Document:

STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC.,
                                    DEPOSITOR

                       LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                     TRUSTEE

                WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                  MASTER SERVICER AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

                                       and

                            EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION
                               SELLER AND COMPANY

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                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of January 1, 2004

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                  Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.
            Prime Mortgage Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

                                 Series 2004-CL1

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                    ARTICLE I
                                   Definitions

                                   ARTICLE II
                          Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
                        Original Issuance of Certificates
Section 2.01    Conveyance of Mortgage Loans to Trustee.......................42
Section 2.02    Acceptance of Mortgage Loans by Trustee.......................44
Section 2.03    Assignment of Interest in the Mortgage Loan Purchase
                Agreement.....................................................47
Section 2.04    Substitution of Mortgage Loans................................48
Section 2.05    Issuance of Certificates......................................49
Section 2.06    Representations and Warranties Concerning the Depositor.......49

                                   ARTICLE III
                 Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans
Section 3.01    Master Servicer...............................................51
Section 3.02    REMIC-Related Covenants.......................................52
Section 3.03    Monitoring of Servicers.......................................52
Section 3.04    Fidelity Bond.................................................53
Section 3.05    Power to Act; Procedures......................................53
Section 3.06    Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements....................54
Section 3.07    Release of Mortgage Files.....................................54
Section 3.08    Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of Master
                Servicer To Be Held for Trustee...............................55
Section 3.09    Standard Hazard Insurance and Flood Insurance Policies........56
Section 3.10    Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds..............56
Section 3.11    Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies........57
Section 3.12    Trustee to Retain Possession of Certain Insurance Policies
                and Documents.................................................57
Section 3.13    Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.....................58
Section 3.14    Compensation for the Master Servicer..........................58
Section 3.15    REO Property..................................................59
Section 3.16    Annual Officer's Certificate as to Compliance.................59
Section 3.17    Annual Independent Accountant's Servicing Report..............60
Section 3.18    Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.........60
Section 3.19    The Company...................................................61
Section 3.20    UCC...........................................................61
Section 3.21    Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.................61

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    Accounts
Section 4.01    Protected Accounts............................................63

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Section 4.02    Master Servicer Collection Account............................64
Section 4.03    Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Master Servicer
                Collection Account............................................65
Section 4.04    Distribution Account..........................................66
Section 4.05    Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution
                Account.......................................................66

                                    ARTICLE V
                                  Certificates
Section 5.01    Certificates..................................................69
Section 5.02    Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.........77
Section 5.03    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.............80
Section 5.04    Persons Deemed Owners.........................................80
Section 5.05    Transfer Restrictions on Residual Certificates................81
Section 5.06    Restrictions on Transferability of Certificates...............82
Section 5.07    ERISA Restrictions............................................82
Section 5.08    Rule 144A Information.........................................83

                                   ARTICLE VI
                         Payments to Certificateholders
Section 6.01    Distributions on the Certificates.............................85
Section 6.02    Allocation of Losses..........................................89
Section 6.03    Payments......................................................91
Section 6.04    Statements to Certificateholders..............................92
Section 6.05    Monthly Advances..............................................94
Section 6.06    Compensating Interest Payments................................94

                                   ARTICLE VII
                               The Master Servicer
Section 7.01    Liabilities of the Master Servicer............................96
Section 7.02    Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer................96
Section 7.03    Indemnification of the Trustee, the Master Servicer and
                the Securities Administrator..................................96
Section 7.04    Limitations on Liability of the Master Servicer and Others....96
Section 7.05    Master Servicer Not to Resign.................................98
Section 7.06    Successor Master Servicer.....................................98
Section 7.07    Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing.......................98

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                     Default
Section 8.01    Events of Default............................................100
Section 8.02    Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.....................101
Section 8.03    Notification to Certificateholders...........................102
Section 8.04    Waiver of Defaults...........................................102
Section 8.05    List of Certificateholders...................................103

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                                   ARTICLE IX
             Concerning the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
Section 9.01    Duties of Trustee............................................104
Section 9.02    Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Securities
                Administrator................................................106
Section 9.03    Trustee and Securities Administrator Not Liable for
                Certificates or Mortgage Loans...............................107
Section 9.04    Trustee and Securities Administrator May Own Certificates....108
Section 9.05    Trustee's and Securities Administrator's Fees and Expenses...108
Section 9.06    Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Securities
                Administrator................................................108
Section 9.07    Insurance....................................................109
Section 9.08    Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Securities
                Administrator................................................109
Section 9.09    Successor Trustee and Successor Securities Administrator.....110
Section 9.10    Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Securities
                Administrator................................................111
Section 9.11    Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee................111
Section 9.12    Federal Information Returns and Reports to Certificateholders;
                REMIC Administration.........................................112

                                    ARTICLE X
                                   Termination
Section 10.01   Termination Upon Repurchase by the Depositor or its Designee
                or Liquidation of the Mortgage Loans.........................114
Section 10.02   Additional Termination Requirements..........................116

                                   ARTICLE XI
                            Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 11.01   Intent of Parties............................................118
Section 11.02   Amendment....................................................118
Section 11.03   Recordation of Agreement.....................................119
Section 11.04   Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders...................119
Section 11.05   Acts of Certificateholders...................................120
Section 11.06   Governing Law................................................121
Section 11.07   Notices......................................................121
Section 11.08   Severability of Provisions...................................121
Section 11.09   Successors and Assigns.......................................121
Section 11.10   Article and Section Headings.................................122
Section 11.11   Counterparts.................................................122
Section 11.12   Notice to Rating Agencies....................................122

                                    EXHIBITS

Exhibit A-1         -    Form of Class A, Class X and Class PO Certificates
Exhibit A-2         -    Form of Class B Certificates
Exhibit A-3         -    Form of Class R Certificates

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Exhibit B           -    Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C           -    [Reserved]
Exhibit D           -    Request for Release of Documents
Exhibit E           -    Form of Affidavit pursuant to Section 860E(e)(4)
Exhibit F-1         -    Form of Investment Letter
Exhibit F-2         -    Form of Rule 144A and Related Matters Certificate
Exhibit G           -    Form of Custodial Agreement
Exhibit H-1 to H-28 -    Servicing Agreements
Exhibit I           -    Assignment Agreements
Exhibit J           -    Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit K           -    Schedule of Foreclosure Restricted Loans
Exhibit L           -    Schedule of Section 3.13 Loans
Exhibit M                Schedule of Cash Flow Loans

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                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
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         Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of January 1, 2004, among
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., a Delaware corporation, as
depositor (the "Depositor"), LaSalle Bank National Association, a national
banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the
"Trustee"), Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as master servicer
(in such capacity, the "Master Servicer") and as securities administrator (in
such capacity, the "Securities Administrator"), and EMC Mortgage Corporation, as
seller (in such capacity, the "Seller") and as company (in such capacity, the
"Company").

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

         On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor acquired the Mortgage
Loans from the Seller. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will sell the Mortgage
Loans and certain other property to the Trust Fund and receive in consideration
therefor Certificates evidencing the entire beneficial ownership interest in the
Trust Fund.

         The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall make an election for the
assets constituting REMIC I to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
REMIC. On the Startup Day, the REMIC I Regular Interests will be designated
"regular interests" in such REMIC and the Class R-I Certificate will be
designated the "residual interest" in such REMIC.

         The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall make an election for the
assets constituting REMIC II to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
REMIC. On the Startup Day, the REMIC II Regular Interests will be designated
"regular interests" in such REMIC and the Class R-II Certificate will be
designated the "residual interest" in such REMIC.

         The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall make an election for the
assets constituting REMIC III to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
REMIC. On the Startup Day, the REMIC III Regular Certificates will be designated
"regular interests" in such REMIC and the Class R-III Certificate will be
designated the "residual interest" in such REMIC.

         The Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date, after deducting all Scheduled Principal due on or before the
Cut-off Date, of $1,321,312,079.34. The initial principal amount of the
Certificates will not exceed such Outstanding Principal Balance. The Group I
Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-off
Date, after deducting all Scheduled Principal due on or before the Cut-off Date,
of $892,545,672.26. The Group II Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding
Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date, after deducting all Scheduled
Principal due on or before the Cut-off Date, of $161,091,154.60. The Group III
Mortgage Loans will have an Outstanding Principal Balance as of the Cut-off
Date, after deducting all Scheduled Principal due on or before the Cut-off Date,
of $267,675,252.48.

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

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                                    ARTICLE I
                                   Definitions

         Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases,
unless otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires,
shall have the meanings specified in this Article.

         ACCEPTED MASTER SERVICING PRACTICES: With respect to any Mortgage Loan,
as applicable, either (x) those customary mortgage servicing practices of
prudent mortgage servicing institutions that master service mortgage loans of
the same type and quality as such Mortgage Loan in the jurisdiction where the
related Mortgaged Property is located, to the extent applicable to the Trustee
or the Master Servicer (except in its capacity as successor to a Servicer), or
(y) as provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, to the extent applicable
to any Servicer, but in no event below the standard set forth in clause (x).

         ACCOUNT: The Master Servicer Collection Account and the Protected
Account as the context may require.

         ACCRUED CERTIFICATE INTEREST: For any Certificate (other than the
Principal Only Certificates) for any Distribution Date, the interest accrued
during the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Pass-Through Rate
on the Current Principal Amount, or Notional Amount in the case of any Interest
Only Certificate, of such Certificate immediately prior to such Distribution
Date, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, less
(i) in the case of a Senior Certificate, such Certificate's share of any Net
Interest Shortfall from the related Mortgage Loans and, after the Cross-Over
Date, the interest portion of any Realized Losses on the related Mortgage Loans
allocated thereto in accordance with Section 6.02(i) and (ii) in the case of a
Subordinate Certificate, such Certificate's share of any Net Interest Shortfall
from the related Mortgage Loans and the interest portion of any Realized Losses
on the related Mortgage Loans allocated thereto in accordance with Section
6.02(i).

         ADJUSTABLE RATE CERTIFICATES: The Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3, Class
I-A-4, Class II-A-2 and Class II-A-3 Certificates.

         ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT: The amount, if any, by which the Special Hazard Loss
Amount (without giving effect to the deduction of the Adjustment Amount for such
anniversary) exceeds the lesser of (A) an amount calculated by the Seller and
approved by the related Rating Agencies, which amount shall not be less than
$500,000, and (B) the greater of (x) 1.0% (or if greater than 1.0%, the highest
percentage of Mortgage Loans by principal balance secured by Mortgaged
Properties in any California zip code) of the outstanding principal balance of
all the Mortgage Loans on the Distribution Date immediately preceding such
anniversary and (y) twice the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan
which has the largest outstanding principal balance on the Distribution Date
immediately preceding such anniversary.

         AFFILIATE: As to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled
by or under common control with such Person. "Control" means the power to direct
the management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
ownership of voting securities, by contract or

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otherwise. "Controlled" and "Controlling" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing. The Trustee may conclusively presume that a Person is not an
Affiliate of another Person unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge to the contrary.

         AGREEMENT: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments
hereof and supplements hereto.

         ALLIANCE: Alliance Mortgage Company, as successor to First Union
Mortgage Corp., or its successor in interest.

         ALLIANCE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of March 24, 1998, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and First Union Mortgage Corp.,
attached hereto as Exhibit H-1, pursuant to which First Union Mortgage Corp.
agreed to service in accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         ALLOCABLE SHARE: With respect to each Class of Subordinate
Certificates:

         (a) as to any Distribution Date and amounts distributable pursuant to
clauses (i) and (iv) of the definition of Subordinate Optimal Principal Amount,
the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Current
Principal Amount of such Class and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of all Classes of the Subordinate Certificates; and

         (b) as to any Distribution Date and amounts distributable pursuant to
clauses (ii), (iii) and (v) of the definition of Subordinate Optimal Principal
Amount, and as to each Class of Subordinate Certificates (other than the Class
of Subordinate Certificates having the lowest numerical designation as to which
the Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger shall not be applicable) for which (x)
the related Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger has been satisfied on such
Distribution Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of
which is the Current Principal Amount of such Class and the denominator of which
is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of all such Classes of Subordinate
Certificates and (y) the related Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger has not
been satisfied on such Distribution Date, 0%; provided that if on a Distribution
Date, the Current Principal Amount of any Class of Subordinate Certificates for
which the related Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger was satisfied on such
Distribution Date is reduced to zero, any amounts distributed pursuant to this
clause (b), to the extent of such Class's remaining Allocable Share, shall be
distributed to the remaining Classes of Subordinate Certificates which satisfy
the related Class Prepayment Distribution Trigger and to the Class of
Subordinate Certificates having the lowest numerical Class designation in
reduction of their respective Current Principal Amounts in the order of their
numerical Class designations.

         APPLICABLE CREDIT RATING: For any long-term deposit or security, a
credit rating of AAA in the case of each of S&P and Fitch Ratings or Aaa in the
case of Moody's. For any short-term deposit or security, or a rating of F1 in
the case of Fitch Ratings, A-1+ in the case of S&P or P-1 in the case of
Moody's.

         APPLICABLE STATE LAW: For purposes of Section 9.12(d), the Applicable
State Law shall be (a) the law of the State of New York and (b) such other state
law whose applicability shall have been

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brought to the attention of the Securities Administrator and the Trustee by
either (i) an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee delivered to it by the Master Servicer or the
Depositor, or (ii) written notice from the appropriate taxing authority as to
the applicability of such state law.

         APPRAISED VALUE: For any Mortgaged Property related to a Mortgage Loan,
the amount set forth as the appraised value of such Mortgaged Property in an
appraisal made for the mortgage originator in connection with its origination of
the related Mortgage Loan.

         ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENTS: The Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreements attached hereto as Exhibit I, whereby the Bank of America Servicing
Agreement, Cendant Servicing Agreement, CitiMortgage Servicing Agreement,
Countrywide Servicing Agreement, Morgan Stanley Servicing Agreement and WFHM
Servicing Agreement were assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders.

         ASSIGNMENT OF PROPRIETARY LEASE: With respect to a Cooperative Loan,
the assignment of the related Cooperative Lease from the Mortgagor to the
originator of the Cooperative Loan.

         ASSUMED FINAL DISTRIBUTION DATE: February 25, 2034, or if such day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.

         AVAILABLE FUNDS: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of the
Group I, Group II and Group III Available Funds for such Distribution Date.

         AVERAGE LOSS SEVERITY PERCENTAGE: With respect to any Distribution Date
and each Loan Group, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the sum of the Loss Severity Percentages for each Mortgage Loan in such
Loan Group which had a Realized Loss and the denominator of which is the number
of Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group which had Realized Losses.

         BANK OF AMERICA: Bank of America, N.A., or its successor in interest.

         BANK OF AMERICA SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Flow Mortgage Loan Sale and
Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2003, attached hereto as Exhibit H-2,
as modified by the related Assignment Agreement.

         BANK OF OKLAHOMA: Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., or its successor in interest.

         BANK OF OKLAHOMA SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract,
dated as of December 18, 1997, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Bank of
Oklahoma, attached hereto as Exhibit H-3, pursuant to which Bank of Oklahoma
agreed to service in accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         BANK ONE: Bank One Mortgage Corporation, or its successor in interest.

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         BANK ONE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of February 19, 1998, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Bank One, attached
hereto as Exhibit H-4, pursuant to which Bank One agreed to service in
accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         BANKRUPTCY CODE: The United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended as
codified in 11 U.S.C. ss.ss.101-1330.

         BANKRUPTCY COVERAGE TERMINATION DATE: The Distribution Date upon which
the Bankruptcy Loss Amount has been reduced to zero or a negative number (or the
Cross-Over Date, if earlier).

         BANKRUPTCY LOSS AMOUNT: $100,000, minus the aggregate amount of
previous Bankruptcy Losses.

         BANKRUPTCY LOSS: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any Deficient
Valuation or Debt Service Reduction related to such Mortgage Loan as reported by
the applicable Servicer to the Master Servicer.

         BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES: Initially, all Classes of Certificates other
than the Private Certificates and the Residual Certificates.

         BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which the New York Stock Exchange or Federal Reserve is closed or on
which banking institutions in the jurisdiction in which the Trustee, the Master
Servicer, any Servicer or the Securities Administrator 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.

         CASH FLOW LOAN: Any Mortgage Loan which was 60 or more days delinquent
as of the Cut- Off Date but which had made at least one Scheduled Payment in the
last three months, as indicated on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit M.

         CENDANT: Cendant Mortgage Corporation, as successor to Merrill Lynch
Credit Corporation, or its successor in interest.

         CENDANT SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase, Sale and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2001, among the Seller, Cendant and
Bishop's Gate Residential Mortgage Trust, attached hereto as Exhibit H-5, as
modified by the related Assignment Agreement.

         CENTRAL NATIONAL: Central National Bank, as successor to Farmers State
Bank and Trust Company, or its successor in interest.

         CENTRAL NATIONAL SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract,
dated as of April 29, 1997, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Farmers State Bank
and Trust Company, attached hereto as Exhibit H-6, pursuant to which Farmers
State Bank and Trust Company agreed to service in accordance with the Wells
Fargo Guide.

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         CERTIFICATE: Any mortgage pass-through certificate evidencing a
beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund signed and countersigned by the
Trustee in substantially the forms annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3
with the blanks therein appropriately completed.

         CERTIFICATE GROUP: The Group I, Group II and Group III Senior
Certificates, as applicable.

         CERTIFICATE OWNER: Any Person who is the beneficial owner of a
Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.

         CERTIFICATE REGISTER: The register maintained pursuant to Section 5.02.

         CERTIFICATEHOLDER: A Holder of a Certificate.

         CHARTER: Charter Bank for Savings, F.S.B., or its successor in
interest.

         CHARTER SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of July 16, 1998, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Charter, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-7, pursuant to which Charter agreed to service in accordance with the
Wells Fargo Guide.

         CHASE: Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, in its own capacity and as
successor to North American Mortgage Company, or its successor in interest.

         CHASE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as of
October 27, 1999, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Chase, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-8, pursuant to which Chase agreed to service in accordance with the
Wells Fargo Guide.

         CHEVY CHASE: Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B., or its successor in interest.

         CHEVY CHASE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated
as of October 27, 1999, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Chevy Chase, attached
hereto as Exhibit H-9, pursuant to which Chevy Chase agreed to service in
accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         CITIMORTGAGE: CitiMortgage, Inc., as successor to Citicorp Mortgage,
Inc., or its successor in interest.

         CITIMORTGAGE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Purchase and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2003, between the Seller and
CitiMortgage, attached hereto as Exhibit H-10, as modified by the related
Assignment Agreement.

         CLASS: With respect to the Certificates, I-A-1, I-A-2, I-A-3, I-A-4,
I-X, I-PO, II-A-1, II-A-2, II-A-3, II-X, II-PO, III-A-1, R-I, R-II, R-III, B-1,
B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5 and B-6.

         CLASS I-PO CERTIFICATE CASH SHORTFALL: For any Distribution Date, the
difference between (i) principal distributable to the Class I-PO Certificates in
accordance with priority FIFTH of clause (i) under subsection 6.01(a), and (ii)
principal actually distributed to the Class I-PO Certificates after giving
effect to clause (vii) under subsection 6.01(a).

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         CLASS I-PO CERTIFICATE DEFERRED AMOUNT: As to each Distribution Date
through the Cross-Over Date, the aggregate of all amounts allocable on such
dates to the Class I-PO Certificates in respect of the principal portion of
Realized Losses in respect of Discount Mortgage Loans in Loan Group I and the
Class I-PO Certificate Cash Shortfall and all amounts previously allocated in
respect of such losses and such shortfalls to the Class I-PO Certificates, and
not distributed on prior Distribution Dates.

         CLASS II-PO CERTIFICATE CASH SHORTFALL: For any Distribution Date, the
difference between (i) principal distributable to the Class II-PO Certificates
in accordance with priority FOURTH of clause (ii) under subsection 6.01(a), and
(ii) principal actually distributed to the Class II-PO Certificates after giving
effect to clause (vii) under subsection 6.01(a).

         CLASS II-PO CERTIFICATE DEFERRED AMOUNT: As to each Distribution Date
through the Cross-Over Date, the aggregate of all amounts allocable on such
dates to the Class II-PO Certificates in respect of the principal portion of
Realized Losses in respect of Discount Mortgage Loans in Loan Group II and the
Class II-PO Certificate Cash Shortfall and all amounts previously allocated in
respect of such losses and such shortfalls to the Class II-PO Certificates, and
not distributed on prior Distribution Dates.

         CLASS PO CERTIFICATE CASH SHORTFALL: The Class I-PO Certificate Cash
Shortfall or Class II-PO Certificate Cash Shortfall, as applicable.

         CLASS I-PO CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT AND CLASS II-PO
CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: With respect to the Class I-PO
Certificates and Class II-PO Certificates and each Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the sum, without duplication, of:

                  (i) the applicable PO Percentage of all scheduled payments of
         principal due on each Discount Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
         on the related Due Date as specified in the amortization schedule at
         the time applicable thereto (after adjustment for previous principal
         prepayments but before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by
         reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any moratorium or
         similar waiver or grace period);

                  (ii) the applicable PO Percentage of the Scheduled Principal
         Balance of each Discount Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which
         was the subject of a prepayment in full received by the related Master
         Servicer during the applicable Prepayment Period;

                  (iii) the applicable PO Percentage of all partial prepayments
         of principal of each Discount Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
         received during the applicable Prepayment Period;

                  (iv) the lesser of (a) the applicable PO Percentage of the sum
         of (A) all Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal on each
         Discount Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which became a
         Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period (other
         than a Discount Mortgage Loan described in clause (B)) and (B) the
         Scheduled Principal Balance of each such Discount Mortgage Loan in the
         related Loan Group purchased by an insurer from the Trustee during the
         related Prepayment Period pursuant to the related

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         Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any, or otherwise; and (b) the
         applicable PO Percentage of the sum of (A) the Scheduled Principal
         Balance of each Discount Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which
         became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period
         (other than a Discount Mortgage Loan described in clause (B)) and (B)
         the Scheduled Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan in the
         related Loan Group that was purchased by an insurer from the Trustee
         during the related Prepayment Period pursuant to the related Primary
         Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any, or otherwise; and

                  (v) the applicable PO Percentage of the sum of (a) the
         Scheduled Principal Balance of each Discount Mortgage Loan in the
         related Loan Group which was repurchased by the Seller in connection
         with such Distribution Date and (b) the difference, if any, between the
         Scheduled Principal Balance of a Discount Mortgage Loan in the related
         Loan Group that has been replaced by the Seller with a substitute
         Discount Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Agreement in connection with
         such Distribution Date and the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
         substitute Discount Mortgage Loan.

         CLASS PO CERTIFICATES: The Class I-PO Certificates and Class II-PO
Certificates, as applicable.

         CLASS PREPAYMENT DISTRIBUTION TRIGGER: For a Class of Subordinate
Certificates for any Distribution Date, the Class Prepayment Distribution
Trigger is satisfied if the fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator
of which is the aggregate Current Principal Amount of such Class and each Class
of Subordinate Certificates subordinate thereto, if any, and the denominator of
which is the Scheduled Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the
related Due Date, equals or exceeds such percentage calculated as of the Closing
Date.

         CLASS R CERTIFICATES: The Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
Certificates.

         CLOSING DATE: January 30, 2004.

         CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         COLONIAL SAVINGS: Colonial Savings, F.A., or its successor in interest.

         COLONIAL SAVINGS SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract,
dated as of October 20, 2000, between Wells Fargo Funding, Inc. and Colonial
Savings, attached hereto as Exhibit H-11, pursuant to which Colonial Savings
agreed to service in accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         COLUMBIA: Columbia National, Inc., or its successor in interest.

         COLUMBIA SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of August 1, 1997, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Columbia, attached hereto
as Exhibit H-12, pursuant to which Columbia agreed to service in accordance with
the Wells Fargo Guide.

         COMPENSATING INTEREST PAYMENT: As defined in Section 6.06.

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         COOPERATIVE: A private, cooperative housing corporation which owns or
leases land and all or part of a building or buildings, including apartments,
spaces used for commercial purposes and common areas therein and whose board of
directors authorizes, among other things, the sale of Cooperative Stock.

         COOPERATIVE APARTMENT: A dwelling unit in a multi-dwelling building
owned or leased by a Cooperative, which unit the Mortgagor has an exclusive
right to occupy pursuant to the terms of a proprietary lease or occupancy
agreement.

         COOPERATIVE LEASE: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the proprietary
lease or occupancy agreement with respect to the Cooperative Apartment occupied
by the Mortgagor and relating to the related Cooperative Stock, which lease or
agreement confers an exclusive right to the holder of such Cooperative Stock to
occupy such apartment.

         COOPERATIVE LOAN: Any of the Mortgage Loans made in respect of a
Cooperative Apartment, evidenced by a Mortgage Note and secured by (i) a
Security Agreement, (ii) the related Cooperative Stock Certificate, (iii) an
assignment of the Cooperative Lease, (iv) financing statements and (v) a stock
power (or other similar instrument), and ancillary thereto, a recognition
agreement between the Cooperative and the originator of the Cooperative Loan,
each of which was transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section
2.01 and are from time to time held as part of the Trust Fund.

         COOPERATIVE STOCK: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the single
outstanding class of stock, partnership interest or other ownership instrument
in the related Cooperative.

         COOPERATIVE STOCK CERTIFICATE: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the
stock certificate or other instrument evidencing the related Cooperative Stock.

         CORRESPONDING CERTIFICATES: With respect to each REMIC II Regular
Interest, the Class with the same designation.

         CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE: The office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business is administered, which office, at
the date of the execution of this Agreement, is located at 135 South LaSalle
Street, Suite 1625, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention: Global Securitization
Trust Services Group - Prime Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-CL1, or at such other
address as the Trustee may designate from time to time.

         COUNTRYWIDE: Countrywide Home Loans, Servicing LP, as successor to
Countrywide Funding Corporation, or its successor in interest.

         COUNTRYWIDE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2002, as amended on January 1, 2003, between
the Seller and Countrywide, attached hereto as Exhibit H-13, as modified by the
related Assignment Agreement.

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         CROSS-OVER DATE: The first Distribution Date on which the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates has been reduced to
zero (giving effect to all distributions on such Distribution Date).

         CUNA: CUNA Mutual Mortgage Corporation, or its successor in interest.

         CUNA SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as of
November 13, 2000, between Wells Fargo Funding, Inc. and CUNA, attached hereto
as Exhibit H-14, pursuant to which CUNA agreed to service in accordance with the
Wells Fargo Guide.

         CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: With respect to any Certificate (other than
an Interest Only Certificate) as of any Distribution Date, the initial principal
amount of such Certificate, and reduced by (i) all amounts distributed on
previous Distribution Dates on such Certificate with respect to principal, (ii)
the principal portion of all Realized Losses allocated prior to such
Distribution Date to such Certificate, taking account of the Loss Allocation
Limitation and (iii) in the case of a Subordinate Certificate, such
Certificate's pro rata share, if any, of the applicable Subordinate Certificate
Writedown Amount for previous Distribution Dates. With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than an Interest Only Certificate), the Current Principal
Amount thereof will equal the sum of the Current Principal Amounts of all
Certificates in such Class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for purposes
of giving consents, directions, waivers, approvals, requests and notices, the
Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III Certificates after the Distribution Date
on which they each receive the distribution of the last dollar of their
respective original principal amount shall be deemed to have Current Principal
Amounts equal to their respective Current Principal Amounts on the day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date.

         CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT: An agreement, dated as of the Closing Date among
the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian in
substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto.

         CUSTODIAN: Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, or any
successor custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and of the
Custodial Agreement.

         CUT-OFF DATE: January 1, 2004.

         CUT-OFF DATE BALANCE: $1,321,312,079.34.

         DEBT SERVICE REDUCTION: Any reduction of the Scheduled Payments which a
Mortgagor is obligated to pay with respect to a Mortgage Loan as a result of any
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar state law or other
proceeding.

         DEFICIENT VALUATION: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a valuation of
the Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction in an amount less
than the then outstanding indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, which valuation
results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar state law or other proceeding.

         DEPOSITOR: Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or its successors in interest.

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         DEPOSITORY: The Depository Trust Company, the nominee of which is Cede
& Co., or any successor thereto.

         DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT: The meaning specified in Subsection 5.01(a)
hereof.

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

         DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION: A depository institution (commercial
bank, federal savings bank, mutual savings bank or savings and loan association)
or trust company (which may include the Trustee), the deposits of which are
fully insured by the FDIC to the extent provided by law.

         DETERMINATION DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Determination Date as defined in the related Servicing Agreement.

         DISCOUNT FRACTION: With respect to any Group I Discount Mortgage Loan,
a fraction, (x) the numerator of which is equal to 6.750% minus the related Net
Mortgage Rate, and (y) the denominator of which is equal to 6.750% per annum.
With respect to any Group II Discount Mortgage Loan, a fraction, (x) the
numerator of which is equal to 6.500% minus the related Net Mortgage Rate, and
(y) the denominator of which is equal to 6.500% per annum.

         DISCOUNT MORTGAGE LOAN: Any Group I Mortgage Loan with a Net Mortgage
Rate less than 6.750% per annum and any Group II Mortgage Loan with a Net
Mortgage Rate less than 6.500% per annum.

         DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION: Any of the following: (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 (other than an
instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to
tax and, except for the Freddie Mac or any successor thereto, a majority of its
board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) any foreign
government, any international organization, or any agency or instrumentality of
any of the foregoing, (iii) 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 (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of
the Code on unrelated business taxable income), (iv) rural electric and
telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code or (v) any
other Person so designated by the Trustee based upon an Opinion of Counsel that
the holding of an ownership interest in a Residual Certificate by such Person
may cause any REMIC contained in the Trust or any Person having an ownership
interest in the Residual Certificate (other than such Person) to incur a
liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be
imposed but for the transfer of an ownership interest in a Residual Certificate
to such Person. The terms "United States," "State" and "international
organization" shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or
successor provisions.

         DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT: The trust account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 4.04, which shall be denominated "LaSalle Bank
National Association, as Trustee f/b/o holders of Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments II Inc., Prime Mortgage Trust, Mortgage Pass-

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Through Certificates, Series 2004-CL1 - Distribution Account." The Distribution
Account shall be an Eligible Account.

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

         DISTRIBUTION DATE: The 25th day of any month, beginning in the month
immediately following the month of the Closing Date, or, if such 25th day is not
a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following.

         DOWNEY: Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A., or its successor in
interest.

         DOWNEY SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of April 23, 1999, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Downey, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-15, pursuant to which Downey agreed to service in accordance with the
Wells Fargo Guide.

         DTC CUSTODIAN: LaSalle Bank National Association, or its successors in
interest as custodian for the Depository.

         DUE DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date in each month on
which its Scheduled Payment is due if such due date is the first day of a month
and otherwise is deemed to be the first day of the following month or such other
date specified in the related Servicing Agreement.

         DUE PERIOD: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage
Loan, the period commencing on the second day of the month preceding the month
in which the Distribution Date occurs and ending at the close of business on the
first day of the month in which the Distribution Date occurs.

         ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT: Any of (i) a segregated account maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution (A) the short-term obligations
of which are rated A-2 or better by S&P, P-1 by Moody's, and F1 by Fitch Ratings
at the time of any deposit therein or (B) insured by the FDIC (to the limits
established by such Corporation), the uninsured deposits in which account are
otherwise secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained by
the Person requesting that the account be held pursuant to this clause (i))
delivered to the Trustee prior to the establishment of such account, the
Certificateholders will have a claim with respect to the funds in such account
and a perfected first priority security interest against any collateral (which
shall be limited to Permitted Investments, each of which shall mature not later
than the Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Date next following
the date of investment in such collateral or the Distribution Date if such
Permitted Investment is an obligation of the institution that maintains the
Distribution Account) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any
other depositors or general creditors of the depository institution with which
such account is maintained, (ii) a segregated trust account or accounts
maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust
company with trust powers acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iii) a segregated
account or accounts of a depository institution acceptable to the Rating
Agencies (as evidenced in writing by the Rating Agencies that use of any such
account as the Distribution Account will not have an adverse effect on the
then-current ratings assigned to the Classes of Certificates then rated by the
Rating Agencies). Eligible Accounts may bear interest.

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

         EVENT OF DEFAULT: An event of default described in Section 8.01.

         EXCESS BANKRUPTCY LOSS: Any Bankruptcy Loss, or portion thereof (i)
occurring after the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination Date or (ii) if on or prior
to such date, in excess of the then- applicable Bankruptcy Loss Amount.

         EXCESS FRAUD LOSS: Any Fraud Loss or portion thereof (i) occurring
after the Fraud Coverage Termination Date with respect thereto or (ii) if on or
prior to such date, in excess of the then- applicable Fraud Loss Amount.

         EXCESS LOSS: Any Excess Fraud Loss, Excess Bankruptcy Loss, Excess
Special Hazard Loss or Extraordinary Loss.

         EXCESS LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: To the extent that such amount is not
required by law to be paid to the related Mortgagor, the amount, if any, by
which Liquidation Proceeds with respect to a Liquidated Mortgage Loan exceed the
sum of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and accrued
but unpaid interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate through the last day
of the month in which the related Liquidation Date occurs, plus (ii) related
Liquidation Expenses.

         EXCESS SPECIAL HAZARD LOSS: Any Special Hazard Loss occurring after the
Special Hazard Termination Date.

         EXTRAORDINARY LOSS : Any Realized Loss resulting from damage to a
mortgaged property that was occasioned by war, civil insurrection, certain
governmental actions, nuclear reaction and certain other risks.

         FANNIE MAE: Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor
thereto.

         FITCH RATINGS: Fitch, Inc.

         FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

         FIFTH THIRD: Fifth Third Mortgage Company, as successor to Old Kent
Mortgage Company, or its successor in interest.

         FIFTH THIRD SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated
as of August 31, 2000, between Wells Fargo Funding, Inc. and Old Kent Mortgage
Company, attached hereto as Exhibit H-16, pursuant to which Old Kent Mortgage
Company agreed to service in accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

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

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         FINAL SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: Solely for purposes of the face of
the Certificates, as follows: with respect to the Group II Certificates,
February 25, 2019; with respect to the Group I, Group III, Residual and
Subordinate Certificates, February 25, 2034. No event of default under this
Agreement will arise or become applicable solely by reason of the failure to
retire the entire Current Principal Amounts of the related Class or Classes of
Certificates on or before its Final Scheduled Distribution Date.

         FIRST TENNESSEE: First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc., as successor
to FT Mortgage Companies, or its successor in interest.

         FIRST TENNESSEE SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract,
dated as of July 15, 1997, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and FT Mortgage
Companies, attached hereto as Exhibit H-17, pursuant to which FT Mortgage
Companies agreed to service in accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         FORECLOSURE RESTRICTED LOAN: Any Mortgage Loan (other than a Cash Flow
Loan) which was 60 days or more delinquent as of the Cut-Off Date, as indicated
on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit K.

         FRACTIONAL UNDIVIDED INTEREST: With respect to any Class of
Certificates, the fractional undivided interest evidenced by any Certificate of
such Class the numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount, or Notional
Amount in the case of the Interest Only Certificates, of such Certificate and
the denominator of which is the Current Principal Amount, or Notional Amount in
the case of the Interest Only Certificates, of such Class. With respect to the
Certificates in the aggregate, the fractional undivided interest evidenced by
(i) each class of Residual Certificates will be deemed to equal 0.25%, (ii) each
Class of Interest Only Certificates will be deemed to equal 1.0% multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Notional Amount of such Certificate and
the denominator of which is the aggregate Notional Amount of its respective
Class and (iii) a Certificate of any other Class will be deemed to equal 94.25%
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Current Principal Amount
of such Certificate and the denominator of which is the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of all the Certificates; provided, however, the percentage in
clause (iii) above shall be increased by 1.0% upon the retirement of each Class
of Interest Only Certificates.

         FRAUD COVERAGE TERMINATION DATE: The Distribution Date upon which the
Fraud Loss Amount has been reduced to zero or a negative number (or the
Cross-Over Date, if earlier).

         FRAUD LOSS: Any Realized Loss attributable to fraud in the origination
of the related Mortgage Loan, as reported by the applicable Servicer to the
Master Servicer.

         FRAUD LOSS AMOUNT: Upon the initial issuance of the Certificates, 1.00%
of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans. As of any
Distribution Date prior to the second anniversary of the Cut-off Date, the
initial Fraud Loss Amount minus the aggregate amount of Fraud Losses that would
have been allocated to the Subordinate Certificates in the absence of the Loss
Allocation Limit since the Cut-off Date. As of any Distribution Date from the
second and through the fifth anniversary of the Cut-off Date, (1) the lesser of
(a) the applicable Fraud Loss Amount as of the most recent anniversary of the
Cut-off Date and (b) 0.50% of the aggregate outstanding

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principal balance of all Mortgage Loans as of the most recent anniversary of the
Cut-off Date minus (2) the Fraud Losses that would have been allocated to the
Subordinate Certificates in the absence of the Loss Allocation Limit since the
most recent anniversary of the Cut-off Date. After the fifth anniversary of the
Cut-off Date, the Fraud Loss Amount shall be zero.

         FREDDIE MAC: Freddie Mac, formerly the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation, or any successor thereto.

         GLOBAL CERTIFICATE: Any Private Certificate registered in the name of
the Depository or its nominee, beneficial interests in which are reflected on
the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Depository (directly or as an indirect participant in accordance with
the rules of such depository).

         GMAC: GMAC Mortgage Corporation, or its successor in interest.

         GMAC SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as of
October 31, 1997 between Norwest Funding, Inc. and GMAC, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-18, pursuant to which GMAC agreed to service in accordance with the
Wells Fargo Guide.

         GROUP I AVAILABLE FUNDS, GROUP II AVAILABLE FUNDS AND GROUP III
AVAILABLE FUNDS: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the
aggregate of the following amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the
related Loan Group: (a) all previously undistributed payments on account of
principal (including the principal portion of Scheduled Payments, Principal
Prepayments and the principal portion of Net Liquidation Proceeds) and all
previously undistributed payments on account of interest received after the
Cut-off Date and on or prior to the related Determination Date, (b) any Monthly
Advances and Compensating Interest Payments by the Servicers or the Master
Servicer with respect to such Distribution Date and (c) any reimbursed amount in
connection with losses on investments of deposits in an account, except:

                  (i) all payments that were due on or before the Cut-off Date;

                  (ii) all Principal Prepayments and Liquidation Proceeds
received after the applicable Prepayment Period;

                  (iii) all payments, other than Principal Prepayments, that
represent early receipt of Scheduled Payments due on a date or dates subsequent
to the related Due Date;

                  (iv) amounts received on particular Mortgage Loans as late
payments of principal or interest and respecting which, and to the extent that,
there are any unreimbursed Monthly Advances;

                  (v) amounts representing Monthly Advances determined to be
Nonrecoverable Advances;

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                  (vi) any investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the
Master Servicer Collection Account and the Distribution Account and amounts
permitted to be withdrawn from the Master Servicer Collection Account and the
Distribution Account pursuant to this Agreement;

                  (vii) amounts needed to pay the Servicing Fees or to reimburse
any Servicer or the Master Servicer for amounts due under the applicable
Servicing Agreement and the Agreement to the extent such amounts have not been
retained by, or paid previously to, such Servicer or the Master Servicer;

                  (viii) to pay any fees with respect to any lender-paid primary
mortgage insurance policy; and

                  (ix) any expenses or other amounts reimbursable to the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Custodian pursuant to Section
7.04(c) or Section 9.05.

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

         GROUP I SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3,
Class I-A-4, Class I-X, Class I-PO, Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
Certificates.

         GROUP I SENIOR OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, GROUP II SENIOR OPTIMAL
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AND GROUP III SENIOR OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: With respect to
each Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of the
following (but in no event greater than the aggregate Current Principal Amount
of the Group I, Group II or Group III Senior Certificates (other than the
Interest Only Certificates and Principal Only Certificates), as applicable,
immediately prior to such Distribution Date):

                  (1) the applicable Senior Percentage of the applicable Non-PO
Percentage of the principal portion of all Scheduled Payments due on each
Outstanding Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group on the related Due Date as
specified in the amortization schedule at the time applicable thereto (after
adjustments for previous Principal Prepayments but before any adjustment to such
amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding or any
moratorium or similar waiver or grace period);

                  (2) the applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage
Loan in the related Loan Group which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment
in full received by the Master Servicer during the related Prepayment Period;

                  (3) the applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of all Principal Prepayments in part received by
the Master Servicer during the related Prepayment Period with respect to each
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group;

                  (4) the lesser of (a) the applicable Senior Prepayment
Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of the sum of (A) all Net
Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal received

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in respect of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which became a
Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related Prepayment Period (other than
Mortgage Loans described in the immediately following clause (B)) and (B) the
Scheduled Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
purchased by an insurer from the Trustee during the related Prepayment Period
pursuant to the related Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any, or otherwise;
and (b) the applicable Senior Percentage of the applicable Non-PO Percentage of
the sum of (A) the Scheduled Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the
related Loan Group which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the related
Prepayment Period (other than the Mortgage Loans described in the immediately
following clause (B)) and (B) the Scheduled Principal Balance of each such
Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that was purchased by an insurer from
the Trust during the related Prepayment Period pursuant to the related Primary
Mortgage Insurance Policy, if any or otherwise; and

                  (5) the applicable Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of the sum of (a) the Scheduled Principal Balance
of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which was repurchased by the
Seller in connection with such Distribution Date and (b) the excess, if any, of
the Scheduled Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group
that has been replaced by the Seller with a substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in connection with such Distribution Date
over the Scheduled Principal Balance of such substitute Mortgage Loan.

         GROUP I SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 97.42%. On any Distribution Date,
the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places rounded
up) obtained by dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Group I
Senior Certificates (other than the Principal Only Certificates) immediately
preceding such Distribution Date by the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Group I Mortgage Loans (other than the PO Percentage thereof with respect to
the related Discount Mortgage Loans) of the beginning of the related Due Period.

         GROUP I SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:

Period (dates inclusive)                   Group I Senior Prepayment Percentage
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
February 25, 2004 - January 25, 2009       100%
February 25, 2009 - January 25, 2010       Group I Senior Percentage plus 70% of
                                           the Group I Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2010 - January 25, 2011       Group I Senior Percentage plus 60% of
                                           the Group I Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2011 - January 25, 2012       Group I Senior Percentage plus 40% of
                                           the Group I Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2012 - January 25, 2013       Group I Senior Percentage plus 20% of
                                           the Group I Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2013 and thereafter           Group I Senior Percentage

         In addition, no reduction of the Group I Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, (A) the

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aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days
or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and
Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been
acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of
the sum of the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate
Certificates does not exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including February 2009 and
January 2010, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including February 2010 and January 2011,
(c) 40% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including February 2011 and January 2012, (d) 45% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including February 2012 and January 2013, and (e) 50% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after
February 2013.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date, the Group I
Senior Percentage exceeds the Group I Senior Percentage as of the Cut-off Date,
then the Group I Senior Prepayment Percentage with respect to the Group I Senior
Certificates for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.

         GROUP I SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group I Senior Percentage.

         GROUP I SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group I
Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group I Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amounts of the Group I Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, if (a) the weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on such
Distribution Date equals or exceeds two times the initial weighted average of
the Subordinate Percentages and (b) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any
such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the
last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate Current Principal
Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%, the Group I
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal 100%. If the test set forth in the
preceding sentence is not satisfied on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amount of the Group I Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, then the Group I Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal zero for
such Distribution Date.

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

         GROUP II SENIOR CERTIFICATES: Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3,
Class II-X and Class II-PO Certificates.

         GROUP II SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 97.41%. On any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places
rounded up) obtained by dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the
Group II Senior Certificates (other than the Principal Only

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Certificates) immediately preceding such Distribution Date by the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans (other than the PO
Percentage thereof with respect to the related Discount Mortgage Loans) of the
beginning of the related Due Period.

         GROUP II SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:

Period (dates inclusive)                  Group II Senior Prepayment Percentage
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February 25, 2004 - January 25, 2009      100%
February 25, 2009 - January 25, 2010      Group II Senior Percentage plus 70% of
                                          the Group II Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2010 - January 25, 2011      Group II Senior Percentage plus 60% of
                                          the Group II Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2011 - January 25, 2012      Group II Senior Percentage plus 40% of
                                          the Group II Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2012 - January 25, 2013      Group II Senior Percentage plus 20% of
                                          the Group II Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2013 and thereafter          Group II Senior Percentage

         In addition, no reduction of the Group II Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, (A) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any
such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the
last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate Current Principal
Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative
Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a) 30% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including February 2009 and January 2010, (b) 35% of the Original Subordinate
Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including
February 2010 and January 2011, (c) 40% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and including February 2011 and
January 2012, (d) 45% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including February 2012 and January 2013,
and (e) 50% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution
Date occurs during or after February 2013.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date, the Group
II Senior Percentage exceeds the Group II Senior Percentage as of the Cut-off
Date, then the Group II Senior Prepayment Percentage with respect to the Group
II Senior Certificates for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.

         GROUP II SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group II Senior Percentage.

         GROUP II SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group
II Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group II Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on

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any Distribution Date after the Current Principal Amounts of the Group II Senior
Certificates have each been reduced to zero, if (a) the weighted average of the
Subordinate Percentages on such Distribution Date equals or exceeds two times
the initial weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages and (b) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days
or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and
Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been
acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of
the sum of the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate
Certificates does not exceed 100%, the Group II Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage will equal 100%. If the test set forth in the preceding sentence is
not satisfied on any Distribution Date after the Current Principal Amount of the
Group II Senior Certificates have each been reduced to zero, then the Group II
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal zero for such Distribution Date.

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

         GROUP III SENIOR CERTIFICATES: Class III-A-1 Certificates.

         GROUP III SENIOR PERCENTAGE: Initially, 97.45%. On any Distribution
Date, the lesser of (i) 100% and (ii) the percentage (carried to six places
rounded up) obtained by dividing the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the
Group III Senior Certificates immediately preceding such Distribution Date by
the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group III Mortgage Loans of the
beginning of the related Due Period.

