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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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     THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made and entered into effective
as  of  the  first  day  of  August 11, 2003, by and between Eye Care Centers of
America, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), or its assigns, and James J.
Denny  ("Employee");

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     WHEREAS,  the  Company  desires  to  employ  executive  on  the  terms  and
conditions  set  forth  below;  and

     WHEREAS,  Employee desires to serve in the employment of the Company on the
terms  and  conditions  set  forth  below;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the mutual covenants and agreements
hereinafter  set  forth,  the  parties  hereto  agree  as  follows:

     1.     Employment.  The Company hereby employs Employee and Employee hereby
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accepts  such  employment,  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  set forth herein.

     2.     Term.  The  term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof
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(the "Effective Date") and shall terminate on August 11, 2004 subject to earlier
termination and extension as hereinafter provided (the "Term").  Thereafter, and
subject to Section 8(d), this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive
one-year  terms  unless either party gives written notice of its election not to
renew at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then current period.  In
the  event  of such extension, all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect.

     3.     Duties.  During  the  Term,  employee agrees that he will devote his
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full  business  time,  attention and energies to the business of the Company and
its  subsidiaries  and  affiliates, if applicable, and to the performance of his
duties  hereunder,  and  shall  not engage in any other business, profession, or
occupation  for  compensation  or  otherwise.

     4.     Compensation.
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     (a)     Base  Compensation.  During the term of this Agreement, the Company
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shall  pay to Employee a salary at an annual rate of not less than $195,000 (the
"Base  Salary").  The  Base  Salary  shall be reviewed by the Board from time to
time  as  the  Board deems appropriate.  The Base Salary shall be payable during
the Term in substantially equal installments not less frequently than monthly in
accordance  with  the  Company's  standard  payroll  policy  or  in  such  other
installments  as  the  parties  may  mutually  agree.

     (b)     Bonus.  Employee  shall  be  eligible  to earn a bonus based upon a
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bonus  plan  to  be  determined from time to time by the Company for each fiscal
year.

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(c)     Reimbursement  of  Expenses;  Automobile.  The  Company  shall reimburse
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Employee,  in  accordance with the Company's policy in effect from time to time,
for all reasonable travel, entertainment and other business expenses incurred by
Employee  in  the  performance  of  his  duties  and responsibilities hereunder.
Employee  will  receive  an  automobile  allowance of $500 per month and will be
reimbursed  for his reasonable automobile insurance costs in accordance with the
Company's  automobile  allowance  policy.

(d)     Stock Option Plan.  Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Eye
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Care Centers of America, Inc.'s Executive Stock Option Plan, and his rights with
respect  to  options  granted  to him thereunder shall be governed solely by the
terms  of  such plan, as it may be in effect from time to time, and the terms of
the  Stock  Option  Agreement  evidencing  the  grant  of  such  options.

(e)     Net  Payments.  The  amount  of  any gross payments provided for in this
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Agreement  shall  be  paid  net  of  any  applicable  withholding required under
federal,  state  or  local  law.

     5.     Benefits.  Employee  shall  be entitled to receive the benefits made
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available  or  applicable  from  time  to  time to the employees of the Company;
provided,  however,  that  the  receipt  of  such  benefits by Employee shall be
subject  to  the Company's eligibility and enrollment requirements pertaining to
such  benefit  programs.

     6.     Confidentiality  and  Competitive  Activities.
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     (a)     Confidentiality.  Employee  acknowledges that during his employment
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with  the  Company,  the  Company  has  and will continue to disclose to him the
confidential  affairs  and  proprietary  information  of  the  Company  and  its
subsidiaries and affiliates which is developed by and belongs to the Company and
its  subsidiaries and affiliates, including matters of a business nature such as
information  about  costs,  profits,  markets,  sales,  trade secrets, potential
patents  and  other  business  ideas, customer lists, supplier and vendor lists,
plans  for future developments and/or acquisitions, and information of any other
kind  not  known  within  the  optical  retail industry generally (collectively,
"Confidential  Matters").  Employee  further acknowledges that the Company would
not hire Employee or disclose these Confidential Matters to Employee without the
promises  made  by  Employee  in  this  Section  6.  In  light of the foregoing,
Employee  agrees:

          (i)     To  keep secret all Confidential Matters of the Company and of
any  subsidiaries  and  affiliates  of  the Company, and not to disclose them to
anyone  outside  of  the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or otherwise
use  them or use his knowledge of them for his own benefit or for the benefit of
any  third party, including, without limitation, use of the trade secrets, trade
names or trademarks of the Company, either during or after the Term, except with
the  Company's  prior  written  consent;  and

          (ii)     To  deliver promptly to the Company at the termination of the
Term,  or  at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notices, records,
reports and other documents (and all copies thereof) relating to the business of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including, but not limited
to,  Confidential  Matters, which he may then possess or have under his control.

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Notwithstanding  any  of the foregoing, the term "Confidential Matters" does not
include  information  which  (i) is or becomes generally available to the public
other  than  as  a  result  of  any  disclosure  by Employee or (ii) Employee is
compelled  to  disclose by judicial or administrative process; provided, that in
the case of any such requirement or purported requirement Employee shall provide
written  notice to the Company prior to producing such information, which notice
shall  be  given at least ten (10) days prior to the producing such information,
if  practicable,  so  that  the  Company  may  seek  a protective order or other
appropriate  remedy.

     (b)     Competitive  Activities.  Employee  expressly  recognizes  and
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acknowledges that the terms and condition of this Section 6(b) are reasonable as
to  time,  area  and  scope  of  restricted  activity,  necessary to protect the
legitimate  interests of the Company, and are not unduly burdensome to Employee.
For  a  period  commencing  on  the Effective Date and ending twelve (12) months
following  the effective date of a termination of Employee's employment (for any
reason  whatsoever other than termination by the Company without Cause or if the
Company  elects not to renew the Term as provided in Section 2 hereof), Employee
shall  not,  without  the written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly
(whether  for  compensation  or  otherwise),  alone  or  as  officer,  director,
stockholder (excepting not more than 1% stockholdings for investment purposes in
securities of publicly held and traded companies), partner, associate, employee,
agent, principal, trustee, salesman, consultant, capacity, take any action in or
participate  with  or  become  interested  in  or  associated with the companies
commonly  referred  to  as  Cole/Pearl, Lenscrafter or Walmart (or any successor
thereto).  (Such  activities  are  hereinafter  referred  to as the "Competitive
Activities").

     (c)     Antisolicitation.  Employee  agrees  that  during  the Term of this
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Agreement,  and  for a period of two (2) years thereafter, he will not influence
or  attempt  to influence customers (including customers with respect to managed
care plans), vendors or suppliers of the Company or any of its present or future
direct or indirect subsidiaries or affiliates, either directly or indirectly, to
divert  their  business  from  the  Company  or  any  of  its direct or indirect
subsidiaries  or affiliates to any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or
other  entity  then  in  competition  with  the  business  of the Company or any
subsidiary  or  affiliate  of  the  Company; provided this prohibition shall not
apply  to  general  advertisements  in  newspaper  or  other  widely distributed
publications,  media,  or  mail,  whether  electronic  or  otherwise.

(d)     Soliciting  Employees.
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(i)     Employee agrees that during the Term of this Agreement, and for a period
of  two  (2) years thereafter, he will not, without the prior written consent of
the Company, directly or indirectly engage in efforts to induce any employees of
the  Company  to terminate their employment for the purpose of being employed by
another  business  entity and shall not directly or indirectly employ, or offer
employment  to  any  such  person  in any activity unless such person shall have
ceased to be employed by the Company and such cessation of employment shall have
occurred  at  least  twelve  (12)  months  prior  thereto.

(ii)     Employee  agrees  that  during  the  Term  of this Agreement, and for a
period  of  two years thereafter, he will not disclose the names or positions of
any  of  the  Employer's employees to any business, including but not limited to
employment  agencies,  executive  search  firms  or  similar personnel placement
businesses.

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     (e)     Comments  Regarding  Employer.  Employer  and  Employee  agree that
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during Employee's employment and following Employee's separation from employment
with  Employer,  Employee  will  not  defame,  disparage  or  in  any way malign
Employer,  its  officers,  directors  or  past  and present employees to anyone,
including  but  not  limited  to  prospective employers, competitors, vendors or
suppliers  to  the  Employer,  and  current or former employees of the Employer.
Employer agrees that it will not defame, disparage or malign Employee in any way
to  any  third  party.

7.     Remedies  for Breach.  In addition to the rights and remedies provided in
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Section  14,  and without waiving the same if Employee breaches, or threatens to
breach, any of the provisions of Section 6, the Company shall have the following
rights  and  remedies,  in  addition  to  any  others,  each  of  which shall be
independent  of  the  other  and  severally  enforceable:

      (i)     The right and remedy to have such provisions specifically enforced
by  any  court  having  equity  jurisdiction together with an accounting for any
benefit  or  gain  by  Employee  in  connection  with any such breach.  Employee
specifically acknowledges and agrees that any breach or threatened breach of the
provisions  of  Section  6 will cause irreparable injury to the Company and that
money  damages  will  not  provide  an  adequate  remedy  to  the Company.  Such
injunction shall be available without the posting of any bond or other security.

     (ii)     The  right  and  remedy to require Employee to account for and pay
over  to  the Company all compensation, profits, monies, accruals, increments or
other  benefits  (hereinafter  collectively the "Benefits") derived or received,
directly or indirectly, by Employee as a result of any transactions constituting
a  breach  of  any  of  the provisions of Section 6, Employee hereby agreeing to
account  for  and  pay  over  the  Benefits  to  the  Company.

     (iii)     The  right to terminate Employee's employment pursuant to Section
8(c).

(iv)     Upon  discovery  by  the  Company of a breach or immediate and material
threatened  breach  of  Section  6, the right to immediately suspend payments to
Employee  under  Section  8,  pending  a  resolution  of  the  dispute.

     If  any covenant contained in Section 6 or any portion thereof is hereafter
construed  to  be  invalid  or  unenforceable,  the  same  shall  not affect the
remainder  of  the covenant or covenants contained therein, which shall be given
full  effect,  without  regard  to  the  invalid  portions, and any court having
jurisdiction  shall  reform  the  covenant  to the extent necessary to cause the
limitations  contained  therein  as  to  time,  geographical  area  and scope of
activity to be restrained to be reasonable and to impose a restraint that is not
greater  than  necessary  to protect the goodwill and other business interest of
the  Company and to enforce the covenant as reformed.  The parties hereto intend
to  and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the covenants contained in Section
6 upon the courts of any state or other jurisdiction in which any alleged breach
of any such covenant occurs.  If the courts of any of one or more of such states
or  other  jurisdictions  shall  hold  such  covenants not wholly enforceable by
reason  of  the  scope  thereof or otherwise, it is the intention of the parties
hereto  that such determination not bar or in any way affect the Company's right
to  the relief provided above in the courts of any other states or jurisdictions
as  to  breaches  of  such  covenants  in  such  other  respective  states  or
jurisdictions,  and  the  above

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covenants  as they relate to each state or jurisdiction being, for this purpose,
severable  into  diverse  and  independent  covenants.

     8.     Termination  of  Agreement.
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     (a)     Death.  This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the death
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of Employee.  During the Term, if Employee's employment is terminated due to his
death,  Employee's estate shall be entitled to receive the Base Salary set forth
in  Section  4  accrued through the date of death; provided, however, Employee's
estate shall not be entitled to any bonus payments (except as otherwise provided
in the applicable bonus plan) or any other benefits (except as provided by law).

     (b)     Disability.  If  Employee  is  unable  to  perform  his services by
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reason  of  mental  or  physical Disability (as herein defined), the Company may
terminate  this Agreement at any time. Upon termination of Employee's employment
due  to  Disability,  Employee  shall be entitled to receive the Base Salary set
forth  in Section 4 accrued through the date on which Employee is first eligible
to  receive  payment  of disability benefits under the employee benefit plans as
then  in  effect, and if no such plan is in effect, through the month ending one
hundred  eighty  (180)  days after onset of Disability and Employee shall not be
entitled  to  any bonus payments (except as otherwise provided in the applicable
bonus  plan)  or  any  other  benefits  (except  as  provided by law).  The term
"Disability"  shall  mean  an  infirmity preventing Employee from performing his
duties  for  a  period  of  more  than  three  (3)  consecutive  months where no
reasonable  accommodation is available or where a reasonable accommodation would
create  an undue burden on the Company.  Any question as to the existence of the
Disability  of  Employee as to which Employee and the Company cannot agree shall
be  determined  in  writing  by  a  qualified  independent  physician  mutually
acceptable  to Employee and the Company.  If the Employee and the Company cannot
agree  as  to  a  qualified  independent  physician,  each  shall appoint such a
physician  and  those  two  physicians  shall select a third who shall make such
determination  in  writing.  The  determination of Disability made in writing to
the  Company  and Employee shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of the
Agreement.

     (c)     Termination For Cause.  The Company may terminate this Agreement at
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any  time  for  "Cause"  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  provided  below.
Termination  of  this  Agreement for "Cause" shall mean termination upon (i) the
breach  of  any  material  provision of this Agreement by Employee which has not
been  rectified  or  cured  within  30  days  after notice by the Company to the
Employee  containing  in  reasonably specific detail the violation or breach and
the  necessary  corrective  action  to rectify or cure such violation or breach,
(ii)  commission  of an act punishable by imprisonment, (iii) willful failure to
substantially  perform  his duties hereunder (other than as a result of total or
partial  incapacity  due  to  physical  or  mental  illness)  which has not been
rectified  or  cured  within 30 days after notice by the Company to the Employee
containing in reasonably specific detail the acts or omissions complained of and
the necessary corrective action to rectify or cure the matters set forth in such
notice;  provided,  however, if the actions or omissions that are the subject of
such notice are substantially similar to acts or omissions with respect to which
the Employee has received notice hereunder within the prior 12 months and had an
opportunity  to  cure  or  rectify,  the  Employee shall not be entitled to such
notice and opportunity to cure, (iv) the engaging by Employee in conduct that is
materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise, including, without
limitation,  embezzlement,  fraud,  theft,  dishonesty,  misfeasance,
insubordination,  malfeasance,  and  neglect  of  duties,  (v)  violation of the
Company's  code  of  conduct or any material violation or repeated violations by
Employee  of  the other policies and procedures promulgated from time to time by
the Company,

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or (vi) current alcohol or drug abuse by Employee.  In the event of
termination  of  Employee's  employment for Cause, Employee shall be entitled to
receive  only the Base Salary set forth in Section 4 accrued through the date of
termination and he shall not be entitled to any bonus payments or other benefits
(except  as  provided  by  law).

     (d)     Other  Termination  by the Company.  The Company may terminate this
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Agreement  at  any time without "Cause" by providing written notice to Employee.
If  the Company terminates this Agreement at any time without Cause (i.e., other
than pursuant to Section 8(b) or 8(c) above), or the Company elects not to renew
the  Term  as  provided  in  Section 2 hereof, the Company shall continue to pay
Employee  his  Base  Salary  for  a  period of NINE months following the date of
termination  of  employment,  the  timing  and  manner of such payments to be in
accordance  with  the  salary payment arrangements in effect at the time of such
termination.  Employee  shall be required to comply with Section 6.  It shall be
a condition precedent of payment to Employee of such continued payments pursuant
to  this subsection (d) that the Employee execute a full and complete release of
the  Company,  each  of  its subsidiaries, affiliates and their respective past,
present  and  future  officers,  directors,  employees,  consultants, attorneys,
agents  and  shareholders,  in  form  and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Company, of any claims Employee may have against any of them, to the extent such
claims  arise  from  Employee's  employment  hereunder.  Notwithstanding  any
provision  in  this Agreement to the contrary, the Company's obligations to make
payments  pursuant to this Section 8(d) shall immediately terminate in the event
that  the Employee engages in any of the Competitive Activities (even if Section
6(b)  is  not  applicable  due  to  termination  of  employment  without Cause).

     (e)     Termination  by  Employee.  Employee  may  terminate this Agreement
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upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Company.  Termination shall be
effective  at  the  expiration  of  the  notice  period.  All obligations of the
Company  under this Agreement shall end on the effective date of termination and
the  Company  shall have no further obligations under this Agreement, including,
but  not  limited  to  payment of salary, bonuses or any similar compensation or
benefits.  Notwithstanding  the notice provided by Employee, the Company, in its
sole  discretion,  may  choose to accept Employee's resignation immediately.  In
that  event,  the  Company's only obligation to Employee will be to pay the Base
Salary  Employee  would  have  received  during  the  notice  period.

     (f)     Mitigation.  Employee  shall not be required to mitigate the amount
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of  any payment or benefit to be provided pursuant to Section 8(d) ("Severance")
by  seeking  other  employment.  However,  anything  in  this  Agreement
notwithstanding,  if Employee provides services for other than de minimus pay to
anyone  other  than the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates ("Third
Party  Services")  during  a period in which he is receiving such Severance (the
"Severance Period"), the amount of Severance to be paid to Employee with respect
to  such  Severance  Period  shall, beginning on the date such payment for Third
Party  Services  is  received by employee, be reduced by the lesser of (i) fifty
percent  (50%)  of  such  Severance payment, or (ii) fifty percent (50%) of such
payment  for  Third  Party  Services  rendered.

     9.     Effect  of  Termination.  Upon  the  termination  of this Agreement,
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whether  by  the  expiration  of  the Term specified in Section 2 or pursuant to
Section  8, the rights of Employee which shall have accrued prior to the date of
such  termination  shall  not  be  affected  in  any way.

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Except  as  provided  in  Section 8(d), Employee shall not have any rights which
have  not  previously  accrued  upon  termination  of  this  Agreement.

10.     Communications.  All  notices  and  other  communications  under  this
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Agreement  shall  be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
(a)  delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt), (b) when received
by  the addressee, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service
(receipt  requested),  in each case to the respective addresses set forth below,
or  to  such  other addresses as either party may have furnished to the other in
writing  in accordance herewith, except that notice of a change of address shall
be  effective  only upon actual receipt; to the Company: the Company, at c/o Eye
Care  Centers  of  America,  Inc.,  11103  West  Avenue,  San  Antonio,  Texas
78213-1392,for  the  attention  of Dave McComas, Chief Executive Officer; and to
Employee:  James  J.  Denny  142 Peruvian Avenue #104 Palm Beach, Florida 33480.

     11.     Amendments  or  Additions.  No  amendments  or  additions  to  this
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Agreement  shall  be binding unless in writing and signed by all parties hereto.

     12.     Binding  Effect;  Assignability.  This  Agreement  shall be binding
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upon,  and  shall inure to the benefit of, Employee; the obligations of Employee
hereunder are personal and this Agreement may not be assigned by Employee.  This
Agreement  is  completely assignable by the Company without notice to or consent
of  Employee.  This  Agreement  shall  be  binding  upon, and shall inure to the
benefit  of,  the  Company  and  shall also bind and inure to the benefit of any
successor  of  the  Company by merger or consolidation or any assignee of all or
substantially  all  of  its  properties.

     13.     Headings;  References.  The  headings  used  in  this Agreement are
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included  solely  for convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection
with, the interpretation of this Agreement.  References to a "Section" when used
without  further  attribution  shall  refer  to  the particular sections of this
Agreement.

     14.     Binding  Arbitration.  Subject  to  the rights of any party to seek
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injunctive  relief pursuant to Section 7 above and without waiving the same, the
parties  agree  that  all disputes, controversies or claims that may arise among
them  (including their agents and employees), arising out of or relating to this
Agreement,  or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be submitted
to, and determined by, binding arbitration.  Such arbitration shall be conducted
before  a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules then in
effect  of the American Arbitration Association, except to the extent such rules
are  inconsistent  with this Section 14.  The arbitrator shall apply the laws of
the  State of Texas (without regard to conflict of law rules) in determining the
substance  of  the  dispute,  controversy  or claim and shall decide the same in
accordance  with  applicable  usages  and  terms  of  trade.  The  fees  of  the
arbitration  initially  shall  be  paid  one-half by the Company and one-half by
Employee;  provided,  however, that the prevailing party in any such arbitration
shall  be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses
incurred  in  connection  with  the  arbitration.  Any  award  pursuant  to such
arbitration  shall  be  final  and binding upon the parties, and judgment on the
award  may  be entered in any federal or state court sitting in any court having
jurisdiction.  The  obligations  set  forth in this Section 14 shall survive the
termination  of  this  Agreement.  THE  COMPANY  AND EMPLOYEE EACH KNOWINGLY AND
VOLUNTARILY GIVE UP ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISPUTE,
CLAIM  OR  CONTROVERSY  WHICH  MAY  ARISE  BETWEEN  THEM.

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     15.     Miscellaneous.  No  provision  of  this  Agreement may be modified,
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waived  or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to
in  writing  and  signed  by  Employee  and  such officer as may be specifically
designated  by  the  Board.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any
breach  by  the  other  party  hereto  of,  or compliance with, any condition or
provision  of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed
a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any
prior  or subsequent time.  No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise,
express  or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by
either party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement.  The validity,
interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed
by  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Texas  without regard to its conflicts of law
principles.

     16.     Surviving Provisions.  The obligations of the Company under Section
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8,  of  Employee  under  Section  6,  and of both the Company and Employee under
Section  14  shall  survive  the  expiration  of  the  Term  of  this Agreement.

     17.     Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement  shall  constitute  the  entire
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agreement  between  the  parties  superseding all prior agreements and all other
negotiations, letter of intent, memoranda of understandings, and representations
(if any) made by and among such parties, and may not be modified or amended, and
no  waiver shall be effective, unless by written document signed by both parties
hereto.  Notwithstanding its foregoing, the parties agree that the provisions of
Section  6  shall be in addition to, and shall not supersede, similar provisions
contained  in  the Stock Purchase Agreement.  The Company and Employee have each
had  an  opportunity to consult with counsel of their choice regarding the terms
and  conditions  of  this  Agreement,  and  each understands the consequences of
entering  into  and  complying  with  the terms and conditions of the Agreement.

     18.     Pronouns.  In this Agreement, the use of any gender shall be deemed
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to  include  all  genders, and the use of the singular shall include the plural,
wherever  it  appears  appropriate  from  the  context.

     19.     Enforcement  Costs.  If  any  legal  action  or  other  proceeding,
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including  arbitration,  is  brought  for  the enforcement of this Agreement, or
because  of  an  alleged  dispute,  breach,  default  or  misrepresentation  in
connection  with  any  provisions  of  this  Agreement,  the prevailing party or
parties shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs and
all  expenses  even  if  not  taxable as court costs, incurred in that action or
proceeding,  in  addition to any other relief to which such party or parties may
be  entitled.

