, substantially in the
forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit E and either Exhibit F or G, as
applicable, and (ii) in all other cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to
it that such transfer may be made without such registration or qualification
(which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund or of the
Depositor, the Trustee or the Master Servicer in their respective capacities as
such), together with copies of the written certification(s) of the Holder of the
Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective
transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based. Neither the Depositor
nor the Trustee is obligated to register or qualify the Class of Certificates
specified on the face hereof under the 1933 Act or any other securities law or
to take any action not otherwise required under the Agreement to permit the
transfer of such Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Holder
desiring to effect a transfer of this Certificate shall be required to indemnify
the Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller and the Master Servicer 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 this Class P Certificate will be made unless the
transferee provides either a certification pursuant to section 6.02(b) of the
Agreement or an Opinion of Counsel under Section 6.02(b) of the Agreement
satisfactory to the Trustee that the purchase of this Certificate is permissible
under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not
subject the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation or
liability in addition to those undertaken in the agreement.

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

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

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

            The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time
to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Certificate Insurer and
the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates affected thereby evidencing
over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes. Any such consent by the
Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon
the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof

                                     A-3-5
<PAGE>

whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this Certificate. The
Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain limited circumstances,
without the consent of the Holders of any of the Certificates.

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

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

            No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any
such registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of any
of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

            The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) the later of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and disposition
of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or
(ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the
Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms
of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the
first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right
will effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will
the Trust Fund created by the Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21
years after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement.

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

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

Dated: ___________, ____            LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                    not in its individual  capacity but solely
                                    as Trustee

                                       By: __________________________________
                                                   Authorized Signatory

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

            This is one of the Class P Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

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

                                       By: __________________________________
                                                    Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                   ASSIGNMENT

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

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

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Dated:                  ______________________________________________________
                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                    __________________________________________
                                          Signature Guaranteed

                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

            The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account
of _________________________ account number _____________, or, if mailed by
check, to ______________________________. Applicable statements should be mailed
to _____________________________________________.

            This information is provided by __________________, the assignee
named above, or ________________________, as its agent.

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-4

                          Form of Class CE Certificates

            THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE SENIOR
CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M CERTIFICATES AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGREEMENT (AS
DEFINED BELOW).

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

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

            NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO ANY PERSON, UNLESS
THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES EITHER A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.02 OF THE
AGREEMENT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT THE PURCHASE
AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW,

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WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER
SECTION 406 OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
("ERISA") OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, MASTER
SERVICER OR THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE
UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT.

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Certificate No.1                        Percentage Interest: 100%

Class CE                                Variable Pass-Through Rate

Date of Pooling and Servicing           Initial Certificate Notional Balance
Agreement and Cut-off Date: October     of this Certificate as of the Cut-off
1, 2004                                 Date:
                                        $[__________]

First Distribution Date:                Aggregate  Certificate Notional
November 26, 2004                       Balance of this Certificate as of the
                                        Cut-off Date:
                                        $[__________]

Master Servicer:                        CUSIP:  [_____]
EMC Mortgage Corporation

Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
November 25, 2034

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE9

      evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions allocable
      to the Class CE Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund consisting
      primarily of a pool of conventional, closed-end one- to four-family first
      and second lien, fixed and adjustable interest rate mortgage loans sold by
      BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

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

            This certifies that __________________ is the registered owner of
the Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership interest of
Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the "Trust Fund")
generally consisting of conventional, closed-end first and second lien, fixed
and adjustable rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family residences
(collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Bear Stearns Asset Backed
Securities I LLC ("BSABS"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC") to

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<PAGE>

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

            The Trustee will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day
(each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the First Distribution Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at
the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the calendar month
immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, an amount
equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate
and the amounts required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the
same Class as this Certificate.

            Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests
by notifying the Trustee in writing as specified in the Agreement.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose and designated in such notice.

            No transfer of this Certificate shall be made unless the transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and an effective registration or
qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a
transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. In the
event that such a transfer of this Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification, the Trustee shall require receipt of (i) if such
transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A under the 1933
Act, written certifications from the Holder of the Certificate desiring to
effect the transfer, and from such Holder's prospective transferee,
substantially in the forms attached to the Agreement as Exhibit D and either
Exhibit E or F, as applicable, and (ii) in all other cases, an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made without such
registration or qualification (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense
of the Trust Fund or of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Master Servicer in
their respective capacities as such), together with copies of the written
certification(s) of the Holder of the Certificate desiring to effect the
transfer and/or such Holder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of
Counsel is based. Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee is obligated to register
or qualify the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof under the 1933
Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required
under the Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates without
registration or qualification. Any Holder desiring to effect a transfer of this
Certificate shall be

                                     A-4-4
<PAGE>

required to indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Seller and the Master
Servicer 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 this Class CE Certificate will be made unless the
transferee provides either a certification pursuant to section 6.02 of the
Agreement or an Opinion of Counsel under Section 6.02 of the Agreement
satisfactory to the Trustee that the purchase of this Certificate is permissible
under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not
subject the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation or
liability in addition to those undertaken in the agreement.

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

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

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

            The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time
to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Certificate Insurer and
the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates affected thereby evidencing
over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes. Any such consent by the
Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon
the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Certificates.

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

            The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons in the Classes and denominations specified in the Agreement. As
provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Certificate is exchangeable for one or more

                                     A-4-5
<PAGE>

new Certificates evidencing the same Class and in the same aggregate Percentage
Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

            No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any
such registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of any
of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

            The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of
(i) the later of (A) the maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect
thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and disposition
of all property acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any
Mortgage Loan and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or
(ii) the optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the
Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms
of the Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the
first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right
will effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will
the Trust Fund created by the Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21
years after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement.

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

                                     A-4-6
<PAGE>

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

Dated: ___________, ____            LASALLE BANK  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                    not in its individual  capacity but solely
                                    as Trustee

                                    By: ______________________________________
                                                      Authorized Signatory

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

      This is one of the Class CE Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

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

                                    By: ______________________________________
                                                      Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                   ASSIGNMENT

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

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

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Dated:                  ______________________________________________________
                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                    __________________________________________
                                          Signature Guaranteed

                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

            The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account
of _________________________ account number _____________, or, if mailed by
check, to ______________________________. Applicable statements should be mailed
to _____________________________________________.

            This information is provided by __________________, the assignee
named above, or ________________________, as its agent.

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-5

                     Form of Class R[-1][-2][X] Certificates

            THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE HELD BY OR TRANSFERRED TO A NON-UNITED
STATES PERSON OR A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION (AS DEFINED BELOW).

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

            NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO ANY PERSON, UNLESS
THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES EITHER A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.02 OF THE
AGREEMENT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT THE PURCHASE
AND HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA") OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, MASTER SERVICER OR
THE DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN IN
THE AGREEMENT.

            ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT TO THE MASTER
SERVICER AND THE TRUSTEE THAT (1) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (A) THE UNITED STATES,
ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES,
OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING (OTHER THAN AN
INSTRUMENTALITY WHICH IS A CORPORATION IF ALL OF ITS ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO
TAX AND EXCEPT FOR FREDDIE MAC, A MAJORITY OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS NOT
SELECTED BY SUCH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT), (B) A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF EITHER OF THE FOREGOING, (C)
ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN CERTAIN FARMERS' COOPERATIVES DESCRIBED IN SECTION
521 OF THE CODE) WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY CHAPTER 1 OF THE CODE
UNLESS SUCH ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE
CODE (INCLUDING THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION 511 OF THE CODE ON UNRELATED BUSINESS
TAXABLE INCOME), (D) RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE, (E) AN ELECTING LARGE PARTNERSHIP UNDER
SECTION 775(A) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE

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FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B), (C), (D) OR (E) BEING HEREIN REFERRED TO AS A
"DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION"), OR (F) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION,
(2) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX
AND (3) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION
IN THE CERTIFICATE REGISTER OR ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
CERTIFICATE TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO LEGAL FORCE OR
EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A CERTIFICATEHOLDER
FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CERTIFICATE. EACH HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ACCEPTANCE
OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
PARAGRAPH.

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Certificate No.1

Class R[-1][-2][X]                      Percentage Interest: 100%

Date of Pooling  and  Servicing
Agreement and Cut-off Date:  October 1,
2004

First Distribution Date:
November 26, 2004

Master Servicer:                        CUSIP:  [_____]
EMC Mortgage Corporation

Last Scheduled Distribution Date:
November 25, 2034

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE9

      evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions allocable
      to the Class R[-1][-2][X] Certificates with respect to a Trust Fund
      consisting primarily of a pool of conventional, closed-end one- to
      four-family first and second lien, fixed and adjustable interest rate
      mortgage loans sold by BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC.

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

            This certifies that Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. is the registered
owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership
interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the
"Trust Fund") generally consisting of conventional, closed-end first and second
lien, fixed and adjustable rate mortgage loans secured by one- to four- family
residences (collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities I LLC ("BSABS I"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC
Mortgage Corporation ("EMC") to BSABS I. EMC will act as master servicer of the
Mortgage Loans (in that capacity, the "Master Servicer," which term includes any
successors thereto under the Agreement referred

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to below). The Trust Fund was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of the Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among
BSABS I, as depositor (the "Depositor"), EMC Mortgage Corporation as seller and
Master Servicer and LaSalle Bank National Association as trustee (the
"Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set
forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. This Certificate is
issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Agreement, to which Agreement the Holder of this Certificate by virtue of its
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

            Each Holder of this Certificate will be deemed to have agreed to be
bound by the restrictions set forth in the Agreement to the effect that (i) each
person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in this Certificate must be a
United States Person and a Permitted Transferee, (ii) the transfer of any
Ownership Interest in this Certificate will be conditioned upon the delivery to
the Trustee of, among other things, an affidavit to the effect that it is a
United States Person and Permitted Transferee, (iii) any attempted or purported
transfer of any Ownership Interest in this Certificate in violation of such
restrictions will be absolutely null and void and will vest no rights in the
purported transferee, and (iv) if any person other than a United States Person
and a Permitted Transferee acquires any Ownership Interest in this Certificate
in violation of such restrictions, then the Depositor will have the right, in
its sole discretion and without notice to the Holder of this Certificate, to
sell this Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Depositor, which purchaser
may be the Depositor, or any affiliate of the Depositor, on such terms and
conditions as the Depositor may choose.

            The Trustee will distribute on the 25th day of each month, or, if
such 25th day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day
(each, a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the First Distribution Date
specified above, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at
the close of business on the last day (or if such last day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such last day) of the calendar month
immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, an amount
equal to the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate
and the amounts required to be distributed to the Holders of Certificates of the
same Class as this Certificate.

            Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such name and
address shall appear on the Certificate Register or, if such Person so requests
by notifying the Trustee in writing as specified in the Agreement.
Notwithstanding the above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be
made after due notice by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and
only upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency
appointed by the Trustee for that purpose and designated in such notice.

            No transfer of this Class R Certificate will be made unless the
transferee provides either a certification pursuant to section 6.02 of the
Agreement or an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee that the purchase
of this Certificate will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not
subject the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Depositor to any obligation or
liability in addition to those undertaken in the agreement.

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

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

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

            The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Depositor and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time
to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Certificate Insurer and
the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates affected thereby evidencing
over 50% of the Voting Rights of such Class or Classes. Any such consent by the
Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Certificate and of any Certificate issued upon
the transfer hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is
made upon this Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in
certain limited circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Certificates.

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

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

            No service charge will be made to the Certificateholders for any
such registration of transfer, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and any agent of any
of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, and none of Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

            The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby (other than the obligations to make payments to Certificateholders with
respect to the termination

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of the Agreement) shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the later of (A) the
maturity or other liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund and disposition of all property
acquired upon foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan
and (B) the remittance of all funds due under the Agreement, or (ii) the
optional repurchase by the party named in the Agreement of all the Mortgage
Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of the
Agreement. Such optional repurchase may be made only on or after the first
Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans at the Cut-off Date. The exercise of such right
will effect the early retirement of the Certificates. In no event, however, will
the Trust Fund created by the Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21
years after the death of certain persons identified in the Agreement.

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

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

Dated: ____________, ____                 LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                          not in its  individual  capacity but
                                          solely as Trustee

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                      Authorized Signatory

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

      This is one of the Class R[-1][-2][X] Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

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

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                      Authorized Signatory

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

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

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

 _____________________________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________________________

Dated:                  ______________________________________________________
                        Signature by or on behalf of assignor

                                    __________________________________________
                                          Signature Guaranteed

                            DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

            The assignee should include the following for purposes of
distribution:

            Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in
immediately available funds to _________________________________ for the account
of _________________________ account number _____________, or, if mailed by
check, to ______________________________. Applicable statements should be mailed
to _____________________________________________.

            This information is provided by __________________, the assignee
named above, or ________________________, as its agent.

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

                             [provided upon request]

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                                   [RESERVED]

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                           FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT

                                             Affidavit   pursuant  to  Section
                                             860E(e)(4)    of   the   Internal
                                             Revenue   Code   of   1986,    as
                                             amended, and for other purposes

STATE OF          )
                  )ss:
COUNTY OF         )

      [NAME OF OFFICER], being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

      1. That he/she is [Title of Officer] of [Name of Investor] (the
"Investor"), a [savings institution] [corporation] duly organized and existing
under the laws of [the State of _____] [the United States], on behalf of which
he makes this affidavit.

      2. That (i) the Investor is not a "disqualified organization" as defined
in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), and will not be a disqualified organization as of [Closing Date] [date
of purchase]; (ii) it is not acquiring the Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities
I LLC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE9, Class R[-1][-2][RX]
Certificates (the "Residual Certificates") for the account of a disqualified
organization; (iii) it consents to any amendment of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement that shall be deemed necessary by Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities
I LLC (upon advice of counsel) to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure
that the Residual Certificates will not be owned directly or indirectly by a
disqualified organization; and (iv) it will not transfer such Residual
Certificates unless (a) it has received from the transferee an affidavit in
substantially the same form as this affidavit containing these same four
representations and (b) as of the time of the transfer, it does not have actual
knowledge that such affidavit is false.

      3. That the Investor is one of the following: (i) a citizen or resident of
the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership (including an entity
treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes) created
or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia (except, in the case of a partnership, to the extent
provided in regulations), provided that no partnership or other entity treated
as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes shall be treated
as a United States Person unless all persons that own an interest in such
partnership either directly or through any entity that is not a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes are United States Persons, (iii) an
estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of
its source, or (iv) a trust other than a "foreign trust," as defined in Section
7701 (a)(31) of the Code.

      4. That the Investor's taxpayer identification number is
______________________.

      5. That no purpose of the acquisition of the Residual Certificates is to
avoid or impede the assessment or collection of tax.

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      6. That the Investor understands that, as the holder of the Residual
Certificates, the Investor may incur tax liabilities in excess of any cash flows
generated by such Residual Certificates.

      7. That the Investor intends to pay taxes associated with holding the
Residual Certificates as they become due.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be executed
on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its [Title of
Officer] this ____ day of _________, 20__.

                                    [NAME OF INVESTOR]

                                    By: ______________________________________
                                        [Name of Officer]
                                        [Title of Officer]
                                        [Address  of  Investor  for receipt of
                                        distributions]

                                        Address of Investor for receipt of tax
                                        information:

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      Personally appeared before me the above-named [Name of Officer], known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be the [Title of Officer] of the Investor, and acknowledged to me that he/she
executed the same as his/her free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Investor.

      Subscribed and sworn before me this ___ day of _________, 20___.

NOTARY PUBLIC

COUNTY OF

STATE OF

My commission expires the ___ day of ___________________, 20___.

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                                    EXHIBIT E

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE

                              ______________,200___

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-HE9

            Re:   Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC
                  ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-HE9, CLASS[   ]_

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      In connection with the sale by ___________ (the "Seller") to ________ (the
"Purchaser") of $_________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance of Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2004-HE9, Class _____ (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"),
dated as of October 1, 2004, among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC,
as depositor (the "Depositor"), EMC Mortgage Corporation, as seller and master
servicer and LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The
Seller hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, a covenants with, the
Depositor and the Trustee that:

      Neither the Seller nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered,
pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred any Certificate, any
interest in any Certificate or any other similar security to any person in any
manner, (b) has solicited any offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition or
other transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
similar security from any person in any manner, (c) has otherwise approached or
negotiated with respect to any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or
any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) has made any
general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or
(e) has taken any other action, that (as to any of (a) through (e) above) would
constitute a distribution of the Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Act"), that would render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of
Section 5 of the Act or any state securities law, or that would require
registration or qualification pursuant thereto. The Seller will not act in any
manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The
Seller has not and will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates,
except in compliance with the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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                                      Very truly yours,

                                      ________________________________
                                      (Seller)

                                       By:____________________________

                                      Name:___________________________

                                     Title:___________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT F

                     FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER-NON RULE 144A

                                                                          [Date]
[SELLER]

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603

      Re:   Bear   Stearns  Asset-Backed   Securities I Trust 2004-HE9,
            Asset-Backed Certificates,  Series 2004-HE9 (the "Certificates"),
            including  the  Class Certificates (the "Privately Offered
            Certificates")
            -----------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

      In connection with our purchase of Privately Offered Certificates, we
confirm that:

            (i)   we understand that the Privately Offered Certificates are not
                  being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
                  (the "Act") or any applicable state securities or "Blue Sky"
                  laws, and are being sold to us in a transaction that is exempt
                  from the registration requirements of such laws;

            (ii)  any information we desired concerning the Certificates,
                  including the Privately Offered Certificates, the trust in
                  which the Certificates represent the entire beneficial
                  ownership interest (the "Trust") or any other matter we deemed
                  relevant to our decision to purchase Privately Offered
                  Certificates has been made available to us;

            (iii) we are able to bear the economic risk of investment in
                  Privately Offered Certificates; we are an institutional
                  "accredited investor" as defined in Section 501(a) of
                  Regulation D promulgated under the Act and a sophisticated
                  institutional investor;

            (iv)  we are acquiring Privately Offered Certificates for our own
                  account, not as nominee for any other person, and not with a
                  present view to any distribution or other disposition of the
                  Privately Offered Certificates;

            (v)   we agree the Privately Offered Certificates must be held
                  indefinitely by us (and may not be sold, pledged, hypothecated
                  or in any way disposed of) unless subsequently registered
                  under the Act and any applicable state securities or "Blue
                  Sky" laws or an exemption from the

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                  registration requirements of the Act and any applicable
                  state securities or "Blue Sky" laws is available;

            (vi)  we agree that in the event that at some future time we wish to
                  dispose of or exchange any of the Privately Offered
                  Certificates (such disposition or exchange not being currently
                  foreseen or contemplated), we will not transfer or exchange
                  any of the Privately Offered Certificates unless:

                        (A) (1) the sale is to an Eligible Purchaser (as defined
                  below), (2) if required by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
                  (as defined below) a letter to substantially the same effect
                  as either this letter or, if the Eligible Purchaser is a
                  Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined under Rule 144A of
                  the Act, the Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate in the
                  form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as
                  defined below) (or such other documentation as may be
                  acceptable to the Trustee) is executed promptly by the
                  purchaser and delivered to the addressees hereof and (3) all
                  offers or solicitations in connection with the sale, whether
                  directly or through any agent acting on our behalf, are
                  limited only to Eligible Purchasers and are not made by means
                  of any form of general solicitation or general advertising
                  whatsoever; and

                        (B) if the Privately Offered Certificate is not
                  registered under the Act (as to which we acknowledge you have
                  no obligation), the Privately Offered Certificate is sold in a
                  transaction that does not require registration under the Act
                  and any applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws and, if
                  LaSalle Bank National Association (the "Trustee") so requests,
                  a satisfactory Opinion of Counsel is furnished to such effect,
                  which Opinion of Counsel shall be an expense of the transferor
                  or the transferee;

            (vii) we agree to be bound by all of the terms (including those
                  relating to restrictions on transfer) of the Pooling and
                  Servicing, pursuant to which the Trust was formed; we have
                  reviewed carefully and understand the terms of the Pooling and
                  Servicing Agreement;

            (viii)we either: (i) are not acquiring the Privately Offered
                  Certificate directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an
                  employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is
                  subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
                  Act of 1974, as amended, and/or section 4975 of the Internal
                  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) in the case of the
                  Privately Offered Certificates, have provided the Opinion of
                  Counsel required by the Agreement.

            (ix)  We understand that each of the Privately Offered Certificates
                  bears, and will continue to bear, a legend to substantiate the
                  following effect: "THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT
                  BE REGISTERED

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                  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
                  ACT"), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF,
                  BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE
                  MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
                  ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER
                  APPLICABLE LAWS AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
                  SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A") TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER
                  REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN
                  THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A "QIB"), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN
                  ACCOUNT OR A QIB PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, WHOM THE
                  HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE,
                  PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE
                  144A, (2) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED
                  BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (3) IN
                  CERTIFICATED FORM TO AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR"
                  WITHIN THE MEANING THEREOF IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7)
                  OF REGULATION D UNDER THE ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF
                  THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS PURCHASING NOT
                  FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT
                  TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN
                  THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE
                  TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT
                  SUCH REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
                  THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS OR IN EACH CASE
                  IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE
                  UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. [In the
                  case of the Class P Certificates and Class CE Certificates]:
                  NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE TO ANY PERSON,
                  UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE PROVIDES EITHER A CERTIFICATION PURSUANT
                  TO SECTION 6.02 OF THE AGREEMENT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
                  SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF
                  THIS CERTIFICATE IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, WILL NOT
                  CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
                  UNDER SECTION 406 OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY
                  ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA") OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE
                  AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE TRUSTEE, MASTER SERVICER OR THE
                  DEPOSITOR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY IN ADDITION TO THOSE
                  UNDERTAKEN IN THE AGREEMENT.

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      "ELIGIBLE PURCHASER" means a corporation, partnership or other entity
which we have reasonable grounds to believe and do believe (i) can make
representations with respect to itself to substantially the same effect as the
representations set forth herein, and (ii) is either a Qualified Institutional
Buyer as defined under Rule 144A of the Act or an institutional "Accredited
Investor" as defined under Rule 501 of the Act.

      Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004, among
Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as depositor, EMC Mortgage
Corporation, as seller and master and LaSalle Bank National Association, as
Trustee (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement').

      If the Purchaser proposes that its Certificates be registered in the name
of a nominee on its behalf, the Purchaser has identified such nominee below, and
has caused such nominee to complete the Nominee Acknowledgment at the end of
this letter.

Name of Nominee (if any): _______________________

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      IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  this document has been executed by the undersigned
who  is  duly  authorized  to do so on  behalf  of  the  undersigned  Eligible
Purchaser on the ___ day of ________, 20___.

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          [PURCHASER]

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                (Authorized Officer)

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                (Attorney-in-fact)

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                             Nominee Acknowledgment

      The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that as to the Certificates
being registered in its name, the sole beneficial owner thereof is and shall be
the Purchaser identified above, for whom the undersigned is acting as nominee.