         GROUP III SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date
occurring during the periods set forth below, as follows:

Period (dates inclusive)                 Group III Senior Prepayment Percentage
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
February 25, 2004 - January 25, 2009     100%
February 25, 2009 - January 25, 2010     Group III Senior Percentage plus 70% of
                                         the Group III Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2010 - January 25, 2011     Group III Senior Percentage plus 60% of
                                         the Group III Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2011 - January 25, 2012     Group III Senior Percentage plus 40% of
                                         the Group III Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2012 - January 25, 2013     Group III Senior Percentage plus 20% of
                                         the Group III Subordinate Percentage
February 25, 2013 and thereafter         Group III Senior Percentage

         In addition, no reduction of the Group III Senior Prepayment Percentage
shall occur on any Distribution Date unless, as of the last day of the month
preceding such Distribution Date, (A) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any
such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the
last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate Current Principal
Amount of the Subordinate Certificates

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does not exceed 50%; and (B) cumulative Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans do
not exceed (a) 30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such
Distribution Date occurs between and including February 2009 and January 2010,
(b) 35% of the Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date
occurs between and including February 2010 and January 2011, (c) 40% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between
and including February 2011 and January 2012, (d) 45% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs between and
including February 2012 and January 2013, and (e) 50% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Balance if such Distribution Date occurs during or after
February 2013.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any Distribution Date, the Group
III Senior Percentage exceeds the Group III Senior Percentage as of the Cut-off
Date, then the Group III Senior Prepayment Percentage with respect to the Group
III Senior Certificates for such Distribution Date will equal 100%.

         GROUP III SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: On any Distribution Date, 100% minus
the Group III Senior Percentage.

         GROUP III SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: With respect to the Group
III Mortgage Loans, on any Distribution Date, 100% minus the Group III Senior
Prepayment Percentage, except that on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amounts of the Group III Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, if (a) the weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages on such
Distribution Date equals or exceeds two times the initial weighted average of
the Subordinate Percentages and (b) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days or more (including for this purpose any
such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
related Mortgaged Property has been acquired by the Trust), averaged over the
last six months, as a percentage of the sum of the aggregate Current Principal
Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not exceed 100%, the Group III
Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal 100%. If the test set forth in the
preceding sentence is not satisfied on any Distribution Date after the Current
Principal Amount of the Group III Senior Certificates have each been reduced to
zero, then the Group III Subordinate Prepayment Percentage will equal zero for
such Distribution Date.

         HIBERNIA: Hibernia National Bank, or its successor in interest.

         HIBERNIA SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of April 20, 1998 between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Hibernia, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-19, pursuant to which Hibernia agreed to service in accordance with
the Wells Fargo Guide.

         HOLDER: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the
Certificate Register, except that, subject to Subsections 11.02(b) and 11.05(e),
solely for the purpose of giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any
Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding and the
Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced thereby shall not be taken into account
in determining whether the requisite percentage of Fractional Undivided
Interests necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained.

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         HSBC: HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA), as successor to Marine Midland
Mortgage Corporation, or its successor in interest.

         HSBC SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as of
April 6, 1998 between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Marine Midland Mortgage
Corporation, attached hereto as Exhibit H-20, pursuant to which Marine Midland
Mortgage Corporation agreed to service in accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         HUNTINGTON: Huntington Mortgage Company, or its successor in interest.

         HUNTINGTON SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated
as of May 12, 1997 between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Huntington, attached hereto
as Exhibit H-21, pursuant to which Huntington agreed to service in accordance
with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         INDEMNIFIED PERSONS: The Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Custodian
and the Securities Administrator and their officers, directors, agents and
employees and, with respect to the Trustee, any separate co-trustee and its
officers, directors, agents and employees.

         INDEPENDENT: When used with respect to any specified Person, this term
means that such Person (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor or the Master
Servicer and of any Affiliate of the Depositor or the Master Servicer, (b) does
not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial
interest in the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the
Depositor or the Master Servicer and (c) is not connected with the Depositor or
the Master Servicer or any Affiliate as an officer, employee, promoter,
underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions.

         INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE: Any Private Certificate registered in the name
of the Holder other than the Depository or its nominee.

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

         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 POLICY: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any standard
hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy or title insurance policy.

         INSURANCE PROCEEDS: Amounts paid by the insurer under any Insurance
Policy covering any Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property other than amounts
required to be paid over to the Mortgagor pursuant to law or the related
Mortgage Note or Security Instrument and other than amounts used to repair or
restore the Mortgaged Property or to reimburse insured expenses.

         INTEREST ACCRUAL PERIOD: With respect to each Distribution Date, for
each Class of Certificates, the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs, except for the Class

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I-A-2, Class I-A-3, Class I-A-4, Class II-A-2 and Class II-A-3 Certificates
which have an interest accrual period beginning on the 25th day of the month
preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs and ending on the 24th
day of the month in which the Distribution Date occurs, in each case commencing
in January 2004.

         INTEREST DETERMINATION DATE: With respect to each Distribution Date,
the second LIBOR Business Day immediately preceding the commencement of the
related Interest Accrual Period.

         INTEREST ONLY CERTIFICATES: The Class I-A-3, Class I-A-4, Class I-X,
Class II-A-3 and Class II-X Certificates.

         INTEREST SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date and each
Mortgage Loan that during the related Prepayment Period was the subject of a
Principal Prepayment or constitutes a Relief Act Mortgage Loan, an amount
determined as follows:

         (a) Partial principal prepayments received during the relevant
Prepayment Period: The difference between (i) one month's interest at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of such prepayment and (ii) the
amount of interest for the calendar month of such prepayment (adjusted to the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate) received at the time of such prepayment;

         (b) Principal prepayments in full received during the relevant
Prepayment Period: The difference between (i) one month's interest at the
applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan immediately prior to such prepayment and (ii) the amount of interest for
the calendar month of such prepayment (adjusted to the applicable Net Mortgage
Rate) received at the time of such prepayment; and

         (c) Relief Act Mortgage Loans: As to any Relief Act Mortgage Loan, the
excess of (i) 30 days' interest (or, in the case of a principal prepayment in
full, interest to the date of prepayment) on the Scheduled Principal Balance
thereof (or, in the case of a principal prepayment in part, on the amount so
prepaid) at the related Net Mortgage Rate over (ii) 30 days' interest (or, in
the case of a principal prepayment in full, interest to the date of prepayment)
on such Scheduled Principal Balance (or, in the case of a Principal Prepayment
in part, on the amount so prepaid) at the Net Mortgage Rate required to be paid
by the Mortgagor as limited by application of the Relief Act.

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

         INVESTMENT LETTER: The letter to be furnished by each Institutional
Accredited Investor which purchases any of the Private Certificates in
connection with such purchase, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit
F-1 hereto.

         LIBOR: With respect to any Distribution Date, the arithmetic mean of
the London interbank offered rate quotations for one-month U.S. Dollar deposits,
expressed on a per annum basis, determined in accordance with Section 1.02.

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         LIBOR BUSINESS DAY: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii)
a day on which banking institutions in London, England and New York City are
required or authorized to by law to be closed.

         LIQUIDATED MORTGAGE LOAN: Any defaulted Mortgage Loan as to which the
related Servicer or the Master Servicer has determined that all amounts it
expects to recover from or on account of such Mortgage Loan have been recovered.

         LIQUIDATION DATE: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, the
date on which the Master Servicer or the related Servicer has certified that
such Mortgage Loan has become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan.

         LIQUIDATION EXPENSES: With respect to a Mortgage Loan in liquidation,
unreimbursed expenses paid or incurred by or for the account of the Master
Servicer or the related Servicers in connection with the liquidation of such
Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage Property, such expenses including (a)
property protection expenses, (b) property sales expenses, (c) foreclosure and
sale costs, including court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees, and (d)
similar expenses reasonably paid or incurred in connection with liquidation.

         LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: Cash received in connection with the liquidation
of a defaulted Mortgage Loan, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale,
Insurance Proceeds, condemnation proceeds or otherwise.

         LOAN GROUP: Loan Group I, Loan Group II or Loan Group III, as
applicable.

         LOAN GROUP I: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group I on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         LOAN GROUP II: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group II on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         LOAN GROUP III: The group of Mortgage Loans designated as belonging to
Loan Group III on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

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

         LOSS ALLOCATION LIMIT: The meaning specified in Section 6.02(e) hereof.

         LOSS SEVERITY PERCENTAGE: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of
Realized Losses incurred on a Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the
Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan.

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         LOST NOTES: The original Mortgage Notes that have been lost, as
indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         MASTER SERVICER: As of the Closing Date, Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association and, thereafter, its respective successors in interest who
meet the qualifications of the Servicing Agreements and this Agreement.

         MASTER SERVICER CERTIFICATION: A written certification covering
servicing of the Mortgage Loans by all Servicers 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 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 and the Depositor following a negotiation in good faith to
determine how to comply with any such new requirements.

         MASTER SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT: The trust account or accounts
created and maintained pursuant to Section 4.02, which shall be denominated
"LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee f/b/o holders of Structured Asset
Mortgage Investments II Inc., Prime Mortgage Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-CL1 - Master Servicer Collection Account." The Master
Servicer Collection Account shall be an Eligible Account.

         MASTER SERVICING COMPENSATION: The meaning specified in Section 3.14.

         MATERIAL DEFECT: The meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).

         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.

         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, or as
nominee for any subsequent assignee of the originator pursuant to an assignment
of mortgage to MERS.

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         MONTHLY ADVANCE: An advance of principal or interest required to be
made by the applicable Servicer pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement or
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 6.05.

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

         MORGAN STANLEY: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Credit Corporation, as
successor to NOVUS Financial Corporation, or its successor in interest.

         MORGAN STANLEY SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Master Servicing Agreement,
dated as of January 29, 1999, between Norwest Funding, Inc. and NOVUS Financial
Corporation, attached hereto as Exhibit H-22, as modified by the related
Assignment Agreement.

         MORTGAGE FILE: The mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01(b)
pertaining to a particular Mortgage Loan and any additional documents required
to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement.

         MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE: The annual rate at which interest accrues from
time to time on any Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Mortgage Note, which
rate is initially equal to the "Mortgage Interest Rate" set forth with respect
thereto on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         MORTGAGE LOAN: A mortgage loan transferred and assigned to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.04 and held as a part of the Trust Fund,
as identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (which shall include, without
limitation, (i) with respect to each Cooperative Loan, the related Mortgage
Note, Security Agreement, Assignment of Proprietary Lease, Cooperative Stock
Certificate, Cooperative Lease and Mortgage File and all rights appertaining
thereto, and (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan other than a Cooperative
Loan, each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and Mortgage File and all rights
appertaining thereto), including a mortgage loan the property securing which has
become an REO Property.

         MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
dated as of January 30, 2004, between EMC Mortgage Corporation, as seller, and
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., as purchaser, and all amendments
thereof and supplements thereto, attached as Exhibit J.

         MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE: The schedule, attached hereto as Exhibit B with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and as amended from time to time to reflect the
repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement.

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

         MORTGAGED PROPERTY: Land and improvements securing the indebtedness of
a Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan or, in the case of REO Property,
such REO Property, or, in the case of a Cooperative Loan, the related
Cooperative Lease and Cooperative Stock.

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         MORTGAGOR: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

         NAT CITY: National City Mortgage Co., or its successor in interest.

         NAT CITY SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of July 28, 1997 between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Nat City, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-23, pursuant to which Nat City agreed to service in accordance with
the Wells Fargo Guide.

         NET INTEREST SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date, the
Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date net of Compensating
Interest Payments made with respect to such Distribution Date.

         NET LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS: As to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan,
Liquidation Proceeds net of (i) Liquidation Expenses which are payable therefrom
to the related Servicer or the Master Servicer in accordance with the related
Servicing Agreement or this Agreement and (ii) unreimbursed advances by the
related Servicer or the Master Servicer and Monthly Advances.

         NET MORTGAGE RATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage
Interest Rate in effect from time to time less the Servicing Fee (expressed as a
per annum rate).

         NON-DISCOUNT MORTGAGE LOAN: Any Group I Mortgage Loan with a Net
Mortgage Rate equal to or greater than 6.750% per annum and any Group II
Mortgage Loan with a Net Mortgage Rate equal to or greater than 6.500% per
annum.

         NON-OFFERED SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES: The Class B-4, Class B-5 and
Class B-6 Certificates.

         NON-PO PERCENTAGE: With respect to any Group I Mortgage Loan with a Net
Mortgage Rate less than 6.750% per annum, a fraction, expressed as a percentage,
equal to (x) the Net Mortgage Rate thereof divided by (y) 6.750% per annum. With
respect to any Group II Mortgage Loan with a Net Mortgage Rate less than 6.500%
per annum, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to (x) the Net Mortgage
Rate thereof divided by (y) 6.500% per annum.

         NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCE: Any advance or Monthly Advance (i) which was
previously made or is proposed to be made by the Master Servicer, the Trustee
(as successor Master Servicer) or the applicable Servicer and (ii) which, in the
good faith judgment of the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the applicable
Servicer, will not or, in the case of a proposed advance or Monthly Advance,
would not, be ultimately recoverable by the Master Servicer, the Trustee (as
successor Master Servicer) or the applicable Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds or future payments on the Mortgage Loan for which such
advance or Monthly Advance was made or is proposed to be made.

         NOTIONAL AMOUNT: The Notional Amount of the Class I-A-3 Certificates
and Class I-A-4 Certificates, as of any date of determination, is equal to the
Current Principal Amount of the Class I-A-2 Certificates. For federal income tax
purposes, however, the notional amount of the Class I-A-3 Certificates and Class
I-A-4 Certificates is the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular
Interest I-A-2. The Notional Amount of the Class II-A-3 Certificates, as of any
date of determination, is equal to the Current Principal Amount of the Class
II-A-2 Certificates. For federal income tax

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purposes, however, the notional amount of the Class II-A-3 Certificates is the
Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-A-2. The
Notional Amount of the Class I-X Certificates, as of any date of determination,
is equal to the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage
Loans with a Net Mortgage Rate greater than or equal to 6.750%. For federal
income tax purposes, however, the notional amount of the Class I-X Certificates
is the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest I-X. The
Notional Amount of the Class II-X Certificates, as of any date of determination,
is equal to the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage
Loans with a Net Mortgage Rate equal to or greater then 6.500%. For federal
income tax purposes, however, the notional amount of the Class II-X Certificates
is the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC II Regular Interest II-X.

         OFFERED CERTIFICATES: The Senior Certificates and Offered Subordinate
Certificates.

         OFFERED SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES: The Class B-l, Class B-2 and Class
B-3 Certificates.

         OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President or
Assistant Vice President or other authorized officer of the Master Servicer or
the Depositor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustee, as required by this
Agreement.

         OPINION OF COUNSEL: A written opinion of counsel who is or are
acceptable to the Trustee or the Master Servicer, as applicable, and who, unless
required to be Independent (an "Opinion of Independent Counsel"), may be
internal counsel for the Company, the Master Servicer or the Depositor.

         ORIGINAL SUBORDINATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE: The sum of the aggregate
Current Principal Amounts of each Class of Subordinate Certificates as of the
Closing Date.

         ORIGINAL VALUE: The lesser of (i) the Appraised Value or (ii) the sales
price of a Mortgaged Property at the time of origination of a Mortgage Loan,
except in instances where either clauses (i) or (ii) is unavailable, the other
may be used to determine the Original Value, or if both clauses (i) and (ii) are
unavailable, Original Value may be determined from other sources reasonably
acceptable to the Depositor.

         OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE LOAN: With respect to any Due Date, a Mortgage
Loan which, prior to such Due Date, was not the subject of a Principal
Prepayment in full, did not become a Liquidated Mortgage Loan and was not
purchased or replaced.

         OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE: As of the time of any determination, the
principal balance of a Mortgage Loan remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor, or,
in the case of an REO Property, the principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan remaining to be paid by the Mortgagor at the time such property was
acquired by the Trust Fund less any Net Liquidation Proceeds with respect
thereto to the extent applied to principal.

         PASS-THROUGH RATE: As to each Class of Certificates, the REMIC I
Regular Interests and the REMIC II Regular Interests, the rate of interest
determined as provided with respect thereto, in

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Section 5.01(c). Any monthly calculation of interest at a stated rate shall be
based upon annual interest at such rate divided by twelve.

         PERMITTED INVESTMENTS: Any one or more of the following obligations or
securities held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders:

                  (i) direct obligations of, and obligations the timely payment
of which are fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the obligations of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America;

                  (ii) (a) demand or time deposits, federal funds or bankers'
acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof (including
the Trustee or the Master Servicer or its Affiliates acting in its commercial
banking capacity) and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or
state banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper and/or the
short-term debt rating and/or the long-term unsecured debt obligations of such
depository institution or trust company at the time of such investment or
contractual commitment providing for such investment have the Applicable Credit
Rating or better from each Rating Agency and (b) any other demand or time
deposit or certificate of deposit that is fully insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation;

                  (iii) repurchase obligations with respect to (a) any security
described in clause (i) above or (b) any other security issued or guaranteed by
an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of
which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America,
in either case entered into with a depository institution or trust company
(acting as principal) described in clause (ii)(a) above where the Trustee holds
the security therefor;

                  (iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued
by any corporation (including the Trustee or the Master Servicer or its
Affiliates) incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof that have the Applicable Credit Rating or better from each Rating
Agency at the time of such investment or contractual commitment providing for
such investment; provided, however, that securities issued by any particular
corporation will not be Permitted Investments to the extent that investments
therein will cause the then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by
such corporation and held as part of the Trust to exceed 10% of the aggregate
Outstanding Principal Balances of all the Mortgage Loans and Permitted
Investments held as part of the Trust;

                  (v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing
discount obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a
specified date not more than one year after the date of issuance thereof) having
the Applicable Credit Rating or better from each Rating Agency at the time of
such investment;

                  (vi) a Reinvestment Agreement issued by any bank, insurance
company or other corporation or entity;

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                  (vii) any other demand, money market or time deposit,
obligation, security or investment as may be acceptable to each Rating Agency as
evidenced in writing by each Rating Agency to the Trustee; and

                  (viii) any money market or common trust fund having the
Applicable Credit Rating or better from each Rating Agency, including any such
fund for which the Trustee or Master Servicer or any affiliate of the Trustee or
Master Servicer acts as a manager or an advisor; provided, however, that no
instrument or security shall be a Permitted Investment if such instrument or
security evidences a right to receive only interest payments with respect to the
obligations underlying such instrument or if such security provides for payment
of both principal and interest with a yield to maturity in excess of 120% of the
yield to maturity at par or if such instrument or security is purchased at a
price greater than par.

         PERMITTED TRANSFEREE: Any Person other than a Disqualified Organization
or an "electing large partnership" (as defined by Section 775 of the Code).

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

         PHYSICAL CERTIFICATES: The Residual Certificates and the Private
Certificates.

         PLYMOUTH: Plymouth Savings Bank, or its successor in interest.

         PLYMOUTH SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of April 21, 1997 between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Plymouth, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-24, pursuant to which Plymouth agreed to service in accordance with
the Wells Fargo Guide.

         PO PERCENTAGE: With respect to any Group I Mortgage Loan with a Net
Mortgage Rate less than 6.750% per annum, 6.750% per annum minus the Net
Mortgage Rate thereof divided by 6.750% per annum. With respect to any Group II
Mortgage Loan with a Net Mortgage Rate less than 6.500% per annum, 6.500% per
annum minus the Net Mortgage Rate thereof divided by 6.500% per annum.

         PREPAYMENT CHARGE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the charges or
premiums, if any, due in connection with a full or partial prepayment of such
Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms thereof.

         PREPAYMENT INTEREST SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date,
the aggregate shortfall, if any, in collections of interest (adjusted to the
related Net Mortgage Rates) on Mortgage Loans resulting from (a) prepayments in
full received during the related Prepayment Period and (b) the partial
prepayments received during the related Prepayment Period to the extent applied
prior to the Due Date in the month of the Distribution Date.

         PREPAYMENT PERIOD: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, the calendar month preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

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         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 Interest Accrual Period for such
Class relating to a Distribution Date.

         PRINCIPAL ONLY CERTIFICATES: The Class I-PO Certificates and Class
II-PO Certificates.

         PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT: Any payment (whether partial or full) or other
recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its
scheduled Due Date to the extent that it 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, including Insurance Proceeds
and Repurchase Proceeds, but excluding the principal portion of Net Liquidation
Proceeds.

         PRIVATE CERTIFICATES: The Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates.

         PROTECTED ACCOUNT: An account established and maintained for the
benefit of Certificateholders by each Servicer with respect to the related
Mortgage Loans and with respect to REO Property pursuant to the respective
Servicing Agreements.

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

         QUALIFIED INSURER: Any insurance company duly qualified as such under
the laws of the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Property or
Mortgaged Properties is or are located, duly authorized and licensed in such
state or states to transact the type of insurance business in which it is
engaged and approved as an insurer by the Master Servicer, so long as the claims
paying ability of which is acceptable to the Rating Agencies for pass-through
certificates having the same rating as the Certificates rated by the Rating
Agencies as of the Closing Date.

         RATING AGENCIES: Fitch Ratings and S&P.

         REALIZED LOSS: Any (i) Bankruptcy Loss or (ii) as to any Liquidated
Mortgage Loan, (x) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage
Loan plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Mortgage Interest Rate
through the last day of the month of such liquidation, less (y) the related Net
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan and the related Mortgage
Property.

         RECORD DATE: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of
business on the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month
of such Distribution Date, except for the Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3, Class I-A-4,
Class II-A-2 and Class II-A-3 Certificates, which have a record date of the
Business Day prior to the Distribution Date.

         REINVESTMENT AGREEMENTS: One or more reinvestment agreements,
acceptable to the Rating Agencies, from a bank, insurance company or other
corporation or entity (including the Trustee).

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

         RELIEF ACT MORTGAGE LOAN: Any Mortgage Loan as to which the Scheduled
Payment thereof has been reduced due to the application of the Relief Act.

         REMIC: A real estate mortgage investment conduit, as defined in the
Code.

         REMIC I: That group of assets contained in the Trust Fund designated as
a REMIC consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Master Servicer
Collection Account, (iii) any REO Property relating to the Mortgage Loans, (iv)
the rights with respect to any related Servicing Agreement, (v) the rights with
respect to any related Assignment Agreement and (vi) any proceeds of the
foregoing.

         REMIC I INTERESTS: The REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-I
Certificates.

         REMIC I REGULAR INTERESTS: REMIC I Regular Interests I-A, I-X, I-PO,
I-ZZZ, II-A, II-X, II- PO, II-ZZZ, III-A and III-ZZZ.

         REMIC I SUBORDINATED BALANCE RATIO: The ratio among the Uncertificated
Principal Balances of each of the REMIC I Regular Interests ending with the
designation "A," equal to the ratio among, with respect to each such REMIC I
Regular Interest, the excess of (x) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over (y) the Current Principal
Amount of the Senior Certificates in the related Loan Group.

         REMIC II: That group of assets contained in the Trust Fund designated
as a REMIC consisting of the REMIC I Regular Interests.

         REMIC II INTERESTS: The REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R-II
Certificates.

         REMIC II REGULAR INTERESTS: REMIC II Regular Interests I-A-1, I-A-2,
I-X, I-PO, II-A-1, II-A- 2, II-X, II-PO, III-A-1, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5 and
B-6.

         REMIC III: That group of assets contained in the Trust Fund designated
as a REMIC consisting of the REMIC II Regular Interests.

         REMIC III INTERESTS: The REMIC III Regular Certificates and the Class
R-III Certificates.

         REMIC III REGULAR CERTIFICATES: The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class
I-A-3, Class I-A-4, Class I-X , Class I-PO, Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class
II-A-3, Class II-X, Class II-PO, Class III-A-1, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3
, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.

         REMIC OPINION: An Opinion of Independent Counsel, to the effect that
the proposed action described therein would not, under the REMIC Provisions, (i)
cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC while any regular interest in such
REMIC is outstanding, (ii) result in a tax on prohibited transactions with
respect to any REMIC or (iii) constitute a taxable contribution to any REMIC
after the Startup Day.

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         REMIC PROVISIONS: The provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to the REMIC, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of the Code, and
related provisions and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may
be in effect from time to time.

         REO PROPERTY: A Mortgaged Property acquired in the name of the Trustee,
for the benefit of Certificateholders, by foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure in connection with a defaulted Mortgage Loan.

         REPURCHASE PRICE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any property
acquired with respect thereto) required to be repurchased by the Seller pursuant
to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Article II of this Agreement, an
amount equal to the sum of (i)(a) 100% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase (or if the related Mortgaged
Property was acquired with respect thereto, 100% of the Outstanding Principal
Balance at the date of the acquisition), plus (b) accrued but unpaid interest on
the Outstanding Principal Balance at the related Mortgage Interest Rate, through
and including the last day of the month of repurchase, plus (c) any unreimbursed
Monthly Advances and servicing advances payable to the Servicer of the Mortgage
Loan or to the Master Servicer and (ii) any costs and damages (if any) incurred
by the Trust in connection with any violation of such Mortgage Loan of any
predatory lending laws.

         REPURCHASE PROCEEDS: the Repurchase Price in connection with any
repurchase of a Mortgage Loan by the Seller and any cash deposit in connection
with the substitution of a Mortgage Loan.

         REQUEST FOR RELEASE: A request for release in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit D.

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

         RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES: Any of the Class R Certificates.

         RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: Any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office
(or any successor thereto), including any Vice President, Assistant Vice
President, Trust Officer, any Assistant Secretary, any trust officer or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and having direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement, and any other officer
of the Trustee to whom a matter arising hereunder may be referred.

         RULE 144A CERTIFICATE: The certificate to be furnished by each
purchaser of a Private Certificate (which is also a Physical Certificate) which
is a Qualified Institutional Buyer as defined under Rule 144A promulgated under
the Securities Act, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit F-2 hereto.

         S&P: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and its successors in interest.

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         SCHEDULED PAYMENT: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any month, the
scheduled payment or payments of principal and interest due during such month on
such Mortgage Loan which either is payable by a Mortgagor in such month under
the related Mortgage Note or, in the case of REO Property, would otherwise have
been payable under the related Mortgage Note.

         SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL: The principal portion of any Scheduled Payment.

         SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any Mortgage Loan on any
Distribution Date, (i) the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of
the close of business on the related Due Date (i.e., taking account of the
principal payment to be made on such Due Date and irrespective of any
delinquency in its payment), as specified in the amortization schedule at the
time relating thereto (before any adjustment to such amortization schedule by
reason of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding occurring after the Cut-off Date
(other than a Deficient Valuation) or any moratorium or similar waiver or grace
period) and less (ii) any Principal Prepayments (including the principal portion
of Net Liquidation Proceeds) received during or prior to the related Prepayment
Period; provided that the Scheduled Principal Balance of a Liquidated Mortgage
Loan is zero.

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

         SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR: Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, or its successor in interest, or any successor securities
administrator appointed as herein provided.

         SECURITIES LEGEND: "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. THIS

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CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED 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 [in the case of a Residual
Certificate or a Private Certificate] UNLESS THE OPINION OF COUNSEL REQUIRED BY
SECTION 5.07 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IS PROVIDED [in the case of
the Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates]:, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE
CERTIFIES OR REPRESENTS THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AND HOLDING OF A CERTIFICATE
AND THE SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS ASSETS: (I)
WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN
INDIVIDUAL OR CLASS PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE
95-60 OR PTE 96-23 AND (II) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON
THE PART OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER,
ANY SERVICER OR THE TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A
BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE EVIDENCED BY A
REPRESENTATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO SUCH EFFECT BY OR ON BEHALF OF AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR."

         SECURITY AGREEMENT: With respect to a Cooperative Loan, the agreement
creating a security interest in favor of the originator in the related
Cooperative Stock.

         SECURITY INSTRUMENT: A written instrument creating a valid first lien
on a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note, which may be any applicable
form of mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or security deed, including
any riders or addenda thereto.

         SELLER: EMC Mortgage Corporation, as mortgage loan seller under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

         SENIOR CERTIFICATES: The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3,Class
I-A-4, Class I-X, Class I-PO, Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3, Class
II-X, Class II-PO, Class III-A-1, Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
Certificates.

         SENIOR OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: The Group I Senior Optimal Principal
Amount, Group II Senior Optimal Principal Amount and Group III Senior Optimal
Principal Amount, as applicable.

         SENIOR PERCENTAGE: The Group I Senior Percentage, Group II Senior
Percentage and Group III Senior Percentage, as applicable.

         SENIOR PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: The Group I Senior Prepayment Percentage,
Group II Senior Prepayment Percentage and Group III Senior Prepayment
Percentage, as applicable.

         SERVICER: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, Alliance, Bank of
America, Bank of Oklahoma, Bank One, Cendant, Central National, Charter, Chase,
Chevy Chase, CitiMortgage,

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Colonial Savings, Columbia, Countrywide, CUNA, Downey, Fifth Third, First
Tennessee, GMAC, Hibernia, HSBC, Huntington, Morgan Stanley, Nat City, Plymouth,
SunTrust, U.S. Bank, WAMU or WFHM.

         SERVICER REMITTANCE DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date
set forth in the related Servicing Agreement.

         SERVICING AGREEMENTS: The Alliance Servicing Agreement, Bank of America
Servicing Agreement, Bank of Oklahoma Servicing Agreement, Bank One Servicing
Agreement, Cendant Servicing Agreement, Central National Servicing Agreement,
Charter Servicing Agreement Chase Servicing Agreement, Chevy Chase Servicing
Agreement, CitiMortgage Servicing Agreement, Colonial Savings Servicing
Agreement, Columbia Servicing Agreement, Countrywide Servicing Agreement, CUNA
Servicing Agreement, Downey Servicing Agreement, Fifth Third Servicing
Agreement, First Tennessee Servicing Agreement, GMAC Servicing Agreement,
Hibernia Servicing Agreement, HSBC Servicing Agreement, Huntington Servicing
Agreement, Morgan Stanley Servicing Agreement, Nat City Servicing Agreement,
Plymouth Servicing Agreement, SunTrust Servicing Agreement, U.S. Bank Servicing
Agreement, WAMU Servicing Agreement or WFHM Servicing Agreement.

         SERVICING FEE: As to any Mortgage Loan and Distribution Date, an amount
equal to the product of (i) the Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage
Loan as of the Due Date in the preceding calendar month and (ii) the applicable
Servicing Fee Rate.

         SERVICING FEE RATE: As to any Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate as set
forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         SERVICING OFFICER: Any officer of the related Servicer or Master
Servicer involved in or responsible for the administration and servicing or
master servicing, as applicable, of the Mortgage Loans as to which officer
evidence, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, of due authorization of such
officer by such Servicer or Master Servicer, has been furnished from time to
time to the Trustee.

         SPECIAL HAZARD LOSS: A Realized Loss attributable to damage or a direct
physical loss suffered by a mortgaged property (including any Realized Loss due
to the presence or suspected presence of hazardous wastes or substances on a
mortgaged property) other than any such damage or loss covered by a hazard
policy or a flood insurance policy required to be maintained in respect of such
mortgaged property under this Agreement or any loss due to normal wear and tear
or certain other causes.

         SPECIAL HAZARD LOSS AMOUNT: Upon the initial issuance of the
Certificates, $13,213,121. As of any Distribution Date, the Special Hazard Loss
Amount will equal the initial Special Hazard Loss Amount, minus the sum of (i)
the aggregate amount of Special Hazard Losses that would have been previously
allocated to the Subordinate Certificates in the absence of the Loss Allocation
Limit and (ii) the Adjustment Amount.

         SPECIAL HAZARD TERMINATION DATE: The Distribution Date upon which the
Special Hazard Loss Amount has been reduced to zero or a negative number (or the
Cross-Over Date, if earlier).

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         STARTUP DAY: January 30, 2004.

         SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATES: The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class
B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates.

         SUBORDINATE CERTIFICATE WRITEDOWN AMOUNT: As to any Distribution Date,
the amount by which (a) the sum of the Current Principal Amounts of all the
Certificates (after giving effect to the distribution of principal and the
allocation of applicable Realized Losses in reduction of the Current Principal
Amounts of the Certificates on such Distribution Date) exceeds (b) the aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans on the Due Date related to
such Distribution Date.

         SUBORDINATE OPTIMAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: As to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of the following Group I, Group II
and Group III Mortgage Loans (but in no event greater than the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date):

                  (i) the applicable Subordinate Percentage of the Non-PO
                  Percentage of the principal portion of all Scheduled Payments
                  due on each Outstanding Mortgage Loan in the related Loan
                  Group on the related Due Date as specified in the amortization
                  schedule at the time applicable thereto (after adjustment for
                  previous Principal Prepayments but before any adjustment to
                  such amortization schedule by reason of any bankruptcy or
                  similar proceeding or any moratorium or similar waiver or
                  grace period);

                  (ii) the applicable Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of the
                  Non-PO Percentage of the Scheduled Principal Balance of each
                  Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that was the subject
                  of a Principal Prepayment in full received by the Master
                  Servicer during the related Prepayment Period;

                  (iii) the applicable Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of the
                  Non-PO Percentage of each Principal Prepayment in part
                  received during the related Prepayment Period with respect to
                  each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group;

                  (iv) the excess, if any, of (a) all Net Liquidation Proceeds
                  allocable to principal received during the related Prepayment
                  Period in respect of each Liquidated Mortgage Loan in the
                  related Loan Group over (b) the sum of the amounts
                  distributable to the related Senior Certificateholders
                  pursuant to clause (4) of the related definition of Senior
                  Optimal Principal Amount and Class PO Certificate Deferred
                  Amount on such Distribution Date;

                  (v) the applicable Subordinate Prepayment Percentage of the
                  Non-PO Percentage of the sum of (a) the Scheduled Principal
                  Balance of each Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group which
                  was purchased with respect to such Distribution Date and (b)
                  the difference, if any, between the Scheduled Principal
                  Balance of a Mortgage Loan in the related Loan Group that has
                  been replaced by the Seller with a Substitute

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                  Mortgage Loan pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
                  in connection with such Distribution Date over the Scheduled
                  Principal Balance of such Substitute Mortgage Loan; and

                  (vi) on the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal
                  Amounts of the Group I Senior Certificates (other than the
                  Class I-A-3, Class I-A-4, Class I-X and Class I-PO
                  Certificates), Group II Senior Certificates (other than the
                  Class II-A-3, Class II-X and Class II-PO Certificates) or
                  Group III Senior Certificates, have all been reduced to zero,
                  100% of the related Senior Optimal Principal Amount. After the
                  aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate
                  Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Subordinate Optimal
                  Principal Amount shall be zero.

         SUBORDINATE PERCENTAGE: The Group I Subordinate Percentage, Group II
Subordinate Percentage or Group III Subordinate Percentage with respect to the
Group I Mortgage Loans, Group II Mortgage Loans and Group III Mortgage Loans,
respectively.

         SUBORDINATE PREPAYMENT PERCENTAGE: The Group I Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage, Group II Subordinate Prepayment Percentage or Group III Subordinate
Prepayment Percentage with respect to the Group I Mortgage Loans, Group II
Mortgage Loans and Group III Mortgage Loans, respectively.

         SUBSTITUTE MORTGAGE LOAN: A mortgage loan tendered to the Trustee
pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, in each case, (i)
which has an Outstanding Principal Balance not greater nor materially less than
the Mortgage Loan for which it is to be substituted; (ii) which has a Mortgage
Interest Rate and Net Mortgage Rate not less than, and not materially greater
than, such Mortgage Loan; (iii) which has a maturity date not materially earlier
or later than such Mortgage Loan and not later than the latest maturity date of
any Mortgage Loan; (iv) which is of the same property type and occupancy type as
such Mortgage Loan; (v) which has a Loan-to-Value Ratio not greater than the
Loan-to-Value Ratio of such Mortgage Loan; (vi) which is current in payment of
principal and interest as of the date of substitution; and (vii) as to which the
payment terms do not vary in any material respect from the payment terms of the
Mortgage Loan for which it is to be substituted.

         SUNTRUST: SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., or its successor in interest.

         SUNTRUST SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated as
of July 10, 1997 between Norwest Funding, Inc. and SunTrust, attached hereto as
Exhibit H-25, pursuant to which SunTrust agreed to service in accordance with
the Wells Fargo Guide.

         TAX ADMINISTRATION AND TAX MATTERS PERSON: The Securities Administrator
or any successor thereto or assignee thereof shall serve as tax administrator
hereunder and as agent for the Tax Matters Person. The Holder of each Class of
Residual Certificates shall be the Tax Matters Person for the related REMIC, as
more particularly set forth in Section 9.12 hereof.

         TERMINATION 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.

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         TRUST FUND OR TRUST: The corpus of the trust created by this Agreement,
consisting of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets described in Section
2.01(a).

         TRUSTEE: LaSalle Bank National Association, or its successor in
interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

         UNCERTIFICATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE: With respect to any REMIC I Regular
Interest or REMIC II Regular Interest as of any Distribution Date, the initial
principal amount of such Regular Interest, reduced by (i) all amounts
distributed on previous Distribution Dates on such Regular Interest with respect
to principal, and (ii) the principal portion of all Realized Losses allocated
prior to such Distribution Date to such Regular Interest, taking account of the
Loss Allocation Limit.

         UNDERLYING SELLER: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo
Asset Securities Corporation.

         UNINSURED CAUSE: Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property or related
REO Property such that the complete restoration of such Mortgaged Property or
related REO Property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies
required to be maintained pursuant the related Servicing Agreement, without
regard to whether or not such policy is maintained.

         UNITED STATES PERSON: A citizen or resident of the United States, 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, for purposes solely of the Class R Certificates, 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, or an estate whose income is subject to United States federal
income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
trust and one or more such United States Persons have the authority to control
all substantial decisions of the trust. To the extent prescribed in regulations
by the Secretary of the Treasury, which have not yet been issued, a trust which
was in existence on August 20, 1996 (other than a trust treated as owned by the
grantor under subpart E of part I of subchapter J of chapter 1 of the Code), and
which was treated as a United States person on August 20, 1996 may elect to
continue to be treated as a United States person notwithstanding the previous
sentence.

         U.S. BANK: U.S. Bank, N.A., as successor to Great Financial Bank, or
its successor in interest.

         U.S. BANK SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated
as of October 24, 1997 between Norwest Funding, Inc. and Great Financial Bank,
attached hereto as Exhibit H-26, pursuant to which Great Financial Bank agreed
to service in accordance with the Wells Fargo Guide.

         WAMU: Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., in its own capacity and as
successor to Homeside Lending, Inc., Bank United, F.S.B., North American
Mortgage Company, Fleet Mortgage Corp.,

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People's Bank, Home Savings of America, F.S.B. and Washington Mutual Bank, N.A.,
or its successor in interest.

         WAMU SERVICING AGREEMENTS: The Master Servicing Contract, dated as of
September 17, 1998, between Bank United and Norwest Funding, Inc., the Master
Servicing Contract, dated September 3, 1998, between North American Mortgage
Company and Norwest Funding, Inc., the Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated
October 21, 1997, between People's Bank and Norwest Funding, Inc. and the
Mortgage Servicing Contract, dated September 23, 1998, between Home Savings of
America, FSB and Norwest Funding, Inc., each attached hereto as Exhibit H-27,
pursuant to which Bank United, North American Mortgage Company, People's Bank
and Home Savings of America each agreed to service in accordance with the Wells
Fargo Guide.

         WELLS FARGO GUIDE: The Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. Master Servicing
Guide dated January 1997, as amended.

         WELLS FARGO GUIDE MORTGAGE LOANS: Those Mortgage Loans that are
serviced by the Wells Fargo Guide Servicers.

         WELLS FARGO GUIDE SERVICERS: Alliance, Bank of Oklahoma, Bank One,
Central National, Charter, Chase, Chevy Chase, Columbia, CUNA, Downey, Fifth
Third, First Tennessee, GMAC, Hibernia, HSBC, Huntington, Nat City, Plymouth,
SunTrust and WAMU.

         WFHM: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., or its successor in interest.

         WFHM SERVICING AGREEMENT: The Master Seller's Warranties and Servicing
Agreement dated as of April 1, 2003 between the Seller and WFHM, attached hereto
as Exhibit H-28, as modified by the related Assignment Agreement.

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         Section 1.02.     CALCULATION OF LIBOR.

         LIBOR applicable to the calculation of the Pass-Through Rate on the
Adjustable Rate Certificates for any Interest Accrual Period will be determined
on each Interest Determination Date. On each Interest Determination Date, LIBOR
shall be established by the Securities Administrator and, as to any Interest
Accrual Period, will equal the rate for one month United States dollar deposits
that appears on the Telerate Screen Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London" time, on
such Interest Determination Date. "Telerate Screen Page 3750" means the display
designated as page 3750 on the Telerate Service (or such other page as may
replace page 3750 on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank
offered rates of major banks). 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, LIBOR shall be so established by use of such other service
for displaying LIBOR or comparable rates as may be reasonably selected by the
Securities Administrator), the rate will be the Reference Bank Rate. The
"Reference Bank Rate" will be determined on the basis of the rates at which
deposits in U.S. Dollars are offered by the reference banks (which shall be any
three major banks that are engaged in transactions in the London interbank
market, selected by the Securities Administrator) as of 11:00 a.m., London time,
on the Interest Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank market
for a period of one month in amounts approximately equal to the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Adjustable Rate Certificates then outstanding.
The Securities Administrator will request the principal London office of each of
the reference banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such
quotations are provided, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations
rounded up to the nearest whole multiple of 0.03125%. If on such date fewer than
two quotations are provided as requested, the rate will be the arithmetic mean
of the rates quoted by one or more major banks in New York City, selected by the
Securities Administrator, as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date for
loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European banks for a period of one month in
amounts approximately equal to the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the
Adjustable Rate Certificates then outstanding. If no such quotations can be
obtained, the rate will be LIBOR for the prior Distribution Date; PROVIDED
HOWEVER, if, under the priorities described above, LIBOR for a Distribution Date
would be based on LIBOR for the previous Distribution Date for the third
consecutive Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall select an
alternative comparable index (over which the Securities Administrator has no
control), used for determining one-month Eurodollar lending rates that is
calculated and published (or otherwise made available) by an independent party.
The establishment of LIBOR by the Securities Administrator on any Interest
Determination Date and the Securities Administrator's subsequent calculation of
the Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Adjustable Rate Certificates for the
relevant Interest Accrual Period, in the absence of manifest error, will be
final and binding. Promptly following each Interest Determination Date the
Securities Administrator shall supply the Master Servicer with the results of
its determination of LIBOR on such date.

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                                   ARTICLE II
                          Conveyance of Mortgage Loans;
                        Original Issuance of Certificates

         Section 2.01 CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS TO TRUSTEE. (a) The Depositor
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, sells, transfers
and assigns to the Trust without recourse all its right, title and interest in
and to (i) the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
including all interest and principal due with respect to the Mortgage Loans
after the Cut-off Date, but excluding any payments of principal and interest due
on or prior to the Cut-off Date; (ii) such assets as shall from time to time be
credited or are required by the terms of this Agreement to be credited to the
Master Servicer Collection Account, (iii) such assets relating to the Mortgage
Loans as from time to time may be held by the Servicers in Protected Accounts,
the Master Servicer in the Master Servicer Collection Account and the Trustee in
the Distribution Account, (iv) any REO Property, (v) the Required Insurance
Policies and any amounts paid or payable by the insurer under any Insurance
Policy (to the extent the mortgagee has a claim thereto), (vi) the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement to the extent provided in Subsection 2.03(a), (vii) the
rights with respect to the Servicing Agreements and the Assignment Agreements
and (viii) any proceeds of the foregoing. Although it is the intent of the
parties to this Agreement that the conveyance of the Depositor's right, title
and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans and other assets in the Trust Fund
pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan,
in the event that such conveyance is deemed to be a loan, it is the intent of
the parties to this Agreement that the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted
to the Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in all of the
Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under the Mortgage Loans and
other assets in the Trust Fund, and that this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law.