     20.     Severability.  The  provisions  of  this  Agreement shall be deemed
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severable  and  the  invalidity  or  unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect  the  validity  or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.  Except
that  to  the  extent  any  court  determines  that  Section  6  is  invalid  or
unenforceable,  in  this  event  the  Company  shall  be relieved of its payment
obligations  to  Employee  under  Section  8.

     21.     Indemnification.  Employee shall be entitled to indemnification, in
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has  capacity  as an officer of the Company in accordance with the provisions of
the  Company's  certificate of incorporation, bylaws or actions of the Board, as
the same shall be in effect from time to time, and Employee shall be entitled to
the  protection  of  any  insurance  policies  the Company may elect to maintain
generally  for  the  benefit  of  its  officers  or  directors.

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     22.     Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in  one  or more
             ------------
counterparts,  each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which,
taken  together,  shall  constitute  one  and  the  same  instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the
day  and  year  first  above  written.

                             Eye  Care  Centers  of  America,  Inc.

                              By:  ___________________________
                                  Dave  McComas
                                  Chief  Executive  Officer

                              EMPLOYEE:

                              _______________________________
                              James  J.  Denny

                                        9
<PAGE>ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

                                    Depositor

                           AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY

                                 Master Servicer

                                       and

                      DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY

                                     Trustee

                   -------------------------------------------

                         POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
                            Dated as of March 1, 2004
                    -----------------------------------------

                     Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates

                                 Series 2004-W4

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                                                 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION                                                                                                        PAGE
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                                                     ARTICLE I

                                                    DEFINITIONS
<S>                        <C>
         SECTION 1.01.     Defined Terms..........................................................................4
         SECTION 1.02.     Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.............................................57
         SECTION 1.03      Rights of the NIMS Insurer............................................................58

                                                    ARTICLE II

                                           CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
                                         ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

         SECTION 2.01.     Conveyance of Mortgage Loans..........................................................59
         SECTION 2.02.     Acceptance of REMIC I by the Trustee..................................................61
         SECTION 2.03.     Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by the Seller or the
                           Depositor; Payment of Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts.
                            .....................................................................................63
         SECTION 2.04.     [Reserved]............................................................................66
         SECTION 2.05.     Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer.
                            .....................................................................................66
         SECTION 2.06.     Issuance of the REMIC I Regular Interests and the Class R-I Interest.
                            .....................................................................................68
         SECTION 2.07.     Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests; Acceptance of
                           REMIC II by the Trustee...............................................................69
         SECTION 2.08.     Issuance of Class R Certificates......................................................69

                                                    ARTICLE III

                                           ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
                                               OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS

         SECTION 3.01.     Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.............................................70
         SECTION 3.02.     Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments..........................................72
         SECTION 3.03.     [Reserved]............................................................................73
         SECTION 3.04.     Collection Account, Escrow Account and Distribution Account.
                            .....................................................................................73
         SECTION 3.05.     Permitted Withdrawals From the Collection Account, Escrow
                           Account and Distribution Account......................................................77
         SECTION 3.06.     Investment of Funds in the Collection Account, the Escrow Account,
                           the REO Account and the Distribution Account..........................................80
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<S>                        <C>
         SECTION 3.07.     Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.........................................81
         SECTION 3.08.     Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.......................................................82
         SECTION 3.09.     Maintenance of Mortgage Blanket Insurance.............................................82
         SECTION 3.10.     Fidelity Bond; Errors and Omissions Insurance.........................................83
         SECTION 3.11.     Enforcement of Due-On-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements.
                            .....................................................................................83
         SECTION 3.12.     Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.............................................84
         SECTION 3.13.     Title, Management and Disposition of REO Property.....................................86
         SECTION 3.14.     [Reserved]............................................................................89
         SECTION 3.15.     Reports of Foreclosure and Abandonment of Mortgaged Properties.
                            .....................................................................................89
         SECTION 3.16.     Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.........................................89
         SECTION 3.17.     Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.......................................90
         SECTION 3.18.     Servicing Compensation................................................................91
         SECTION 3.19.     Statement as to Compliance............................................................92
         SECTION 3.20.     Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report......................................92
         SECTION 3.21.     Access to Certain Documentation.......................................................93
         SECTION 3.22.     [Reserved]............................................................................93
         SECTION 3.23.     Advance Facility......................................................................93

                                                    ARTICLE IV

                                          PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

         SECTION 4.01.     Distributions.........................................................................96
         SECTION 4.02.     Statements to Certificateholders.....................................................108
         SECTION 4.03.     Remittance Reports and Other Reports to the Trustee; Advances;
                           Payments in Respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls................................112
         SECTION 4.04.     Allocation of Realized Losses........................................................114
         SECTION 4.05.     Compliance with Withholding Requirements.............................................115
         SECTION 4.06.     Commission Reporting.................................................................116
         SECTION 4.07.     Post Trigger Event Reserve Account...................................................117
         SECTION 4.08.     [Reserved]...........................................................................118
         SECTION 4.09.     [Reserved]...........................................................................118
         SECTION 4.10      Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account...............................................119
         SECTION 4.11      The Certificate Insurance Policy.....................................................120
         SECTION 4.12      Effect of Payments by the Certificate Insurer; Subrogation...........................122

                                                     ARTICLE V

                                                 THE CERTIFICATES

         SECTION 5.01.     The Certificates.....................................................................123
         SECTION 5.02.     Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates................................125
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<S>                        <C>
         SECTION 5.03.     Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates....................................130
         SECTION 5.04.     Persons Deemed Owners................................................................130
         SECTION 5.05.     Certain Available Information........................................................130
         SECTION 5.06      Rights of the Certificate Insurer to Exercise Rights of Class A and
                           Class M-1 Certificateholders.........................................................131
         SECTION 5.07      Certificate Insurer Default..........................................................131

                                                    ARTICLE VI

                                       THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER

         SECTION 6.01.     Liability of the Depositor and the Master Servicer...................................133
         SECTION 6.02.     Merger or Consolidation of the Depositor or the Master Servicer.
                            ....................................................................................133
         SECTION 6.03.     Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
                           Others...............................................................................133
         SECTION 6.04.     Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer.....................................134
         SECTION 6.05.     Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer............................135
         SECTION 6.06.     Sub-Servicing Agreements Between the Master Servicer and Sub-
                           Servicers............................................................................135
         SECTION 6.07.     Successor Sub-Servicers..............................................................137
         SECTION 6.08.     Liability of the Master Servicer.....................................................137
         SECTION 6.09.     No Contractual Relationship Between Sub-Servicers and the NIMS
                           Insurer, the Trustee or Certificateholders...........................................137
         SECTION 6.10.     Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements by Trustee.
                            ....................................................................................138
         SECTION 6.11.     Sub-Servicing Accounts...............................................................138

                                                    ARTICLE VII

                                                      DEFAULT

         SECTION 7.01.     Master Servicer Events of Default....................................................139
         SECTION 7.02.     Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.............................................141
         SECTION 7.03.     Notification to Certificateholders...................................................143
         SECTION 7.04.     Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default..........................................143

                                                   ARTICLE VIII

                                              CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

         SECTION 8.01.     Duties of Trustee....................................................................144
         SECTION 8.02.     Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee................................................145
         SECTION 8.03.     The Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans............................146
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<S>                        <C>
         SECTION 8.04.     Trustee May Own Certificates.........................................................147
         SECTION 8.05.     Trustee's Fees and Expenses..........................................................147
         SECTION 8.06.     Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.................................................147
         SECTION 8.07.     Resignation and Removal of the Trustee...............................................148
         SECTION 8.08.     Successor Trustee....................................................................149
         SECTION 8.09.     Merger or Consolidation of Trustee...................................................149
         SECTION 8.10.     Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee........................................149
         SECTION 8.11.     Appointment of Custodians............................................................150
         SECTION 8.12.     Appointment of Office or Agency......................................................151
         SECTION 8.13.     Representations and Warranties of the Trustee........................................151

                                                    ARTICLE IX

                                                    TERMINATION

         SECTION 9.01      Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans.
                            ....................................................................................152
         SECTION 9.02      Additional Termination Requirements..................................................154

                                                     ARTICLE X

                                                 REMIC PROVISIONS

         SECTION 10.01.    REMIC Administration.................................................................156
         SECTION 10.02.    Prohibited Transactions and Activities...............................................158
         SECTION 10.03.    Master Servicer and Trustee Indemnification..........................................159

                                           ARTICLE XI

                                    MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         SECTION 11.01.    Amendment............................................................................160
         SECTION 11.02.    Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts...............................................161
         SECTION 11.03.    Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders...........................................161
         SECTION 11.04.    Governing Law........................................................................162
         SECTION 11.05.    Notices..............................................................................162
         SECTION 11.06.    Severability of Provisions...........................................................163
         SECTION 11.07.    Notice to Rating Agencies and the NIMS Insurer.......................................163
         SECTION 11.08.    Article and Section References.......................................................164
         SECTION 11.09.    Grant of Security Interest...........................................................164
         SECTION 11.10     Third Party Rights...................................................................165
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EXHIBITS
<S>               <C>
Exhibit A-1       Form of Class A Certificate
Exhibit A-2       Form of Class M-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-3       Form of Class M-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-4       Form of Class M-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-5       Form of Class M-4 Certificate
Exhibit A-6       Form of Class CE Certificate
Exhibit A-7       Form of Class P Certificate
Exhibit A-8       Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit A-9       Form of Class R-X Certificate
Exhibit B         Form of Lost Note Affidavit
Exhibit C-1       Form of Trustee's Initial Certification
Exhibit C-2       Form of Trustee's Final Certification
Exhibit C-3       Form of Trustee's Receipt of Mortgage Note
Exhibit D         Form of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
Exhibit E         Request for Release
Exhibit F-1       Form of Transferor Representation Letter and Form of Transferee Representation
                  Letter in Connection with Transfer of Class CE  and Class P Certificates Pursuant to
                  Rule 144A Under the 1933 Act
Exhibit F-2       Form of Transfer Affidavit and Agreement and Form of Transferor Affidavit in
                  Connection with Transfer of Residual Certificates
Exhibit G         Form of Certification with respect to ERISA and the Code
Exhibit H         Form of Cap Contract
Exhibit I         Loss Mitigation Action Plan
Exhibit J-1       Form of Certification to Be Provided by the Depositor with Form 10-K
Exhibit J-2       Form of Certification to Be Provided to Depositor by the Trustee
Exhibit K         [Reserved]
Exhibit L         [Reserved]
Exhibit M         Annual Statement of Compliance pursuant to Section 3.19

Schedule 1        Mortgage Loan Schedule
Schedule 2        Prepayment Charge Schedule
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                  This Pooling and Servicing Agreement, is dated and effective
as of March 1, 2004, among ARGENT SECURITIES INC., as Depositor, AMERIQUEST
MORTGAGE COMPANY, as Master Servicer and DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee.

                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:

                  The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates
(collectively, the "Certificates"), to be issued hereunder in multiple classes,
which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in
each REMIC (as defined herein) created hereunder. The Trust Fund will consist of
a segregated pool of assets consisting of the Mortgage Loans and certain other
related assets subject to this Agreement.

                                     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 (other than any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment
Amounts, the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account and the Cap Contract)
subject to this Agreement as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes, and such
segregated pool of assets will be designated as "REMIC I." The Class R-I
Interest 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 REMIC I Remittance Rate, the initial
Uncertificated Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury
regulation section 1.860G- 1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for
each of the REMIC I Regular Interests (as defined herein). None of the REMIC I
Regular Interests will be certificated.

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                                      REMIC I                          Initial                    Latest Possible
       Designation                Remittance Rate               Uncertificated Balance            Maturity Date(1)
       -----------                ---------------               ----------------------            ----------------
<S>                                 <C>                             <C>                            <C>
         I-LTAA                     Variable(2)                     489,999,920.13                 March 25, 2034
          I-LTA                     Variable(2)                       4,632,500.00                 March 25, 2034
         I-LTM1                     Variable(2)                          75,000.00                 March 25, 2034
         I-LTM2                     Variable(2)                          50,000.00                 March 25, 2034
         I-LTM3                     Variable(2)                          62,500.00                 March 25, 2034
         I-LTM4                     Variable(2)                          57,500,00                 March 25, 2034
         I-LTZZ                     Variable(2)                       5,122,498.37                 March 25, 2034
          I-LTP                     Variable(2)                             100.00                 March 25, 2034
</TABLE>
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(1)      Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
         regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity
         date for the Mortgage Loan with the latest maturity date has been
         designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each REMIC I
         Regular Interest.
(2)      Calculated in accordance with the definition of "REMIC I Remittance
         Rate" herein.

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                                    REMIC II
                                    --------

                  As provided herein, the Trustee will elect 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-II Interest will evidence the sole class
of "residual interests" in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions under
federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the indicated
Classes of Certificates.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    Initial Aggregate
                                                                  Certificate Principal           Latest Possible
         Designation                   Pass-Through Rate                 Balance                 Maturity Date(1)
         -----------                   -----------------                 -------                 ----------------
<S>                                      <C>                         <C>                         <C>
           Class A                       Variable(2)                 463,250,000.00              March 25, 2034
          Class M-1                      Variable(2)                   7,500,000.00              March 25, 2034
          Class M-2                      Variable(2)                   5,000,000.00              March 25, 2034
          Class M-3                      Variable(2)                   6,250,000.00              March 25, 2034
          Class M-4                      Variable(2)                   5,750,000.00              March 25, 2034
      Class CE Interest                  Variable(3)                  12,249,918.50              March 25, 2034
       Class P Interest                     N/A(4)                           100.00              March 25, 2034
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(1)      Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
         regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity
         date for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has been
         designated as the "latest possible maturity date" for each Class of
         Certificates.
(2)      Calculated in accordance with the definition of "Pass-Through Rate"
         herein.
(3)      The Class CE Interest will accrue interest at its variable Pass-Through
         Rate on the Notional Amount of the Class CE Interest outstanding from
         time to time which shall equal the Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC
         I Regular Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP). The
         Class CE Interest will not accrue interest on its Uncertificated
         Balance.
(4)      The Class P Interest will not accrue interest.

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                                    REMIC III
                                    ---------

                  As provided herein, the Trustee will elect to treat the
segregated pool of assets consisting of the REMIC II Regular Interests 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 will evidence the sole
class of "residual interests" in REMIC III for purposes of the REMIC Provisions
under federal income tax law. The following table irrevocably sets forth the
designation, the Pass-Through Rate, the initial aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance and, solely for purposes of satisfying Treasury regulation section
1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the "latest possible maturity date" for the indicated
Classes of Certificates.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                 Initial Aggregate
                                      Pass-Through             Certificate Principal          Latest Possible
      Class Designation                   Rate                        Balance                 Maturity Date(1)
      -----------------                   ----                        -------                 ----------------
<S>                                   <C>                            <C>                       <C>
Class CE.....................         Variable(2)                    $12,249,918.50            March 25, 2034
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(1)  Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
     regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
     for the Mortgage Loans 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 CE 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 Original Class Certificate Principal Balance
for the indicated Class of Certificates that represents a "regular interest" in
REMIC IV created hereunder:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 Initial Aggregate
                                      Pass-Through             Certificate Principal          Latest Possible
      Class Designation                   Rate                        Balance                 Maturity Date(1)
      -----------------                   ----                        -------                 ----------------
<S>                                      <C>                          <C>                      <C>
Class P......................            N/A(2)                       $100.00                  March 25, 2034
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(1)  Solely for purposes of Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii) of the Treasury
     regulations, the Distribution Date immediately following the maturity date
     for the Mortgage Loans with the latest maturity date has been designated as
     the "latest possible maturity date" for the Class P Certificates.
(2)  The Class P Certificates will receive 100% of amounts received in respect
     of the Class P Interest.

                  As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate
Scheduled Principal Balance equal to $500,000,018.50.

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

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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

                  SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.

                  Whenever used in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, in the Preliminary Statement hereto, the following words and
phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings
specified in this Article. Unless otherwise specified, all calculations
described herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months and all calculations on each Regular Interest shall be made
on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the month.

                  "Accrued Certificate Interest": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Class P Certificates and the Residual Certificates)
and each Distribution Date, interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual
Period at the Pass-Through Rate for such Certificate for such Distribution Date
on the Certificate Principal Balance, in the case of the Class A Certificates
and the Mezzanine Certificates, or on the Notional Amount, in the case of the
Class CE Certificates, of such Certificate immediately prior to such
Distribution Date. The Class P Certificates are not entitled to distributions in
respect of interest and, accordingly, shall not accrue interest. All
distributions of interest on the Adjustable-Rate Certificates shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days in the
applicable Interest Accrual Period. All distributions of interest on Fixed-Rate
Certificates and the Class CE Certificates shall be based on a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. Accrued Certificate Interest with respect to
each Distribution Date, as to any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or
Class CE Certificate, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the portion
allocable to such Certificate pursuant to Section 1.02 hereof of the sum of (a)
the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date
to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 4.03(e) or allocated
to the Class CE Certificates and (b) the aggregate amount of any Relief Act
Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution Date not allocated to the
Class CE Certificates pursuant to Section 1.02. In addition, Accrued Certificate
Interest with respect to each Distribution Date and any Class CE Certificate
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the portion allocable to such Class CE
Certificate of Realized Losses, if any, pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof.

                  "Adjustable-Rate Certificates": The Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates.

                  "Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Mortgage Rate that is
subject to adjustment.

                  "Adjustment Date": With respect to the Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loans, the first day of the month in which the Mortgage Rate of such
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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                  "Advance": As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property, any
advance made by the Master Servicer or a successor Master Servicer in respect of
any Distribution Date representing the aggregate of all payments of principal
and interest, net of the Servicing Fee, that were due during the related Due
Period on the Mortgage Loans and that were delinquent on the related
Determination Date, plus certain amounts representing assumed payments not
covered by any current net income on the Mortgaged Properties acquired by
foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure as determined pursuant to Section
4.03.

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

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

                  "Allocated Realized Loss Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Mezzanine Certificates, the sum of (i) any
Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Certificates on such Distribution
Date and (ii)the amount of any Allocated Realized Loss Amount for such Class of
Certificates remaining unpaid from the previous Distribution Date and other than
with respect to any Class A Certificate for which a Class A Certificate
Deficiency Amount was paid under the Certificate Insurance Policy and included
an Allocated Realized Loss Amount reduced by the amount of any Subsequent
Recoveries added to the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class of
Certificates.

                  "Applicable Regulations": As to any Mortgage Loan, all
federal, state and local laws, statutes, rules and regulations applicable
thereto.

                  "Assignment": An assignment of Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument, in recordable form (excepting therefrom if applicable,
the mortgage recordation information which has not been returned by the
applicable recorder's office and/or the assignee's name), which is sufficient
under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is
located to reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage.

                  "Available Funds": With respect to any Distribution Date, an
amount equal to (1) the sum of (a) the aggregate of the amounts on deposit in
the Collection Account and Distribution Account as of the close of business on
the related Determination Date, including any Subsequent Recoveries, (b) the
aggregate of any amounts received in respect of an REO Property withdrawn from
any REO Account and deposited in the Distribution Account for such Distribution
Date pursuant to Section 3.13, (c) Compensating Interest, if any, deposited in
the Distribution Account by the Master Servicer for such Distribution Date
pursuant to Section 4.03(e), (d) the aggregate of any Advances made by the
Master Servicer for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.03 and (e) the
aggregate of any Advances made by the successor Master Servicer or the Trustee
for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 7.02(b), reduced (to not less
than zero) by (2) the sum of (x)

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the portion of the amount described in clause (1)(a) above that represents (i)
Monthly Payments on the Mortgage Loans received from a Mortgagor on or prior to
the Determination Date but due during any Due Period subsequent to the related
Due Period, (ii) Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans received after the
related Prepayment Period (together with any interest payments received with
such Principal Prepayments to the extent they represent the payment of interest
accrued on the Mortgage Loans during a period subsequent to the end of the prior
calendar month), (iii) Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Subsequent
Recoveries received in respect of the Mortgage Loans after the related
Prepayment Period, (iv) amounts reimbursable or payable to the Depositor, the
Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Seller or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section
3.05 or Section 3.06 or otherwise payable in respect of Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expenses, (v) Stayed Funds, (vi) the Trustee Fee payable from the Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 8.05, (vii) amounts deposited in the Collection
Account or the Distribution Account in error and (viii) the amount of any
Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer and the amount of any Master
Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts and (y) amounts reimbursable to the
Trustee for an advance made pursuant to Section 7.02(b) which advance the
Trustee has determined to be nonrecoverable from the Stayed Funds in respect of
which it was made.

                  "Avoided Payment": As such term is defined in the Certificate
Insurance Policy.

                  "Bankruptcy Code": The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (Title 11
of the United States Code), as amended.

                  "Bankruptcy Loss": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
Realized Loss resulting from a Deficient Valuation or Debt Service Reduction.

                  "Book-Entry Certificate": Any Certificate registered in the
name of the Depository or its nominee. Initially, the Book-Entry Certificates
shall be the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates.

                  "Book-Entry Custodian": The custodian appointed pursuant to
Section 5.01.

                  "Business Day": Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking or savings and loan institutions in the State of
California, the State of New York, or in the city in which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee is located, are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.

                  "Cap Amount": For each Class of Adjustable-Rate Certificates,
the product of (i) the aggregate amount received by the Trust Fund from the Cap
Contract multiplied by (ii) a fraction equal to (a) the Certificate Principal
Balance of such Class immediately prior to the applicable Distribution Date
divided by (b) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all Classes of
Adjustable-Rate Certificates immediately prior to the applicable Distribution
Date.

                  "Cap Contract": The cap contract between Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as Trustee and the counterparty thereunder, which is for
the benefit of the Holders of the Adjustable- Rate Certificates, a form of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit H

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                  "Certificate": Any one of the Depositor's Asset-Backed
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-W4, Class A, Class M-1, Class M-2, Class
M-3, Class M-4, Class CE, Class P, Class R and Class R-X, issued under this
Agreement.

                  "Certificate Factor": With respect to any Class of Regular
Certificates as of any Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a decimal
carried to six places, the numerator of which is the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount, in the case of the Class CE
Certificates) of such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date (after
giving effect to any distributions of principal and allocations of Realized
Losses in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance (or the Notional
Amount, in the case of the Class CE Certificates) of such Class of Certificates
to be made on such Distribution Date), and the denominator of which is the
initial aggregate Certificate Principal Balance (or the Notional Amount, in the
case of the Class CE Certificates) of such Class of Certificates as of the
Closing Date.