                                          [NAME OF NOMINEE]

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                (Authorized Officer)

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                (Attorney-in-fact)

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                                    EXHIBIT G

                FORM OF RULE 144A AND RELATED MATTERS CERTIFICATE

[SELLER]

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
Chicago, Illinois 60603

      Re:   Bear   Stearns Asset Backed Securities I  Trust 2004-HE9,
            Asset-Backed  Certificates, Series 2004-HE9 (the "Certificates"),
            including the Class Certificates (the "Privately Offered
            Certificates")
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

      In connection with our purchase of Privately Offered Certificates, the
undersigned certifies to each of the parties to whom this letter is addressed
that it is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act")) as follows:

1. It owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis eligible securities
(excluding affiliate's securities, bank deposit notes and CD's, loan
participations, repurchase agreements, securities owned but subject to a
repurchase agreement and swaps), as described below:

      Date:  ______________,  20__  (must be on or after the close of its most
      recent fiscal year)

      Amount: $ _____________________; and

2. The dollar amount set forth above is:

      a.    greater than $100 million and the undersigned is one of the
            following entities:

            (x)   |_|   an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of
                        the Act1; or

            (y)   |_|   an investment company registered under the Investment
                        Company Act or any business development company as
                        defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company
                        Act of 1940; or

______________________
1     A purchase by an insurance company for one or more of its separate
accounts, as defined by Section 2(a)(37) of the Investment Companny Act of 1940,
which are neither registered nor required to be registered thereunder, shall be
deemed to be a purchase for the account of such insurance company.

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            (z)   |_|   a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the
                        U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c)
                        or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; or

            (aa)  |_|   a plan (i) established and maintained by a state,  its
                        political   subdivisions,  or  any  agency   or
                        instrumentality   of  a   state  or   its   political
                        subdivisions,  the laws of which  permit the  purchase
                        of  securities  of this type,  for the  benefit of its
                        employees   and  (ii)  the   governing  investment
                        guidelines  of which permit the purchase of securities
                        of this type; or

            (bb)  |_|   a business development company as defined in Section
                        202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; or

            (cc)  |_|   a corporation (other than a U.S. bank, savings and
                        loan association or equivalent foreign institution),
                        partnership, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or
                        an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
                        Internal Revenue Code; or

            (dd)  |_|   a U.S. bank, savings and loan association or
                        equivalent foreign institution, which has an audited net
                        worth of at least $25 million as demonstrated in its
                        latest annual financial statements; or

            (ee)  |_|   an investment adviser registered under the Investment
                        Advisers Act; or

      b.    |_|   greater than $10 million, and the undersigned is a
                  broker-dealer registered with the SEC; or

      c.    |_|   less than $ 10 million, and the undersigned is a
                  broker-dealer registered with the SEC and will only purchase
                  Rule 144A securities in transactions in which it acts as a
                  riskless principal (as defined in Rule 144A); or

      d.    |_|   less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an investment
                  company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
                  which, together with one or more registered investment
                  companies having the same or an affiliated investment adviser,
                  owns at least $100 million of eligible securities; or

      e.    |_|   less than $100 million, and the undersigned is an entity,
                  all the equity owners of which are qualified institutional
                  buyers.

      The undersigned further certifies that it is purchasing a Privately
Offered Certificate for its own account or for the account of others that
independently qualify as "Qualified Institutional Buyers" as defined in Rule
144A. It is aware that the sale of the Privately Offered Certificates is being
made in reliance on its continued compliance with Rule 144A. It is aware that
the transferor may rely on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the
Act provided by

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Rule 144A. The undersigned understands that the Privately
Offered Certificates may be resold, pledged or transferred only to (i) a person
reasonably believed to be a Qualified Institutional Buyer that purchases for its
own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice
is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance in Rule
144A, or (ii) an institutional "accredited investor," as such term is defined
under Rule 501 of the Act in a transaction that otherwise does not constitute a
public offering.

      The undersigned agrees that if at some future time it wishes to dispose of
or exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates, it will not transfer or
exchange any of the Privately Offered Certificates to a Qualified Institutional
Buyer without first obtaining a Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate in the
form hereof from the transferee and delivering such certificate to the
addressees hereof. Prior to making any transfer of Privately Offered
Certificates, if the proposed Transferee is an institutional "accredited
investor," the transferor shall obtain from the transferee and deliver to the
addressees hereof an Investment Letter in the form attached to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004, among Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities I LLC, EMC Mortgage Corporation and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as Trustee, pursuant to which the Certificates were issued.

      The undersigned certifies that it either: (i) is not acquiring the
Privately Offered Certificate directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an
employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) in the case of
the Privately Offered Certificates, has provided the Opinion of Counsel required
by the Agreement.

      If the Purchaser proposes that its Certificates be registered in the name
of a nominee on its behalf, the Purchaser has identified such nominee below, and
has caused such nominee to complete the Nominee Acknowledgment at the end of
this letter.

Name of Nominee (if any): _______________________

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  this document has been executed by the undersigned who is
duly  authorized to do so on behalf of the undersigned  Eligible  Purchaser on
the ____ day of ___________, 20___.

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          [PURCHASER]

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                (Authorized Officer)

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                 (Attorney-in-fact)

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                             Nominee Acknowledgment

      The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that as to the Certificates
being registered in its name, the sole beneficial owner thereof is and shall be
the Purchaser identified above, for whom the undersigned is acting as nominee.

                                          [NAME OF NOMINEE]

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                (Authorized Officer)

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                (Attorney-in-fact)

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                                    EXHIBIT H

                           FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE

To:   LaSalle Bank National Association
      135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1625
      Chicago, Illinois 60603

RE:   Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004, among Bear
      Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as Depositor, EMC Mortgage
      Corporation, as seller and master servicer and LaSalle Bank National
      Association, as Trustee
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      In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans held by you
pursuant to the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we request the
release, and hereby acknowledge receipt, of the Mortgage File for the Mortgage
Loan described below, for the reason indicated.

MORTGAGE LOAN NUMBER:

Mortgagor Name, Address & Zip Code:

Reason for Requesting Documents (check one):

_____       1.    Mortgage Paid in Full and proceeds have been  deposited into
                  the Custodial Account

_____       2.    Foreclosure

_____       3.    Substitution

_____       4.    Other Liquidation

_____       5.    Nonliquidation                Reason: ______________________

_____       6.    California Mortgage Loan paid in full

                                          By: ________________________________
                                                (authorized signer)

                                          Issuer: ____________________________
                                          Address:____________________________

                                          Date: ______________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT I

                          DTC Letter of Representations
                             [provided upon request]

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                                    EXHIBIT J

                   Schedule of Mortgage Loans with Lost Notes
                             [provided upon request]

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                                    EXHIBIT K

                           FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

            THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT (as amended and supplemented from time to
time, the "Agreement"), dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among LASALLE BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not individually but solely as trustee under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement defined below (including its successors under the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement defined below, the "Trustee"), BEAR STEARNS
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, as depositor (together with any successor in
interest, the "Depositor"), EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as seller (in that
capacity, the "Seller") and master servicer (together with any successor in
interest or successor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to
below, the "Master Servicer") and [WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
custodian] [and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as custodian] (together with
any successor in interest or any successor appointed hereunder, the
"Custodian").

                                WITNESSETH THAT:

            WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer and the
Trustee have entered into a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October
1, 2004, relating to the issuance of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I
Trust 2004-HE9, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE9 (as in effect on the
date of this Agreement, the "Original Pooling and Servicing Agreement," and as
amended and supplemented from time to time, the "Pooling and Servicing
Agreement"); and

            WHEREAS, the Custodian has agreed to act as agent for the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer for the purposes of
receiving and holding certain documents and other instruments delivered by the
Depositor, the Seller or the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the Servicers under their respective Servicing Agreements, all
upon the terms and conditions and subject to the limitations hereinafter set
forth;

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Trustee, the Depositor, the
Seller, the Master Servicer and the Custodian hereby agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.
                                   DEFINITIONS

            Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned in the Original Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, unless otherwise required by the context herein.

                                  ARTICLE II.
                          CUSTODY OF MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS

            Section 2.1. CUSTODIAN TO ACT AS AGENT: ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE
FILES. The custodian, as the duly appointed custodial agent of the Trustee for
these purposes, acknowledges

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(subject to any exceptions noted in the Initial Certification referred to in
Section 2.3(a)) receipt of the Mortgage Files relating to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the schedule attached hereto (the "Mortgage Files") and declares
that it holds and will hold such Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, in
trust, for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders and
the Certificate Insurer.

            Section 2.2. RECORDATION OF ASSIGNMENTS. If any Mortgage File
includes one or more assignments of Mortgage that have not been recorded
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan is not a MOM Loan or the related
Mortgaged Properties are located in jurisdictions specifically excluded by the
Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each such assignment shall be delivered by the
Custodian to the Seller for the purpose of recording it in the appropriate
public office for real property records, and the Seller, at no expense to the
Custodian, shall promptly cause to be recorded in the appropriate public office
for real property records each such assignment of Mortgage and, upon receipt
thereof from such public office, shall return each such assignment of Mortgage
to the Custodian.

            Section 2.3. REVIEW OF MORTGAGE FILES.

            (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, in accordance with Section 2.02
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian shall deliver to the
Seller, the Trustee and the Certificate Insurer an Initial Certification in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit One evidencing receipt (subject to any exceptions
noted therein) of a Mortgage File for each of the Mortgage Loans listed on the
Schedule attached hereto (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule").

            (b) Within 90 days of the Closing Date, the Custodian agrees, for
the benefit of Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer, to review, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, each such document, and shall deliver to the Seller, the Master
Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee an Interim Certification in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Two to the effect that all such documents
have been executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage
Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed
on Schedule A attached to such Interim Certification. The Custodian shall be
under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the same are
genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they
have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be
on their face.

            (c) Not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Custodian
shall review, for the benefit of Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer,
the Mortgage Files as provided in Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement and deliver to the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Certificate
Insurer and the Trustee a Final Certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit Three evidencing the completeness of the Mortgage Files.

            (d) In reviewing the Mortgage Files as provided herein and in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian shall make no representation as
to and shall not be responsible to verify (i) the validity, legality,
enforceability, due authorization, recordability, sufficiency or genuineness of
any of the documents included in any Mortgage File or (ii) the

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collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any of the
documents in any Mortgage File.

      Upon receipt of written request from the Trustee, the Custodian shall as
soon as practicable supply the Trustee with a list of all of the documents
relating to the Mortgage Loans missing from the Mortgage Files.

            Section 2.4. NOTIFICATION OF BREACHES OF REPRESENTATIONS AND
Warranties. Upon discovery by the Custodian of a breach of any representation or
warranty made by the Depositor as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement with respect to a Mortgage Loan relating to a Mortgage File, the
Custodian shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee.

            Section 2.5. CUSTODIAN TO COOPERATE: RELEASE OF MORTGAGE FILES. Upon
receipt of written notice from the Trustee that the Seller has repurchased a
Mortgage Loan pursuant to Article II of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and
a request for release (a "Request for Release") confirming that the purchase
price therefore has been deposited in the Protected Account or the Distribution
Account, then the Custodian agrees to promptly release to the Seller the related
Mortgage File.

            Upon the Custodian's receipt of a Request for Release substantially
in the form of Exhibit H to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement signed by a
Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer, stating that it has received payment
in full of a Mortgage Loan or that payment in full will be escrowed in a manner
customary for such purposes, the Custodian agrees promptly to release to the
Master Servicer, the related Mortgage File. The Depositor shall deliver to the
Custodian and the Custodian agrees to review in accordance with the provisions
of the Custodial Agreement the Mortgage Note and other documents constituting
the Mortgage File with respect to any Replacement Mortgage Loan.

            From time to time as is appropriate for the servicing or foreclosure
of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under any Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy or LPMI Policy, the Master Servicer shall deliver to
the Custodian a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer requesting
that possession of all of the Mortgage File be released to the Master Servicer
and certifying as to the reason for such release and that such release will not
invalidate any insurance coverage provided in respect of the Mortgage Loan under
any of the Insurance Policies. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian
shall deliver the Mortgage File to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer
shall cause each Mortgage File or any document therein so released to be
returned to the Custodian when the need therefore by the Master Servicer no
longer exists, unless (i) the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the
Liquidation Proceeds relating to the Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the
Protected Account or the Distribution Account or (ii) 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, for purposes of initiating or pursuing legal
action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property either
judicially or non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered to the
Custodian 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.

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            At any time that the Master Servicer is required to deliver to the
Custodian a Request for Release, the Master Servicer shall deliver two copies of
the Request for Release if delivered in hard copy or the Master Servicer may
furnish such Request for Release electronically to the Custodian, in which event
the Servicing Officer transmitting the same shall be deemed to have signed the
Request for Release. In connection with any Request for Release of a Mortgage
File because of a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan, such Request for Release shall
be accompanied by an assignment of mortgage, without recourse, representation or
warranty from the Trustee to the Seller (unless such Mortgage Loan is a MOM
Loan) and the related Mortgage Note shall be endorsed without recourse,
representation or warranty by the Trustee and be returned to the Seller. In
connection with any Request for Release of a Mortgage File because of the
payment in full of a Mortgage Loan, such Request for Release shall be
accompanied by a certificate of satisfaction or other similar instrument to be
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee and returned to the Master Servicer.

            Section 2.6. ASSUMPTION AGREEMENTS. In the event that any assumption
agreement, substitution of liability agreement or sale of servicing agreement is
entered into with respect to any Mortgage Loan subject to this Agreement in
accordance with the terms and provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the Master Servicer, to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, shall notify the Custodian that such assumption or substitution
agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Custodian the original of such
assumption or substitution agreement, which shall be added to the related
Mortgage File and, for all purposes, shall be considered a part of such Mortgage
File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting
parts thereof.

                                  ARTICLE III.
                            CONCERNING THE CUSTODIAN

            Section 3.1. CUSTODIAN A BAILEE AND AGENT OF THE TRUSTEE. With
respect to each Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents constituting each
Mortgage File which are delivered to the Custodian, the Custodian is exclusively
the bailee and custodial agent of the Trustee and has no instructions to hold
any Mortgage Note or Mortgage for the benefit of any person other than the
Trustee, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer and undertakes to
perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Agreement and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Except upon compliance
with the provisions of Section 2.5 of this Agreement, no Mortgage Note, Mortgage
or Mortgage File shall be delivered by the Custodian to the Seller, the
Depositor or the Master Servicer or otherwise released from the possession of
the Custodian.

            Section 3.2. RESERVED.

            Section 3.3. CUSTODIAN MAY OWN CERTIFICATES. The Custodian in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates
with the same rights it would have if it were not Custodian.

            Section 3.4. MASTER SERVICER TO PAY CUSTODIAN'S FEES AND EXPENSES.
The Master Servicer covenants and agrees to pay to the Custodian from time to
time, and the Custodian shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by it in the

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exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the
Custodian, and the Master Servicer will pay or reimburse the Custodian upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the Custodian in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement
(including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith
or to the extent that such cost or expense is indemnified by the Depositor
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            Section 3.5. CUSTODIAN MAY RESIGN; TRUSTEE MAY REMOVE CUSTODIAN. The
Custodian may resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed upon it as
such obligations and duties relate to its acting as Custodian of the Mortgage
Loans. Upon receiving such written notice of resignation, the Trustee shall
either take custody of the Mortgage Files itself and give prompt written notice
thereof to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the
Custodian, or promptly appoint a successor Custodian by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Custodian and one copy to the successor Custodian. If the Trustee shall not have
taken custody of the Mortgage Files and no successor Custodian shall have been
so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such written notice of resignation, the resigning Custodian may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Custodian.

            The Trustee, at the direction of 25% of the Certificateholders,
shall remove the Custodian at any time upon 60 days prior written notice to
Custodian. In such event, the Trustee shall appoint, or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, a successor Custodian hereunder. Any
successor Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority shall be able to satisfy the other
requirements contained in Section 3.7 and shall be unaffiliated with the Master
Servicer and the Depositor.

            Any resignation or removal of the Custodian and appointment of a
successor Custodian pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 3.5 shall
become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Custodian. The
Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and
the Master Servicer of the appointment of any successor Custodian.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no successor
Custodian shall be appointed by the Trustee without the prior approval of the
Depositor and the Master Servicer and with the prior written consent of the
Certificate Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

            Section 3.6. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF CUSTODIAN. Any Person into
which the Custodian may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Custodian shall be a party, or any Person succeeding
to the business of the Custodian, shall be the successor of the Custodian
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.

            Section 3.7. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CUSTODIAN. The Custodian hereby
represents that it is a depository institution subject to supervision or
examination by a federal or

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state authority, has a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000 and
is qualified to do business in the jurisdictions in which it will hold any
Mortgage File.

            Section 3.8. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. Neither the Custodian nor any
of its directors, officers, agents or employees, shall be liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith
in good faith and believed (which belief may be based upon the opinion or advice
of counsel selected by it in the exercise of reasonable care) by it or them to
be within the purview of this Agreement, except for its or their own negligence,
lack of good faith or willful misconduct. The Custodian and any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Custodian 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. In no event shall the Custodian or its
directors, officers, agents and employees be held liable for any special,
indirect or consequential damages resulting from any action taken or omitted to
be taken by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith even if advised of
the possibility of such damages.

            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Custodian
agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the Trustee and each of their respective
officers, directors and agents for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed
on, incurred by or asserted against the Trustee or Trust Fund, due to any act or
omission by the Custodian with respect to the Mortgage Files; provided, however,
that the Custodian shall not be liable to any of the foregoing Persons for any
amount and any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of such Person. The provisions of this
Section 3.8 shall survive the termination of this Custodial Agreement.

            The Custodian and its directors, officers, employees and agents
shall be entitled to indemnification and defense from the Trust Fund for any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct, bad
faith on their part, arising out of, or in connection with, the acceptance or
administration of the custodial arrangement created hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties
hereunder.

                                  ARTICLE IV.
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

            Section 4.1. NOTICES. All notices, requests, consents and demands
and other communications required under this Agreement or pursuant to any other
instrument or document delivered hereunder shall be in writing and, unless
otherwise specifically provided, may be delivered personally, by telegram or
telex, or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, at the addresses specified on the signature page hereof (unless
changed by the particular party whose address is stated herein by similar notice
in writing), in which case the notice will be deemed delivered when received.

            Section 4.2. CERTIFICATE INSURER RIGHTS. The Certificate Insurer
shall be an express third party beneficiary of this Custodial Agreement for the
purpose of enforcing the

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provisions hereof to the extent of the Certificate Insurer's or any Class II-A
Certificateholder's rights explicitly specified herein as if a party hereto.

            Section 4.3. AMENDMENTS. No modification or amendment of or
supplement to this Agreement shall be valid or effective unless the same is in
writing and signed by all parties hereto, with the prior written consent of the
Certificate Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). The
Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Custodian of any amendment or supplement
to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and furnish the Custodian with written
copies thereof.

            Section 4.4. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to conflict of laws principles thereof other than Section 5-1401 of the New York
General Obligations Law.

            Section 4.5. RECORDATION OF AGREEMENT. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate
public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable
jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are
situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere,
such recordation to be effected by the Depositor and at the Trust's expense, but
only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory
to the Depositor to the effect that the failure to effect such recordation is
likely to materially and adversely affect 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 constitute but one and
the same instrument.

            Section 4.6. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates
or the rights of the holders thereof.

                                      K-7
<PAGE>

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date first
above written.

Address:                                LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        not individually but solely as Trustee
135 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603
                                        By:___________________________________
Attention:                              Name:  Christopher Lewis
                  BSABS I 2004-HE9      Title:  Assistant Vice President
Telecopy:
Confirmation:
Address:                                BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES
                                        I LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
                                        By:___________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

Address:                                EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200
Irving, Texas 75038                     By:___________________________________
                                        Name: Sue Stepanek
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

Address:                                [WELLS FARGO BANK,
                                        NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
[1015 Tenth Avenue Southeast            Custodian][LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414]           ASSOCIATION, as Custodian]

[2571 Busse Rd., Suite 200
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007]            By:___________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                      K-8
<PAGE>

STATE OF ILLINOIS             )
                              ) ss:
COUNTY OF COOK                )

            On the 29th day of October 2004 before me, a notary public in and
for said State, personally appeared Christopher Lewis, known to me to be an
Assistant Vice President of LaSalle Bank National Association, one of the
parties that executed the within agreement, and also known to me to be the
person who executed the within agreement on behalf of said party and
acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

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

                                           ___________________________________
                                                          Notary Public

[SEAL]

<PAGE>

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

            On the 29th day of October 2004 before me, a notary public in and
for said State, personally appeared __________________ known to me to be a
_______________ of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, and also known to
me to be the person who executed the within instrument on behalf of said party,
and acknowledged to me that such party executed the within instrument.

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

                                            ___________________________________
                                                          Notary Public

[SEAL]

<PAGE>

STATE OF TEXAS                )
                              ) ss:
COUNTY OF DALLAS              )

            On the 29th day of October 2004 before me, a notary public in and
for said State, personally appeared Sue Stepanek, known to me to be a Vice
President of EMC Mortgage Corporation, one of the parties that executed the
within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed the within
instrument on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such party
executed the within instrument.

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

                                           ___________________________________
                                                          Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]

<PAGE>

STATE OF [MINNESOTA]          )
                              ) ss:
COUNTY OF [HENNEPIN]          )

            On the 29 day of October 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared ________________, known to me to be a[n]
_____________________ of [Wells Fargo Bank, National Association]
[_________________] of [LaSalle Bank National Association], one of the national
parties that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said party, and acknowledged to me that such
party executed the within instrument.

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

                                           ___________________________________
                                                          Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT ONE

                     FORM OF CUSTODIAN INITIAL CERTIFICATION

                                                October 29, 2004

LaSalle Bank National Association       Assured Guaranty Corp.
135 South LaSalle Street                1325 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603                       New York, NY 10019

EMC Mortgage Corporation
909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200
Irving, Texas 75038

Attention: Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Series 2004-HE9

            Re:   Custodial  Agreement, dated as of  October 29,
                  2004, by and among  LaSalle  Bank  National
                  Association, as trustee, [LaSalle Bank National
                  Association, as  Custodian][Wells  Fargo Bank,
                  National  Association,  as  Custodian], Bear
                  Stearns  Asset  Backed Securities I  LLC, as
                  depositor  and  EMC  Mortgage  Corporation, as
                  seller  relating to Bear  Stearns  Asset  Backed
                  Securities  I Trust  2004-HE9, Asset-Backed
                  Certificates, Series 2004-HE
                 -------------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            In accordance with Section 2.3(a) of the above-captioned Custodial
Agreement, and subject to Section 2.02(a) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received
a Mortgage File (which contains an original Mortgage Note or lost note
affidavit) to the extent required in Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

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

                                      K-1-1
<PAGE>

                                    [WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
                                    ASSOCIATION][LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
                                    ASSOCIATION]

                                    By:_______________________________________
                                    Name:_____________________________________
                                    Title:____________________________________

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT TWO

                     FORM OF CUSTODIAN INTERIM CERTIFICATION

                                                [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association      Assured Guaranty Corp.
135 South LaSalle Street               1325 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603                      New York, NY 10019

EMC Mortgage Corporation
909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200
Irving, Texas 75038

Attention: Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Series 2004-HE9

            Re:   Custodial  Agreement,  dated as of  October  29,
                  2004,   by  and  among   LaSalle  Bank  National
                  Association,  as trustee, [LaSalle Bank National
                  Association,  as  Custodian][Wells  Fargo  Bank,
                  National   Association,   as  Custodian],   Bear
                  Stearns  Asset  Backed   Securities  I  LLC,  as
                  depositor  and  EMC  Mortgage  Corporation,   as
                  seller  relating to Bear  Stearns  Asset  Backed
                  Securities  I Trust  2004-HE9  ,  Asset-Backed
                  Certificates, Series 2004-HE9
                 --------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            In accordance with Section 2.3(b) of the above-captioned Custodial
Agreement and subject to Section 2.02(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a Mortgage
File to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, and it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan
Schedule and has determined that: all required documents have been executed and
received and that such documents related to the Mortgage Loans identified on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached
hereto.