         (b) In connection with the above transfer and assignment, the Depositor
hereby delivers to the Custodian, as agent for the Trustee, with respect to (I)
each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan):

                  (i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to
the order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from the
originator thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee, or lost note
affidavit together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;

                  (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 (w) in the proviso below applies, shall be in recordable form);

                  (iii) unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, a certified copy
of the assignment (which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted
in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located) to "LaSalle Bank
National Association, as Trustee", with evidence of recording with respect to
each Mortgage Loan in the name of the Trustee thereon (or if clause (w) in the
proviso below applies or for Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related
Mortgaged Property is located in a state other than Maryland or an Opinion of
Counsel has been provided as set forth in this Section 2.01(b), shall be in
recordable form);

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                  (iv) all intervening assignments of the Security Instrument,
if applicable and only to the extent available to the Depositor with evidence of
recording thereon;

                  (v) the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of
primary mortgage guaranty insurance, to the extent available, if any;

                  (vi) the original policy of title insurance or mortgagee's
certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title insurance; and

                  (vii) originals of all modification agreements, if applicable
and available.

and (II) with respect to each Cooperative Loan so assigned:

                  (i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to
the order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from the
originator thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee, or lost note
affidavit, together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;

                  (ii) a counterpart of the Cooperative Lease and the Assignment
of Proprietary Lease to the originator of the Cooperative Loan with intervening
assignments showing an unbroken chain of title from such originator to the
Trustee;

                  (iii) the related Cooperative Stock Certificate, representing
the related Cooperative Stock pledged with respect to such Cooperative Loan,
together with an undated stock power (or other similar instrument) executed in
blank;

                  (iv) the original recognition agreement by the Cooperative of
the interests of the mortgagee with respect to the related Cooperative Loan and
any transfer documents related to the recognition agreement;

                  (v) the Security Agreement;

                  (vi) copies of the original UCC-1 financing statement, and any
continuation statements, filed by the originator of such Cooperative Loan as
secured party, each with evidence of recording thereof, evidencing the interest
of the originator under the Security Agreement and the Assignment of Proprietary
Lease;

                  (vii) copies of the filed UCC-3 assignments of the security
interest referenced in clause (vi) above showing an unbroken chain of title from
the originator to the Trustee, each with evidence of recording thereof,
evidencing the interest of the originator under the Security Agreement and the
Assignment of Proprietary Lease;

                  (viii) an executed assignment of the interest of the
originator in the Security Agreement and Assignment of Proprietary Lease,
showing an unbroken chain of title from the originator to the Trustee; and

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                  (ix) the original of each modification, assumption agreement
or preferred loan agreement, if any, relating to such Cooperative Loan;

PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in lieu of the foregoing, the Depositor may deliver to
the Custodian, as agent of the Trustee, the following documents, under the
circumstances set forth below: (w) in lieu of the original Security Instrument,
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 Security Instrument required to be included thereon, be
delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned to the
Depositor in time to permit their delivery as specified above, the Depositor may
deliver a true copy thereof with a certification by the Depositor, 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"; (x) in lieu of the
Security Instrument, assignment to the Trustee or intervening assignments
thereof, if the applicable jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents
(as evidenced by a certification from the Depositor to such effect) the
Depositor 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; (y) in lieu of the Mortgage
Notes relating to the Mortgage Loans identified on Exhibit 5 to the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, the Depositor may deliver lost note affidavits from the
Seller; and (z) the Depositor shall not be required to deliver intervening
assignments or Mortgage Note endorsements between the related Underlying Seller
and the Seller, between the Seller and the Depositor, and between the Depositor
and the Trustee; 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 or the Custodian, as its agent, a certification to such
effect and shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage Loans in
the Master Servicer Collection Account on the Closing Date. The Depositor shall
deliver such original documents (including any original documents as to which
certified copies had previously been delivered) to the Trustee or the Custodian,
as its agent, promptly after they are received. The Depositor shall cause the
Seller, at its expense, to cause each assignment of the Security Instrument to
the Trustee to be recorded not later than 180 days after the Closing Date,
unless (a) such recordation is not required by the Rating Agencies or an Opinion
of Counsel addressed to the Trustee has been provided to the Trustee (with a
copy to the Custodian) which states that recordation of such Security Instrument
is not required to protect the interests of the Certificateholders in the
related Mortgage Loans or (b) MERS is identified on the Mortgage or on a
properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage as the mortgagee of record solely
as nominee for the Seller and its successor and assigns; provided, however,
notwithstanding the foregoing, each assignment shall be submitted for recording
by the Seller in the manner described above, at no expense to the Trust or the
Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, upon the earliest to occur of: (i)
reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional
Undivided 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 Seller and (iv) the occurrence of a
servicing transfer as described in Section 8.02 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Seller fails to pay the cost of recording the assignments,
such expense will be paid by the Trustee and the Trustee shall be reimbursed for
such expenses by the Trust in accordance with Section 9.05.

         Section 2.02 ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS BY TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee
acknowledges the sale, transfer and assignment of the Trust Fund to it by the
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further review and the exceptions which may be noted pursuant to the procedures
described below, and declares that it holds, the documents (or certified copies
thereof) delivered to the Custodian, as its agent, pursuant to Section 2.01, and
declares that it will continue to hold those documents and any amendments,
replacements or supplements thereto and all other assets of the Trust Fund
delivered to it as Trustee in trust for the use and benefit of all present and
future Holders of the Certificates. On the Closing Date, the Custodian, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, shall acknowledge with respect to each Mortgage
Loan by delivery to the Depositor and the Trustee of an Initial Certification
receipt of the Mortgage File, but without review of such Mortgage File, except
to the extent necessary to confirm that such Mortgage File contains the related
Mortgage Note or lost note affidavit. No later than 90 days after the Closing
Date (or, with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan, within five Business
Days after the receipt by the Trustee or Custodian thereof), the Trustee agrees,
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, to review or cause to be reviewed by
the Custodian on its behalf (under the Custodial Agreement), each Mortgage File
delivered to it and to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, to the Depositor and the Trustee an Interim Certification. In
conducting such review, the Trustee or Custodian will ascertain whether all
required documents have been executed and received, and based on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, whether those documents relate, determined on the basis of the
Mortgagor name, original principal balance and loan number, to the Mortgage
Loans it has received, as identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. In
performing any such review, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, 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 Custodian, as its agent, finds any document constituting part of
the Mortgage File has not been executed or 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 (a "Material Defect"), the Trustee or the Custodian, as
its agent, shall promptly notify the Seller. In accordance with the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller shall correct or cure any such Material
Defect within ninety (90) days from the date of notice from the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, of the Material Defect and if the Seller fails to
correct or cure the Material Defect within such period, and such Material Defect
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the
related Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall enforce the Seller's obligation under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to, within 90 days from the Trustee's or
the Custodian's notification, provide a Substitute Mortgage Loan (if within two
years of the Closing Date) or purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase
Price; provided that, if such Material Defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to
be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, any such cure or repurchase must occur within 90 days from the date such
breach was discovered; provided, however, that if such Material Defect relates
solely to the inability of the 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 Seller shall not be required to purchase such
Mortgage Loan if the 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
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
Seller shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such recording office or, if
such receipt is not available, a certificate confirming that such documents have
been accepted for recording, and

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delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall be effected by the
Seller within thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded document.

         (b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, will review, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
the Mortgage Files delivered to it and will execute and deliver or cause to be
executed and delivered to the Depositor and the Trustee a Final Certification.
In conducting such review, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, will
ascertain whether an original of each document required to be recorded has been
returned from the recording office with evidence of recording thereon or a
certified copy has been obtained from the recording office. If the Trustee or
the Custodian, as its agent, finds a Material Defect, the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall promptly notify the Seller (provided, however,
that with respect to those documents described in subsections (b)(I)(iv), (v)
and (vii) of Section 2.01 and subsection (b)(II)(ix) of Section 2.01, the
Trustee's and Custodian's obligations shall extend only to the documents
actually delivered to the Custodian pursuant to such subsections). In accordance
with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller shall correct or cure any
such Material Defect within 90 days from the date of notice from the Trustee or
the Custodian, as its agent, of the Material Defect and if the Seller is unable
to cure such Material Defect within such period, and if such Material Defect
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders in the
related Mortgage Loan, the Trustee shall enforce the Seller's obligation under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to, within 90 days from the Trustee's or
Custodian's notification, provide a Substitute Mortgage Loan (if within two
years of the Closing Date) or purchase such Mortgage Loan at the Repurchase
Price, provided that, if such Material Defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to
be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, any such cure, repurchase or substitution must occur within 90 days from
the date such breach was discovered, provided, however, that if such Material
Defect relates solely to the inability of the 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 Seller shall not be required to
purchase such Mortgage Loan, if the 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 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 Seller shall instead deliver a recording receipt of such
recording office or, if such receipt is not available, a certificate confirming
that such documents have been accepted for recording, and delivery to the
Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall be effected by the Seller within
thirty days of its receipt of the original recorded document.

         (c) In the event that a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Seller in
accordance with Subsections 2.02(a) or (b) above, the Seller shall remit to the
Master Servicer the Repurchase Price for deposit in the Master Servicer
Collection Account and the Seller shall provide to the Securities Administrator
and the Trustee written notification detailing the components of the Repurchase
Price. Upon deposit of the Repurchase Price in the Master Servicer Collection
Account, the Depositor shall notify the Trustee and the Custodian, as agent of
the Trustee (upon receipt of a Request for Release in the form of Exhibit D
attached hereto with respect to such Mortgage Loan), shall 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

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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
Repurchase Price in available funds is received by the Trustee. The Master
Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule, which was previously delivered
to it by the Depositor in a form agreed to between the Depositor and the Master
Servicer, to reflect such repurchase and shall promptly notify the Rating
Agencies and the Master Servicer of such amendment. The obligation of the Seller
to repurchase or substitute for any Mortgage Loan a Substitute Mortgage Loan as
to which such a Material Defect in a constituent document exists shall be the
sole remedy respecting such defect available to the Certificateholders or to the
Trustee on their behalf.

         (d) Anything in this Section 2.02 to the contrary notwithstanding, a
Material Defect will be deemed not to materially and adversely affect the
interest of the Certificateholders in the related Mortgage Loan unless such
defect materially interferes with the applicable Servicer's ability to foreclose
on the related Mortgaged Property.

         Section 2.03 ASSIGNMENT OF INTEREST IN THE MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE
AGREEMENT. (a) The Depositor hereby assigns to the Trustee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, all of its right, title and interest in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to the Depositor's rights and
obligations pursuant to the Servicing Agreements. The obligations of the Seller
to substitute or repurchase, as applicable, a Mortgage Loan shall be the
Trustee's and the Certificateholders' sole remedy for any breach thereof. At the
request of the Trustee, the Depositor shall take such actions as may be
necessary to enforce the above right, title and interest on behalf of the
Trustee and the Certificateholders or shall execute such further documents as
the Trustee may reasonably require in order to enable the Trustee to carry out
such enforcement.

         (b) If the Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee
discovers a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, which breach materially and adversely affects
the value of the interests of Certificateholders or the Trustee in the related
Mortgage Loan, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice
of the breach to the other parties. The Seller, within 90 days of its discovery
or receipt of notice that such breach has occurred (whichever occurs earlier),
shall cure the breach in all material respects or, subject to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, shall
purchase the Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect thereto from
the Trustee; provided, however, that if there is a breach of any representation
set forth in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this
Agreement, as applicable, and the Mortgage Loan or the related property acquired
with respect thereto has been sold, then the Seller shall pay, in lieu of the
Repurchase Price, any excess of the Repurchase Price over the Net Liquidation
Proceeds received upon such sale. If the Net Liquidation Proceeds exceed the
Repurchase Price, any excess shall be paid to the Seller to the extent not
required by law to be paid to the borrower. Any such purchase by the Seller
shall be made by providing an amount equal to the Repurchase Price to the Master
Servicer for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account and written
notification detailing the components of such Repurchase Price. The Depositor
shall notify the Trustee and submit to the Custodian, as agent for the Trustee,
a Request for Release, and the Custodian shall release, or the Trustee shall
cause the Custodian to release, to the Seller the related Mortgage File and the
Trustee shall execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or assignment
furnished to it by the Seller, without recourse, representation or warranty as
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under the Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect thereto. Such
purchase shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which the Repurchase
Price in available funds is received by the Trustee. The Master Servicer shall
amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule to reflect such repurchase and shall promptly
notify the Trustee and the Rating Agencies of such amendment. Enforcement of the
obligation of the Seller to purchase (or substitute a Substitute Mortgage Loan
for) any Mortgage Loan or any property acquired with respect thereto (or pay the
Repurchase Price as set forth in the above proviso) as to which a breach has
occurred and is continuing shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such
breach available to the Certificateholders or the Trustee on their behalf.

         Section 2.04 SUBSTITUTION OF MORTGAGE LOANS. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, in lieu of purchasing a Mortgage Loan
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Sections 2.02 or 2.03 of
this Agreement, the Seller may, no later than the date by which such purchase by
the Seller would otherwise be required, tender to the Trustee a Substitute
Mortgage Loan accompanied by a certificate of an authorized officer of the
Seller that such Substitute Mortgage Loan conforms to the requirements set forth
in the definition of "Substitute Mortgage Loan" in this Agreement; provided,
however, that substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, in lieu of purchase shall not be
permitted after the termination of the two-year period beginning on the Startup
Day; provided, further, that if the breach would cause the Mortgage Loan to be
other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code,
any such cure or substitution must occur within 90 days from the date the breach
was discovered. The Custodian, as agent for the Trustee, shall examine the
Mortgage File for any Substitute Mortgage Loan in the manner set forth in
Section 2.02(a) and the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent, shall notify the
Seller, in writing, within five Business Days after receipt, whether or not the
documents relating to the Substitute Mortgage Loan satisfy the requirements of
the fifth sentence of Subsection 2.02(a). Within two Business Days after such
notification, the Seller shall provide to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account the amount, if any, by which the Outstanding Principal
Balance as of the next preceding Due Date of the Mortgage Loan for which
substitution is being made, after giving effect to the Scheduled Principal due
on such date, exceeds the Outstanding Principal Balance as of such date of the
Substitute Mortgage Loan, after giving effect to Scheduled Principal due on such
date, which amount shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement as if it
were the payment by the Seller of the Repurchase Price for the purchase of a
Mortgage Loan by the Seller. After such notification to the Seller and, if any
such excess exists, upon receipt of such deposit, the Trustee shall accept such
Substitute Mortgage Loan which shall thereafter be deemed to be a Mortgage Loan
hereunder. In the event of such a substitution, accrued interest on the
Substitute Mortgage Loan for the month in which the substitution occurs and any
Principal Prepayments made thereon during such month shall be the property of
the Trust Fund and accrued interest for such month on the Mortgage Loan for
which the substitution is made and any Principal Prepayments made thereon during
such month shall be the property of the Seller. The Scheduled Principal on a
Substitute Mortgage Loan due on the Due Date in the month of substitution shall
be the property of the Seller and the Scheduled Principal on the Mortgage Loan
for which the substitution is made due on such Due Date shall be the property of
the Trust Fund. Upon acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage Loan (and delivery to
the Custodian of a Request for Release for such Mortgage Loan), the Custodian,
as agent for the Trustee, shall release to the Seller the related Mortgage File
related to any Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, and shall

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execute and deliver all instruments of transfer or assignment, without recourse,
representation or warranty in form as provided to it as are necessary to vest in
the Seller title to and rights under any Mortgage Loan released pursuant to the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as
applicable. The Seller shall deliver to the Custodian the documents related to
the Substitute Mortgage Loan in accordance with the provisions of the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement or Subsections 2.01(b) and 2.02(b) of this Agreement, as
applicable, with the date of acceptance of the Substitute Mortgage Loan deemed
to be the Closing Date for purposes of the time periods set forth in those
Subsections. The representations and warranties set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been made by the Seller with respect
to each Substitute Mortgage Loan as of the date of acceptance of such Mortgage
Loan by the Trustee. The Master Servicer shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule
to reflect such substitution and shall provide a copy of such amended Mortgage
Loan Schedule to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies.

         Section 2.05      ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.

         (a) The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans
and the other assets comprising the Trust Fund and, concurrently therewith, has
signed, and countersigned and delivered to the Depositor, in exchange therefor,
Certificates in such authorized denominations representing such Fractional
Undivided Interests as the Depositor has requested. The Trustee agrees that it
will hold the Mortgage Loans and such other assets as may from time to time be
delivered to it segregated on the books of the Trustee in trust for the benefit
of the Certificateholders.

         (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 Interests. 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
Interests.

         (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 REMIC II Regular Interests, and the other assets of REMIC III for the
benefit of the holders of the REMIC III Certificates. The Trustee acknowledges
receipt of the REMIC II Regular Interests (which are uncertificated) and the
other assets of REMIC III 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.

         Section 2.06 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE DEPOSITOR.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, the Master Servicer
and the Securities Administrator as follows:

                  (i) the Depositor (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (b) is
qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation to do business in each
jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure so
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on the Depositor's business as presently conducted or on the Depositor's ability
to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby;

                  (ii) the Depositor has full corporate power to own its
property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement;

                  (iii) the execution and delivery by the Depositor of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Depositor; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance
with the provisions hereof, 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 Depositor or its properties
or the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Depositor, except those
conflicts, breaches or defaults which would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Depositor's ability to enter into this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;

                  (iv) the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
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;

                  (v) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Depositor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
parties hereto, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Depositor
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);

                  (vi) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened against the Depositor, before or by
any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (i) with
respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) with
respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Depositor will be
determined adversely to the Depositor and will if determined adversely to the
Depositor materially and adversely affect the Depositor's ability to enter into
this Agreement or perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the
Depositor 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

                  (vii) immediately prior to the transfer and assignment to the
Trustee, each Mortgage Note and each Mortgage were not subject to an assignment
or pledge, and the Depositor had good and marketable title to and was the sole
owner thereof and had full right to transfer and sell such Mortgage Loan to the
Trustee free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim
or security interest.

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                                   ARTICLE III
                 Administration and Servicing of Mortgage Loans

         Section 3.01 MASTER SERVICER. The Master Servicer shall supervise,
monitor and oversee the obligation of the Servicers to service and administer
their respective Mortgage Loans in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Servicing Agreements and shall have full power and authority to do any and all
things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master
servicing and administration. In performing its obligations hereunder, the
Master Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing
Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with each
Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer's
obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports,
information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by each Servicer and
shall cause each Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and
conditions to be performed or observed by such Servicer under its applicable
Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently and separately
monitor each Servicer's servicing activities with respect to each related
Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information
provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective
adjustments to the Servicers' and Master Servicer's records, and based on such
reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such
information to the Securities Administrator as shall be necessary in order for
it to prepare the statements specified in Section 6.04, and prepare any other
information and statements required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer
hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan
monitoring with the actual remittances of the Servicers pursuant to the
applicable Servicing Agreements.

         Not later than the Closing Date, the Master Servicer shall notify the
Wells Fargo Guide Servicers that they are now servicing the Wells Fargo Guide
Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Master Servicer and the Trustee for the benefit
of the Certificateholders. Such notice shall also provide that, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default under this Agreement and the termination of
the Master Servicer hereunder the Wells Fargo Guide Servicers shall, upon
receipt of notice of such termination from the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the successor master servicer, service and administer the Wells Fargo Guide
Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Trustee and the successor master servicer
and remit all amounts collected with respect to the Wells Fargo Guide Mortgage
Loans in accordance with the instructions provided by the Trustee or the
successor master servicer. The Master Servicer shall instruct the Wells Fargo
Guide Servicers to provide all remittances, reports, information and other data
or correspondence with respect to each related Wells Fargo Guide Mortgage Loan
to the Master Servicer in accordance with instructions to be provided by the
Master Servicer.

         Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Servicing Agreement
to the contrary, the Master Servicer shall have no duty or obligation to
supervise, monitor or oversee, and shall have no liability to any
Certificateholder or to any other Person for the activities of any Servicer with
respect to the servicing and administration of any defaulted Cash Flow Loan.

         The Trustee shall furnish the Servicers and the Master Servicer with
any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary
or appropriate to enable the Servicers and the Master Servicer to service and
administer the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property.

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         The Trustee shall provide access to the records and documentation in
possession of the Trustee regarding the related Mortgage Loans and REO Property
and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the
supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only
upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the
office of the Trustee; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by
law, the Trustee shall not be required to provide access to such records and
documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy
of any Mortgagor. The Trustee shall allow representatives of the above entities
to photocopy any of the records and documentation and shall provide equipment
for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee's actual costs.

         The Trustee shall execute and deliver to the related Servicer and the
Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or other
documents necessary or desirable to (i) the foreclosure or trustee's sale with
respect to a Mortgaged Property; (ii) any legal action brought to obtain
judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument;
(iii) obtain a deficiency judgment against the Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any
other rights or remedies provided by the Mortgage Note or Security Instrument or
otherwise available at law or equity.

         Section 3.02 REMIC-RELATED COVENANTS. For as long as each REMIC shall
exist, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall act in accordance
herewith to assure continuing treatment of such REMIC as a REMIC, and the
Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall comply with any directions of the
Depositor, the related Servicer or the Master Servicer to assure such continuing
treatment. In particular, the Trustee shall not (a) sell or affirmatively permit
the sale of all or any portion of the Mortgage Loans or of any investment of
deposits in an Account unless such sale is as a result of a repurchase of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement or the Trustee has received a REMIC
Opinion addressed to the Trustee prepared at the expense of the Trust Fund; and
(b) other than with respect to a substitution pursuant to the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement or Section 2.04 of this Agreement, as applicable, accept any
contribution to any REMIC after the Startup Day without receipt of a REMIC
Opinion addressed to the Trustee.

         Section 3.03 MONITORING OF SERVICERS. (a) The Master Servicer shall be
responsible for reporting to the Trustee and the Depositor the compliance by
each Servicer with its duties under the related Servicing Agreement. In the
review of each Servicer's activities, the Master Servicer may rely upon an
officer's certificate of the Servicer (or similar document signed by an officer
of the Servicer) with regard to such Servicer's compliance with the terms of its
Servicing Agreement. In the event that the Master Servicer, in its judgment,
determines that a Servicer should be terminated in accordance with its Servicing
Agreement, or that a notice should be sent pursuant to such Servicing Agreement
with respect to the occurrence of an event that, unless cured, would constitute
grounds for such termination, the Master Servicer shall notify the Depositor and
the Trustee thereof and the Master Servicer shall issue such notice or take such
other action as it deems appropriate.

         (b) The Master Servicer, for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of each Servicer under the
related Servicing Agreement, and shall, in the event that a Servicer fails to
perform its obligations in accordance with the related Servicing Agreement,
subject to the preceding paragraph, terminate the rights and obligations of such
Servicer thereunder and act as servicer of the related Mortgage Loans or to
cause the Trustee to enter in to a new Servicing Agreement with a successor
Servicer selected by the Master Servicer; provided,

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however, it is understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto that there will
be a period of transition (not to exceed 90 days) before the actual servicing
functions can be fully transferred to such successor Servicer. Such enforcement,
including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of
Servicing Agreements and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in
such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Master
Servicer, in its good faith business judgment, would require were it the owner
of the related Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs of such
enforcement at its own expense, provided that the Master Servicer shall not be
required to prosecute or defend any legal action except to the extent that the
Master Servicer shall have received reasonable indemnity for its costs and
expenses in pursuing such action.

         (c) To the extent that the costs and expenses of the Master Servicer
related to any termination of a Servicer, appointment of a successor Servicer or
the transfer and assumption of servicing by the Master Servicer with respect to
any Servicing Agreement (including, without limitation, (i) all legal costs and
expenses and all due diligence costs and expenses associated with an evaluation
of the potential termination of the Servicer as a result of an event of default
by such Servicer and (ii) all costs and expenses associated with the complete
transfer of servicing, including all servicing files and all servicing data and
the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be
required by the successor servicer to correct any errors or insufficiencies in
the servicing data or otherwise to enable the successor servicer to service the
Mortgage Loans in accordance with the related Servicing Agreement) are not fully
and timely reimbursed by the terminated Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be
entitled to reimbursement of such costs and expenses from the Master Servicer
Collection Account.

         (d) The Master Servicer shall require each Servicer to comply with the
remittance requirements and other obligations set forth in the related Servicing
Agreement.

         (e) If the Master Servicer acts as Servicer, it will not assume
liability for the representations and warranties of the Servicer, if any, that
it replaces.

         Section 3.04 FIDELITY BOND. The Master Servicer, at its expense, shall
maintain in effect a blanket fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance
policy, affording coverage with respect to all directors, officers, employees
and other Persons acting on such Master Servicer's behalf, and covering errors
and omissions in the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations hereunder.
The errors and omissions insurance policy and the fidelity bond shall be in such
form and amount generally acceptable for entities serving as master servicers or
trustees.

         Section 3.05 POWER TO ACT; PROCEDURES. The Master Servicer shall master
service the Mortgage Loans and shall have full power and authority, subject to
the REMIC Provisions and the provisions of Article X hereof, to do any and all
things that it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the master
servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to
the power and authority (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, customary consents or waivers and other
instruments and documents, (ii) to consent to transfers of any Mortgaged
Property and assumptions of the Mortgage Notes and related Mortgages, (iii) to
collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds, and (iv) to effectuate
foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property
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each case, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related
Servicing Agreement, as applicable; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
shall not (and, consistent with its responsibilities under Section 3.03, shall
not permit any Servicer to) knowingly or intentionally take any action, or fail
to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within its control
and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that, under the
REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, would cause any
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax upon
the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions
as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a
REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the Master Servicer has
received an Opinion of Counsel (but not at the expense of the Master Servicer)
to the effect that the contemplated action would not cause any REMIC to fail to
qualify as a REMIC or result in the imposition of a tax upon any REMIC. The
Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer, upon written request from a Servicing
Officer, with any powers of attorney empowering the Master Servicer or any
Servicer to execute and deliver instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or
of partial or full release or discharge, and to foreclose upon or otherwise
liquidate Mortgaged Property, and to appeal, prosecute or defend in any court
action relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Property, in accordance
with the applicable Servicing Agreement and this Agreement, and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver such other documents, as the Master Servicer may
request, to enable the Master Servicer to master service and administer the
Mortgage Loans and carry out its duties hereunder, in each case in accordance
with Accepted Master Servicing Practices (and the Trustee shall have no
liability for misuse of any such powers of attorney by the Master Servicer or
any Servicer). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee has been advised that it is
likely that the laws of the state in which action is to be taken prohibit such
action if taken in the name of the Trustee or that the Trustee would be
adversely affected under the "doing business" or tax laws of such state if such
action is taken in its name, the Master Servicer shall join with the Trustee in
the appointment of a co-trustee pursuant to Section 9.11 hereof. In the
performance of its duties hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be an independent
contractor and shall not, except in those instances where it is taking action in
the name of the Trustee, be deemed to be the agent of the Trustee.

         Section 3.06 DUE-ON-SALE CLAUSES; ASSUMPTION AGREEMENTS. To the extent
provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement, to the extent Mortgage Loans
contain enforceable due-on-sale clauses, the Master Servicer shall cause the
Servicers to enforce such clauses in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement. If applicable law prohibits the enforcement of a due-on-sale clause
or such clause is otherwise not enforced in accordance with the applicable
Servicing Agreement, and, as a consequence, a Mortgage Loan is assumed, the
original Mortgagor may be released from liability in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement.

         Section 3.07 RELEASE OF MORTGAGE FILES. (a) Upon becoming aware of the
payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the receipt by any Servicer of a
notification that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for
such purposes for payment to Certificateholders on the next Distribution Date,
the Servicer will, if required under the applicable Servicing Agreement (or if
the Servicer does not, the Master Servicer may), promptly furnish to the
Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, two copies of a certification substantially
in the form of Exhibit D hereto signed by a Servicing Officer or in a mutually
agreeable electronic format which will, in lieu of a signature on its face,
originate from a Servicing Officer (which certification shall include a
statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection with such
payment that are required to be deposited in the

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Protected Account maintained by the applicable Servicer pursuant to Section 4.01
or by the applicable Servicer pursuant to its Servicing Agreement have been or
will be so deposited) and shall request that the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, deliver to the applicable Servicer the related Mortgage File. Upon
receipt of such certification and request, the Custodian, on behalf of the
Trustee, shall promptly release the related Mortgage File to the applicable
Servicer and the Trustee and Custodian shall have no further responsibility with
regard to such Mortgage File. Upon any such payment in full, each Servicer is
authorized, to give, as agent for the Trustee, as the mortgagee under the
Mortgage that secured the Mortgage Loan, an instrument of satisfaction (or
assignment of mortgage without recourse, representation or warranty) regarding
the Mortgaged Property subject to the Mortgage, which instrument of satisfaction
or assignment, as the case may be, shall be delivered to the Person or Persons
entitled thereto against receipt therefor of such payment, it being understood
and agreed that no expenses incurred in connection with such instrument of
satisfaction or assignment, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to the
Protected Account.

         (b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and in accordance with the applicable Servicing
Agreement, the Trustee shall execute such documents as shall be prepared and
furnished to the Trustee by a Servicer or the Master Servicer (in form
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) and as are necessary to the prosecution of
any such proceedings. The Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, shall, upon the
request of a Servicer or the Master Servicer, and delivery to the Custodian, on
behalf of the Trustee, of two copies of a request for release signed by a
Servicing Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit D (or in a mutually
agreeable electronic format which will, in lieu of a signature on its face,
originate from a Servicing Officer), release the related Mortgage File held in
its possession or control to the Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable.
Such trust receipt shall obligate the Servicer or the Master Servicer to return
the Mortgage File to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, when the need
therefor by the Servicer or the Master Servicer no longer exists unless the
Mortgage Loan shall be liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certificate
of a Servicing Officer similar to that hereinabove specified, the Mortgage File
shall be released by the Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, to the Servicer or
the Master Servicer.

         Section 3.08 DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND FUNDS IN POSSESSION OF MASTER
SERVICER TO BE HELD FOR TRUSTEE.

         (a) The Master Servicer shall transmit and each Servicer (to the extent
required by the related Servicing Agreement) shall transmit to the Trustee or
Custodian such documents and instruments coming into the possession of the
Master Servicer or such Servicer from time to time as are required by the terms
hereof, or in the case of the Servicers, the applicable Servicing Agreement, to
be delivered to the Trustee or Custodian. Any funds received by the Master
Servicer or by a Servicer in respect of any Mortgage Loan or which otherwise are
collected by the Master Servicer or by a Servicer as Liquidation Proceeds or
Insurance Proceeds in respect of any Mortgage Loan shall be held for the benefit
of the Trustee and the Certificateholders subject to the Master Servicer's right
to retain or withdraw from the Master Servicer Collection Account the Master
Servicing Compensation and other amounts provided in this Agreement, and to the
right of each Servicer to retain its Servicing Fee and other amounts as provided
in the applicable Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, and (to the
extent provided in the applicable Servicing Agreement) shall cause each Servicer
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the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, its agents and accountants at any time upon
reasonable request and during normal business hours, and to Certificateholders
that are savings and loan associations, banks or insurance companies, the Office
of Thrift Supervision, the FDIC and the supervisory agents and examiners of such
Office and Corporation or examiners of any other federal or state banking or
insurance regulatory authority if so required by applicable regulations of the
Office of Thrift Supervision or other regulatory authority, such access to be
afforded without charge but only upon reasonable request in writing and during
normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it. In
fulfilling such a request the Master Servicer shall not be responsible for
determining the sufficiency of such information.

         (b) 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 Insurance Proceeds, shall be held by the Master Servicer for and on behalf of
the Trustee and the Certificateholders and shall be and remain the sole and
exclusive property of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Master Servicer
and each Servicer shall be entitled to setoff against, and deduct from, any such
funds any amounts that are properly due and payable to the Master Servicer or
such Servicer under this Agreement or the applicable Servicing Agreement.

         Section 3.09 STANDARD HAZARD INSURANCE AND FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES.

         (a) For each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall enforce any
obligation of the Servicers under the related Servicing Agreements to maintain
or cause to be maintained standard fire and casualty insurance and, where
applicable, flood insurance, all in accordance with the provisions of the
related Servicing Agreements. It is understood and agreed that such insurance
shall be with insurers meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in the
applicable Servicing Agreement and that no earthquake or other additional
insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor or to be maintained on property
acquired in respect of a defaulted loan, other than pursuant to such applicable
laws and regulations as shall at any time be in force and as shall require such
additional insurance.

         (b) Pursuant to Section 4.01 and 4.02, any amounts collected by the
Servicers or the Master Servicer, under any insurance policies (other than
amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject to
the related Mortgage or released to the Mortgagor in accordance with the
applicable Servicing Agreement) shall be deposited into the Master Servicer
Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 4.02 and 4.03. Any
cost incurred by the Master Servicer or any Servicer in maintaining any such
insurance if the Mortgagor defaults in its obligation to do so shall be added to
the amount owing under the Mortgage Loan where the terms of the Mortgage Loan so
permit; provided, however, that the addition of any such cost shall not be taken
into account for purposes of calculating the distributions to be made to
Certificateholders and shall be recoverable by the Master Servicer or such
Servicer pursuant to Section 4.02 and 4.03.

         Section 3.10 PRESENTMENT OF CLAIMS AND COLLECTION OF PROCEEDS. The
Master Servicer shall (to the extent provided in the applicable Servicing
Agreement) cause the related Servicer to prepare and present on behalf of the
Trustee and the Certificateholders 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
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disbursed to the Master Servicer (or disbursed to a Servicer and remitted to the
Master Servicer) in respect of such policies, bonds or contracts shall be
promptly deposited in the Master Servicer Collection 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 3.11 MAINTENANCE OF THE PRIMARY MORTGAGE INSURANCE POLICIES.

         (a) The Master Servicer shall not take, or permit any Servicer (to the
extent such action is prohibited under the applicable Servicing Agreement) to
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 or such Servicer, would have been covered thereunder. The Master
Servicer shall use its best reasonable efforts to cause each Servicer (to the
extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) 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 in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Servicing
Agreement, as applicable. The Master Servicer shall not, and shall not permit
any Servicer (to the extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) to,
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 except in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

         (b) The Master Servicer agrees to present, or to cause each Servicer
(to the extent required under the related Servicing Agreement) to present, on
behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders, 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 and 4.02, any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or any
Servicer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies shall be deposited in the
Master Servicer Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Sections
4.02 and 4.03.

         Section 3.12 TRUSTEE TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES
AND DOCUMENTS.

         The Trustee (or the Custodian, as directed by the Trustee), shall
retain possession and custody of the originals (to the extent available) of any
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, or certificate of insurance if applicable,
and any certificates of renewal as to the foregoing as may be issued from time
to time as contemplated by this Agreement. Until all amounts distributable in
respect of the Certificates have been distributed in full and the Master
Servicer otherwise has fulfilled its obligations under this Agreement, the
Trustee (or its Custodian, if any, as directed by the Trustee) shall also retain
possession and custody of each Mortgage File in accordance with and subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall promptly
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian, as directed
by the Trustee), upon the execution or receipt thereof the originals of any
Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies, any certificates of renewal, and such other
documents or instruments that constitute portions of the Mortgage File that come
into the possession of the Master Servicer from time to time.

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         Section 3.13 REALIZATION UPON DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS. (a) The Master
Servicer shall cause each Servicer (to the extent required under the related
Servicing Agreement) to foreclose upon, repossess or otherwise comparably
convert the ownership of Mortgaged 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, all in
accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section 3.13, in the event that a
Foreclosure Restricted Loan goes into foreclosure, if acquiring title to the
related Mortgaged Property by foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure
would cause (i) the adjusted basis (for federal income tax purposes) of the
Mortgaged Properties underlying the Foreclosure Restricted Loans that are
currently owned by REMIC I after foreclosure (along with any other assets owned
by REMIC I other than "qualified mortgages" and "permitted investments" within
the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) plus (ii) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans listed on Exhibit L, to exceed 0.75% of
the adjusted basis of the assets of REMIC I, the Master Servicer, upon notice
from a Servicer that title is about to be taken to such Mortgaged Property as
REO Property on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall not permit such Servicer to
acquire title to such Mortgaged Property on behalf of REMIC I. Instead, the
Master Servicer shall notify the Seller that title is about to be taken to the
related Mortgaged Property as REO Property on behalf of the Trust Fund, and the
Seller shall repurchase such Foreclosure Restricted Loan from the Trust Fund at
the Repurchase Price. In the event that Seller fails to repurchase such Mortgage
Loan, the Master Servicer shall cause the related Servicer to dispose of the
Mortgage Loan for cash in the foreclosure sale. If such Mortgage Loan is not
purchased at foreclosure sale, such Mortgage Loan will be written-off in
accordance with the related Servicer's standard procedures. In addition, if the
Master Servicer determines that following a distribution on any Distribution
Date (i) the adjusted bases of the Mortgaged Properties underlying the
Foreclosure Restricted Loans in foreclosure (along with any other assets owned
by REMIC I other than "qualified mortgages" and "permitted investments" within
the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) plus (ii) the aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of the Mortgaged Loan listed on Exhibit L, exceed 1.0% of the
adjusted bases of the assets of REMIC I immediately after the distribution, then
prior to such Distribution Date, the Seller shall purchase enough of such
Mortgaged Properties in foreclosure, for cash, at the Repurchase Price, so that
the adjusted bases of (i) such Mortgaged Properties in foreclosure (along with
any other assets owned by REMIC I other than "qualified mortgages" and
"permitted investments" within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) plus
(ii) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgaged Loans listed on
Exhibit L, will be less than 1.0% of the adjusted bases of the assets of REMIC
I.

         Section 3.14      COMPENSATION FOR THE MASTER SERVICER.

         The Master Servicer will be entitled to all income and gain realized
from any investment of funds in the Distribution Account and the Master Servicer
Collection Account, pursuant to Article IV, for the performance of its
activities hereunder. Servicing compensation in the form of assumption fees, if
any, late payment charges, as collected, if any, or otherwise (but not including
any prepayment premium or penalty) shall be retained by the applicable Servicer
and shall not be deposited in the Protected Account. The Master Servicer shall
be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities
hereunder and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as provided
in this Agreement.

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         Section 3.15      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. The Master Servicer shall, to the extent provided in the
applicable Servicing Agreement, cause the applicable Servicer to sell any REO
Property as expeditiously as possible and in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement, as applicable. Pursuant to
its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Master Servicer shall cause the
applicable Servicer to protect and conserve, such REO Property in the manner and
to the extent required by the applicable Servicing Agreement, in accordance with
the REMIC Provisions and in a manner that does not result in a tax on "net
income from foreclosure property" or cause such REO Property to fail to qualify
as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code.

         (b) The Master Servicer shall, to the extent required by the related
Servicing Agreement, cause the applicable Servicer to deposit all funds
collected and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property in
the Protected Account.

         (c) The Master Servicer and the applicable Servicer, upon the final
disposition of any REO Property, shall be entitled to reimbursement for any
related unreimbursed Monthly Advances and other unreimbursed advances as well as
any unpaid Servicing Fees from Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with
the final disposition of such REO Property; provided, that any such unreimbursed
Monthly Advances 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.

         (d) To the extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement, the
Liquidation Proceeds from the final disposition of the REO Property, net of any
payment to the Master Servicer and the applicable Servicer as provided above
shall be deposited in the Protected Account on or prior to the Determination
Date in the month following receipt thereof and be remitted by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the Master Servicer for deposit into the related
Master Servicer Collection Account on the next succeeding Servicer Remittance
Date.

         Section 3.16      ANNUAL OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.

         (a) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee and the Rating
Agencies on or before March 1 of each year, commencing on March 1, 2005, an
Officer's Certificate, certifying that with respect to the period ending
December 31 of the prior year: (i) such Servicing Officer has reviewed the
activities of such Master Servicer during the preceding calendar year or portion
thereof and its performance under this Agreement, (ii) to the best of such
Servicing Officer's knowledge, based on such review, such Master Servicer has
performed and fulfilled its duties, responsibilities and obligations under this
Agreement in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a
default in the fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities or obligations,
specifying each such default known to such Servicing Officer and the nature and
status thereof, (iii) nothing has come to the attention of such Servicing
Officer to lead such Servicing Officer to believe that any Servicer has failed
to perform any of its duties, responsibilities and obligations under its
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all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been a material
default in the performance or fulfillment of any such duties, responsibilities
or obligations, specifying each such default known to such Servicing Officer and
the nature and status thereof.

         (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 3.17 ANNUAL INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S SERVICING REPORT. If the
Master Servicer has, during the course of any fiscal year, directly serviced any
of the Mortgage Loans, then the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to
furnish a statement to the Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the Depositor on or
before March 1 of each year, commencing on March 1, 2005 to the effect that,
with respect to the most recently ended fiscal year, such firm has examined
certain records and documents relating to the Master Servicer's performance of
its servicing obligations under this Agreement and pooling and servicing and
trust agreements in material respects similar to this Agreement and to each
other and that, on the basis of such examination conducted substantially in
compliance with the audit program for mortgages serviced for Freddie Mac or the
Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers, such firm is of the
opinion that the Master Servicer's activities have been conducted in compliance
with this Agreement, or that such examination has disclosed no material items of
noncompliance except for (i) such exceptions as such firm believes to be
immaterial, (ii) such other exceptions as are set forth in such statement and
(iii) such exceptions that the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages Serviced by Freddie Mac 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 expense of the
Master Servicer if the Master Servicer shall fail 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). If such report discloses exceptions that are
material, the Master Servicer shall advise the Trustee whether such exceptions
have been or are susceptible of cure, and will take prompt action to do so.

         Section 3.18 REPORTS FILED WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
Within 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator 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 statement to the Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an
exhibit thereto. Prior to January 30 in any year, the Securities Administrator
shall, in accordance with industry standards and only if instructed by the
Depositor, 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 Securities Administrator with
a Master Servicer Certification, together with a copy of the annual independent
accountant's servicing report and annual statement of compliance of each
Servicer, in each case, required to be delivered pursuant to the related
Servicing Agreement, and, if applicable, the annual independent accountant's
servicing report and annual statement of compliance to be delivered by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Sections 3.16 and 3.17.

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Prior to (i) March 31, 2005, or such earlier filing date as may be required by
the Commission, and (ii) unless and until a Form 15 Suspension Notice shall have
been filed, March 31 of each year thereafter, or such earlier filing date as may
be required by the Commission, the Securities Administrator shall file a Form
10-K, in substance conforming to industry standards, with respect to the Trust.
Such Form 10-K shall include the Master Servicer Certification and other
documentation provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to the second preceding
sentence. The Depositor hereby grants to the Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator 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 Securities Administrator,
from time to time upon request, such further information, reports and financial
statements within its control related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans
as the Securities Administrator reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file
all necessary reports with the Commission. The Securities Administrator shall
have no responsibility to file any items other than those specified in this
Section 3.18; provided, however, the Securities Administrator 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"). Fees and expenses incurred by the
Securities Administrator in connection with this Section 3.18 shall not be
reimbursable from the Trust Fund.

         Section 3.19 THE COMPANY. On the Closing Date, the Company will receive
from the Depositor a payment of $5,000.

         Section 3.20 UCC. The Depositor shall inform the Trustee in writing of
any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements that were filed on the Closing
Date in connection with the Trust with stamped recorded copies of such financing
statements to be delivered to the Trustee promptly upon receipt by the
Depositor. The Trustee agrees to monitor and notify the Depositor if any
continuation statements for such Uniform Commercial Code financing statements
need to be filed. If directed by the Depositor in writing, the Trustee will file
any such continuation statements solely at the expense of the Depositor. The
Depositor shall file any financing statements or amendments thereto required by
any change in the Uniform Commercial Code.

         Section 3.21      OPTIONAL PURCHASE OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGE LOANS.

         (a) With respect to any Mortgage Loan which as of the first day of a
Calendar Quarter is delinquent in payment by 90 days or more or is an REO
Property, the Company shall have the right to purchase such Mortgage Loan from
the Trust at a price equal to the Repurchase 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.

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         (b) If at any time the Company remits to the Master Servicer a payment
for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account covering the amount of the
Repurchase Price for such a Mortgage Loan, and the Company provides to the
Trustee a certification signed by a Servicing Officer stating that the amount of
such payment has been deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account, then
the Trustee shall execute the assignment of such Mortgage Loan to the Company at
the request of the Company without recourse, representation or warranty and the
Company shall succeed to all of 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. The Company
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.

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                                   ARTICLE IV
                                    Accounts

         Section 4.01 PROTECTED ACCOUNTS. (a) The Master Servicer shall enforce
the obligation of each Servicer to establish and maintain a Protected Account in
accordance with the applicable Servicing Agreement, with records to be kept with
respect thereto on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, into which accounts
shall be deposited within 48 hours (or as of such other time specified in the
related Servicing Agreement) of receipt, all collections of principal and
interest on any Mortgage Loan and any REO Property received by a Servicer,
including Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, and
advances made from the Servicer's own funds (less servicing compensation as
permitted by the applicable Servicing Agreement in the case of any Servicer) and
all other amounts to be deposited in the Protected Account. The Servicer is
hereby authorized to make withdrawals from and deposits to the related Protected
Account for purposes required or permitted by this Agreement. To the extent
provided in the related Servicing Agreement, the Protected Account shall be held
by a Designated Depository Institution and segregated on the books of such
institution in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders.

         (b) To the extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement, amounts
on deposit in a Protected Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in
the name of the Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders and, except as
provided in the preceding paragraph, not commingled with any other funds. Such
Permitted Investments shall mature, or shall be subject to redemption or
withdrawal, no later than the date on which such funds are required to be
withdrawn for deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account, and shall be
held until required for such deposit. The income earned from Permitted
Investments made pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall be paid to the related
Servicer under the applicable Servicing Agreement, and the risk of loss of
moneys required to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting from such
investments shall be borne by and be the risk of the related Servicer. The
related Servicer (to the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement) shall
deposit the amount of any such loss in the Protected Account within two Business
Days of receipt of notification of such loss but not later than the second
Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the moneys so invested are
required to be distributed to the Certificateholders.

         (c) To the extent provided in the related Servicing Agreement and
subject to this Article IV, on or before each Servicer Remittance Date, the
related Servicer shall withdraw or shall cause to be withdrawn from its
Protected Accounts and shall immediately deposit or cause to be deposited in the
Master Servicer Collection Account amounts representing the following
collections and payments (other than with respect to principal of or interest on
the Mortgage Loans due on or before the Cut-off Date):

                  (i) Scheduled Payments on the Mortgage Loans received or any
related portion thereof advanced by such Servicer pursuant to its Servicing
Agreement which were due on or before the related Due Date, net of the amount
thereof comprising its Servicing Fee or any fees with respect to any lender-paid
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                  (ii) Full Principal Prepayments and any Liquidation Proceeds
received by such Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the related
Prepayment Period, with interest to the date of prepayment or liquidation, net
of the amount thereof comprising its Servicing Fee;

                  (iii) Partial Principal Prepayments received by such Servicer
for the Mortgage Loans in the related Prepayment Period; and

                  (iv) Any amount to be used as a Monthly Advance.

         (d) Withdrawals may be made from an Account only to make remittances as
provided in Section 4.01(c), 4.02 and 4.03; to reimburse the Master Servicer or
a Servicer for Monthly Advances which have been recovered by subsequent
collections from the related Mortgagor; to remove amounts deposited in error; to
remove fees, charges or other such amounts deposited on a temporary basis; or to
clear and terminate the account at the termination of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 10.01. As provided in Sections 4.01(a) and 4.02(b)
certain amounts otherwise due to the Servicers may be retained by them and need
not be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account.