                  "Certificateholder" or "Holder": The Person in whose name a
Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register, except that a
Disqualified Organization or a Non-United States Person shall not be a Holder of
a Residual Certificate for any purposes hereof and, solely for the purposes of
giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the
name of the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be
deemed not to be outstanding and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall
not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of
Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent has been obtained, except as
otherwise provided in Section 11.01. The Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and
the NIMS Insurer may conclusively rely upon a certificate of the Depositor or
the Master Servicer in determining whether a Certificate is held by an Affiliate
thereof. All references herein to "Holders" or "Certificateholders" shall
reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such
rights through the Depository and participating members thereof, except as
otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the Trustee, the Certificate
Insurer and the NIMS Insurer shall be required to recognize as a "Holder" or
"Certificateholder" only the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in
the Certificate Register.

                  "Certificate Insurance Policy": The Financial Guaranty
Insurance Policy No. CA00867A, and all endorsements thereto dated the Closing
Date, issued by the Certificate Insurer for the benefit of the Class A
Certificateholders.

                  "Certificate Insurer": XL Capital Assurance Inc., a New York
monoline insurance corporation or its successors in interest.

                  "Certificate Insurer Default": The occurrence and continuance
of any of the following:

         (a) the Certificate Insurer shall have failed to make a required
payment when due under the Certificate Insurance Policy in accordance with its
terms;

         (b) the Certificate Insurer shall have (i) filed a petition or
commenced any case or proceeding under any provision or chapter of the United
States Bankruptcy Code, the New York State Insurance Law or any other similar
federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy,

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rehabilitation, liquidation, or reorganization, (ii) made a general assignment
for the benefit of its creditors or (iii) had an order for relief entered
against it under the United States Bankruptcy Code, the New York State Insurance
Law or any other similar federal or state law relating to insolvency,
bankruptcy, rehabilitation, liquidation, or reorganization that is final and
nonappealable; or

         (c) a court of competent jurisdiction, the New York Department of
Insurance or any other competent regulatory authority shall have entered a final
and nonappealable order, judgment or decree (i) appointing a custodian, trustee,
agent, or receiver for the Certificate Insurer or for all or any material
portion of its property or (ii) authorizing the taking of possession by a
custodian, trustee, agent, or receiver of the Certificate Insurer (or the taking
of possession of all or any material portion of property of the Certificate
Insurer).

                  "Certificate Margin": With respect to the Adjustable-Rate
Certificates and, for purposes of the Marker Rate, the specified REMIC I Regular
Interest, as follows:

   Class               REMIC I Regular Interest          Certificate Margin
   -----               ------------------------          ------------------
                                                       (1) (%)         (2) (%)
     A       REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA             0.260           0.520
    M-1      REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1            1.600           2.400
    M-2      REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2            1.750           2.625
    M-3      REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3            3.000           4.500
    M-4      REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4            2.000           3.000
         ------------
         (1)      On each Distribution Date prior to the Optional Termination
                  Date.
         (2)      On each Distribution Date on and after the Optional
                  Termination Date.

                  "Certificate Owner": With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate,
the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the
books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository Participant or on the
books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository
Participant acts as agent.

                  "Certificate Principal Balance": With respect to each Class A
Certificate, Mezzanine Certificate or Class P Certificate as of any date of
determination, the Certificate Principal Balance of such Certificate on the
Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination plus any
Subsequent Recoveries added to the Certificate Principal Balance of such
Certificate pursuant to Section 4.01 (other than with respect to any Class A
Certificate for which a Class A Certificate Deficiency Amount was paid under the
Certificate Insurance Policy and included an Allocated Realized Loss Amount),
minus all distributions allocable to principal made thereon on such Distribution
Date and Realized Losses allocated thereto on such immediately prior
Distribution Date (or, in the case of any date of determination up to and
including the first Distribution Date, the initial Certificate Principal Balance
of such Certificate, as stated on the face thereof). With respect to each Class
CE Certificate as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the
Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate times the excess, if any, of
(A) the then aggregate Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I Regular Interests
over (B) the then aggregate Certificate Principal Balances of the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class P Certificates then
outstanding.

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                  "Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar": The
register maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02.

                  "Class": Collectively, all of the Certificates bearing the
same class designation.

                  "Class A Certificate Deficiency Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and the Class A Certificates, an amount equal to the sum of
the following amounts, in each case after giving effect to distributions made on
such date from sources other than the Certificate Insurance Policy:

         (i) the excess of (x) the Senior Interest Distribution Amount for the
         Class A Certificates for such Distribution Date over (y) the amount of
         Available Funds allocated to pay such Accrued Certificate Interest
         pursuant to Section 4.01;

         (ii) the Class A Principal Loss Amount, if any, for such Distribution
         Date; and

         (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates on
         the Final Maturity Date or, if earlier, the date on which the final
         scheduled distribution date is made to the Class A Certificateholders
         pursuant to Article IX.

                  "Class A Principal Distribution Amount" With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the excess of (x) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 85.30% and
(ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last
day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) minus $2,500,000.

                  "Class A Principal Loss Amount": As to any Distribution Date,
the excess, if any, of the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates, after taking into account distributions in reduction of such
Certificate Principal Balance from sources other than the Certificate Insurance
Policy on such Distribution Date, over the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date.

                  "Class A Certificate": Any one of the Class A Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

                  "Class CE Certificate": Any one of the Class CE Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form

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annexed hereto as Exhibit A-6 and evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC III for
purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

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

                  "Class M-1 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-1 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-2 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

                  "Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the lesser of (I) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, and (II) the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), and (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of
(A) the product of (i) 88.30% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving
effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to
the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal
received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due
Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the
related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$2,500,000.

                  "Class M-2 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-2 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

                  "Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the lesser of (I) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, and (II) the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iii) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates immediately prior to such
Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i) 90.30% and (ii)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day
of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced,
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received

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or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) minus $2,500,000.

                  "Class M-3 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-3 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-4 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

                  "Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the lesser of (I) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date, and (II) the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into
account the payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such
Distribution Date), (ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1
Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal
Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal
Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of
the Class M-2 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date) and (iv)
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates immediately
prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the product of (i)
92.80% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as
of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the
extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received
during the related Prepayment Period) minus $2,500,000.

                  "Class M-4 Certificate": Any one of the Class M-4 Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-5 and
evidencing a Regular Interest in REMIC II for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

                  "Class M-4 Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount, not less than zero, equal to the lesser of (I) the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates immediately prior to
such Distribution Date and (II) the excess of (x) the sum of (i) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates (after taking into account the
payment of the Class A Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date),
(ii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates (after
taking into account the payment of the Class M-1 Principal Distribution Amount
on such Distribution Date), (iii) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
M-2 Certificates (after taking into account the payment of the Class M-2
Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution Date), (iv) the Certificate
Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates (after taking into account the
payment of the Class M-3 Principal Distribution Amount on such Distribution
Date) and (v) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates
immediately prior to such Distribution Date over (y) the lesser of (A) the
product of (i) 95.10% and (ii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect
to scheduled payments of principal due during the related

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Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period) and (B) the aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the related
Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during
the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled
collections of principal received during the related Prepayment Period) minus
$2,500,000.

                  "Class P Certificate": Any one of the Class P Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-7, representing
the right to distributions as set forth herein and therein and evidencing a
regular interest in 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 R Certificate": Any one of the Class R Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-8 and
evidencing the ownership of the Class R-I Interest and the Class R-II Interest.

                  "Class R-X Certificate": Any one of the Class R-X Certificates
executed by the Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Certificate
Registrar, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-9 and
evidencing the ownership of the Class R-III Interest and the Class R-IV
Interest.

                  "Class R-I Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC I.

                  "Class R-II Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC II.

                  "Class R-III Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest
in REMIC III.

                  "Class R-IV Interest": The uncertificated Residual Interest in
REMIC IV.

                  "Closing Date": March 9, 2004.

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

                  "Collection Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.04(a), which shall be
entitled "Ameriquest Mortgage Company, as Master Servicer for Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of
Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-W4."
The Collection Account must be an Eligible Account.

                  "Commission": The Securities and Exchange Commission.

                  "Compensating Interest": As defined in Section 4.03(e) hereof.

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                  "Corporate Trust Office": The principal corporate trust office
of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in
connection with this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date
of the execution of this instrument is located at 1761 East St. Andrew Place,
Santa Ana, CA 92705-4934, or at such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Certificate Insurer.

                  "Corresponding Certificate": With respect to each REMIC II
Regular Interest, as follows:

          REMIC I Regular Interest               Class
          ------------------------               -----
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA                     A
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1                   M-1
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2                   M-2
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3                   M-3
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4                   M-4
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP                     P

                  "Credit Enhancement Percentage": For any Distribution Date and
Class of Offered Certificates will be, the percentage equivalent of a fraction,
calculated after taking into account distribution of the Principal Distribution
Amount to the Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such
Distribution Date, the numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balances of the Classes of Certificates with a lower
distribution priority than such Class, and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal
due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced, and
unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period).

                  "Cumulative Loss Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date to the last
day of the preceding calendar month (reduced by the aggregate amount of
Subsequent Recoveries received from the Cut-off Date) and the denominator of
which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
Cut-off Date.

                  "Custodian": A Custodian, which shall initially be Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company.

                  "Cut-off Date": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the close
of business on March 1, 2004. With respect to all Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loans, their respective dates of substitution. References herein to the "Cut-off
Date," when used with respect to more than one Mortgage Loan, shall be to the
respective Cut-off Dates for such Mortgage Loans.

                  "Debt Service Reduction": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
reduction in the scheduled Monthly Payment for such Mortgage Loan by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, except such a
reduction resulting from a Deficient Valuation.

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                  "Deficient Valuation": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a
valuation of the related Mortgaged Property by a court of competent jurisdiction
in an amount less than the then outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loan, which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the
Bankruptcy Code.

                  "Definitive Certificates":  As defined in Section 5.01(b).

                  "Deleted Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan replaced or to be
replaced by a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan.

                  "Delinquency Percentage": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans as of the last day of
the previous calendar month that, as of such last day of the previous calendar
month, are 60 or more days delinquent (measured under the Office of Thrift
Supervision ("OTS") delinquency calculation methodology), are in foreclosure,
have been converted to REO Properties or have been discharged by reason of
bankruptcy, and the denominator of which is the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties as of the last day of the
previous calendar month; provided, however, that any Mortgage Loan purchased by
the Master Servicer or the NIMS Insurer pursuant to Section 3.16 shall not be
included in either the numerator or the denominator for purposes of calculating
the Delinquency Percentage.

                  "Depositor": Argent Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation,
or its successor in interest.

                  "Depository": The Depository Trust Company, or any successor
Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository, for purposes
of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates, is
CEDE & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a "clearing corporation" as
defined in Section 8-102(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section
17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                  "Depository Institution": Any depository institution or trust
company, including the Trustee, that (a) is incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof, (b) is subject to supervision and
examination by federal or state banking authorities and (c) has outstanding
unsecured commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations that
are rated P-1 by Moody's, F-1 by Fitch and A-1 by S&P (or comparable ratings if
Moody's, Fitch and S&P are not the Rating Agencies).

                  "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 each Distribution Date,
the 10th day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if
such 10th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately preceding such
10th day.

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                  "Directly Operate": With respect to any REO Property, the
furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, the management or
operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for
sale to customers, the performance of any construction work thereon or any use
of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by REMIC I other than
through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that the Trustee (or the
Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) shall not be considered to Directly
Operate an REO Property solely because the Trustee (or the Master Servicer on
behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or
renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs
or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property.

                  "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 Freddie Mac, 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, (v) an "electing
large partnership" and (vi) 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 Trust REMIC or any Person
having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (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 by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.04(e) which shall be
entitled "Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the
registered holders of Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-W4." The Distribution Account must be an Eligible
Account.

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

                  "Due Date": With respect to each Distribution Date, the first
day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs, which is the
day of the month on which the Monthly Payment is due on a Mortgage Loan,
exclusive of any days of grace.

                  "Due Period": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
period commencing on the second day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which such Distribution Date occurs and ending on the related Due Date.

                  "Eligible Account": Any of (i) an account or accounts
maintained with a Depository Institution or trust company the short-term
unsecured debt obligations of which are rated P-1 by Moody's, F-1 by Fitch and
A-1+ by S&P (or comparable ratings if Moody's, Fitch and S&P are not

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the Rating Agencies) at the time any amounts are held on deposit therein, (ii)
an account or accounts the deposits in which are fully insured by the FDIC or
(iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department
of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company acting
in its fiduciary capacity. Eligible Accounts may bear interest.

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

                  "Escrow Account": The account or accounts created and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.04(c).

                  "Escrow Payments": The amounts constituting taxes, and/or fire
and hazard insurance premiums escrowed by the Mortgagor with the mortgagee
pursuant to a voluntary escrow agreement related to any Mortgage Loan.

                  "Estate in Real Property": A fee simple estate or leasehold
estate in a parcel of land.

                  "Excess Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to the Class
A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the
excess, if any, of (i) the Overcollateralized Amount for such Distribution Date
(calculated for this purpose only after assuming that 100% of the Principal
Remittance Amount on such Distribution Date has been distributed) over (ii) the
Overcollateralization Target Amount for such Distribution Date.

                  "Expense Adjusted Net Mortgage Rate": With respect to any
Mortgage Loan (or the related REO Property), as of any date of determination, a
per annum rate of interest equal to the applicable Mortgage Rate thereon as of
the first day of the month preceding the month in which the Distribution Date
occurs minus the sum of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate and (ii) the Servicing Fee
Rate.

                  "Expense Adjusted Net Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to
any Mortgage Loan (or the related REO Property), as of any date of
determination, a per annum rate of interest equal to the applicable Maximum
Mortgage Rate (or the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan in the case of any
Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan) as of the first day of the month preceding the month
in which the Distribution Date occurs minus the sum of (i) the Trustee Fee Rate
and (ii) the Servicing Fee Rate.

                  "Extraordinary Trust Fund Expense": Any amounts reimbursable
to the Trustee, or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Trustee, from
the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 8.05, any amounts payable from the
Distribution Account in respect of taxes pursuant to Section 10.01(g)(iii) and
any amounts payable by the Trustee for the recording of the assignments of
mortgage pursuant to Section 2.01.

                  "Fannie Mae": Fannie Mae, formally known as the Federal
National Mortgage Association, or any successor thereto.

                  "FDIC": Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor
thereto.

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                  "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, the Depositor or the Master Servicer pursuant to or as
contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(a) or Section 9.01), a determination
made by the Master Servicer that all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds
and other payments or recoveries which the Master Servicer, in its reasonable
good faith judgment, expects to be finally recoverable in respect thereof have
been so recovered. The Master Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by a
Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination made thereby.

                  "Final Maturity Date": The Distribution Date occurring in
March 25, 2034.

                  "Fitch": Fitch Ratings, or its successor in interest.

                  "Fixed-Rate Certificates": [Reserved].

                  "Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loan": Each of the Mortgage Loans
identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a fixed Mortgage Rate.

                  "Formula Rate": For any Distribution Date and each Class of
Adjustable-Rate Certificates, the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the related
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Maximum Cap Rate.

                  "Freddie Mac": Freddie Mac, formally known as the Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.

                  "Gross Margin": With respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loans, 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 to determine the Mortgage Rate for such Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, as applicable.

                  "Highest Priority": As of any date of determination, the Class
of Mezzanine Certificates then outstanding with a Certificate Principal Balance
greater than zero, with the highest priority for payments pursuant to Section
4.01, in the following order: Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class M-4
Certificates.

                  "HOEPA": The Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994.

                  "Indenture": An indenture relating to the issuance of notes
secured by all or a portion of the Class CE Certificates, the Class P
Certificates and/or the Residual Certificates which may or may not be guaranteed
by the NIMS Insurer.

                  "Independent": When used with respect to any specified Person,
any such Person who (a) is in fact independent of the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Seller and their respective Affiliates, (b) does not have any
direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in the
Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof, and (c) is
not connected with the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any
Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee,

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promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar
functions; provided, however, that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of
the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof merely
because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any class of
securities issued by the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate
thereof, as the case may be.

                  "Independent Contractor": Either (i) any Person (other than
the Master Servicer) that would be an "independent contractor" with respect to
REMIC I within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if such REMIC were a
real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in that
section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or
indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates), so long as such REMIC
does not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided that the
relationship between such Person and such REMIC is at arm's length, all within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.856-4(b)(5), or (ii) any other
Person (including the Master Servicer) if the Trustee has received an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO
Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is
otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor shall not
cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the
meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the
exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code), or cause any
income realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from
Real Property.

                  "Index": With respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans
and each related Adjustment Date, the average of the interbank offered rates for
six-month United States dollar deposits in the London market as published in THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL and as most recently available as of the first business day
45 days or more prior to such Adjustment Date, as specified in the related
Mortgage Note.

                  "Insurance Agreement": The Insurance and Indemnity Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, among the Certificate Insurer, the Master Servicer
and the Depositor.

                  "Insurance Proceeds": Proceeds of any title policy, hazard
policy or other insurance policy covering a Mortgage Loan, to the extent such
proceeds are not to be 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, subject to the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and
Mortgage.

                  "Insured Certificates": The Class A Certificates.

                  "Interest Accrual Period": With respect to any Distribution
Date and the Adjustable- Rate Certificates, the period commencing on the
Distribution Date in the month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs (or, in the case of the first Distribution Date,
commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on the day preceding such
Distribution Date. With respect to any Distribution Date and the Class CE
Certificates, the Fixed-Rate Certificates, the REMIC I Regular Interests and the
REMIC II Regular Interests, the one-month period ending on the last day of the
calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

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                  "Interest Carry Forward Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Class of Class A Certificates or Mezzanine
Certificates, the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which (a) the Interest
Distribution Amount for such Class of Certificates as of the immediately
preceding Distribution Date exceeded (b) the actual amount distributed on such
Class of Certificates in respect of interest on such immediately preceding
Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any Interest Carry Forward Amount for
such Class of Certificates remaining unpaid from the previous Distribution Date,
plus accrued interest on such sum calculated at the related Pass-Through Rate
for the most recently ended Interest Accrual Period.

                  "Interest Determination Date": With respect to the
Adjustable-Rate Certificates, and solely for purposes of calculating the Marker
Rate, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM4 and any Interest Accrual Period therefor, the second London
Business Day preceding the commencement of such Interest Accrual Period.

                  "Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date and Class A Certificates, any Class of Mezzanine Certificates
and the Class CE Certificates, the aggregate Accrued Certificate Interest on the
Certificates of such Class for such Distribution Date.

                   "Interest Remittance Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, that portion of the Available Funds for such Distribution
Date that represents interest received or advanced on the Mortgage Loans.

                  "Late Collections": With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Due Period, all amounts received subsequent to the Determination Date
immediately following such Due Period, whether as late payments of Monthly
Payments or as Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which
represent late payments or collections of principal and/or interest due (without
regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage
Note) but delinquent for such Due Period and not previously recovered.

                  "Liquidation Event": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any of
the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such Mortgage Loan; or (iii) such Mortgage
Loan is removed from REMIC I by reason of its being purchased, sold or replaced
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(a) or Section 9.01.
With respect to any REO Property, either of the following events: (i) a Final
Recovery Determination is made as to such REO Property; or (ii) such REO
Property is removed from REMIC I by reason of its being purchased pursuant to
Section 9.01.

                  "Liquidation Proceeds": The amount (other than Insurance
Proceeds or amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO Property prior
to REO Disposition) received by the Master Servicer in connection with (i) the
taking of all or a part of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of
eminent domain or condemnation, (ii) the liquidation of a defaulted Mortgage
Loan through a trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise, or (iii) the
repurchase, substitution or sale of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property pursuant
to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.13, Section 3.16(a) or Section
9.01.

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                  "Loan-to-Value Ratio": As of any date of determination, the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date and the denominator
of which is the Value of the related Mortgaged Property.

                  "London Business Day": Any day on which banks in the City of
London are open and conducting transactions in United States dollars.

                  "Loss Mitigation Action Plan": The policies and procedures set
forth in Exhibit I hereto relating to the realization on delinquent Mortgage
Loans, which are incorporated by reference into this Agreement shall be deemed a
part hereof.

                  "Lost Note Affidavit": With respect to any Mortgage Loan as to
which the original Mortgage Note has been permanently lost, misplaced or
destroyed and has not been replaced, an affidavit from the Seller certifying
that the original Mortgage Note has been lost, misplaced or destroyed (together
with a copy of the related Mortgage Note) and indemnifying the Trust Fund
against any loss, cost or liability resulting from the failure to deliver the
original Mortgage Note in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

                  "Lower Priority": As of any date of determination and any
Class of Certificates, any other Class of Certificates then outstanding with a
Certificate Principal Balance greater than zero, with a lower priority for
payments pursuant to Section 4.01.

                  "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 REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTM2, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTZZ, with the rate on each such REMIC I Regular Interest (other than REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTZZ) subject to the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the related
Certificate Margin and (ii) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for the purpose of
this calculation for such Distribution Date and with the rate on REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTZZ subject to a cap of zero for the purpose of this calculation:
provided, however, that solely for this purpose, calculations of the REMIC I
Remittance Rate and the related caps with respect to REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4 shall be multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in the
Interest Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.

                  "Master Servicer": Ameriquest Mortgage Company or any
successor master servicer appointed as herein provided, in its capacity as
Master Servicer hereunder.

                  "Master Servicer Event of Default": One or more of the events
described in Section 7.01.

                  "Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount": The
amounts payable by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(b) in respect of
any waived (or, with respect to subsequent changes of law, any unenforceable)
Prepayment Charges.

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                  "Master Servicer Remittance Date": With respect to any
Distribution Date, 3:00 p.m. New York time on the last Business Day preceding
the related Distribution Date.

                  "Master Servicer Reporting Date": With respect to any
Distribution Date, 3:00 p.m. New York time on the 18th day of the calendar month
in which such Distribution Date occurs or, if such 18th day is not a Business
Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such 18th day.

                  "Master Servicer Termination Test": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the Master Servicer Termination Test will be failed if the
Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds 4.00%.

                  "Maximum Cap Rate": For any Distribution Date with respect to
the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, a per annum rate equal
to the product of (x) (a)the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Net
Maximum Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the
outstanding Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day
of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (after
giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due during the related Due
Period, to the extent received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of
principal received during the related Prepayment Period), less (b) the Premium
Rate multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate
Certificate Principle Balance of the Class A Certificates and the denominator of
which is the aggregate stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans 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 Interest Accrual Period.