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

                                     K-2-1
<PAGE>

                                    [WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
                                    ASSOCIATION][LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
                                    ASSOCIATION]

                                    By:_______________________________________
                                    Name:_____________________________________
                                    Title:____________________________________

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT THREE

                      FORM OF CUSTODIAN FINAL CERTIFICATION

                                                      [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association               Assured Guaranty Corp.
135 South LaSalle Street                        1325 Avenue of the Americas,
18th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603                         New York, NY 10019

EMC Mortgage Corporation
909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200
Irving, Texas 75038

Attention: Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Series 2004-HE9

            Re:   Custodial  Agreement,  dated as of  October  29,
                  2004,   by  and  among   LaSalle  Bank  National
                  Association,    Wells   Fargo   Bank,   National
                  Association,    Bear   Stearns    Asset   Backed
                  Securities  I LLC and EMC  Mortgage  Corporation
                  relating   to   Bear   Stearns    Asset   Backed
                  Securities  I  Trust  2004-HE9,   Asset-Backed
                  Certificates, Series 2004-HE9
                  --------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            In  accordance   with  Section   2.3(c)  of  the   above-captioned
            Custodial Agreement
and, subject to Section 2.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has received a Mortgage File
to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule, and it has reviewed the Mortgage File and the Mortgage Loan Schedule
and has determined that: all required documents have been executed and received
and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, with any exceptions listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

            Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Custodial Agreement or in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

                                     K-3-1
<PAGE>

                                    [WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
                                    ASSOCIATION][LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
                                    ASSOCIATION]

                                    By:_______________________________________
                                    Name:_____________________________________
                                    Title:____________________________________

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE A
                             (Provided upon request)

                                     K-3-2
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT L

            FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION TO FORM 10-K CERTIFICATE

      This certificate is being delivered pursuant to Section 3.16 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2004 (the "Agreement"),
[among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as depositor (the
"Depositor"), EMC Mortgage Corporation as seller (in that capacity, the
"Seller") and master servicer (in that capacity, the "Master Servicer") and
LaSalle Bank National Association as trustee (the "Trustee")]. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the
Agreement.

      I, [identify the certifying individual], on behalf of LaSalle Bank
National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") certify that:

      1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
[___], and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution or servicing reports
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that annual report,
of the trust (the "Trust") created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated October 1, 2004 (the "P&S Agreement"); and

      2. Based on my knowledge, the distribution information in these reports
and any other information provided by the Trustee for inclusion 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 the statements were made, not misleading
as of the last day of the period covered by that annual report.

                              Date:_______________________________________

                              [Signature]
                              Name:
                              Title:

                                      L-1
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT M

                   FORM OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                        MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

            MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of October 29, 2004, as
amended and supplemented by any and all amendments hereto (collectively, "THIS
AGREEMENT"), by and among EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER"), BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the "PURCHASER") and Encore Credit Corp. ("ENCORE").

            Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase,
certain conventional, closed-end, fixed rate and adjustable rate, first and
second lien mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family residences
(collectively, the "MORTGAGE LOANS") as described herein. The Purchaser intends
to deposit the Mortgage Loans into a trust fund (the "TRUST FUND") and create
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I Trust 2004-HE9, Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2004-HE9 (the "CERTIFICATES"), under a pooling and
servicing agreement, to be dated as of October 1, 2004 (the "POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT"), among the Purchaser, as depositor, the Mortgage Loan
Seller, as seller and master servicer (in that capacity, the "MASTER SERVICER")
and LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").

            The Purchaser has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "COMMISSION") a registration statement on Form S-3 (Number 333-113636)
relating to its Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates and the offering of certain
series thereof (including certain classes of the Certificates) from time to time
in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (the
"SECURITIES ACT"). Such registration statement, when it became effective under
the Securities Act, and the prospectus relating to the public offering of
certain classes of the Certificates by the Purchaser (the "PUBLIC OFFERING"), as
each may be amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the Securities
Act or otherwise, are referred to herein as the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT" and the
"PROSPECTUS," respectively. The "PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT" shall mean that
supplement, dated October 27, 2004, to the Prospectus, dated April 26, 2004,
relating to certain classes of the Certificates. With respect to the Public
Offering of certain classes of the Certificates, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. ("BEAR
STEARNS") and the Purchaser have entered into a terms agreement, dated as of
October 27, 2004, to an underwriting agreement dated April 28, 2004
(collectively, the "UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT") between Bear Stearns and the
Purchaser.

            Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

            SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. Certain terms are defined herein.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings
specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The following other terms are
defined as follows:

                                      M-1
<PAGE>

            ACQUISITION PRICE: Cash in an amount equal to $_____*_____ (plus
$_____*_____ in accrued interest) and the retained certificates.

            BEAR STEARNS: Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

            CLOSING DATE: October 29, 2004.

            CUSTODIAL  AGREEMENT:  Any of the LaSalle  Custodial  Agreement or
Wells Fargo Custodial Agreement.

            CUT-OFF DATE: October 1, 2004.

            CUT-OFF DATE BALANCE: Shall mean $727,169,077.21.

            DELETED  MORTGAGE LOAN: A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be replaced
by a Replacement Mortgage Loan.

            DUE  DATE:  As to any  Mortgage  Loan,  the date in each  month on
which the  related  Scheduled  Payment  is due,  as set  forth in the  related
Mortgage Note.

            ENCORE: Encore Credit Corp., or its successors in interest.

            LASALLE:  LaSalle Bank National Association,  or its successors in
interest.

            LASALLE CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT: The custodial agreement, dated as
October 29, 2004, among the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and LaSalle Bank National Association as Custodian relating to the
Mortgage Loans identified in such custodial agreement.

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

            MERS(R) SYSTEM: The system of recording transfers of Mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.

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

            MORTGAGE: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first or second lien on or first or second priority ownership interest in an
estate in fee simple in real property securing a Mortgage Note.

            MORTGAGE FILE: The items referred to in EXHIBIT 1 pertaining to a
particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required to be added to
such documents pursuant to this Agreement.

------------------
*  Please contact Bear Stearns for pricing information.

                                      M-2
<PAGE>

            MORTGAGE RATE: The annual rate of interest borne by a Mortgage Note
as stated herein.

            MORTGAGOR: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.

            NET MORTGAGE RATE: As to each Mortgage Loan, and at any time, the
per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate less the sum of (i) the Servicing Fee
Rate, (ii) the Trustee Fee Rate and (iii) the rate at which the LPMI Fee is
calculated, if any.

            OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Purchaser, reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.

            PERSON: Any legal person, including any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.

            PURCHASE PRICE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required to be
purchased by the Mortgage Loan Seller or Encore pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
principal remaining unpaid on such Mortgage Loan as of the date of purchase
(including if a foreclosure has already occurred, the principal balance of the
related Mortgage Loan at the time the Mortgaged Property was acquired), (ii)
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate through and
including the last day of the month of purchase and (iii) any costs and damages
(if any) incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation of such Mortgage
Loan of any anti-predatory lending laws.

            RATING  AGENCIES:  Standard & Poor's and Moody's,  each a "RATING
AGENCY."

            REPLACEMENT MORTGAGE LOAN: A mortgage loan substituted for a Deleted
Mortgage Loan which must meet on the date of such substitution the requirements
stated herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; upon such
substitution, such mortgage loan shall be a "Mortgage Loan" hereunder.

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

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

            VALUE: The value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of
origination of the related Mortgage Loan, such value being the lesser of (i) the
value of such property set forth in an appraisal accepted by the applicable
originator of the Mortgage Loan or (ii) the sales price of such property at the
time of origination.

            WELLS  FARGO:  Wells  Fargo  Bank,  National  Association,  or its
successors in interest.

            WELLS FARGO CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT: The custodial agreement, dated as
October 29, 2004, among the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee and Wells Fargo Bank,

                                      M-3
<PAGE>

National Association as Custodian relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in
such custodial agreement.

            SECTION 2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND RELATED
RIGHTS. (a) Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 11 hereof,
the Mortgage Loan Seller agrees to sell, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase
Mortgage Loans having an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the
Cut-off Date equal to the Cut-off Date Balance.

            (b) The closing for the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans and
the closing for the issuance of the Certificates will take place on the Closing
Date at the office of the Purchaser's counsel in New York, New York or such
other place as the parties shall agree.

            (c) Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 11
hereof, on the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay to the Mortgage Loan Seller
the Acquisition Price for the Mortgage Loans in immediately available funds by
wire transfer to such account or accounts as shall be designated by the Mortgage
Loan Seller.

            SECTION 3. MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULES. The Mortgage Loan Seller agrees
to provide to the Purchaser as of the date hereof a preliminary listing of the
Mortgage Loans (the "PRELIMINARY MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE") setting forth the
information listed on Exhibit 3 to this Agreement with respect to each of the
Mortgage Loans being sold by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If there are changes to
the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide
to the Purchaser as of the Closing Date a final schedule (the "FINAL MORTGAGE
LOAN SCHEDULE") setting forth the information listed on EXHIBIT 3 to this
Agreement with respect to each of the Mortgage Loans being sold by the Mortgage
Loan Seller to the Purchaser. The Final Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be
delivered to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, shall be attached to an
amendment to this Agreement to be executed on the Closing Date by the parties
hereto and shall be in form and substance mutually agreed to by the Mortgage
Loan Seller and the Purchaser (the "AMENDMENT"). If there are no changes to the
Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule, the Preliminary Mortgage Loan Schedule shall
be the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule for all purposes hereof.

            SECTION 4. MORTGAGE LOAN TRANSFER.

            (a) The Purchaser will be entitled to all scheduled payments of
principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date
(regardless of when actually collected) and all payments thereof. The Mortgage
Loan Seller will be entitled to all scheduled payments of principal and interest
on the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date (including payments
collected after the Cut-off Date) and all payments thereof. Such principal
amounts and any interest thereon belonging to the Mortgage Loan Seller as
described above will not be included in the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date as set forth on the Final
Mortgage Loan Schedule.

            (b) Pursuant to various conveyancing documents to be executed on the
Closing Date and pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Purchaser
will assign on the Closing Date all of its right, title and interest in and to
the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and
the Certificate Insurer. In connection with the transfer

                                      M-4
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and assignment of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered or
will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, or the related Custodian
on behalf of the Trustee, by the Closing Date or such later date as is agreed to
by the Purchaser and the Mortgage Loan Seller (each of the Closing Date and such
later date is referred to as a "MORTGAGE FILE DELIVERY DATE"), the items of each
Custodian's respective Mortgage File, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in lieu of the
foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver the following documents, under
the circumstances set forth below: (x) in lieu of the original Mortgage,
assignments to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof which have been
delivered, are being delivered or will upon receipt of recording information
relating to the Mortgage required to be included thereon, be delivered to
recording offices for recording and have not been returned in time to permit
their delivery as specified above, the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver a true
copy thereof with a certification by the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master
Servicer, on the face of such copy, substantially as follows: "Certified to be a
true and correct copy of the original, which has been transmitted for
recording;" (y) in lieu of the Mortgage, assignments to the Trustee or
intervening assignments thereof, if the applicable jurisdiction retains the
originals of such documents or if the originals are lost (in each case, as
evidenced by a certification from the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master
Servicer to such effect), the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver photocopies of
such documents containing an original certification by the judicial or other
governmental authority of the jurisdiction where such documents were recorded;
and (z) in lieu of the Mortgage Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans, each
identified in the list delivered by the Purchaser to the Trustee on the Closing
Date and attached hereto as EXHIBIT 6 the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver lost
note affidavits and indemnities of the Mortgage Loan Seller; and provided
further, however, that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in
full after the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan
Seller, in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee a
certification by the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer to such effect.
The Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver such original documents (including any
original documents as to which certified copies had previously been delivered)
or such certified copies to the Trustee, or the related Custodian on behalf of
the Trustee, promptly after they are received. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall
cause the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and the assignment of
the Mortgage to be recorded not later than 180 days after the Closing Date
unless such assignment is not required to be recorded under the terms set forth
in Section 6(a) hereof.

            (c) In connection with the assignment of any Mortgage Loan
registered on the MERS(R) System, the Mortgage Loan Seller further agrees that
it will cause, at the Mortgage Loan Seller's own expense, within 30 days after
the Closing Date, the MERS(R) System to indicate that such Mortgage Loans have
been assigned by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser and by the Purchaser
to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer by including (or deleting, in the
case of Mortgage Loans which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement)
in such computer files (a) the code in the field which identifies the specific
Trustee and (b) the code in the field "Pool Field" which identifies the series
of the Certificates issued in connection with such Mortgage Loans. The Mortgage
Loan Seller further agrees that it will not, and will not permit the Master
Servicer to, and the Master Servicer agrees that it will not, alter the codes
referenced in this paragraph with respect to any Mortgage Loan during the term
of the Pooling and Servicing

                                      M-5
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Agreement unless and until such Mortgage Loan is repurchased in accordance with
the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            (d) The Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge hereunder
that all of the Mortgage Loans will ultimately be assigned to LaSalle Bank
National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and
the Certificate Insurer, on the date hereof.

            SECTION 5. EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES.

            (a) On or before the Mortgage File Delivery Date, the Mortgage Loan
Seller will have made the Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or its agent
for examination which may be at the offices of the Trustee or the Mortgage Loan
Seller and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller's custodian. The fact that the Purchaser
or its agent has conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete
examination of the Mortgage Files shall not affect the Purchaser's rights to
demand cure, repurchase, substitution or other relief as provided in this
Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall make
the Mortgage Files available to the Purchaser or its agent from time to time so
as to permit the Purchaser to confirm the Mortgage Loan Seller's compliance with
the delivery and recordation requirements of this Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. In addition, upon request of the Purchaser, the Mortgage
Loan Seller agrees to provide to the Purchaser, Bear Stearns and to any
investors or prospective investors in the Certificates information regarding the
Mortgage Loans and their servicing, to make the Mortgage Files available to the
Purchaser, Bear Stearns, the Certificate Insurer and to such investors or
prospective investors (which may be at the offices of the Mortgage Loan Seller
and/or the Mortgage Loan Seller's custodian) and to make available personnel
knowledgeable about the Mortgage Loans for discussions with the Purchaser, Bear
Stearns, the Certificate Insurer and such investors or prospective investors,
upon reasonable request during regular business hours, sufficient to permit the
Purchaser, Bear Stearns, the Certificate Insurer and such investors or potential
investors to conduct such due diligence as any such party reasonably believes is
appropriate.

            (b) Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on the Closing
Date the Trustee (or the related Custodian as obligated under the applicable
Custodial Agreement) for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the
Certificate Insurer will review items of the Mortgage Files as set forth on
EXHIBIT 1 and will deliver to the Mortgage Loan Seller an initial certification
in the form attached as Exhibit One to the applicable Custodial Agreement.

            (c) Within 90 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee or the related
Custodian on its behalf shall, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, deliver to the Mortgage Loan Seller and
the Trustee an Interim Certification in the form attached as Exhibit Two to the
applicable Custodial Agreement to the effect that all such documents have been
executed and received and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, except for any exceptions listed on
Schedule A attached to such Interim Certification. The related Custodian shall
be under no duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine said documents,
instruments, certificates or other papers to determine that the same are
genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they
have actually been recorded or that they are other than what they purport to be
on their face.

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            (d) The Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf will review
the Mortgage Files within 180 days of the Closing Date and will deliver to the
Mortgage Loan Seller, the Certificate Insurer and the Master Servicer, and if
reviewed by the related Custodian, the Trustee, a final certification
substantially in the form of Exhibit Three to the applicable Custodial
Agreement. If the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf is unable to
deliver a final certification with respect to the items listed in EXHIBIT 1 due
to any document that is missing, has not been executed, is unrelated, determined
on the basis of the Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number,
to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule (a
"MATERIAL DEFECT"), the Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf shall
notify the Mortgage Loan Seller of such Material Defect. The Mortgage Loan
Seller shall correct or cure any such Material Defect within 90 days from the
date of notice from the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the
Certificate Insurer of the Material Defect and if the Mortgage Loan Seller does
not correct or cure such Material Defect within such period and such defect
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or the
Certificate Insurer in the related Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller will,
in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, within 90
days of the date of notice, provide the Trustee with a Replacement Mortgage Loan
(if within two years of the Closing Date) or purchase the related Mortgage Loan
at the applicable Purchase Price; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such defect relates
solely to the inability of the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver the original
security instrument or intervening assignments thereof, or a certified copy
because the originals of such documents, or a certified copy, have not been
returned by the applicable jurisdiction, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be
required to purchase such Mortgage Loan if the Mortgage Loan Seller delivers
such original documents or certified copy promptly upon receipt, but in no event
later than 360 days after the Closing Date. The foregoing repurchase obligation
shall not apply in the event that the Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver such
original or copy of any document submitted for recording to the appropriate
recording office in the applicable jurisdiction because such document has not
been returned by such office; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall
instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if such receipt
is not available, a certificate of Mortgage Loan Seller or a Servicing Officer
confirming that such documents have been accepted for recording, and delivery to
the Trustee shall be effected by the Mortgage Loan Seller within thirty days of
its receipt of the original recorded document.

            (e) At the time of any substitution, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall
deliver or cause to be delivered the Replacement Mortgage Loan, the related
Mortgage File and any other documents and payments required to be delivered in
connection with a substitution pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
At the time of any purchase or substitution, the Trustee shall (i) assign the
selected Mortgage Loan to the Mortgage Loan Seller and shall release or cause
the related Custodian to release the documents (including, but not limited to,
the Mortgage, Mortgage Note and other contents of the Mortgage File) in the
possession of the Trustee or the related Custodian, as applicable relating to
the Deleted Mortgage Loan and (ii) execute and deliver such instruments of
transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be necessary to
vest in the Mortgage Loan Seller title to such Deleted Mortgage Loan.

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            SECTION 6. RECORDATION OF ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE.

            (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller will, promptly after the Closing Date,
cause each Mortgage and each assignment of Mortgage from the Mortgage Loan
Seller to the Trustee, and all unrecorded intervening assignments, if any,
delivered on or prior to the Closing Date, to be recorded in all recording
offices in the jurisdictions where the related Mortgaged Properties are located;
provided, HOWEVER, the Mortgage Loan Seller need not cause to be recorded any
assignment which relates to a Mortgage Loan that is a MOM Loan or for which the
related Mortgaged Property is located in any jurisdiction under the laws of
which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered by the Mortgage Loan
Seller to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies, the
recordation of such assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee's
interest in the related Mortgage Loan; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, notwithstanding the
delivery of any Opinion of Counsel, each assignment of Mortgage shall be
submitted for recording by the Mortgage Loan Seller in the manner described
above, at no expense to the Trust Fund or Trustee, upon the earliest to occur of
(i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage
Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the Trust, (ii) the occurrence of an
Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or
foreclosure relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer or an assignment of the
servicing as described in Section 7.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
(iv) with respect to any one assignment of Mortgage, the occurrence of a
bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the
related Mortgage.

            While each such Mortgage or assignment is being recorded, if
necessary, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall leave or cause to be left with the
Trustee or the related Custodian on its behalf a certified copy of such Mortgage
or assignment. In the event that, within 180 days of the Closing Date, the
Trustee has not been provided with an Opinion of Counsel as described above or
received evidence of recording with respect to each Mortgage Loan delivered to
the Purchaser pursuant to the terms hereof or as set forth above and the related
Mortgage Loan is not a MOM Loan, the failure to provide evidence of recording or
such Opinion of Counsel shall be considered a Material Defect, and the
provisions of Section 5(c) and (d) shall apply. All customary recording fees and
reasonable expenses relating to the recordation of the assignments of mortgage
to the Trustee or the Opinion of Counsel, as the case may be, shall be borne by
the Mortgage Loan Seller.

            (b) It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser,
as contemplated by this Agreement be, and be treated as, a sale. It is, further,
not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the
Mortgage Loans by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or
other obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller. However, in the event that,
notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held by a
court to continue to be property of the Mortgage Loan Seller, then (a) this
Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of
Articles 8 and 9 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; (b) the transfer of
the Mortgage Loans provided for herein shall be deemed to be a grant by the
Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser of a security interest in all of the
Mortgage Loan Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans
and all amounts

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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, to the extent
the Purchaser would otherwise be entitled to own such Mortgage Loans and
proceeds pursuant to Section 4 hereof, including all amounts, other than
investment earnings, from time to time held or invested in any accounts created
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, whether in the form of cash,
instruments, securities or other property; (c) the possession by the Purchaser
or the Trustee (or the related Custodian on its behalf) of Mortgage Notes and
such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable
documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be "possession by the secured
party" for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section
9-305 (or comparable provision) of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; and
(d) 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 Purchaser for the
purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. Any
assignment of the interest of the Purchaser pursuant to any provision hereof or
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall also be deemed to be an
assignment of any security interest created hereby. The Mortgage Loan Seller and
the Purchaser 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, such security
interest would be deemed to be a perfected security interest of first priority
under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

            SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER
CONCERNING THE MORTGAGE LOANS. The Mortgage Loan Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Purchaser and the Certificate Insurer as of the Closing Date or
such other date as may be specified below with respect to each Mortgage Loan
being sold by it:

            (a) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule on the
Closing Date is complete, true and correct.

            (b) All payments required to be made prior to the Cut-off Date with
respect to each Mortgage Loan have been made and no Mortgage Loan is delinquent
thirty one or more days; and the Mortgage Loan Seller has not advanced funds, or
induced, solicited or knowingly received any advance of funds from a party other
than the owner of the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, directly or
indirectly, for the payment of any amount required under any Mortgage Loan.