         Section 4.02 MASTER SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Master
Servicer shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer Collection Account as a
segregated trust account or accounts. The Master Servicer Collection Account
shall be an Eligible Account. The Master Servicer will deposit in the Master
Servicer Collection Account as identified by the Master Servicer and as received
by the Master Servicer, the following amounts:

                  (i) Any amounts withdrawn from a Protected Account;

                  (ii) Any Monthly Advance and any Compensating Interest
Payments;

                  (iii) Any Insurance Proceeds or Net Liquidation Proceeds
received by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or which were not deposited in a
Protected Account;

                  (iv) The Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans
purchased by the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or
Sections 2.02 or 2.03 hereof, any amounts which are to be treated pursuant to
Section 2.04 of this Agreement as the payment of a Repurchase Price in
connection with the tender of a Substitute Mortgage Loan by the Seller, the
Repurchase Price with respect to any Mortgage Loans purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.21, and all proceeds of any Mortgage Loans or property
acquired with respect thereto repurchased by the Depositor or its designee
pursuant to Section 10.01;

                  (v) Any amounts required to be deposited with respect to
losses on investments of deposits in an Account; and

                  (vi) Any other amounts received by or on behalf of the Master
Servicer and required to be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account
pursuant to this Agreement.

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         (b) All amounts deposited to the Master Servicer Collection Account
shall be held by the Master Servicer in the name of the Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders in accordance with the terms and provisions of
this Agreement. The requirements for crediting the Master Servicer Collection
Account or the Distribution Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and
agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the
nature of (i) prepayment or late payment charges or assumption, tax service,
statement account or payoff, substitution, satisfaction, release and other like
fees and charges and (ii) the items enumerated in Subsections 4.05(a)(i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi) and (xii), need not be
credited by the Master Servicer or the related Servicer to the Distribution
Account or the Master Servicer Collection Account, as applicable. In the event
that the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited to the
Distribution Account any amount not required to be credited thereto, the
Trustee, upon receipt of a written request therefor signed by a Servicing
Officer of the Master Servicer, shall promptly transfer such amount to the
Master Servicer, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

         (c) The amount at any time credited to the Master Servicer Collection
Account may be invested, in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders, in Permitted Investments as directed by
Master Servicer. All Permitted Investments shall mature or be subject to
redemption or withdrawal on or before, and shall be held until, the next
succeeding Distribution Account Deposit Date. Any and all investment earnings on
amounts on deposit in the Master Servicer Account from time to time shall be for
the account of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer from time to time shall
be permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all investment
earnings from the Master Servicer Account. The risk of loss of moneys required
to be distributed to the Certificateholders resulting from such investments
shall be borne by and be the risk of the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer
shall deposit the amount of any such loss in the Master Servicer Collection
Account within two Business Days of receipt of notification of such loss but not
later than the second Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which the
moneys so invested are required to be distributed to the Certificateholders.

         Section 4.03 PERMITTED WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS FROM THE MASTER
SERVICER COLLECTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Master Servicer will, from time to time on
demand of a Servicer or the Securities Administrator, make or cause to be made
such withdrawals or transfers from the Master Servicer Collection Account as the
Master Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this
Agreement and the related Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer may clear and
terminate the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant to Section 10.01 and
remove amounts from time to time deposited in error.

         (b) On an ongoing basis, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the
Master Servicer Collection Account (i) any expenses, costs and liabilities
recoverable by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator
or the Custodian pursuant to Sections 3.03, 7.04 and 9.05 and (ii) any amounts
payable to the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 3.14; provided however,
that the Master Servicer shall be obligated to pay from its own funds any
amounts which it is required to pay under Section 7.03(a).

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         (c) In addition, on or before each Distribution Account Deposit Date,
the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Distribution Account (or remit to the
Trustee for deposit therein) any Monthly Advances required to be made by the
Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

         (d) No later than 3:00 p.m. New York time on each Distribution Account
Deposit Date, the Master Servicer will transfer all Available Funds on deposit
in the Master Servicer Collection Account with respect to the related
Distribution Date to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account.

         Section 4.04 DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. (a) The Trustee shall establish and
maintain in the name of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders,
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 in accordance with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.

         (c) The Distribution Account shall constitute a trust account of the
Trust Fund segregated on the books of the Trustee and held by the Trustee in
trust in its Corporate Trust Office, 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 or
the Master Servicer (whether made directly, or indirectly through a liquidator
or receiver of the Trustee or the Master Servicer). The Distribution Account
shall be an Eligible Account. The amount at any time credited to the
Distribution Account shall be (i) held in cash and fully insured by the FDIC to
the maximum coverage provided thereby or (ii) invested in the name of the
Trustee, in such Permitted Investments as may be selected by the Master Servicer
or deposited in demand deposits with such depository institutions as may be
selected by the Master Servicer, provided that time deposits of such depository
institutions would be a Permitted Investment. 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 Master Servicer. The Master
Servicer shall be permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all
investment earnings from the Distribution Account on each Distribution Date. If
there is any loss on a Permitted Investment or demand deposit, the Master
Servicer shall remit the amount of the loss to the Trustee who shall deposit
such amount in the Distribution Account. With respect to the Distribution
Account and the funds deposited therein, the Master Servicer shall take such
action as may be necessary to ensure that the Certificateholders 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, from time to time on demand of the Master
Servicer or the Securities Administrator, make or cause to be made such
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Servicer has designated for such transfer or withdrawal pursuant to this
Agreement and the Servicing Agreements or as the Securities Administrator has
instructed hereunder for the following purposes (limited in the case of amounts
due the Master Servicer to those not withdrawn from the Master Servicer
Collection Account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement):

                  (i) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for any
Monthly Advance of its own funds, the right of the Master Servicer or a Servicer
to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause (i) being limited to amounts
received on a particular Mortgage Loan (including, for this purpose, the
Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds) which
represent late payments or recoveries of the principal of or interest on such
Mortgage Loan respecting which such Monthly Advance was made;

                  (ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer from
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage
Loan for amounts expended by the Master Servicer or such Servicer in good faith
in connection with the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property which was
damaged by an Uninsured Cause or in connection with the liquidation of such
Mortgage Loan;

                  (iii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer from
Insurance Proceeds relating to a particular Mortgage Loan for insured expenses
incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan and to reimburse the Master Servicer
or such Servicer from Liquidation Proceeds from a particular Mortgage Loan for
Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided that
the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement for Liquidation
Expenses with respect to a Mortgage Loan to the extent that (i) any amounts with
respect to such Mortgage Loan were paid as Excess Liquidation Proceeds pursuant
to clause (viii) of this Subsection 4.05 (a) to the Master Servicer; and (ii)
such Liquidation Expenses were not included in the computation of such Excess
Liquidation Proceeds;

                  (iv) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for
advances of funds (other than Monthly Advances) made with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, and the right to reimbursement pursuant to this subclause being
limited to amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan (including, for this
purpose, the Repurchase Price therefor, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation
Proceeds) which represent late recoveries of the payments for which such
advances were made;

                  (v) to reimburse the Master Servicer or any Servicer for any
Monthly Advance or advance, after a Realized Loss has been allocated with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan if the Monthly Advance or advance has not
been reimbursed pursuant to clauses (i) and (iv);

                  (vi) to pay the Master Servicer as set forth in Section 3.14;

                  (vii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for expenses, costs and
liabilities incurred by and reimbursable to it pursuant to Sections 3.03,
7.04(c) and (d);

                  (viii) to pay to the Master Servicer, as additional servicing
compensation, any Excess Liquidation Proceeds to the extent not retained by the
related Servicer;

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                  (ix) to reimburse or pay any Servicer any such amounts as are
due thereto under the applicable Servicing Agreement and have not been retained
by or paid to the Servicer, to the extent provided in the related Servicing
Agreement;

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

                  (xi) to remove amounts deposited in error; and

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

         (b) The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting, on
a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, for the purpose of accounting for any
reimbursement from the Distribution Account pursuant to subclauses (i) through
(iv) or with respect to any such amounts which would have been covered by such
subclauses had the amounts not been retained by the Master Servicer without
being deposited in the Distribution Account under Section 4.02(b).

         (c) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute the
Available Funds to the extent on deposit in the Distribution Account to the
Holders of the Certificates in accordance with distribution instructions
provided to it by the Securities Administrator in writing no later than two
Business Days prior to such Distribution Date and determined by the Securities
Administrator in accordance with Section 6.01.

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                                    ARTICLE V
                                  Certificates

         Section 5.01 CERTIFICATES. (a) The Depository, the Depositor and the
Trustee have entered into a Depository Agreement dated as of the Closing Date
(the "Depository Agreement"). Except for the Residual Certificates, the Private
Certificates and the Individual Certificates and as provided in Subsection
5.01(b), the Certificates shall at all times remain registered in the name of
the Depository or its nominee and at all times: (i) registration of such
Certificates may not be transferred by the Trustee except to a successor to the
Depository; (ii) ownership and transfers of registration of such Certificates on
the books of the Depository shall be governed by applicable rules established by
the Depository; (iii) the Depository may collect its usual and customary fees,
charges and expenses from its Depository Participants; (iv) the Trustee shall
deal with the Depository as representative of such Certificate Owners of the
respective Class of Certificates for purposes of exercising the rights of
Certificateholders under this Agreement, and requests and directions for and
votes of such representative shall not be deemed to be inconsistent if they are
made with respect to different Certificate Owners; and (v) the Trustee may rely
and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the
Depository with respect to its Depository Participants.

         The Residual Certificates and the Private Certificates are initially
Physical Certificates. If at any time the Holders of all of the Certificates of
one or more such Classes request that the Trustee cause such Class to become
Global Certificates, the Trustee and the Depositor will take such action as may
be reasonably required to cause the Depository to accept such Class or Classes
for trading if it may legally be so traded.

         All transfers by Certificate Owners of such respective Classes of
Book-Entry Certificates and any Global Certificates shall be made in accordance
with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm
representing such Certificate Owners. Each Depository Participant shall only
transfer Book-Entry Certificates of Certificate Owners it represents or of
brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository's
normal procedures.

         (b) If (i)(A) the Depositor advises the Trustee in writing that the
Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Depository and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a
qualified successor within 30 days or (ii) the Depositor at its option advises
the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through
the Depository, the Trustee shall request that the Depository notify all
Certificate Owners of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability
of definitive, fully registered Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting
the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the Certificates by the Depository,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration,
the Trustee shall issue the definitive Certificates. Neither the Depositor nor
the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of any instructions
required under this section and 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 Fractional
Undivided Interest in the related Class of Certificates. In order to make such
request, such Certificate Owner shall, subject to the rules and procedures of
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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 Fractional
Undivided Interest 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 Current Principal Amount 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 Fractional Undivided Interest 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.

         (c) (i) REMIC I will be evidenced by (x) the REMIC I Regular Interests
(designated below), which will be uncertificated and non-transferable and are
hereby designated as the "regular interests" in REMIC I and have the principal
balances and accrue interest at the Pass-Through Rates equal to those set forth
in this Section 5.01(c)(i) and (y) the Class R-I Certificates, which is hereby
designated as the single "residual interest" in REMIC I.

  REMIC I Interest       Initial Balance   Pass-Through Rate     Related Group
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         I-A                  $2,276.13        6.75%                Group I
         I-X                      (1)           (2)                 Group I
        I-PO              $9,368,323.47        0.00%                Group I
        I-ZZZ           $883,175,022.66        6.75%                Group I
        II-A                    $410.85        6.50%                Group II
        II-X                      (3)           (4)                 Group II
        II-PO             $2,256,643.64        0.00%                Group II
       II-ZZZ           $158,834,100.11        6.50%                Group II
        III-A                   $682.53         (5)                 Group III
       III-ZZZ           267,674,569.95         (5)                 Group III
         R-I                     $50.00        6.75%                Group I

_________________________

(1) REMIC I Regular Interest I-X will not have a Uncertificated Principal
Balance, but will accrue interest on a Notional Amount equal to the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Group I Mortgage Loans.

(2) REMIC I Regular Interest I-X will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through
Rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average Net Mortgage Rates
on the Group I Mortgage Loans with a Net Mortgage Rate greater than 6.75% over
(b) 6.75% per annum.

(3) REMIC I Regular Interest II-X will not have a Uncertificated Principal
Balance, but will accrue interest on a Notional Amount equal to the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Group II Mortgage Loans.

(4) REMIC I Regular Interest II-X will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through
Rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average Net Mortgage Rates
on the Group II Mortgage Loans with a Net Mortgage Rate greater than 6.50% over
(b) 6.50% per annum.

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(5) REMIC I Regular Interest III-A and REMIC I Regular Interest III-ZZZ will
bear interest at a Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net
Rates of the Group III Mortgage Loans.

         Distributions of principal shall be deemed to be made to the REMIC I
Regular Interests, first, 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
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over
(y) the Current Principal Amount of the Senior Certificate in 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 second, any remaining principal in each Loan Group to the
related REMIC I Regular Interest ending with the designation ZZZ (provided that
a portion of the remaining principal equal to the Class PO Certificate Principal
Distribution Amount attributable to the Group I Mortgage Loans and the Class PO
Certificate Principal Distribution Amount attributable to the Group II Mortgage
Loans will be distributed to REMIC I Regular Interest I-PO and REMIC I Regular
Interest II-PO, respectively). Realized Losses from each Loan Group shall be
applied after all distributions have been made on each Distribution Date, first,
to the related 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 Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group over (y) the Current Principal
Amount of the Senior Certificate in the related Loan Group (except that if any
such excess is a larger number than in the preceding distribution period, the
least amount of Realized Losses shall be applied to such REMIC I Regular
Interests such that the REMIC I Subordinated Balance Ratio is maintained); and
second, any remaining Realized Losses from each Loan Group shall be allocated to
the related REMIC I Regular Interests ending with the designation ZZZ (except
that if a Realized Loss is recognized with respect to a Discount Mortgage Loan
in either the Group I Mortgage Loans or Group II Mortgage Loans, the applicable
portion of such Realized Loss will be allocated to REMIC I Regular Interest I-PO
and REMIC I Regular Interest II-PO, respectively).

         (ii) REMIC II will be evidenced by (x) the REMIC II Regular Interests
(designated below), which will be uncertificated and non-transferable and are
hereby designated as the "regular interests" in REMIC II and have the principal
balances and accrue interest at the Pass-Through Rates equal to those set forth
in this Section 5.01(c)(ii) and (y) the Class R-II Certificate, which is hereby
designated as the single "residual interest" in REMIC II.

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REMIC II Interest   Initial Balance  Pass-Through Rate     Related Group
-----------------   ---------------  -----------------     -------------
      I-A-1         $537,760,000.00        6.00%               Group I
      I-A-2         $322,656,000.00        8.00%               Group I
       I-X                      (1)         (1)                Group I
       I-PO           $9,368,323.47        0.00%               Group I
      II-A-1         $77,363,000.00        5.00%               Group II
      II-A-2         $77,363,000.00        8.00%               Group II

       II-X                     (2)         (2)                Group II
      II-PO           $2,256,643.64        0.00%               Group II
     III-A-1        $260,850,000.00         (3)                Group III
       B-1           $25,766,000.00         (4)        Group I through Group III
       B-2            $2,642,000.00         (4)        Group I through Group III
       B-3            $1,982,000.00         (4)        Group I through Group III
       B-4            $1,322,000.00         (4)        Group I through Group III
       B-5              $660,000.00         (4)        Group I through Group III
       B-6            $1,322,962.23         (4)        Group I through Group III
       R-II                  $50.00        6.75%                Group I

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(1) REMIC II Regular Interest I-X will not have a Uncertificated Principal
Balance or Pass-Through Rate, but will be entitled to receive 100% of the
interest payable with respect to REMIC I Regular Interest I-X.

(2) REMIC II Regular Interest II-X will not have a Uncertificated Principal
Balance or Pass-Through Rate, but will be entitled to receive 100% of the
interest payable with respect to REMIC I Regular Interest II-X.

(3) REMIC II Regular Interest III-A-1 will bear interest at a Pass-Through Rate
equal to the weighted average of the Net Rates of the Group III Mortgage Loans.

(4) A variable Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the
Pass-Through Rates on REMIC I Regular Interests I-A, II-A and III-A, weighted on
the basis of the Uncertificated Principal Balance of each such REMIC I Regular
Interest immediately preceding the related Distribution Date.

         Principal shall be payable to, and shortfalls, losses and prepayments
are allocable to, the REMIC II Regular Interests as such amounts are payable and
allocable to the Corresponding Certificates.

         (iii) The Classes of the Certificates shall have the following
designations, initial principal amounts and Pass-Through Rates:

       Designation     Initial Principal Amount    Pass-Through Rate
       -----------     ------------------------    -----------------

          I-A-1           $   537,760,000.00           6.000%
          I-A-2           $   322,656,000.00             (1)
          I-A-3                          (2)             (3)
          I-A-4                          (2)             (4)
           I-X            $              (5)             (6)
           I-PO           $     9,368,323.47           0.000%
          II-A-1          $    77,363,000.00           5.000%
          II-A-2          $    77,363,000.00             (7)
          II-A-3          $              (8)             (9)
           II-X           $             (10)            (11)
          II-PO           $     2,256,643.64           0.000%

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         III-A-1          $   260,850,000.00            (12)
           R-I            $               50           6.750%
           R-II           $               50           6.750%
          R-III           $               50           6.750%
           B-1            $    25,766,000.00            (13)
           B-2            $     2,642,000.00            (13)
           B-3            $     1,982,000.00            (13)
           B-4            $     1,322,000.00            (13)
           B-5            $       660,000.00            (13)
           B-6            $     1,322,962.23            (13)

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(1) The Class I-A-2 Certificates will bear interest at a Pass-Through Rate equal
to 1.520% per annum for the first Distribution Date, and thereafter at an
adjustable Pass-Through Rate equal to 0.400% per annum plus LIBOR, subject to a
minimum rate of 0.400% per annum and a maximum rate equal to 8.000% per annum.

(2) The Class I-A-3 Certificates and I-A-4 Certificates do not have an initial
Current Principal Amount. The Class I-A-3 Certificates and Class I-A-4
Certificates each have an initial Notional Amount of $322,656,000.00. For
federal income tax purposes, the Class I-A-3 Certificates and Class I-A-4
Certificates each will have a Notional Amount equal to REMIC II Regular Interest
I-A-2.

(3) The Class I-A-3 Certificates will bear interest at a Pass-Through Rate equal
to 6.430% per annum for the first Distribution Date, and thereafter at an
adjustable Pass-Through Rate equal to 7.550% per annum minus LIBOR, subject to a
minimum rate of 0.000% per annum and a maximum rate equal to 7.550% per annum.
For federal income tax purposes, the Class I-A-3 Certificates will bear interest
at a Pass-Through Rate equal to (a) 8.00% per annum minus (b) 0.450% per annum
plus LIBOR subject to a maximum rate equal to 8.00% per annum.

(4) The Class I-A-4 Certificates will bear interest at a Pass-Through Rate equal
to 0.050% per annum for the first Distribution Date, and thereafter at an
adjustable Pass-Through Rate equal to 7.600% per annum minus LIBOR, subject to a
minimum rate of 0.000% per annum and a maximum rate equal to 0.050% per annum.
For federal income tax purposes, the Class I-A-4 Certificates will bear interest
at a Pass-Through Rate equal to (a) 8.00% per annum minus (b) 0.400% per annum
plus LIBOR subject to a minimum rate equal to 7.95% per annum.

(5) The Class I-X Certificates do not have an initial current principal amount.
The Class I-X Certificates have an initial Notional Amount of $637,060,432.10.

(6) The Class I-X Certificates will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through
Rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average Net Mortgage Rates
on the Group I Mortgage Loans with a Net Mortgage Rate greater than or equal to
6.750% over (b) 6.750% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate for the initial Interest
Accrual Period is 0.444% per annum. For federal income tax purposes, the Class
I-X Certificates will not have a Pass-Through Rate, but will be entitled to
receive 100% of the interest payable with respect to REMIC II Regular Interest
I-X.

(7) The Class II-A-2 Certificates will bear interest at a Pass-Through Rate
equal to 1.520% per annum for the first Distribution Date, and thereafter at an
adjustable Pass-Through Rate equal to 0.400% per annum plus LIBOR, subject to a
minimum rate of 0.400% per annum and a maximum rate equal to 8.000% per annum.

(8) The Class II-A-3 Certificates do not have an initial Current Principal
Amount. The Class II-A-3 Certificates have an initial Notional Amount of
$77,363,000.00. For federal income tax purposes, the Class II-A-3 Certificates
will have a Notional Amount equal to REMIC II Regular Interest II-A-2.

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(9) The Class II-A-3 Certificates will bear interest at a Pass-Through Rate
equal to 6.480% per annum for the first Distribution Date, and thereafter at an
adjustable Pass-Through Rate equal to 7.600% per annum minus LIBOR, subject to a
minimum rate of 0.000% per annum and a maximum rate equal to 7.600% per annum.

(10) The Class II-X Certificates do not have an initial current principal
amount. The Class II-X Certificates have an initial Notional Amount of
$106,059,917.45.

(11) The Class II-X Certificates will bear interest at a variable Pass-Through
Rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the weighted average Net Mortgage Rates
on the Group II Mortgage Loans with a Net Mortgage Rate greater than or equal to
6.500% over (b) 6.500% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate for the initial Interest
Accrual Period is 0.313% per annum. For federal income tax purposes, the Class
II-X Certificates will not have a Pass-Through Rate, but will be entitled to
receive 100% of the interest payable with respect to REMIC II Regular Interest
II-X.

(12) The Class III-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at a variable
Pass-Through Rate equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the
Group III Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the respective Scheduled
Principal Balances of each such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the Due
Period immediately preceding the related Distribution Date; provided that, for
federal income tax purposes the Class III-A-1 Certificates will bear interest at
a rate equivalent to the foregoing, expressed as the weighted average of the
Pass-Through Rate on REMIC II Regular Interest III-A-1, weighted on the basis of
the Uncertificated Principal balance of such REMIC II Regular Interest
immediately preceding the related Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate with
respect to the first Interest Accrual Period is 6.998% per annum.

(13) The Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates will each bear interest at a variable Pass- Through Rate equal to
the weighted average of 6.750% per annum, 6.500% per annum and the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Group III Mortgage Loans, weighted in
proportion to the results of subtracting from the aggregate principal balance of
each Loan Group, the Current Principal Amount of the related Class or Classes of
Senior Certificates; provided that for federal income tax purposes such
Certificates will bear interest at a rate equivalent to the foregoing, expressed
as the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates on REMIC II Regular Interests
B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5 and B-6, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated
Principal Balance of each such REMIC II Regular Interest immediately preceding
the related Distribution Date.

         (d) 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 in the Trust Fund has been
designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for the REMIC I Regular
Interests, REMIC II Regular Interests and the Certificates.

         (e) With respect to each Distribution Date, each Class of Certificates
(other than the Principal Only Certificates) shall accrue interest during the
related Interest Accrual Period. With respect to each Distribution Date and each
such Class of Certificates, interest shall be calculated, on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months, based upon the respective
Pass-Through Rate set forth, or determined as provided, above and the Current
Principal Amount (or Notional Amount in the case of the Interest Only
Certificates) of such Class applicable to such Distribution Date.

         (f) The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms set forth in
Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3. On original issuance, the Trustee shall sign,
countersign and shall deliver them at the direction of the Depositor. Pending
the preparation of definitive Certificates of any Class, the Trustee may sign
and countersign temporary Certificates that are printed, lithographed or
typewritten, in authorized denominations for Certificates of such Class,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Certificates in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers or authorized signatories executing such
Certificates may determine,

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as evidenced by their execution of such Certificates. If temporary Certificates
are issued, the Depositor will cause definitive Certificates to be prepared
without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Certificates,
the temporary Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Certificates
upon surrender of the temporary Certificates at the office of the Trustee,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Certificates, the Trustee shall sign and countersign and deliver in
exchange therefor a like aggregate principal amount, in authorized denominations
for such Class, of definitive Certificates of the same Class. Until so
exchanged, such temporary Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits as definitive Certificates.

         (g) Each Class of Book-Entry Certificates will be registered as a
single Certificate of such Class held by a nominee of the Depository or the DTC
Custodian, and beneficial interests will be held by investors through the
book-entry facilities of the Depository in minimum denominations of (i) in the
case of the Senior Certificates (other than the Residual Certificates), $1,000
and in each case increments of $1.00 in excess thereof, and (ii) in the case of
the Offered Subordinate Certificates, $25,000 and increments of $1.00 in excess
thereof, except that one Certificate of each such Class may be issued in a
different amount so that the sum of the denominations of all outstanding
Certificates of such Class shall equal the Current Principal Amount of such
Class on the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall execute and
countersign Physical Certificates all in an aggregate principal amount that
shall equal the Current Principal Amount of such Class on the Closing Date. The
Private Certificates shall be issued in certificated fully-registered form in
minimum dollar denominations of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in
excess thereof, except that one Private Certificate of each Class may be issued
in a different amount so that the sum of the denominations of all outstanding
Private Certificates of such Class shall equal the Current Principal Amount of
such Class on the Closing Date. The Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
Certificate shall each be issued in certificated fully-registered form, each, in
the denomination of $50. Each Class of Global Certificates, if any, shall be
issued in fully registered form in minimum dollar denominations of $50,000 and
integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, except that one Certificate of
each Class may be in a different denomination so that the sum of the
denominations of all outstanding Certificates of such Class shall equal the
Current Principal Amount of such Class on the Closing Date. On the Closing Date,
the Trustee shall execute and countersign (i) in the case of each Class of
Offered Certificates, the Certificate in the entire Current Principal Amount of
the respective Class and (ii) in the case of each Class of Private Certificates,
Individual Certificates all in an aggregate principal amount that shall equal
the Current Principal Amount of each such respective Class on the Closing Date.
The Certificates referred to in clause (i) and if at any time there are to be
Global Certificates, the Global Certificates shall be delivered by the Depositor
to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository's instructions, shall be
delivered by the Depositor on behalf of the Depository to and deposited with the
DTC Custodian. The Trustee shall sign the Certificates by facsimile or manual
signature and countersign them by manual signature on behalf of the Trustee by
one or more authorized signatories, each of whom shall be Responsible Officers
of the Trustee or its agent. A Certificate bearing the manual and facsimile
signatures of individuals who were the authorized signatories of the Trustee or
its agent at the time of issuance shall bind the Trustee, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such positions prior to the
delivery of such Certificate.

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         (h) No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate
the manually executed countersignature of the Trustee or its agent, and such
countersignature upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Certificate has been duly executed and delivered hereunder.
All Certificates issued on the Closing Date shall be dated the Closing Date. All
Certificates issued thereafter shall be dated the date of their
countersignature.

         (i) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "startup" day of each
REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.

         (j) For federal income tax purposes, each REMIC shall have a tax year
that is a calendar year and shall report income on an accrual basis.

         (k) The Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall cause each REMIC to timely
elect to be treated as a REMIC under Section 860D of the Code. Any
inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of any
Trust established hereby shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the
validity of such elections.

         (l) The following legend shall be placed on the Residual Certificates,
whether upon original issuance or upon issuance of any other Certificate of any
such Class in exchange therefor or upon transfer thereof:

                  THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED 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, UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE
         TRUSTEE WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ADDRESSED TO THE
         DEPOSITOR, TRUSTEE, MASTER SERVICER AND SECURITIES
         ADMINISTRATOR AND ON WHICH THEY MAY RELY THAT IS SATISFACTORY
         TO THE TRUSTEE THAT THE PURCHASE OF CERTIFICATES ON BEHALF OF
         SUCH PERSON WILL NOT RESULT IN OR CONSTITUTE A NONEXEMPT
         PROHIBITED TRANSACTION, IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW
         AND WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE
         PART OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES
         ADMINISTRATOR OR THE TRUSTEE.

 The following legend shall be placed upon the Private Certificates, whether
upon original issuance or upon issuance of any other Certificate of any such
Class in exchange therefor or upon transfer thereof:

         THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED 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

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INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE CERTIFIES OR REPRESENTS THAT THE
PROPOSED TRANSFER AND HOLDING OF A CERTIFICATE AND THE SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS ASSETS: (I) WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL OR CLASS PROHIBITED
TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
EXEMPTION ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60 OR PTE 96-23 AND (II)
WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE DEPOSITOR,
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE
DEEMED REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL
CERTIFICATE OR UNLESS THE OPINION SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5.07 OF THE AGREEMENT IS
PROVIDED.

         Section 5.02 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES. (a)
The Trustee shall maintain at its Corporate Trust Office a Certificate Register
in which, subject 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.

         (b) Subject to Subsection 5.01(a) and, in the case of any Global
Certificate or Physical Certificate upon the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth below, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at
any office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose, the Trustee
shall sign, countersign and shall deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, a new Certificate of a like Class and aggregate
Fractional Undivided Interest, but bearing a different number.

         (c) By acceptance of an Individual Certificate, whether upon original
issuance or subsequent transfer, each holder of such a Certificate acknowledges
the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth in the Securities
Legend and agrees that it will transfer such a Certificate only as provided
herein. In addition to the provisions of Subsection 5.02(h), the following
restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer and registration of
transfer of an Individual Certificate to a transferee that takes delivery in the
form of an Individual Certificate:

                  (i) The Trustee shall register the transfer of an Individual
Certificate if the requested transfer is being made to a transferee who has
provided the Trustee with a Rule 144A Certificate or comparable evidence as to
its QIB status.

                  (ii) The Trustee shall register the transfer of any Individual
Certificate (and the Trustee shall be fully protected in so doing) if (x) the
transferor has advised the Trustee in writing that the Certificate is being
transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor; and (y) prior to the
transfer the transferee furnishes to the Trustee an Investment Letter (and the
Trustee shall be fully protected in so doing), provided that, if based upon an
Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee to the effect that the delivery of
(x) and (y) above are not sufficient to confirm that the proposed transfer is
being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to,
the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable laws,
the Trustee shall as a condition of the registration of any such transfer
require the transferor to furnish such other

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certifications, legal opinions or other information prior to registering the
transfer of an Individual Certificate as shall be set forth in such Opinion of
Counsel.

         (d) Subject to Subsection 5.02(h), so long as a Global Certificate of
such Class is outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository,
transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Certificate, or transfers by
holders of Individual Certificates of such Class to transferees that take
delivery in the form of beneficial interests in the Global Certificate, may be
made only in accordance with this Subsection 5.02(d) and in accordance with the
rules of the Depository:

                  (i) In the case of a beneficial interest in the Global
Certificate being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor, such
transferee shall be required to take delivery in the form of an Individual
Certificate or Certificates and the Trustee shall register such transfer only
upon compliance with the provisions of Subsection 5.02(c)(ii).

                  (ii) In the case of a beneficial interest in a Class of Global
Certificates being transferred to a transferee that takes delivery in the form
of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of such Class, except as set forth
in clause (i) above, the Trustee shall register such transfer only upon
compliance with the provisions of Subsection 5.02(c)(i).

                  (iii) In the case of an Individual Certificate of a Class
being transferred to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in a Global Certificate of such Class, the Trustee shall
register such transfer if the transferee has provided the Trustee with a Rule
144A Certificate or comparable evidence as to its QIB status.

                  (iv) No restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer
or registration of transfer of a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate
of a Class to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the Global Certificate of such Class; provided that each such
transferee shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties
contained in the Rule 144A Certificate as are sufficient to establish that it is
a QIB.

         (e) Subject to Subsection 5.02(h), an exchange of a beneficial interest
in a Global Certificate of a Class for an Individual Certificate or Certificates
of such Class, an exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of a
Class for a beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of such Class and an
exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of a Class for another
Individual Certificate or Certificates of such Class (in each case, whether or
not such exchange is made in anticipation of subsequent transfer, and, in the
case of the Global Certificate of such Class, so long as such Certificate is
outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository) may be made only in
accordance with this Subsection 5.02(e) and in accordance with the rules of the
Depository:

                  (i) A holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate
of a Class may at any time exchange such beneficial interest for an Individual
Certificate or Certificates of such Class.

                  (ii) A holder of an Individual Certificate or Certificates of
a Class may exchange such Certificate or Certificates for a beneficial interest
in the Global Certificate of such Class if such holder furnishes to the Trustee
a Rule 144A Certificate or comparable evidence as to its QIB status.

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                  (iii) A holder of an Individual Certificate of a Class may
exchange such Certificate for an equal aggregate principal amount of Individual
Certificates of such Class in different authorized denominations without any
certification.

         (f) (i) Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of an Individual
Certificate of a Class for a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate of such
Class as provided herein, the Trustee shall cancel such Individual Certificate
and shall (or shall request the Depository to) endorse on the schedule affixed
to the applicable Global Certificate (or on a continuation of such schedule
affixed to the Global Certificate and made a part thereof) or otherwise make in
its books and records an appropriate notation evidencing the date of such
exchange or transfer and an increase in the certificate balance of the Global
Certificate equal to the certificate balance of such Individual Certificate
exchanged or transferred therefor.

                  (ii) Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of a beneficial
interest in a Global Certificate of a Class for an Individual Certificate of
such Class as provided herein, the Trustee shall (or shall request the
Depository to) endorse on the schedule affixed to such Global Certificate (or on
a continuation of such schedule affixed to such Global Certificate and made a
part thereof) or otherwise make in its books and records an appropriate notation
evidencing the date of such exchange or transfer and a decrease in the
certificate balance of such Global Certificate equal to the certificate balance
of such Individual Certificate issued in exchange therefor or upon transfer
thereof.

         (g) The Securities Legend shall be placed on any Individual Certificate
issued in exchange for or upon transfer of another Individual Certificate or of
a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate.

         (h) Subject to the restrictions on transfer and exchange set forth in
this Section 5.02, the holder of any Individual Certificate may transfer or
exchange the same in whole or in part (in an initial certificate balance equal
to the minimum authorized denomination set forth in Section 5.01(g) above or any
integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) by surrendering such Certificate
at the Corporate Trust Office, or at the office of any transfer agent, together
with an executed instrument of assignment and transfer satisfactory in form and
substance to the Trustee in the case of transfer and a written request for
exchange in the case of exchange. The holder of a beneficial interest in a
Global Certificate may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository,
cause the Depository (or its nominee) to notify the Trustee in writing of a
request for transfer or exchange of such beneficial interest for an Individual
Certificate or Certificates. Following a proper request for transfer or
exchange, the Trustee shall, within five Business Days of such request made at
the Corporate Trust Office, sign, countersign and deliver at the Corporate Trust
Office, to the transferee (in the case of transfer) or holder (in the case of
exchange) or send by first class mail at the risk of the transferee (in the case
of transfer) or holder (in the case of exchange) to such address as the
transferee or holder, as applicable, may request, an Individual Certificate or
Certificates, as the case may require, for a like aggregate Fractional Undivided
Interest and in such authorized denomination or denominations as may be
requested. The presentation for transfer or exchange of any Individual
Certificate shall not be valid unless made at the Corporate Trust Office by the
registered holder in person, or by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

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         (i) At the option of the Certificateholders, Certificates may be
exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations of a like Class and
aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest, upon surrender of the Certificates to
be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office; provided, however, that no
Certificate may be exchanged for new Certificates unless the original Fractional
Undivided Interest represented by each such new Certificate (i) is at least
equal to the minimum authorized denomination or (ii) is acceptable to the
Depositor as indicated to the Trustee in writing. Whenever any Certificates are
so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee shall sign and countersign and the
Trustee shall deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.

         (j) If the Trustee so requires, every Certificate presented or
surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, with a signature guarantee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, duly executed by the holder thereof or his or
her attorney duly authorized in writing.

         (k) No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of
Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Certificates.

         (l) The Trustee shall cancel all Certificates surrendered for transfer
or exchange but shall retain such Certificates in accordance with its standard
retention policy or for such further time as is required by the record retention
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and thereafter
may destroy such Certificates.

         Section 5.03 MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATES. (a) If
(i) 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 (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee such security or
indemnity as it may require to save it harmless, and (iii) the Trustee has not
received notice that such Certificate has been acquired by a third Person, the
Trustee shall sign, countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
tenor and Fractional Undivided Interest but in each case bearing a different
number. The mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall thereupon be
canceled of record by the Trustee and shall be of no further effect and evidence
no rights.

         (b) Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.03,
the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute
complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust Fund, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate
shall be found at any time.

         Section 5.04 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentation of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Trustee and any
agent of the Depositor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions pursuant to Section 6.01 and for all other purposes
whatsoever. None of the Depositor, the Trustee or any agent of the Depositor or
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notice to the contrary. No Certificate shall be deemed duly presented for a
transfer effective on any Record Date unless the Certificate to be transferred
is presented no later than the close of business on the third Business Day
preceding such Record Date.

         Section 5.05 TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS ON RESIDUAL CERTIFICATES. (a)
Residual Certificates, or interests therein, may not be transferred without the
prior express written consent of the Tax Matters Person and the Depositor. As a
prerequisite to such consent, the proposed transferee must provide the Tax
Matters Person, the Depositor and the Trustee with an affidavit that the
proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee (and an affidavit that it is a
U.S. Person) as provided in Subsection 5.05(b).

         (b) No transfer, sale or other disposition of a Residual Certificate
(including a beneficial interest therein) may be made unless, prior to the
transfer, sale or other disposition of a Residual Certificate, the proposed
transferee (including the initial purchasers thereof) delivers to the Tax
Matters Person, the Trustee and the Depositor an affidavit in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit E stating, among other things, that as of the date of such
transfer (i) such transferee is a Permitted Transferee and that (ii) such
transferee is not acquiring such Residual Certificate for the account of any
person who is not a Permitted Transferee. The Tax Matters Person shall not
consent to a transfer of a Residual Certificate if it has actual knowledge that
any statement made in the affidavit issued pursuant to the preceding sentence is
not true. Notwithstanding any transfer, sale or other disposition of a Residual
Certificate to any Person who is not a Permitted Transferee, such transfer, sale
or other disposition shall be deemed to be of no legal force or effect
whatsoever and such Person shall not be deemed to be a Holder of a Residual
Certificate for any purpose hereunder, including, but not limited to, the
receipt of distributions thereon. If any purported transfer shall be in
violation of the provisions of this Subsection 5.05(b), then the prior Holder
thereof shall, upon discovery that the transfer of such Residual Certificate was
not in fact permitted by this Subsection 5.05(b), be restored to all rights as a
Holder thereof retroactive to the date of the purported transfer. None of the
Trustee, the Tax Matters Person or the Depositor shall be under any liability to
any Person for any registration or transfer of a Residual Certificate that is
not permitted by this Subsection 5.05(b) or for making payments due on such
Residual Certificate to the purported Holder thereof or taking any other action
with respect to such purported Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so
long as the written affidavit referred to above was received with respect to
such transfer, and the Tax Matters Person, the Trustee and the Depositor, as
applicable, had no knowledge that it was untrue. The prior Holder shall be
entitled to recover from any purported Holder of a Residual Certificate that was
in fact not a permitted transferee under this Subsection 5.05(b) at the time it
became a Holder all payments made on such Residual Certificate. Each Holder of a
Residual Certificate, by acceptance thereof, shall be deemed for all purposes to
have consented to the provisions of this Subsection 5.05(b) and to any amendment
of this Agreement deemed necessary (whether as a result of new legislation or
otherwise) by counsel of the Tax Matters Person or the Depositor to ensure that
the Residual Certificates are not transferred to any Person who is not a
Permitted Transferee and that any transfer of such Residual Certificates will
not cause the imposition of a tax upon the Trust or cause any REMIC to fail to
qualify as a REMIC.

         (c) The Residual Certificates (including a beneficial interest therein)
may not be purchased by or transferred to any person who is not a United States
Person.

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         (d) By accepting a Residual Certificate, the purchaser thereof agrees
to be a Tax Matters Person, and appoints the Securities Administrator to act as
its agent with respect to all matters concerning the tax obligations of the
Trust.

         Section 5.06 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF CERTIFICATES. (a) No
offer, sale, transfer or other disposition (including pledge) of any Certificate
shall be made by any Holder thereof unless registered under the Securities Act,
or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities or "Blue Sky" laws is available and the prospective
transferee (other than the Depositor) of such Certificate signs and delivers to
the Trustee an Investment Letter, if the transferee is an Institutional
Accredited Investor, in the form set forth as Exhibit F-l hereto, or a Rule 144A
Certificate, if the transferee is a QIB, in the form set forth as Exhibit F-2
hereto. Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence, no
restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer or registration of
transfer of a beneficial interest in any Certificate that is a Global
Certificate of a Class to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Global Certificate of such Class provided that each
such transferee shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties
contained in the Rule 144A Certificate as are sufficient to establish that it is
a QIB. In the case of a proposed transfer of any Certificate to a transferee
other than a QIB, the Trustee may require an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the
Trustee that such transaction is exempt from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act. The cost of such opinion shall not be an expense of the
Trustee or the Trust Fund.

         (b) The Private Certificates shall each bear a Securities Legend.

         Section 5.07 ERISA RESTRICTIONS. (a) Subject to the provisions of
subsection (b), no Residual Certificates or Private Certificates may be acquired
directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan or other
retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code, unless the proposed transferee provides either (i) the Trustee, with
an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master
Servicer and the Securities Administrator (upon which they may rely) which is
satisfactory to the Trustee, which opinion will not be at the expense of the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator,
that the purchase of such Certificates by or on behalf of such Plan is
permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a nonexempt
prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and will not
subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the
Trustee to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement or
(ii) in the case of the Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates, a
representation or certification to the Trustee (upon which the Trustee is
authorized to rely) to the effect that the proposed transfer and holding of such
a Certificate and the servicing, management and operation of the Trust: (I) will
not result in a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code which is not covered under an individual or class prohibited
transaction exemption including but not limited to Department of Labor
Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 84-14 (Class Exemption for Plan Asset
Transactions Determined by Independent Qualified Professional Asset Managers);
PTE 91-38 (Class Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving Bank Collective
Investment Funds); PTE 90-1 (Class Exemption for Certain Transactions Involving
Insurance Company Pooled Separate Accounts), PTE 95-60 (Class Exemption for
Certain Transactions Involving Insurance Company General Accounts), and PTCE
96-23 (Class Exemption for Plan Asset Transactions Determined by In-House Asset
Managers and (II) will not subject the Depositor, the

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Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Trustee to any obligation
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement.

         (b) Any Person acquiring an interest in a Global Certificate which is a
Private Certificate, by acquisition of such Certificate, shall be deemed to have
represented to the Trustee that in the case of the Class B-4, Class B-5 and
Class B-6 Certificates, either: (i) it is not acquiring an interest in such
Certificate directly or indirectly by, or on behalf of, an employee benefit plan
or other retirement arrangement which is subject to Title I of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, or (ii) the transfer and holding of an interest in such
Certificate to that Person and the subsequent servicing, management and
operation of the Trust and its assets: (I) will not result in any prohibited
transaction which is not covered under an individual or class prohibited
transaction exemption, including, but not limited to, PTE 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE
90-1, PTE 95-60 or PTE 96-23 and (II) will not subject the Depositor, the
Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Trustee to any obligation
in addition to those undertaken in the Agreement.

         (c) Each beneficial owner of a Class B-1, Class B-2 or Class B-3
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 90-30, as amended from time to time (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 Investors Service, Inc., 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.

         (d) Neither the Trustee, the Master Servicer nor the Securities
Administrator will be required to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance
with the transfer restrictions with respect to the Global Certificates. Any
attempted or purported transfer of any Certificate in violation of the
provisions of Subsections (a) or (b) above shall be void ab initio and such
Certificate shall be considered to have been held continuously by the prior
permitted Certificateholder. Any transferor of any Certificate in violation of
such provisions, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the Securities
Administrator and the Master Servicer from and against any and all liabilities,
claims, costs or expenses incurred by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator
or the Master Servicer as a result of such attempted or purported transfer. The
Trustee shall have no liability for transfer of any such Global Certificates in
or through book-entry facilities of any Depository or between or among
Depository Participants or Certificate Owners made in violation of the transfer
restrictions set forth herein.

         Section 5.08 RULE 144A INFORMATION. For so long as any Certificates are
outstanding and are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3)
of the Securities Act, (1) the Depositor will provide or cause to be provided to
any holder of such Certificates and any prospective purchaser thereof designated
by such a holder, upon the request of such holder or prospective purchaser, the
information required to be provided to such holder or prospective purchaser by
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act; and (2) the Depositor shall update
such information from time

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to time in order to prevent such information from becoming false and misleading
and will take such other actions as are necessary to ensure that the safe harbor
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act under Rule
144A is and will be available for resales of such Certificates conducted in
accordance with Rule 144A.