                  "Maximum I-LTZZ Uncertificated Interest Deferral Amount": With
respect to any Distribution Date, the excess of (i) accrued interest at the
REMIC I Remittance Rate applicable to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ for such
Distribution Date on a balance equal to the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTZZ minus the REMIC I Overcollateralization Amount, in each
case for such Distribution Date, over (ii) Uncertificated Interest on REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM4 for such Distribution Date, with the rate on each such REMIC I Regular
Interest subject to a cap equal to the lesser of (i) LIBOR plus the related
Certificate Margin and (ii) the related Net WAC Pass-Through Rate, provided,
however, that solely for this purpose, calculations of the REMIC I Remittance
Rate and the related caps with respect to REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTM2, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4 shall be multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in the Interest
Accrual Period and the denominator of which is 30.

                  "Maximum Mortgage Rate": With respect to the Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loans, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
maximum Mortgage Rate thereunder.

                  "Mezzanine Certificate": Any one of the Class M-1, Class M-2,
Class M-3 and Class M-4 Certificates.

                  "Minimum Mortgage Rate": With respect to the Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loans, the percentage set forth in the related Mortgage Note as the
minimum Mortgage Rate thereunder.

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                  "Monthly Payment": With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the
scheduled monthly payment of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan which
is payable by the related Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage
Note, determined: (a) after giving effect to (i) any Deficient Valuation and/or
Debt Service Reduction with respect to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) any reduction
in the amount of interest collectible from the related Mortgagor pursuant to the
Relief Act; (b) without giving effect to any extension granted or agreed to by
the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02; and (c) on the assumption that all
other amounts, if any, due under such Mortgage Loan are paid when due.

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

                  "Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument
creating a first lien on, or first priority security interest in, a Mortgaged
Property securing a Mortgage Note.

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

                  "Mortgage Loan": Each mortgage loan transferred and assigned
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement, as
held from time to time held as a part of REMIC I, the Mortgage Loans so held
being identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

                  "Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement": The agreement between the
Seller and the Depositor, regarding the transfer of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to or at the direction of the Depositor, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D annexed hereto.

                  "Mortgage Loan Schedule": As of any date, the list of Mortgage
Loans included in REMIC I on such date, attached hereto as Schedule 1. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following information with respect to
each Mortgage Loan:

                  (1) the Seller's Mortgage Loan identifying number;

                  (2) [reserved];

                  (3) the state and zip code of the Mortgaged Property;

                  (4) a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
         owner-occupied;

                  (5) the type of Residential Dwelling constituting the
         Mortgaged Property;

                  (6) the original months to maturity;

                  (7) the Loan-to-Value Ratio at origination;

                  (8) the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately following the
         Cut-off Date;

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                  (9) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on the
         Mortgage Loan;

                  (10) the stated maturity date;

                  (11) the amount of the Monthly Payment due on the first Due
         Date after the Cut- off Date;

                  (12) the last Due Date on which a Monthly Payment was actually
         applied to the unpaid Stated Principal Balance;

                  (13) the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan;

                  (14) the Scheduled Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan as
         of the close of business on the Cut-off Date;

                  (15) with respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, the
         Gross Margin;

                  (16) a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan (I.E.,
         purchase, refinance debt consolidation cashout, or refinance debt
         consolidation no cashout);

                  (17) with respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, the
         Maximum Mortgage Rate;

                  (18) with respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, the
         Minimum Mortgage Rate;

                  (19) the Mortgage Rate at origination;

                  (20) with respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, the
         Periodic Rate Cap and the maximum first Adjustment Date Mortgage Rate
         adjustment;

                  (21) a code indicating the documentation program (I.E., Full
         Documentation, Limited Documentation or Stated Income);

                  (22) with respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans, the
         first Adjustment Date immediately following the Cut-off Date;

                  (23) the risk grade;

                  (24) the Value of the Mortgaged Property;

                  (25) the sale price of the Mortgaged Property, if applicable;
         and

                  (26) the FICO score of the primary Mortgagor.

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                  The Mortgage Loan Schedule shall set forth the following
information with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the aggregate as of the
Cut-off Date: (1) the number of Mortgage Loans; (2) the current Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (3) the weighted average Mortgage Rate of the
Mortgage Loans; and (4) the weighted average maturity of the Mortgage Loans. The
Mortgage Loan Schedule shall be amended from time to time by the Depositor in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. With respect to any Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Cut- off Date shall refer to the related Cut-off
Date for such Mortgage Loan, determined in accordance with the definition of
Cut-off Date herein.

                  "Mortgage Note": The original executed note or other evidence
of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan.

                  "Mortgage Pool": The pool of Mortgage Loans, identified on
Schedule 1 from time to time, and any REO Properties acquired in respect
thereof.

                  "Mortgage Rate": With respect to each 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 (i) with
respect to the Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans, shall remain constant at the rate set
forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately
following the Cut-off Date and (ii) with respect to the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loans, (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 equal to the sum, rounded to the nearest
0.125% as provided in the Mortgage Note, of the Index, as most recently
available as of a date prior to the Adjustment Date as set forth in the related
Mortgage Note, plus the related Gross Margin; provided that the Mortgage Rate on
the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loans on any Adjustment Date shall never be more
than the lesser of (i) the sum of the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior
to the Adjustment Date plus the related Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and (ii) the
related Maximum Mortgage Rate, and shall never be less than the greater of (i)
the Mortgage Rate in effect immediately prior to the Adjustment Date less the
Periodic Rate Cap, if any, and (ii) the related Minimum Mortgage Rate. 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 identified in
the related Mortgage as securing a Mortgage Loan, including any REO Property,
consisting of an Estate in Real Property improved by a Residential Dwelling
(excluding for purposes of construing the representations or warranties made in
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, any improvements thereupon not considered
by the appraiser in determining the Value of such Mortgaged Property).

                  "Mortgagor":  The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

                  "Net Monthly Excess Cashflow": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for
such Distribution Date and (ii) the excess of (x) the Available Funds for such
Distribution Date over (y) the sum for such Distribution Date of (A) the

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Senior Interest Distribution Amount and the Interest Distribution Amounts
payable to the Mezzanine Certificates, (B) the Principal Remittance Amount and
(C) any amount paid to the Certificate Insurer pursuant to Sections 4.01(a)(2)
and 4.01(a)(3).

                  "Net Mortgage Rate": With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or the
related REO Property) as of any date of determination, a per annum rate of
interest equal to the then applicable Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan minus
the Servicing Fee Rate.

                  "Net WAC Pass-Through Rate": For any Distribution Date with
respect to the Class A and Mezzanine Certificates, a per annum rate equal to the
product of (x) (a) the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rates of the Mortgage Loans, weighted on the basis of the outstanding Stated
Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period), less (b) with respect to the Class A Certificates,
the Premium Rate multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates and the denominator of
which is the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans 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 Interest Accrual Period. For
federal income tax purposes, the equivalent of the foregoing shall be expressed
as the weighted average of the REMIC I Remittance Rate on the REMIC I Regular
Interest, weighted on the basis of the Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC
I Regular Interest.

                  "Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount": With respect to any Class of
Class A and Mezzanine Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum of (A) the
excess of (i) the amount of interest such Certificates would have accrued for
such Distribution Date had the applicable Pass- Through Rate been calculated at
the Formula Rate (in the case of the Adjustable-Rate Certificates) or the
related fixed rate (in the case of the Fixed-Rate Certificates), over (ii) the
amount of interest accrued on such Certificates at the related Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date and (B) the related Net WAC Rate
Carryover Amount for the previous Distribution Date not previously paid,
together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the Formula Rate (in the case
of the Adjustable-Rate Certificates) or the related fixed rate (in the case of
the Fixed-Rate Certificates) applicable for such class in each case for the
Interest Accrual Period for the current Distribution Date.

                  "Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account": The Net WAC Rate
Carryover Reserve Account established and maintained pursuant to Section 4.10.

                  "New Lease": Any lease of REO Property entered into on behalf
of REMIC I, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of REMIC I, if
REMIC I has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.

                  "NIMS Insurer": Any insurer that is guaranteeing certain
payments under notes secured by collateral which includes, among other things,
all or a portion of the Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates and/or
the Residual Certificates.

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                  "Nonrecoverable Advance": Any Advance previously made or
proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property that, in the
good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, will not or, in the case of
a proposed Advance, would not be ultimately recoverable from related Late
Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or
REO Property as provided herein.

                  "Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance": Any Servicing Advance
previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, will
not or, in the case of a proposed Servicing Advance, would not be ultimately
recoverable from related Late Collections, Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.

                  "Non-United States Person": Any Person other than a United
States Person.

                  "Notional Amount": With respect to the Class CE Interest and
any Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of the REMIC I Regular
Interests (other than REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP) for such Distribution
Date.

                  "Officers' Certificate": With respect to the Depositor, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board,
the President or a vice president (however denominated), and by the Treasurer,
the Secretary, or one of the assistant treasurers or assistant secretaries. With
respect to the Master Servicer, any officer who is authorized to act for the
Master Servicer in matters relating to this Agreement, and whose action is
binding upon the Master Servicer, initially including those individuals whose
names appear on the list of authorized officers delivered at the closing.

                  "Offered Certificate": Any one of the Class A Certificates and
the Mezzanine Certificates (other than the Class M-4 Certificates), issued under
this Agreement.

                  "One-Month LIBOR": With respect to the Adjustable-Rate
Certificates, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM4 and any Interest Accrual Period therefor, the rate
determined by the Trustee on the related Interest Determination Date on the
basis of the offered rate for one-month U.S. dollar deposits, as such rate
appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Interest
Determination Date; provided that if such rate does not appear on Telerate Page
3750, the rate for such date shall be determined on the basis of the offered
rates of the Reference Banks for one-month U.S. dollar deposits, as of 11:00
a.m. (London time) on such Interest Determination Date. In such event, the
Trustee shall request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks
to provide a quotation of its rate. If on such Interest Determination Date, two
or more Reference Banks provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the
related Interest Accrual Period shall be the arithmetic mean of such offered
quotations (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole multiple of
1/16%). If on such Interest Determination Date, fewer than two Reference Banks
provide such offered quotations, One-Month LIBOR for the related Interest
Accrual Period shall be the higher of (i) LIBOR as determined on the previous
Interest Determination Date and (ii) the Reserve Interest Rate. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if, under the priorities described above, LIBOR for an Interest
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be based on LIBOR for the previous Interest Determination Date for the third
consecutive Interest Determination Date, the Trustee shall select, after
consultation with the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer, an alternative
comparable index (over which the Trustee has no control), used for determining
one-month Eurodollar lending rates that is calculated and published (or
otherwise made available) by an independent party.

                  "Opinion of Counsel": A written opinion of counsel, who may,
without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor or the Master Servicer
acceptable to the Trustee, if such opinion is delivered to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer, if such opinion is delivered to the Certificate Insurer,
except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any
Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions must be an
opinion of Independent counsel.

                  "Optional Termination Date": The first Distribution Date on
which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans (and
properties acquired in respect thereof) remaining in the Trust Fund is reduced
to an amount less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date.

                  "Originators": Collectively, Argent Mortgage Company, LLC and
Olympus Mortgage Company.

                  "Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the Overcollateralization Target
Amount applicable to such Distribution Date over (b) the Overcollateralized
Amount applicable to such Distribution Date (calculated for this purpose only,
after assuming that 100% of the Principal Remittance Amount on such Distribution
Date has been distributed).

                  "Overcollateralization Increase Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the lesser of (a) the Overcollateralization Deficiency Amount
as of such Distribution Date and (b) the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow for such
Distribution Date.

                  "Overcollateralization Reduction Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Excess
Overcollateralized Amount and (b) the Principal Remittance Amount.

                  "Overcollateralization Target Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date (i) prior to the Stepdown Date, 2.45% of the aggregate Stated
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, (ii) on or after
the Stepdown Date provided a Trigger Event is not in effect, the greater of (x)
4.90% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the
last day of the related Due Period (after giving effect to scheduled payments of
principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received or advanced
and unscheduled collections of principal received during the related Prepayment
Period) and (y) $2,500,000, or (iii) on or after the Stepdown Date and if a
Trigger Event is in effect, the Overcollateralization Target Amount for the
immediately preceding Distribution Date.

                  "Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any Distribution
Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the
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immediately following such Distribution Date (after giving effect to scheduled
payments of principal due during the related Due Period, to the extent received
or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during the
related Prepayment Period), over (b) the sum of the aggregate Certificate
Principal Balances of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and
the Class P Certificates as of such Distribution Date (after giving effect to
distributions to be made on such Distribution Date).

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

                  "Pass-Through Rate": With respect to any Class of
Adjustable-Rate Certificates and any Distribution Date, the lesser of (x) the
related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) the related Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate 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 (i)
through (viii) below, and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interests I-LTAA, I-LTA, I-LTM1,
I-LTM2, I-LTM3, I-LTM4 and I-LTZZ. For purposes of calculating the Pass-Through
Rate for the Class CE Interest, the numerator is equal to the sum of the
following components:

                  i. the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
         I-LTAA minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
         Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA;

                  ii. the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
         I-LTA minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
         Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA;

                  iii. the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
         I-LTM1 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
         Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1;

                  iv. the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
         I-LTM2 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
         Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2;

                  v. the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
         I-LTM3 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
         Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3;

                  vi. the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
         I-LTM4 minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
         Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4;

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                  vii. the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular Interest
         I-LTZZ minus the Marker Rate, applied to an amount equal to the
         Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ; and

                  viii. 100% of the interest on REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP.

With respect to the Class CE Certificates, 100% of the interest distributable to
the Class CE Interest, expressed as a per annum rate.

                  "Percentage Interest": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Residual Certificates), the undivided percentage
ownership in such Class evidenced by such Certificate, expressed as a
percentage, the numerator of which is the initial Certificate Principal Balance
or Notional Amount represented by such Certificate and the denominator of which
is the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance or Notional Amount of all
of the Certificates of such Class. The Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates (other than the Class M-4 Certificates) are issuable only in
minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to minimum initial Certificate
Principal Balances of $25,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.
The Class M-4 Certificates are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests
corresponding to minimum initial Certificate Principal Balances of $50,000 and
integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Class P Certificates are
issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests corresponding to minimum initial
Certificate Principal Balances of $20 and integral multiples thereof. The Class
CE Certificates are issuable only in minimum Percentage Interests corresponding
to minimum initial Notional Amount of $10,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in
excess thereof; provided, however, that a single Certificate of such Class of
Certificates may be issued having a Percentage Interest corresponding to the
remainder of the aggregate initial Certificate Principal Balance or Notional
Amount of such Class or to an otherwise authorized denomination for such Class
plus such remainder. With respect to any Residual Certificate, the undivided
percentage ownership in such Class evidenced by such Certificate, as set forth
on the face of such Certificate. The Residual Certificates are issuable in
Percentage Interests of 20% and multiples thereof.

                  "Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to the Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loans 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": Any one or more of the following
obligations or securities acquired at a purchase price of not greater than par,
regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMS
Insurer, the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates:

                  (i) direct obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as
         to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States or
         any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are
         backed by the full faith and credit of the United States;

                  (ii) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of,
         or bankers' acceptances (which shall each have an original maturity of
         not more than 90 days and, in the

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         case of bankers' acceptances, shall in no event have an original
         maturity of more than 365 days or a remaining maturity of more than 30
         days) denominated in United States dollars and issued by, any
         Depository Institution;

                  (iii) repurchase obligations with respect to any security
         described in clause (i) above entered into with a Depository
         Institution (acting as principal);

                  (iv) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount that
         are issued by any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United
         States of America or any state thereof and that are rated by each
         Rating Agency that rates such securities in its highest long-term
         unsecured rating categories at the time of such investment or
         contractual commitment providing for such investment;

                  (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 30 days after the date of
         acquisition thereof) that is rated by each Rating Agency that rates
         such securities in its highest short-term unsecured debt rating
         available at the time of such investment;

                  (vi) units of money market funds, including money market funds
         advised by the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof, that have been rated
         "Aaa" by Moody's, "AAA" by Fitch and "AAAm" by S&P; and

                  (vii) if previously confirmed in writing to the Trustee and
         consented to by the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer, any other
         demand, money market or time deposit, or any other obligation, security
         or investment, as may be acceptable to the Rating Agencies as a
         permitted investment of funds backing securities having ratings
         equivalent to its highest initial rating of the Class A Certificates;

provided, however, that no instrument described hereunder shall evidence either
the right to receive (a) only interest with respect to the obligations
underlying such instrument or (b) both principal and interest payments derived
from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest and principal
payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at par
greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations.

                  "Permitted Transferee": Any Transferee of a Residual
Certificate other than a Disqualified Organization or Non-United States Person.

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

                  "Plan": Any employee benefit plan or certain other retirement
plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities,
Keogh plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance company general
or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or arrangements are invested,
that are subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

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                  "Policy Payment": With respect to any Distribution Date, the
amount, if any, paid under the Certificate Insurance Policy for such
Distribution Date.

                  "Policy Payment Account": The separate Eligible Account
created and maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.11 in the name of
the Trustee for the benefit of the Class A Certificateholders and the
Certificate Insurer, and designated "Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of Argent Securities Inc.,
Asset-Backed Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2004-W4, Class A Certificates."

                  "Premium Amount": As to any Distribution Date, the product of
(x) the Premium Rate and (y) the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

                  "Premium Rate": The per annum rate at which the "Premium" is
determined as described in the Premium Letter, dated March 9, 2004, among the
Certificate Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor (a copy
of which has been provided by the Depositor to the Trustee).

                  "Prepayment Assumption": As defined in the Prospectus
Supplement.

                  "Prepayment Charge": With respect to any Prepayment Period,
any prepayment premium, fee or charge payable by the a Mortgagor in connection
with any Principal Prepayment pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Note
as from time to time held as a part of the Trust Fund, the Prepayment Charges so
held being identified in the Prepayment Charge Schedule (other than any Master
Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount).

                  "Prepayment Charge Schedule": As of any date, the list of
Prepayment Charges included in the Trust Fund on such date, attached hereto as
Schedule 2 (including the prepayment charge summary attached thereto). The
Prepayment Charge Schedule shall set forth the following information with
respect to each Prepayment Charge:

                  (i) the Master Servicer's Mortgage Loan identifying number;

                  (ii) a code indicating the type of Prepayment Charge;

                  (iii) the date on which the first Monthly Payment was due on
         the related Mortgage Loan;

                  (iv) the term of the related Prepayment Charge;

                  (v) the original Stated Principal Balance of the related
         Mortgage Loan;

                  (vi) the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan
         as of the Cut-off Date;

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                  The Prepayment Charge Schedule shall be amended from time to
time by the Master Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
and a copy of such amended Prepayment Charge Schedule shall be furnished by the
Master Servicer to the NIMS Insurer.

                  "Prepayment Interest Excess": With respect to any Distribution
Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal Prepayment in
full during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring between the
first day of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs and the
Determination Date of the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs,
an amount equal to interest (to the extent received) at the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate on the amount of such Principal Prepayment for the number of days
commencing on the first day of the calendar month in which such Distribution
Date occurs and ending on the last date through which interest is collected from
the related Mortgagor. The Master Servicer may withdraw such Prepayment Interest
Excess from the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(iv).

                  "Prepayment Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a Principal
Prepayment in full during the portion of the related Prepayment Period occurring
between the first day of the related Prepayment Period and the last day of the
calendar month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, an
amount equal to interest at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate on the amount of
such Principal Prepayment for the number of days commencing on the day after the
last date on which interest is collected from the related Mortgagor and ending
on the last day of the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date. The
obligations of the Master Servicer in respect of any Prepayment Interest
Shortfall are set forth in Section 4.03(e). The Certificate Insurance Policy
with respect to the Insured Certificates will not cover any such Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls.

                  "Prepayment Period": With respect to any Distribution Date,
the period commencing on the day after the Determination Date in the calendar
month preceding the calendar month in which such Distribution Date occurs (or,
in the case of the first Distribution Date, commencing on March 1, 2004) and
ending on the Determination Date in the calendar month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

                  "Principal Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment
on the Mortgage Loans due during the related Due Period, whether or not received
on or prior to the related Determination Date; (ii) the Stated Principal Balance
of any Mortgage Loan that was purchased during the related Prepayment Period
pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section 3.16(a) or Section 9.01
and the amount of any shortfall deposited in the Collection Account in
connection with the substitution of a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section
2.03 during the related Prepayment Period; (iii) the principal portion of all
other unscheduled collections (including, without limitation, Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Subsequent Recoveries and
REO Principal Amortization) received during the related Prepayment Period on the
Mortgage Loans, net of any portion thereof that represents a recovery of
principal for which an advance was made by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date and (iv) the amount of
any Overcollateralization Increase Amount for such Distribution Date MINUS (v)
the amount of any Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution
Date.

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                  "Principal Prepayment": Any payment of principal made by the
Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled Due
Date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full
amount of scheduled interest due on any Due Date in any month or months
subsequent to the month of prepayment.

                  "Principal Remittance Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii)
of the definition of Principal Distribution Amount.

                  "Prospectus Supplement": The Prospectus Supplement, dated
March 2, 2004, relating to the public offering of the Offered Certificates.

                  "PTCE": A Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.

                  "Purchase Price": With respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO
Property to be purchased pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 2.03, Section
3.16(a) or Section 9.01, and as confirmed by an Officers' Certificate from the
Master Servicer to the Trustee, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
Stated Principal Balance thereof as of the date of purchase (or such other price
as provided in Section 9.01), (ii) in the case of (x) a Mortgage Loan, accrued
interest on such Stated Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in
effect from time to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered
by a payment by the Mortgagor or an advance by the Master Servicer, which
payment or advance had as of the date of purchase been distributed pursuant to
Section 4.01, through the end of the calendar month in which the purchase is to
be effected and (y) an REO Property, the sum of (1) accrued interest on such
Stated Principal Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate in effect from time
to time from the Due Date as to which interest was last covered by a payment by
the Mortgagor or an advance by the Master Servicer through the end of the
calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which such REO
Property was acquired, plus (2) 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 purchase
is to be effected, net of the total of all net rental income, Insurance
Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and Advances that as of the date of purchase had
been distributed as or to cover REO Imputed Interest pursuant to Section 4.01,
(iii) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances and any unpaid Servicing
Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property, (iv) any amounts
previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of such Mortgage
Loan or REO Property pursuant to Sections 3.05(a)(v) and 3.16(a), and (v) in the
case of a Mortgage Loan required to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.03,
expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee in respect of the breach or
defect giving rise to the purchase obligation, as well as any costs and damages
incurred by the Trust Fund in connection with any violation by such loan of any
predatory or abusive lending law.