            (c) If any of the Mortgage Loans are secured by a leasehold
interest, with respect to each leasehold interest: the use of leasehold estates
for residential properties is an accepted practice in the area where the related
Mortgaged Property is located; residential property in such area consisting of
leasehold estates is readily marketable; the lease is recorded and no party is
in any way in breach of any provision of such lease; the leasehold is in full
force and effect and is not subject to any prior lien or encumbrance by which
the leasehold could be terminated or subject to any charge or penalty; and the
remaining term of the lease does not terminate less than ten years after the
maturity date of such Mortgage Loan.

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            (d) Except with respect to taxes, insurance and other amounts
previously advanced by a prior servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan, there
are no delinquent taxes, water charges, sewer rents, assessments, insurance
premiums, leasehold payments, including assessments payable in future
installments, or other outstanding charges affecting the related Mortgaged
Property.

            (e) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by written
instruments which in the case of the Mortgage Loans are in the Mortgage File and
have been or will be recorded, if necessary to protect the interests of the
Trustee, and which have been or will be delivered to the Trustee, all in
accordance with this Agreement. The substance of any such waiver, alteration or
modification has been approved by the title insurer, to the extent required by
the related policy. No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except
in connection with an assumption agreement approved by the title insurer, to the
extent required by the policy, and which assumption agreement in the case of the
Mortgage Loans is part of the Mortgage File.

            (f) The Mortgage Note and the Mortgage are not subject to any right
of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury,
nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury and no such
right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with
respect thereto.

            (g) All buildings upon, or comprising part of, the Mortgaged
Property are insured by an insurer acceptable to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
against loss by fire, hazards of extended coverage and such other hazards as are
customary in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, and such insurer
is licensed to do business in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located.
All such insurance policies contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the
originator, its successors and assigns as mortgagee and Mortgage Loan Seller has
received no notice that all premiums thereon have not been paid. If upon
origination of the Mortgage Loan, the Mortgaged Property was, or was
subsequently deemed to be, in an area identified in the Federal Register by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards (and such
flood insurance has been made available), which require under applicable law
that a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines
of the Federal Insurance Administration (or any successor thereto) be obtained,
such flood insurance policy is in effect which policy is with a generally
acceptable carrier in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of
(A) the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum
amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis, or
(C) the maximum amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973. The Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to
maintain all such insurance at Mortgagor's cost and expense and, on the
Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to maintain
such insurance at Mortgagor's cost and expense and to obtain reimbursement
therefor from the Mortgagor.

            (h) Any and all requirements of any federal, state or local law
including, without limitation, usury, truth in lending, real estate settlement
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Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974, as amended, consumer credit
protection, equal credit opportunity, disclosure and reporting laws and all
anti-predatory lending laws applicable to the Mortgage Loan have been complied
with in all material respects.

            (i) The Mortgage has not been satisfied, canceled, subordinated, or
rescinded, in whole or in part, and the Mortgaged Property has not been released
from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part, nor has any instrument been
executed that would effect any such release, cancellation, subordination or
rescission.

            (j) The Mortgage is a valid, existing and enforceable first or
second lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements on the
Mortgaged Property, if any, subject only to (1) the lien of current real
property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable, (2) covenants,
conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of the
public record as of the date of recording being acceptable to mortgage lending
institutions generally and specifically referred to in the lender's title
insurance policy delivered to the originator of the Mortgage Loan and which do
not adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Mortgaged Property and (3) other
matters to which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially
interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by the
Mortgage. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right to sell and assign the
Mortgage to the Purchaser.

            (k) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine and each
is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or general principles of equity.

            (l) All parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had the legal
capacity to enter into the Mortgage Loan transaction and to execute and deliver
the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, and the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have
been duly and properly executed by such parties.

            (m) The proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and
there is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any and all
requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvement and as to
disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with. All costs,
fees and expenses incurred in making or closing the Mortgage Loan and the
recording of the Mortgage were paid, and the Mortgagor is not entitled to any
refund of any amounts paid or due under the Mortgage Note or Mortgage.

            (n) Immediately prior to the conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the
Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser hereunder, the Mortgage Loan Seller was
the sole owner and holder of the Mortgage Loan; the related Originator or the
Mortgage Loan Seller was the custodian of the related escrow account, if
applicable; the Mortgage Loan had neither been assigned nor pledged, and the
Mortgage Loan Seller had good and marketable title thereto, and had full right
to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan and the related servicing rights to the
Purchaser free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim
or security interest subject to the applicable servicing agreement and had full
right and authority subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement
with, any other party, to sell and assign the Mortgage

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Loan and the related servicing rights, subject to the applicable servicing
agreement, to the Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

            (o) All parties which have had any interest in the Mortgage, whether
as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or, during the period in
which they held and disposed of such interest, were) (1) in compliance with any
and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the state wherein the
Mortgaged Property is located, and (2) organized under the laws of such state,
qualified to do business in such state, a federal savings and loan association
or national bank having principal offices in such state or not deemed to be
doing business in such state under applicable law.

            (p) The Mortgage Loan is covered by an ALTA lender's title insurance
policy or equivalent form acceptable to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, or any successor thereto, and qualified to do business in the
jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring (subject to the
exceptions contained in clause (i) above) the Mortgage Loan Seller (as
assignee), its successors and assigns as to the first priority lien of the
Mortgage in the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. Additionally,
such lender's title insurance policy affirmatively insures ingress and egress,
and against encroachments by or upon the Mortgaged Property or any interest
therein. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller (as
assignee) is the sole insured of such lender's title insurance policy, and such
lender's title insurance policy is in full force and effect. No claims have been
made under such lender's title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the
related Mortgage, including the Mortgage Loan Seller, has done, by act or
omission, anything which would impair the coverage of such lender's title
insurance policy.

            (q) Except as provided in clause (b), immediately prior to the
Cut-off Date, there was no default, breach, violation or event of acceleration
existing under the Mortgage or the Mortgage Note and there was no event which,
with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure
period, would constitute a default, breach, violation or event of acceleration,
and the Mortgage Loan Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration.

            (r) There are no mechanics' or similar liens or claims which have
been filed for work, labor or material (and no rights are outstanding that under
law could give rise to such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property which
are or may be liens prior to or equal with, the lien of the related Mortgage.

            (s) At the time of origination, each Mortgaged Property was the
subject of a full appraisal which conformed to the underwriting requirements of
the originator of the Mortgage Loan. All improvements which were considered in
any appraisal which was used in determining the Appraised Value of the related
Mortgaged Property lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction
lines of the Mortgaged Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties
encroach upon the Mortgaged Property.

            (t) The origination, servicing and collection practices with respect
to each Mortgage Note and Mortgage including, the establishment, maintenance and
servicing of the escrow accounts and escrow payments, if any, since origination,
have been conducted in all

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respects in accordance with the terms of Mortgage Note and in compliance with
all applicable laws and regulations and, unless otherwise required by law or
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac standards, in accordance with the proper, prudent and
customary practices in the mortgage origination and servicing business. With
respect to the escrow accounts and escrow payments, if any, and a Mortgage Loan
all such payments are in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage
Loan Seller (including pursuant to a Subservicing Agreement) and there exists no
deficiencies in connection therewith for which customary arrangements for
repayment thereof have not been made. Any interest required to be paid pursuant
to state and local law has been properly paid and credited.

            (u) The Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and waste and
there is no proceeding pending for the total or partial condemnation thereof.

            (v) The Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions to
render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the
realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security
intended to be provided thereby, including, (1) in the case of a Mortgage
designated as a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (2) otherwise by judicial
foreclosure. There is no other exemption available to the Mortgagor which would
interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or
the right to foreclose the Mortgage. The Mortgagor has not notified the Mortgage
Loan Seller and the Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any relief
requested or allowed to the Mortgagor under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

            (w) The Mortgage Note is not and has not been secured by any
collateral except the lien of the applicable Mortgage.

            (x) [Reserved]

            (y) In the event the Mortgage constitutes a deed of trust, a
trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, has been properly
designated and currently so serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or
expenses are or will become payable by the Certificateholders to the trustee
under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale after
default by the Mortgagor.

            (z) No Mortgage Loan contains a permanent or temporary "buydown"
provision. The Mortgage Loan is not a graduated payment mortgage loan.

            (aa) The Mortgagor has received all disclosure materials required by
applicable law with respect to the making of the Mortgage Loan.

            (bb) No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction
or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property.

            (cc) To the best of Mortgage Loan Seller's knowledge, the Mortgaged
Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law and all inspections, licenses
and certificates required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied
portions of the Mortgaged Property and, with

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respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including but not limited to
certificates of occupancy, have been made or obtained from the appropriate
authorities.

            (dd) The assignment of Mortgage with respect to a Mortgage Loan is
in recordable form and is acceptable for recording under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located.

            (ee) The Mortgaged Property consists of a single parcel of real
property with or without a detached single family residence erected thereon, or
an individual condominium unit, or a 2-4 family dwelling, or an individual unit
in a planned unit development as defined by Fannie Mae or a townhouse, each
structure of which is permanently affixed to the Mortgaged Property, and is
legally classified as real estate.

            (ff) Each Mortgage Loan at the time of origination was underwritten
in general in accordance with guidelines not inconsistent with the guidelines
set forth in the Prospectus Supplement and generally accepted credit
underwriting guidelines.

            (gg) No error, omission, misrepresentation, fraud or similar
occurrence with respect to a Mortgage Loan has taken place on the part of the
Mortgage Loan Seller or the related Originator.

            (hh) None of the Mortgage Loans are (a) loans subject to 12 CFR Part
226.31, 12 CFR Part 226.32 or 12 CFR Part 226.34 of Regulation Z, the regulation
implementing TILA, which implements the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act
of 1994 ("HOEPA") or (b) classified and/or defined as a "high cost home loan"
(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) under any
federal, state, or local law, including, but not limited to, the States of
Georgia or North Carolina.

            (ii) None of the Mortgage Loans originated on or after October 1,
2002 and before March 7, 2003 was secured by property located in the State of
Georgia.

            (jj) None of the Mortgage Loans that are secured by property located
in the State of Illinois are in violation of the provisions of the Illinois
Interest Act.

            (kk) All points and fees related to each Group II Loan were
disclosed in writing to the mortgagor in accordance with applicable state and
federal law and regulation. Except in the case of a Group II Loan in an original
principal amount of less than $60,000 which would have resulted in an
unprofitable origination, no mortgagor was charged "points and fees" (whether or
not financed) in an amount greater than 5% of the principal amount of such loan,
such 5% limitation is calculated in accordance with Fannie Mae's anti-predatory
lending requirements as set forth in the Fannie Mae Selling Guide.

            (ll) No Group II Loan is a "High-Risk Home Loan" as defined in the
Illinois High-Risk Home Loan Act effective January 1, 2004 (815 Ill. Comp. Stat.
137/1 et seq.).

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            (mm) All fees and charges (including finance charges) and whether or
not financed, assessed, collected or to be collected in connection with the
origination and servicing of each Group II Loan has been disclosed in writing to
the borrower in accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulation.

            (nn) With respect to any mortgage loans in Loan Group III 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;

            (oo) None of the Group III Loans originated before October 1, 2002
imposes a Prepayment Charge for a term exceeding five years; none of the Group
III Loans originated on or after October 1, 2002 imposes a Prepayment Charge for
a term exceeding three years.

            (pp) No proceeds from any Group III Loan were used to finance
single-premium credit insurance policies.

            (qq) The conforming one- to four-family mortgage loans in Loan Group
III, which may include the balance of any subordinated lien, each have an
original principal balance that does not exceed Freddie Mac's dollar amount
limits.

            (rr) None of the Mortgage Loans contains provisions pursuant to
which monthly payments are (a) paid or partially paid with funds deposited in
any separate account established by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the mortgagor, or
anyone on behalf of the mortgagor, (b) paid by any source other than the
mortgagor or (c) contains any other similar provisions which may constitute a
"buydown" provision. None of the Mortgage Loans is a graduated payment mortgage
loan and no Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation or other contingent interest
feature;

            (ss) Each Mortgage Loan that contains a provision for the assumption
substitution of liability, pursuant to which the original mortgagor is released
from liability and another person is substituted as the mortgagor and becomes
liable under the Mortgage Note, shall be effective only if such person satisfies
the then current underwriting practices and procedures of prudent mortgage
lenders in a state in which the mortgaged property is located.

            (tt) The Mortgaged Property and all improvements thereon comply with
all requirements of any applicable zoning and subdivision laws and ordinances.

            (uu) Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien on the
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 PUDs) or by leasehold for a term longer
than the term of the related Mortgage, subject only to (i) the lien of current
real property taxes and assessments, (ii) 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 being acceptable to
mortgage lending institutions generally or specifically reflected in the
appraisal obtained in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage
Loan or referred to in the lender's title insurance policy delivered to the

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originator of the related Mortgage Loan and (iii) other matters to which like
properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage; Appraisal
Form 1004 or Form 2055 with an interior inspection for first lien Mortgage Loans
has been obtained. Form 704, 2065 or 2055 with an exterior only inspection for
junior lien Mortgage Loans has been obtained.

            (vv) No Group II Loan is a subsection 10 mortgage under the Oklahoma
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act.

            (ww) Each Prepayment Charge is enforceable and was originated in
compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

            (xx) With respect to any Mortgage Loan that contains a provision
permitting imposition of a premium upon a prepayment prior to maturity, the
prepayment premium is disclosed to the borrower in the loan documents pursuant
to applicable state and federal law.

            (yy) No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan or Covered Loan, as
applicable (as such terms are defined in Appendix E of the Standard & Poor's
Glossary For File Format For LEVELS(R) Version 5.6 Revised attached hereto as
Exhibit 7).

            It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 7 will inure to the benefit of the Purchaser, its
successors and assigns, and the Certificate Insurer, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on any Mortgage Note or assignment of
Mortgage or the examination of any Mortgage File. Upon any substitution for a
Mortgage Loan, the representations and warranties set forth above shall be
deemed to be made by the Mortgage Loan Seller as to any Replacement Mortgage
Loan as of the date of substitution.

            Upon discovery or receipt of notice by the Mortgage Loan Seller, the
Purchaser, the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee of a breach of any
representation or warranty of the Mortgage Loan Seller set forth in this Section
7 which materially and adversely affects the value of the interests of the
Purchaser, the Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee in any
of the Mortgage Loans delivered to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, the
party discovering or receiving notice of such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the others. It is understood and agreed that a breach of any one of
the representations contained in clauses (hh), (ii) and (nn) through (qq) above
in respect of a Group III Loan will be deemed to materially adversely affect the
interests of the related Certificateholders. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, any breach of a representation or warranty contained in clauses (hh)
and (ii) of Section 7 in respect of a Group I Loan or Group II Loan that
materially and adversely affects the interests of the related Certificateholders
or the Certificate Insurer in any such Mortgage Loan will require the Seller to
remedy such breach as set forth in this Agreement. In the case of any such
breach of a representation or warranty set forth in this Section 7, within 90
days from the date of discovery by the Mortgage Loan Seller, or the date the
Mortgage Loan Seller is notified by the party discovering or receiving notice of
such breach (whichever occurs earlier), the Mortgage Loan Seller will (i) cure
such breach in all material respects, (ii) purchase the affected Mortgage Loan

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at the applicable Purchase Price or (iii) if within two years of the Closing
Date, substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan in exchange for such
Mortgage Loan; provided that, (A) in the case of a breach of the representation
and warranty concerning the Mortgage Loan Schedule contained in clause (a) of
this Section 7, if such breach is material and relates to any field on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule which identifies any Prepayment Charge or (B) in the case
of a breach of the representation contained in clause (ww) of this Section 7,
then, in each case, in lieu of purchasing such Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund
at the Purchase Price, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the amount of the
Prepayment Charge (net of any amount previously collected by or paid to the
Trust Fund in respect of such Prepayment Charge) from its own funds and without
reimbursement therefor, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have no obligation to
repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan. The obligations of the Mortgage
Loan Seller to cure, purchase or substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage
Loan shall constitute the Purchaser's, the Trustee's and the Certificateholder's
sole and exclusive remedy under this Agreement or otherwise respecting a breach
of representations or warranties hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans,
except for the obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to indemnify the Purchaser
for such breach as set forth in and limited by Section 14 hereof and except for
the cure, repurchase and substitution obligations of Encore under Section 8.

            Any cause of action against the Mortgage Loan Seller or relating to
or arising out of a breach by the Mortgage Loan Seller of any representations
and warranties made in this Section 7 shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon
(i) discovery of such breach by the Mortgage Loan Seller or notice thereof by
the party discovering such breach and (ii) failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller
to cure such breach, purchase such Mortgage Loan or substitute a qualifying
Replacement Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.

            SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ENCORE CONCERNING THE
GROUP II LOANS. Encore hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser and the
Certificate Insurer as of the Closing Date or such other date as may be
specified below with respect to each Group II Loan originated by it:

            (a) No borrower was encouraged or required to select a Group II Loan
product offered by Encore, which is a higher cost product designed for less
creditworthy borrowers, unless at the time of the Group II Loan's origination,
such borrower did not qualify taking into account credit history and
debt-to-income ratios for a lower-cost credit product then offered by Encore or
any affiliate of Encore. If, at the time of loan application, the borrower may
have qualified for a lower-cost credit product then offered by any mortgage
lending affiliate of Encore, Encore referred the borrower's application to such
affiliate for underwriting consideration.

            (b) The methodology used in underwriting the extension of credit for
each Group II Loan employs objective mathematical principles which relate the
borrower's income, assets and liabilities to the proposed payment and such
underwriting methodology does not rely on the extent of the borrower's equity in
the collateral as the principal determining factor in approving such credit
extension. Such underwriting methodology confirmed that at the time of
origination (application/approval) the borrower had a reasonable ability to make
timely payments on the Group II Loan.

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            (c) With respect to any Group II Loan that contains a provision
permitting imposition of a premium upon a prepayment prior to maturity: (i)
prior to the loan's origination, the borrower agreed to such premium in exchange
for a monetary benefit, including but not limited to a rate or fee reduction
and, (ii) prior to the loan's origination, the borrower was offered the option
of obtaining a mortgage loan that did not require payment of such a premium, and
(iii) the duration of the prepayment period shall not exceed three (3) years
form the date of the note if the loan was originated on or after September 1,
2004, unless the loan was modified to reduce the prepayment period to no more
than three years from the date of the note and the borrower was notified in
writing of such reduction in prepayment period.

            (d) No borrower was required to purchase any credit life,
disability, accident or health insurance product as a condition of obtaining the
extensions of credit. No borrower obtained a prepaid single-premium credit life,
disability, accident or health insurance policy in connection with the
origination of a Group II Loan; No proceeds from any Group II Loan were used to
purchase single premium credit insurance policies as part of the origination of,
or as a condition to closing, such Group II Loan.

            Upon discovery or receipt of notice by Encore, the Purchaser, the
Certificate Insurer or the Trustee of a breach of any representation or warranty
of Encore set forth in this Section 8 which materially and adversely affects the
value of the interests of the Purchaser, the Certificateholders, the Certificate
Insurer or the Trustee in any of the Group II Loans delivered to the Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement, the party discovering or receiving notice of such
breach shall give prompt written notice to the others. In the case of any such
breach of a representation or warranty set forth in this Section 8, within 90
days from the date of discovery by Encore, or the date that Encore is notified
by the party discovering or receiving notice of such breach (whichever occurs
earlier), Encore will either (i) cure such breach in all material respects, (ii)
purchase the affected Group II Loan at the applicable Purchase Price or (iii) if
within two years of the Closing Date, substitute a qualifying Substitute Loan in
exchange for such Mortgage Loan. In addition to the obligations of the Mortgage
Loan Seller under Section 7, the obligations of Encore to cure, purchase or
substitute a qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan shall constitute the
Purchaser's, the Trustee's and the Certificateholder's sole and exclusive remedy
under this Agreement or otherwise respecting a breach of representations or
warranties hereunder with respect to the Group II Loans.

            Any cause of action against Encore or relating to or arising out of
a breach by Encore of any representations and warranties made in this Section 8
shall accrue as to any Mortgage Loan upon (i) discovery of such breach by Encore
or notice thereof by the party discovering such breach and (ii) failure by
Encore to cure such breach, purchase such Group II Loan or substitute a
qualifying Replacement Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.

            SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE MORTGAGE
LOAN Seller. As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan
Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser and the Certificate Insurer as
to itself in the capacity indicated as follows:

            (a) the Mortgage Loan Seller (i) is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and (ii) is qualified and in

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good standing to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is
necessary, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan Seller's
business as presently conducted or on the Mortgage Loan Seller's ability to
enter into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

            (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller has full power to own its property, to
carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it
is a party;

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

            (d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Mortgage Loan
Seller of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do
not require the consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the
registration with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any state,
federal or other governmental authority or agency, except those consents,
approvals, notices, registrations or other actions as have already been
obtained, given or made and, in connection with the recordation of the
Mortgages, powers of attorney or assignments of Mortgages not yet completed;

            (e) each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Mortgage Loan
Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser
or the parties thereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Mortgage Loan Seller enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
(subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally);

            (f) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, threatened against the Mortgage Loan
Seller, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or
governmental body (i) with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or
(ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Mortgage Loan
Seller could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Mortgage
Loan Seller and if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller materially
and adversely affect the Mortgage Loan Seller's ability to perform its
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Documents to which it is a party; and the Mortgage Loan Seller is not in default
with respect to any order of any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or
governmental body so as to materially and adversely affect the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it
is a party; and

            (g) the Mortgage Loan Seller's Information (as defined in Section
14(a) hereof) does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

            SECTION 10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE PURCHASER.
As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the Purchaser represents and
warrants to the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Certificate Insurer as follows:

            (a) the Purchaser (i) is a limited liability company duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
and (ii) is qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction
where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so to qualify
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Purchaser's business as presently conducted or on the Purchaser's ability to
enter into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

            (b) the Purchaser has full power to own its property, to carry on
its business as presently conducted and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it
is a party;

            (c) the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement
and any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Purchaser; and neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which it is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein
contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof, will
conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of
the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or
order binding on the Purchaser or its properties or the certificate of formation
or limited liability company agreement of the Purchaser, except those conflicts,
breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Purchaser's ability to enter into this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document to which it is a party and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby;

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

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            (e) each of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Mortgage Loan Seller,
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency
laws and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors
generally);

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

            (g) the Purchaser's Information (as defined in Section 14(b) hereof)
does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

            SECTION 11. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.

            (a) The obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement will be
subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following
conditions:

                (1) Each of the obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller required
to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement shall have been duly performed and complied with in all material
respects; all of the representations and warranties of the Mortgage Loan Seller
under this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date or dates specified
in all material respects; and no event shall have occurred which, with notice or
the passage of time, would constitute a default under this Agreement, the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the Insurance Agreement, and the Purchaser
and the Certificate Insurer shall have received certificates to that effect
signed by authorized officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller.