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                                   ARTICLE VI
                         Payments to Certificateholders

         Section 6.01 DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES. (a) Interest and
principal (as applicable) on the Certificates will be distributed monthly on
each Distribution Date, commencing in February 2004, in an amount equal to the
Available Funds on deposit in the Distribution Account for such Distribution
Date. On each Distribution Date, the Available Funds on deposit in the
Distribution Account shall be distributed as follows:

                  (i) on each Distribution Date, the Group I Available Funds
will be distributed to the Group I Senior Certificates as follows:

                  FIRST, to the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3, Class
                  I-A-4, Class I-X, Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
                  Certificates, on a pro rata basis, the Accrued Certificate
                  Interest on such Classes for such Distribution Date. As
                  described below, Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class
                  I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3, Class I-A-4, Class I-X, Class
                  R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III Certificates is subject to
                  reduction in the event of certain Net Interest Shortfalls
                  allocable thereto;

                  SECOND, to the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class I-A-3, Class
                  I-A-4, Class I-X, Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
                  Certificates, on a pro rata basis, any Accrued Certificate
                  Interest thereon remaining undistributed from previous
                  Distribution Dates, to the extent of remaining Group I
                  Available Funds;

                  THIRD, to the Class R-I, Class R-II and Class R-III
                  Certificates, on a pro rata basis, in reduction of the Current
                  Principal Amounts thereof, the Group I Senior Optimal
                  Principal Amount for such Distribution Date to the extent of
                  remaining Group I Available Funds, until the Current Principal
                  Amount of each such Class has been reduced to zero;

                  FOURTH, to the Class I-A-1 Certificates and Class I-A-2
                  Certificates, on a pro rata basis, in reduction of the Current
                  Principal Amounts thereof, the remaining Group I Senior
                  Optimal Principal Amount for such Distribution Date to the
                  extent of remaining Group I Available Funds, until the Current
                  Principal Amount of each such Class has been reduced to zero;

                  FIFTH, to the Class I-PO Certificates, the related Class I-PO
                  Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date to the extent of the remaining Group I
                  Available Funds, until the Current Principal Amount thereof
                  has been reduced to zero; and

                  SIXTH, to the Class I-PO Certificates, the Class I-PO
                  Certificate Deferred Amount to the extent of the remaining
                  Group I Available Funds, provided, that (i) such distributions
                  shall not reduce the Current Principal Amount of the Class
                  I-PO Certificates and (ii) no distribution will be made in
                  respect of the Class I-PO Certificate Deferred Amount on or
                  after the Cross-Over Date.

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                  (ii) on each Distribution Date, the Group II Available Funds
will be distributed to the Group II Senior Certificates as follows:

                  FIRST, to the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3 and
                  Class II-X Certificates, on a pro rata basis, the Accrued
                  Certificate Interest on such Classes for such Distribution
                  Date. As described below, Accrued Certificate Interest on the
                  Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3 and Class II-X
                  Certificates is subject to reduction in the event of certain
                  Net Interest Shortfalls allocable thereto;

                  SECOND, to the Class II-A-1, Class II-A-2, Class II-A-3 and
                  Class II-X Certificates, any Accrued Certificate Interest
                  thereon remaining undistributed from previous Distribution
                  Dates, to the extent of remaining Group II Available Funds;

                  THIRD, to the Class II-A-1 Certificates and Class II-A-2
                  Certificates, on a pro rata basis, in reduction of the Current
                  Principal Amounts thereof, the Group II Senior Optimal
                  Principal Amount for such Distribution Date to the extent of
                  remaining Group II Available Funds, until the Current
                  Principal Amount of each such Class has been reduced to zero;

                  FOURTH, to the Class II-PO Certificates, the Class II-PO
                  Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such
                  Distribution Date to the extent of the remaining Group II
                  Available Funds, until the Current Principal Amount thereof
                  has been reduced to zero; and

                  FIFTH, to the Class II-PO Certificates, the Class II-PO
                  Certificate Deferred Amount to the extent of the remaining
                  Group II Available Funds, provided, that (i) such
                  distributions shall not reduce the Current Principal Amount of
                  the Class II-PO Certificates and (ii) no distribution will be
                  made in respect of the Class II-PO Certificate Deferred Amount
                  on or after the Cross-Over Date.

                  (iii) on each Distribution Date, the Group III Available Funds
will be distributed to the Group III Senior Certificates as follows:

                  FIRST, to the Class III-A-1 Certificates, the Accrued
                  Certificate Interest on such Class for such Distribution Date.
                  As described below, Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class
                  III-A-1 Certificates is subject to reduction in the event of
                  certain Net Interest Shortfalls allocable thereto;

                  SECOND, to the Class III-A-1 Certificates, any Accrued
                  Certificate Interest thereon remaining undistributed from
                  previous Distribution Dates, to the extent of remaining Group
                  III Available Funds; and

                  THIRD, to the Class III-A-1 Certificates, in reduction of the
                  Current Principal Amount thereof, the Group III Senior Optimal
                  Principal Amount for such Distribution Date

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                  to the extent of remaining Group III Available Funds, until
                  the Current Principal Amount of such Class has been reduced to
                  zero.

                  (iv) Except as provided in paragraphs (v) and (vi) below, on
each Distribution Date on or prior to the Cross-Over Date, an amount equal to
the sum of the remaining Group I, Group II and Group III Available Funds after
the distributions in (i) and (ii) above will be distributed sequentially in the
following order, to the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5
and Class B-6 Certificates, in each case up to an amount equal to and in the
following order: (a) the Accrued Certificate Interest thereon for such
Distribution Date, (b) any Accrued Certificate Interest thereon remaining
undistributed from previous Distribution Dates and (c) such Class's Allocable
Share for such Distribution Date, in each case, to the extent of the remaining
Group I, Group II and Group III Available Funds.

                  (v) On each Distribution Date prior to the Cross-Over Date,
but after the reduction of the Current Principal Amount of all of the Senior
Certificates of a Certificate Group (other than the Interest Only Certificates
and Principal Only Certificates, as applicable) to zero, the Classes of Senior
Certificates (other than the Interest Only Certificates and Principal Only
Certificates, as applicable) in the remaining Certificate Groups will be
entitled to receive in reduction of their Current Principal Amounts, pro rata
based upon their Current Principal Amounts immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, in addition to any Principal Prepayments related to such
remaining Senior Certificates' respective Loan Group allocated to such Senior
Certificates, 100% of the Non-PO Percentage of the Principal Prepayments on any
Mortgage Loan in the Loan Group relating to the Senior Certificates of the fully
repaid Certificate Group; provided, however, that if (A) the weighted average of
the Subordinate Percentages on such Distribution Date equals or exceeds two
times the initial weighted average of the Subordinate Percentages and (B) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans delinquent 60 days
or more (including for this purpose any such Mortgage Loans in foreclosure and
Mortgage Loans with respect to which the related Mortgaged Property has been
acquired by the Trust), averaged over the last six months, as a percentage of
the aggregate Current Principal Amount of the Subordinate Certificates does not
exceed 50%, then the additional allocation of Principal Prepayments to such
remaining Class or Classes of Senior Certificates in accordance with this clause
(v) will not be made and 100% of the Non-PO Percentage of the Principal
Prepayments on any Mortgage Loan in the Loan Group relating to the fully repaid
Class or Classes of Senior Certificates will be allocated to the Subordinate
Certificates.

                  (vi) If on any Distribution Date on which the aggregate
Current Principal Amount of the Group I, Group II or Group III Senior
Certificates (other than the Interest Only Certificates and Principal Only
Certificates) would be greater than the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan Group (other than the PO Percentage of
the related Discount Mortgage Loans) and any Subordinate Certificates are still
outstanding, in each case after giving effect to distributions to be made on
such Distribution Date, (A) 100% of amounts otherwise allocable to the
Subordinate Certificates in respect of principal will be distributed to the
Group I, Group II and Group III Senior Certificates (other than the Interest
Only Certificates and Principal Only Certificates), as applicable, in reduction
of the Current Principal Amounts thereof, until the aggregate Current Principal
Amount of such Class or Classes of Senior Certificates is an amount equal to the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
Group (other than the PO Percentage of the related Discount Mortgage Loans), and
(B) the Accrued

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Certificate Interest otherwise allocable to the Subordinate Certificates on such
Distribution Date will be reduced, if necessary, and distributed to such Class
or Classes of Senior Certificates in an amount equal to the Accrued Certificate
Interest for such Distribution Date on the excess of (x) the aggregate Current
Principal Amount of such Class or Classes of Senior Certificates over (y) the
aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Loan
Group (other than the PO Percentage of the related Discount Mortgage Loans). Any
such reduction in the Accrued Certificate Interest on the Subordinate
Certificates will be allocated in reverse order of the Subordinate Certificates
numerical designations, commencing with the Class B-6 Certificates.

                  (vii) If, after distributions have been made pursuant to
priorities FIRST and SECOND of clause (i) above on any Distribution Date, the
remaining Group I Available Funds are less than the sum of the Group I Senior
Optimal Principal Amount and Class I-PO Certificate Principal Distribution
Amount, such amounts shall be reduced, and such remaining funds will be
distributed to the Group I Senior Certificates (other than the Class I-A-3,
Class I-A-4 and Class I-X Certificates) on the basis of such reduced amounts.
Notwithstanding any reduction in principal distributable to the Class I-PO
Certificates pursuant to this paragraph, the principal balance of the Class I-PO
Certificates shall be reduced not only by principal so distributed but also by
the difference between (i) principal distributable to the Class I-PO
Certificates in accordance with priority FIFTH of clause (i) above, and (ii)
principal actually distributed to the Class I-PO Certificates after giving
effect to this paragraph. The Class I-PO Certificate Cash Shortfall for the
Class I-PO Certificates with respect to any Distribution Date will be added to
the Class I-PO Certificate Deferred Amount.

                  (viii) If, after distributions have been made pursuant to
priorities FIRST and SECOND of clause (ii) above on any Distribution Date, the
remaining Group II Available Funds is less than the sum of the Group II Senior
Optimal Principal Amount, such amounts shall be reduced, and such remaining
funds will be distributed to the Group II Senior Certificates (other than the
Class I-A-3 Certificates and Class II-X Certificates) on the basis of such
reduced amounts. Notwithstanding any reduction in principal distributable to the
Class II-PO Certificates pursuant to this paragraph, the principal balance of
the Class II-PO Certificates shall be reduced not only by principal so
distributed but also by the difference between (i) principal distributable to
the Class II-PO Certificates in accordance with priority FOURTH of clause (ii)
above, and (ii) principal actually distributed to the Class II-PO Certificates
after giving effect to this paragraph. The Class II-PO Certificate Cash
Shortfall for the Class II-PO Certificates with respect to any Distribution Date
will be added to the Class II-PO Certificate Deferred Amount.

         (b) On each Distribution Date, any Available Funds remaining after
payment of interest and principal to the Classes of Certificates entitled
thereto, as described above, will be distributed to the Class R-III
Certificates; provided, that if on any Distribution Date there are any Group I,
Group II or Group III Available Funds remaining after payment of interest and
principal to a Class or Classes of Certificates entitled thereto, such amounts
will be distributed to the other Classes of Senior Certificates, pro rata, based
upon their Current Principal Amounts until all amounts due to all Classes of
Senior Certificates have been paid in full, before any amounts are distributed
to the Class R-III Certificates.

         (c) "Pro rata" distributions among Classes of Certificates will be made
in proportion to the then Current Principal Amount of such Classes.

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         (d) No Accrued Certificate Interest will be payable with respect to any
Class of Certificates after the Distribution Date on which the Current Principal
Amount or Notional Amount of such Certificate has been reduced to zero.

         (e) If on any Distribution Date the Available Funds for the Senior
Certificates in any Certificate Group is less than the Accrued Certificate
Interest on the related Senior Certificates for such Distribution Date prior to
reduction for Net Interest Shortfalls and the interest portion of Realized
Losses, the shortfall will be allocated among the holders of each Class of
Senior Certificates in such Certificate Group in proportion to the respective
amounts of Accrued Certificate Interest that would have been allocated thereto
in the absence of such Net Interest Shortfalls and/or Realized Losses for such
Distribution Date. In addition, the amount of any interest shortfalls will
constitute unpaid Accrued Certificate Interest and will be distributable to
holders of the Certificates of the related Classes entitled to such amounts on
subsequent Distribution Dates, to the extent of the applicable Available Funds
after current interest distributions as required herein. Any such amounts so
carried forward will not bear interest. Shortfalls in interest payments will not
be offset by a reduction in the servicing compensation of the Master Servicer or
otherwise, except to the extent of applicable Compensating Interest Payments.

         (f) The expenses and fees of the Trust shall be paid by each of the
REMICs, to the extent that such expenses relate to the assets of each of such
respective REMICs, and all other expenses and fees of the Trust shall be paid
pro rata by each of the REMICs.

         Section 6.02 ALLOCATION OF LOSSES. (a) On or prior to each
Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall determine the amount of any
Realized Loss in respect of each Mortgage Loan that occurred during the
immediately preceding calendar month, based on information provided by the
related Servicer.

         (b) Realized Losses with respect to a Mortgage Loan will be allocated
on a pro rata basis between the PO Percentage of the Scheduled Principal Balance
of such Mortgage Loan and the Non-PO Percentage of such Scheduled Principal
Balance.

         (c) On each Distribution Date, the PO Percentage of the principal
portion of any Realized Loss on a Discount Mortgage Loan and any Class PO
Certificate Cash Shortfall will be allocated to the related Principal Only
Certificates until the Current Principal Amount of those Principal Only
Certificates is reduced to zero. With respect to any Distribution Date through
the Cross-Over Date, the aggregate of all amounts so allocable to a class of
Principal Only Certificates on such date in respect of any Realized Losses and
any related Class PO Certificate Cash Shortfalls and all amounts previously
allocated in respect of such Realized Losses or Class PO Certificate Cash
Shortfalls and not distributed on prior Distribution Dates will be the related
"Class PO Certificate Deferred Amount." To the extent funds are available
therefor on any Distribution Date through the Cross-Over Date, distributions in
respect of the Class I-PO Certificate Deferred Amount will be made in accordance
with priority SIXTH of Section 6.01(a)(i), and distributions in respect of the
Class II-PO Certificate Deferred Amount will be made in accordance with priority
FIFTH of Section 6.01(a)(ii). No interest will accrue on the Class I-PO
Certificate Deferred Amounts or Class II-PO Certificate Deferred Amounts. On
each Distribution Date through the Cross-Over Date, the Current

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Principal Amount of the lowest ranking Class of Subordinate Certificates then
outstanding will be reduced by the amount of any distributions in respect of any
Class PO Certificate Deferred Amount on such Distribution Date which would
otherwise be paid as principal to the Subordinate Certificates in accordance
with the priorities set forth above, through the operation of the Subordinate
Certificate Writedown Amount. After the Cross-Over Date, no more distributions
will be made in respect of, and applicable Realized Losses and Class PO
Certificate Cash Shortfalls allocable to the Principal Only Certificates will
not be added to, the related Class PO Certificate Deferred Amount.

         (d) The applicable Non-PO Percentage of the principal portion of
Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans will be allocated on any Distribution Date
as follows: first, to the Class B-6 Certificates; second, to the Class B-5
Certificates; third, to the Class B-4 Certificates; fourth, to the Class B-3
Certificates; fifth, to the Class B-2 Certificates; and sixth, to the Class B-1
Certificates, in each case until the Current Principal Amount of such class has
been reduced to zero. The applicable Non-PO Percentage of the principal portion
of any Excess Loss for any Distribution Date will be allocated pro rata among
all outstanding Classes of Certificates (other than the Interest Only
Certificates and Principal Only Certificates) based on their Current Principal
Amounts. Once the Subordinate Certificates have been reduced to zero, the
applicable Non-PO Percentage of the principal portion of Realized Losses on the
Mortgage Loans in a Loan Group will be allocated on any Distribution Date to the
Class or Classes of Senior Certificates (other than the Interest Only
Certificates and Principal Only Certificates) of the related Certificate Group,
pro rata, based upon their respective current principal amounts. Once the Senior
Certificates (other than the Interest Only Certificates and Principal Only
Certificates) of a Certificate Group have been reduced to zero, the applicable
Non-PO Percentage of the principal portion of Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans in the related Loan Group (if any) will be allocated on a pro rata basis
to the remaining Senior Certificates (other than the Interest Only Certificates
and Principal Only Certificates) of the other Certificate Groups.

         (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (d), no such allocation of any
Realized Loss shall be made on a Distribution Date to any Class of Certificates
to the extent that such allocation would result in the reduction of the
aggregate Current Principal Amounts of all the Certificates as of such
Distribution Date, after giving effect to all distributions and prior
allocations of Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans on such date, to an amount
less than the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans
as of the first day of the month of such Distribution Date (such limitation, the
"Loss Allocation Limit").

         (f) Any Realized Losses allocated to a Class of Certificates shall be
allocated among the Certificates of such Class (other than the Interest Only
Certificates) in proportion to their respective Current Principal Amounts. Any
allocation of Realized Losses shall be accomplished by reducing the Current
Principal Amount of the related Certificates on the related Distribution Date.

         (g) Realized Losses shall be allocated on the Distribution Date in the
month following the month in which such loss was incurred and, in the case of
the principal portion thereof, after giving effect to distributions made on such
Distribution Date.

         (h) On each Distribution Date, the Securities Administrator shall
determine and notify the Trustee of the Subordinate Certificate Writedown
Amount. Any Subordinate Certificate

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Writedown Amount shall effect a corresponding reduction in the Current Principal
Amount of (i) if prior to the Cross-Over Date, the Current Principal Amounts of
the Subordinate Certificates, in the reverse order of their numerical Class
designations and (ii) from and after the Cross-Over Date, the Senior
Certificates, in accordance with priorities set forth in clause (b) above, which
reduction shall occur on such Distribution Date after giving effect to
distributions made on such Distribution Date.

         (i) Any Net Interest Shortfall will be allocated among the Classes of
Certificates in proportion to the respective amounts of Accrued Certificate
Interest that would have been allocated thereto in the absence of such Net
Interest Shortfall for such Distribution Date. The interest portion of any
Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans occurring on or prior to the
Cross-Over Date will not be allocated among any Certificates, but will reduce
the amount of Available Funds on the related Distribution Date. As a result of
the subordination of the Subordinate Certificates in right of distribution, such
Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans will be borne by the Subordinate
Certificates, in inverse order of their numerical Class designations. Following
the Cross-Over Date, the interest portion of Realized Losses on the Mortgage
Loans will be allocated to the Senior Certificates.

         (j) Any Deficient Valuation will on each Distribution Date be allocated
solely to the Subordinate Certificates until the Bankruptcy Coverage Termination
Date. The Bankruptcy Loss Amount and the related coverage levels may be reduced
or modified upon written confirmation from the related Rating Agencies that such
reduction or modification will not adversely affect the then current ratings of
the Senior Certificates by the related Rating Agencies. Such reduction may
adversely affect the coverage provided by subordination with respect to
Bankruptcy Losses. Any Fraud Loss will on each Distribution Date be allocated
solely to the Subordinate Certificates until the Fraud Coverage Termination
Date. Any Special Hazard Loss will on each Distribution Date be allocated solely
to the outstanding Subordinate Certificates until the Special Hazard Termination
Date.

         Section 6.03 PAYMENTS. (a) On each Distribution Date, other than the
final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute to each Certificateholder
of record as of the immediately preceding Record Date the Certificateholder's
pro rata share of its Class (based on the aggregate Fractional Undivided
Interest represented by such Holder's Certificates) of all amounts required to
be distributed on such Distribution Date to such Class, based on information
provided to the Trustee by the Securities Administrator. The Securities
Administrator shall calculate the amount to be distributed to each Class and,
based on such amounts, the Securities Administrator shall determine the amount
to be distributed to each Certificateholder. All of the Securities
Administrator's calculations of payments shall be based solely on information
provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer. Neither the
Securities Administrator nor the Trustee shall be required to confirm, verify or
recompute any information provided to it by the Master Servicer and/or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, but shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on such information.

         (b) Payment of the above amounts to each Certificateholder shall be
made (i) by check mailed to each Certificateholder entitled thereto at the
address appearing in the Certificate Register or (ii) upon receipt by the
Trustee on or before the fifth Business Day preceding the Record Date of

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written instructions from a Certificateholder by wire transfer to a United
States dollar account maintained by the payee at any United States depository
institution with appropriate facilities for receiving such a wire transfer;
provided, however, that the final payment in respect of each Class of
Certificates will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such
respective Certificates at the office or agency of the Trustee specified in the
notice to Certificateholders of such final payment.

         Section 6.04 STATEMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) Concurrently with
each distribution to Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator shall make
available to the parties hereto and each Certificateholder via the Securities
Administrator's internet website as set forth below, the following information,
expressed with respect to clauses (i) through (vii) in the aggregate and as a
Fractional Undivided Interest representing an initial Current Principal Amount
of $1,000, or in the case of the Residual Certificates, an initial Current
Principal Amount of $50:

                  (i) the Current Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) of each
Class of Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date;

                  (ii) the amount of the distribution allocable to principal on
each applicable Class of Certificates;

                  (iii) the aggregate amount of interest accrued at the related
Pass-Through Rate with respect to each Class during the related Interest Accrual
Period;

                  (iv) the Net Interest Shortfall and any other adjustments to
interest at the related Pass-Through Rate necessary to account for any
difference between interest accrued and aggregate interest distributed with
respect to each Class of Certificates;

                  (v) the amount of the distribution allocable to interest on
each Class of Certificates;

                  (vi) the Pass-Through Rates for each Class of Certificates
with respect to such Distribution Date;

                  (vii) the Current Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) of
each Class of Certificates after such Distribution Date;

                  (viii) the amount of any Monthly Advances, Compensating
Interest Payments and outstanding unreimbursed advances by the Master Servicer
or the Servicer included in such distribution separately stated for each Loan
Group;

                  (ix) the aggregate amount of any Realized Losses (listed
separately for each category of Realized Loss and for each Loan Group) during
the related Prepayment Period and cumulatively since the Cut-off Date and the
amount and source (separately identified) of any distribution in respect thereof
included in such distribution;

                  (x) with respect to each Mortgage Loan which incurred a
Realized Loss during the related Prepayment Period, (i) the loan number, (ii)
the Scheduled Principal Balance of such

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Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date, (ii) the Scheduled Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the related Due Period, (iii) the Net
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (iv) the amount of
the Realized Loss with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

                  (xi) with respect to each Loan Group, the amount of Scheduled
Principal and Principal Prepayments, (including but separately identifying the
principal amount of Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, the purchase
price in connection with the purchase of Mortgage Loans, cash deposits in
connection with substitutions of Mortgage Loans and Net Liquidation Proceeds)
and the number and principal balance of Mortgage Loans purchased or substituted
for during the relevant period and cumulatively since the Cut-off Date;

                  (xii) the number of Mortgage Loans (excluding REO Property) in
each Loan Group remaining in the Trust Fund as of the end of the related
Prepayment Period;

                  (xiii) information for each Loan Group and in the aggregate
regarding any Mortgage Loan delinquencies as of the end of the related
Prepayment Period, including the aggregate number and aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent 30 to 59 days on a
contractual basis, (b) delinquent 60 to 89 days on a contractual basis, and (c)
delinquent 90 or more days on a contractual basis, in each case as of the close
of business on the last Business Day of the immediately preceding month;

                  (xiv) for each Loan Group, the number of Mortgage Loans in the
foreclosure process as of the end of the related Due Period and the aggregate
Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans;

                  (xv) for each Loan Group, the number and aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans as to which the Mortgaged Property was
REO Property as of the end of the related Due Period;

                  (xvi) the book value (the sum of (A) the Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) accrued interest through the date of
foreclosure and (C) foreclosure expenses) of any REO Property in each Loan
Group; provided that, in the event that such information is not available to the
Securities Administrator on the Distribution Date, such information shall be
furnished promptly after it becomes available;

                  (xvii) the amount of Realized Losses allocated to each Class
of Certificates since the prior Distribution Date and in the aggregate for all
prior Distribution Dates; and

                  (xviii) the Average Loss Severity Percentage for each Loan
Group;

                  (xix) the amount of Special Hazard Losses, Fraud Losses,
Bankruptcy Losses and Extraordinary Losses on such Distribution Date and in the
aggregate for all prior Distribution Dates; and

                  (xx) the then applicable Senior Percentage, Senior Prepayment
Percentage, Subordinate Percentage and Subordinate Prepayment Percentage for
each Loan Group.

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         The information set forth above shall be calculated or reported, as the
case may be, by the Securities Administrator, based solely on, and to the extent
of, information provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer.
The Securities Administrator may conclusively rely on such information and shall
not be required to confirm, verify or recalculate any such information.

         The Securities Administrator may make available each month, to any
interested party, the monthly statement to Certificateholders via the Securities
Administrator's website initially located at "www.ctslink.com." Assistance in
using the website can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator's
customer service desk at (301) 815-6600. Parties that are unable to use the
above distribution option are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via
first class mail by calling the Securities Administrator's customer service desk
and indicating such. The Securities Administrator shall have the right to change
the way such reports are distributed in order to make such distribution more
convenient and/or more accessible to the parties, and the Securities
Administrator shall provide timely and adequate notification to all parties
regarding any such change.

         (b) By April 30 of each year beginning in 2005, the Trustee will
furnish such report to each Holder of the Certificates of record at any time
during the prior calendar year as to the aggregate of amounts reported pursuant
to subclauses (a)(ii) and (a)(v) above with respect to the Certificates, plus
information with respect to the amount of servicing compensation and such other
customary information as the Securities Administrator may determine and advises
the Trustee to be necessary and/or to be required by the Internal Revenue
Service or by a federal or state law or rules or regulations to enable such
Holders to prepare their tax returns for such calendar year. Such obligations
shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially
comparable information shall be provided by the Securities Administrator or the
Trustee pursuant to the requirements of the Code.

         Section 6.05 MONTHLY ADVANCES. If the Scheduled Payment on a Mortgage
Loan that was due on a related Due Date is delinquent other than as a result of
application of the Relief Act and for which the related Servicer was required to
make an advance pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement exceeds the amount
deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account which will be used for an
advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will deposit in
the Master Servicer Collection Account not later than the Distribution Account
Deposit Date immediately preceding the related Distribution Date an amount equal
to such deficiency, net of the Servicing Fee for such Mortgage Loan except to
the extent the Master Servicer determines any such advance to be a
Nonrecoverable Advance. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall
continue to make such advances through the date that the related Servicer is
required to do so under its Servicing Agreement. If the Master Servicer deems an
advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, on the Distribution Account Deposit
Date, the Master Servicer shall present an Officer's Certificate to the Trustee
(i) stating that the Master Servicer elects not to make a Monthly Advance in a
stated amount and (ii) detailing the reason it deems the advance to be a
Nonrecoverable Advance.

         Section 6.06 COMPENSATING INTEREST PAYMENTS. The Master Servicer shall
deposit in the Master Servicer Collection Account not later than each
Distribution Account Deposit Date an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the sum
of (x) the aggregate amounts required to be paid by the Servicers under the
Servicing Agreements with respect to subclauses (a) and (b) of the definition of

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Interest Shortfall with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related
Distribution Date, and not so paid by the related Servicers and (y) with respect
to the Wells Fargo Guide Mortgage Loans, the amount calculated pursuant to
subclause (b) of the definition of Interest Shortfall for the related
Distribution Date and (ii) the Master Servicer Compensation for such
Distribution Date (such amount, the "Compensating Interest Payment"). The Master
Servicer shall not be entitled to any reimbursement of any Compensating Interest
Payment.

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                                   ARTICLE VII
                               The Master Servicer

         Section 7.01 LIABILITIES OF THE MASTER SERVICER. 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 MASTER SERVICER.

         (a) 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,
the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under
this Agreement.

         (b) Any Person into which the Master Servicer may be merged or
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which the Master Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the
business of the Master Servicer, shall be the successor of 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, THE MASTER SERVICER AND
THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR. (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, the Servicing Agreements, the
Assignment Agreements, the Custodial Agreement or the Certificates or the powers
of attorney delivered by the Trustee hereunder (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 Depositor written notice thereof promptly
after the Trustee shall have with respect to such claim or legal action
knowledge thereof. The Master Servicer's failure to receive any such notice
shall not affect the Trustee's right to indemnification hereunder, except to the
extent the Master Servicer's defense of such claim or legal action is materially
prejudiced by such failure to give notice. This indemnity shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee, Master Servicer or the Securities
Administrator and the termination of this Agreement.

         (b) The Depositor will indemnify any Indemnified Person for any loss,
liability or expense of any Indemnified Person not otherwise covered by the
Master Servicer's indemnification pursuant to Subsection (a) above.

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         Section 7.04 LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY OF 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 Master Servicer nor any of the directors, officers,
employees or agents of the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to the
Indemnified Persons, the Depositor, 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 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 Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of
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 Master Servicer, the Custodian and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Master Servicer or the Custodian 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 Certificates or any Servicing Agreement
(except to the extent that the Master Servicer is indemnified by the Servicer
thereunder), other than (i) any such loss, liability or expense 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 to the Custodian's failure to
perform its duties under the Custodial Agreement, respectively, or (ii) any such
loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of the Master Servicer's or the
Custodian's willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of duties hereunder or under the Custodial Agreement, as applicable,
or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder or under
the Custodial Agreement, as applicable.

         (d) The Master Servicer shall not 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 Master Servicer Collection
Account as provided by Section 4.03. Nothing in this Subsection 7.04(d) shall
affect the Master Servicer's obligation to supervise, or to take such actions as
are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to Subsection 3.01(a).

         (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

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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.

         (f) The Master Servicer shall not be liable for any acts or omissions
of any Servicer, except as otherwise expressly provided herein.

         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 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
Independent Counsel addressed to the Trustee to such effect delivered to the
Trustee. No such resignation by the Master Servicer shall become effective until
the Company or the Trustee or a successor to the Master Servicer reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee 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 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 Company or the Trustee may make such arrangements for
the compensation of such successor master servicer out of payments on the
Mortgage Loans as the Company or 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the compensation
payable to a successor master servicer may not exceed the compensation which the
Master Servicer would have been entitled to retain if the Master Servicer had
continued to act as Master Servicer hereunder.

                  The Master Servicer shall notify the Wells Fargo Guide
Servicers of the appointment of any successor master servicer or of the
assumption of the duties of the Master Servicer and shall promptly instruct the
Wells Fargo Guide Servicers to direct all remittances and reports required to be
delivered by the related Wells Fargo Guide Servicer pursuant to the terms of the
Wells Fargo Guide to the successor master servicer in accordance with such
instructions as the successor master servicer shall provide; provided, however,
that if the Master Servicer fails to provide such instructions, the successor
master servicer shall provide such instructions. The Master Servicer shall
execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things all as may be
reasonably required to more fully and definitely vest and confirm in the
successor master servicer all the rights, powers, duties, responsibilities,
obligations and liabilities of the Master Servicer with regard to the
supervision and oversight of the Wells Fargo Guide Servicers vested in the
Master Servicer under this Agreement. The Master Servicer agrees that it shall
promptly remit to the successor master servicer all funds received in respect of
any Mortgage Loan or which are otherwise collected by the Master Servicer from
the Wells Fargo Guide Servicers in respect of any Mortgage Loan following the
effective date of the appointment of the successor master servicer.

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         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 and the Company may
terminate the Master Servicer without cause and select a new Master Servicer;
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 (unless otherwise approved by each Rating Agency
pursuant to clause (ii) below); (c) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee (as evidenced in a writing signed by the Trustee); and (d) shall execute
and deliver to the Trustee an agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, 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 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
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 and the Trustee; (iii) the Master Servicer assigning and selling
the master servicing shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and
an Opinion of Independent Counsel addressed to the Trustee, 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;
and (iv) in the event the Master Servicer is terminated without cause by the
Company, the Company shall pay the terminated Master Servicer a termination fee
equal to 0.25% of the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans at the time the master servicing of the Mortgage Loans is transferred to
the successor Master Servicer. 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

         Section 8.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default," wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) and
only with respect to the defaulting Master Servicer:

                  (i) The Master Servicer fails to cause to be deposited in the
Distribution Account any amount so required to be deposited pursuant to this
Agreement (other than a Monthly Advance), and such failure continues unremedied
for a period of three Business Days after the date upon which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the
Master Servicer; or

                  (ii) The Master Servicer fails to observe or perform in any
material respect any other material covenants and agreements set forth in this
Agreement to be performed by it, which covenants and agreements materially
affect the rights of Certificateholders, and such failure continues unremedied
for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
properly requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master
Servicer by the Trustee or to the Master Servicer and the Trustee by the Holders
of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less
than 25% of the Trust Fund; or

                  (iii) There is entered against the Master Servicer a decree or
order by a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the
premises for the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any
insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or
similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
the continuance of any such decree or order is unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days, or an involuntary case is commenced against the
Master Servicer under any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute and
the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after the commencement of the case;
or

                  (iv) The Master Servicer consents to the appointment of a
conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt,
marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to
the Master Servicer or substantially all of its property; or the Master Servicer
admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due,
files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or
reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations;

                  (v) 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

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

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In each and every such case, so long as such Event of Default with respect to
the Master Servicer shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee or the
Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating
not less than 51% of the principal of the Trust Fund, by notice in writing to
the Master Servicer (and to the Trustee if given by such Certificateholders),
with a copy to the Rating Agencies, and with the consent of the Company, may
terminate all of the rights and obligations (but not the liabilities) of the
Master Servicer under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and/or the
REO Property serviced by the Master Servicer and the proceeds thereof. Upon the
receipt by the Master Servicer of the written notice, all authority and power of
the Master Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the
Certificates, the Mortgage Loans, REO Property or under any other related
agreements (but only to the extent that such other agreements relate to the
Mortgage Loans or related REO Property) shall, subject to Section 8.02,
automatically and without further action pass to and be vested in the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 8.01; and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby
authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the 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 the Mortgage Loans and
related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer agrees to cooperate with
the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's rights and
obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the
Trustee of (i) the property and amounts which are then or should be part of the
Trust or which thereafter become part of the Trust; and (ii) originals or copies
of all documents of the Master Servicer reasonably requested by the Trustee to
enable it to assume the Master Servicer's duties thereunder. In addition to any
other amounts which are then, or, notwithstanding the termination of its
activities under this Agreement, may become payable to the Master Servicer under
this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, out of any
amount received on account of a Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, that
portion of such payments which it would have received as reimbursement under
this Agreement if notice of termination had not been given. The termination of
the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer shall not affect any
obligations incurred by the Master Servicer prior to such termination.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default described in
clause (vi) of this Section 8.01 shall occur, the Trustee shall, by notice in
writing to the Master Servicer, 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 Monthly 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
Monthly Advance the nonpayment of which was an Event of Default described in
clause (vi) 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. (a) Upon the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notice of termination pursuant to Section
8.01 or an Opinion of Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 7.05 to the effect
that the Master Servicer is legally unable to act or to delegate its duties to a
Person which is legally able to act, the Trustee shall automatically become the
successor in all respects to the Master Servicer in its capacity under this
Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall
thereafter be subject to all the responsibilities,

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duties, liabilities and limitations on liabilities relating thereto placed on
the Master Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof (including the
requirement to make Monthly Advances pursuant to Section 6.05); provided,
however, that the Company shall have the right to either (a) immediately assume
the duties of the Master Servicer or (b) select a successor Master Servicer;
provided further, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever
with respect to any liability (other than advances deemed recoverable and not
previously made) incurred by the Master Servicer at or prior to the time of
termination. As compensation therefor, but subject to Section 7.06, the Trustee
shall be entitled to compensation which the Master Servicer would have been
entitled to retain if the Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder, except
for those amounts due the Master Servicer as reimbursement permitted under this
Agreement for advances previously made or expenses previously incurred.
Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling so to act,
or shall, if it is legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established housing and home finance
institution which is a Fannie Mae- or Freddie Mac-approved servicer, and with
respect to a successor to the Master Servicer only, having a net worth of not
less than $10,000,000, 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; provided, that the Trustee shall obtain a letter
from each Rating Agency that the ratings, if any, on each of the Certificates
will not be lowered as a result of the selection of the successor to the Master
Servicer. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer hereunder,
the Trustee 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 the Mortgage Loans as it
and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that the provisions of
Section 7.06 shall apply, the compensation shall not be in excess of that which
the Master Servicer would have been entitled to if the Master Servicer had
continued to act hereunder, and that such successor shall undertake and assume
the obligations of the Trustee to pay compensation to any third Person acting as
an agent or independent contractor in the performance of master servicing
responsibilities hereunder. The Trustee and such successor shall take such
action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any
such succession.

         (b) If the Trustee shall succeed to any duties of the Master Servicer
respecting the Mortgage Loans as provided herein, it shall do so in a separate
capacity and not in its capacity as Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of
Article IX shall be inapplicable to the Trustee in its duties as the successor
to the Master Servicer in the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (although such
provisions shall continue to apply to the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee);
the provisions of Article VII, however, shall apply to it in its capacity as
successor master servicer.

         Section 8.03 NOTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. Upon any termination
or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall give
prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective
addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and to the Rating Agencies.

         Section 8.04 WAIVER OF DEFAULTS. The Trustee shall transmit by mail to
all Certificateholders, 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.
The Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests
aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund may, on behalf of all
Certificateholders, waive any

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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 any required distribution on the Certificates, which default may only
be waived by Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests
aggregating 100% of the Trust Fund. 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. All
costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with the removal of the
Master Servicer shall, to the extent not paid by the terminated Master Servicer,
be reimbursed to the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.05.

         Section 8.05 LIST OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. Upon written request of three
or more Certificateholders of record, for purposes of communicating with other
Certificateholders with respect to their rights under this Agreement, the
Trustee will afford such Certificateholders access during business hours to the
most recent list of Certificateholders held by the Trustee.

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                                   ARTICLE IX
             Concerning the Trustee and the Securities Administrator

         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, and the Securities Administrator each
undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement as duties of the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, respectively. 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 subject to Section 8.02(b) 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.

         (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 and the Securities Administrator
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, respectively, shall examine them to determine whether they are,
on their face, in the form required by this Agreement; provided, however, that
neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be responsible for
the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion,
report, document, order or other instrument furnished hereunder; provided,
further, that neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall 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 6.01 and 10.01 herein based
solely on the report of the Securities Administrator.

         (d) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator 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 and the Securities Administrator shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, neither the
Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall 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 or the Securities Administrator and, in the
absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
respectively, the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, 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 or the Securities Administrator, respectively, and conforming to the
requirements of this Agreement;

                  (ii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall be liable in its individual capacity for an error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee or an
officer of the Securities Administrator, respectively, unless

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it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
respectively, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

                  (iii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall 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 Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than
25% of the Trust Fund, 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 the Securities Administrator, respectively, or exercising any trust or other
power conferred upon the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively,
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's Corporate Trust Office shall have actual
knowledge thereof. In the absence of such notice, 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 that the Trustee's gross
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 or the Securities Administrator
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 or
the Securities Administrator, respectively, has been advised of the likelihood
of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

                  (vii) None of the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the
Company 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 and

                  (viii) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall 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 or the Securities Administrator
to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the
obligations of the Master Servicer under the Servicing Agreements, except during
such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with
the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Master Servicer in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.

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

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         (f) Except for those actions that the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator is required to take hereunder, neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Administrator shall have any obligation or liability to take any
action or to refrain from taking any action hereunder in the absence of written
direction as provided hereunder.

         Section 9.02 CERTAIN MATTERS AFFECTING THE TRUSTEE AND THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01:

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

                  (ii) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator 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) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall 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) Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder
and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred,
neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable 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) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall
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 Fractional
Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the Trust Fund and provided
that the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, 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 or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, reasonably assured to
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, by the security
afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement. The

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Trustee or the Securities Administrator 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 and the Securities Administrator 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 agent to perform its custodial functions with
respect to the Mortgage Files or paying agent functions under this Agreement
without the express written consent of the Master Servicer, which consent will
not be unreasonably withheld. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator shall be liable or responsible for the misconduct or negligence of
any of the Trustee's or the Securities Administrator's agents or attorneys or a
custodian or paying agent appointed hereunder by the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator with due care and, when required, with the consent of the Master
Servicer;

                  (vii) Should the Trustee or the Securities Administrator deem
the nature of any action required on its part, other than a payment or transfer
under Subsection 4.01(b) or Section 4.02, to be unclear, the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, respectively, may require prior to such action that it
be provided by the Depositor with reasonable further instructions;

                  (viii) The right of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement
shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator shall be accountable for other than its negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of any such act;

                  (ix) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator
shall 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

                  (x) Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall
have any duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of
any condition requiring the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan by the Seller
pursuant to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, as
applicable, or the eligibility of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this
Agreement.

         Section 9.03 TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR 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 neither
the Trustee, or the Custodian on its behalf, nor the Securities Administrator
shall have any responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Administrator makes any 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 2.05 hereof; provided, however, that the foregoing
shall not relieve the Trustee, or the Custodian on its behalf, of the obligation
to review the Mortgage Files pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 2.04. 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. Neither the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Depositor of any of the

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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. Neither the Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall 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. Neither the Trustee nor the
Securities Administrator shall 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 Mortgage or the
maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the
sufficiency of the Trust Fund or its ability to generate the payments to be
distributed to Certificateholders, under this Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor
the Securities Administrator shall have any responsibility for filing any
financing statement 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 AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR MAY OWN CERTIFICATES.
The Trustee and the Securities Administrator 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 Trustee or
the Securities Administrator, as applicable, and may otherwise deal with the
parties hereto.

         Section 9.05 TRUSTEE'S AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR'S FEES AND
EXPENSES. The fees and expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
shall be paid in accordance with a side letter agreement between the Trustee and
the Master Servicer. In addition, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator
will be entitled to recover from the Master Servicer Collection Account pursuant
to Section 4.03(b) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and
advances and the expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator,
respectively, in connection with any Event of Default, 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 or the Securities
Administrator, respectively, or any other cost, liability or expense arising out
of or in connection with this Agreement, the Servicing Agreements, the Custodial
Agreement, the Assignment Agreements or the Certificates (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.
If funds in the Master Servicer Collection Account are insufficient therefor,
the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall recover such expenses from
the Depositor and the Depositor hereby agrees to pay such expenses,
disbursements or advances upon demand. 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 AND SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR. The Trustee and any successor Trustee and the Securities
Administrator and any successor Securities Administrator 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 such 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
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successor Trustee, $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by federal
or state authority and, in the case of the Trustee, rated "BBB" or higher by S&P
or Fitch Ratings with respect to their long-term rating and rated "BBB" or
higher by S&P or Fitch Ratings 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 or successor Securities Administrator 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. 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 (combined capital and surplus) as set
forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.06, the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in Section 9.08.

         Section 9.07 INSURANCE. The Trustee and the Securities Administrator,
at their 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"). 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 or the Securities Administrator as to the Trustee's or the Securities
Administrator's, respectively, compliance with this Section 9.07 shall be
furnished to any Certificateholder upon reasonable written request.

         Section 9.08 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR. (a) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator may at any time
resign and be discharged from the Trust hereby created by giving written notice
thereof to the Depositor and the Master Servicer, with a copy to the Rating
Agencies. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or successor Securities Administrator, as
applicable, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to each of the resigning Trustee or Securities Administrator,
as applicable, the successor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable.
If no successor Trustee or Securities Administrator shall have been so appointed
and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee or Securities Administrator may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator.

         (b) If at any time the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.06 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or if at any time
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, or of its property shall be appointed,
or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the
Securities Administrator, as applicable, or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor shall
promptly remove the Trustee, or shall be entitled to remove the Securities
Administrator, as applicable, and appoint a successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator, as applicable, by written instrument, in triplicate, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to each of the Trustee or

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Securities Administrator, as applicable, so removed, the successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator, as applicable.

         (c) The Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided
Interests aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund may at any time remove
the Trustee or the Securities Administrator and appoint a successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator by written instrument or instruments, in quadruplicate,
signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete
set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator (if the Trustee is removed), the Trustee
(if the Securities Administrator is removed), and the Trustee or Securities
Administrator so removed and the successor so appointed. In the event that the
Trustee or Securities Administrator is removed by the Holders of Certificates in
accordance with this Section 9.08(c), the Holders of such Certificates shall be
responsible for paying any compensation payable to a successor Trustee or
successor Securities Administrator, in excess of the amount paid to the
predecessor Trustee or predecessor Securities Administrator, as applicable.

         (d) No resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator and appointment of a successor Trustee or Securities Administrator
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 9.08 shall become effective
except upon appointment of and acceptance of such appointment by the successor
Trustee or Securities Administrator as provided in Section 9.09.

         Section 9.09 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND SUCCESSOR SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) Any successor Trustee or Securities Administrator appointed as provided in
Section 9.08 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its
predecessor Trustee or Securities Administrator an instrument accepting such
appointment hereunder. The resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or
Securities Administrator shall then become effective and such successor Trustee
or Securities Administrator, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee or
Securities Administrator herein. The predecessor Trustee or Securities
Administrator shall after payment of its outstanding fees and expenses promptly
deliver to the successor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, all
assets and records of the Trust held by it hereunder, and the Depositor and the
predecessor Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall execute
and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be
required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor
Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, all such rights, powers,
duties and obligations.

         (b) No successor Trustee or Securities Administrator shall accept
appointment as provided in this Section 9.09 unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee or Securities Administrator shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 9.06.

         (c) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator as provided in this Section 9.09, the successor Trustee or
Securities Administrator shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee or
Securities Administrator hereunder to all Certificateholders at their addresses
as shown in the Certificate Register and to the Rating Agencies. The Company
shall pay the cost of any mailing by the successor Trustee or Securities
Administrator.

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         Section 9.10 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEE OR SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR. Any state bank or trust company or national banking association
into which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated or any state bank or trust
company or national banking association resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
respectively, shall be a party, or any state bank or trust company or national
banking association succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust business of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively,
shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Securities Administrator,
respectively, hereunder, provided such state bank or trust company or national
banking association shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 9.06. Such
succession shall be valid 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 9.11 APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE OR SEPARATE TRUSTEE. (a)
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of
meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the
Trust or property constituting the same may at the time be located, the
Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute
and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the
Trustee and the Depositor 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, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to
the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 9.11, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the
Depositor and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable.

         (b) If the Depositor shall not have joined in such appointment within
15 days after the receipt by it of a written request so to do, the Trustee shall
have the power to make such appointment without the Depositor.

         (c) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 9.06
hereunder and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment of
co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 9.08
hereof.

         (d) In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee
pursuant to this Section 9.11, all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee and required to be conferred on such
co-trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the
Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to the extent
that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are
to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the 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 or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or
co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.

         (e) 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
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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.

         (f) To the extent not prohibited by law, any separate trustee or
co-trustee may, at any time, request the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority, to do any lawful act under or with respect to
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.