                  "Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan": A mortgage loan
substituted for a Deleted Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
which must, on the date of such substitution, (i) have an outstanding Stated
Principal Balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and
interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, not in excess of the
Scheduled Principal Balance of the Deleted Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in
the calendar month during which the substitution occurs, (ii) have a Mortgage
Rate not less than (and not more than one

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percentage point in excess of) the Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan,
(iii) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Maximum Mortgage
Rate not less than the Maximum Mortgage Rate on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (iv)
with respect to any Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Minimum Mortgage Rate
not less than the Minimum Mortgage Rate of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (v) with
respect to Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Loan, have a Gross Margin equal to the Gross
Margin of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vi) with respect to any Adjustable-Rate
Mortgage Loan, have a next Adjustment Date not more than two months later than
the next Adjustment Date on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (vii) have a remaining
term to maturity not greater than (and not more than one year less than) that of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (viii) have the same Due Date as the Due Date on the
Deleted Mortgage Loan, (ix) have an Loan-to-Value Ratio as of the date of
substitution equal to or lower than the Loan-to-Value Ratio of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan as of such date, (x) have a risk grading determined by the Seller
at least equal to the risk grading assigned on the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xi)
have been underwritten or reunderwritten by the Seller in accordance with the
same underwriting criteria and guidelines as the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xii)
have a Prepayment Charge provision at least equal to the Prepayment Charge
provision of the Deleted Mortgage Loan, (xiii) [reserved] and (xiv) conform to
each representation and warranty set forth in Section 6 of the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement applicable to the Deleted Mortgage Loan. In the event that
one or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more Deleted Mortgage
Loans, the amounts described in clause (i) hereof shall be determined on the
basis of aggregate Stated Principal Balances, the Mortgage Rates described in
clause (ii) hereof shall be determined on the basis of weighted average Mortgage
Rates, the risk gradings described in clause (x) hereof shall be satisfied as to
each such mortgage loan, the terms described in clause (vii) hereof shall be
determined on the basis of weighted average remaining terms to maturity, the
Loan-to-Value Ratios described in clause (ix) hereof shall be satisfied as to
each such mortgage loan and, except to the extent otherwise provided in this
sentence, the representations and warranties described in clause (xi) hereof
must be satisfied as to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or in the
aggregate, as the case may be.

                  "Rating Agency" or "Rating Agencies": Moody's, Fitch and S&P
or their successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer in
existence, "Rating Agencies" shall be such nationally recognized statistical
rating agencies, or other comparable Persons, designated by the Depositor,
notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate
Insurer and the Master Servicer.

                  "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 Stated 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, plus
(iii) any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of
such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) and Section 3.12(c), minus
(iv) the proceeds, if any, received in respect of such Mortgage Loan during the
calendar month in which such Final Recovery Determination was made,

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net of amounts that are payable therefrom to the Master Servicer with respect to
such Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(ii).

                  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 Stated 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, plus (iv)
any amounts previously withdrawn from the Collection Account in respect of the
related Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) and Section 3.12(c), minus
(v) the aggregate of all Advances made by the Master Servicer in respect of such
REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan for which the Master Servicer has been
or, in connection with such Final Recovery Determination, shall be reimbursed
pursuant to Section 3.13 out of rental income, Insurance Proceeds and
Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such REO Property, minus (vi) the
total of all net rental income, Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds
received in respect of such REO Property that has been, or in connection with
such Final Recovery Determination, shall be transferred to the Distribution
Account pursuant to Section 3.13.

                  With respect to each Mortgage Loan which has become the
subject of a Deficient Valuation, the difference between the Stated Principal
Balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding immediately prior to such Deficient
Valuation and the Stated 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.

                  If the Master Servicer receives Subsequent Recoveries with
respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of the Realized Loss with respect to
that Mortgage Loan will be reduced to the extent such recoveries are applied to
principal distributions on any Distribution Date.

                  "Record Date": With respect to each Distribution Date and any
Adjustable-Rate Certificate that is a Book-Entry Certificate, the Business Day
immediately preceding such Distribution Date. With respect to each Distribution
Date and any other Class of Certificates, including any Definitive Certificates,
the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such
Distribution Date occurs.

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                  "Reference Banks": Deutsche Bank, Barclay's Bank PLC, The
Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank and National Westminster Bank PLC and their successors in
interest; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing banks are not suitable
to serve as a Reference Bank, then any leading banks selected by the Trustee
(after consultation with the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer) which are
engaged in transactions in Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurocurrency
market (i) with an established place of business in London, (ii) not
controlling, under the control of or under common control with the Depositor or
any Affiliate thereof and (iii) which have been designated as such by the
Trustee.

                  "Refinanced Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan the proceeds of
which were not used to purchase the related Mortgaged Property.

                  "Regular Certificate": Any Class A Certificate, Mezzanine
Certificate, Class P Certificate or Class CE Certificate.

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

                  "Reimbursement Amount": As to any Distribution Date, the sum
of (i) all Policy Payments previously received by the Trustee and all Avoided
Payments previously paid by the Certificate Insurer and in each case not
previously repaid to the Certificate Insurer pursuant to Section 4.11, plus (ii)
interest accrued on each such Policy Payment and Avoided Payment not previously
repaid calculated at the Late Payment Rate (as such term is defined in the
Insurance Agreement), from the date the Trustee received the related Policy
Payment or the date the related Avoided Payment was paid by the Certificate
Insurer, as applicable, through the day prior to such Distribution Date, plus
(iii) all other amounts due and payable to the Certificate Insurer under the
Insurance Agreement, as certified to the Trustee by the Certificate Insurer plus
(ii) interest on such amounts at the Late Payment Rate.

                  "Relief Act": The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or any
applicable state law providing similar relief.

                  "Relief Act Interest Shortfall": With respect to any
Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan, any reduction in the amount of interest
collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar month as
a result of the application of the Relief Act. The Certificate Insurance Policy
with respect to the Insured Certificates will not cover any such Relief Act
Interest Shortfalls.

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

                  "REMIC I": The segregated pool of assets subject hereto,
constituting the primary trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder,
with respect to which a REMIC election is to be made, consisting of: (i) such
Mortgage Loans and Prepayment Charges as from time to time are subject to this
Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto, and together with
all collections thereon and proceeds thereof, (ii) any REO Property, together
with all collections

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thereon and proceeds thereof, (iii) the Trustee's rights with respect to the
Mortgage Loans under all insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant
to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof, (iv) the Depositor's rights under
the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (including any security interest created
thereby) to the extent conveyed pursuant to Section 2.01 and (v) the Collection
Account (other than any amounts representing any Master Servicer Prepayment
Charge Payment Amounts), the Distribution Account (other than any amounts
representing any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts) and any REO
Account and such assets that are deposited therein from time to time and any
investments thereof, together with any and all income, proceeds and payments
with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, REMIC I
specifically excludes any Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts, the
Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the Cap Contract, all payments and other
collections of principal and interest due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the
Cut-off Date and all Prepayment Charges payable in connection with Principal
Prepayments made before the Cut-off Date.

                  "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 Interest Accrual Periods for the indicated
Regular Interests for such Distribution Date) equal to (a) the product of (i)
the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties
then outstanding and (ii) the REMIC I Remittance Rate for REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTAA minus the Marker Rate, divided by (b) 12.

                  "REMIC I Overcollateralization Target Amount": 1% of the
Overcollateralization Target Amount.

                  "REMIC I Overcollateralized Amount": With respect to any date
of determination, (i) 1% of the aggregate Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC I
Regular Interests minus (ii) the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I Regular Interest,
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 the product of (i) 1% 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 Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA,
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4 and the denominator
of which is the aggregate of the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4 and
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ.

                  "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 REMIC I Remittance 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 Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

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                  "REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA": 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-LTAA
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance 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 Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

                  "REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA": 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-LTA
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance 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 Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

                  "REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1": 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-LTM1
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance 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 Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

                  "REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2": 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-LTM2
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance 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 Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

                  "REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3": 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-LTM3
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance 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 Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

                  "REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4": 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-LTM4
shall accrue interest at the related REMIC I Remittance 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 Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

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

                  "REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP": 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-LTP
shall be entitled to any Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer and
to a distribution of principal, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, in
an aggregate amount equal to its initial Uncertificated Balance as set forth in
the Preliminary Statement hereto.

                  "REMIC I Remittance Rate": With respect to each REMIC I
Regular Interest, the weighted average of the Expense Adjusted Net Mortgage
Rates of the Mortgage Loans.

                  "REMIC II": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all of
the REMIC I Regular Interests conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit
of the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class R Certificate (in
respect of the Class R-II Interest), pursuant to Article II hereunder, and all
amounts deposited therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to
be made.

                  "REMIC II Certificate": Any Regular Certificate (other than a
Class CE Certificate or Class P Certificate) or Class R 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 Regular Certificates and the Class R-X Certificate (in respect of
the Class R-III Interest), pursuant to Article II hereunder, and all amounts
deposited therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be
made.

                  "REMIC IV": The segregated pool of assets consisting of all of
the Class P Interest conveyed in trust to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Regular Certificates and the Class R-X Certificate (in respect of
the Class R-IV Interest), pursuant to Article II hereunder, and all amounts
deposited therein, with respect to which a separate REMIC election is to be
made.

                  "REMIC Provisions": Provisions of the federal income tax law
relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section
860A through 860G 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.

                  "REMIC Regular Interest": Any REMIC I Regular Interest, REMIC
II Regular Interest, Class CE Certificate or Class P Certificate.

                  "REMIC Remittance Rate": The REMIC I Remittance Rate.

                  "Remittance Report": A report in form and substance that is
acceptable to the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer in the form substantially similar
to that provided to the Certificate Insurer prior to the Closing Date on a
magnetic disk or tape prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section

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4.03 with such additions, deletions and modifications as agreed to by the
Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the Master Servicer.

                  "Rents from Real Property": With respect to any REO Property,
gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code as being
included in the term "rents from real property."

                  "Representative": Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

                  "REO Account": Each of the accounts maintained by the Master
Servicer in respect of an REO Property pursuant to Section 3.13 which account
may be the Collection Account subject to Section 3.13.

                  "REO Disposition": The sale or other disposition of an REO
Property on behalf of REMIC I.

                  "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 Principal Amortization": With respect to any REO
Property, for any calendar month, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate of
all amounts received in respect of such REO Property during such calendar month,
whether in the form of rental income, sale proceeds (including, without
limitation, that portion of the Termination Price paid in connection with a
purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section
9.01 that is allocable to such REO Property) or otherwise, net of any portion of
such amounts (i) payable pursuant to Section 3.13(c) in respect of the proper
operation, management and maintenance of such REO Property or (ii) payable or
reimbursable to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.13(d) for unpaid
Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan and unreimbursed
Servicing Advances and Advances in respect of such REO Property or the related
Mortgage Loan, over (b) the REO Imputed Interest in respect of such REO Property
for such calendar month.

                  "REO Property": A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Master
Servicer on behalf of REMIC I through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of
foreclosure, as described in Section 3.13.

                  "Request for Release": A release signed by a Servicing
Officer, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.

                  "Reserve Interest Rate": With respect to any Interest
Determination Date, the rate per annum that the Trustee determines to be either
(i) the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/16%) of the one-month U.S. dollar lending rates which New York
City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on the relevant Interest
Determination Date to the principal London offices of leading banks in the
London interbank market or (ii) in the event that the Trustee can determine no
such arithmetic mean, the lowest one-month U.S. dollar lending

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rate which New York City banks selected by the Trustee are quoting on such
Interest Determination Date to leading European banks.

                  "Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) an
attached or detached one- family dwelling, (ii) a detached two- to four-family
dwelling, (iii) a one-family dwelling unit in a condominium project or (iv) a
detached or attached one-family dwelling in a planned unit development, none of
which is a co-operative, mobile or manufactured home (unless such mobile or
manufactured home is defined as real property under applicable state law).

                  "Residual Certificate": Any one of the Class R Certificates
and the Class R-X Certificates.

                  "Residual Interest": The sole class of "residual interests" in
a REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.

                  "Responsible Officer": When used with respect to the Trustee,
any director, any vice president, any assistant vice president, any associate,
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, with respect to a particular matter, to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.

                  "Scheduled Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage
Loan: (a) as of the Cut-off Date, the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of
such Mortgage Loan as of such date, net of the principal portion of all unpaid
Monthly Payments, if any, due on or before such date; (b) as of any Due Date
subsequent to the Cut-off Date up to and including the Due Date in the calendar
month in which a Liquidation Event occurs with respect to such Mortgage Loan,
the Scheduled Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date,
minus the sum of (i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on or
before such Due Date but subsequent to the Cut-off Date, whether or not
received, (ii) all Principal Prepayments received before such Due Date but after
the Cut-off Date, (iii) the principal portion of all Liquidation Proceeds and
Insurance Proceeds received before such Due Date but after the Cut-off Date, net
of any portion thereof that represents principal due (without regard to any
acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note) on a Due
Date occurring on or before the date on which such proceeds were received and
(iv) any Realized Loss incurred with respect thereto as a result of a Deficient
Valuation occurring before such Due Date, but only to the extent such Realized
Loss represents a reduction in the portion of principal of such Mortgage Loan
not yet due (without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note) as of the date of such Deficient Valuation; and (c)
as of any Due Date subsequent to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with
respect to such Mortgage Loan, zero. With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of
any Due Date subsequent to the date of its acquisition on behalf of the Trust
Fund up to and including the Due Date in the calendar month in which a
Liquidation Event occurs with respect to such REO Property, an amount (not less
than zero) equal to the Scheduled Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan
as of the Due Date in the calendar month in which such REO Property was
acquired, minus the aggregate amount of REO Principal Amortization, if any, in
respect of such REO Property for all previously ended calendar months; and (b)
as of any Due Date subsequent to the occurrence of a Liquidation Event with
respect to such REO Property, zero.

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                  "Seller": Ameriquest Mortgage Company, or its successor in
interest, in its capacity as seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

                  "Senior Interest Distribution Amount": With respect to any
Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Interest Distribution
Amount for such Distribution Date for the Class A Certificates and (ii) the
Interest Carry Forward Amount with respect to the Class A Certificates.

                  "Servicing Advances": The reasonable "out-of-pocket" costs and
expenses incurred by the Master Servicer in connection with a default,
delinquency or other unanticipated event by the Master Servicer in the
performance of its servicing obligations, 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,
in respect of a particular Mortgage Loan, (iii) the management (including
reasonable fees in connection therewith) and liquidation of any REO Property and
(iv) the performance of its obligations under Section 3.01, Section 3.04(d),
Section 3.08, Section 3.12 and Section 3.13. The Master Servicer shall not be
required to make any Servicing Advance in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO
Property that, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, would
not be ultimately recoverable from related Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation
Proceeds on such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided herein.

                  "Servicing Fee": With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for
any calendar month, an amount equal to one month's interest (or in the event of
any payment of interest which accompanies a Principal Prepayment in full made by
the Mortgagor during such calendar month, interest for the number of days
covered by such payment of interest) at the applicable Servicing Fee Rate on the
same principal amount on which interest on such Mortgage Loan accrues for such
calendar month. A portion of such Servicing Fee may be retained by any
Sub-Servicer as its servicing compensation.

                  "Servicing Fee Rate": 0.50% per annum.

                  "Servicing Officer": Any employee of the Master Servicer
involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the
Mortgage Loans, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of Servicing
Officers furnished by the Master Servicer to the Trustee, the Certificate
Insurer and the Depositor on the Closing Date, as such list may from time to
time be amended.

                  "Servicing Standard": The standards set forth in the first
paragraph of Section 3.01.

                  "Single Certificate": With respect to any Class of
Certificates (other than the Class P Certificates and the Residual
Certificates), a hypothetical Certificate of such Class evidencing a Percentage
Interest for such Class corresponding to an initial Certificate Principal
Balance or Notional Amount of $1,000. With respect to the Class P Certificates
and the Residual Certificates, a hypothetical Certificate of such Class
evidencing a 20% Percentage Interest in such Class.

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

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                  "Startup Day": With respect to each Trust REMIC, the day
designated as such pursuant to Section 10.01(b) hereof.

                  "Stated Principal Balance": With respect to any Mortgage Loan:
(a) as of any date of determination up to but not including the Distribution
Date on which the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such
Mortgage Loan would be distributed, the Scheduled Principal Balance of such
Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date, as shown in the Mortgage Loan Schedule,
minus the sum of (i) the principal portion of each Monthly Payment due on a Due
Date subsequent to the Cut-off Date, to the extent received from the Mortgagor
or advanced by the Master Servicer and distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on
or before such date of determination, (ii) all Principal Prepayments received
after the Cut-off Date, to the extent distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 on or
before such date of determination, (iii) all Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance
Proceeds applied by the Master Servicer as recoveries of principal in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.12, to the extent distributed pursuant to
Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination and (iv) any Realized Loss
incurred with respect thereto as a result of a Deficient Valuation made during
or prior to the Prepayment Period for the most recent Distribution Date
coinciding with or preceding such date of determination; and (b) as of any date
of determination coinciding with or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which
the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan
would be distributed, zero. With respect to any REO Property: (a) as of any date
of determination up to but not including the Distribution Date on which the
proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property would
be distributed, an amount (not less than zero) equal to the Stated Principal
Balance of the related Mortgage Loan as of the date on which such REO Property
was acquired on behalf of REMIC I, minus the sum of (i) if such REO Property was
acquired before the Distribution Date in any calendar month, the principal
portion of the Monthly Payment due on the Due Date in the calendar month of
acquisition, to the extent advanced by the Master Servicer and distributed
pursuant to Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination, and (ii) the
aggregate amount of REO Principal Amortization in respect of such REO Property
for all previously ended calendar months, to the extent distributed pursuant to
Section 4.01 on or before such date of determination; and (b) as of any date of
determination coinciding with or subsequent to the Distribution Date on which
the proceeds, if any, of a Liquidation Event with respect to such REO Property
would be distributed, zero.

                  "Stayed Funds": If the Master Servicer is the subject of a
proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code and the making of a Remittance (as
defined in Section 7.02(b)) is prohibited by Section 362 of the federal
Bankruptcy Code, funds that are in the custody of the Master Servicer, a trustee
in bankruptcy or a federal bankruptcy court and should have been the subject of
such Remittance absent such prohibition.

                  "Stepdown Date": The earlier to occur of (i) the first
Distribution Date on which the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A
Certificates has been reduced to zero and (ii) the later to occur of (a) the
Distribution Date occurring in April 2007 and (b) the first Distribution Date on
which the Credit Enhancement Percentage for the Class A Certificates (calculated
for this purpose only after taking into account distributions of principal on
the Mortgage Loans but prior to any distribution of the Principal Distribution
Amount to the Certificates then entitled to distributions of principal on such
Distribution Date) is equal to or greater than 14.70%.

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                  "Sub-Servicer": Any Person with which the Master Servicer has
entered into a Sub- Servicing Agreement and which meets the qualifications of a
Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 6.06.

                  "Sub-Servicing Account": An account established by a
Sub-Servicer which meets the requirements set forth in Section 6.11 and is
otherwise acceptable to the Master Servicer.

                  "Sub-Servicing Agreement": The written contract between the
Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of
certain Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 6.06.

                  "Subsequent Recoveries": As of any Distribution Date,
unexpected amounts received by the Master Servicer (net of any related expenses
permitted to be reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.04) specifically related to a
Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a liquidation or an REO Disposition prior
to the related Prepayment Period that resulted in a Realized Loss.

                  "Substitution Shortfall Amount": As defined in Section
2.03(d).

                  "Tax Returns": The federal income tax return on Internal
Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Income
Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest
Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms,
to be filed on behalf of each REMIC in the Trust Fund due to its classification
as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions, together with any and all other
information reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the
Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other
governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal, state
or local tax laws.

                  "Telerate Page 3750": The display designated as page "3750" on
the Dow Jones Telerate Capital Markets Report (or such other page as may replace
page 3750 on that report for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered
rates of major banks).

                  "Termination Price":  As defined in Section 9.01.

                  "Terminator":  As defined in Section 9.01.

                  "Transfer": Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge,
hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a
Certificate.

                  "Transferee": Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

                  "Transferor": Any Person who is disposing by Transfer of any
Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

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                  "Trigger Event": A Trigger Event is in effect with respect to
a Distribution Date if:

         (a) the Delinquency Percentage for the Mortgage Loans, exceeds the
lesser of (i) 16.00% of the Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans as of
the last day of the previous calendar month or (ii) the applicable percentages
of the Credit Enhancement Percentage for the prior Distribution Date as set
forth below for the most senior Class of Class A Certificates and Mezzanine
Certificates then outstanding:

                 CLASS                          PERCENTAGE
                 -----                          ----------
         Class A Certificates                    108.75%
         Class M-1 Certificates                  136.75%
         Class M-2 Certificates                  165.00%
         Class M-3 Certificates                  222.25%
         Class M-4 Certificates                  326.50%

         or

                  (b) the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of
which is the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred from the Cut-off Date
to the last day of the related Due Period (reduced by the aggregate amount of
Subsequent Recoveries received since the Cut-off Date through the last day of
the related Due Period) and the denominator of which is the 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 OCCURRING IN              PERCENTAGE
    ------------------------------              ----------
    April 2007 through March 2008                  3.00%
    April 2008 through March 2009                  4.75%
    April 2009 through March 2010                  5.75%
    April 2010 and thereafter                      7.00%

                  "Trust Fund": Collectively, all of the assets of REMIC I,
REMIC II, REMIC III, REMIC IV, the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the
Cap Contract and the other assets conveyed by the Depositor to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.01.

                  "Trust REMIC": Any of REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III or REMIC
IV.

                  "Trustee": Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, a national
banking association, or its successor in interest, or any successor Trustee
appointed as herein provided.

                  "Trustee Fee": The amount payable to the Trustee on each
Distribution Date pursuant to Section 8.05 as compensation for all services
rendered by it in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties
of the Trustee hereunder, which amount shall equal the Trustee Fee Rate accrued
for one month multiplied by the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties as of the second preceding Due Date (or,
in the case of the initial Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date),
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

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                  "Trustee Fee Rate": 0.005% per annum.

                  "Uncertificated Balance": The amount of any REMIC Regular
Interest outstanding as of any date of determination. As of the Closing Date,
the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC Regular Interest shall equal the amount
set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto as its initial uncertificated
balance. On each Distribution Date, the Uncertificated Balance of each REMIC
Regular Interest shall be reduced by all distributions of principal made on such
REMIC Regular Interest on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01 and,
if and to the extent necessary and appropriate, shall be further reduced on such
Distribution Date by Realized Losses as provided in Section 4.04. The
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ shall be increased by
interest deferrals as provided in Section 4.01(a)(1). The Uncertificated Balance
of each REMIC Regular Interest shall never be less than zero. With respect to
the Class CE Interest as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (A) the then aggregate Uncertificated Principal Balances of
the REMIC I Regular Interests over (B) the then aggregate Certificate Principal
Balances of the Class A Certificates, Mezzanine Certificates and the Class P
Interest then outstanding.