                (2) The Purchaser shall have received all of the following
closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and reasonably acceptable to
the Purchaser, duly executed by all signatories other than the Purchaser as
required pursuant to the respective terms thereof:

                    (i) If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Amendment
          dated as of the Closing Date and any documents referred to therein;

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                    (ii) If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Final
          Mortgage Loan Schedule containing the information set forth on EXHIBIT
          3 hereto, one copy to be attached to each counterpart of the
          Amendment;

                    (iii) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in form and
          substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate
          Insurer and the Purchaser, and all documents required thereby duly
          executed by all signatories;

                    (iv) A certificate of an officer of the Mortgage Loan Seller
          dated as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
          Purchaser and the Certificate Insurer, and attached thereto the
          resolutions of the Mortgage Loan Seller authorizing the transactions
          contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
          which it is a party, together with copies of the articles of
          incorporation, by-laws and certificate of good standing of the
          Mortgage Loan Seller;

                    (v) One or more opinions of counsel from the Mortgage Loan
          Seller's counsel otherwise in form and substance reasonably
          satisfactory to the Purchaser, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer
          and each Rating Agency;

                    (vi) A letter from each of the Rating Agencies giving each
          Class of Certificates set forth on Schedule A hereto the rating set
          forth therein; and

                    (vii) Such other documents, certificates (including
          additional representations and warranties) and opinions as may be
          reasonably necessary to secure the intended ratings from each Rating
          Agency for the Certificates (without taking into account the Class
          II-A Policy).

                (3) The Certificates to be sold to Bear Stearns pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement shall have been issued and sold to Bear Stearns.

                (4) The Mortgage Loan Seller and Encore shall have furnished to
the Purchaser and the Certificate Insurer such other certificates of its
officers or others and such other documents and opinions of counsel to evidence
fulfillment of the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby as the Purchaser, the Certificate Insurer and their
respective counsel may reasonably request.

            (b) The obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller under this Agreement
shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the
following conditions:

                (1) The obligations of the Purchaser required to be performed by
it on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall
have been duly performed and complied with in all material respects, and all of
the representations and warranties of the Purchaser under this Agreement shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date, and no event shall have occurred which would constitute a breach
by it of the terms of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the
Insurance Agreement, and the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Certificate Insurer
shall have received a certificate to that effect signed by an authorized officer
of the Purchaser.

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                (2) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have received copies of all
of the following closing documents, in such forms as are agreed upon and
reasonably acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller, duly executed by all
signatories other than the Mortgage Loan Seller as required pursuant to the
respective terms thereof:

                    (i) If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Amendment
          dated as of the Closing Date and any documents referred to therein;

                    (ii) The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in form and
          substance reasonably satisfactory to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the
          Trustee and the Certificate Insurer, and all documents required
          thereby duly executed by all signatories;

                    (iii) A certificate of an officer of the Purchaser dated as
          of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Mortgage
          Loan Seller and the Certificate Insurer, and attached thereto the
          written consent of the member of the Purchaser authorizing the
          transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
          Documents to which it is a party, together with copies of the
          Purchaser's certificate of formation, limited liability company
          agreement and evidence as to the good standing of the Purchaser dated
          as of a recent date;

                    (iv) One or more opinions of counsel from the Purchaser's
          counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Mortgage
          Loan Seller, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Rating
          Agencies; and

                    (v) Such other documents, certificates (including additional
          representations and warranties) and opinions as may be reasonably
          necessary to secure the intended rating from each Rating Agency for
          the Certificates (without taking into account the Class II-A Policy).

            SECTION 12. FEES AND EXPENSES. Subject to Section 17 hereof, the
Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay on the Closing Date or such later date as may be
agreed to by the Purchaser (i) the fees and expenses of the Mortgage Loan
Seller's attorneys and the reasonable fees and expenses of the Purchaser's
attorneys, (ii) the fees and expenses of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (iii) the fee
for the use of Purchaser's Registration Statement based on the aggregate
original principal amount of the Certificates and the filing fee of the
Commission as in effect on the date on which the Registration Statement was
declared effective, (iv) the fees and expenses including counsel's fees and
expenses in connection with any "blue sky" and legal investment matters, (v) the
fees and expenses of the Trustee which shall include without limitation the fees
and expenses of the Trustee (and the fees and disbursements of its counsel) with
respect to (A) legal and document review of this Agreement, the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the Certificates and related agreements, (B) attendance at
the Closing and (C) review of the Mortgage Loans to be performed by the Trustee
or the related Custodian on its behalf, (vi) the expenses for printing or
otherwise reproducing the Certificates, the Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement, (vii) the fees and expenses of each Rating Agency (both initial and
ongoing), (viii) the fees and expenses relating to the preparation and
recordation of mortgage assignments (including intervening assignments, if any
and if available, to evidence a complete chain of title from the originator to
the Trustee) from the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Trustee or

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the expenses relating to the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 6(a)
hereof, as the case may be and (ix) Mortgage File due diligence expenses and
other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the
purchase of the Mortgage Loans and by Bear Stearns in connection with the sale
of the Certificates. The Mortgage Loan Seller additionally agrees to pay
directly to any third party on a timely basis the fees provided for above which
are charged by such third party and which are billed periodically.

            SECTION 13. ACCOUNTANTS' LETTERS.

            (a) Deloitte & Touche llp will review the characteristics of a
sample of the Mortgage Loans described in the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule and
will compare those characteristics to the description of the Mortgage Loans
contained in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Summary--The Mortgage
Loans" and "The Mortgage Pool" and in Schedule A thereto. The Mortgage Loan
Seller will cooperate with the Purchaser in making available all information and
taking all steps reasonably necessary to permit such accountants to complete the
review and to deliver the letters required of them under the Underwriting
Agreement. Deloitte & Touche LLP will also confirm certain calculations as set
forth under the caption "Yield, Prepayment and Maturity Considerations" in the
Prospectus Supplement.

            (b) To the extent statistical information with respect to the
Mortgage Loan Seller's servicing portfolio is included in the Prospectus
Supplement under the caption "Servicing of the Mortgage Loans--The Master
Servicer--Delinquency and Foreclosure Experience of EMC," a letter from the
certified public accountant for the Mortgage Loan Seller will be delivered to
the Purchaser dated the date of the Prospectus Supplement, in the form
previously agreed to by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser, with respect
to such statistical information.

            SECTION 14. INDEMNIFICATION.

            (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Purchaser and its directors, officers and controlling persons (as defined in
Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any loss, claim, damage or
liability or action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them may become
subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER'S INFORMATION
as identified in EXHIBIT 4, the omission to state in the Prospectus Supplement
or Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto approved by the
Mortgage Loan Seller and in which additional Mortgage Loan Seller's Information
is identified), in reliance upon and in conformity with Mortgage Loan Seller's
Information a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading, (ii) any representation or warranty assigned or made by the
Mortgage Loan Seller in Section 7 or Section 9 hereof being, or alleged to be,
untrue or incorrect, or (iii) any failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to perform
its obligations under this Agreement; and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall
reimburse the Purchaser and each other indemnified party for any legal and other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action.

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            The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability
which the Mortgage Loan Seller otherwise may have to the Purchaser or any other
such indemnified party.

            (b) The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Mortgage
Loan Seller and its respective directors, officers and controlling persons (as
defined in Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and against any loss, claim,
damage or liability or action in respect thereof, to which they or any of them
may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon (i) any
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the PURCHASER'S INFORMATION as
identified in EXHIBIT 5, the omission to state in the Prospectus Supplement or
Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto approved by the
Purchaser and in which additional Purchaser's Information is identified), in
reliance upon and in conformity with the Purchaser's Information, a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, (ii) any
representation or warranty made by the Purchaser in Section 10 hereof being, or
alleged to be, untrue or incorrect, or (iii) any failure by the Purchaser to
perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Purchaser shall reimburse
the Mortgage Loan Seller, and each other indemnified party for any legal and
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which
the Purchaser otherwise may have to the Mortgage Loan Seller, or any other such
indemnified party.

            (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom
indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the
failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section 14 except to the extent that it
has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure or from any
liability which it may have otherwise). In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the
indemnified party promptly (but, in any event, within 30 days) after receiving
the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof
with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ
its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i)
the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of
the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the
indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the
defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of
the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably
concluded that there is a conflict of interest between itself or themselves and
the indemnifying party in the conduct of the defense of any claim or that the
interests of the indemnified party or parties are not substantially co-extensive
with those of the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying parties
shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the
indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses
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indemnifying parties (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the indemnifying party shall be
liable only for the fees and expenses of one counsel in addition to one local
counsel in the jurisdiction involved. Anything in this subsection to the
contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement or any claim or action effected without its written consent;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld.

            (d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section 14 shall for any reason be unavailable to an indemnified party in
respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect
thereof, referred to in Section 14, then the indemnifying party shall in lieu of
indemnifying the indemnified party contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Mortgage Loan Seller on the one hand and
the Purchaser on the other from the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans, the
offering of the Certificates and the other transactions contemplated hereunder.
No person found liable for a fraudulent misrepresentation shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who is not also found liable for such fraudulent
misrepresentation.

            (e) The parties hereto agree that reliance by an indemnified party
on any publicly available information or any information or directions furnished
by an indemnifying party shall not constitute negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct by such indemnified party.

            SECTION 15. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing but may be delivered by facsimile transmission
subsequently confirmed in writing. Notices to the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be
directed to EMC Mortgage Corporation, 909 Hidden Ridge Drive, Suite 200 Irving,
Texas 75038, (Telecopy: (972-444-2880)), and notices to the Purchaser shall be
directed to Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New
York, New York 10179, (Telecopy: (212-272-7206)), Attention: Chief Counsel; and
Encore Credit Corporation, 1833 Alton Parkway, Irvine, California 926063 or to
any other address as may hereafter be furnished by one party to the other party
by like notice. Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be
deemed to have been received on the date received at the premises of the
addressee (as evidenced, in the case of registered or certified mail, by the
date noted on the return receipt) provided that it is received on a business day
during normal business hours and, if received after normal business hours, then
it shall be deemed to be received on the next business day.

            SECTION 16. TRANSFER OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The Purchaser retains the
right to assign the Mortgage Loans and any or all of its interest under this
Agreement to the Trustee without the consent of the Mortgage Loan Seller, and,
upon such assignment, the Trustee shall succeed to the applicable rights and
obligations of the Purchaser hereunder; provided, however, the Purchaser shall
remain entitled to the benefits set forth in Sections 12, 14 and 18 hereto and
as provided in Section 2(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole and
exclusive right and remedy of the Trustee with respect to a breach of
representation or warranty of the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be the cure,
purchase or substitution obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller contained in
Sections 5 and 7 hereof.

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            SECTION 17. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated (a) by the
mutual consent of the parties hereto prior to the Closing Date, (b) by the
Purchaser, if the conditions to the Purchaser's obligation to close set forth
under Section 11(a) hereof are not fulfilled as and when required to be
fulfilled or (c) by the Mortgage Loan Seller, if the conditions to the Mortgage
Loan Seller's obligation to close set forth under Section 11(b) hereof are not
fulfilled as and when required to be fulfilled. In the event of termination
pursuant to clause (b), the Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay, and in the event of
termination pursuant to clause (c), the Purchaser shall pay, all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the other in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. In the event of a termination pursuant to clause
(a), each party shall be responsible for its own expenses.

            SECTION 18. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE
DELIVERY. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Mortgage Loan Seller
submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect
and shall survive delivery of the Mortgage Loans to the Purchaser (and by the
Purchaser to the Trustee). Subsequent to the delivery of the Mortgage Loans to
the Purchaser, each of the Mortgage Loan Seller's and Encore's representations
and warranties contained herein with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be
deemed to relate to the Mortgage Loans actually delivered to the Purchaser and
included in the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule and any Replacement Mortgage Loan
and not to those Mortgage Loans deleted from the Preliminary Mortgage Loan
Schedule pursuant to Section 3 hereof prior to the Closing.

            SECTION 19. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall
be prohibited or invalid under applicable law, this Agreement shall be
ineffective only to such extent, without invalidating the remainder of this
Agreement.

            SECTION 20. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which will be an original, but which together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.

            SECTION 21. AMENDMENT. This Agreement cannot be amended or modified
in any manner without the prior written consent of each party.

            SECTION 22. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTION 5 1401 OF THE NEW YORK
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

            SECTION 23. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each of the parties agrees to
execute and deliver such instruments and take such actions as another party may,
from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the purpose and to
carry out the terms of this Agreement including any amendments hereto which may
be required by either Rating Agency.

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            SECTION 24. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

            (a) This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller, Encore and the Purchaser and their
permitted successors and assigns and, to the extent specified in Section 14
hereof, Bear Stearns, and their directors, officers and controlling persons
(within the meaning of federal securities laws), and the Certificate Insurer, to
the extent of its rights as a third party beneficiary hereunder. The parties
hereto hereby acknowledge that the Certificate Insurer shall be a third party
beneficiary of this Agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller and Encore acknowledge
and agree that the Purchaser may assign its rights under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller's or
Encore's, as applicable, representations and warranties respecting the Mortgage
Loans) to the Trustee. Any person into which the Mortgage Loan Seller or Encore,
as applicable, may be merged or consolidated (or any person resulting from any
merger or consolidation involving the Mortgage Loan Seller or Encore, as
applicable), any person resulting from a change in form of the Mortgage Loan
Seller or any person succeeding to the business of the Mortgage Loan Seller,
shall be considered the "successor" of the Mortgage Loan Seller or Encore, as
applicable hereunder and shall be considered a party hereto without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act or consent on the part of
any party hereto. Except as provided in the two preceding sentences, this
Agreement cannot be assigned, pledged or hypothecated by either party hereto
without the written consent of the other parties to this Agreement and any such
assignment or purported assignment shall be deemed null and void.

            SECTION 25. THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER. The Mortgage Loan Seller and
Encore each will keep in full force and effect its existence, all rights and
franchises as a corporation under the laws of the State of its incorporation and
will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary to
perform its obligations under this Agreement.

            SECTION 26. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements,
understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written,
of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof.

            SECTION 27. NO PARTNERSHIP. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed
or construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties
hereto.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first
above written.

                                          EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                          By: ________________________________
                                          Name: SUE STEPANEK
                                          Title: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

                                          BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED
                                          SECURITIES I LLC

                                          By: ________________________________
                                          Name: ______________________________
                                          Title: _____________________________

                                          ENCORE CREDIT CORP.

                                          By: ________________________________
                                          Name: ______________________________
                                          Title: _____________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT 1
                            CONTENTS OF MORTGAGE FILE

      With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage File shall include each
of the following items, which shall be available for inspection by the Purchaser
or its designee, and which shall be delivered to the Purchaser or its designee
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

                    (i) The original Mortgage Note, including any riders
          thereto, endorsed without recourse to the order of "LaSalle Bank
          National Association", as Trustee for certificateholders of Bear
          Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC Asset Backed Certificates,
          Series 2004-HE9," and showing to the extent available to the Mortgage
          Loan Seller an unbroken chain of endorsements from the original payee
          thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee;

                    (ii) the original Mortgage and, if the related Mortgage Loan
          is a MOM Loan, noting the presence of the MIN and language indicating
          that such Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, which shall have been recorded
          (or if the original is not available, a copy), with evidence of such
          recording indicated thereon (or if clause (x) in the proviso below
          applies, shall be in recordable form);

                    (iii) unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, the assignment
          (either an original or a copy, which may be in the form of a blanket
          assignment if permitted in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
          Property is located) to the Trustee of the Mortgage with respect to
          each Mortgage Loan in the name of "LaSalle Bank National Association",
          as Trustee for certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed
          Securities I LLC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE9," which
          shall have been recorded (or if clause (x) in the proviso below
          applies, shall be in recordable form);

                    (iv) an original or a copy of all intervening assignments of
          the Mortgage, if any, to the extent available to the Mortgage Loan
          Seller, with evidence of recording thereon;

                    (v) the original policy of title insurance or mortgagee's
          certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title
          insurance, if available, or a copy thereof, or, in the event that such
          original title insurance policy is unavailable, a photocopy thereof,
          or in lieu thereof, a current lien search on the related Mortgaged
          Property and

                    (vi) originals or copies of all available assumption,
          modification or substitution agreements, if any; provided, however,
          that in lieu of the foregoing, the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver
          the following documents, under the circumstances set forth below: x)
          if any Mortgage, assignment thereof to the Trustee or intervening
          assignments thereof have been delivered or are being delivered to
          recording offices for recording and have not been returned in time to
          permit their delivery as specified above, the Purchaser may deliver a
          true copy thereof with a certification by the Mortgage Loan Seller or
          the title company issuing the commitment for title insurance, on the
          face of such copy, substantially as follows: "Certified to be a true
          and correct copy of the original,

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          which has been transmitted for recording"; and (y) in lieu of the
          Mortgage Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans identified in the list
          set forth in Exhibit J to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
          Purchaser may deliver a lost note affidavit and indemnity and a copy
          of the original note, if available; and provided, further, however,
          that in the case of Mortgage Loans which have been prepaid in full
          after the Cut-Off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Purchaser,
          in lieu of delivering the above documents, may deliver to the Trustee
          and its related Custodian a certification of a Servicing Officer to
          such effect and in such case shall deposit all amounts paid in respect
          of such Mortgage Loans, in the Protected Account or in the
          Distribution Account on the Closing Date. In the case of the documents
          referred to in clause (x) above, the Purchaser shall deliver such
          documents to the Trustee or its related Custodian promptly after they
          are received. The Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause, at its expense,
          the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if any, and to the extent
          required in accordance with the foregoing, the assignment of the
          Mortgage to the Trustee to be submitted for recording promptly after
          the Closing Date; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller need not
          cause to be recorded any assignment (a) in any jurisdiction under the
          laws of which, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the
          Trustee delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Trustee, the
          Certificate Insurer and the Rating Agencies, the recordation of such
          assignment is not necessary to protect the Trustee's interest in the
          related Mortgage Loan or (b) if MERS is identified on the Mortgage or
          on a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as mortgagee of
          record solely as nominee for Mortgage Loan Seller and its successors
          and assigns. In the event that the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser
          or the Master Servicer gives written notice to the Trustee that a
          court has recharacterized the sale of the Mortgage Loans as a
          financing, the Mortgage Loan Seller shall submit or cause to be
          submitted for recording as specified above or, should the Mortgage
          Loan Seller fail to perform such obligations, the Master Servicer
          shall cause each such previously unrecorded assignment to be submitted
          for recording as specified above at the expense of the Trust. In the
          event a Mortgage File is released to the Mortgage Loan Seller or the
          Master Servicer as a result of such Person having completed a Request
          for Release, the related Custodian shall, if not so completed,
          complete the assignment of the related Mortgage in the manner
          specified in clause (iii) above.

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                                    EXHIBIT 2
                                   [Reserved]

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                                    EXHIBIT 3
                       MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE INFORMATION

      The Preliminary and Final Mortgage Loan Schedules shall set forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

               i.     the loan number;

               ii.    the Mortgage Rate in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

               iii.   the Servicing Fee Rate;

               iv.    the Trustee Fee Rate;

               v.     the LPMI Fee, if applicable;

               vi.    the Net Mortgage Rate in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

               vii.   the maturity date;

               viii.  the original principal balance;

               ix.    the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

               x.     the original term;

               xi.    the remaining term;

               xii.   the property type;

               xiii.  the MIN with respect to each MOM Loan;

               xiv.   with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
                      Minimum Mortgage Rate;

               xv.    with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
                      Maximum Mortgage Rate;

               xvi.   with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
                      Gross Margin;

               xvii.  with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
                      next Adjustment Date;

               xviii. with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
                      Periodic Rate Cap;

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               xix.   the Loan Group; and

               xx.    a code indicating whether such Mortgage Loan is a first
                      lien Mortgage Loan or a second lien Mortgage Loan.

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                                    EXHIBIT 4
                       MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER'S INFORMATION

      All information in the Prospectus Supplement described under the following
captions: "SUMMARY -- The Mortgage Loans," "THE MORTGAGE POOL" and "SCHEDULE A
-- Mortgage Loan Statistical Data."

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                                    EXHIBIT 5
                             PURCHASER'S INFORMATION

      All information in the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, except
the Mortgage Loan Seller's Information.

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                                    EXHIBIT 6
                             SCHEDULE OF LOST NOTES

                             Available Upon Request

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                                    EXHIBIT 7

                                                      REVISED OCTOBER 18, 2004

      APPENDIX E - STANDARD & POOR'S ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING CATEGORIZATION

Standard & Poor's has categorized loans governed by anti-predatory lending laws
in the Jurisdictions listed below into three categories based upon a combination
of factors that include (a) the risk exposure associated with the assignee
liability and (b) the tests and thresholds set forth in those laws. Note that
certain loans classified by the relevant statute as Covered are included in
Standard & Poor's High Cost Loan Category because they included thresholds and
tests that are typical of what is generally considered High Cost by the
industry.

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STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION

STATE/JURISDICTION              NAME OF ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING                  CATEGORY UNDER APPLICABLE
                                LAW/EFFECTIVE DATE                              ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING LAW
<S>                             <C>                                             <C>

Arkansas                        Arkansas Home Loan Protection                   High Cost Home Loan
                                Act, Ark. Code Ann. ss.ss. 23-53-101
                                ET SEQ.

                                Effective July 16, 2003

Cleveland Heights, OH           Ordinance No. 72-2003 (PSH),                    Covered Loan
                                Mun. Code ss.ss. 757.01 ET SEQ.

                                Effective June 2, 2003

Colorado                        Consumer Equity Protection,                     Covered Loan
                                Colo. Stat. Ann. ss.ss. 5-3.5-101
                                ET SEQ.

                                Effective for covered loans
                                offered or entered into on or
                                after January 1, 2003. Other
                                provisions of the Act took
                                effect on June 7, 2002

Connecticut                     Connecticut Abusive Home Loan                   High Cost Home Loan
                                Lending Practices Act, Conn.
                                Gen. Stat. ss.ss. 36a-746 ET SEQ.

                                Effective October 1, 2001

District of Columbia            Home Loan Protection Act, D.C.                  Covered Loan
                                Code ss.ss. 26-1151.01 ET SEQ.

                                Effective for loans closed on or
                                after January 28, 2003

Florida                         Fair Lending Act, Fla. Stat.                    High Cost Home Loan
                                Ann. ss.ss. 494.0078 ET SEQ.

                                Effective October 2, 2002

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<CAPTION>

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION

STATE/JURISDICTION              NAME OF ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING                  CATEGORY UNDER APPLICABLE
                                LAW/EFFECTIVE DATE                              ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING LAW
<S>                             <C>                                             <C>

Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 - Mar.    Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga.                   High Cost Home Loan
6, 2003)                        Code Ann. ss.ss. 7-6A-1 ET SEQ.

                                Effective October 1, 2002 -
                                March 6, 2003

Georgia as amended (Mar. 7,     Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga.                   High Cost Home Loan
2003 - current)                 Code Ann. ss.ss. 7-6A-1 ET SEQ.