         (g) No trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of another trustee under this Agreement. The
Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation
of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

         Section 9.12 FEDERAL INFORMATION RETURNS AND REPORTS TO
CERTIFICATEHOLDERS; REMIC ADMINISTRATION. (a) For federal income tax purposes,
the taxable year of each REMIC shall be a calendar year and the Securities
Administrator shall maintain or cause the maintenance of the books of each such
REMIC on the accrual method of accounting.

         (b) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file or cause to be
filed with the Internal Revenue Service, and the Trustee shall sign, Federal tax
information returns or elections required to be made hereunder with respect to
each REMIC, the Trust Fund, if applicable, and the Certificates containing such
information and at the times and in the manner as may be required by the Code or
applicable Treasury regulations, and shall furnish to each Holder of
Certificates at any time during the calendar year for which such returns or
reports are made such statements or information at the times and in the manner
as may be required thereby, including, without limitation, reports relating to
interest, original issue discount and market discount or premium (using a
constant prepayment assumption of 250% PSA). The Securities Administrator will
apply for an Employee Identification Number from the IRS under Form SS-4 or any
other acceptable method for all tax entities. In connection with the foregoing,
the Securities Administrator shall timely prepare and file, and the Trustee
shall sign, IRS Form 8811, which shall provide the name and address of the
person who can be contacted to obtain information required to be reported to the
holders of regular interests in each REMIC (the "REMIC Reporting Agent"). The
Trustee shall make elections to treat each REMIC as a REMIC (which elections
shall apply to the taxable period ending December 31, 2004 and each calendar
year thereafter) in such manner as the Code or applicable Treasury regulations
may prescribe, and as described by the Securities Administrator. The Trustee
shall sign all tax information returns filed pursuant to this Section and any
other returns as may be required by the Code. The Holder of the Class R-I
Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax Matters Person" (within the meaning
of Treas. Reg. ss.ss.1.860F-4(d)) for REMIC I, the Holder of the Class R-II
Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax Matters Person" for REMIC II and
the Holder of the Class R-III Certificate is hereby designated as the "Tax
Matters Person" for REMIC III. The Securities Administrator is hereby designated
and appointed as the agent of each such Tax Matters Person. Any Holder of a
Residual Certificate will by acceptance thereof appoint the Securities
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agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of acting as Tax Matters Person for
each REMIC during such time as the Securities Administrator does not own any
such Residual Certificate. In the event that the Code or applicable Treasury
regulations prohibit the Trustee from signing tax or information returns or
other statements, or the Securities Administrator from acting as agent for the
Tax Matters Person, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall take
whatever action that in its sole good faith judgment is necessary for the proper
filing of such information returns or for the provision of a tax matters person,
including designation of the Holder of a Residual Certificate to sign such
returns or act as tax matters person. Each Holder of a Residual Certificate
shall be bound by this Section.

         (c) The Securities Administrator shall provide upon request and receipt
of reasonable compensation, such information as required in Section
860D(a)(6)(B) of the Code to the Internal Revenue Service, to any Person
purporting to transfer a Residual Certificate to a Person other than a
transferee permitted by Section 5.05(b), and to any regulated investment
company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund, partnership, trust,
estate, organization described in Section 1381 of the Code, or nominee holding
an interest in a pass-through entity described in Section 860E(e)(6) of the
Code, any record holder of which is not a transferee permitted by Section
5.05(b) (or which is deemed by statute to be an entity with a disqualified
member).

         (d) The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file or cause to be
filed, and the Trustee shall sign, any state income tax returns required under
Applicable State Law with respect to each REMIC or the Trust Fund.

         (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Trustee
and the Securities Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding
requirements respecting payments to Certificateholders of interest or original
issue discount on the Mortgage Loans, that the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of
Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the
Trustee or the Securities Administrator withholds any amount from interest or
original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder
pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Trustee or the Securities
Administrator shall, together with its monthly report to such
Certificateholders, indicate such amount withheld.

         (f) The Trustee and the Securities Administrator agree to indemnify the
Trust Fund and the Depositor for any taxes and costs including, without
limitation, any reasonable attorneys fees imposed on or incurred by the Trust
Fund, the Depositor or the Master Servicer, as a result of a breach of the
Trustee's covenants and the Securities Administrator's covenants, respectively,
set forth in this Section 9.12; provided, however, such liability and obligation
to indemnify in this paragraph shall not be joint and several and neither the
Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable or be obligated to
indemnify the Trust Fund for the failure by the other to perform any duty under
this Agreement or the breach by the other of any covenant in Section 9.12 of
this Agreement.

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                                    ARTICLE X
                                   Termination

         Section 10.01 TERMINATION UPON REPURCHASE BY THE DEPOSITOR OR ITS
DESIGNEE OR LIQUIDATION OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.

         (a) Subject to Section 10.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator created hereby, other than the obligation of the
Trustee to make payments to Certificateholders as hereinafter set forth shall
terminate upon:

                  (i) the repurchase by or at the direction of the Depositor or
its designee of all of the Mortgage Loans and all related REO Property remaining
in the Trust at a price (in each case, the "Termination Purchase Price") equal
to the sum of (a) 100% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of each Mortgage
Loan (other than a Mortgage Loan related to REO Property) as of the date of
repurchase, net of the principal portion of any unreimbursed Monthly Advances
made by the purchaser, together with interest at the applicable Mortgage
Interest Rate accrued but unpaid to, but not including, the first day of the
month of repurchase, (b) the appraised value of any related REO Property, less
the good faith estimate of the Depositor of liquidation expenses to be incurred
in connection with its disposal thereof (but not more than the Outstanding
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, together with interest at the
applicable Mortgage Interest Rate accrued on that balance but unpaid to, but not
including, the first day of the month of repurchase), such appraisal to be
calculated by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the Depositor and the Trustee
at the expense of the Depositor, (c) unreimbursed out-of pocket costs of the
Master Servicer, including unreimbursed servicing advances and the principal
portion of any unreimbursed Monthly Advances, made on the Mortgage Loans prior
to the exercise of such repurchase right and (d) any unreimbursed costs and
expenses of the Trustee and the Securities Administrator payable pursuant to
Section 9.05; or

                  (ii) the later of the making of the final payment or other
liquidation, or any advance with respect thereto, of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund or the disposition of all property acquired with
respect to any Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in the event that an
advance has been made, but not yet recovered, at the time of such termination,
the Person having made such advance shall be entitled to receive,
notwithstanding such termination, any payments received subsequent thereto with
respect to which such advance was made; or

                  (iii) the payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
required to be paid to them pursuant to this Agreement.

         (b) In no event, however, shall the Trust created hereby continue
beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the
descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to
the Court of St. James's, living on the date of this Agreement.

         (c) The right of the Depositor or its designee to repurchase all the
assets of the Trust Fund as described in Subsection 10.01(a)(i) above shall be
exercisable only if (i) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of any such repurchase is less than

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1% of the Cut-Off Date Balance, or (ii) the Depositor, based upon an Opinion of
Counsel addressed to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, has determined that the REMIC status of REMIC I, REMIC II or
REMIC III has been lost or that a substantial risk exists that such REMIC status
will be lost for the then-current taxable year. At any time thereafter, in the
case of (i) or (ii) above, the Depositor may elect to terminate REMIC I, REMIC
II and REMIC III at any time, and upon such election, the Depositor or its
designee, shall repurchase all the assets of the Trust Fund described in
Subsection 10.01(a)(i) above.

         (d) The Trustee shall give notice of any termination to the
Certificateholders, with a copy to the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Rating Agencies, upon which the Certificateholders shall
surrender their Certificates to the Trustee for payment of the final
distribution and cancellation. Such notice shall be given by letter, mailed not
earlier than the l5th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next
preceding the month of such final distribution, and shall specify (i) the
Distribution Date upon which final payment of the Certificates will be made upon
presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trustee
therein designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the
Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable,
payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at
the office of the Trustee therein specified.

         (e) If the option of the Depositor to repurchase or cause the
repurchase of all the assets in the Trust Fund as described in Subsection
10.01(a)(i) above, is exercised, the Depositor and/or its designee shall deliver
to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution Account, by the Business Day
prior to the applicable Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Termination
Purchase Price. Upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates by the
Certificateholders, the Trustee shall distribute to such Certificateholders as
directed by the Securities Administrator in writing an amount determined as
follows: with respect to each Certificate (other than the Interest Only
Certificates and the Class R Certificates), the outstanding Current Principal
Amount, plus with respect to each Certificate (other than the Class R
Certificates), one month's interest thereon at the applicable Pass- Through
Rate; and with respect to the Class R Certificates, the percentage interest
evidenced thereby multiplied by the difference, if any, between the above
described repurchase price and the aggregate amount to be distributed to the
Holders of the Certificates in such Certificate Group (other than the Class R
Certificates). If the proceeds with respect to the Mortgage Loans of a Loan
Group are not sufficient to pay all of the Senior Certificates of the related
Certificate Group in full, any such deficiency shall be allocated first, to the
Subordinate Certificates, in inverse order of their numerical designations and
then to the Senior Certificates of the related Certificate Group on a pro rata
basis. Upon deposit of the Termination Purchase Price and following such final
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall release promptly to the Depositor and/or
its designee the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans, and the
Accounts with respect thereto shall terminate, subject to the Trustee's
obligation to hold any amounts payable to the Certificateholders in trust
without interest pending final distributions pursuant to Subsection 10.01(g).
Any other amounts remaining in the Accounts will belong to the Depositor.

         (f) In the event that this Agreement is terminated by reason of the
payment or liquidation of all Mortgage Loans or the disposition of all property
acquired with respect to all Mortgage Loans under Subsection 10.01(a)(ii) above,
the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution
Account all distributable amounts remaining in the Master Servicer Collection

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Account. Upon the presentation and surrender of the Certificates, the Trustee
shall distribute to the remaining Certificateholders, pursuant to the written
direction of the Securities Administrator and in accordance with their
respective interests, all distributable amounts remaining in the Distribution
Account. Upon deposit by the Master Servicer of such distributable amounts, and
following such final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall release promptly to
the Depositor or its designee the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage
Loans, and the Master Servicer Collection Account and the Distribution Account
shall terminate, subject to the Trustee's obligation to hold any amounts payable
to the Certificateholders in trust without interest pending final distributions
pursuant to this Subsection 10.01(f).

         (g) If not all of the Certificateholders shall surrender their
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the time 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, not all the Certificates shall have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps, or appoint
any 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 which remain subject to this Agreement.

         Section 10.02 ADDITIONAL TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) If the option of
the Depositor to repurchase all of the Mortgage Loans under Subsection
10.01(a)(i) above is exercised, the Trust Fund and each REMIC shall be
terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the
Trustee has been furnished with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee
to the effect that the failure of the Trust to comply with the requirements of
this Section 10.02 will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" as defined in Section 860F of the Code on any REMIC or (ii) cause
any REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Regular
Certificates are outstanding:

                  (i) within 90 days prior to the final Distribution Date, at
the written direction of the Depositor, the Trustee, as agent for the respective
Tax Matters Persons, shall adopt a plan of complete liquidation of each REMIC in
the case of a termination under Subsection 10.01(a)(i), provided to it by the
Depositor, which meets the requirements of a "qualified liquidation" under
Section 860F of the Code and any regulations thereunder;

                  (ii) the Depositor shall notify the Trustee at the
commencement of such 90-day liquidation period and, at or prior to the time of
making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Trustee shall sell or
otherwise dispose of all of the remaining assets of the Trust Fund in accordance
with this Section 10.02; and

                  (iii) at or after the time of adoption of such a plan of
complete liquidation of each REMIC, and at or prior to the final Distribution
Date relating thereto, the Trustee shall sell for cash all of the assets of the
Trust to or at the direction of the Depositor, and each REMIC shall terminate at
such time.

         (b) By their acceptance of the Residual Certificates, the Holders
thereof hereby (i) agree to adopt such a plan of complete liquidation of the
related REMIC upon the written request of the

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Depositor, and to take such action in connection therewith as may be reasonably
requested by the Depositor and (ii) appoint the Depositor as their
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for purposes of adopting such
a plan of complete liquidation. The Trustee shall adopt such plan of liquidation
by filing the appropriate statement on the final tax return of each REMIC. Upon
complete liquidation or final distribution of all of the assets of the Trust
Fund, the Trust Fund and each REMIC shall terminate.

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                                   ARTICLE XI
                            Miscellaneous Provisions

         Section 11.01 INTENT OF PARTIES. The parties intend that each of REMIC
I, REMIC II and REMIC III shall be treated as a REMIC for federal income tax
purposes and that the provisions of this Agreement should be construed in
furtherance of this intent.

         Section 11.02 AMENDMENT. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to
time by the Company, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Securities
Administrator and the Trustee, without notice to or the consent of any of the
Certificateholders, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions herein or therein that may be defective or inconsistent with any
other provisions herein or therein, to comply with any changes in the Code or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Independent Counsel, addressed to the Trustee, (i) adversely affect
in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or (ii) cause any
REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, as
evidenced by an Opinion of Independent Counsel addressed to the Trustee which
shall be provided to the Trustee other than at the Trustee's expense.

         (b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Company, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator and
the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of Certificates evidencing
Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund
or of the applicable Class or Classes, if such amendment affects only 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 Certificateholders; provided, however, that no such
amendment shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of,
payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on any
Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii) reduce
the aforesaid percentage of Certificates the Holders of which are required to
consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the Holders of all
Certificates then outstanding, or (iii) cause any REMIC to fail to qualify as a
REMIC for federal income tax purposes, as evidenced by an Opinion of Independent
Counsel addressed to the Trustee which shall be provided to the Trustee other
than at the Trustee's expense. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to
this Section 11.02(b), Certificates registered in the name of or held for the
benefit of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, or
the Trustee or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled to vote their Fractional
Undivided Interests with respect to matters affecting such Certificates.

         (c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the Trustee
shall furnish a copy of such amendment or written notification of the substance
of such amendment to each Certificateholder, with a copy to the Rating Agencies.

         (d) In the case of an amendment under Subsection 11.02(b) above, it
shall not be necessary for the Certificateholders to approve the particular form
of such an amendment. Rather, it shall be sufficient if the Certificateholders
approve the substance of the amendment. The manner

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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.

         (e) Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon (i) an Opinion of Counsel
addressed to the Trustee stating that the execution of such amendment is
authorized or permitted by this Agreement and (ii) a REMIC Opinion. The Trustee
and the Securities Administrator may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into
any such amendment which affects the Trustee's or the Securities Administrator's
own respective rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

         Section 11.03 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 Mortgaged Properties are situated, and
in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere. The Depositor
shall effect such recordation, at the expense of the Trust 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.

         Section 11.04 LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) The death
or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not terminate this Agreement or the
Trust, nor entitle such Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to
claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a
partition or winding up of the Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights,
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

         (b) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no
Certificateholders shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise
control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the
parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms
of the Certificates, be construed so as to establish the Certificateholders from
time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any
Certificateholders be under any liability to any third Person by reason of any
action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

         (c) No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon, under or with respect to this Agreement against the
Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or any successor to
any such parties unless (i) such Certificateholder previously shall have given
to the Trustee a written notice of a continuing default, as herein provided,
(ii) the Holders of Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests
aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund shall have made written request
upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the costs and expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and (iii) 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.

         (d) No one or more Certificateholders shall have any right by virtue of
any provision of this Agreement to affect the rights of any other
Certificateholders or to obtain or seek to obtain

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priority or preference over any other such Certificateholder, or to enforce any
right under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection
and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 11.04, each and every
Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.

         Section 11.05 ACTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Certificateholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing.
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is expressly required, to the Depositor. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Depositor, if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.05.

         (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his or her authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the individual executing the same,
may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

         (c) The ownership of Certificates (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing on such Certificates, except an endorsement in
accordance with Section 5.02 made on a Certificate presented in accordance with
Section 5.04) shall be proved by the Certificate Register, and neither the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor
any successor to any such parties shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.

         (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action of the holder of any Certificate shall bind every future
holder of the same Certificate and the holder of every Certificate issued upon
the registration of transfer or exchange thereof, if applicable, or in lieu
thereof with respect to anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any
successor to any such party in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Certificates.

         (e) In determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of
Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Certificates owned by the Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor,
the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be disregarded, except as
otherwise provided in Section 11.02(b) and except that, in determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Certificates which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Certificates which have been pledged in good faith to the Trustee,
the Securities

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<PAGE>

Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof may
be regarded as outstanding if the pledgor establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgor's right to act with respect to such Certificates and that
the pledgor is not an Affiliate of the Trustee, the Securities Administrator,
the Depositor, or the Master Servicer, as the case may be.

         Section 11.06 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CERTIFICATES SHALL
BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES (OTHER THAN SECTION 5- 1401 OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, WHICH THE PARTIES HERETO EXPRESSLY RELY UPON IN THE
CHOICE OF SUCH LAW AS THE GOVERNING LAW HEREUNDER) AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUCH LAWS.

         Section 11.07 NOTICES. All demands and notices hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given when delivered at (including delivery by
facsimile) or mailed by registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or by recognized overnight courier, to (i) in the case of the
Depositor, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Vice
President-Servicing, telecopier number: (212) 272-5591, or to such other address
as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (ii) in
the case of the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, or such other address as
may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing; (iii) in the
case of the Company, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention:
Vice President- Servicing, telecopier number: (212) 272-5591, or to such other
address as may hereafter be furnished to the other parties hereto in writing;
(iv) in the case of the Master Servicer or Securities Administrator, Wells Fargo
Bank Minnesota, National Association, P.O. Box 98, Columbia Maryland 21046 (or,
in the case of overnight deliveries, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland
21045) (Attention: Corporate Trust Services - Prime 2004-CL1), facsimile no.:
(410) 715- 2380, or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the
other parties hereto in writing; or (v) in the case of the Rating Agencies,
Fitch Ratings, One State Street Plaza New York, New York 10007 and Standard &
Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 55 Water Street, New
York, New York 10041, or such other address as hereafter may be furnished to the
other parties in writing. Any notice delivered to the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee 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 when mailed, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

         Section 11.08 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 severed 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.

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         Section 11.09 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and
assigns of the parties hereto.

         Section 11.10 ARTICLE AND SECTION HEADINGS. The article and section
headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

         Section 11.11 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

         Section 11.12 NOTICE TO RATING AGENCIES. The article and section
headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limited or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof. The Trustee shall promptly provide notice
to each Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge:

         1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement or the Servicing
Agreements;

         2. The occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured;

         3. The resignation or termination of the Master Servicer, the Trustee
or the Securities Administrator;

         4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans;

         5. The final payment to Certificateholders; and

         6. Any change in the location of the Master Servicer Collection Account
or the Distribution Account.

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

                                     STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
                                     INVESTMENTS II INC., as Depositor

                                     By: /s/ Baron Silverstein
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Baron Silverstein
                                     Title:  Vice President

                                     LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
                                     ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

                                     By: /s/ Christpher Lewis
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Christopher Lewis
                                     Title:  Christopher Lewis

                                     WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master
                                     Servicer

                                     By: /s/ Stacey Taylor
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Stacey Taylor
                                     Title:  Assistant Vice President

                                     WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Securities
                                     Administrator

                                     By: /s/ Stacey Taylor
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Stacey Taylor
                                     Title:  Assistant Vice President

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                                     EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                     By: /s/ Sherri Lauritsen
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Sherri Lauritsen
                                     Title:  Executive Vice President

Accepted and Agreed as to
Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 3.13 and 9.09(c)
in its capacity as Seller

EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION

By: /s/ Sherri Lauritsen
    ---------------------------------
Name:   Sherri Lauritsen
Title:  Executive Vice President

<PAGE>

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

         On the 30th day of January, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Baron Silverstein, known to me to be a(n) Vice
President of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., the corporation that
executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such
corporation executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

                                     __________________________________________
                                     Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]

<PAGE>

STATE OF ____________   )
                        ) ss.:
COUNTY OF __________    )

         On the 30th day of January, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared ___________________, known to me to be a Trust
Officer of LaSalle Bank National Association, the entity that executed the
within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on
behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity 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 MARYLAND     )
                      ) ss.:
COUNTY OF HOWARD      )

         On the 30th day of January, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Stacey Taylor, known to me to be an Assistant
Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, the entity
that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity
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 MARYLAND     )
                      ) ss.:
COUNTY OF HOWARD      )

         On the 30th day of January, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Stacey Taylor, known to me to be a(n) Assistant
Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, the entity
that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who
executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity
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 TEXAS       )
                     ) ss.:
COUNTY OF DALLAS     )

         On the 30th day of January, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Sherri Lauritsen, known to me to be Executive
Vice President of EMC Mortgage Corporation, the corporation that executed the
within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on
behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation
executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

                                     __________________________________________
                                     Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]

<PAGE>

STATE OF TEXAS       )
                     ) ss.:
COUNTY OF DALLAS     )

         On the 30th day of January, 2004 before me, a notary public in and for
said State, personally appeared Sherri Lauritsen, known to me to be Executive
Vice President of EMC Mortgage Corporation, the corporation that executed the
within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on
behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation
executed the within instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

                                     __________________________________________
                                     Notary Public

[Notarial Seal]

<PAGE>

                                                                     EXHIBIT A-1

                  FORM OF CLASS [_-[A]-[_][IO][PO] 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 CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT 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 CURRENT
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE DENOMINATION
SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN.]

            UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED WILL BE 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 WILL BE 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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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                           <C>
Certificate No.1                              [Variable][Adjustable][Fixed] Pass-Through
                                              Rate

Class [_-[A]-[_][IO][PO] Senior

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement       Aggregate Initial [Current Principal][Notional]
and Cut-off Date:                             Amount of this Senior Certificate as of the
February 1, 2004                              Cut-off Date:
                                              $[_____________]

First Distribution Date:                      Initial [Current Principal][Notional] Amount of
February 25, 2004                             this Senior Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
                                              $[_____________]

Master Servicer:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association                                   CUSIP: [____________]

Final Scheduled Distribution Date:
[February 25, 2034][February 25, 2019]
</TABLE>

                          PRIME MORTGAGE TRUST 2004-CL1
                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-CL1

        evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions
        allocable to the Class [_-[A]-[_][IO][PO] Certificates with
        respect to a Trust Fund consisting primarily of a pool of fixed
        rate mortgage loans secured by first liens on one-to-four family
        residential properties sold by STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
        INVESTMENTS II INC.

                  This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the
Trust Fund, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Structured
Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred
to below 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 Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., the
Master Servicer or the Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person.
None of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., 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
Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership
interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the
"Trust Fund") primarily consisting of fixed rate mortgage loans secured by first
liens on one- to four- family residential properties (collectively, the
"Mortgage Loans") sold by

                                   A-1-2

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Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. ("SAMI II"). The Mortgage Loans
were sold by EMC Mortgage Corporation ("EMC") to SAMI II. Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association ("Wells Fargo") 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 EMC Mortgage Corporation, as seller and
company (the "Seller"), SAMI II, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Wells Fargo
Bank Minnesota, National Association as master servicer and securities
administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities Administrator") 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 during the month
prior to the month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs
on the [Current Principal][Notional] Amount hereof at a per annum rate equal to
the Pass-Through Rate set forth above and as further described in the Agreement.
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 Business Day of the calendar month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of the Fractional
Undivided 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.]

                  [Interest on this Certificate will accrue from and including
the 25th day of the calendar month preceding the month in which a Distribution
Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs (or, with respect to the first accrual
period, the Closing Date) to and including the 24th day of the calendar month in
which that Distribution Date occurs on the Current Principal Amount hereof at a
per annum rate equal to the Pass-Through Rate set forth above and as further
described in the Agreement. 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, an amount equal to the product of the Fractional Undivided
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 by wire
transfer. 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 [Current Principal][Notional] Amount of this

                                      A-1-3

<PAGE>

Certificate is set forth above. [The Current Principal Amount hereof will be
reduced to the extent of distributions allocable to principal hereon and any
Realized Losses allocable hereto.]

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as set forth on the face hereof (the "Certificates"),
issued in twenty-one Classes. 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, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights
of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the parties
thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates, evidencing Fractional
Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund (or in
certain cases, Holders of Certificates of affected Classes evidencing such
percentage of the Fractional Undivided Interests thereof). 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 Fractional Undivided
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 Fractional Undivided 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

                                      A-1-4

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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 the (A) final payment or other
liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and (B) disposition of all property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and 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 Distribution Date on which the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than the
percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance specified in the
Agreement 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-1-5

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: __________, 20__                       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 [_-[A]-[_][IO][PO] 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

                                      A-1-6

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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 Fractional
Undivided Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through 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.

                                      A-1-7

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                                                                     EXHIBIT A-2

                         FORM OF CLASS [B-_] CERTIFICATE

                  THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE
SENIOR CERTIFICATES, [AND THE CLASS B-[_] 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 CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE
DECREASED BY THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS HEREON AND ANY REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE
HERETO. ACCORDINGLY, FOLLOWING THE INITIAL ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE
CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THE
DENOMINATION SHOWN BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS
CURRENT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY INQUIRY OF THE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN.

                  [FOR CLASS B-1, CLASS B-2 AND CLASS B-3] [UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY TO THE TRUSTEE OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED WILL BE 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 WILL BE 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.]

                  [FOR CLASS B-1, CLASS B-2 AND CLASS B-3] [EACH BENEFICIAL
OWNER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
REPRESENTED, BY VIRTUE OF ITS ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE OR
INTEREST HEREIN, THAT EITHER (I) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN SUBJECT TO
THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED OR SECTION 4975
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED ("PLAN"), OR INVESTING WITH
ASSETS OF A PLAN OR (II) IT HAS ACQUIRED AND IS HOLDING SUCH CERTIFICATE IN
RELIANCE ON PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION 90-30, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME
("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 STANDARD &
POOR'S, FITCH, INC. OR MOODY'S

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INVESTORS SERVICE, INC., 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 HEREIN 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.]

         [FOR CLASS B-4, CLASS B-5 AND CLASS B-6][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.]

         [FOR CLASS B-4, CLASS B-5 AND CLASS B-6] [THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE
ACQUIRED 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, UNLESS THE TRANSFEREE CERTIFIES OR
REPRESENTS THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AND HOLDING OF A CERTIFICATE AND THE
SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE TRUST AND ITS ASSETS: (I) WILL NOT
RESULT IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL OR
CLASS PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION EXEMPTION ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60
OR PTE 96-23 AND (II) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY

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ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER OR THE TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED
REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE OR
UNLESS THE OPINION SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5.07 OF THE AGREEMENT IS PROVIDED.]

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Certificate No.1                            Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class [B-_] Subordinate

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement     Aggregate Initial Current Principal Amount of
and Cut-off Date: January 1, 2004           this Subordinate Certificate as of the Cut-off
                                            Date: $[_________]

First Distribution Date:                    Initial Current Principal Amount of this
February 25, 2004                           Subordinate Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
                                            $[_________]

Master Servicer:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association                                 CUSIP: [____________]

Final Scheduled Distribution Date:
February 25, 2034
</TABLE>

                          PRIME MORTGAGE TRUST 2004-CL1
                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-CL1

        evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions
        allocable to the Class [B-_] Certificates with respect to a Trust
        Fund consisting primarily of a pool of fixed rate mortgage loans
        secured by first liens on one-to-four family residential
        properties sold by STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC.

                  This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the
Trust Fund, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Structured
Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred
to below 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 Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., the
Master Servicer or the Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person.
None of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., 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
Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced hereby in the beneficial ownership
interest of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate in a trust (the
"Trust Fund") primarily consisting of fixed rate mortgage loans secured by first
liens on one- to four- family residential properties (collectively, the
"Mortgage Loans") sold by Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. ("SAMI
II"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage Corporation ("EMC") to SAMI
II. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association ("Wells Fargo") will act as
master servicer of the Mortgage Loans (the "Master Servicer", which

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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 EMC as seller and
company (the "Seller"), SAMI II, as depositor (the "Depositor"), Wells Fargo
Bank Minnesota, National Association as master servicer and securities
administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities Administrator"), 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 during the month
prior to the month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs
on the Current Principal Amount hereof at a per annum rate equal to the
Pass-Through Rate set forth above and as further described in the Agreement. 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 Business Day of the calendar month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of the Fractional
Undivided 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 by wire
transfer. 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 Current Principal Amount of this Certificate is set
forth above. The Current Principal Amount hereof will be reduced to the extent
of distributions allocable to principal hereon and any Realized Losses allocable
hereto.

                  [For Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6][No transfer of this
Class [B-_] Certificate will be made unless such transfer is (i) exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities act of 1933, as amended, and any
applicable state securities laws or is made in accordance with said Act and laws
and (ii) made in accordance with Section 5.02 of the Agreement. In the event
that such transfer is to be made the Trustee shall register such transfer if,
(i) made to a transferee who has provided the Trustee with evidence as to its
QIB status; or (ii) (A) the transferor has advised the Trustee in writing that
the Certificate is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor and
(B) prior to such transfer the transferee furnishes to the Trustee an Investment
Letter; provided that if based upon an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (A)
and (B) above are met sufficient to confirm that such transfer is being made
pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable laws.]

                  [For Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3] [Each beneficial
owner of this Certificate or any interest herein shall be deemed to have
represented, by virtue of its acquisition or holding of

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this certificate or interest herein, that either (i) it is not an employee
benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
("Plan"), or investing with assets of a Plan or (ii) it has acquired and is
holding such certificate in reliance on Prohibited Transaction Exemption 90-30,
as amended from time to time ("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 Standard & Poor's, Fitch, Inc. or Moody's Investors Service,
Inc., 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.]

         [For Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6] [This Certificate may not be
acquired 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, unless the transferee certifies or
represents that the proposed transfer and holding of a Certificate and the
servicing, management and operation of the trust and its assets: (i) will not
result in any prohibited transaction which is not covered under an individual or
class prohibited transaction exemption, including, but not limited to,
Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60
or PTE 96-23 and (ii) will not give rise to any additional obligations on the
part of the Depositor, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee, which will be deemed represented by an owner of a Book-Entry
Certificate or a Global Certificate or unless the opinion specified in section
5.07 of the Agreement is provided.]

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as set forth on the face hereof (the "Certificates"),
issued in twenty-one Classes. 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, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights
of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the parties
thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates, evidencing Fractional
Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund (or in
certain cases, Holders of Certificates of affected Classes evidencing such
percentage of the Fractional Undivided Interests thereof). Any such consent by
the Holder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder
and

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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 Fractional Undivided
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 Fractional Undivided 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 the (A) final payment or other
liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and (B) disposition of all property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and 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 Distribution Date on which the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than the
percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance specified in the
Agreement 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.
                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

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Dated: _________, 20__                      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 [B-_] 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 Fractional
Undivided Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through 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 A-3

                         FORM OF CLASS R-[_] CERTIFICATE

                  THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE HELD BY OR TRANSFERRED TO A
NON-UNITED STATES PERSON, A PUBLICLY TRADED PARTNERSHIP 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").

                  THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED 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, UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES THE TRUSTEE WITH AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL ADDRESSED TO THE TRUSTEE, DEPOSITOR, MASTER SERVICER AND SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR AND ON WHICH THEY MAY RELY THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO THE TRUSTEE
THAT THE PURCHASE OF CERTIFICATES ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON WILL NOT RESULT IN OR
CONSTITUTE A NONEXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION, IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE
LAW AND WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE
DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OR THE TRUSTEE.

                  ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE
MAY BE MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE OBTAINS THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF
STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC. AND THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
AND PROVIDES A TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT TO STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II
INC., THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TRUSTEE THAT (1) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS
NOT (A) THE UNITED STATES, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (B) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A
COOPERATIVE 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, (C) ANY ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION
1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE, (ANY SUCH PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES
(A), (B) OR (C) BEING HEREIN REFERRED TO AS A "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR
(D) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, (2) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS
TO

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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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<S>                                            <C>
Certificate No.1                               Pass-Through Rate: _____%

Class R-[_]

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement        Aggregate Initial Current Principal Amount of
and Cut-off Date: January 1, 2004              this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
                                               $___________

First Distribution Date:                       Initial Current Principal Amount of this
February 25, 2004                              Certificate as of the Cut-off Date: $_________

Master Servicer:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association                                    CUSIP: [_____________]

Final Scheduled Distribution Date:
February 25, 2034
</TABLE>

                          PRIME MORTGAGE TRUST 2004-CL1
                        MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-CL1

       evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions
       allocable to the Class R-[_] Certificates with respect to a Trust
       Fund consisting primarily of a pool of fixed rate mortgage loans
       secured by first liens on one-to-four family residential
       properties sold by STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC.

                  This Certificate is payable solely from the assets of the
Trust Fund, and does not represent an obligation of or interest in Structured
Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., the Master Servicer or the Trustee referred
to below 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 Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., the
Master Servicer or the Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person.
None of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., 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 Fractional Undivided Interest evidenced hereby in the
beneficial ownership interest of Certificates of the same Class as this
Certificate in a trust (the "Trust Fund") primarily consisting of fixed rate
mortgages loans secured by first liens on one- to four- family residential
properties (collectively, the "Mortgage Loans") sold by Structured Asset
Mortgage Investments II Inc. ("SAMI II"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC
Mortgage Corporation ("EMC") to SAMI II. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association ("Wells Fargo") will act as master servicer of the Mortgage Loans
(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
EMC Mortgage Corporation as seller and company (the "Seller"), SAMI II, as
depositor(the "Depositor"), Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as
master servicer and securities administrator (in such capacity, the "Securities
Administrator"), 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 during the month
prior to the month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs
on the Current Principal Amount hereof at a per annum rate equal to the
Pass-Through Rate set forth above and as further described in the Agreement 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 Business Day of the calendar month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of the Fractional
Undivided 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 by wire
transfer. 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 Current Principal Amount of this Certificate is set
forth above. The Current Principal Amount hereof will be reduced to the extent
of distributions allocable to principal hereon and any Realized Losses allocable
hereto.

                  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 SAMI II, the Trustee and the Securities Administrator 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.

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                  This certificate may not be acquired 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, unless the proposed transferee provides the Trustee with an opinion of
counsel addressed to the Trustee, Master Servicer and the Securities
Administrator and on which they may rely (which shall not be at the expense of
the Trustee, Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator) which is
acceptable to the Trustee, that the purchase of this Certificate will not result
in or constitute a nonexempt prohibited transaction, is permissible under
applicable law and will not give rise to any additional fiduciary obligations on
the part of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as set forth on the face hereof (the "Certificates"),
issued in twenty-one Classes. 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, the Master Servicer and the Trustee and the rights
of the Certificateholders under the Agreement from time to time by the parties
thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates, evidencing Fractional
Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 51% of the Trust Fund (or in
certain cases, Holders of Certificates of affected Classes evidencing such
percentage of the Fractional Undivided Interests thereof). 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 Fractional Undivided
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee.

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                  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 Fractional Undivided 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 the (A) final payment or other
liquidation (or Advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and (B) disposition of all property acquired upon
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan and 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 Distribution Date on which the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than the
percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance specified in the
Agreement 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: _________, 20__                      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-[_] 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 Fractional
Undivided Interest evidenced by the within Mortgage Pass-Through 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

                  The Preliminary and Final Mortgage Loan Schedules shall set
forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

(a)      the loan number;

(b)      the Mortgagor's name;

(c)      the street address (including city, state and zip code) of the
Mortgaged Property;

(d)      the property type;

(e)      the Mortgage Rate;

(f)      the Servicer;

(g)      the Servicing Rate;

(h)      the Net Rate;

(i)      the original term;

(j)      the maturity date;

(k)      the stated remaining term to maturity;

(l)      the original principal balance;

(m)      the first payment date;

(n)      the principal and interest payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

(o)      the unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off Date;

(p)      the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;

(q)      paid-through date;

(r)      the insurer of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy;

(s)      the Gross Margin, if applicable;

(t)      the Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;

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(u)      the Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;

(v)      the Periodic Rate Cap, if applicable;

(w)      the number of days delinquent, if any;

(x)      which Mortgage Loans adjust after an initial fixed-rate period of
three, five, seven or ten years;

(y)      The Loan Group; and

(z)      The Prepayment Charge Loans.

Such schedule also shall set forth for all of the Mortgage Loans, the total
number of Mortgage Loans, the total of each of the amounts described under (k)
and (n) above, the weighted average by principal balance as of the Cut-off Date
of each of the rates described under (e), (f) and (g) above, and the weighted
average remaining term to maturity by unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off
Date.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                                   [RESERVED]

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                                                                       EXHIBIT D

                        REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS

To:      LaSalle Bank National Association
         135 South LaSalle Street
         Chicago, IL 60603

RE:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of
         January 1, 2004, among SAMI II,
         Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
         National Association, as Master Servicer
          and Securities Administrator,
         EMC Mortgage Corporation, as Seller
         and company and LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee

         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 E

                                FORM OF 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 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 Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments II Inc., Prime Mortgage Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2004-CL1 Class R-I, Class R-II, and R-III 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 Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. (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
______________________.

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         5. That no purpose of the acquisition of the Residual Certificates is
to avoid or impede the assessment or collection of tax.

         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
executed the same as his free act and deed and the free act and deed of the
Investor.

         Subscribed and sworn before me this ___ day of _________, 20___.

NOTARY PUBLIC

COUNTY OF

STATE OF

My commission expires the ___ day of ___________________, 20___.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT F-1

                            FORM OF INVESTMENT LETTER

                                                                          [Date]
[SELLER]

LaSalle Bank National Association
135 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60603

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179

     Re:  Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., Prime Mortgage Trust,
          Series 2004-CL1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (the
          "Certificates"), including the Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
          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)

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                unless subsequently registered under the Act and any applicable
                state securities or "Blue Sky" laws or an exemption from the
                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, or section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
                Code of 1986, as amended, or (ii) are providing a representation
                to the effect that the proposed transfer and holding of a
                Privately Offered Certificate and the servicing, management and
                operation of the Trust and its assets: (I) will not result in
                any prohibited transaction which is not covered under an
                individual or class prohibited transaction exemption, including,
                but not limited to, Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE")
                84-14, PTE 91-38,

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                PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60, or PTE 96-23 and (II) will not give rise to
                any additional obligations on the part of the Depositor, the
                Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator or the Trustee or
                (iii) have attached hereto the opinion specified in Section 5.07
                of 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 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. THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE
                ACQUIRED 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, UNLESS THE PROPOSED TRANSFER AND HOLDING OF A
                CERTIFICATE AND THE SERVICING, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE
                TRUST AND ITS ASSETS:

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                (1) WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WHICH IS NOT
                COVERED UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL OR CLASS PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
                EXEMPTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
                EXEMPTION ("PTE") 84-14, PTE 91-38, PTE 90-1, PTE 95-60 OR PTE
                96-23 AND (II) WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO ANY ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS
                ON THE PART OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE
                SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OR THE TRUSTEE, WHICH WILL BE DEEMED
                REPRESENTED BY AN OWNER OF A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE OR A GLOBAL
                CERTIFICATE OR UNLESS THE OPINION PROVIDED IN SECTION 5.07 OF
                THE AGREEMENT IS PROVIDED."

         "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 January 1, 2004, among
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
National Association as master servicer and securities administrator, EMC
Mortgage Corporation, as seller and company 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 CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

         THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT (as amended and supplemented from time to
time, the "Agreement'), dated as of January 30, 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"), STRUCTURED ASSET
MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC., as depositor (together with any successor in
interest, the "Depositor"), WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
master servicer and securities administrator (together with any successor in
interest or successor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to
below, the "Master Servicer") and WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as custodian (together with any successor in interest or any
successor appointed hereunder, the "Custodian").

                                WITNESSETH THAT:
                                ----------------

                  WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and
EMC Mortgage Corporation (the "Seller") have entered into a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2004, relating to the issuance of
Prime Mortgage Trust 2004-CL1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series
2004-CL1 (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 for the purposes of receiving and holding certain documents and other
instruments delivered by the Depositor 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 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.

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                                   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 (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.

                  Section 2.2 RECORDATION OF ASSIGNMENTS. If any Mortgage File
includes one or more assignments of Mortgage to the Trustee in a state which is
specifically excluded from the Opinion of Counsel delivered by the Seller to the
Trustee and the Custodian pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each such assignment shall be delivered by the
Custodian to the Depositor for the purpose of recording it in the appropriate
public office for real property records, and the Depositor, 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 Trustee 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, 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 Depositor 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 the Mortgage Files as provided in Section 2.02 of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and deliver to the Depositor 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

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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 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 related
Servicer 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 that the purchase price therefore has been deposited in the Master Servicer
Collection 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 (a
"Request for Release") substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement signed by a Servicing Officer of the related 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 related Servicer the related Mortgage File.
The Depositor shall deliver to the Custodian and the Custodian agrees to accept
the Mortgage Note and other documents constituting the Mortgage File with
respect to any Substitute 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 Insurance Policy, the related Servicer (or if the Servicer does not,
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 related 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 related Servicer. The related Servicer shall cause each Mortgage File or any
document therein so released to be returned to the Custodian when the need
therefore by the related 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 Master Servicer Collection 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 related 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 a Servicer is required to deliver to the
Custodian a Request for Release, the Servicer shall deliver two copies of the
Request for Release if delivered in hard copy or the 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 followed by an assignment of mortgage, without recourse, representation or
warranty from the Trustee to the Seller and the related Mortgage Note shall be
endorsed without recourse 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 related 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 related
Servicing Agreement, shall cause the related Servicer to 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 AS 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 and the Certificateholders 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 Depositor, the Servicers 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 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

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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 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 may remove the Custodian at any time with the
consent of the Master Servicer. 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 Servicer or 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 and the Master
Servicer of the appointment of any successor Custodian. No successor Custodian
shall be appointed by the Trustee without the prior approval of the Depositor
and the Master Servicer.

                  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 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.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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                  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 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, and neither the Depositor, the Master
Servicer nor the Trustee shall enter into any amendment hereof except as
permitted by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. 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 4.3 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED A
CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                  Section 4.4 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 4.5 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.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date
first above written.

Address:                                    LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
                                            ASSOCIATION, not individually but
135 South LaSalle Street                    solely as Trustee
Chicago, IL 60603

Attention:                                  By: ________________________________
Telecopy:                                   Name:
Confirmation:                               Title:
Address:                                    STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
                                            INVESTMENTS II INC.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
                                            By: ________________________________
                                            Name:    Baron Silverstein
                                            Title:   Vice President

Address:                                    WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                            NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master
9062 Old Annapolis Road                     Servicer
Columbia, Maryland 21045

                                            By: ________________________________
                                            Name:  Stacey Taylor
                                            Title:   Assistant Vice President

Address:                                    WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                            NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045                    By: ________________________________
                                            Name:    Stacey Taylor
                                            Title:   Assistant Vice President

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STATE OF __________________     )
                                )ss.:
COUNTY OF ________________      )

                  On the 30th day of January 2004 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared _______________, known to me to be a
________________ of LaSalle Bank National Association, a national banking
association that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation and acknowledged to me that
such corporation executed the within instrument.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

                                            ________________________________
                                                         Notary Public

[SEAL]

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

                  On the 30th day of January 2004 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Stacey Taylor, known to me to be an
Assistant Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, a
national banking association that executed the within instrument, and also known
to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said national banking
association, and acknowledged to me that such national banking association
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]

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

                  On the 30th day of January 2004 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Baron Silverstein, known to me to be a
Vice President of Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., one of the
corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the
person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me
that such corporation executed the within instrument.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

                                               ________________________________
                                                       Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]

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

                  On the 30th day of January 2004 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Stacey Taylor, known to me to be an
Assistant Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association,
one of the corporations that executed the within instrument, and also known to
me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said corporation, and
acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.

                                            ________________________________
                                                     Notary Public
[Notarial Seal]

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                                   EXHIBIT ONE

                     FORM OF CUSTODIAN INITIAL CERTIFICATION

                                                         January __, 2004

LaSalle Bank National Association               Structured Asset Mortgage
135 South LaSalle Street                        Investments II Inc.
Chicago, IL 60603                               383 Madison Avenue
                                                New York, New York 10179

Attention: Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.
Prime Mortgage Trust 2004-CL1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2004-CL1

            Re:  Custodial Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, by
                 and among LaSalle Bank National Association, Structured
                 Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank
                 Minnesota, National Association relating to Prime
                 Mortgage Trust 2004-CL1, Mortgage Pass-Through
                 Certificates, Series 2004-CL1
                 -------------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned Custodial
Agreement, and subject to Section 2.02 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.

                                            WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                            NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                            By: ____________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

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                                   EXHIBIT TWO

                     FORM OF CUSTODIAN INTERIM CERTIFICATION

                                                     ___________, 20__

LaSalle Bank National Association                    Structured Asset Mortgage
135 South LaSalle Street                             Investments II Inc.
Chicago, IL 60603                                    383 Madison Avenue
                                                     New York, New York 10179

Attention:  Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.
Prime Mortgage Trust 2004-CL1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2004-CL1

            Re:  Custodial Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, by
                 and among LaSalle Bank National Association, Structured
                 Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank
                 Minnesota, National Association relating to Prime
                 Mortgage Trust 2004-CL1, Mortgage Pass-Through
                 Certificates, Series 2004-CL1
                 -------------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned Custodial
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.