                  "Uncertificated Interest": With respect to any REMIC Regular
Interest for any Distribution Date, one month's interest at the REMIC Remittance
Rate applicable to such REMIC Regular Interest for such Distribution Date,
accrued on the Uncertificated Balance thereof immediately prior to such
Distribution Date. Uncertificated Interest in respect of any REMIC Regular
Interest shall accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months. Uncertificated Interest with respect to each Distribution Date, as to
any REMIC Regular Interest, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the sum of
(a) the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for such Distribution
Date to the extent not covered by payments pursuant to Section 4.03(e) and (b)
the aggregate amount of any Relief Act Interest Shortfall, if any allocated, in
each case, to such REMIC Regular Interest pursuant to Section 1.02. In addition,
Uncertificated Interest with respect to each Distribution Date, as to any REMIC
Regular Interest shall be reduced by Realized Losses, if any, allocated to such
REMIC Regular Interest pursuant to Section 1.02 and Section 4.04.

                  "Underwriters": Each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

                  "Underwriters' Exemptions": An individual exemption issued by
the United States Department of Labor, as Prohibited Transaction Exemption
("PTE"), 96-92, to the Representative, for specific offerings in which the
Representative or any person directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
Representative is an underwriter, placement agent or a manager or co-manager of
the underwriting syndicate or selling group where the trust and the offered
certificates meet specified conditions.

                  "Uninsured Cause": Any cause of damage to a Mortgaged Property
such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by
the hazard insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section
3.08.

                  "United States Person": A citizen or resident of the United
States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in, or
under the laws of, the United States, any state

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thereof or the District of Columbia (except, in the case of a partnership, to
the extent provided in regulations) provided that, solely for purposes of the
restrictions on the transfer of Residual 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 required by the
applicable operative agreement to be 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 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. The term "United States" shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7701 of the Code.

                  "Value": With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the lesser of
(i) the value thereof as determined by an appraisal made for the originator of
the Mortgage Loan at the time of origination of the Mortgage Loan by an
appraiser who met the minimum requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, and (ii) the purchase price paid for the
related Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor with the proceeds of the Mortgage
Loan, provided, however, in the case of a Refinanced Mortgage Loan, such value
of the Mortgaged Property is based solely upon the value determined by an
appraisal made for the originator of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan at the time
of origination of such Refinanced Mortgage Loan by an appraiser who met the
minimum requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and
Enforcement Act of 1989 or, subject to the applicable Originator's underwriting
guidelines, an insured automated valuation model.

                  "Voting Rights": The portion of the voting rights of all of
the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. With respect to any date
of determination, 98% of all Voting Rights shall be allocated among the holders
of the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
Certificates in proportion to the then outstanding Certificate Principal
Balances of their respective Certificates, 1% of all Voting Rights shall be
allocated to the holders of the Class P Certificates and 1% of all Voting Rights
shall be allocated among the holders of the Residual Certificates. The Voting
Rights allocated to each Class of Certificate shall be allocated among Holders
of each such Class in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests as
of the most recent Record Date. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, unless a
Certificate Insurer Default is continuing, on any date on which any Insured
Certificates are outstanding, or any amounts are owed to the Certificate Insurer
under the Insurance Agreement or this Agreement, the Certificate Insurer will
have all Voting Rights of the Insured Certificates. So long as the Certificate
Insurer has the Voting Rights pursuant to the preceding sentence, the reference
to holders of the Class A Certificates shall be deemed to refer to the
Certificate Insurer.

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                  SECTION 1.02. Allocation of Certain Interest Shortfalls.

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                  For purposes of calculating the amount of Accrued Certificate
Interest and the amount of the Interest Distribution Amount for the Class A
Certificates, the Mezzanine 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 4.03(e)) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfall incurred in respect of
the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first, to reduce
the interest accrued on the Class CE Certificates to the extent of one month's
interest at the applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Notional Amount of such
Certificate and thereafter, among the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates 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
Interest for the REMIC I Regular Interests for any Distribution Date:

                  (A) The aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls
         (to the extent not covered by payments by the Master Servicer pursuant
         to Section 4.03(e)) and any Relief Act Interest Shortfalls incurred in
         respect of the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date shall be
         allocated first, to Uncertificated Interest payable to REMIC I Regular
         Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ up to an aggregate
         amount equal to the REMIC II Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and
         2%, respectively, and thereafter among REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTA,
         REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM2, REMIC
         I Regular Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4 and REMIC I
         Regular Interest I-LTZZ, PRO RATA based on, and to the extent of, one
         month's interest at the then applicable respective REMIC I Remittance
         Rate on the respective Uncertificated Balance of each such REMIC I
         Regular Interest; and

                  (B) [reserved].

                  SECTION 1.03 Rights of the NIMS Insurer.

                  Each of the rights of the NIMS Insurer set forth in this
Agreement shall exist so long as (i) the NIMS Insurer has undertaken to
guarantee certain payments of notes issued pursuant to an Indenture and (ii) any
series of notes issued pursuant to one or more Indentures remain outstanding or
the NIMS Insurer is owed amounts in respect of its guarantee of payment on such
notes; provided, however, the NIMS Insurer shall not have any rights hereunder
(except pursuant to Section 11.01 in the case of clause (ii) below) during the
period of time, if any, that (i) the NIMS Insurer has not undertaken to
guarantee certain payments of notes issued pursuant to the Indenture or (ii) any
default has occurred and is continuing under the insurance policy issued by the
NIMS Insurer with respect to such notes.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                          CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
                        ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

                  SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of Mortgage Loans.

                  The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery
hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the
Trustee without recourse for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the
Certificate Insurer all the right, title and interest of the Depositor,
including any security interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in and
to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, the rights of
the Depositor under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, all other assets
included or to be included in REMIC I and the Cap Contract. Such assignment
includes all interest and principal received by the Depositor or the Master
Servicer on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than payments of
principal and interest due on such Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off
Date). The Depositor herewith delivers to the Trustee an executed copy of the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Trustee, on behalf of the
Certificateholders, acknowledges receipt of the same.

                  In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor
does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Trustee the following documents or
instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan so transferred and assigned, the
following documents or instruments (a "Mortgage File"):

                  (i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank, without
         recourse, or in the following form: "Pay to the order of Deutsche Bank
         National Trust Company, as Trustee under the applicable agreement,
         without recourse," with all prior and intervening endorsements showing
         a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person so
         endorsing to the Trustee, or with respect to any lost Mortgage Note, an
         original Lost Note Affidavit; provided however, that such substitutions
         of Lost Note Affidavits for original Mortgage Notes may occur only with
         respect to Mortgage Loans, the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance
         of which is less than or equal to 2.00% of the Pool Balance as of the
         Cut- off Date;

                  (ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon,
         and a copy, certified by the appropriate recording office, of the
         recorded power of attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant to a
         power of attorney, with evidence of recording thereon;

                  (iii) an original Assignment of the Mortgage assigned in
         blank, without recourse;

                  (iv) the original recorded intervening Assignment or
         Assignments of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from
         the originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as
         contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (iii) or the original
         unrecorded intervening Assignments;

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                  (v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
         written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and

                  (vi) the original lenders's title insurance policy or an
         attorney's opinion of title or similar guarantee of title acceptable to
         mortgage lenders generally in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged
         Property is located, together with all endorsements or riders which
         were issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such policy, or in
         the event such original title policy is unavailable, a written
         commitment or uniform binder or preliminary report of title issued by
         the title insurance or escrow company.

                  If any of the documents referred to in Sections 2.01(ii),
(iii) or (iv) above has as of the Closing Date been submitted for recording but
either (x) has not been returned from the applicable public recording office or
(y) has been lost or such public recording office has retained the original of
such document, the obligations of the Depositor to deliver such documents shall
be deemed to be satisfied upon (1) delivery to the Trustee, or to the
appropriate Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, of a copy of each such document
certified by the applicable Originator in the case of (x) above or the
applicable public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and
complete copy of the original that was submitted for recording and (2) if such
copy is certified by the applicable Originator, delivery to the Trustee, or to
the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, promptly upon receipt
thereof of either the original or a copy of such document certified by the
applicable public recording office to be a true and complete copy of the
original. If the original lender's title insurance policy was not delivered
pursuant to Section 2.01(vi) above, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee, or to the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee, promptly after receipt thereof, the original lender's title insurance
policy. The Depositor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, or
to the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the Trustee, promptly upon receipt
thereof any other original documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File
received with respect to any Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, any
original documents evidencing an assumption or modification of any Mortgage
Loan.

                  The Seller shall promptly (and in no event later than thirty
(30) Business Days, subject to extension upon a mutual agreement between the
Seller and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Certificate Insurer
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), following the later of (i)
the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the Seller receives the Assignment from
the Custodian and (iii) the date of receipt by the Seller of the recording
information for a Mortgage) submit or cause to be submitted for recording, at no
expense to the Trust Fund or the Trustee or the Certificate Insurer, in the
appropriate public office for real property records, each Assignment referred to
in Sections 2.01(iii) and (iv) above and shall execute each original Assignment
referred to in section 2.01(iii) above in the following form: "Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as Trustee under the applicable agreement." In the event
that any such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a defect
therein, the Seller shall promptly prepare or cause to be prepared a substitute
Assignment or cure or cause to be cured such defect, as the case may be, and
thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly recorded.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, for administrative
convenience and facilitation of servicing and to reduce closing costs, the
Assignments of Mortgage shall not be required to be submitted for recording
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Maryland) unless such failure to record would result in a withdrawal or a
downgrading by any Rating Agency of the rating on any Class of Certificates (in
the case of the Insured Certificates, without regard to the Certificate
Insurance Policy); provided further, however, each Assignment of Mortgage shall
be submitted for recording by the Seller (at the direction of the Master
Servicer) in the manner described above, at no expense to the Trust Fund or the
Trustee, upon the earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights, the Certificate
Insurer or the NIMS Insurer, (ii) failure of the Master Servicer Termination
Test, (iii) the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating
to the Seller, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer as described in
Section 7.02 hereof and (v) if the Seller is not the Master Servicer and with
respect to any one assignment or Mortgage, the occurrence of a bankruptcy,
insolvency or foreclosure relating to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Master Servicer is unable to pay the cost
of recording the Assignments of Mortgage, such expense shall be paid by the
Trustee and shall be reimbursable to the Trustee as an Extraordinary Trust Fund
Expense.

                  All original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans that are
not delivered to the Trustee, or to the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the
Trustee, are and shall be held by or on behalf of the Seller, the Depositor or
the Master Servicer, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the Trustee
on behalf of the Certificateholders. In the event that any such original
document is required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a
Mortgage File, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Trustee, or to
the appropriate Custodian on behalf of the Trustee. Any such original document
delivered to or held by the Depositor that is not required pursuant to the terms
of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File, shall be delivered promptly to
the Master Servicer.

                  The parties hereto understand and agree that it is not
intended that any mortgage loan be included in the Trust that is a "High-Cost
Home Loan" as defined by the HOEPA or any other applicable predatory or abusive
lending laws.

                  SECTION 2.02. Acceptance of REMIC I by the Trustee.

                  Subject to the provisions of Section 2.01 and subject to any
exceptions noted on the exception report described in the next paragraph below,
the Trustee acknowledges receipt (or, with respect to Mortgage Loans subject to
a Custodial Agreement, receipt by the respective Custodian as the duly appointed
agent of the Trustee) of the documents referred to in Section 2.01 (other than
such documents described in Section 2.01(v)) above and all interests and all
other assets included in the definition of "REMIC I" under clauses (i), (iii),
(iv) and (v) (to the extent of amounts deposited into the Distribution Account)
and declares that it, or such Custodian as its agent, holds and shall hold such
documents and the other documents delivered to it constituting a Mortgage File,
and that it holds or shall hold all such assets and such other assets included
in the definition of "REMIC I" in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all
present and future Certificateholders.

                  On or prior to the Closing Date, the Trustee agrees, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer, to execute and
deliver (or cause the Custodian to execute and deliver) to the Depositor, the
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acknowledgment of receipt of the Mortgage Note (with any exceptions noted),
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-3 hereto.

                  The Trustee agrees, for the benefit of the Certificateholders
and the Certificate Insurer, to review (or cause a Custodian on its behalf to
review) each Mortgage Note within 45 days of the Closing Date and to certify in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 (or cause the Custodian to
certify in the form of the Initial Certification attached to the Custodial
Agreement) that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule
(other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically
identified in the exception report annexed thereto as not being covered by such
certification), (i) all documents constituting part of such Mortgage File (other
than such documents described in Section 2.01(v)) required to be delivered to it
pursuant to this Agreement are in its possession, (ii) such documents have been
reviewed by it or such Custodian and are not mutilated, torn or defaced unless
initialed by the related borrower and relate to such Mortgage Loan, (iii) based
on its or the Custodian's examination and only as to the foregoing, the
information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that corresponds to items
(1) through (3), (6), (9), (10), (13), (15) and (19) of the definition of
"Mortgage Loan Schedule" accurately reflects information set forth in the
Mortgage File. It is herein acknowledged that, in conducting such review, the
Trustee or such Custodian was under no duty or obligation (i) to inspect, review
or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers to
determine whether they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the
represented purpose or whether they have actually been recorded or that they are
other than what they purport to be on their face or (ii) to determine whether
any Mortgage File should include any of the documents specified in clause (v) of
Section 2.01.

                  Prior to the first anniversary date of this Agreement the
Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate
Insurer and the NIMS Insurer a final certification in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit C-2 (or shall cause the Custodian to deliver to the Trustee, the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer a
final certification in the form attached to the Custodial Agreement) evidencing
the completeness of the Mortgage Files, with any applicable exceptions noted
thereon, with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans. Upon the request of the
Master Servicer, any exception report related to the final certification shall
be provided in an electronic computer readable format as mutually agreed upon by
the Master Servicer and the Trustee.

                  If in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files and making
or preparing, as the case may be, the certifications referred to above, the
Trustee or any Custodian finds any document or documents constituting a part of
a Mortgage File to be missing, mutilated, torn or defaced or does not conform to
the requirements identified above, at the conclusion of its review the Trustee
(or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall so notify the Depositor, the
NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Master Servicer. In addition, upon
the discovery by the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Master Servicer, the
Certificate Insurer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the representations and
warranties made by the Seller in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect
of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely affects such Mortgage Loan or
the interests of the related Certificateholders or the Certificate Insurer in
such Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written
notice to the other parties and the Certificate Insurer.

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                  The Trustee (or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall,
at the written request and expense of any Certificateholder or the Certificate
Insurer, provide a written report to such Certificateholder or the Certificate
Insurer, of all Mortgage Files released to the Master Servicer for servicing
purposes.

                  SECTION 2.03. Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans by
                                the Seller or the Depositor; Payment of
                                Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts.

                  (a) Upon discovery or receipt of notice (including notice
under Section 2.02) of any materially defective document in, or that a document
is missing from, the Mortgage File or of the breach by the Seller of any
representation, warranty or covenant under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
in respect of any Mortgage Loan which materially adversely affects the value of
such Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the Certificateholders or the
Certificate Insurer, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Master Servicer of such defect, missing
document or breach and request that the Seller deliver such missing document or
cure such defect or breach within 90 days from the date the Seller had knowledge
or was notified of such missing document, defect or breach, and if the Seller
does not deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in all
material respects during such period, the Master Servicer (or, in accordance
with Section 6.06(b), the Trustee) shall enforce the obligations of the Seller
under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to repurchase such Mortgage Loan from
REMIC I at the Purchase Price within 90 days after the date on which the Seller
was notified (subject to Section 2.03(d)) of such missing document, defect or
breach, if and to the extent that the Seller is obligated to do so under the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Price for the repurchased
Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the Collection Account, and the Trustee,
upon receipt of written certification from the Master Servicer of such deposit,
shall release to the Seller the related Mortgage File and execute and deliver
such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as
the Seller shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the Seller
any Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and the Trustee shall not have any
further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage File. In lieu of
repurchasing any such Mortgage Loan as provided above, if so provided in the
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Seller may cause such Mortgage Loan to be
removed from REMIC I (in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and
substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the manner and
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.03(c). It is understood and
agreed that the obligation of the Seller to cure or to repurchase (or to
substitute for) any Mortgage Loan as to which a document is missing, a material
defect in a document exists or as to which such a breach has occurred and is
continuing shall constitute the sole remedy respecting such omission, defect or
breach available to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.

                  (b)(i) Promptly upon the earlier of discovery by the Master
Servicer or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer of the breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Master Servicer set forth in Section
2.05 which materially and adversely affects the interests of the
Certificateholders in any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall cure such
breach in all material respects.

                  (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.03(b)(i)
         above,

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                  (A) [reserved]; and

                  (B) on the later of (x) the Master Servicer Remittance Date
         next following the earlier of discovery by the Master Servicer or
         receipt of notice by the Master Servicer of the breach of the covenant
         made by the Master Servicer in Section 2.05(viii), which breach
         materially and adversely affects the interests of the Holders of the
         Class P Certificates to any Prepayment Charge and (y) the Master
         Servicer Remittance Date next following the Prepayment Period relating
         to such a breach, the Master Servicer shall deposit into the Collection
         Account, as a Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amount, the
         amount of the waived Prepayment Charge, but only to the extent required
         under Section 2.03(b)(iii) below.

                  (iii) If with respect to any Prepayment Period,

                  (A) the dollar amount of Prepayment Charges that are the
         subject of breaches by the Master Servicer of the covenant made by the
         Master Servicer in Section 2.05(viii), which breaches materially and
         adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Class P
         Certificates to such Prepayment Charges, exceeds

                  (B) 5% of the total dollar amount of Prepayment Charges
         payable by Mortgagors in connection with Principal Prepayments on the
         related Mortgage Loans that occurred during such Prepayment Period,

then the amount required to be paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
2.03(b)(ii)(B) above shall be limited to an amount, that when added to the
amount of Prepayment Charges actually collected by the Master Servicer in
respect of Prepayment Charges relating to Principal Prepayments on the related
Mortgage Loans that occurred during such Prepayment Period, will yield a sum
equal to 95% of the total dollar amount of Prepayment Charges (exclusive of (A)
Prepayment Charges not enforced or collected upon because (i) the enforceability
thereof shall have been limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally or
(ii) the collectability thereof shall have been limited due to acceleration in
connection with a foreclosure or other involuntary payment and (B) Prepayment
Charges waived by the Master Servicer when such waiver does not breach the
covenant set forth in Section 2.05(viii)) payable by Mortgagors in connection
with Principal Prepayments on the related Mortgage Loans that occurred during
such Prepayment Period.

                  (c) Any substitution of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
for Deleted Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.03(a), in the case of the
Seller or Section 2.03(b), in the case of the Depositor, must be effected prior
to the date which is two years after the Startup Day for REMIC I.

                  As to any Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Seller or the
Depositor substitutes a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, such
substitution shall be effected by the Seller or the Depositor, as the case may
be, delivering to the Trustee (or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee), for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and
agreements, with all necessary

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endorsements thereon, as are required by Section 2.01, together with an
Officers' Certificate providing that each such Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan satisfies the definition thereof and specifying the Substitution Shortfall
Amount (as described below), if any, in connection with such substitution. The
Trustee (or a Custodian on behalf of the Trustee) shall acknowledge receipt for
such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and, within ten Business Days
thereafter, review such documents as specified in Section 2.02 and deliver to
the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee and the
Master Servicer, with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans, a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-1,
with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of
substitution, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer and the Master Servicer a certification substantially in the
form of Exhibit C-2 hereto with respect to such Qualified Substitute Mortgage
Loan or Loans, with any applicable exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments
due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in the month of
substitution are not part of REMIC I and shall be retained by the Depositor or
the Seller, as the case may be. For the month of substitution, distributions to
Certificateholders shall reflect the Monthly Payment due on such Deleted
Mortgage Loan on or before the Due Date in the month of substitution, and the
Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be, shall thereafter be entitled to
retain all amounts subsequently received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage
Loan. The Depositor shall give or cause to be given written notice to the
Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer that such
substitution has taken place, shall amend the Mortgage Loan Schedule and, if
applicable, the Prepayment Charge Schedule, to reflect the removal of such
Deleted Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the substitution of
the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and shall deliver a copy of such
amended Mortgage Loan Schedule to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the
NIMS Insurer. Upon such substitution, such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or
Loans shall constitute part of the Mortgage Pool and shall be subject in all
respects to the terms of this Agreement and, in the case of a substitution
effected by the Seller, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including all
applicable representations and warranties thereof.

                  For any month in which the Depositor or the Seller substitutes
one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage
Loans, the Master Servicer shall determine the amount (the "Substitution
Shortfall Amount"), if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price of all such
Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate of, as to each such Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Scheduled Principal Balance thereof as of the date
of substitution, together with one month's interest on such Scheduled Principal
Balance at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate. On the date of such substitution,
the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be, shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account an amount
equal to the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if any, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or Loans and
certification by the Master Servicer of such deposit, shall release to the
Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be, the related Mortgage File or Files
and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in
each case without recourse, as the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be,
shall deliver to it and as shall be necessary to vest therein any Deleted
Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.

                  In addition, the Depositor or the Seller, as the case may be,
shall obtain at its own expense and deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate
Insurer and the NIMS Insurer an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
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Trust REMIC, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed on
"prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
"contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or
(b) any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding.

                  (d) Upon discovery by the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the
Seller, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee that any
Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such fact shall within two
Business Days give written notice thereof to the other parties. In connection
therewith, the Seller or the Depositor shall repurchase or, subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.03(c), substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan within 90 days of the
earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with respect to such affected
Mortgage Loan. Such repurchase or substitution shall be made by the Seller. Any
such repurchase or substitution shall be made in the same manner as set forth in
Section 2.03(a). The Trustee shall reconvey to the Depositor or the Seller, as
the case may be, the Mortgage Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same
manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan
repurchased for breach of a representation or warranty.

                  SECTION 2.04. [Reserved].

                  SECTION 2.05. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
                                Master Servicer.