                                Effective for loans closed on or
                                after March 7, 2003

HOEPA Section 32                Home Ownership and Equity                       High Cost Loan
                                Protection Act of 1994, 15
                                U.S.C. ss. 1639, 12 C.F.R. ss.ss.
                                226.32 and 226.34

                                Effective October 1, 1995,
                                amendments October 1, 2002

Illinois                        High Risk Home Loan Act, Ill.                   High Risk Home Loan
                                Comp. Stat. tit. 815, ss.ss. 137/5
                                et SEQ.

                                Effective January 1, 2004 (prior to
                                this date, regulations under
                                Residential Mortgage License
                                Act effective from May 14, 2001)

Indiana                         Indiana Home Loan Practices Act,                High Cost Home Loan
                                Ind. Code Ann. ss.ss. 24-9-1-1
                                ET seq.

                                Effective for loans originated
                                on or after January 1, 2005.

Kansas                          Consumer Credit Code, Kan. Stat.                High Loan to Value Consumer
                                Ann. ss.ss. 16a-1-101 ET SEQ.                   Loan (ID. ss. 16a-3-207) and;

                                Sections 16a-1-301 and 16a-3-207                High APR Consumer Loan (ID.
                                became effective April 14, 1999;                ss. 16a-3-308a)
                                Section 16a-3-308a became effective
                                July 1, 1999

Kentucky                        2003 KY H.B. 287 - High Cost                    High Cost Home Loan
                                Home Loan Act, Ky. Rev. Stat.
                                ss.ss. 360.100 ET SEQ.

                                Effective June 24, 2003

Maine                           Truth in Lending, Me. Rev. Stat.                High Rate High Fee Mortgage
                                tit. 9-A, ss.ss. 8-101 ET SEQ.

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STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION

STATE/JURISDICTION              NAME OF ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING                  CATEGORY UNDER APPLICABLE
                                LAW/EFFECTIVE DATE                              ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING LAW
<S>                             <C>                                             <C>

                                Effective September 29, 1995 and
                                as amended from time to time

Massachusetts                   Part 40 and Part 32, 209 C.M.R.                 High Cost Home Loan
                                ss.ss. 32.00 ET SEQ. and 209 C.M.R.
                                ss.ss. 40.01 ET SEQ.

                                Effective March 22, 2001 and
                                amended from time to time

                                Massachusetts Predatory Home                    High Cost Home Mortgage Loan
                                Loan Practices Act
                                Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183C, ss.ss. 1
                                ET SEQ.

                                Effective November 7, 2004

Nevada                          Assembly Bill No. 284, Nev. Rev.                Home Loan
                                Stat. ss.ss. 598D.010 ET SEQ.

                                Effective October 1, 2003

New Jersey                      New Jersey Home Ownership                       High Cost Home Loan
                                Security Act of 2002, N.J. Rev.
                                Stat. ss.ss. 46:10B-22 ET SEQ.

                                Effective for loans closed on or
                                after November 27, 2003

New Mexico                      Home Loan Protection Act, N.M.                  High Cost Home Loan
                                Rev. Stat. ss.ss. 58-21A-1 ET SEQ.

                                Effective as of January 1, 2004;
                                Revised as of February 26, 2004

New York                        N.Y. Banking Law Article 6-l                    High Cost Home Loan

                                 Effective for applications made
                                on or after April 1, 2003

North Carolina                  Restrictions and Limitations on                 High Cost Home Loan
                                High Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen.
                                Stat. ss.ss. 24-1.1E ET SEQ.

                                Effective July 1, 2000; amended
                                October 1, 2003 (adding open-end
                                lines of credit)

Ohio                            H.B. 386 (codified in various                   Covered Loan
                                sections of the Ohio Code), Ohio
                                Rev. Code Ann. ss.ss. 1349.25
                                ET SEQ.

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<CAPTION>

STANDARD & POOR'S HIGH COST LOAN CATEGORIZATION

STATE/JURISDICTION              NAME OF ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING                  CATEGORY UNDER APPLICABLE
                                LAW/EFFECTIVE DATE                              ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING LAW
<S>                             <C>                                             <C>

                                Effective May 24, 2002

Oklahoma                        Consumer Credit Code (codified                  Subsection 10 Mortgage
                                in various sections of Title 14A)

                                Effective July 1, 2000; amended
                                effective January 1, 2004

South Carolina                  South Carolina High Cost and High
                                Cost Home Loan Consumer Home Loans
                                Act, S.C. Code Ann. ss.ss. 37-23-10
                                ET SEQ.

                                Effective for loans taken on or
                                after January 1, 2004

West Virginia                   West Virginia Residential                       West Virginia Mortgage Loan
                                Mortgage Lender, Broker and                     Act Loan
                                Servicer Act, W. Va. Code Ann.
                                ss.ss. 31-17-1 ET SEQ.

                                Effective June 5, 2002

STANDARD & POOR'S COVERED LOAN CATEGORIZATION

STATE/JURISDICTION              NAME OF ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING                  CATEGORY UNDER APPLICABLE
                                LAW/EFFECTIVE DATE                              ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING LAW

Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 -         Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code              Covered Loan
Mar. 6, 2003)                   Ann. ss.ss. 7-6A-1 ET SEQ.

                                Effective October 1, 2002 - March 6,
                                2003

New Jersey                      New Jersey Home Ownership Security              Covered Home Loan
                                Act of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. ss.ss.
                                46:10B-22 ET SEQ.

                                Effective November 27, 2003 - July 5,
                                2004

STANDARD & POOR'S HOME LOAN CATEGORIZATION

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<CAPTION>

STATE/JURISDICTION              NAME OF ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING                  CATEGORY UNDER APPLICABLE
                                LAW/EFFECTIVE DATE                              ANTI-PREDATORY LENDING LAW
<S>                             <C>                                             <C>

Georgia (Oct. 1, 2002 -         Georgia Fair Lending Act, Ga. Code              Home Loan
Mar. 6, 2003)                   Ann. ss.ss. 7-6A-1 ET SEQ.

                                Effective October 1, 2002 - March 6,
                                2003

Indiana                         Indiana Home Loan Practices Act, Ind.           Home Loan
                                Code Ann. ss.ss. 24-9-1-1 ET SEQ.

                                Effective for loans originated on or
                                after January 1, 2005.

New Jersey                      New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act          Home Loan
                                of 2002, N.J. Rev. Stat. ss.ss.
                                46:10B-22 ET SEQ.

                                Effective for loans closed on or after
                                November 27, 2003

New Mexico                      Home Loan Protection Act, N.M. Rev.             Home Loan
                                Stat. ss.ss. 58-21A-1 ET SEQ.

                                Effective as of January 1, 2004;
                                Revised as of February 26, 2004

North Carolina                  Restrictions and Limitations on High            Consumer Home Loan
                                Cost Home Loans, N.C. Gen. Stat. ss.ss.
                                24-1.1E ET SEQ.

                                Effective July 1, 2000; amended October 1, 2003
                                (adding open-end lines of credit)

South Carolina                  South Carolina High Cost and Consumer           Consumer Home Loan
                                Home Loans Act, S.C. Code Ann. ss.ss.
                                37-23-10 ET SEQ.

                                Effective for loans taken on or after
                                January 1, 2004

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                                   SCHEDULE A

               REQUIRED RATINGS FOR EACH CLASS OF CERTIFICATES

                               PUBLIC CERTIFICATES

                 Class                   S&P              Moody's
        --------------------    ----------------------  -------------
                 I-A-1                   AAA                Aaa
                 I-A-2                   AAA                Aaa
                 I-A-3                   AAA                Aaa
                  II-A                   AAA                Aaa
                III-A-1                  AAA                Aaa
                III-A-2                  AAA                Aaa
                  M-1                    AA+                Aa2
                  M-2                     AA                A2
                  M-3                     A+                A3
                  M-4                     A                Baa1
                  M-5                     A-               Baa2
                  M-6                    BBB+              Baa3
                  M-7A                   BBB-               --
                  M-7B                   BBB-               --

None of the above ratings has been lowered, qualified or withdrawn since the
dates of issuance of such ratings by the Rating Agencies.

                             PRIVATE CERTIFICATES
          Class                   S&P              Moody's
        --------------     ---------------      ------------
            CE                 Not Rated          Not Rated
            P                  Not Rated          Not Rated
           R-1                 Not Rated          Not Rated
           R-2                 Not Rated          Not Rated
            RX                 Not Rated          Not Rated

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                                    EXHIBIT N

                            FORM OF INSURANCE POLICY

October 29, 2004

ASSURED GUARANTY CORP.
1325 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019

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FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY
---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

OBLIGATIONS INSURED:                        FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY
                                            NUMBER:  D-2004-110
All  Insured   Payments  now  owing  or
which  may in the  future  be  owing by
the Trust and to be paid by the Trust       EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 2004
to the Beneficiary under the Obligations,
as further described and defined below.
---------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

    For value received and subject to the terms and conditions of this financial
guaranty insurance policy number D-2004-110 (the "POLICY"), Assured Guaranty
Corp., a Maryland corporation, as Insurer with respect to the Obligations (the
"INSURER") for the trust created pursuant to the Pooling Agreement, as defined
below (the "TRUST"), is held and firmly bound unto the Beneficiary identified
below for, and unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay, each and every
Insured Payment which shall become Due for Payment, but shall be unpaid by
reason of Nonpayment by the Trust (as such terms are defined below). This Policy
is non-cancelable for any reason, including, without limitation, the non-payment
of premium.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS

    Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meaning assigned to them in the Pooling Agreement as of the date of execution of
this Policy, without giving effect to any subsequent amendment to or
modification of the Pooling Agreement unless such amendment or modification has
been approved in writing by the Insurer pursuant to the amendment provisions of
the Pooling Agreement. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, the
following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below.

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     (a) "AVOIDED PAYMENT" shall mean any amount previously distributed by or on
behalf of the Trust in respect of an Obligation that is recoverable and sought
to be recovered as a voidable preference by a trustee in bankruptcy pursuant to
Insolvency Proceeding in accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court
having competent jurisdiction.

     (b) "BENEFICIARY" means the Trustee, on behalf of, and for the benefit of
the holders of the Obligations.

     (c) "BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or
(ii) any other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by
law, executive order or governmental decree to be closed in New York City,
Minnesota, Maryland or Illinois or in the city in which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee or the Principal Office of the Master Servicer is located.

     (d) "DEFAULTED AMOUNT" means the portion of an Insured Payment that is Due
for Payment and unpaid by reason of Nonpayment by the Trust.

     (e) "DUE FOR PAYMENT," means with respect to an Insured Payment and any
Distribution Date: (i) any shortfall in amounts available in the Distribution
Account in respect of the Interest Distribution Amount payable on each
Obligation on such Distribution Date; (ii) any Insured Certificate Loss Amount
with respect to each Obligation on such Distribution Date; and (iii) on the
Final Scheduled Distribution Date (or, with the consent of the Insurer, upon the
earlier termination of the Trust pursuant to the terms of the Pooling Agreement)
the Certificate Principal Balance of each Obligation after giving effect to any
distributions on such Distribution Date (other than distributions of Insured
Payments).

     (f) "FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE" means the Distribution Date
occurring in November 2034.

     (g) "FISCAL AGENT" has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.

     (h) "INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING" means the commencement after the date hereof of
any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, reorganization, marshalling of
assets and liabilities or similar proceedings by or against any Person, or the
commencement after the date hereof of any proceedings by or against any Person
for the winding up or the liquidation of its affairs, or the consent after the
date hereof to the appointment of a trustee, conservator, administrator,
receiver or liquidator in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt,
reorganization, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings
relating to any Person.

     (i) "INSURED CERTIFICATE LOSS AMOUNT" means, with respect to any
Distribution Date and the Obligation, the Applied Realized Loss Amount with
respect to the Obligation allocated on such Distribution Date.

     (j) "INSURED PAYMENT" means the following amounts now owing or which may in
the future be owing by the Trust to the Holders of any Obligation: (i) the
Current Interest payable on each Obligation on such Distribution Date; (ii) any
Insured Certificate Loss Amount with respect to each Obligation on each
Distribution Date; and (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of each
Obligation on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date, or, with the consent of the
Insurer, upon the earlier termination of the Trust pursuant to the terms of the
Pooling Agreement, in each case after giving effect to any distributions on such
Distribution Date (other than distributions of

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Insured Payments); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that so long as the Insurer has not failed
to pay when due and payable an amount previously referred to in this definition,
"INSURED PAYMENT" shall not include any additional amounts owing by the Trust
solely as a result of the failure by the Trustee to pay such amount when due and
payable, including, without limitation, any such additional amounts as may be
attributable to penalties or default interest rates, amounts in respect of
indemnification, or any other additional amounts payable by the Trustee by
reason of such a default. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Insured Payment" does
not include any Basis Risk Shortfall, any Prepayment Interest Shortfall, any
Relief Act Interest Shortfall or any shortfall attributable to the liability of
the Trust, any REMIC or the Trustee for taxes or withholding taxes including
interest and penalties in respect of such liability.

     (k) "NONPAYMENT BY THE TRUST" with respect to an Insured Payment at a time
when such Insured Payment is Due for Payment, means that the funds, if any,
remitted to the Beneficiary pursuant to the Pooling Agreement are insufficient
for payment in full of such Insured Payment. In addition to and without limiting
the foregoing, "NONPAYMENT BY THE TRUST" includes any portion of any Insured
Payment which has become an Avoided Payment.

     (l) "NOTICE OF CLAIM" means a notice of claim in the form of Exhibit A
hereto.

     (m) "OBLIGATION" means the Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE9,
Class II-A Certificates issued under the Pooling Agreement.

     (n) "ORDER" means a final, nonappealable order of a court or other body
exercising jurisdiction in an Insolvency Proceeding by or against the Trust, to
the effect that the Beneficiary is required to return or repay all or any
portion of an Avoided Payment.

     (o) "PERSON" means any legal person, including any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability
company, trust or unincorporated organization or similar entity.

     (p) "POLICY" means this Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy No. D-2004-110

     (q) "POOLING AGREEMENT" means the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
of October 1, 2004, among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, as
Depositor, EMC Mortgage Corporation, as Seller and Master Servicer and the
Trustee, without regard to any amendment or supplement thereto unless such
amendment or supplement has been approved in writing by the Insurer pursuant to
the amendment provisions of the Pooling Agreement.

     (r) "RECEIPT" and "RECEIVED" shall mean actual delivery to the Insurer
prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that delivery either on a day that is not a Business Day, or after 2:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on a Business Day, shall be deemed to be "RECEIVED" on the
next succeeding Business Day. For purposes of this definition, "actual delivery"
to the Insurer shall mean (i) the delivery of the original Notice of Claim,
notice or other applicable documentation to the Insurer at its address set forth
in Section 6, or (ii) facsimile transmission of the original Notice of Claim,
notice or other applicable documentation to the Insurer at its facsimile number
set forth in Section 6. If presentation is made by facsimile transmission, the
Beneficiary (i) promptly shall confirm transmission by telephone to the Insurer
at its telephone number set forth in Section 6, and (ii) as soon as is
reasonably practicable, shall deliver the original Notice of Claim, notice or
other applicable documentation to the Insurer at its

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address set forth in Section 6. If any Notice of Claim, notice or other
documentation actually delivered (or attempted to be delivered) under the Policy
by the Beneficiary is not in proper form or is not properly completed, executed
or delivered, or otherwise is insufficient for the purpose of making a claim
hereunder, "RECEIPT" by the Insurer shall be deemed not to have occurred, and
the Insurer promptly shall so advise the Beneficiary. In such case, the
Beneficiary may submit an amended Notice of Claim, notice or other
documentation, as the case may be, to the Insurer.

     (s) "TERM OF THE POLICY" means the period from and including the Effective
Date to and including the date on which all Insured Payments have been paid;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event that any amount with respect to any Insured
Payment paid to the Beneficiary pursuant to the Pooling Agreement during the
Term of the Policy becomes an Avoided Payment, the Insurer's obligations with
respect thereto shall remain in effect or shall be reinstated, as applicable,
until payment in full by the Insurer pursuant to the terms hereof.

     (t) "TRUSTEE" means LaSalle Bank National Association, or any successor
thereto under the Pooling Agreement.

SECTION 2.  CLAIMS

    The Beneficiary may make a claim under this Policy for the amount of any
Defaulted Amount by executing and delivering, or causing to be executed and
delivered, to the Insurer a Notice of Claim, with appropriate insertions. Such
Notice of Claim, when so completed and delivered, shall constitute proof of a
claim hereunder when Received by the Insurer.

    In the event that any amount shall be received by the Beneficiary in respect
of a Defaulted Amount forming the basis of a claim specified in a Notice of
Claim submitted hereunder, which amount had not been received when the Notice of
Claim was prepared but which is received by the Beneficiary prior to the receipt
of payment from the Insurer as contemplated by this Policy (any such amount, a
"RECOVERY"), the Beneficiary immediately shall so notify the Insurer (which
notice shall include the amount of any such Recovery). The fact that a Recovery
has been received by the Beneficiary shall be deemed to be incorporated in the
applicable Notice of Claim as of the date such Notice of Claim originally was
prepared, without necessity of any action on the part of any Person, and the
Insurer shall pay the amount of the claim specified in the Notice of Claim as
herein provided, net of the Recovery.

    The Insurer will pay each Defaulted Amount (other than a Defaulted Amount
which consists of an Avoided Payment) to the Beneficiary on the later of (i)
noon, New York City time, on the date such Defaulted Amount becomes Due for
Payment or (ii) noon, New York City time, on the second Business Day following
the day on which the Insurer Receives a Notice of Claim as specified in the
preceding paragraph. The Insurer will pay each Defaulted Amount which consists
of an Avoided Payment as provided in Section 3.

    No claim may be made hereunder except by the Beneficiary.

SECTION 3.  PAYMENTS

    Payments due hereunder in respect of Insured Payments shall be disbursed to
the Beneficiary by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account of
the Beneficiary specified in the applicable Notice of Claim.

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    The Insurer's obligations hereunder in respect of Insured Payments shall be
discharged to the extent that funds are transferred to the Beneficiary as
provided in the Notice of Claim, whether or not such funds are properly applied
by the Beneficiary.

    If any amount or property paid, credited, transferred or delivered to the
Beneficiary by the Trust becomes an Avoided Payment, the Insurer will pay the
amount of such Avoided Payment when due to be paid pursuant to an applicable
Order, but in any event no earlier than the fourth Business Day following
Receipt by the Insurer from the Beneficiary of (i) a certified copy of such
Order, (ii) a certificate by or on behalf of the Beneficiary that such Order has
been entered and is not subject to any stay, (iii) an assignment, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Insurer, duly executed and delivered by the
Beneficiary, irrevocably assigning to the Insurer all rights and claims of the
Beneficiary against the estate of the Trust or otherwise, which rights and
claims relate to or arise under or with respect to the subject Avoided Payment,
and (iv) a Notice of Claim appropriately completed and executed by the
Beneficiary. Such payment shall be disbursed to the receiver, conservator,
administrator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in the Order,
and not to the Beneficiary directly, unless the Beneficiary has previously paid
the Avoided Payment over to such court or receiver, conservator, administrator,
debtor-in-possession, or trustee in bankruptcy, in which case the Insurer will
pay the Beneficiary subject to the delivery of (a) the items referred to in
clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above to the Insurer, and (b) evidence
satisfactory to the Insurer that payment has been made to such court or
receiver, conservator, administrator, debtor-in-possession or trustee in
bankruptcy named in the Order.

    Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, in no event shall the Insurer be
obligated to make any payment in respect of an Avoided Payment prior to the date
such Avoided Payment is Due for Payment. In the event that the payment of any
amount in respect of any Insured Payment is accelerated or must otherwise be
paid by the Trust in advance of the scheduled payment date therefore, nothing in
this Policy shall be deemed to require the Insurer to make any payment hereunder
in respect of any such Insured Payment prior to the date such Insured Payment
otherwise would have been Due for Payment without giving effect to such
acceleration, unless the Insurer in its sole discretion elects to make any prior
payment, in whole or in part, with respect to any such Insured Payment.

SECTION 4.  FISCAL AGENT

    At any time during the Term of the Policy, the Insurer may appoint a fiscal
agent (the "FISCAL AGENT") for purposes of this Policy by written notice to the
Beneficiary, specifying the name and notice address of such Fiscal Agent. From
and after the date of receipt of such notice by the Beneficiary, copies of all
notices and documents required to be delivered to the Insurer pursuant to this
Policy shall be simultaneously delivered to the Fiscal Agent and to the Insurer.
All payments required to be made by the Insurer under this Policy may be made
directly by the Insurer or by the Fiscal Agent on behalf of the Insurer. The
Fiscal Agent is the agent of the Insurer only, and the Fiscal Agent shall in no
event be liable to the Beneficiary for any acts of the Fiscal Agent or any
failure of the Insurer to deposit, or cause to be deposited, sufficient funds to
make payments due under this Policy.

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SECTION 5.  ASSIGNMENT

    This Policy may not be assigned by the Beneficiary without the prior written
consent of the Insurer.

SECTION 6.  NOTICES

    All notices, presentations, transmissions, deliveries and communications
made by the Beneficiary to the Insurer with respect to this Policy shall
specifically refer to the number of this Policy, shall be in writing (except as
otherwise specifically provided herein) and shall be mailed by registered mail
or personally delivered or telecopied to the recipient as follows:

      if to the Insurer:

            Assured Guaranty Corp.
            1325 Avenue of the Americas
            New York, New York   10019
            Attention:   Risk Management
            Telephone: (212) 974-0100
            Telecopier: (212) 581-3268

()   With a copy to the General Counsel at the above address and telecopier
     number.

      if to the Beneficiary:

            LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee
            135 South LaSalle Street
            Suite 1625
            Chicago, Illinois
            Attention:  Global  Securitization  Trust  Services  Group  - Bear
            Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Series 2004-HE9

    The Insurer or the Beneficiary may designate an additional or different
address, or telephone or telecopier number, by prior written notice. Each
notice, presentation, delivery and communication to the Insurer shall be
effective only upon Receipt by the Insurer.

SECTION 7.  SUBROGATION

    The Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Beneficiary to receive
payments in respect of the Insured Payments to the extent of any payment by the
Insurer hereunder. Any payment made by or on behalf of the Trust to, and any
amounts received under the Pooling Agreement for the benefit of, the Beneficiary
in respect of any Insured Payment forming the basis of a claim hereunder (which
claim shall have been paid by the Insurer) shall be received and held in trust
for the benefit of the Insurer and shall be paid over to the Insurer in
accordance with the Pooling Agreement. The Beneficiary shall cooperate in all
reasonable respects, and at the expense of the Insurer, with any request by the
Insurer for action to preserve or enforce the

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Insurer's rights and remedies in respect of the Trust under the Obligation, any
related security arrangements or otherwise, including without limitation any
request to (i) institute or participate in any suit, action or other proceeding,
(ii) enforce any judgment obtained and collect from the Trust or the Beneficiary
any amounts adjudged due or (iii) transfer to the Insurer, via absolute legal
assignment, the Beneficiary's rights in respect of any Insured Payment which may
form the basis of a claim hereunder.