                                           WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                           NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                           By: _______________________________
                                           Name: _____________________________
                                           Title: ____________________________

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                                  EXHIBIT THREE

                      FORM OF CUSTODIAN FINAL CERTIFICATION

                                                        _______, 20__

LaSalle Bank National Association                Structured Asset Mortgage
135 South LaSalle Street                         Investments II Inc.
Chicago, IL 60603                                383 Madison Avenue
                                                 New York, New York 10179

Attention: Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc.
Prime Mortgage Trust 2004-CL1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2004-CL1

            Re:  Custodial Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, by
                 and among LaSalle Bank National Association, Structured
                 Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank
                 Minnesota, National Association relating to Prime
                 Mortgage Trust 2004-CL1, Mortgage Pass-Through
                 Certificates, Series 2004-CL1
                 -------------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

            In accordance with Section 2.3 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, subject to any exceptions
listed on Schedule A attached hereto, it has received a Mortgage File with
respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule containing
(I) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan):

            (i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to the
      order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from
      the originator thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee, or a
      lost note affidavit together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;

            (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 the original is not available, a copy), with
      evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if the original Security
      Instrument, 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 Security Instrument required to be
      included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for recording and have
      not been

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      returned to the Seller in time to permit their recording as specified in
      Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, shall be in
      recordable form);

          (iii) unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, a certified copy of the
     assignment (which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if permitted
     in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located) to "LaSalle
     Bank National Association, as Trustee", with evidence of recording with
     respect to each Mortgage Loan in the name of the Trustee thereon (or if (A)
     the original Security Instrument, 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 Security Instrument
     required to be included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for
     recording and have not been returned to the Seller in time to permit their
     delivery as specified in Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing
     Agreement, a true copy thereof with a certification by the Seller, 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" or
     (B) the related Mortgaged Property is located in a state other than
     Maryland and an Opinion of Counsel has been provided as set forth in
     Section 2.01(b), shall be in recordable form);

          (iv) all intervening assignments of the Security Instrument, if
     applicable and only to the extent available to the Depositor with evidence
     of recording thereon;

            (v) the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of primary
      mortgage guaranty insurance, to the extent available, if any;

            (vi) the original policy of title insurance or mortgagee's
      certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title
      insurance; and

            (vii) originals of all modification agreements, if applicable and
      available.

and (II) with respect to each Cooperative Loan so assigned:

            (i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to the
      order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements from
      the originator thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee, or lost
      note affidavit, together with a copy of the related Mortgage Note;

            (ii) A counterpart of the Cooperative Lease and the Assignment of
      Proprietary Lease to the originator of the Cooperative Loan with
      intervening assignments showing an unbroken chain of title from such
      originator to the Trustee;

            (iii) The related Cooperative Stock Certificate, representing the
      related Cooperative Stock pledged with respect to such Cooperative Loan,
      together with an undated stock power (or other similar instrument)
      executed in blank;

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            (iv) The original recognition agreement by the Cooperative of the
      interests of the mortgagee with respect to the related Cooperative Loan
      and any transfer documents related to the recognition agreement;

            (v) The Security Agreement;

            (vi) Copies of the original UCC-1 financing statement, and any
      continuation statements, filed by the originator of such Cooperative Loan
      as secured party, each with evidence of recording thereof, evidencing the
      interest of the originator under the Security Agreement and the Assignment
      of Proprietary Lease;

            (vii) Copies of the filed UCC-3 assignments of the security interest
      referenced in clause (vi) above showing an unbroken chain of title from
      the originator to the Trustee, each with evidence of recording thereof,
      evidencing the interest of the originator under the Security Agreement and
      the Assignment of Proprietary Lease;

            (viii) An executed assignment of the interest of the originator in
      the Security Agreement and Assignment of Proprietary Lease, showing an
      unbroken chain of title from the originator to the Trustee; and

            (ix) The original of each modification, assumption agreement or
      preferred loan agreement, if any, relating to such Cooperative Loan.

            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.

                                                WELLS FARGO BANK
                                                MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
                                                ASSOCIATION

                                                By: ___________________________
                                                Name:__________________________
                                                Title:_________________________

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                                                                     EXHIBIT H-1

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    ALLIANCE

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-1

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                                                                     EXHIBIT H-2

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                 BANK OF AMERICA

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-2

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                                                                     EXHIBIT H-3

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                BANK OF OKLAHOMA

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-3

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                                                                     EXHIBIT H-4

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    BANK ONE

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-4

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                                                                     EXHIBIT H-5

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                     CENDANT

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-5

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                                                                     EXHIBIT H-6

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                CENTRAL NATIONAL

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-6

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                                                                     EXHIBIT H-7

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                     CHARTER

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-7

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                                                                     EXHIBIT H-8

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                      CHASE

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-8

<PAGE>

                                                                     EXHIBIT H-9

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                   CHEVY CHASE

                             [provided upon request]

                                       H-9

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-10

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                  CITIMORTGAGE

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-10

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-11

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                COLONIAL SAVINGS

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-11

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-12

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    COLUMBIA

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-12

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-13

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                   COUNTRYWIDE

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-13

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-14

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                      CUNA

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-14

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-15

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                     DOWNEY

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-15

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-16

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                   FIFTH THIRD

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-16

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-17

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                 FIRST TENNESSEE

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-17

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-18

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                      GMAC

                             [provided upon request]

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-19

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    HIBERNIA

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-19

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-20

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                      HSBC

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-20

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-21

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                   HUNTINGTON

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-21

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-22

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                 MORGAN STANLEY

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-22

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-23

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    NAT CITY

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-23

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-24

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    PLYMOUTH

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-24

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-25

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    SUNTRUST

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-25

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-26

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                    U.S. BANK

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-26

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-27

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                      WAMU

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-27

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                                                                    EXHIBIT H-28

                               SERVICING AGREEMENT

                                      WFHM

                             [provided upon request]

                                      H-28

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                                                                       EXHIBIT I

                              ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENTS

                             [provided upon request]

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                                                                       EXHIBIT J

                    FORM OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                  MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 30,
2004, as amended and supplemented by any and all amendments hereto
(collectively, the "AGREEMENT"), by and between EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (the "MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER"), and STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS II INC., a Delaware corporation (the "PURCHASER").

                  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, first lien mortgage loans secured primarily by
one- to four-family residential properties, an interest in shares issued by a
cooperative apartment corporation and the related proprietary lease and
individual condominium units (collectively, the "MORTGAGE LOANS") as described
herein. The Purchaser intends to deposit the Mortgage Loans into a trust fund
(the "TRUST FUND") and create Prime Mortgage Trust 2004-CL1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-CL1 (the "CERTIFICATES"), under a pooling
and servicing agreement, to be dated as of January 1, 2004 (the "POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT"), among the Purchaser, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, as master servicer and securities
administrator, LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE") and
EMC Mortgage Corporation, as seller and company.

                  The Purchaser has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration statement on Form S-3 (Number
333-106323) 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 January 27, 2004 to the Prospectus, dated September 29, 2003,
relating to certain classes of the Certificates. With respect to the Public
Offering of certain classes of the Certificates, the Purchaser and Bear, Stearns
& Co. Inc. ("BEAR STEARNS") have entered into a terms agreement dated as of
January 27, 2004 to an underwriting agreement dated July 29, 2003, between the
Purchaser and Bear Stearns (collectively, the "UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT").

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                  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:

                  ACQUISITION PRICE: Cash in an amount equal to $______ (plus
$______ in accrued interest)/1.

                  BEAR STEARNS: Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

                  CLOSING DATE: January 30, 2004.

                  CUT-OFF DATE: January 1, 2004.

                  CUT-OFF DATE BALANCE: $1,321,286,472.

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

                  DUE DATE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date in each
month on which its scheduled payment is due if such due date is the first day of
a month and otherwise is deemed to be the first day of the following month or
such other date specified in the related Servicing Agreement.

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

                  MASTER SERVICER: Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association.

                  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.

                  MORTGAGE: The mortgage or deed of trust creating a first lien
on an interest 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.

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         1/Please contact Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. for Purchase Price.

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                  MORTGAGE INTEREST RATE: The annual rate of interest borne by a
Mortgage Note as stated therein.

                  MORTGAGOR: The obligor(s) on a Mortgage Note.

                  NET RATE: For each Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Interest Rate
for such Mortgage Loan less the Servicing Fee Rate and the Lender-Paid PMI Rate
(if applicable).

                  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 (or any
property acquired with respect thereto) required to be repurchased by the
Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement or Article II of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i)(a) 100% of the
Outstanding Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of repurchase
(or if the related Mortgaged Property was acquired with respect thereto, 100% of
the Outstanding Principal Balance at the date of the acquisition), plus (b)
accrued but unpaid interest on the Outstanding Principal Balance at the related
Mortgage Interest Rate, through and including the last day of the month of
repurchase, plus (c) any unreimbursed Monthly Advances and servicing advances
payable to the Servicer of the Mortgage Loan and (ii) any costs and damages (if
any) incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation of such Mortgage
Loan of any predatory lending laws.

                  RATING AGENCIES: Standard & Poor's and Fitch, each a "RATING
AGENCY."

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

                  SECURITY INSTRUMENT: A written instrument creating a valid
first lien on a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note, which may be any
applicable form of mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or security
deed, including any riders or addenda thereto.

                  SERVICING AGREEMENTS: Shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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

                  SUBSTITUTE 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.

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                  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.

                  SECTION 2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND RELATED
RIGHTS. (a) Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 10 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 10 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.

                  (d) In addition to the foregoing, on the Closing Date the
Mortgage Loan Seller assigns to the Purchaser all of its right, title and
interest in the Servicing Agreements (other than its right to enforce the
representations and warranties set forth therein).

                  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 2 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 2 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 thereon, other than
scheduled principal and interest due on or before the Cut-off Date but received
after the Cut-off Date. 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 thereon, other than scheduled principal and interest due after
the Cut-off Date but received on or before the Cut-off Date. Such

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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. In connection with the transfer and assignment of the
Mortgage Loans, the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered or will deliver or cause
to be delivered to 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 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: (w) in lieu of the original Security Instrument,
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 Security Instrument required to be included thereon, be
delivered to recording offices for recording and have not been returned to the
Mortgage Loan Seller 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, 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"; (x) in lieu of the Security Instrument, assignments
to the Trustee or intervening assignments thereof, if the applicable
jurisdiction retains the originals of such documents (as evidenced by a
certification from the Mortgage Loan Seller 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; (y) 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
5, the Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver lost note affidavits and indemnities of
the Mortgage Loan Seller; and (z) the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required
to deliver intervening assignments or Mortgage Note endorsements between the
related Underlying Seller and the Mortgage Loan Seller, between the Mortgage
Loan Seller and the Depositor, and between the Depositor and the Trustee; 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 and shall deposit all amounts paid in respect of such Mortgage
Loans in the Master Servicer Collection Account on the Closing Date. 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 promptly after they are received. The
Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause the Mortgage and intervening assignments, if
any, and the assignment of the Security Instrument 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

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Purchaser to the Trustee in accordance with this Agreement for the benefit of
the Certificateholders by including (or deleting, in the case of Mortgage Loans
which are repurchased in accordance with this Agreement) in 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 any Servicer or 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 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 and the related servicing will
ultimately be assigned to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the
Certificateholders, 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 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 and such
investors or prospective investors, upon reasonable request during regular
business hours, sufficient to permit the Purchaser, Bear Stearns 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 Custodian, on behalf of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders, will acknowledge receipt of each Mortgage Loan, by delivery
to the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Purchaser and the Trustee of an initial
certification in the form attached as Exhibit One to the Custodial Agreement.

                  (c) Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, within 90
days of the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan,
within five Business Days after the receipt by the Trustee or Custodian
thereof), the Trustee will review or shall cause the Custodian to review items
of the Mortgage Files as set forth on EXHIBIT 1 and will deliver to the Mortgage
Loan Seller, the Purchaser and the Trustee an interim certification
substantially in the form of Exhibit Two to the Custodial Agreement. If the
Trustee or Custodian, as its agent, finds any document listed on

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EXHIBIT 1 not to have been executed or 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 the Final Mortgage Loan Schedule or to
appear defective on its face (a "MATERIAL DEFECT"), the Trustee or the
Custodian, as its agent, shall promptly 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 or the
Custodian, as its agent, of the Material Defect and if the Mortgage Loan Seller
fails to correct or cure such Material Defect within such period and such defect
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders 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 Substitute Mortgage Loan (if within two years
of the Closing Date) or purchase the related Mortgage Loan at the applicable
Purchase Price; PROVIDED THAT, if such defect would cause the Mortgage Loan to
be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code, any such cure, repurchase or substitution must occur within 90 days from
the date such breach was discovered; 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 confirming that such documents have been
accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian, as its
agent, shall be effected by the Mortgage Loan Seller within thirty days of its
receipt of the original recorded document. Anything in this Section 5 to the
contrary notwithstanding, a Material Defect will be deemed not to materially and
adversely affect the interest of the Certificateholders in the related Mortgage
Loans unless such defect materially interferes with the applicable Servicer's or
the Master Servicer's ability to foreclose on the related Mortgage Property.

                  (d) Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, within
180 days of the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Substitute Mortgage Loan,
within five Business Days after the receipt by the Trustee or Custodian thereof)
the Trustee will review or cause the Custodian to review items of the Mortgage
Files as set forth on EXHIBIT 1 and will deliver to the Mortgage Loan Seller,
the Purchaser and the Trustee a final certification substantially in the form of
Exhibit Three to the Custodial Agreement. If the Trustee or Custodian, as its
agent, finds a Material Defect, the Trustee or the Custodian, as its agent,
shall promptly 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 or the Custodian, as its agent, of
the Material Defect and if the Mortgage Loan Seller fails to correct or cure
such Material Defect within such period and such defect materially and adversely
affects the interests of the Certificateholders 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 Substitute Mortgage Loan (if within two years of the Closing Date) or
purchase the related Mortgage Loan at the

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applicable Purchase Price; PROVIDED THAT, if such defect would cause the
Mortgage Loan to be other than a "qualified mortgage" as defined in Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, any such cure, repurchase or substitution must occur
within 90 days from the date such breach was discovered; 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 confirming that such documents have
been accepted for recording, and delivery to the Trustee or the Custodian, as
its agent, 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 Substitute 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 in accordance with the
terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall (i) assign to the Mortgage
Loan Seller and cause the 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 Custodian 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.

                  SECTION 6. RECORDATION OF ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE.

                  (a) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall cause each assignment of
the Security Instrument from the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Trustee to be
recorded not later than 180 days after the Closing Date, unless (a) such
recordation is not required by the Rating Agencies or an Opinion of Counsel has
been provided to the Trustee (with a copy to the Custodian) which states that
the recordation of such assignments is not necessary to protect the interests of
the Certificateholders in the related Mortgage Loans or (b) MERS is identified
on the Mortgage or a properly recorded assignment of the Mortgage, as the
Mortgagee of record solely as nominee for the Mortgage Loan Seller and its
successors and assigns; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, notwithstanding the foregoing, each
assignment shall be submitted for recording by the Mortgage Loan Seller in the
manner described above, at no expense to the Trust or Trustee, upon the earliest
to occur of (i) reasonable direction by the Holders of Certificates evidencing
Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not less than 25% of the Trust, (ii)
the occurrence of a Event of Default, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy,
insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgage Loan Seller and (iv) the
occurrence of a servicing transfer as described in Section 8.02 of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.

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                  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 a certified copy of such Mortgage or assignment. 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 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 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 9-313 (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 as of the Closing Date or such other date as may
be specified below with respect to each Mortgage Loan being sold by it:

                  (i)  (i)   the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan
         Schedule hereto is true and correct in all material respects and the
         information provided to the Rating Agencies,

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         including the Mortgage Loan level detail, is true and correct according
         to the Rating Agency requirements;

                  (ii) immediately prior to the transfer to the Purchaser, the
         Mortgage Loan Seller was the sole owner of beneficial title and holder
         of each Mortgage and Mortgage Note relating to the Mortgage Loans and
         is conveying the same free and clear of any and all liens, claims,
         encumbrances, participation interests, equities, pledges, charges or
         security interests of any nature and the Mortgage Loan Seller has full
         right and authority to sell or assign the same pursuant to this
         Agreement;

                  (iii) Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in
         all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations,
         including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity,
         disclosure and recording laws and all predatory lending laws; and each
         Mortgage Loan has been serviced in all material respects in accordance
         with all applicable laws and regulations, including, without
         limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity, disclosure and recording
         laws and all predatory lending laws and the terms of the related
         Mortgage Note, the Mortgage and other loan documents;

                  (iv) there is no monetary default existing under any Mortgage
         or the related Mortgage Note and there is no material event which, with
         the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or
         cure period, would constitute a default, breach or event of
         acceleration; and neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, any of its
         affiliates nor any servicer of any related Mortgage Loan has taken any
         action to waive any default, breach or event of acceleration; no
         foreclosure action is threatened or has been commenced with respect to
         the Mortgage Loan;

                  (v) the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not
         been impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by
         written instruments, (i) if required by law in the jurisdiction where
         the Mortgaged Property is located, or (ii) to protect the interests of
         the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders;

                  (vi) no selection procedure reasonably believed by the
         Mortgage Loan Seller to be adverse to the interests of the
         Certificateholders was utilized in selecting the Mortgage Loans;

                  (vii) 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 originator of the related Mortgage Loan and
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         which like properties are commonly subject which do not materially
         interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by
         such Mortgage;

                  (viii) there is no mechanics' lien or claim for work, labor or
         material affecting the premises subject to any Mortgage which is or may
         be a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien of such Mortgage except
         those which are insured against by the title insurance policy referred
         to in (xiiii) below;

                  (ix) as of the Cut-off Date, to the best of the Mortgage Loan
         Seller's knowledge, there was no delinquent tax or assessment lien
         against the property subject to any Mortgage, except where such lien
         was being contested in good faith and a stay had been granted against
         levying on the property;

                  (x) there is no valid offset, defense or counterclaim to any
         Mortgage Note or Mortgage, including the obligation of the Mortgagor to
         pay the unpaid principal and interest on such Mortgage Note;

                  (xi) to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller's knowledge,
         except to the extent insurance is in place which will cover such
         damage, the physical property subject to any Mortgage is free of
         material damage and is in good repair and there is no proceeding
         pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of any
         Mortgaged Property;

                  (xii) to the best of the Mortgage Loan Seller's knowledge, the
         Mortgaged Property and all improvements thereon comply with all
         requirements of any applicable zoning and subdivision laws and
         ordinances;

                  (xiii) a lender's title insurance policy (on an ALTA or CLTA
         form) or binder, or other assurance of title customary in the relevant
         jurisdiction therefor in a form acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie
         Mac, was issued on the date that each Mortgage Loan was created by a
         title insurance company which, to the best of the Mortgage Loan
         Seller's knowledge, was qualified to do business in the jurisdiction
         where the related Mortgaged Property is located, insuring the Mortgage
         Loan Seller and its successors and assigns that the Mortgage is a first
         priority lien on the related Mortgaged Property in the original
         principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan Seller is the
         sole insured under such lender's title insurance policy, and such
         policy, binder or assurance is valid and remains in full force and
         effect, and each such policy, binder or assurance shall contain all
         applicable endorsements including a negative amortization endorsement,
         if applicable;

                  (xiv) at the time of origination, each Mortgaged Property was
         the subject of an appraisal which conformed to the underwriting
         requirements of the originator of the Mortgage Loan and, the appraisal
         is in a form acceptable to Fannie Mae or FHLMC;

                  (xv) as of the Closing Date, the improvements on each
         Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is insured (by an insurer
         which is acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller) against loss by fire
         and such hazards as are covered under a standard extended coverage
         endorsement in the locale in which the Mortgaged Property is located,
         in an amount

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         which is not less than the lesser of the maximum insurable value of the
         improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or the outstanding principal
         balance of the Mortgage Loan, but in no event in an amount less than an
         amount that is required to prevent the Mortgagor from being deemed to
         be a co-insurer thereunder; if the improvement on the Mortgaged
         Property is a condominium unit, it is included under the coverage
         afforded by a blanket policy for the condominium project; if upon
         origination of the related Mortgage Loan, the improvements on the
         Mortgaged Property were in an area identified as a federally designated
         flood area, a flood insurance policy is in effect in an amount
         representing coverage not less than the least of (i) the outstanding
         principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (ii) the restorable cost of
         improvements located on such Mortgaged Property or (iii) the maximum
         coverage available under federal law; and each Mortgage obligates the
         Mortgagor thereunder to maintain the insurance referred to above at the
         Mortgagor's cost and expense;

                  (xvi) each Mortgage Loan constitutes a "qualified mortgage"
         under Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section
         1.860G-2(a)(1);

                  (xvii) each Mortgage Loan was originated or funded by (a) a
         savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit
         union, insurance company or similar institution which is supervised and
         examined by a federal or state authority (or originated by (i) a
         subsidiary of any of the foregoing institutions which subsidiary is
         actually supervised and examined by applicable regulatory authorities
         or (ii) a mortgage loan correspondent of any of the foregoing and that
         was originated pursuant to the criteria established by any of the
         foregoing) or (b) a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and
         Urban Development pursuant to sections 203 and 211 of the National
         Housing Act, as amended;

                  (xviii) 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, as amended or (b)
         classified and/or defined as a "high cost home loan" under any federal,
         state or local law, including, but not limited to, the States of
         Georgia or North Carolina;

                  (xxix) the information set forth in Schedule A of the
         Prospectus Supplement with respect to the Mortgage Loans is true and
         correct in all material respect; and.

                  (xxx) None of Mortgage Loans are secured by a leasehold
         interest.

                  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, 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 Substitute Mortgage Loan as of the date of
substitution.

                  Upon discovery or receipt of notice by the Mortgage Loan
Seller, the Purchaser 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

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Certificateholders 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. 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 at the applicable Purchase Price or (iii) if within two years of
the Closing Date, substitute a qualifying Substitute Mortgage Loan in exchange
for such Mortgage Loan. The obligations of the Mortgage Loan Seller to cure,
purchase or substitute a qualifying Substitute 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 13 hereof.

                  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 Substitute Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.

                  SECTION 8. 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 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 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 Sellers ability to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby;

                  (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;

                  (c) the execution and delivery by the Mortgage Loan Seller of
this Agreement 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, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor
compliance with the provisions hereof, 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 and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby;

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                  (d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Mortgage
Loan Seller of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby 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) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Mortgage Loan Seller and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
the Purchaser, 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 or (ii) with respect to any other matter which in the judgment of
the Mortgage Loan Seller will be determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan
Seller and will if determined adversely to the Mortgage Loan Seller materially
and adversely affect the Mortgage Loan Seller's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement; 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

                  (g) the Mortgage Loan Seller's Information (as defined in
Section 13(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 9. 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 as follows:

                  (a) the Purchaser (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 good standing as a foreign corporation 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 and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby;

                  (b) the Purchaser has full corporate power to own its
property, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement;

                  (c) the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Purchaser; and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor

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compliance with the provisions hereof, 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 articles of incorporation or by-laws 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 and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby;

                  (d) the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
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;

                  (e) this Agreement 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 or (ii) with
respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Purchaser will be
determined adversely to the Purchaser and will if determined adversely to the
Purchaser materially and adversely affect the Purchaser's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement; 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

                  (g) the Purchaser's Information (as defined in Section 13(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 10. 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, or the
                  Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

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                  and the Purchaser 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;

                  (ii) If required pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Final
         Mortgage Loan Schedule containing the information set forth on Exhibit
         2 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 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 attached thereto the resolutions of the Mortgage Loan
         Seller authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
         together with copies of the charter and by-laws 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 and each Rating Agency;

                  (vi) A letter from each of the Rating Agencies giving each
         Class of Certificates set forth on Schedule A the rating set forth on
         Schedule A; 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.

                           (3) The Certificates to be sold to Bear Stearns
                  pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Purchase
                  Agreement shall have been issued and sold to Bear Stearns.

                           (4) The Mortgage Loan Seller shall have furnished to
                  the Purchaser 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 and its counsel may reasonably request.

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                  (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, and the Mortgage Loan Seller
                  shall have received a certificate to that effect signed by an
                  authorized officer of the Purchaser.

                           (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, 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 attached thereto the resolutions of the Purchaser
         authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
         Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with copies of the
         Purchaser's articles of incorporation, 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;

                  (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;

                  SECTION 11. FEES AND EXPENSES. Subject to Section 16 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

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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 Custodian,
(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 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 12. 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 of Prospectus
Supplement - The Mortgage Loans", "The Mortgage Pool" and "Certain
Characteristics of the Mortgage Loans" 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 On The Certificates" in the Prospectus
Supplement.

                  (b) To the extent statistical information with respect to the
Master Servicer's or a Servicer's servicing portfolio is included in the
Prospectus Supplement under the caption "The Master Servicer and the Servicers,"
a letter from the certified public accountant for the Master Servicer and such
Servicer or Servicers 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 13. 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 3, 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

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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 8 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.

         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 4, 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 9 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 13 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

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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 shall be borne by the 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 13 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 13, 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 (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
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 14. 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, Mac Arthur Ridge II, 909 Hidden Ridge
Drive, Suite 200, Irving, Texas 75038 (Telecopy: (972-444-2880)), and notices to
the Purchaser shall be directed to Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II
Inc., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (Telecopy: (212-272-7206)),
Attention: Baron Silverstein; 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 15. 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 11, 13 and 17 hereto and
as provided in Section

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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 purchase or substitution obligations of the
Mortgage Loan Seller contained in Sections 5 and 7 hereof.

                  SECTION 16. 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 10(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 10(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 17. 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, the Mortgage Loan Seller'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 Substitute 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 18. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement
shall be prohibited or invalid under applicable law, the Agreement shall be
ineffective only to such extent, without invalidating the remainder of this
Agreement.

                  SECTION 19. 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 20. AMENDMENT. This Agreement cannot be amended or
modified in any manner without the prior written consent of each party.

                  SECTION 21. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE BEEN MADE AND PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES OF SUCH STATE.

                  SECTION 22. 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 23. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

         This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Mortgage Loan Seller and the Purchaser and their permitted
successors and assigns and, to the extent specified in Section 13 hereof, Bear
Stearns, and their directors, officers and controlling persons (within the
meaning of federal securities laws). The Mortgage Loan Seller acknowledges and
agrees that the Purchaser may assign its rights under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, with respect to the Mortgage Loan Seller's representations
and warranties respecting the Mortgage Loans) to the Trustee. Any person into
which the Mortgage Loan Seller may be merged or consolidated (or any person
resulting from any merger or consolidation involving the Mortgage Loan Seller),
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 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 24. THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER. The Mortgage Loan Seller
will keep in full effect all rights as are necessary to perform their respective
obligations under this Agreement.

                  SECTION 25. 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 26. NO PARTNERSHIP. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed or construed to create a partnership or joint venture between the parties
hereto.

                  [REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

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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:  Sherri Lauritsen
                                            Title: Executive Vice President

                                            STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE
                                            INVESTMENTS II INC.

                                            By:    _____________________________
                                            Name:  Baron Silverstein
                                            Title: Vice President

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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 the Agreement.

         (a) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Cooperative Loan):

                  (i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to
         the order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements
         from the originator thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee,
         or a lost note affidavit together with a copy of the related Mortgage
         Note;

                  (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 the original is not available, a
         copy), with evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if the
         original Security Instrument, 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 Security
         Instrument required to be included thereon, be delivered to recording
         offices for recording and have not been returned to the Seller in time
         to permit their recording as specified in Section 2.01(b) of the
         Pooling and Servicing Agreement, shall be in recordable form);

                  (iii) unless the Mortgage Loan is a MOM Loan, a certified copy
         of the assignment (which may be in the form of a blanket assignment if
         permitted in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is
         located) to "LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee", with
         evidence of recording with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the name of
         the Trustee thereon (or if (A) the original Security Instrument,
         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 Security Instrument required to
         be included thereon, be delivered to recording offices for recording
         and have not been returned to the Seller in time to permit their
         delivery as specified in Section 2.01(b) of the Pooling and Servicing
         Agreement, the Seller may deliver a true copy thereof with a
         certification by the Seller, 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" or (B) the related Mortgaged
         Property is located in a state other than Maryland and an Opinion of
         Counsel has been provided as set forth in Section 2.01(b) of the
         Pooling and Servicing Agreement, shall be in recordable form);

                  (iv) all intervening assignments of the Security Instrument,
         if applicable and only to the extent available to the Mortgage Loan
         Seller with evidence of recording thereon;

                  (v) the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of
         primary mortgage guaranty insurance, to the extent available, if any;

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                  (vi) the original policy of title insurance or mortgagee's
         certificate of title insurance or commitment or binder for title
         insurance; and

                  (vii) originals of all modification agreements, if applicable
         and available.

         (b) with respect to each Cooperative Loan so assigned:

                  (i) The original Mortgage Note, endorsed without recourse to
         the order of the Trustee and showing an unbroken chain of endorsements
         from the originator thereof to the Person endorsing it to the Trustee,
         or lost note affidavit, together with a copy of the related Mortgage
         Note;

                  (ii) A counterpart of the Cooperative Lease and the Assignment
         of Proprietary Lease to the originator of the Cooperative Loan with
         intervening assignments showing an unbroken chain of title from such
         originator to the Trustee;

                  (iii) The related Cooperative Stock Certificate, representing
         the related Cooperative Stock pledged with respect to such Cooperative
         Loan, together with an undated stock power (or other similar
         instrument) executed in blank;

                  (iv) The original recognition agreement by the Cooperative of
         the interests of the mortgagee with respect to the related Cooperative
         Loan and any transfer documents related to the recognition agreement;

                  (v)      The Security Agreement;

                  (vi) Copies of the original UCC-1 financing statement, and any
         continuation statements, filed by the originator of such Cooperative
         Loan as secured party, each with evidence of recording thereof,
         evidencing the interest of the originator under the Security Agreement
         and the Assignment of Proprietary Lease;

                  (vii) Copies of the filed UCC-3 assignments of the security
         interest referenced in clause (vi) above showing an unbroken chain of
         title from the originator to the Trustee, each with evidence of
         recording thereof, evidencing the interest of the originator under the
         Security Agreement and the Assignment of Proprietary Lease;

                  (viii) An executed assignment of the interest of the
         originator in the Security Agreement and Assignment of Proprietary
         Lease, showing an unbroken chain of title from the originator to the
         Trustee; and

                  (ix) The original of each modification, assumption agreement
         or preferred loan agreement, if any, relating to such Cooperative Loan.

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                                    EXHIBIT 2
                                    ---------

                       MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE INFORMATION
                       ----------------------------------

         The Preliminary and Final Mortgage Loan Schedules shall set forth the
following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

(a)      the loan number;

(b)      the Mortgagor's name;

(c)      the city, state and zip code of the Mortgaged Property;

(d)      the property type;

(e)      the Mortgage Interest Rate;

(f)      the Servicing Rate;

(g)      the Net Rate;

(h)      the original term;

(i)      the maturity date;

(j)      the stated remaining term to maturity;

(k)      the original principal balance;

(1)      the first payment date;

(m)      the principal and interest payment in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

(n)      the unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off Date;

(o)      the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;

(p)      paid-through date;

(q)      the insurer of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy;

(r)      the Gross Margin, if applicable;

(s)      the Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;

(t)      the Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;

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(u)      the Periodic Rate Cap, if applicable;

(v)      the number of days delinquent, if any;

(w)      which Mortgage Loans adjust after an initial fixed-rate period of
three, five, seven or ten years;

(x)       the Loan Group;

(y)      the Prepayment Charge Loans; and

(z)      the Servicer.

Such schedule also shall set forth for all of the Mortgage Loans, the total
number of Mortgage Loans, the total of each of the amounts described under (k)
and (n) above, the weighted average by principal balance as of the Cut-off Date
of each of the rates described under (e), (f) and (g) above, and the weighted
average remaining term to maturity by unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off
Date.

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                                    EXHIBIT 3
                                    ---------

                       MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER'S INFORMATION
                       ----------------------------------

         All information in the Prospectus Supplement described under the
following Sections: "SUMMARY OF PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT -- The Mortgage Loans,"
"THE MORTGAGE POOL" and "SCHEDULE A -- CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE
LOANS."

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                                    EXHIBIT 4
                                    ---------

                             PURCHASER'S INFORMATION
                             -----------------------

         All information in the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, except
the Mortgage Loan Seller's Information.

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                                    EXHIBIT 5
                                    ---------

                             SCHEDULE OF LOST NOTES
                             ----------------------

                             Available Upon Request

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                                   SCHEDULE A
                                   ----------

                 REQUIRED RATINGS FOR EACH CLASS OF CERTIFICATES
                 -----------------------------------------------

                               Public Certificates
                               -------------------

                         Class                  S&P               Fitch
        -----------------------------     --------------    ----------------
        Class I-A-1..................           AAA                AAA
        Class I-A-2..................           AAA                AAA
        Class I-A-3..................           AAA                AAA
        Class I-A-4..................           AAA                AAA
        Class I-X....................           AAA                AAA
        Class I-PO...................           AAA                AAA
        Class II-A-1.................           AAA                AAA
        Class II-A-2.................           AAA                AAA
        Class II-A-3.................           AAA                AAA
        Class II-X...................           AAA                AAA
        Class II-PO..................           AAA                AAA
        Class III-A-1................           AAA                AAA
        Class R-I....................           AAA                NR
        Class R-II...................           AAA                NR
        Class R-III..................           AAA                NR
        Class B-1....................           AA                 NR
        Class B-2....................            A                 NR
        Class B-3....................           BBB                NR

None of the above ratings have been lowered since the respective dates of such
letters.

                                               Private Certificates
                                               --------------------

                        Class                  S&P               Fitch
        -----------------------------     --------------    ----------------
        Class B-4....................           BB                 NR
        Class B-5....................            B                 NR
        Class B-6....................           NR                 NR

None of the above ratings have been lowered since the respective dates of such
letters.

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                                   SCHEDULE B
                                   ----------

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE
                             ----------------------

                             [Provided upon request]

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                                                                       EXHIBIT K

                    SCHEDULE OF FORECLOSURE RESTRICTED LOANS

                             [provided upon request]

                                       K-1

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                                                                       EXHIBIT L

                         SCHEDULE OF SECTION 3.13 LOANS

                             [provided upon request]

                                       L-1

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                                                                       EXHIBIT M

                           SCHEDULE OF CASH FLOW LOANS

                             [provided upon request]

                                       M-1BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, INC.,

                                   Depositor,

                            EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION,

                           Seller and Master Servicer,

                                       and

                       LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

                                     Trustee
                              ____________________

                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of January 1, 2004
                    ________________________________________

               BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2004-HE1

                   ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-HE1

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            Page
                                                           ----

                                          ARTICLE I

                                         DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01    Defined Terms..................................................6
Section 1.02    Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.....................50

                                         ARTICLE II

                                  CONVEYANCE OF TRUST FUND
                               REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.01    Conveyance of Trust Fund......................................52
Section 2.02    Acceptance of the Mortgage Loans..............................54
Section 2.03    Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master
                Servicer and the Seller.......................................56
Section 2.04    Representations and Warranties of the Depositor...............61
Section 2.05    Delivery of Opinion of Counsel in Connection with
                Substitutions and Repurchases.................................62
Section 2.06    Countersignature and Delivery of Certificates.................63

                                         ARTICLE III

                     ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
Section 3.01    The Master Servicer to act as Master Servicer.................65
Section 3.02    Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements....................66
Section 3.03    Subservicers..................................................67
Section 3.04    Documents, Records and Funds in Possession of the Master
                Servicer To Be Held for Trustee...............................68
Section 3.05    Maintenance of Hazard Insurance...............................68
Section 3.06    Presentment of Claims and Collection of Proceeds..............69
Section 3.07    Maintenance of the Primary Mortgage Insurance Policies........69
Section 3.08    Fidelity Bond, Errors and Omissions Insurance.................70
Section 3.09    Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination
                of Excess Liquidation Proceeds and Realized Losses;
                Repurchases of Certain Mortgage Loans.........................70
Section 3.10    Servicing Compensation........................................73
Section 3.11    REO Property..................................................73
Section 3.12    Liquidation Reports...........................................74
Section 3.13    Annual Certificate as to Compliance...........................74
Section 3.14    Annual Independent Certified Public Accountants'
                Servicing Report..............................................74

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Section 3.15    Books and Records.............................................75
Section 3.16    Reports Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.........75
Section 3.17    UCC...........................................................77
Section 3.18    Optional Purchase of Certain Mortgage Loans...................77
Section 3.19    Obligations of the Master Servicer in Respect of Mortgage
                Rates and Scheduled Payments..................................77
Section 3.20    Reserve Fund..................................................78
Section 3.21    Advancing Facility............................................79

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                    ACCOUNTS
Section 4.01    Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments; Protected Account.......81
Section 4.02    Permitted Withdrawals From the Protected Account..............83
Section 4.03    Collection of Taxes; Assessments and Similar Items;
                Escrow Accounts...............................................85
Section 4.04    Distribution Account..........................................85
Section 4.05    Permitted Withdrawals and Transfers from the Distribution
                Account.......................................................86
Section 4.06    Class P Certificate Account...................................86

                                    ARTICLE V

                           DISTRIBUTIONS AND ADVANCES
Section 5.01    Advances......................................................87
Section 5.02    Compensating Interest Payments................................88
Section 5.03    REMIC Distributions...........................................88
Section 5.04    Distributions.................................................88
Section 5.04A   Allocation of Realized Losses.................................93
Section 5.05    Monthly Statements to Certificateholders......................95
Section 5.06    REMIC Designations and REMIC Distributions....................98
Section 5.07    Policy Matters...............................................100

                                   ARTICLE VI

                                THE CERTIFICATES
Section 6.01    The Certificates.............................................104
Section 6.02    Certificate Register; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
                of Certificates..............................................105
Section 6.03    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates............108
Section 6.04    Persons Deemed Owners........................................109
Section 6.05    Access to List of Certificateholders' Names and Addresses....109
Section 6.06    Book-Entry Certificates......................................109
Section 6.07    Notices to Depository........................................110
Section 6.08    Definitive Certificates......................................110

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Section 6.09    Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................111

                                         ARTICLE VII

                            THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER
Section 7.01    Liabilities of the Depositor and the Master Servicer.........112
Section 7.02    Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master
                Servicer.....................................................112
Section 7.03    Indemnification of the Trustee and the Master Servicer.......112
Section 7.04    Limitations on Liability of the Depositor, the Master
                Servicer and Others..........................................113
Section 7.05    Master Servicer Not to Resign................................114
Section 7.06    Successor Master Servicer....................................114
Section 7.07    Sale and Assignment of Master Servicing......................114

                                        ARTICLE VIII

                           DEFAULT; TERMINATION OF MASTER SERVICER
Section 8.01    Events of Default............................................117
Section 8.02    Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.....................119
Section 8.03    Notification to Certificateholders...........................120
Section 8.04    Waiver of Defaults...........................................121

                                         ARTICLE IX

                                   CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 9.01    Duties of Trustee............................................122
Section 9.02    Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee........................123
Section 9.03    Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans........125
Section 9.04    Trustee May Own Certificates.................................126
Section 9.05    Trustee's Fees and Expenses..................................126
Section 9.06    Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.........................126
Section 9.07    Insurance....................................................127
Section 9.08    Resignation and Removal of Trustee...........................127
Section 9.09    Successor Trustee............................................128
Section 9.10    Merger or Consolidation of Trustee...........................128
Section 9.11    Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee................128
Section 9.12    Tax Matters..................................................130

                                          ARTICLE X

                                         TERMINATION
Section 10.01   Termination upon Liquidation or Repurchase of all
                Mortgage Loans...............................................133

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Section 10.02   Final Distribution on the Certificates.......................133
Section 10.03   Additional Termination Requirements..........................135

                                   ARTICLE XI

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01   Amendment....................................................136
Section 11.02   Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts.......................137
Section 11.03   Governing Law................................................137
Section 11.04   Intention of Parties.........................................138
Section 11.05   Notices......................................................138
Section 11.06   Severability of Provisions...................................139
Section 11.07   Assignment...................................................139
Section 11.08   Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders...................139
Section 11.09   Inspection and Audit Rights..................................140
Section 11.10   Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid....................140
Section 11.11   Certificate Insurer Rights...................................141

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EXHIBITS

Exhibit A-1     Form of Class A Certificates
Exhibit A-2     Form of Class M Certificates
Exhibit A-3     Form of Class CE Certificates
Exhibit A-4     Form of Class P 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 Investment Letter
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 Class III-A Policy
Exhibit M       Form of Back-Up Certification

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                  POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of January 1, 2004,
among BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, 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) 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.

                 Uncertificated
                     REMIC I         Initial Uncertificated     Latest Possible
Designation     Pass-Through Rate      Principal Balance       Maturity Date (1)
-----------     -----------------    ----------------------    -----------------
   AA              Variable(2)         $245,730,455.29         February 25, 2034
   I-A-1           Variable(2)         $    266,790.00         February 25, 2034
   I-A-2           Variable(2)         $    213,485.00         February 25, 2034
   II-A-1          Variable(2)         $    683,995.00         February 25, 2034
   II-A-2          Variable(2)         $     75,995.00         February 25, 2034
   III-A           Variable(2)         $    746,890.00         February 25, 2034
   M-1             Variable(2)         $    169,255.00         February 25, 2034
   M-2             Variable(2)         $    135,405.00         February 25, 2034
   M-3             Variable(2)         $     43,880.00         February 25, 2034
   M-4             Variable(2)         $     32,595.00         February 25, 2034
   M-5             Variable(2)         $     36,360.00         February 25, 2034
   M-6             Variable(2)         $     31,340.00         February 25, 2034
   ZZ              Variable(2)         $  2,578,917.25         February 25, 2034
   P                0.00%(2)           $        100.00         February 25, 2034
   1A              Variable(2)         $      2,515.03         February 25, 2034

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   1B              Variable(2)         $     12,120.53         February 25, 2034
   2A              Variable(2)         $      3,979.79         February 25, 2034
   2B              Variable(2)         $     19,179.59         February 25, 2034
   3A              Variable(2)         $      3,911.15         February 25, 2034
   3B              Variable(2)         $     18,848.95         February 25, 2034
   XX              Variable(2)         $250,684,807.50         February 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 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.

                                        Initial Certificate      Assumed Final
   Designation      Pass-Through Rate    Principal Balance      Maturity Date(1)
----------------    -----------------   -------------------    -----------------
      I-A-1            Variable(2)        $ 53,358,000.00      February 25, 2034
      I-A-2            Variable(2)        $ 42,697,000.00      February 25, 2034
     II-A-1            Variable(2)        $136,799,000.00      February 25, 2034
     II-A-2            Variable(2)        $ 15,199,000.00      February 25, 2034
      III-A            Variable(2)        $149,378,000.00      February 25, 2034
       M-1             Variable(2)        $ 33,851,000.00      February 25, 2034
       M-2             Variable(2)        $ 27,081,000.00      February 25, 2034
       M-3             Variable(2)        $  8,776,000.00      February 25, 2034
       M-4             Variable(2)        $  6,519,000.00      February 25, 2034
       M-5             Variable(2)        $  7,272,000.00      February 25, 2034
       M-6             Variable(2)        $  6,268,000.00      February 25, 2034
Class CE Interest      Variable(2)        $ 14,292,725.09      February 25, 2034
Class P Interest        0.00%(2)          $        100.00      February 25, 2034
___________________
(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.

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(3)  The Class CE Interest will accrue interest at its variable Pass-Through
     Rate on the Uncertificated Notional Amount 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-III 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:

                                           Initial Aggregate
                                              Certificate       Latest Possible
  Class Designation    Pass-Through Rate   Principal Balance    Maturity Date(1)
---------------------  -----------------   ------------------  -----------------
Class CE Certificates     Variable(2)       $ 14,292,725.09    February 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 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-IV 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       February 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 the Class P Certificates.

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(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 Trust 2004-HE1." The Certificates issued
hereunder may be referred to as "Asset- Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE1"
(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 III-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 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 Offered 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 that Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 5.04A of
this Agreement which have not previously been reimbursed.

         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 III-A Policy.

         BASIS RISK SHORTFALL: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Class of Offered Certificates, 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 applicable
Net Rate Cap.

         BASIS RISK SHORTFALL CARRY FORWARD AMOUNT: With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Offered Certificates, Basis Risk Shortfalls
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,
Minneapolis, Minnesota or the city in which the

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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: Ace 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 III-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 III-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, 0.20%.

         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, 0.65% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 1.30% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

         With respect to the Class II-A-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One- Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
II-A-1, 0.32% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.64% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

         With respect to the Class II-A-2 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One- Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
II-A-2, 0.45% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the
first possible Optional Termination Date and 0.90% in the case of each
Distribution Date thereafter.

         With respect to the Class III-A Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "One-Month LIBOR Pass-Through Rate", REMIC I Regular Interest
III-A, 0.32% in the case of each Distribution

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Date through and including the first possible Optional Termination Date and
0.64% 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,
0.65% 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,
1.30% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 1.95% 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,
1.50% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 2.25% 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,
1.75% 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,
2.00% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 3.00% 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,
4.00% in the case of each Distribution Date through and including the first
possible Optional Termination Date and 6.00% in the case of each Distribution
Date thereafter.

         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 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

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arising under Section 5.07 hereof, the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class III-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 III-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 III-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: Collectively, the Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class
II-A-1, Class II-A-2 and Class III-A 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) 58.50% 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 $2,507,454.

         CLASS I-A CERTIFICATE: Any of the Class I-A-1 Certificates or the Class
I-A-2 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 a Regular
Interest in REMIC II.

         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 a Regular
Interest in REMIC II.

         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 of the Class II-A-1 Certificates or the
Class II-A-2 Certificates.

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         CLASS II-A-1 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class II-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 II-A-1 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC II.

         CLASS II-A-2 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class II-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 II-A-2 Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC II.

         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 CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class III-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 III-A Certificates as set forth herein and evidencing a Regular
Interest in REMIC II.

         CLASS III-A POLICY: The irrevocable financial guaranty insurance
policy, No. D-2004-2, including any endorsements thereto, issued by the
Certificate Insurer with respect to the Class III-A Certificates, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit L.

         CLASS III-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 III- A Certificateholders and
designated "LaSalle Bank National Association, in trust for registered holders
of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2004-HE1, Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2004-HE1, Class III-A." Funds in the Class III-A Policy
Payments Account shall be held in trust for the Class III-A Certificateholders
for the uses and purposes set forth in this Agreement.