                  The Master Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants
to the Trustee, for the benefit of each of the Trustee, the Certificateholders
and to the Depositor that as of the Closing Date or as of such date specifically
provided herein:

                  (i) The Master Servicer is a corporation duly organized,
         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 Master
         Servicer 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 and to service the Mortgage Loans
         in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

                  (ii) The Master Servicer 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 has duly authorized by all necessary corporate
         action on the part of the Master Servicer the execution, delivery and
         performance of this Agreement; and this Agreement, assuming the due
         authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Depositor and the
         Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
         Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance
         with its terms, except to the extent that (a) the enforceability
         thereof 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
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         of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the
         discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
         brought;

                  (iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
         Master Servicer, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Master
         Servicer hereunder, the consummation of any other of the transactions
         herein contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the
         terms hereof are in the ordinary course of business of the Master
         Servicer and shall not (A) result in a breach of any term or provision
         of the charter or by-laws of the Master Servicer 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 Master Servicer is a party or by which it may be bound, or
         any statute, order or regulation applicable to the Master Servicer of
         any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body
         having jurisdiction over the Master Servicer; and the Master Servicer
         is not a party to, bound by, or in breach or violation of any indenture
         or other agreement or instrument, or subject to or in violation of any
         statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body,
         administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it,
         which materially and adversely affects or, to the Master Servicer's
         knowledge, would in the future materially and adversely affect, (x) the
         ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this
         Agreement or (y) the business, operations, financial condition,
         properties or assets of the Master Servicer taken as a whole;

                  (iv) The Master Servicer is an approved seller/servicer for
         Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in good standing and is a HUD approved
         mortgagee pursuant to Section 203 and Section 211 of the National
         Housing Act;

                  (v) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus Supplement, no
         litigation is pending against the Master Servicer that would materially
         and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this
         Agreement or the ability of the Master Servicer to service the Mortgage
         Loans or to perform any of its other obligations hereunder in
         accordance with the terms hereof;

                  (vi) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
         or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
         and performance by the Master Servicer of, or compliance by the Master
         Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
         contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals,
         authorizations or orders, if any, that have been obtained prior to the
         Closing Date;

                  (vii) [Reserved];

                  (viii) The Master Servicer shall not waive any Prepayment
         Charge or part of a 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 or (ii) the collectability thereof shall have been limited
         due to acceleration in connection with a foreclosure or other
         involuntary payment or (iii) in the Master Servicer's reasonable
         judgment as described in Section 3.01 hereof, (x) such waiver relates
         to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default, (y) such waiver would
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         proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and
         related Mortgage Loan and (z) doing so is standard and customary in
         servicing similar Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment
         Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is
         related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default). In no event
         shall 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;

                  (ix) The information set forth in the "monthly tape" provided
         to the Trustee or any of its affiliates is true and correct in all
         material respects;

                  (x) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Assignment is in
         recordable form; (except that the name of the assignee and the
         recording information with respect to such Mortgage Loan is blank);

                  (xi) The Master Servicer has fully furnished and shall
         continue to fully furnish, in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting
         Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete information
         (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to
         Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company or their
         successors on a monthly basis; and

                  (xii) The Master Servicer shall transmit full-file credit
         reporting data for each Mortgage Loan pursuant to Fannie Mae Guide
         Announcement 95-19 and that for each Mortgage Loan, Master Servicer
         agrees it shall report one of the following statuses each month as
         follows: new origination, current, delinquent (30-, 60-, 90-days,
         etc.), foreclosed, or charged-off.

                  It is understood and agreed that the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in this Section 2.05 shall survive delivery
of the Mortgage Files to the Trustee or to a Custodian, as the case may be, and
shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor and the
Certificateholders. Upon discovery by any of the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer,
the Master Servicer or the Trustee of a breach of any of the foregoing
representations, warranties and covenants which materially and adversely affects
the value of any Mortgage Loan, Prepayment Charge or the interests therein of
the Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt
written notice (but in no event later than two Business Days following such
discovery) to the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee. Subject
to Section 7.01, the obligation of the Master Servicer set forth in Section
2.03(b) to cure breaches (or in the case of the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in Section 2.05(viii) above, to otherwise remedy such
breaches pursuant to Section 2.03(b)) shall constitute the sole remedies against
the Master Servicer available to the Certificateholders, the Depositor or the
Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders respecting a breach of the
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Section 2.05. The
preceding sentence shall not, however, limit any remedies available to the
Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor or the Trustee on
behalf of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement signed by the Master Servicer in its capacity as Seller, respecting a
breach of the representations, warranties and covenants of the Master Servicer
in its capacity as Seller.

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                  SECTION 2.06. Issuance of the REMIC I Regular Interests and
                                the Class R-I Interest.

                  The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage
Loans and the delivery to it of the Mortgage Files, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.01 and Section 2.02, together with the assignment to it of all other
assets included in REMIC I, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Concurrently with such assignment and delivery and in exchange therefor, the
Trustee, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer
of the Depositor, has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order
of the Depositor, the Class R-I Interest in authorized denominations. The
interests evidenced by the Class R-I Interest, together with the REMIC I Regular
Interests, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC I. The
rights of the Class R Certificateholders and REMIC II (as holder of the REMIC I
Regular Interests) to receive distributions from the proceeds of REMIC I in
respect of the Class R-I Interest and the REMIC I Regular Interests,
respectively, and all ownership interests evidenced or constituted by the Class
R-I Interest and the REMIC I Regular Interests, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement.

                  SECTION 2.07. Conveyance of the REMIC I Regular Interests;
                                REMIC I, REMIC II, REMIC III and REMIC IV by
                                the Trustee by the Trustee.

                  (a) 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 assets described in the definition of REMIC I for the
benefit of the holders of the REMIC I Regular Interests (which are
uncertificated) and the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class R-I
Interest). The Trustee acknowledges receipt of the assets described in the
definition of REMIC I and declares that it holds and shall hold the same in
trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the holders of the REMIC I Regular
Interests and the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class R-I Interest).
The interests evidenced by the Class R-I Interest, together with the REMIC I
Regular Interests, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC
I.

                  (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 (which are uncertificated) for
the benefit of the Holders of the REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R
Certificates (in respect of the Class R-II Interest). The Trustee acknowledges
receipt of the REMIC I Regular Interests and declares that it holds and shall
hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Holders of the
REMIC II Regular Interests and the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class
R-II Interest). The interests evidenced by the Class R-II Interest, together
with the Regular Certificates (other than the Class CE Certificates and the
Class P Certificates), the Class CE Interest and the Class P Interest,
constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC II.

                  (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 (which are uncertificated)
for the benefit of the Holders of the REMIC III Regular Interests and the Class
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Certificates (in respect of the Class R-III Interest). The Trustee acknowledges
receipt of the REMIC II Regular Interests and declares that it holds and shall
hold the same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Holders of the
REMIC III Regular Interests and the Class R-X Certificates (in respect of the
Class R-III Interest). The interests evidenced by the Class R-III Interest and
the Class CE Certificates, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest
in REMIC III.

                  (d) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and
delivery hereof, does hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey in
trust to the Trustee without recourse all the right, title and interest of the
Depositor in and to the Class P Interest (which is uncertificated) for the
benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates and the Class R-X
Certificates (in respect of the Class R-IV Interest). The Trustee acknowledges
receipt of the Class P Interest and declares that it holds and shall hold the
same in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the Holders of the Class P
Certificates and the Class R-X Certificates (in respect of the Class R-IV
Interest). The interests evidenced by the Class R-IV Interest, together with the
Class P Certificates, constitute the entire beneficial ownership interest in
REMIC IV.

                  SECTION 2.08. Issuance of Class R Certificates and Class R-X
                                Certificates.

                  (a) The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the REMIC
I Regular Interests and, concurrently therewith and in exchange therefor,
pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed by an officer of the
Depositor or the Trustee has executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon
the order of the Depositor, the Class R Certificates in authorized
denominations. The interests evidenced by the Class R Certificates, together
with the REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Certificates, the Class CE
Interest and the Class P Interest, constitute the entire beneficial ownership
interest in REMIC I and REMIC II.

                  (b) The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Class
CE Interest and the Class P Interest and, concurrently therewith and in exchange
therefor, pursuant to the written request of the Depositor executed by an
officer of the Depositor, the Trustee has executed, authenticated and delivered
to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Class R-X Certificates in authorized
denominations. The interests evidenced by the Class R-X Certificates, together
with the Class CE Certificates and the Class P Certificates constitute the
entire beneficial ownership interest in REMIC III and REMIC IV.

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                                   ARTICLE III

                          ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
                              OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS

                  SECTION 3.01. Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer.

                  The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage
Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit
of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer (as determined by the
Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of
the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii)
all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement, (iv) the Loss
Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the
preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers
similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to
customary and usual standards of practice of prudent mortgage lenders and loan
servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to:

                  (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any
         Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any
         Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor;

                  (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer
         or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer;

                  (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or
         Servicing Advances; or

                  (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to
         receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any
         particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard").

                  Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and
the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master
Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through
Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 6.06, to do or cause to be done any and all
things in connection with such servicing and administration which it may deem
necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby
authorized and empowered by the Trustee, in accordance with the servicing
standards set forth above, (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the
Certificateholders and the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or
cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or
of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure
proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure to convert the ownership of
such properties, and to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in
the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders,
(iii) to market, sell and transfer title of REO Properties held in the name of
the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and conditions the Master
Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond
to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the
Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged
Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund

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and (5) execute any other document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master
Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder
consistent with the Servicing Standard.

                  At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee
shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary
or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and
administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of
attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all
servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and
transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the
Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph
along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to
this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or
recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be liable for the actions of the
Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicers under such powers of attorney.

                  Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the
Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced
funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and
assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing
Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the
Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.04(d), and further as provided in Section
3.05(a). Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub-Servicers in
effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on a Mortgaged Property
shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders,
be added to the unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan,
notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit.

                  Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master
Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to
the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant
indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or
indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that:

                  (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except
         as provided in Section 4.03);

                  (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with
         respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer
         or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce
         the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions
         resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final
         maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section
         3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan
         or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer,
         reasonably foreseeable); and

                  (C) the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial
         releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or
         division of properties subject to Mortgages, (iv) modification or (v)
         second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage
         Loan that would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as
         a REMIC,(ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on
         "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC
         Provisions, or (iii) both (x) effect an exchange or reissuance of such

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         Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or Treasury regulations
         promulgated thereunder) and (y) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part
         of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the
         imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions"
         after the Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions.

                  To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement,
including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may waive (or
permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following
circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar
Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver 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.

                  The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under
this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the
Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this
Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed
to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer pursuant to
this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.02. Collection of Certain Mortgage Loan Payments.

                  The Master Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect
all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans,
and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement
and the terms and provisions of any applicable insurance policies, follow such
collection procedures as it would follow with respect to mortgage loans
comparable to the Mortgage Loans and held for its own account. Consistent with
the foregoing, the Master Servicer may in its discretion (i) waive any late
payment charge or, if applicable, penalty interest, or (ii) extend the due dates
for the Monthly Payments due on a Mortgage Note for a period of not greater than
180 days; provided that any extension pursuant to clause (ii) above shall not
affect the amortization schedule of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of any
computation hereunder. The NIMS Insurer's and the Certificate Insurer's prior
written consent shall be required for any modification, waiver or amendment if
the aggregate number of outstanding Mortgage Loans which have been modified,
waived or amended exceeds 5% of the number of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off
Date. In the event of any such arrangement pursuant to clause (ii) above, the
Master Servicer shall make timely advances on such Mortgage Loan during such
extension pursuant to Section 4.03 and in accordance with the amortization
schedule of such Mortgage Loan without modification thereof by reason of such
arrangements.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Mortgage
Loan is in default or, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, such default is
reasonably foreseeable, the Master Servicer, consistent with the Servicing
Standard, may also waive, modify or vary any term of such Mortgage Loan
(including modifications that would change the Mortgage Rate, forgive the
payment of principal or interest or extend the final maturity date of such
Mortgage Loan), accept payment from the related Mortgagor of an amount less than
the Stated Principal Balance in final satisfaction of such Mortgage Loan, or
consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or otherwise
grant indulgence to any Mortgagor (any and all such waivers, modifications,
variances, forgiveness of principal or interest, postponements, or indulgences
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"forbearance"), PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in determining which course of action
permitted by this sentence it shall pursue, the Master Servicer shall adhere to
the Loss Mitigation Action Plan. The Master Servicer's analysis supporting any
forbearance and the conclusion that any forbearance meets the standards of
Section 3.01 and the Loss Mitigation Action Plan shall be reflected in writing
in the Mortgage File and shall be provided to the Certificate Insurer upon
request.

                  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, Monthly Payments or Stated Principal Balances
that were made by the Master Servicer in a manner not consistent with the terms
of the related Mortgage Note and this Agreement, the Master Servicer, upon
discovery or receipt of notice thereof, immediately shall deliver to the Trustee
for deposit in the Distribution Account from its own funds the amount of any
such shortfall and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer and any successor master
servicer in respect of any such liability. Such indemnities shall survive the
termination or discharge of this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.03. [Reserved].

                  SECTION 3.04. Collection Account, Escrow Account and
                                Distribution Account.

                  (a) COLLECTION ACCOUNT. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the
Master Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received
pursuant to each Mortgage Loan separate and apart from any of its own funds and
general assets and shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee one
or more accounts (such account or accounts, the "Collection Account") in
accordance with this Section 3.04, held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee,
the Certificate Insurer and the Certificateholders.

                  (b) DEPOSITS TO THE COLLECTION ACCOUNT. On behalf of the Trust
Fund, the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the clearing
account (which account must be an Eligible Account) in which it customarily
deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in connection with its
mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in no event more than
one Business Day after the Master Servicer's receipt thereof, and shall
thereafter deposit in the Collection Account, in no event more than two Business
Days after the deposit of such funds into the clearing account, as and when
received or as otherwise required hereunder, and retain therein, the following
payments and collections received or made by it subsequent to the Cut-off Date
with respect to the Mortgage Loans, or payments (other than Principal
Prepayments) received by it on or prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a
Due Period subsequent thereto:

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

                  (ii) all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans
         and REO Properties adjusted to the Net Mortgage Rate;

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                  (iii) all Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds (other
         than proceeds to be held in the Escrow Account and applied to the
         restoration or repair of the Mortgaged Property or released to the
         Mortgagor in accordance with the Servicing Standard), Subsequent
         Recoveries and any amounts received in respect of the rental of any REO
         Property prior to REO Disposition;

                  (iv) all proceeds related to the purchase, substitution or
         repurchase of any Mortgage Loan or REO Property in accordance with
         Section 2.03;

                  (v) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
         Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09 in connection with the deductible
         clause in any blanket hazard insurance policy, such deposit being made
         from the Master Servicer's own funds, without reimbursement therefor;

                  (vi) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
         Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06 in connection with any losses
         realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the
         Collection Account;

                  (vii) all amounts required to be deposited in connection with
         shortfalls in principal amount of Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans
         pursuant to Section 2.03 (for purposes of this clause (vii), the
         Cut-off Date with respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan
         shall be deemed to be the date of substitution);

                  (viii) any amounts required to be deposited by the Master
         Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03(b); and

                  (ix) all Prepayment Charges collected by the Master Servicer,
         all Prepayment Charges payable by the Master Servicer pursuant to
         Section 2.03(b)(ii)(A) and all Master Servicer Prepayment Charge
         Payment Amounts payable by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section
         2.03(b)(ii)(B) as limited by Section 2.03(b)(iii).

                  The foregoing requirements for deposit to the Collection
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, assumption fees, insufficient funds charges, modification fees and
other ancillary fees (but not Prepayment Charges) need not be deposited by the
Master Servicer in the Collection Account and shall upon collection, belong to
the Master Servicer as additional compensation for its servicing activities. In
the event the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account any amount
not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount
from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.

                  (c) ESCROW ACCOUNT. The Master Servicer shall segregate and
hold all funds collected and received pursuant to each Mortgage Loan which
constitute Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and
general assets and shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee one
or more accounts (such account or accounts, the "Escrow Account") held in trust
for the benefit of the Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer and the
Trustee.

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                  (d) DEPOSITS TO THE ESCROW ACCOUNT. The Master Servicer shall
deposit or cause to be deposited in the clearing account (which account must be
an Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections
on mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Master
Servicer's receipt thereof, and shall thereafter deposit in the Escrow Account,
in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds into the
clearing account, as and when received or as otherwise required hereunder, and
retain therein:

                  (i) all Escrow Payments collected on account of the Mortgage
         Loans, for the purpose of effecting timely payment of any such items as
         required under the terms of this Agreement; and

                  (ii) all Insurance Proceeds which are to be applied to the
         restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property.

                  (e) DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the
Trustee shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received pursuant to
this Agreement separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets
and shall establish and maintain in the name of the Trustee one or more
segregated accounts (such account or accounts, the "Distribution Account"), held
in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer.

                  (f) TRUSTEE DEPOSITS TO THE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. Upon
receipt, the Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the
Distribution Account all payments of any nature received from the Master
Servicer in accordance with this Agreement. The Trustee shall deposit in the
Distribution Account any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section
3.06 in connection with losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to
funds held in the Distribution Account. Furthermore, promptly upon receipt of
any Stayed Funds, whether from the Master Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy, or
federal bankruptcy court or other source, the Trustee shall deposit such funds
in the Distribution Account, subject to withdrawal thereof pursuant to Section
7.02(b) or as otherwise permitted hereunder.

                  (g) MASTER SERVICER TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE DISTRIBUTION
ACCOUNT. On behalf of the Trust Fund, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee in immediately available funds for deposit in the Distribution Account
by 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date, (i) that
portion of Available Funds (calculated without regard to the references in
clause (2) of the definition thereof to amounts that may be withdrawn from the
Distribution Account) for the related Distribution Date then on deposit in the
Collection Account, (ii) without duplication, the amount of all Prepayment
Charges collected by the Master Servicer, all Prepayment Charges payable by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii)(A) and all Master Servicer
Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts payable by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 2.03(b)(ii)(B), subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii) (in each case to the
extent not related to Principal Prepayments occurring after the related
Prepayment Period) and (iii) any amounts reimbursable to an Advancing Person
pursuant to Section 3.23 and the terms of the related Advance Facility.

                  In addition, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee
from time to time as required by this Agreement, for deposit and the Trustee
shall so deposit, in the Distribution Account:

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                  (i) any Advances, as required pursuant to Section 4.03;

                  (ii) any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section
         3.13 in connection with any REO Property;

                  (iii) any amounts to be paid in connection with a purchase of
         Mortgage Loans and REO Properties pursuant to Section 3.16 and Section
         9.01;

                  (iv) any Compensating Interest as required pursuant to Section
         4.03(e);

                  (v) any Stayed Funds, as soon as permitted by the federal
         bankruptcy court having jurisdiction in such matters;

                  (vi) any amounts required to be paid by the Master Servicer
         pursuant to Section 3.06 in connection with any losses realized on
         Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the Collection
         Account; and

                  (v) any amounts required to be paid to the Trustee from the
         assets of the Trust Fund on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant
         to this Agreement, including but not limited to amounts required to be
         paid to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02 and Section 8.05.

                  Funds held in the Collection Account pursuant to Section
3.04(b) may at any time be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee for
deposit into the Distribution Account and for all purposes of this Agreement
shall be deemed to be a part of the Collection Account until the Business Day
prior to the Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have
the sole authority to withdraw any funds held pursuant to this paragraph. In the
event the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for deposit in the
Distribution Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at
any time request that the Trustee withdraw such amount from the Distribution
Account and remit to it any such amount, any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.

                  (h) INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNT FUNDS. Funds on deposit in the
Collection Account, the Distribution Account, any REO Account and any Escrow
Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the
provisions set forth in Section 3.06. Any investment earnings or interest paid
on funds deposited in the Collection Account, any REO Account and any Escrow
Account (subject to Section 3.05(b)) shall accrue to the benefit of the Master
Servicer and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain and withdraw such
interest from each such account on a daily basis. Any investment earnings or
interest paid on funds deposited in the Distribution Account, shall accrue to
the benefit of the Trustee and the Trustee shall be entitled to retain and
withdraw such interest from each such account on a daily basis.

                  Funds on deposit in the Net WAC Rate Reserve Carryover Account
may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with Section 3.06 subject
to any limitations set forth in Section 4.10 and any investment earnings or
interest paid shall accrue to the benefit of the party designated in such
section.

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                  (i) CREATION, LOCATION AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS OF ACCOUNTS.
Each account created pursuant to this Agreement must be an Eligible Account. On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall give
notice, to each other, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the
Depositor of the location of any account created by it pursuant to this
Agreement. From time to time, the Master Servicer and the Trustee may each
transfer any account created by it to a different depository institution
provided that upon such transfer the written notice is provided to all other
parties listed in the preceding sentence.

                  (j) In order to comply with its duties under the U.S. Patriot
Act, the Trustee shall obtain and verify certain information and documentation
from the owners of the accounts that the Trustee establishes pursuant to this
Agreement including, but not limited to, each account owner's name, address, and
other identifying information.

                  SECTION 3.05. Permitted Withdrawals From the Collection
                                Account, Escrow Account and Distribution
                                Account.

                  (a) COLLECTION ACCOUNT. The Master Servicer may, from time to
time, withdraw from the Collection Account for the following purposes or as
described in Section 4.03:

                  (i) to remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Distribution
         Account the amounts required to be so remitted pursuant to Section
         3.04(g) or permitted to be so remitted pursuant to the last paragraph
         of Section 3.04(g);

                  (ii) subject to Section 3.12(c), to reimburse itself for (a)
         any unpaid Servicing Fees, (b) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances and
         (c) any unreimbursed Advances, the Master Servicer's right to reimburse
         itself pursuant to this subclause (ii) being limited to any Late
         Collections, Liquidation Proceeds, and Insurance Proceeds received on
         the related Mortgage Loan and any amounts received in respect of the
         rental of the related REO Property prior to an REO Disposition that
         represent payments of principal and/or interest respecting which any
         such advance was made;

                  (iii) to reimburse itself for (a) any unpaid Servicing Fees to
         the extent not recoverable under Section 3.05(a)(ii) and (b) any unpaid
         Advances or Servicing Advances that have been deemed Nonrecoverable
         Advances or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances;

                  (iv) to pay to itself any Prepayment Interest Excess;

                  (v) to reimburse itself for any amounts paid pursuant to
         Section 3.12(b) (and not otherwise previously reimbursed);

                  (vi) to pay to itself as servicing compensation any interest
         earned on funds in the Collection Account;

                  (vii) subject to Section 4.03(b), to reimburse the Master
         Servicer in respect of any unreimbursed Advances to the extent of funds
         held in the Collection Account for future distribution that were not
         included in Available Funds for the preceding Distribution Date;

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                  (viii) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Depositor for
         expenses incurred by or reimbursable to the Master Servicer or the
         Depositor, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 6.03;

                  (ix) to remit to the Trustee any amounts that the Trustee is
         permitted to be paid or reimbursed from the assets of the Trust Fund
         pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including the terms of Section
         7.02(a) and Section 8.05 of this Agreement;

                  (x) to reimburse the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer,
         the Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer is not an Affiliate of the
         Seller) or the Trustee, as the case may be, for enforcement expenses
         reasonably incurred in respect of the breach or defect giving rise to
         the purchase obligation under Section 2.03 of this Agreement that were
         included in the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loan, including any
         expenses arising out of the enforcement of the purchase obligation;

                  (xi) to pay to the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the
         Seller, as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has
         previously been purchased or replaced pursuant to Section 2.03 or
         Section 3.16(a) all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of
         purchase or substitution, as the case may be;

                  (xi) to transfer funds in the Collection Account maintained at
         a particular depository to the Collection Account maintained at a
         different depository, pursuant to Section 3.04(i);

                  (xii) [reserved]; and

                  (xiii) to clear and terminate the Collection Account upon the
         termination of this Agreement.