SECTION 8.  PREMIUMS

    The Beneficiary shall pay or cause to be paid to the Insurer in accordance
with the Pooling Agreement the premium payable to the Insurer in respect of this
Policy as set forth in the premium letter, dated October 29, 2004, relating to
this Policy.

SECTION 9.  TERMINATION

    This Policy and the obligations of the Insurer hereunder shall terminate
upon the expiration of the Term of the Policy.

SECTION 10.  MISCELLANEOUS

     (a) No waiver of any rights or powers of the Insurer or the Beneficiary, or
any consent by either of them, shall be valid unless in writing and signed by an
authorized officer or agent of the Insurer or Beneficiary, as applicable. The
waiver of any right by the Insurer or the Beneficiary, or the failure promptly
to exercise any such right, shall not be construed as a waiver of any other
right to exercise the same at any time thereafter.

     (b) This Policy will be governed by, and shall be construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York (other than with respect to its
conflicts of laws principles).

     (c) The Insurer hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and any court
in the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, and any
Appellate Court which hears appeals from any such court, in any action, suit or
proceeding brought against it in connection with its obligations under this
Policy, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment with respect thereto,
and the Insurer hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in
respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard or determined in such New
York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such United States
federal court. The Insurer agrees that a final judgment in any such action, suit
or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment, or in any other manner provided by applicable law. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Insurer hereby waives and agrees not to
assert by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise in any such suit, action or
proceeding, any claim (i) that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of such courts, (ii) that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an
inconvenient forum, (iii) that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is
improper or (iv) that the subject matter thereof may not be litigated in or by
such courts.

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     (d) The Insurer hereby waives and agrees not to assert, in each case for
the benefit of the Beneficiary only, any and all rights and defenses of any kind
which the Insurer might have with respect to the Obligation to pay the amounts
due hereunder in full.

    (e) This Policy is not covered by the property/casualty insurance security
fund specified in Article 76 of the New York Insurance Law.

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    IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  ASSURED  GUARANTY CORP. has caused this Policy to be
affixed with its corporate  seal and to be signed by its  authorized  officer,
to become  effective and binding upon ASSURED GUARANTY CORP. by virtue of such
signature.

                                          ASSURED GUARANTY CORP.

                                          By:_________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

[SEAL]

                 Signature Page to Financial Guaranty Policy

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                                 NOTICE OF CLAIM

Assured Guaranty Corp.
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York   10019

Attention:  General Counsel

    The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of [Name of Beneficiary] (the
"BENEFICIARY"), hereby certifies to Assured Guaranty Corp. (the "INSURER") with
reference to Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy No. D-2004-110 (the "POLICY"),
that:

(i) The deficiency with respect to the Insured Payment Due for Payment and
unpaid by reason of Nonpayment by the Trust for [insert applicable payment date]
is $[insert applicable amount] (the "DEFAULTED AMOUNT").

(ii) The Beneficiary is making a claim under the Policy for the Defaulted Amount
to be applied to the payment of the above-described Insured Payment.

(iii) The Beneficiary agrees that, following payment by the Insurer made with
respect to the Defaulted Amount which is the subject of this Notice of Claim, it
(a) will cause such amounts to be applied directly to the payment of the
applicable Insured Payment; (b) will insure that such funds are not applied for
any other purpose; and (c) will cause an accurate record of such payment to be
maintained with respect to the appropriate Insured Payment(s), the corresponding
claim on the Policy, and the proceeds of such claim.

(iv) Payment should be made by wire transfer to the following account :

        LaSalle Bank National Association
        ABA No.:    [________]
        Account No: [________]
        Reference:Trust Administration - [_______]

      Upon payment of the applicable Defaulted Amount(s), the Insurer shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Beneficiary with respect to such payment, to the
extent set forth in Section 7 of the Policy.

      Capitalized terms used in this Notice of Claim and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Policy.

      This Notice of Claim may be revoked at any time by written notice of such
revocation by the Beneficiary to the Insurer, if and only to the extent that
moneys are actually received prior to

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any such revocation from a source other than the Insurer with respect to the
Defaulted Amount set forth herein.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Notice
of Claim as of the __ day of _________ of 20__.

                                          LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                             as Trustee

                                          By:  ______________________________
                                               Name:
                                               Title:Exhibit 10.1

           9% SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

      THIS 9% SENIOR SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT,  dated as
of October 15, 2004 (this  "Agreement"),  is entered  into by and among  DYNTEK,
INC., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  and THE  PURCHASERS  listed on
Exhibit 1 hereto (collectively, the "Purchasers" or the "Holders").

                                    RECITALS:

      WHEREAS,  the Company and the Purchasers are executing and delivering this
Agreement  in  reliance  upon  the  exemptions  from  registration  provided  by
Regulation  D  ("Regulation  D")  promulgated  by the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  (the  "SEC")  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended  (the
"Securities Act") and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act;

      WHEREAS,  the Purchasers wish to purchase,  and the Company wishes to sell
and issue to the Purchasers, upon the terms and subject to the conditions stated
in this  Agreement,  an  aggregate  of  $4,438,775  in  principal  amount of the
Company's 9% Senior  Subordinated  Convertible Notes due October 15, 2007 in the
form  attached  hereto as  Exhibit A (the  "Notes"  and  collectively,  with the
Underlying  Shares (as defined below) and the Warrants (as defined  below),  the
"Securities"),  which Notes shall be convertible  into shares of common stock of
the Company, $.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and the Notes.  The  "Underlying  Shares" shall mean
the shares of Common  Stock  issued or issuable  upon  conversion  of the Notes,
permitted  payment of  principal  or interest  on the Notes,  or exercise of the
Warrants or the Placement  Warrants or the Additional  Warrants (both as defined
below);

      WHEREAS,  in connection with the sale of the Notes,  the Company will also
issue to the  Purchasers  warrants to purchase  shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock and, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this  Agreement,  may
issue to the Purchasers  additional warrants to purchase shares of the Company's
Common Stock under certain  circumstances in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B (each a "Warrant" and  collectively,  the "Warrants").  The exercise price and
the number of shares of Common  Stock  which may be  purchased  from the Company
pursuant to the  Warrants  shall be  determined  as set forth herein and in each
Warrant; and

      WHEREAS,   in  connection  with  the   consummation  of  the  transactions
contemplated  by this  Agreement,  the parties hereto are also entering into, of
even date herewith,  a registration  rights agreement (the "Registration  Rights
Agreement").  This Agreement,  together with the Notes, the Registration  Rights
Agreement  and the  Warrants  are  hereinafter  collectively  referred to as the
"Transaction Documents".

      NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained  herein and other good and  valuable  consideration,  the  receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

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                                   AGREEMENTS:

                         AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE; CLOSING

Purchase of Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers
severally and not jointly hereby agree to purchase from the Company an aggregate
of $4,438,775 principal amount of Notes in the amounts set forth opposite each
Purchaser's name on Exhibit 1 hereto. The Purchasers' aggregate purchase price
(the "Purchase Price") for the Notes to be purchased hereunder is $4,283,418. In
connection with the purchase of the Notes by the Purchasers, the Company shall
issue to the Purchasers at the Closing (as defined below) the Warrants in the
amounts set forth opposite each Purchaser's name on Exhibit 1 hereto.

Closing. The closing (the "Closing") of the purchase and sale of the Notes and
the issuance of the Warrants will take place at the offices of the Purchasers on
October 15, 2004, or at such other place and time as may be mutually agreed by
the Purchasers and the Company. The date of the Closing is referred to herein as
the "Closing Date." At the Closing, the Company will deliver to the Purchasers
the Notes and the Warrants, in exchange for payment by the Purchasers of an
aggregate of $4,283,418, by wire transfer of immediately available funds payable
to the Company. Each of the Notes shall be registered in the names of the
respective Purchasers.

           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS; ACCESS TO
                     INFORMATION; INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION

      Each of the Purchasers hereby represents and warrants to the Company as to
itself only that:

Accredited Investors. Such Purchaser is: (i) experienced in making investments
of the kind contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) able, by reason of business and
financial experience, to protect its own interests in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) able to afford the entire
loss of its investment in the Securities; (iv) an "accredited investor" as that
term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D; and (v) not a broker-dealer or
an affiliate of a broker-dealer as such terms are defined in the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

No Public Distribution. Such Purchaser is acquiring the Securities for its own
account, for investment purposes only, and not with a present view towards the
public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to a sale or sales that are
registered under the Securities Act or exempt from such registration; provided,
however, that by making the representations herein, the Purchaser does not agree
to hold any of the Securities for any minimum or other specific term and
reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with
or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the Securities
Act. Such Purchaser has not been organized for the purpose of investing in
securities of the Company, although such investment is consistent with its
purposes.

Subsequent Offers and Sales. All subsequent offers and sales of the Securities
by such Purchaser shall be made pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities

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Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption from such registration; with any
offers and sales which are being made pursuant to an applicable exemption from
registration being accompanied by a legal opinion obtained by such Purchaser,
which legal opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the
Company's legal counsel.

Accuracy of Purchasers' Representations and Warranties. Such Purchaser
understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance
upon exemptions from the registration requirements of the United States federal
securities laws, and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of
such Purchaser's representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents and any ancillary documents thereto, as applicable, and such
Purchaser's compliance with the Transaction Documents and any ancillary
documents thereto, in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and
the eligibility of such Purchaser to acquire the Securities in accordance with
the terms and provisions of the Transaction Documents.

Financial Information. Such Purchaser: (i) has been provided with and has
reviewed all requested information concerning the business of the Company,
including, without limitation, the Company's audited financial statements for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 and (ii) has had all requested access to the
management of the Company and has had the opportunity to ask questions of the
management of the Company.

Capacity and Authority. Such Purchaser has the requisite capacity and authority
to execute, deliver and perform each of the Transaction Documents and any and
all ancillary documents thereto and to consummate the transactions contemplated
thereby.

Due Execution. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and any
ancillary documents thereto and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
that have been executed and delivered by such Purchaser, have been duly and
validly authorized by such Purchaser and such agreements, when executed and
delivered by each of the other parties thereto will each be a valid and binding
agreement of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance
with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement of such
agreements may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating
to creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity.

Brokers. Such Purchaser has not employed, engaged or retained, or otherwise
incurred any liability to, any person as a broker, finder, agent or other
intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated herein.

No General Solicitation. Such Purchaser has not learned of the investment in the
Securities as a result of any public advertising or general solicitation.

Residency. The Purchaser is a resident of (or, if an entity, has its principal
place of business in) the jurisdiction set forth below such Purchaser's name on
the signature page hereto.

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                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

      The Company hereby represents and warrants to such Purchaser that:

Organization. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the Company's operating
subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws
of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation. Each of the Company and its
operating subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation in all
jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would have a Material Adverse
Effect (as hereinafter defined) on the Company. All of the outstanding capital
stock of the Company's subsidiaries is owned either directly or indirectly by
the Company. The Company and its subsidiaries have all requisite corporate power
and authority, and hold all licenses, permits and other required authorizations
from governmental authorities, necessary to conduct their business as it is now
being conducted or proposed to be conducted and to own or lease their properties
and assets as they are now owned or held under lease, except to the extent the
failure to hold such licenses, permits and other authorizations would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

Capitalization. On the date hereof, the authorized capital of the Company
consists of 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, $.0001 par value per share ("Preferred Stock"). As of October
15, 2004, there were 58,896,647 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
and 1,542,543 shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. Except (i) as
disclosed in the Company's SEC Reports, and (ii) grants of rights to purchase
shares of the Company's Common Stock under the Company's 2001 Employee Stock
Option Plan (the "Option Plan") after the Company's fiscal year end, there are
no options, warrants and convertible securities of the Company, and any other
rights to acquire securities of the Company (collectively, the "Derivative
Securities"). All outstanding securities of the Company are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. No stockholder of the Company is entitled to any
preemptive rights with respect to the purchase of or sale of any securities by
the Company. Except as contemplated herein, shares reserved for issuance under
the Company's Option Plan, or as set forth in Schedule 3(b), none of the shares
of capital stock of the Company is reserved for any purpose, other than the
issuance upon exercise or conversion of the Derivative Securities, and the
Company is neither subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise), nor has
any option, to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its
capital stock, except for repurchase rights of the Company under option
agreements or restricted stock agreements with service providers of the Company.

Issuance of the Securities and Warrant Shares. The Notes are duly authorized,
issued and delivered and the Underlying Shares when issued in accordance with
the terms of the Notes or the Warrants, as the case may be, will be duly
authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of
any liens imposed by or through the Company, will not be subject to preemptive
rights, and will not subject the holder thereof to personal liability by reason
of being such a holder. There are no preemptive rights of any stockholder of the
Company to acquire the Securities or the Warrants. The Company has duly reserved
from its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock 16,000,000 shares of
Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the Notes, exercise of the
Warrants, the Placement Warrants, the Additional Warrants (both as defined
below), and permitted payments of principal and interest on the Notes.

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Legality. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into each of the Transaction Documents and to issue and deliver the Securities.

Due Execution. The Transaction Documents, and the transactions contemplated
thereby, have been duly and validly authorized by the Company. The Transaction
Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and are each the
legal, valid and binding agreement and obligation of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement of
such agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to creditors' rights generally and to general principles of
equity.

Non-contravention. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, and
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, does
not (i) result in a violation of either the Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws of the Company, or (ii) constitute a default under (or an event which
with notice or lapse of time or both could become a default) or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment or cancellation of, any material agreement,
indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party unless the same shall
have been waived or consented to by the other party, or result in a violation of
any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (foreign or domestic and
including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the
Company or by which any material property or asset of the Company is bound or
affected other than any of the foregoing which would not have a Material Adverse
Effect (as hereinafter defined). Except as set forth in Schedule 3(f), neither
the filing of the registration statement required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement nor the offering or sale of the
Notes, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares as contemplated by this Agreement
gives rise to any rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied
on or prior to the date hereof, for or relating to the registration of any
shares of the Common Stock.

Approvals. Other than the filing of a registration statement with the SEC, as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, and the receipt by the
Company of approval from the SEC for such registration statement to be declared
effective, no authorization, approval or consent of any court, governmental
body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization, stock exchange or market
or the stockholders of the Company is required to be obtained by the Company for
the entry into or the performance of the Transaction Documents.

SEC Filings; Financial Statements.

            (1) The  Company has filed,  and as of the Closing  will have filed,
      all required registration statements,  prospectuses,  reports,  schedules,
      forms,  statements and other documents  (including  exhibits and all other
      information incorporated by reference) required to be filed by it with the
      SEC since 2000.  The Company has made available to the Purchasers all such
      registration  statements,   prospectuses,   reports,   schedules,   forms,
      statements  and other  documents  in the form filed with the SEC. All such
      required registration statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms,
      statements and other documents  (including those that the Company may file
      subsequent  to the date of this  Agreement),  as amended,  are referred to
      herein as the "SEC Reports." As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports
      (i) were prepared in accordance and complied in all material respects with
      the  requirements  of the  Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case
      may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder  applicable to
      such SEC Reports, and (ii) did not

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      at the time they were filed  contain  any untrue  statement  of a material
      fact or omit to state a material  fact  required  to be stated  therein or
      necessary  in order to make the  statements  therein,  in the light of the
      circumstances  under which they were made, not  misleading,  except to the
      extent  corrected  prior to the date of this  Agreement by a  subsequently
      filed SEC Report.  None of the Company's  subsidiaries is required to file
      any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC.

            (2) Each of the consolidated  financial  statements  (including,  in
      each case,  any related  note  thereto)  contained in the SEC Reports (the
      "Financials"),  including  each SEC  Report  filed  after the date of this
      Agreement until the Closing: (i) complied or will comply as to form in all
      material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
      respect  thereto,  (ii) was or will be  prepared in  accordance  with U.S.
      generally accepted accounting  principles ("GAAP"),  consistently applied,
      during  the  periods  involved  (except  as may be  indicated  in the note
      thereto or, in the case of unaudited interim financial statements,  as may
      be permitted by the SEC on Form 10-Q, Form 8-K or any successor form under
      the Exchange  Act),  and (iii) fairly  presented or will fairly present in
      all material respects the consolidated  financial  position of the Company
      and its  consolidated  subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and
      the  consolidated  results of the Company's  operations and cash flows for
      the periods  indicated.  The balance sheet of the Company contained in the
      SEC Reports as of June 30, 2004 is hereinafter referred to as the "Balance
      Sheet."  Except  as  disclosed  in the  Financials,  since the date of the
      Balance Sheet and through the date of this Agreement,  neither the Company
      nor any of its subsidiaries has any liabilities  required under GAAP to be
      set forth on a consolidated balance sheet (absolute,  accrued,  contingent
      or otherwise) which, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably
      expected  to have a Material  Adverse  Effect on the  Company,  except for
      liabilities  incurred  since the date of the Balance Sheet in the ordinary
      course  of  business  consistent  with  past  practices,  and  liabilities
      incurred pursuant to this Agreement.

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Absence of Certain Changes. Since June 30, 2004, there has been no material
adverse change in the business, properties, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (each, a
"Material Adverse Effect").

Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain property and casualty,
general liability, personal injury and other similar types of insurance that are
reasonably adequate and consistent with industry standards and historical claims
experience. The Company and its subsidiaries have not received notice from, and
have no knowledge of any threat by, any insurer (that has issued any insurance
policy to the Company or its subsidiaries) that such insurer intends to deny
coverage under or cancel, discontinue or not renew any insurance policy covering
the Company or any of its subsidiaries presently in force.

Compliance with Law. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and its
subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all applicable statutes
and regulations of the United States and of all states, municipalities and
applicable agencies and foreign jurisdictions or bodies in respect of the
conduct of its business and operations, and the failure, if any, by the Company
or its subsidiaries to have fully complied with any such statute or regulation
has not resulted in a Material Adverse Effect.

Absence of Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, to the knowledge
of the Company, there is no action, suit, formal inquiry or investigation, or
proceeding before or by any court, public board or body pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, threatened, against or
affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in which an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect or adversely
affect the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the
validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents.

Investment Company Act. The Company and its subsidiaries are not conducting, and
will not conduct, their business in a manner which would cause any of them to
become an "investment company," as defined in Section 3(a) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Private Offering; Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the accuracy of the
Purchasers' representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof, the
offer, sale and issuance of the Securities, as contemplated by this Agreement,
are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the
Company is not required to qualify an indenture relating to the Notes under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. Prior to the effectiveness of the
registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Company agrees not to take any action that would render the issuance and sale of
such Securities subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
The Company has not offered or sold the Securities by any form of general
solicitation or general advertising, as such terms are used in Rule 502(c) under
the Securities Act.

Full Disclosure. Neither this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents nor any
of the schedules, exhibits, written statements, documents or certificates
prepared or supplied by the Company with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained

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herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which made.
Except as disclosed in the Schedules attached hereto and except for matters
affecting the industry of the Company as a whole, there exists no fact or
circumstance which, to the knowledge of the Company upon due inquiry, could
reasonably be anticipated to have a Material Adverse Effect or could reasonably
be anticipated to adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations set forth in the Transaction Documents.

Brokerage Fees. The Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any liability
for any consulting fees or agent's commissions in connection with the offer and
sale of the Securities and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except that the Company shall, at Closing, pay a placement fee of $360,000 and
issue the Placement Warrants (as defined below) to Duncan Capital LLC.

Intellectual Property. The Company or its subsidiaries own or possess the
license or rights to use all trademarks, service marks, copyrights or similar
property rights necessary or appropriate for the businesses they conduct. There
are no pending suits or proceedings against the Company challenging any such
intellectual property rights, and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company
is not in violation of the intellectual property rights of any other entity.

Labor Relations. There are no complaints, charges or claims against the Company
pending or filed with any governmental authority, arbitrator or court based on,
arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the employment or
termination of employment of any individual by any Company, and the Company has
not received any notice of such complaint, charge or claim.

Benefit Plans and Agreements. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are
no employee, profit sharing, stock option, stock purchase, pension, retirement,
bonus, severance or deferred compensation plans or arrangements or any other
welfare or benefit plans or any unfunded liabilities in respect of any such
plans or arrangements of the Company, as well as all employment agreements,
whether written or oral, with any person, and any contracts with any labor
unions.

List of Material Contracts and Other Data. The SEC Reports contain a complete
list of all material contracts, as defined by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, to
which each Company is a party or by which its assets or business may be bound or
affected, presently outstanding. Each of the material contracts of the Company
is in full force and effect, and neither such Company nor, to the knowledge of
the Company, any party to such material contract of the Company is in violation
of or in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained therein. The Company has
not received any notice from any party to any material contract of the Company
that such party intends not to perform, observe or fulfill any its obligations,
agreements, covenants or conditions under such material contract of the Company.

Tax Matters.

            (a) To the knowledge of the Company,  there are no  outstanding  Tax
deficiencies,  assessments, or adjustments for Taxes with respect to the Company
or any assets, property or operations of the Company. Except as disclosed in the
SEC Reports, (i) there are no liens for Taxes

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upon the assets of the Company, (ii) the Company has not requested any extension
of time  within  which to file any Tax Return  which has not since  been  filed,
(iii)  there are no  material  waivers  or  consents  given by the  Company  and
currently  outstanding  regarding the  application of the statute of limitations
with  respect to any Taxes or Tax  Returns,  (iv) the Company  has not  received
written notice of any pending federal,  state,  local or foreign audits or other
administrative  proceedings or court proceedings against the Company with regard
to any Taxes or Tax  Returns,  and (v) no claim or notice of claim has been made
or given at any time by any taxing  authority in any  jurisdiction  in which the
Company  does not file Tax  Returns  indicating  that the  Company  is or may be
subject to taxation by such jurisdiction. The Company has no liability for Taxes
of any other Person under the provisions of state,  local or foreign Law similar
to Section  1502 of the Code,  as a transferee  or  successor,  by contract,  or
otherwise.

            (b) The Company does not have any material Tax sharing, Tax
allocation, Tax indemnification and similar agreements, if any, under which the
Company will have any obligations following the Closing.

      (w) NASDAQ Compliance. The issuance of the Notes, the Warrants, the
Placement Warrants and the Underlying Shares will not contravene Rule 4350(i) of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or require a vote of
shareholders of the Company.

                      CERTAIN COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Transfer Restrictions. Such Purchaser acknowledges that, except as provided in
the Registration Rights Agreement, (i) none of the Securities has been, or is
being, registered under the Securities Act, and such Securities may not be
transferred unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder or (B) they are
transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration; and (ii) any sale
of the Securities made in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be
made only in accordance with the terms of said Rule, accompanied by a legal
opinion obtained by such Purchaser which is reasonably satisfactory to the
Company's legal counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else
contained herein to the contrary, the Securities may be pledged as collateral in
connection with a bona fide margin account or other lending arrangement. The
provisions of Sections 4(a) and 4(b) hereof, together with the rights and
obligations of the Purchasers under the Transaction Documents, shall be binding
upon any subsequent transferees of the Securities.