         CLASS III-A PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT: For any Distribution Date,
with respect to the Class III-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 III for such
Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the Principal Funds for all
Loan Groups for such Distribution Date.

         CLASS CE CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated as a "Class CE
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 CE Certificates herein and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III.

         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.

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         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 and (ii) any Overcollateralization Release Amount for such
Distribution Date; provided, however that on any Distribution Date after the
Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of the Offered
Certificates has been reduced to zero, the Class CE Distribution Amount shall
include the Overcollateralization Amount.

         CLASS M CERTIFICATE: Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class
M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class M-4 Certificates, the
Class M-5 Certificates and the Class M-6 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 a Regular Interest
in REMIC II.

         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) 72.00% 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 $2,507,454.

         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 a Regular Interest
in REMIC II.

         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) 82.80% 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 $2,507,454.

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         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 a Regular Interest
in REMIC II.

         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) 86.30% 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 $2,507,454.

         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 a Regular Interest
in REMIC II.

         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) 88.90% 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 $2,507,454.

         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

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distributions provided for the Class M-5 Certificates as set forth herein and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II.

         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 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) 91.80% 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 $2,507,454.

         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 a Regular Interest
in REMIC II.

         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

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Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date, over (b) the lesser of
(1) the product of (x) 94.30% 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 $2,507,454.

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

         CLASS R-II CERTIFICATE: Any Certificate designated a "Class R-II
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-II
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-III Interest and the Class
R-IV Interest and representing the right to the Percentage Interest of
distributions provided for the Class RX Certificates as set forth herein.

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

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

         CLOSING DATE: January 30, 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.

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         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, Inc., Series 2004-HE1, 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
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 Certificates on such Distribution Date and then
any excess shall be allocated to each Class of Offered 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: An agreement dated as of January 1, 2004 among the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian in
substantially the form of Exhibit K hereto.

         CUSTODIAN: Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, or any
successor custodian appointed pursuant to the provisions hereof and the
Custodial Agreement.

         CUT-OFF DATE: The close of business on January 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.

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         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
III-A Certificates, except for any portion thereof payable under the Class III-A
Policy as an Avoided Payment and (ii) the amount of any Applied Realized Loss
Amount allocated to the Class III-A Certificates on such Distribution Date and
(iii) for the Last Scheduled Distribution Date, the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class III-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.

         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 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 as of the last day of the related
Due Period exceeds (y) 33% 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, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, or its successor in interest.

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         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.

         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, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series
2004-HE1". 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 February 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

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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.

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

         ERISA RESTRICTED CERTIFICATE: Each of the Class CE, Class P and the
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 Offered
Certificates and Interest Carry Forward Amounts on the Class A Certificates
(other than Interest Carry Forward Amounts paid pursuant to Section
5.04(a)(5)(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.

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         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 pursuant 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.

         FISCAL AGENT: As defined in the Class III-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 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 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 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.

         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.

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

         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
January 30, 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.

         INSURANCE PROCEEDS: Proceeds paid in respect of the Mortgage Loans
pursuant to any Insurance Policy or 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 Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date, (d)
Liquidation Proceeds with respect to the related Mortgage

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Loans collected during the related Prepayment Period (to the extent such
Liquidation Proceeds relate to interest), and (e) all amounts relating to
interest with respect to each Mortgage Loan in such Loan Group repurchased by
the Seller pursuant to Sections 2.02 and 2.03 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 Custodial Agreement.

         LAST SCHEDULED DISTRIBUTION DATE: February 25, 2034.

         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 and
REMIC II 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.

         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.

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         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 II-A-1, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A, 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, 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 III-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 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

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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 II-A-1, REMIC I Regular
Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A, 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 for
such Distribution Date, 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 III-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.

         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 Custodian to be added to the Mortgage File pursuant to this Agreement and
the 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 January 30, 2004, between the Seller, as seller and the Depositor,
as purchaser.

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

                  (v)    the maturity date;

                  (vi)   the original principal balance;

                  (vii)  the Cut-off Date Principal Balance;

                  (viii) the original term;

                  (ix)   the remaining term;

                  (x)    the property type;

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

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

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

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

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

                  (xvi)  with respect to each Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the
         Periodic Rate Cap.

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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.

         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 Certificates and Class
I-A-2 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-1 Certificates and Class II-A-2
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 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

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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.

         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, 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 3B, 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 M 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 each Loan Group,
weighted in proportion to the results of subtracting from the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of each such Loan Group as of the first day of the calendar
month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date, the Current Principal
Amount 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 Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage
Loans in Loan Group I, (b) REMIC I Regular Interest 1B, subject to a cap and a
floor equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage
Loans in Loan Group II, and (c) REMIC I Regular Interest 1C, subject to a cap
and a floor equal to the weighted average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the
Mortgage Loans in Loan Group III, 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: The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class II-A-1, Class
II-A-2, Class III-A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3, Class M-4, Class M-5 and
Class M-6 Certificates.

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         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 1.10% 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 such quotations can be obtained by the Trustee and no
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 Offered 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 II-A-1 Certificates and, for purposes of the
definition of "Marker Rate" and "Maximum Uncertificated Accrued Interest
Deferral Amount", REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-1, a per annum rate equal to
One-Month LIBOR plus the related Certificate Margin.

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

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

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         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.

         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.

         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.

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

         (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.

         OVERCOLLATERALIZATION TARGET AMOUNT: With respect to any Distribution
Date, (a) prior to the Stepdown Date, 2.85% 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) 5.70%
of the then current aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period and (ii) $2,507,454 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 Offered 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.

         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 (k)
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 II-A-1, REMIC I Regular
Interest II-A-2,

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REMIC I Regular Interest III-A, 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 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 II-A-1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an
                  amount equal to the Uncertificated Principal Balance of REMIC
                  I Regular Interest II-A-1;

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

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

         (g)      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;

         (h)      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;

         (i)      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;

         (j)      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;

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         (k)      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;

         (l)      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; and

         (m)      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:

                  (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 III-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 III-A Policy), as evidenced in writing;

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                  (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 III-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 III-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
         assigned to the Certificates by any Rating Agency (determined without
         regard to the Class III-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 III-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 III-A Policy), as evidenced in writing; and

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                  (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 III-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'
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
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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 January 30, 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 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

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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 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 collected during the related Prepayment Period (to the
extent such Liquidation Proceeds 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 CERTIFICATE: Each of the Class P, Class CE and Residual
Certificates.

         PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT: The Prospectus Supplement dated January 27, 2004
relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.

         PROTECTED ACCOUNT: Each 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 or (y) 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 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 predatory lending laws.

         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.

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         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 III-A Certificates, without regard to the
Class III-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 (v) the proceeds, if
any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan 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.

         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 Offered
Certificates, so long as the Offered 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

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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.

         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 Offered 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 Offered 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 III-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.

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         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.

         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 II-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I
Regular Interest III-A, 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 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 II-A-1,
REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A, 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, 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 II-A-1, REMIC I
Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A, 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, 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 II-A-1, REMIC I Regular
Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A, 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 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.

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         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 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 II-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 II-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 II-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 II-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 III-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 III-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 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

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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 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.

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         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.

         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
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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", 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) or Class R-II Certificate.

         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-III 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-III 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

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(in respect of the Class R-IV 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-IV Interest).

         REMIC OPINION: Shall mean an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
proposed action will not have an adverse affect on any REMIC created hereunder.

         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 in excess of, and not
less than 90% of, the Stated Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(ii) 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

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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 Custodian has delivered a Final Certification noting no
defects or exceptions.

         REPURCHASE PRICE: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a price equal to
(i) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, plus (ii) interest
on such outstanding principal balance at the Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing
Fee Rate) from the last date through which interest has been paid to the end of
the month of repurchase, less (iii) amounts advanced by the Master Servicer in
respect of such repurchased Mortgage Loan which are being held in the Protected
Account for remittance to the Trustee plus (iv) any costs or damages (if any)
incurred by the Trust in connection with any violation of such Mortgage Loan of
any predatory lending laws.

         REQUEST FOR RELEASE: The Request for Release to be submitted by the
Seller or the Master Servicer to the Custodian substantially in the form of
Exhibit H. Each Request for Release furnished to the 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
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-I, Class R-II and Class RX
Certificates 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
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.

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         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: The Class I-A-1, Class I-A-2, Class II-A-1, Class
II-A-2 and Class III-A 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: 0.50% 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 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

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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
February 2007 and (b) the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M Certificates and the
Overcollateralization Amount divided by the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period is greater than or
equal to 41.50%.

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

         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 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 after the Stepdown
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 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
         -----------------                        ----------
         February 2007 to January 2008            3.75%
         February 2008 to January 2009            5.75%
         February 2009 to January 2010            7.00%
         February 2010 to January 2011            7.75%
         February 2011 and thereafter             8.25%

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         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
III-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 III-A Certificates only,
the Class III-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.

         TRUSTEE FEE: As to each Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, a fee
per annum equal to 0.0036% 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

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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 II-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I
Regular Interest III-A, 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 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%.

         UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT: The Underwriting Agreement dated as of October
29, 2003 among the Depositor, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. ("Bear Stearns") and Banc
of America Securities LLC ("Banc of America"), together with the related Terms
Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2004 among the Depositor, Bear Stearns and
Banc of America.

         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) 94% to the Offered Certificates,
(ii) 3% to the Class CE Certificates until paid in full, and (iii) 1% to each
Class of Residual Certificates (other than the Class RX 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 III-A
Certificateholders are subject to Section 5.07(l) of this Agreement.

         YIELD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS: The two Yield Maintenance Agreements,
each dated January 30, 2004 between the Trust (on behalf of the Class II-A-1,
Class II-A-2 and Class M Certificateholders) and Bear Stearns Financial Products
Inc.

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         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.

         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 first, to
Uncertificated Accrued Interest payable to 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, and thereafter among
REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular
Interest II-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest
III-A, 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 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.

         The Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns, sets over and otherwise
conveys 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 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 III-A Policy to the
Trustee.

         In connection with such sale, the Depositor has delivered to, and
deposited with, the Trustee or the 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, Inc. Asset Backed
Certificates, Series 2004-HE1," 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, Inc.
Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE1," 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 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,

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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 its 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 its 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 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
Custodian, the Trustee acknowledges receipt of, subject to the further review
and exceptions reported by the Custodian pursuant to the procedures described
below, the documents (or certified copies thereof) delivered to the Trustee or
the 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 Custodian on its behalf will deliver an Initial
Certification in the form of Exhibit One to the 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 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 the Custodian, the Trustee, an
Interim Certification substantially in the form of Exhibit Two to the Custodial
Agreement. In conducting such review, the Trustee or the 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
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 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 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 III-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 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.

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         (b) No later than 180 days after the Closing Date, the Trustee or the
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 the Custodian, the Trustee, a Final
Certification substantially in the form of Exhibit Three to the Custodial
Agreement. In conducting such review, the Trustee or the 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 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 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 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 III-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 Custodian pursuant to the Custodial Agreement. The
Trustee shall have no liability for the failure of the Custodian to perform its
obligations under the 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
and upon receipt of a Request for Release with respect to such Mortgage Loan,
the Trustee or the 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.

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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 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 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
         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)

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         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.

         (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

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         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 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 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 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.

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                  (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 III-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) through (mm) of
Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of a Group II Loan,
shall be deemed to materially adversely affect the interests of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer. The Seller hereby covenants 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 Certificateholders
(such determination to be made without regard to the Class III-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 failure to cure such breach as set forth
in the preceding sentence. The Seller 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
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
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
shall deliver to the Trustee or the Custodian on its behalf for the benefit of
the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer such documents and agreements
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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. 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 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
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 shall be deemed 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 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 Custodian shall release to the Seller 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 direction such instruments of transfer or assignment
as have been prepared by the Seller, in each case without recourse,
representation or warranty as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller, 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 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
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 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 Custodian shall release the related Mortgage File
held for the benefit of the Certificateholders to the Seller, and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver at such Person's direction the related instruments of
transfer or assignment prepared by the Seller, 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 to any
Mortgage Loan purchased pursuant to this Section 2.03. It is understood and
agreed that the obligation under this Agreement

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of the Seller 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 respecting such breach available to the Certificateholders, the
Depositor or the Trustee.

         (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 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 corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
         and has full power and authority (corporate and other) necessary to own
         or hold its properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by
         it and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement
         and any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.

                  (ii) The Depositor has the full corporate power and authority
         to execute, deliver and perform, and to enter into and consummate the
         transactions contemplated by, this Agreement and 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 charter or by-laws 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

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         or meet any of its obligations under this Agreement and any other
         Transaction Document to which it is a party.

                  (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 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 either
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
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repurchase or substitution, as applicable, will not result in the events
described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.

         (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, 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 the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant
hereto (and the 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 Seller, 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 Seller 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 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
Certificates.

         (c) The Seller, 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 Seller 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 Seller, 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 Seller 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
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, 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 5.03,
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
purpose of calculating monthly distributions to the Certificateholders, be added
to the Stated Principal Balance under the related Mortgage Loans,
notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit.

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         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
Payment and any other term affecting the 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
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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 8.03, 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 Successor Master 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.

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         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 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 or Insurance Proceeds 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, 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
Loan, notwithstanding that the 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
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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,
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
thereunder. The Master Servicer shall use its best 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
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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
connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the 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
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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.

         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 either 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).
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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 either 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.

         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.

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         (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.

         (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.

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         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
Agreement, which agreements may include 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).

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         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, 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
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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 M) 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.

                  (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
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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 Repurchase 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
Repurchase Price.

         If at any time EMC remits to the Master Servicer a payment for deposit
in the Protected Account covering the amount of the Repurchase Price for such a
Mortgage Loan, and EMC provides to the Trustee a certification signed by a
Servicing Officer stating that the amount of 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
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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, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-
HE1". 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 II-A Certificates, Class M Certificates and Class CE
Certificates in the manner provided in clause (b) below. of Section 5.04(a)
hereof. In addition, on each Distribution Date as to which there is a Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry Forward Amount payable to any Class of Certificates, the Trustee
shall deposit the amounts distributable pursuant to clauses (C) and (E) of
Section 5.04(a)(5) into the Reserve Fund and the Trustee has been directed by
the Class CE Certificateholder to distribute such amounts to the Holders of the
Offered Certificates in the amounts and priorities set forth in clauses (C) and
(E) of Section 5.04(a)(5). Any payments to the Holders of Offered Certificates
pursuant to the preceding sentence in respect of Basis Risk Shortfall Carry
Forward Amount 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
Agreement 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 II-A Certificates,
                  to the Class II-A Certificates, pro rata based on the amount
                  of Basis Risk Shortfall Carryforward Amount for such Classes
                  of Certificates, and (B) 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 and Class M-6 Certificates, in that order, the
                  sum of (i) any Basis Risk Shortfall for such Distribution Date
                  and (ii) any Basis Risk Shortfall Carryforward Amount for such
                  Distribution Date;

                  (ii) SECOND, from any remaining amounts received under the
                  non-related Yield Maintenance Agreement, to the Class II-A
                  Certificates and Class M Certificates, among such Classes of
                  Certificates in the manner and order of priority set forth in
                  clause (i), the sum of (i) any Basis Risk Shortfall for such
                  Distribution Date and (ii)

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                  any Basis Risk Shortfall Carryforward Amount for such
                  Distribution Date to the extent not covered in clause (i)
                  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.

         (d) For federal tax return and information reporting, the right of the
holders of the Offered Certificates to receive payments from the Reserve Fund in
respect of any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry Forward Amount shall be assigned a
value of zero.

         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

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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
Advancing Facility as described 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 and (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 either 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. In no event will the Master Servicer waive
a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is
not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. If a Prepayment
Charge is waived, but does not meet the standards described 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.

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         (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, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2004-HE1". 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 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 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.

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         (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 and Insurance
         Proceeds) 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);

                  (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)

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         (including, for this purpose, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds
         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, 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
be a Nonrecoverable Advance and identifying the related Mortgage Loan(s), and
their respective portions of such Nonrecoverable Advance.

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         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
shall be permitted to withdraw or receive distribution of any and all 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

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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 Certificates and Class
                  I-A-2 Certificates, the Current Interest and 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, to the Class II-A-1 Certificates and Class
                  II-A-2 Certificates, the Current Interest and any Interest
                  Carry Forward Amount for each such Class, on a pro rata basis
                  based on the entitlement of each such Class; and

                  (iii) Loan Group III, first, to the Certificate Insurer, the
                  Certificate Insurer Premium Amount, second, to the Class III-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
                  III-A Policy;

                  (B) 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 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 III-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

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         related to interest draws on the Class III-A Policy, if any, prior to
         paying such Interest Carry Forward Amount to the Class III-A
         Certificates; and

                  (C) 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 and Class M-6 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 III-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 III-A Policy, if any, prior to paying such Extra Principal
Distribution Amount to the Class III-A Certificates. Any Remaining Excess Spread
together with any Overcollateralization Release Amount will be applied as Excess
Cashflow and distributed pursuant to clauses (5)(A) through (G) 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 Certificates and Class I-A-2
                           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-1
                           Certificates and Class II-A-2 Certificates, pro rata,
                           based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each
                           such Class, until the Certificate Principal Balances
                           thereof are reduced to zero; and

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

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                  (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; and

                  (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.

                  (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 Certificates and Class I-A-2
                           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-1
                           Certificates and Class II-A-2 Certificates, pro rata,
                           based on the Certificate Principal Balance of each
                           such Class, the Class II-A Principal Distribution
                           Amount for such Distribution Date, until the
                           Certificate Principal Balances thereof is reduced to
                           zero; and

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

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                  (ii) To the Class M-1 Certificates, from any remaining
                  Principal Distribution Amount in respect of all Loan Groups,
                  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,
                  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,
                  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,
                  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,
                  the Class M-5 Principal Distribution Amount, until the
                  Certificate Principal Balance thereof is reduced to zero; and

                  (vii) To the Class M-6 Certificates, from any remaining
                  Principal Distribution Amount in respect of all Loan Groups,
                  the Class M-6 Principal Distribution Amount, 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 and among the Classes of each
such group in the same manner and order of priority described above; provided,
however, any such amount allocable to the Class III-A Certificates will be used
first to pay the Certificate Insurer any Reimbursement Amounts related to
principal draws on the Class III-A Policy, if any; and

         (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses (2)(A) and (B) above, if
on any Distribution Date the pro rata portion of the applicable Class A
Principal Distribution Amount allocated to a Class of Class A Certificates is
insufficient to pay to such Class A Certificates the principal to which they are
entitled under clause (2)(B)(i), any Excess Cashflow will be allocated in an
amount equal to the lesser of the deficiency and the aggregate amount of such
Excess Cashflow, and if the pro rata portion of the applicable Class A Principal
Distribution Amount is insufficient for all Classes of Class A Certificates,
then pro rata based upon the respective amounts of such deficiencies.

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

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                  (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 III-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 III-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 and Class M-6
         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 II-A
         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;

                  (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 and Class M-6
         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 CE
         Certificates, an amount equal to the Class CE Distribution Amount
         reduced by amounts distributed in clauses (C) and (E) above; and

                  (G) any remaining amounts to each of the Class R-I, Class R-II
         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

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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 Shortfalls.

         (b) 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.

         (c) 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.

         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-6 Certificates,
until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;
fourth, to the Class M-5 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance
thereof has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the Class M-4 Certificates, until
the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; sixth, to
the Class M-3 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has
been reduced to zero; seventh, to the Class M-2 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; eighth, to the
Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero; and ninth, to the Class A Certificates, on a pro rata basis,
until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has been reduced to
zero. All Realized Losses to be allocated to the Certificate Principal Balances
of all Classes on any Distribution Date shall be so allocated after the actual
distributions to be made on such date as provided above. All references above to
the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class of Certificates shall be to the
Certificate Principal Balance of such Class immediately prior to the relevant
Distribution Date, before reduction thereof by any Realized Losses, in each case
to be allocated to such Class of Certificates, on such Distribution Date.

         (b) Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class of Offered
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 SEVENTH Section 5.04(a). No

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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 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-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; fourth, 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; fifth, 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; sixth 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; seventh 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; eighth 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; ninth 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, II-A-1, II-A-2 and
III-A, 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, II-A-1, II-A-2 and III-A 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

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         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
         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 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
Trustee, 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) the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances of all of
         the Mortgage Loans 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;

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                  (x) the number and aggregate principal amounts of Mortgage
         Loans (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 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;

                  (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 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 as of the last day of such Distribution
         Date;

                  (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 III-A Policy, (b)
         principal draws on the Class III-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) 904-7053.
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 the way Monthly
Statements are distributed in order to make such distributions more convenient
or more accessible to the above parties.

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         (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

                  (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.

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         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-I 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, REMIC I Regular
         Interest II-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular
         Interest III-A, 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 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 II-A-1, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular
         Interest III-A, 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, 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;

                  (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;

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                  (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) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest AA, 98.00% of
         such remainder, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such
         REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero;

                  (B) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-A-1, REMIC I
         Regular Interest I-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest II-A-1, REMIC I
         Regular Interest II-A-2, REMIC I Regular Interest III-A, 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, 1.00% of such remainder, 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;

                  (C) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ, 1.00% of
         such remainder, until the Uncertificated Principal Balance of such
         REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero; then

                  (D) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class R-I
         Certificates;

provided, however, that 98.00% and 2.00% of any principal payments that are
attributable to an Overcollateralization Release Amount shall be allocated to
Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest AA and REMIC I Regular Interest ZZ,
respectively.

                  (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.

         (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

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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)(5)(C), (E) and (F) 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 III-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 III-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
III-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 III-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 III-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 III-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 III-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 III-A Certificates (the
"Class III-A Policy Payments Account") over which the Trustee shall have
exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The Class III-A Policy Payments
Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Trustee shall deposit any amount paid
under the Class III-A Policy into the Class III-A Policy Payments Account and
distribute such amount only for the purposes of making the payments to Holders
of the Class III-A Certificates in respect of the Insured Payment for which the
related claim was made under the Class III-A Policy. Such amounts shall be
allocated by the Trustee to Holders of Class III-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
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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 III-A Certificates from funds in the Class III-A
Policy Payments Account shall be noted as provided in subsection (e) below.
Funds held in the Class III-A Policy Payments Account shall not be invested by
the Trustee.

         (d) Any funds received from the Certificate Insurer for deposit into
the Class III-A Policy Payments Account pursuant to the Class III-A Policy in
respect of a Distribution Date or otherwise as a result of any claim under the
Class III-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
III-A Certificates, or (ii) of other amounts payable under the Class III-A
Policy. Funds received by the Trustee as a result of any claim under the Class
III-A Policy shall be used solely for payment to the Holders of the Class III-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 III- 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 III-A Policy Payments Account and (ii) the allocation of such funds to (A)
payments of interest on and principal in respect of any Class III-A Certificates
and (B) the amount of funds available to make distributions on the Class III- 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 III-A
Certificate by its acceptance of the Class III-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 III-A
Certificates, the Certificate Insurer will be fully subrogated to the rights of
the Holders of such Class III-A Certificates to receive such principal and
interest from the Trust Fund. The Holders of the Class III-A Certificates, by
acceptance of the Class III-A Certificates, assign their rights as Holders of
the Class III-A Certificates to the extent of the Certificate Insurer's interest
with respect to amounts paid under the Class III-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 III-A
Certificates which is made with funds received pursuant to the terms of the
Class III-A Policy, shall not be considered payment of the Class III-A
Certificates from the Trust Fund and shall not result in the distribution or the
provision for the distribution in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class III-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.

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         (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 III-A Certificates as to which it has actual knowledge.
Each Holder of a Class III-A Certificate, by its purchase of Class III-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 III-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 III-A Policy to the
Certificate Insurer for cancellation upon the reduction of the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class III-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 III-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 III-A Policy (a "Certificate
Insurer Default"), each Holder of a Class III- 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 III-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 III-A Certificates
hereunder without any further consent of the Holders of the Class III-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

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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 III-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:

                 Minimum        Integral Multiple in      Original Certificate
  Class        Denomination       Excess of Minimum        Principal Balance
---------    ---------------   ----------------------    -----------------------
  I-A-1          $25,000                $1.00              $ 53,358,000.00
  I-A-2          $25,000                $1.00              $ 42,697,000.00
 II-A-1          $25,000                $1.00              $136,799,000.00
 II-A-2          $25,000                $1.00              $ 15,199,000.00
  III-A          $25,000                $1.00              $149,378,000.00
   M-1           $25,000                $1.00              $ 33,851,000.00
   M-2           $25,000                $1.00              $ 27,081,000.00
   M-3           $25,000                $1.00              $  8,776,000.00
   M-4           $25,000                $1.00              $  6,519,000.00
   M-5           $25,000                $1.00              $  7,272,000.00
   M-6           $25,000                $1.00              $  6,268,000.00
   CE               10%                  1%                $ 14,292,725.09
    P              $100                  N/A               $        100.00
   R-I             100%                  N/A                      N/A
  R-II             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
Certificates shall be 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.

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         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 in substantially
the forms set forth in Exhibit E (the "Transferor Certificate") and (x) deliver
a letter in substantially the form of either Exhibit F (the "Investment Letter")
or Exhibit G (the "Rule 144A Letter") 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
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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 and/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 relay, 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 and/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. Neither the 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

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(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 cause the Transfer of an 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
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         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.

         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 III-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.

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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, upon original issuance, shall be issued in
the form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing the Book-Entry
Certificates, to be delivered to the Depository by or on behalf of the
Depositor. 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;

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         (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.

         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

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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 Current
Principal Amount 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.

         (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.

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         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, the Custodian and
the Certificate Insurer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the 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.

         (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.

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         (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 (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 III-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

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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;

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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 III-A Policy, if Certificate
         Insurer Default has occurred and is not 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 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. 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 collection of a Scheduled Payment on 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.

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         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 III-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
Trustee and the Certificate 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
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immediately prior to such assignment and delegation (determined without regard
to the Class III-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.

         (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.

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

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                  (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:

                  (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,

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         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 negligence of any of 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;

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                  (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.

         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 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
Mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with
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.

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         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
(combined capital and surplus) as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.06, the Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
9.08.

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         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. Notice of any removal of the Trustee shall be
given to each Rating Agency and the Certificate Insurer by the Trustee or
successor trustee.

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         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 III-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, 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
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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
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co- trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or
successor trustee.

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         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
penultimate paragraph of 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
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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
such other tax arises out of or results from a breach by such other party of any
of 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-6 Certificates, second, to
the Class M-5 Certificates, third, to the Class M-4 Certificates, fourth, to the
Class M-3 Certificates, fifth, to the Class M-2 Certificates, sixth, to the
Class M-1 Certificates, and seventh 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,

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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 III-A Certificates) within five (5) Business
Days after such Determination Date that the final distribution in retirement of
such Class of Certificates is scheduled to be made on the immediately following
Distribution Date. Any final distribution made pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the
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

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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 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 for cancellation, the Class R Certificateholders
shall be entitled to all unclaimed funds and other assets of the Trust Fund that
remain subject hereto.

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         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 each 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 III-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 each 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 either 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 either 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.

         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

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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 REMIC I, REMIC
II, REMIC III or REMIC IV or the Certificateholders or cause 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 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

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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 this Agreement is held or deemed to
create a security interest in such assets, then (i) this Agreement shall be
deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial
Code of the State of New York and (ii) each conveyance provided for in this
Agreement 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

                  (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,

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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, Inc., 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; (iv) 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; (v) in the case of the
Certificate Insurer, Ace 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 (vi) 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 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

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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.

         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 III-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.

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         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 III-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 III-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 III-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 III-A Certificates are
entitled to exercise under this 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 III-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 III-A Policy
or the Transaction Documents.

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         (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,
                                          INC.,
                                                   as Depositor

                                          By: /s/ Joseph T. Jurkowski
                                             -----------------------------------
                                          Name:   Joseph T. Jurkowski
                                          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 30th day of January, 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, Inc., 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               )
                       ) ss.:
COUNTY OF              )

         On this 30th day of January, 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 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               )
                       ) ss.:
COUNTY OF              )

         On this 30th day of January, 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.

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                       <C>
Certificate No.1                                          Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class [I-A-1][I-A-2][II-A-1][II-A-2][III-A]
Senior

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                   Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance
and Cut-off Date:                                         of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
January 1, 2004                                           $___________________

First Distribution Date:                                  Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this
February 25, 2004                                         Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
                                                          $___________________

Master Servicer:
EMC Mortgage Corporation                                  CUSIP: ____________

Assumed Final Distribution Date:
____________, _____
</TABLE>

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE1

         evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions
         allocable to the Class Class [I-A-1][I-A-2][II-A-1][II-A-2][III-A]
         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, INC.

                  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, Inc., 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, Inc., the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns
Asset Backed Securities, Inc., 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, Inc. ("BSABS"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC") to BSABS. EMC will act

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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, 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 during the month
prior to the month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs,
commencing on the Distribution Date of the prior month, 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. The Assumed Final
Distribution Date is the Distribution Date in the month following the latest
scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan and is not likely to be the date on
which the Certificate Principal Balance of this Class of Certificates will be
reduced to zero.

                  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 ACE
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

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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
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

                                      A-1-4

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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-1-5

<PAGE>

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: January 30, 2004                     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][II-A-1][II-A-2][III-A]
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 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] 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 DEPOSITOR OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR

                                      A-2-1

<PAGE>

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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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                       <C>
Certificate No.1                                          Variable Pass-Through Rate

Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6] Subordinate

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and               Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance
Cut-off Date:                                             of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
January 1, 2004                                           $_________________

First Distribution Date:                                  Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this
February 25, 2004                                         Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
                                                          $_________________

Master Servicer:
EMC Mortgage Corporation                                  CUSIP: ______________

Assumed Final Distribution Date:
February 25, 2034
</TABLE>

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE1

         evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions
         allocable to the Class M-[1][2][3][4][5][6] 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, INC.

                  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, Inc., 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, Inc., the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns
Asset Backed Securities, Inc., 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, Inc. ("BSABS"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by EMC Mortgage
Corporation ("EMC") to BSABS. EMC will act as master servicer of the Mortgage
Loans (in that capacity, the "Master Servicer," which term

                                      A-2-3

<PAGE>

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, 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 during the month
prior to the month in which a Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) occurs,
commencing on the Distribution Date of the prior month, 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. The Assumed Final
Distribution Date is the Distribution Date in the month following the latest
scheduled maturity date of any Mortgage Loan and is not likely to be the date on
which the Certificate Principal Balance of this Class of Certificates will be
reduced to zero.

                  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-2-4

<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
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-2-5

<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-2-6

<PAGE>

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: January 30, 2004                     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] 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 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").

                  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.

                  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

                                      A-3-1

<PAGE>

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 OF THIS CERTIFICATE 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

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                       <C>
Certificate No.1                                          Percentage Interest: 100%

Class CE                                                  Variable Pass-Through Rate

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and               Initial Certificate Notional Balance of this
Cut-off Date:                                             Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
January 1, 2004                                           $______________

First Distribution Date:                                  Aggregate Certificate Notional Balance of this
February 25, 2004                                         Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
                                                          $______________

Master Servicer:
EMC Mortgage Corporation                                  CUSIP:______________

Assumed Final Distribution Date:
February 25, 2034
</TABLE>

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE1

         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, INC.

                  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, Inc., 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, Inc., the Master Servicer or the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns
Asset Backed Securities, Inc., 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, Inc. ("BSABS"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by
EMC Mortgage Corporation ("EMC") to BSABS.

                                      A-3-3

<PAGE>

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, 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. The Assumed Final Distribution Date is the
Distribution Date in the month following the latest scheduled maturity date of
any Mortgage Loan and is not likely to be the date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of this Class of Certificates will be reduced to zero.

                  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 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

                                      A-3-4

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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 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 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.

                  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
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

                                      A-3-5

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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: January 30, 2004                     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-4

                           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.

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<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 OF THIS CERTIFICATE 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-4-2

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<S>                                                       <C>
Certificate No.1                                          Percentage Interest: 100%

Class P

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and               Aggregate Initial Certificate Principal Balance
Cut-off Date:                                             of this Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
January 1, 2004                                           $100.00

First Distribution Date:                                  Initial Certificate Principal Balance of this
February 25, 2004                                         Certificate as of the Cut-off Date:
                                                          $100.00

Master Servicer:
EMC Mortgage Corporation                                  CUSIP: _________________

Assumed Final Distribution Date:
February 25, 2034
</TABLE>

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE1

         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, INC.

                  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, Inc., 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, Inc., the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns
Asset Backed Securities, Inc., 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, Inc. ("BSABS"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by
EMC Mortgage Corporation ("EMC") to BSABS.

                                      A-4-3

<PAGE>

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, 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. The Assumed Final Distribution Date is the
Distribution Date in the month following the latest scheduled maturity date of
any Mortgage Loan and is not likely to be the date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of this Class of Certificates will be reduced to zero.

                  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.

                                      A-4-4

<PAGE>

                  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 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 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.

                  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
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

                                      A-4-5

<PAGE>

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 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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<PAGE>

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to be duly
executed.

Dated: January 30, 2004                     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-5

                          Form of Class R 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 OF THIS CERTIFICATE 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 FOREGOING CLAUSES
(A), (B), (C), (D) OR (E) BEING HEREIN REFERRED TO AS A

                                      A-5-1

<PAGE>

"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.

                                                       A-5-2

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<S>                                                       <C>
Certificate No.1

Class R[-I][-II][RX]                                      Percentage Interest: 100%

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and
Cut-off Date:
January 1, 2004

First Distribution Date:
February 25, 2004

Master Servicer:
EMC Mortgage Corporation                                  CUSIP: _________________

Assumed Final Distribution Date:
February 25, 2034
</TABLE>

                            ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATE
                                 SERIES 2004-HE1

         evidencing a fractional undivided interest in the distributions
         allocable to the Class R[-I][-II][RX] 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, INC.

                  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, Inc., 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, Inc., the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or any of their affiliates or any other person. None of Bear Stearns
Asset Backed Securities, Inc., 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, Inc. ("BSABS"). The Mortgage Loans were sold by
EMC Mortgage Corporation ("EMC") to BSABS. 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

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was created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of the
Cut-off Date specified above (the "Agreement"), among BSABS, 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. The Assumed Final Distribution Date is the
Distribution Date in the month following the latest scheduled maturity date of
any Mortgage Loan and is not likely to be the date on which the Certificate
Principal Balance of this Class of Certificates will be reduced to zero.

                  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

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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.

                  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
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

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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 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: January 30, 2004                     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[-I][-II][RX] 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
                             ----------------------

                  The Preliminary and Final Mortgage Loan Schedules shall set
forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

                  (a) the loan number;

                  (b) [Reserved];

                  (c) the city, state and zip code of the Mortgaged Property;

                  (d) the property type;

                  (e) the Mortgage Rate;

                  (f) the Servicing Fee Rate;

                  (g) the Mortgage Net Rate;

                  (h) the original term;

                  (i) the maturity date;

                  (j) the stated remaining term to maturity;

                  (k) the original principal balance;

                  (1) the first payment date;

                  (m) the principal and interest payment in effect as of the
                      Cut-off Date;

                  (n) the unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off Date;

                  (o) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;

                  (p) paid-through date;

                  (q) the insurer of any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy;

                  (r) reserved;

                  (s) the Gross Margin, if applicable;

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                  (t) the Maximum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;

                  (u) the Minimum Lifetime Mortgage Rate, if applicable;

                  (v) the Periodic Rate Cap, if applicable; and

                  (w) the number of days delinquent, if any.

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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 Backed Securities,
Inc. Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE1, Class R-__ 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, Inc. (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, Inc.
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-HE1

                  Re:      Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc.
                           Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE1, 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-HE1, Class _____ (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), dated as of January 1, 2004 among Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities, Inc., 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 INVESTOR REPRESENTATION LETTER (NON-RULE 144A)

                                ___________,200__

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc.
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-HE1

                  Re:      Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc.
                           Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE1, Class__
                           ---------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         ______________ (the "Purchaser") intends to purchase from
______________ (the "Seller") $_________ Initial Certificate Principal Balance
of Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE1, Class _____ (the "Certificates"),
issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and
Servicing Agreement"), dated as of January 1, 2004 among Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities, Inc., as depositor (the "Depositor"), EMC Mortgage
Corporation, as seller and master servicer, and LaSalle Bank National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). All terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement. The Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Depositor and the Trustee that:

                           1. The Purchaser understands that (a) the
                  Certificates have not been and will not be registered or
                  qualified under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
                  "Act") or any state securities law, (b) the Depositor is not
                  required to so register or qualify the Certificates, (c) the
                  Certificates may be resold only if registered and qualified
                  pursuant to the provisions of the Act or any state securities
                  law, or if an exemption from such registration and
                  qualification is available, (d) the Pooling and Servicing
                  Agreement contains restrictions regarding the transfer of the
                  Certificates and (e) the Certificates will bear a legend to
                  the foregoing effect.

                           2. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates for
                  its own account for investment only and not with a view to or
                  for sale in connection with any distribution thereof in any
                  manner that would violate the Act or any applicable state
                  securities laws.

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                           3. The Purchaser is (a) a substantial, sophisticated
                  institutional investor having such knowledge and experience in
                  financial and business matters, and, in particular, in such
                  matters related to securities similar to the Certificates,
                  such that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
                  investment in the Certificates, (b) able to bear the economic
                  risks of such an investment and (c) an "accredited investor"
                  within the meaning of Rule 501 (a) promulgated pursuant to the
                  Act.

                           4. The Purchaser has been furnished with, and has had
                  an opportunity to review (a) [a copy of the Private Placement
                  Memorandum, dated ______, 2004, relating to the Certificates
                  (b)] a copy of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and [(b)]
                  [(c)] such other information concerning the Certificates, the
                  Mortgage Loans and the Depositor as has been requested by the
                  Purchaser from the Depositor or the Seller and is relevant to
                  the Purchaser's decision to purchase the Certificates. The
                  Purchaser has had any questions arising from such review
                  answered by the Depositor or the Seller to the satisfaction of
                  the Purchaser. [If the Purchaser did not purchase the
                  Certificates from the Seller in connection with the initial
                  distribution of the Certificates and was provided with a copy
                  of the Private Placement Memorandum (the "Memorandum")
                  relating to the original sale (the "Original Sale") of the
                  Certificates by the Depositor, the Purchaser acknowledges that
                  such Memorandum was provided to it by the Seller, that the
                  Memorandum was prepared by the Depositor solely for use in
                  connection with the Original Sale and the Depositor did not
                  participate in or facilitate in any way the purchase of the
                  Certificates by the Purchaser from the Seller, and the
                  Purchaser agrees that it will look solely to the Seller and
                  not to the Depositor with respect to any damage, liability,
                  claim or expense arising out of, resulting from or in
                  connection with (a) error or omission, or alleged error or
                  omission, contained in the Memorandum, or (b) any information,
                  development or event arising after the date of the
                  Memorandum.]

                           5. The Purchaser has not and will not nor has it
                  authorized or will it authorize any person to (a) offer,
                  pledge, sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer any
                  Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
                  similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicit any
                  offer to buy or to accept a pledge, disposition of other
                  transfer of any Certificate, any interest in any Certificate
                  or any other similar security from any person in any manner,
                  (c) otherwise approach or negotiate with respect to any
                  Certificate, any interest in any Certificate or any other
                  similar security with any person in any manner, (d) make any
                  general solicitation by means of general advertising or in any
                  other manner or (e) take any other action, that (as to any of
                  (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of any
                  Certificate under 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 Purchaser 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,

                                          ______________________________
                                          (Purchaser)

                                          By:___________________________

                                          Name:_________________________

                                          Title:________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT G

                       FORM OF RULE 144A INVESTMENT LETTER

                                                                          [Date]
[SELLER]

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc.
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 Trust 2004-HE1,
                  Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE1 (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 registration

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                           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) are
                           providing the Opinion of Counsel required by the
                           Agreement.

                  (ix)     We understand that each of the Class ___ Certificates
                           bears, and will continue to bear, a legend to
                           substantiate the following effect: "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.

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                           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. 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

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                           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."

         "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 January 1, 2004,
between Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc., 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 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 January 1, 2004, between
         Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Inc., as Depositor, EMC Mortgage
         Corporation, as seller and master servicer, and LaSalle Bank National
         Association, as Trustee
         ---------------------------------------------------------------------

         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 January 30, 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, INC., 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 MINNESOTA, 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
January 1, 2004, relating to the issuance of Bear Stearns Asset Backed
Securities Trust 2004-HE1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-HE1 (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

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                  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 (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.

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                  (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 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

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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.

                  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.

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                  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 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.

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                  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 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.

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                  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 provisions hereof to the extent of the
Certificate Insurer's or any Class III-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 DEEMED A
CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                  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.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date
first above written.

Address:                                     LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
                                             ASSOCIATION, not individually but
135 South LaSalle Street                     solely as Trustee
Chicago, IL 60603

Attention:                                   By:________________________________
                  BSABS 2004-HE1             Name:
Telecopy:                                    Title:
Confirmation:
Address:                                     BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED
                                             SECURITIES, INC.
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:
                                             Title:

Address:                                     WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                             NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
1015 Tenth Avenue Southeast
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414                 By:________________________________
                                             Name:    Leigh Taylor
                                             Title:   Assistant Vice President

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STATE OF                )
                        ) ss:
COUNTY OF               )

                  On the 30th day of January 2004 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared _______________, known to me to be a(n)
___________________ 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]

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

                  On the 30th day of January 2004 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared_____________________, known to me to be
a(n)________________of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc., 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]

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STATE OF TEXAS                 )
                               ) ss:
COUNTY OF DALLAS               )

                  On the 30th day of January 2004 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared _____________________, known to me to be
a(n) __________________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]

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STATE OF MINNESOTA     )
                       ) ss:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN     )

                  On the 30th day of January 2004 before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared Leigh Taylor, known to me to be a
Assistant Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, 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]

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                                   EXHIBIT ONE

                     FORM OF CUSTODIAN INITIAL CERTIFICATION

                                               January 30, 2004

LaSalle Bank National Association       ACE 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, Inc., Series 2004-HE1

                  Re:      Custodial Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, by
                           and among LaSalle Bank National Association, Wells
                           Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, Bear
                           Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. and EMC
                           Mortgage Corporation relating to Bear Stearns Asset
                           Backed Securities Trust 2004-HE1, Asset-Backed
                           Certificates, Series 2004-HE1
                           -----------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned
Custodial Agreement, and subject to Section 2.02 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.

                                                     WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                                     NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                                     By:________________________
                                                     Name:______________________
                                                     Title:_____________________

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                                   EXHIBIT TWO

                     FORM OF CUSTODIAN INTERIM CERTIFICATION

                                                            [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association        ACE 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, Inc., Series 2004-HE1

                  Re:      Custodial Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, by
                           and among LaSalle Bank National Association, Wells
                           Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, Bear
                           Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. and EMC
                           Mortgage Corporation relating to Bear Stearns Asset
                           Backed Securities Trust 2004-HE1, Asset-Backed
                           Certificates, Series 2004-HE1
                           -----------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned
Custodial 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.

                                                WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                                NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                                By:________________________
                                                Name:______________________
                                                Title:_____________________

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                                  EXHIBIT THREE

                      FORM OF CUSTODIAN FINAL CERTIFICATION

                                                      [DATE]

LaSalle Bank National Association        ACE 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, Inc., Series 2004-HE1

                  Re:      Custodial Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2004, by
                           and among LaSalle Bank National Association, Wells
                           Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, Bear
                           Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. and EMC
                           Mortgage Corporation relating to Bear Stearns Asset
                           Backed Securities Trust 2004-HE1 Asset-Backed
                           Certificates, Series 2004-HE1
                           -----------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  In accordance with Section 2.3 of the above-captioned
Custodial Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that it has
received a Mortgage File with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule containing with respect to each such Mortgage Loan:

                  (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, Inc. Asset Backed
                  Certificates, Series 2004- HE1," and showing to the extent
                  available to the 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

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                  evidence of such recording indicated thereon (or if permitted
                  by Section 2.2 of the Custodial Agreement, 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, Inc. Asset Backed Certificates, Series
2004-HE1", which shall have been recorded (or if permitted by Section 2.2 of the
Custodial Agreement, 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.

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

                                                WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                                NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                                By:________________________
                                                Name:______________________
                                                Title:_____________________

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                                    EXHIBIT L

                           FORM OF CLASS III-A POLICY

                                               January __, 2004

ACE GUARANTY CORP.
1325 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019

FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE POLICY
-----------------------------------

OBLIGATIONS INSURED:                                FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURANCE
                                                    POLICY NUMBER:  D-2004-2
All Insured Payments now owing or which
may in the future be owing by the Trust and         EFFECTIVE DATE:
to be paid by the Trust to the Beneficiary          January 30, 2004
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-2004-2 (the "Policy"), ACE 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.

         (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 February 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

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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 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 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-HE1,
Class III-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-2004-2.

         (q) "Pooling Agreement" means the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as of January 1, 2004, among Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc.,
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

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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 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.

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         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.

         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

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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.

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:

                  ACE 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, Inc.,
                              Series 2004-HE1

         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.

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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 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 January 30,
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,

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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.

         (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 subject to coverage under the New York
Property/Casualty Insurance Security Fund.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ACE 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 ACE GUARANTY CORP. by virtue of such
signature.

                                                     ACE GUARANTY CORP.

                                                     By: _______________________
                                                         Name:
                                                         Title:

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A
                                                                       ---------

                                 NOTICE OF CLAIM
                                 ---------------

ACE 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 ACE Guaranty Corp. (the "Insurer") with
reference to Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy No. D-2004-2 (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.

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         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 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:

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                                    EXHIBIT M

             FORM OF BACK-UP CERTIFICATION TO FORM 10-K CERTIFICATE

         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 January 1, 2004 (the "P&S Agreement") among Bear Stearns Asset
Backed Securities, Inc., 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"); 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:

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