Restrictive Legend. Such Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, until such time
as the Securities shall have been registered under the Securities Act or such
Purchaser demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company and its
legal counsel that such registration shall no longer be required, the Notes and
certificates evidencing the Securities shall bear a restrictive legend in
substantially the following form:

            THE SECURITIES  REPRESENTED BY THIS  CERTIFICATE  HAVE NOT
            BEEN  REGISTERED  UNDER  THE  SECURITIES  ACT OF 1933,  AS
            AMENDED.  THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED,
            HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
            EFFECTIVE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  AS TO  THE  SECURITIES
            UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER  EVIDENCE
            REASONABLY

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            SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH  REGISTRATION  SHALL
            NO LONGER BE REQUIRED.

The legend  set forth  above  shall be removed  and the  Company  shall  issue a
certificate  without such legend to the holder of any Security  upon which it is
stamped,  if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a)
such Security is registered for sale under an effective  registration  statement
filed under the  Securities  Act or otherwise  may be sold  pursuant to Rule 144
without any  restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular  date
that can then be immediately  sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with
an opinion of counsel,  in form,  substance and scope  customary for opinions of
counsel in comparable transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer
of such Security may be made without  registration  under the Securities Act and
such sale or transfer is effected.  The Purchaser agrees to sell all Securities,
including those  represented by a certificate(s)  from which the legend has been
removed, in compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any.

Disclosure of Transaction. The Company shall issue a press release describing
the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as
practicable after the Closing but in no event later than one (1) Trading Day
after Closing. The Company shall also file with the SEC a Current Report on Form
8-K describing the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby (and
attaching as exhibits thereto this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement
and the Warrants) as soon as practicable following the date of execution of this
Agreement but in no event more than two (2) Trading Days following the date of
execution of this Agreement. "Trading Day" means any day during which Nasdaq
shall be open for trading.

Reporting Status; Eligibility to Use Form S-3. The Company's Common Stock is
registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act. So long as the Purchaser
beneficially owns any of the Securities the Company shall timely file all
reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the
Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports
under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder
would permit such termination. The Company currently meets, and will take all
necessary action to continue to meet, the "registrant eligibility" requirements
set forth in the general instructions to Form S-3 applicable to both "primary"
and "resale" registrations on Form S-3 during the Registration Period (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).

Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of the Underlying Shares
upon the Nasdaq, and each other national securities exchange or automated
quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed
(subject to official notice of issuance) and, so long as any of the Purchasers
owns any of the Securities, shall maintain, so long as any other shares of
Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Underlying Shares issuable
upon exercise of or otherwise pursuant to the Warrants. The Company will obtain
and, so long as the Purchaser owns any of the Securities, maintain the listing
and trading of its Common Stock on the Nasdaq SmallCap, the Nasdaq National
Market, the New York Stock Exchange, or the American Stock Exchange and will
comply in all respects with the Company's reporting, filing and other
obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Nasdaq SmallCap and any other
exchanges or automated quotation systems on which the Common Stock is then
listed. The Company shall promptly provide to the Purchaser copies of any
notices it receives from the Principal Exchange and any other exchanges or
automated quotation systems on which the

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Common Stock is then listed regarding the continued eligibility of the Common
Stock for listing on such exchanges and quotation systems.

State Securities Filings. The Company shall from time to time promptly take such
action as either the Purchasers or any of its representatives, if applicable,
may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the
securities laws (other than United States federal securities laws) of the
jurisdictions in the United States as shall be so identified to the Company, and
to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales therein,
except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify
generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it
would not but for the requirements of this subsection (d) be obligated to be so
qualified, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction, or to
consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction.

Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the
Notes to finance acquisitions and to pay the costs associated therewith and for
general corporate purposes.

Registration Rights. The Company acknowledges that if the Notes are converted or
the Warrants are exercised, it has provided each of the Purchasers with certain
registration rights under the Securities Act as set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.

Reservation of Common Stock Issuable upon Conversion of Notes and Exercise of
Warrants. The Company hereby agrees at all times to reserve and keep available
out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the
purpose of providing for the full conversion of Notes and exercise of the
Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time equal
the number of shares sufficient to permit the full conversion of Notes and
exercise of the Warrants, the Placement Warrants, the Additional Warrants (both
as defined below), and the use of such shares to make permitted payments of
principal and interest on the Notes. All calculations pursuant to this
subsection (g) shall be made without regard to any restrictions on beneficial
ownership.

Covenant as to Common Stock. The Company covenants that all shares of Common
Stock which may be issued upon conversion of the Notes and/or exercise of the
Warrants, the Placement Warrants, or the Additional Warrants (both as defined
below), or payment of principal or interest on the Notes will, upon issuance
pursuant to the terms of the Notes and/or the Warrants, or the Placement
Warrants (as defined below), or payment of principal or interest on the Notes,
as the case may be, be fully paid and nonassessable.

                           TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS

      The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent to
issue certificates, registered in the name of each Purchaser or its nominee, for
the Underlying Shares upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants
in accordance with the terms thereof, each in such amounts as specified from
time to time by each Purchaser to the Company (the "Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions"). Prior to registration of the Underlying Shares under the
Securities Act or the date on which the Underlying Shares may be sold pursuant
to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a
particular date that can then be immediately sold, all such certificates shall
bear the restrictive legend specified in Section 4(b) of this Agreement. The
Company warrants that no instruction, other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions referred to in this Section 5, will be given by the Company to its
transfer agent and

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that the Underlying Shares shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books
and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement. Nothing in this Section shall affect in any
way the Purchaser's obligations and agreement set forth in Section 4(b) hereof
to comply with all applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any, upon
resale of the Securities and to comply with the plan of distribution portion of
the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement). If a Purchaser provides the Company with an
opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company in form, substance
and scope, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Securities may
be made without registration under the Securities Act and such sale or transfer
is effected, the Company shall permit the transfer, and, in the case of the
Underlying Shares, promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more
certificates, free from any restrictive legend, in such name and in such
denominations as specified by such Purchaser.

     CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO ISSUE THE NOTES AND WARRANTS

      The Purchasers understand that the Company's obligation to issue the Notes
and the Warrants on the Closing Date to the Purchasers pursuant to this
Agreement is conditioned upon the satisfaction by the Purchasers or the waiver
by the Company of each of the following conditions:

The accuracy on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Purchasers contained in this Agreement, as if made on the Closing Date, and the
performance by the Purchasers, including, but not limited to, the delivery by
the Purchasers to the Company of the Purchase Price for the purchase of the
Securities, on or before the Closing Date, of all covenants and agreements of
the Purchasers contained in the Transaction Documents and required to be
performed on or before the Closing Date.

The absence or inapplicability of any and all laws, rules or regulations
prohibiting or restricting the transactions contemplated hereby, or requiring
any consent or approval which shall not have been obtained.

The Purchasers shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents and any and
all ancillary documents thereto and delivered the same to the Company.

The Company shall have received from the Purchasers such other certificates and
documents as it or its representatives, if applicable, shall reasonably request,
and all proceedings taken by the Purchasers in connection with this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents and all documents and papers relating to
such Transaction Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

         CONDITIONS TO THE PURCHASERS' OBLIGATIONS TO PURCHASE THE NOTES

      The Company understands that the Purchasers' obligations to purchase the
Notes and acquire the Warrants on the Closing Date is conditioned upon the
satisfaction by the Company or the waiver by the Purchasers of each of the
following conditions:

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The accuracy on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained in this Agreement as if made on the Closing Date, and the
performance by the Company, on or before the Closing Date, of all covenants and
agreements of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents and required to
be performed on or before the Closing Date.

The Company shall have executed the Transaction Documents and any and all
ancillary documents thereto and delivered same to the Purchasers.

The Company shall, at the Closing, have delivered to Duncan Capital LLC a
placement fee of $360,000 in immediately available funds and warrants
substantially identical in form to the Warrants, to purchase 692,308 shares of
Common Stock (the "Placement Warrants") and shall have provided reimbursement of
$25,000 for Purchaser's counsel fees.

The Company shall have delivered to the Purchasers who have not previously
participated in any financing of the Company warrants substantially identical to
the Warrants (except that such warrants shall expire on June 10, 2005 and shall
have an initial exercise price of $1.25 per share), to purchase an aggregate of
554,540 shares of Common Stock (the "Additional Warrants").

On the Closing Date, the Purchasers shall have received an opinion of counsel
for the Company, dated the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B.

On the Closing Date, the Purchasers shall have received a certificate executed
by the President or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, stating that all of the representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in the Transaction Documents are accurate as
of the Closing Date and that the Company has performed all of its covenants and
agreements required to be performed under the Transaction Documents on or before
the Closing Date.

The Purchasers shall have received an incumbency certificate, dated as of the
Closing Date, for the officers of the Company executing this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents, and any other documents or instruments delivered in
connection with the Transaction Documents at the Closing.

The Purchasers shall have received a certificate of the Secretary of the
Company, dated the Closing Date, as to the continued and valid existence of the
Company and its operating subsidiaries, certifying the attached copy of the
By-laws of the Company, the authorization of the execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Documents, and the resolutions adopted by the
Board authorizing the actions to be taken by the Company contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.

The Purchasers shall have received from the Company such other certificates and
documents as they or their representatives, if applicable, shall reasonably
request, and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the
Transaction Documents contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and all documents and papers relating to such Transaction Documents
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers.

No injunction, order, investigation, claim, action or proceeding before any
court or

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governmental body shall be pending or threatened wherein an unfavorable
judgment, decree or order would restrain, impair or prevent the carrying out of
this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, declare unlawful the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or cause any such
transaction to be rescinded.

The Company shall have obtained in writing or made all consents, waivers,
approvals, orders, permits, licenses and authorizations of, any registrations,
declarations, notices to and filings and applications with, any governmental
authority or any other person or entity (including, without limitation,
securityholders and creditors of the Company) required to be obtained or made in
order to enable the Company to observe and comply with all its obligations under
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.

On the Closing Date Purchasers who, in a prior financing (the "Prior Financing")
of the Company received Series A Warrants of the Company dated April 29, 2004
(the "Series A Warrants") to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company at
an initial Exercise Price of $1.50 per share and who have purchased Notes
pursuant to this Agreement shall have been informed by the Company in writing
that the Exercise Price (as defined in the Series A Warrants) shall have been
reduced, on the Closing Date, to $0.50 per share. To the extent a Purchaser
purchases hereunder the same or a greater percentage of the total principal
amount of Notes offered under this Agreement as his percentage participation in
the Prior Financing, the Exercise Price in the Series A Warrants for all shares
of Common Stock for which such Warrant is exercisable shall be so reduced. If
such Purchaser's participation in the purchase of the Notes offered under this
Agreement is less than its percentage participation in the Prior Financing, the
percentage of its Series A Warrants as to which the Exercise Price will be so
reduced will be proportionately reduced (so that, for example, if such a
Purchaser's percentage participation in the purchase of the Notes is 15% of the
aggregate Principal Amount ($4,438,775) offered under this Agreement, but its
participation in the Prior Financing was 30%, then only one half of the shares
of Common Stock for which such Purchaser's Series A Warrant is exercisable will
have its Exercise Price so reduced).

On the Closing Date Purchasers who, in a prior financing (the "Prior Financing")
of the Company received Series B Warrants of the Company dated April 27, 2004
(the "Series B Warrants") to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company at
an initial Exercise Price of $1.25 per share and who have purchased Notes
pursuant to this Agreement shall have been informed by the Company in writing
that the Termination Date (as defined in the Series B Warrants) shall have been
extended to June 10, 2005. To the extent a Purchaser purchases hereunder the
same or a greater percentage of the total principal amount of Notes offered
under this Agreement as his percentage participation in the Prior Financing, the
Termination Date in the Series B Warrants for all shares of Common Stock for
which such Warrant is exercisable shall be so extended. If such Purchaser's
participation in the purchase of the Notes offered under this Agreement is less
than its percentage participation in the Prior Financing, the percentage of its
Series B Warrants as to which the Termination Date will be so extended will be
proportionately reduced (so that, for example, if such a Purchaser's percentage
participation in the purchase of the Notes is 15% of the aggregate Principal
Amount ($4,438,775) offered under this Agreement, but its participation in the
Prior Financing was 30%, then only one half of the shares of Common Stock for
which such Purchaser's Series B Warrant is exercisable will have its Termination
Date so extended).

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                                 INDEMNIFICATION

Indemnification of Purchasers by the Company. The Company hereby agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each of the Purchasers, their affiliates, their
investment advisors, their managing members, and each of their respective
officers, managers, members, directors, partners, shareholders, and employees
(collectively, the "Purchasers Indemnitees"), from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, judgments, penalties, liabilities and deficiencies
(collectively, "Losses"), and agrees to reimburse the Purchasers Indemnitees for
all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal
counsel), in each case promptly as incurred by the Purchasers Indemnitees and to
the extent arising out of or in connection with:

      (i)   a misrepresentation, omission of fact or breach of any of the
            Company's representations or warranties contained in this Agreement
            (or the other Transaction Documents), the annexes, schedules or
            exhibits hereto or any instrument, agreement or certificate entered
            into or delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement (or the
            other Transaction Documents); or

      (ii)  a failure by the Company to perform any of its covenants,
            agreements, undertakings or obligations set forth in this Agreement
            (or the other Transaction Documents), the annexes, schedules or
            exhibits hereto or any instrument, agreement or certificate entered
            into or delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement (or the
            other Transaction Documents).

Indemnification of the Company by Purchasers. The Purchasers hereby agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates and their respective
officers, directors, partners and members (collectively, the "Company
Indemnitees"), from and against any and all Losses, and agrees to reimburse the
Company Indemnitees for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable
fees and expenses of legal counsel), to the extent arising out of or in
connection with any misrepresentation, omission of fact or breach of any of the
Purchasers' representations, warranties or covenants contained in this
Agreement, or the Registration Rights Agreement and any failure by the
Purchasers to perform any of its covenants, agreements, undertakings or
obligations set forth in this Agreement, or the Registration Rights Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the aggregate
payments for indemnification (including the reasonable fees and expenses of
legal counsel) made by the Purchasers to the Company pursuant to this Section
12(b) shall not exceed the Purchase Price.

Third Party Claims. Promptly after receipt by either party hereto seeking
indemnification pursuant to this Section 12 (an "Indemnified Party") of written
notice of any investigation, claim, proceeding or other action in respect of
which indemnification is being sought (each, a "Claim"), the Indemnified Party
promptly shall notify the party against whom indemnification pursuant to this
Section 12 is being sought (the "Indemnifying Party") of the commencement
thereof; but the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve
it from any liability that it otherwise may have to the Indemnified Party,
except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced and
forfeits substantive rights and defenses by reason of such failure. In
connection with any Claim as to which both the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party are parties, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to
assume the defense thereof. Notwithstanding the assumption of the defense of any
Claim by the

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Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ
separate legal counsel and to participate in the defense of such Claim, and the
Indemnifying Party shall bear the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket costs and
expenses of such separate legal counsel to the Indemnified Party if (and only
if): (x) the Indemnifying Party shall have agreed to pay such fees,
out-of-pocket costs and expenses, (y) the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying
Party reasonably shall have concluded that representation of the Indemnified
Party and the Indemnifying Party by the same legal counsel would not be
appropriate due to actual or, as reasonably determined by legal counsel to the
Indemnified Party, potentially differing interests between such parties in the
conduct of the defense of such Claim, or if there may be legal defenses
available to the Indemnified Party that are in addition to or disparate from
those available to the Indemnifying Party, or (z) the Indemnifying Party shall
have failed to employ legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Party within a reasonable period of time after notice of the commencement of
such Claim. If the Indemnified Party employs separate legal counsel in
circumstances other than as described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) above, the
fees, costs and expenses of such legal counsel shall be borne exclusively by the
Indemnified Party. Except as provided above, the Indemnifying Party shall not,
in connection with any Claim in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees
and expenses of more than one firm of legal counsel for the Indemnified Party
(together with appropriate local counsel). The Indemnifying Party shall not,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall
not unreasonably be withheld) settle or compromise any Claim or consent to the
entry of any judgment that does not include an unconditional release of the
Indemnified Party from all liabilities with respect to such Claim or judgment.

                                    EXPENSES

The Company covenants and agrees with the Purchasers that the Company shall pay
or cause to be paid the following: (i) all expenses in connection with
registration or qualification of the Underlying Shares for offering and sale
under federal securities laws, and state securities laws; (ii) a placement fee
of $360,000 and Placement Warrants, payable at Closing to Duncan Capital LLC;
and (iii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this
Section, including the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel,
accountants and other professional advisors, if any. Additionally, the Company
agrees to reimburse Duncan Capital LLC for their legal expenses for negotiating
and closing the issuance of the Notes and the Warrants and relating to the
implementation of the registration rights, which expense reimbursement will not
exceed $25,000.

Other than as set forth in Section 13(a) above, each of the parties hereto agree
that they shall each be responsible for and pay their own expenses and fees,
including all legal, accounting and other professional fees, associated with the
transactions contemplated by Transaction Documents.

                                    SURVIVAL

      The representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchasers shall
survive the Closing until twelve (12) months  following  the Closing  Date.  The
Company  makes  no   representations  or  warranties  in  any  oral  or  written
information  provided  to the  Purchasers,  other than the  representations  and
warranties  included herein. The agreements and covenants of the Company and the
Purchasers,  including  indemnification  obligations  under  Section  12,  shall

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survive the  execution  and delivery of this  Agreement  and the delivery of the
Securities  hereunder  until  such  time as the  Notes  are paid in full and the
Warrants are exercised or expire.

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to conflicts of laws issues. Each of the parties submits to the
jurisdiction of the federal courts whose districts encompass any part of the
City of New York or the state courts of the State of New York sitting in the
City of New York in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement or
any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and hereby waives, to the maximum
extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objections based on forum
non conveniens, to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions.

Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original.

Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement or the
validity or unenforceability of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns. Neither the Company nor
the Purchaser shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the other. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Purchaser may assign its rights hereunder to any of its "affiliates," as
that term is defined under the Exchange Act, without the consent of the Company.

Remedies. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations
hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Purchaser by vitiating the intent
and purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company
acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this
Agreement will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened
breach by the Company of the provisions of this Agreement, that the Purchaser
shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies in law or in
equity, to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure any breaches of the
provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions of this Agreement, without the necessity of showing economic loss and
without any bond or other security being required.

Independent Nature of Purchasers.

The Company acknowledges that the obligations of each Purchaser under this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Note, the Warrants and any
other document entered into in connection with this Agreement, the Note, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Warrants and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby (the "Transaction Documents") are several and not

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joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be
responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other
Purchaser under the Transaction Documents. The decision of each Purchaser to
purchase Securities pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser
independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information,
materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations,
assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Company or of the Subsidiaries which may have
made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other
Purchaser, and, as between the Purchasers no Purchaser or any of its agents or
employees shall have any liability to any Purchaser relating to or arising from
any such information, materials, statements or opinions. The Company further
acknowledges that nothing contained in the Transaction Documents, and no action
taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute
the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other
kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way
acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the
transactions contemplated hereby. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the
rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents,
and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an
additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

Each Purchaser was introduced to the Company by Duncan Capital, LLC which has
acted solely as agent for the Company and not for any Purchaser. Each Purchaser
has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in their review and
negotiation of the Transaction Documents. For reasons of administrative
convenience only, the Transaction Documents have been prepared by counsel for
one of the Purchasers. Such counsel does not represent all of the Purchasers but
only such Purchaser and the other Purchasers have retained their own individual
counsel with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company has
elected to provide all Purchasers with the same terms and Transaction Documents
for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested
to do so by the Purchasers. The Company acknowledges that such procedure with
respect to the Transaction Documents in no way creates a presumption that the
Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to the
Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

Amendments. This Agreement and the Notes may be amended or provisions hereof or
thereof may be waived with the written consent of the holders of a majority in
principal amount of Notes at such time outstanding, provided that no amendment
to the interest rate, term, or conversion price of a Note, or to the
anti-dilution protection provisions, principal amortization requirements,
principal prepayment provisions or this amendment provision shall be binding on
a holder of a Note that has not consented in writing to the amendment or waiver
of such provisions.

Merger. This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents,
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof.

Notices. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing
(unless otherwise specified herein) and shall be effective upon personal
delivery, via facsimile (upon receipt of confirmation of error-free
transmission) or two business days following deposit of such notice with an
internationally recognized courier service, with postage prepaid and addressed
to each of the other parties thereunto entitled at the following addresses, or
at such other addresses as a party may designate by five days advance written
notice to each of the

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other parties hereto.

         Company:       DynTek, Inc.
                        18881 Von Karman Ave.
                        Suite 250
                        Irvine, CA 92612
                        ATTENTION:

                        Tel.: 945-955-0078

                        with a copy to:

                        Christopher D. Ivey
                        Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
                        660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
                        Newport Beach, California 92660

                        Direct Phone: (949) 725-4121
                        Facsimile: (949) 823-5121
                        Email: civey@SYCR.com

         Purchasers:    To the addresses as set forth on Exhibit 1

                        with a copy to:

                        Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman
                        575 Madison Avenue
                        New York, NY 10022
                        ATTENTION: Robert L. Kohl, Esq.

                        Tel: 212-940-6380
                        Fax: 212-940-8776

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by each of the
undersigned.

COMPANY:

DYNTEK, INC.

By: _____________________________
    Name:
    Title:

PURCHASERS:

By: _____________________________
    Name:
    Title:

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                                  SCHEDULE 3(b)

The Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement on September 29, 2004 for
the purchase of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Redrock
Communications Solutions, Inc. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase
Agreement, the Company is obligated to issue shares of Common Stock with a value
of $500,000, as partial consideration thereunder.

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                                 Schedule 3(f)

1. The warrants issued in connection with the Company's December 2003 private
placement through Rockwood, as placement agent, contain antidilution provisions
that may be triggered by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

2. The Amended and Restated Secured Convertible Term Note payable to Laurus
Master Fund, LTD (the "Laurus Note") in the principal amount of $6,000,000
contains antidilution provisions upon the issuance of securities by the Company
with a purchase price or conversion price below the then conversion price under
the Laurus Note.

3. The Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement on September 29, 2004 for
the purchase of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Redrock
Communications Solutions, Inc. Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase
Agreement, the shareholders of Redrock who receive shares of the Company are
entitled to piggyback registration rights.

4. The Company has entered into a letter of intent for the acquisition of
Integration Technologies, Inc. The letter of intent contemplates that the
Company will issue shares of its Common Stock with an approximate value of
between $2.14 and $3.21 million on June 30, 2005. The recipients of the shares
will be entitled to certain registration rights.

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