                  On each Business Day as of the commencement of which the
balance on deposit in the Collection Account exceeds $75,000 following any
withdrawals pursuant to the next succeeding sentence, the amount of such excess
shall be remitted to the Trustee, but only if the Collection Account constitutes
an Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of
"Eligible Account." If the balance on deposit in the Collection Account exceeds
$75,000 as of the commencement of business on any Business Day and the
Collection Account constitutes an Eligible Account solely pursuant to clause
(ii) of the definition of "Eligible Account," the Master Servicer shall, on or
before 3:00 p.m. New York time on such Business Day, withdraw from the
Collection Account any and all amounts payable or reimbursable to the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Trustee or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05
and shall pay such amounts to the Persons entitled thereto.

                  The foregoing requirements for withdrawal from the Collection
Account shall be exclusive. In the event the Master Servicer shall deposit in
the Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may
at any time withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

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                  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 Collection Account, to the extent held by or
on behalf of it, pursuant to subclauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii),
(viii) and (xi) above. The Master Servicer shall provide written notification to
the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer on or prior to the
next succeeding Master Servicer Reporting Date, upon making any withdrawals from
the Collection Account pursuant to subclause (viii) above.

                  (b) ESCROW ACCOUNT. The Master Servicer may, from time to
time, withdraw from the Escrow Account for the following purposes:

                  (i) to effect payments of ground rents, taxes, assessments,
         water rates, hazard insurance premiums and comparable items;

                  (ii) to reimburse the Master Servicer for any Servicing
         Advance made by the Master Servicer with respect to a related Mortgage
         Loan but only from amounts received on the related Mortgage Loan which
         represent late payments or Late Collections of Escrow Payments
         thereunder;

                  (iii) to refund to the Mortgagor any funds as may be
         determined to be overages;

                  (iv) for transfer to the Collection Account in accordance with
         the terms of this Agreement;

                  (v) for application to restoration or repair of the Mortgaged
         Property;

                  (vi) to pay to the Master Servicer, or to the Mortgagor to the
         extent required by the related Mortgage Loan or Applicable Regulations,
         any interest paid on the funds deposited in the Escrow Account;

                  (vii) to clear and terminate the Escrow Account on the
         termination of this Agreement; and

                  (viii) to transfer to the Collection Account any Insurance
         Proceeds.

                  In the event the Master Servicer shall deposit in an Escrow
Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time
withdraw such amount from such Escrow Account, any provision herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer
shall pay to the Mortgagor interest on funds in the Escrow Account, to the
extent required by the related Mortgage Loan or Applicable Regulations, and to
the extent that interest earned on funds in the Escrow Account is insufficient,
shall pay such interest from its own funds, without any reimbursement therefor.
The Master Servicer may pay to itself any excess interest on funds in the Escrow
Account, to the extent such action is in conformity with the Servicing Standard,
is permitted by law and such amounts are not required to be paid to Mortgagors
or used for any of the other purposes set forth above.

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                  (c) DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. The Trustee shall, from time to
time, make withdrawals from the Distribution Account, for any of the following
purposes:

                  (i) to make distributions to Certificateholders and the
         Certificate Insurer in accordance with Section 4.01;

                  (ii) to pay to itself and the Trustee amounts to which it is
         entitled pursuant to Section 8.05;

                  (iii) to pay itself any interest income earned on funds
         deposited in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.06;

                  (iv) to reimburse itself pursuant to Section 7.01 and Section
         7.02(b);

                  (v) to pay any amounts in respect of taxes pursuant to Section
         10.01(g)(iii); and

                  (vi) to clear and terminate the Distribution Account pursuant
         to Section 9.01.

                  SECTION 3.06. Investment of Funds in the Collection Account,
                                the Escrow Account, the REO Account and the
                                Distribution Account.

                  (a) The Master Servicer may direct any depository institution
maintaining the Collection Account, the Escrow Account (subject to Section
3.05(b)), and the REO Account and the Trustee may direct any depository
institution maintaining the Distribution Account, (for purposes of this Section
3.06, each an "Investment Account"), to invest the funds in such Investment
Account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a
discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no later than the Business
Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds are required to be
withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other than
the Trustee is the obligor thereon, and (ii) no later than the date on which
such funds are required to be withdrawn from such Investment Account pursuant to
this Agreement, if the Trustee is the obligor thereon. All such Permitted
Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment
of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in
its capacity as such) or in the name of a nominee of the Trustee. The Trustee
shall be entitled to sole possession (except with respect to investment
direction of funds held in the Collection Account, the Escrow Account, and the
REO Account) over each such investment and (except with respect to the income on
funds held in the Collection Account, the Escrow Account and the REO Account)
the income thereon, and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such
investment shall be delivered directly to the Trustee or its agent, together
with any document of transfer necessary to transfer title to such investment to
the Trustee or its nominee. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment
Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand,
the Trustee shall:

                  (i) consistent with any notice required to be given
         thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such
         Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal
         to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the
         amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

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                  (ii) demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly
         upon determination by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee that such
         Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in
         respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.

                  (b) All income in the nature of interest from the investment
of funds in the Collection Account, the Escrow Account (subject to Section
3.05(b)) and the REO Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer as
compensation for the Master Servicer's services pursuant to this Agreement. The
Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account, the Escrow Account, and
the REO Account from its own funds the amount of any loss incurred in respect of
any such Permitted Investment made with funds in such account immediately upon
realization of such loss.

                  (c) All income in the nature of interest or earnings from the
investment of funds in the Distribution Account shall be for the benefit of the
Trustee as compensation for the Trustee's services pursuant to this Agreement.
The Trustee shall deposit in the Distribution Account from its own funds the
amount of any loss incurred on Permitted Investments in the Distribution
Account.

                  (d) Funds on deposit in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve
Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with this Section
3.06 subject to any limitations set forth in Section 4.10 and any investment
earnings or interest paid shall accrue to the benefit of the party designated in
such Section 4.10 and the party so designated shall deposit in the related
account from its own funds the amount of any loss incurred on Permitted
Investments in such account.

                  (e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted
Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any
Permitted Investment, the Trustee may and, subject to Section 8.01 and Section
8.02(a)(v), upon the request of the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the
Holders of Certificates representing more than 50% of the Voting Rights
allocated to any Class of Certificates, shall take such action as may be
appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution
and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.

                  (f) The Trustee or its Affiliates are permitted to receive
compensation that could be deemed to be in the Trustee's economic self-interest
for (i) serving as investment adviser, administrator, shareholder, servicing
agent, custodian or sub-custodian with respect to certain of the Permitted
Investments, (ii) using Affiliates to effect transactions in certain Permitted
Investments and (iii) effecting transactions in certain Permitted Investments.
Such compensation shall not be considered an amount that is reimbursable or
payable pursuant to Section 3.05.

                  SECTION 3.07. Payment of Taxes, Insurance and Other Charges.

                  With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall
maintain accurate records reflecting the status of ground rents, taxes,
assessments, water rates and other charges which are or may become a lien upon
the Mortgaged Property and the status of fire and hazard insurance coverage and,
as to those Mortgage Loans subject to a voluntary escrow agreement, shall
obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such charges (including
renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof prior to the applicable
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for securing maximum discounts allowable, employing for such purpose deposits of
the Mortgagor in the Escrow Account which shall have been estimated and
accumulated by the Master Servicer in amounts sufficient for such purposes, as
allowed under the terms of the Mortgage or Applicable Regulations. The Master
Servicer assumes full responsibility for the timely payment of all such bills
and shall effect timely payments of all such bills irrespective of the
Mortgagor's faithful performance in the payment of same or the making of the
Escrow Payments and shall make Servicing Advances from its own funds to effect
such payments. To the extent that the Mortgage does not provide for Escrow
Payments, the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the
Servicing Standard to determine that any such payments are made by the Mortgagor
at the time they first become due and shall ensure that the Mortgaged Property
is not lost to a tax lien as a result of nonpayment and that such Mortgaged
Property is not left uninsured.

                  SECTION 3.08. Maintenance of Hazard Insurance.

                  The Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained for each
Mortgage Loan fire insurance with extended coverage on the related Mortgaged
Property in an amount which is at least equal to the least of (i) the current
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the amount necessary to
fully compensate for any damage or loss to the improvements that are a part of
such property on a replacement cost basis and (iii) the maximum insurable value
of the improvements which are a part of such Mortgaged Property, in each case in
an amount not less than such amount as is necessary to avoid the application of
any coinsurance clause contained in the related hazard insurance policy. The
Master Servicer shall also cause to be maintained fire insurance with extended
coverage on each REO Property in an amount which is at least equal to the lesser
of (i) the maximum insurable value of the improvements which are a part of such
property and (ii) the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Loan, plus accrued interest at the Mortgage Rate and related Servicing
Advances (each measured at the time it became an REO Property). The Master
Servicer shall comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable
rules and requirements of each insurer under any such hazard policies. Any
amounts to be collected by the Master Servicer under any such policies (other
than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the property subject
to the related Mortgage or amounts to be released to the Mortgagor in accordance
with the procedures that the Master Servicer would follow in servicing loans
held for its own account, subject to the terms and conditions of the related
Mortgage and Mortgage Note) shall be deposited in the Collection Account,
subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.05, if received in respect of a
Mortgage Loan, or in the REO Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section
3.13, if received in respect of an REO Property. Any cost incurred by the Master
Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for the purpose of
calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid Stated
Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms
of such Mortgage Loan so permit. It is understood and agreed that no earthquake
or other additional insurance is to be required of any Mortgagor 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
or REO Property is at any time in an area identified in the Federal Register by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the
Master Servicer shall cause to be maintained a flood insurance policy in respect
thereof. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan; (ii) the
maximum amount of such insurance available for the related Mortgaged Property
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which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in such program) and
(iii) the maximum insurable value of the improvements which are part of the
related Mortgaged Property.

                  SECTION 3.09. Maintenance of Mortgage Blanket Insurance.

                  In the event that the Master Servicer shall obtain and
maintain a blanket policy with an insurer having a General Policy Rating of A:V
or better in Best's Key Rating Guide (or such other rating that is comparable to
such rating) 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 two sentences of Section 3.08, it being understood and agreed that
such policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer
shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related
Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy complying with the first two
sentences of Section 3.08, and there shall have been one or more losses which
would have been covered by such policy, deposit to the Collection Account from
its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket policy because
of such deductible clause. In connection with its activities as administrator
and servicer of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to prepare and
present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and
Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket policy in a timely fashion in
accordance with the terms of such policy.

                  SECTION 3.10. Fidelity Bond; Errors and Omissions Insurance.

                  The Master Servicer shall keep in force during the term of
this Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering errors and omissions
for failure in the performance of the Master Servicer's obligations under this
Agreement, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount that would
meet the requirements of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac if it were the purchaser of
the Mortgage Loans, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver of such
requirements from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The Master Servicer shall also
maintain a fidelity bond in the form and amount that would meet the requirements
of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, unless the Master Servicer has obtained a waiver
of such requirements from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The Master Servicer shall
provide the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer (upon reasonable request) and the
Certificate Insurer (upon reasonable request) with copies of any such insurance
policies and fidelity bond. The Master Servicer shall be deemed to have complied
with this provision if an Affiliate of the Master Servicer has such errors and
omissions and fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such insurance policy
or fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Master
Servicer. Any such errors and omissions policy and fidelity bond shall by its
terms not be cancelable without thirty days' prior written notice to the
Trustee. The Master Servicer shall also cause each Sub-Servicer to maintain a
policy of insurance covering errors and omissions and a fidelity bond which
would meet such requirements.

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

                  The Master Servicer shall, to the extent it has knowledge of
any conveyance or prospective conveyance of any Mortgaged Property by any
Mortgagor (whether by absolute conveyance or by contract of sale, and whether or
not the Mortgagor remains or is to remain liable under the Mortgage Note and/or
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Mortgage Loan under the "due-on-sale" clause, if any, applicable thereto;
provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not exercise any such rights
if prohibited by law from doing so. If the Master Servicer reasonably believes
it is unable under applicable law to enforce such "due-on-sale" clause, or if
any of the other conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence
apply, the Master Servicer is authorized to enter into an assumption and
modification agreement from or with the person to whom such property has been
conveyed or is proposed to be conveyed, pursuant to which such person becomes
liable under the Mortgage Note and, to the extent permitted by applicable state
law, the Mortgagor remains liable thereon. The Master Servicer is also
authorized 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 the Mortgagor and becomes liable under the Mortgage
Note, provided that no such substitution shall be effective unless such person
satisfies the underwriting criteria of the Master Servicer. In connection with
any assumption or substitution, the Master Servicer shall apply such
underwriting standards and follow such practices and procedures as shall be
normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and as it applies
to other mortgage loans owned solely by it. The Master Servicer shall not take
or enter into any assumption and modification agreement, however, unless (to the
extent practicable in the circumstances) it shall have received confirmation, in
writing, of the continued effectiveness of any applicable hazard insurance
policy, or a new policy meeting the requirements of this Section is obtained.
Any fee collected by the Master Servicer in respect of an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement shall be retained by the Master Servicer as
additional servicing compensation. In connection with any such assumption, no
material term of the Mortgage Note (including but not limited to the related
Mortgage Rate and the amount of the Monthly Payment) may be amended or modified,
except as otherwise required pursuant to the terms thereof or otherwise
permitted under Section 3.01. The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee and
any respective Custodian that any such substitution or assumption agreement has
been completed by forwarding to the Trustee or to such Custodian, as the case
may be, the executed original of such substitution or assumption agreement,
which document 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.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph or any other provision
of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be in default,
breach or any other violation of its obligations hereunder by reason of any
assumption of a Mortgage Loan by operation of law or by the terms of the
Mortgage Note or any assumption which the Master Servicer may be restricted by
law from preventing, for any reason whatever. For purposes of this Section 3.11,
the term "assumption" is deemed to also include a sale (of the Mortgaged
Property) subject to the Mortgage that is not accompanied by an assumption or
substitution of liability agreement.

                  SECTION 3.12. Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans.

                  (a) The Master Servicer shall, consistent with the Servicing
Standard and the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, 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 pursuant to
Section 3.02. The Master Servicer shall be responsible for all costs and
expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that such
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Advances by the Master Servicer as contemplated in Section 3.05 and Section
3.13. The foregoing is subject to the provision that, in any case in which
Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage from an Uninsured Cause, the
Master Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds toward the
restoration of such property unless it shall determine in its discretion that
such restoration shall increase the proceeds of liquidation of the related
Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself for such expenses.

                  (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
3.12 or any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage Loan
as to which the Master Servicer has received actual notice of, or has actual
knowledge of, the presence of any toxic or hazardous substance on the related
Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trustee,
either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any
other action with respect to, such Mortgaged Property, if, as a result of any
such action, the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer, the Trust Fund or the
Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a
"mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such
Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time,
or any comparable law, unless the Master Servicer has also previously
determined, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person
who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards,
that:

                  (1) such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable
         environmental laws or, if not, that it would be in the best economic
         interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions as are necessary to
         bring the Mortgaged Property into compliance therewith; and

                  (2) there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged
         Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous
         substances, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, or petroleum-based
         materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment,
         clean-up or remediation could be required under any federal, state or
         local law or regulation, or that if any such materials are present for
         which such action could be required, that it would be in the best
         economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions with respect
         to the affected Mortgaged Property.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such environmental audit
reveals, or if the Master Servicer has actual knowledge or notice, that such
Mortgaged Property contains such toxic or hazardous wastes or substances, the
Master Servicer shall not foreclose or accept a deed in lieu of foreclosure
without the prior written consent of the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate
Insurer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

                  The cost of the environmental audit report contemplated by
this Section 3.12 shall be advanced by the Master Servicer, subject to the
Master Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as
provided in Section 3.05(a)(v), such right of reimbursement being prior to the
rights of Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account
received in respect of the affected Mortgage Loan or other Mortgage Loans.

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                  If the Master Servicer determines, as described above, that it
is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund to take such actions as are
necessary to bring any such Mortgaged Property into compliance with applicable
environmental laws, or to take such action with respect to the containment,
clean-up or remediation of hazardous substances, hazardous materials, hazardous
wastes or petroleum-based materials affecting any such Mortgaged Property, then
the Master Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best
economic interest of the Trust Fund. The cost of any such compliance,
containment, cleanup or remediation shall be advanced by the Master Servicer,
subject to the Master Servicer's right to be reimbursed therefor from the
Collection Account as provided in Section 3.05(a)(v), such right of
reimbursement being prior to the rights of Certificateholders to receive any
amount in the Collection Account received in respect of the affected Mortgage
Loan or other Mortgage Loans.

                  (c) Proceeds received in connection with any Final Recovery
Determination, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds, in respect of any Mortgage Loan,
shall be applied in the following order of priority: FIRST, to reimburse the
Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing
Advances and Advances, pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(ii); SECOND, to accrued and
unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan, to the date of the Final Recovery
Determination, or to the Due Date prior to the Distribution Date on which such
amounts are to be distributed if not in connection with a Final Recovery
Determination; and THIRD, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan. If
the amount of the recovery so allocated to interest is less than the full amount
of accrued and unpaid interest due on such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such
recovery shall be allocated by the Master Servicer as follows: FIRST, to unpaid
Servicing Fees; and SECOND, to the balance of the interest then due and owing.
The portion of the recovery so allocated to unpaid Servicing Fees shall be
reimbursed to the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section
3.05(a)(ii).

                  SECTION 3.13. Title, Management and Disposition of REO
                                Property.

                  (a) The deed or certificate of sale of any REO Property shall
be taken in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee, in trust for the benefit of
the Certificateholders. Pursuant to the power of attorney granted in Section
3.01, the Master Servicer is hereby authorized to transfer the title of any REO
Property taken in the name of the Trustee to a third party purchaser pursuant to
this Section 3.13 without further documentation of its authority as
attorney-in-fact for the Trustee on behalf of the Trust. The Master Servicer, on
behalf of the Trust Fund (and on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer), shall either sell any REO
Property before the close of the third taxable year after the year the Trust
Fund acquires ownership of such REO Property for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8)
of the Code or request from the Internal Revenue Service, no later than 60 days
before the day on which the three-year grace period would otherwise expire, an
extension of the three-year grace period, unless the Master Servicer shall have
delivered to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the
Depositor an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer and the Depositor, to the effect that the holding by the
Trust Fund of such REO Property subsequent to three years after its acquisition
shall not result in the imposition on any Trust REMIC of taxes on "prohibited
transactions" thereof, as defined in Section 860F of the Code, or cause any
Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under Federal law at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding. The Master Servicer shall manage, conserve,
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Certificateholders and solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale
in a manner which does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as
"foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or
result in the receipt by any Trust REMIC of any "income from non-permitted
assets" within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code, or any "net
income from foreclosure property" which is subject to taxation under the REMIC
Provisions.

                  (b) The Master Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds
collected and received in connection with the operation of any REO Property
separate and apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish and
maintain with respect to REO Properties an account held in trust for the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer (the "REO
Account"), which shall be an Eligible Account. The Master Servicer shall be
permitted to allow the Collection Account to serve as the REO Account, subject
to separate ledgers for each REO Property. The Master Servicer shall be entitled
to retain or withdraw any interest income paid on funds deposited in the REO
Account.

                  (c) The Master Servicer shall have full power and authority,
subject only to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement
(including the Loss Mitigation Action Plan), to do any and all things in
connection with any REO Property as are consistent with the manner in which the
Master Servicer manages and operates similar property owned by the Master
Servicer or any of its Affiliates, all on such terms and for such period as the
Master Servicer deems to be in the best interests of Certificateholders and
appropriate to effect the prompt disposition and sale of the REO Property. In
connection therewith, the Master Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be
deposited in the clearing account (which account must be an Eligible Account) in
which it customarily deposits payments and collections on mortgage loans in
connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a daily basis, and in
no event more than one Business Day after the Master Servicer's receipt thereof,
and shall thereafter deposit in the REO Account, in no event more than two
Business Days after the deposit of such funds into the clearing account, all
revenues received by it with respect to an REO Property and shall withdraw
therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance
of such REO Property including, without limitation:

                  (i) all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of such
         REO Property;

                  (ii) all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of such
         REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien thereon; and

                  (iii) all costs and expenses necessary to maintain such REO
         Property.

                  To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account with
respect to an REO Property are insufficient for the purposes set forth in
clauses (i) through (iii) above with respect to such REO Property, the Master
Servicer shall advance from its own funds such amount as is necessary for such
purposes if, but only if, the Master Servicer would make such advances if the
Master Servicer owned the REO Property and if in the Master Servicer's judgment,
the payment of such amounts shall be recoverable from the rental or sale of the
REO Property.

                  Notwithstanding the Master Servicer's obligation to the
Certificateholders to manage and operate (including the collection of rents from
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acquired with the REO property to the extent applicable) the REO Property from
the date of acquisition until the date of sale, neither the Master Servicer nor
the Trustee shall knowingly:

                  (i) authorize the Trust Fund to enter into, renew or extend
         any New Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the New Lease by its
         terms shall give rise to any income that does not constitute Rents from
         Real Property;

                  (ii) authorize any amount to be received or accrued under any
         New Lease other than amounts that shall constitute Rents from Real
         Property;

                  (iii) authorize any construction on any REO Property, other
         than the completion of a building or other improvement thereon, and
         then only if more than ten percent of the construction of such building
         or other improvement was completed before default on the related
         Mortgage Loan became imminent, all within the meaning of Section
         856(e)(4)(B) of the Code; or

                  (iv) authorize any Person to Directly Operate any REO Property
         on any date more than 90 days after its date of acquisition by the
         Trust Fund;

unless, in any such case, the Master Servicer has obtained an Opinion of
Counsel, provided to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer,
to the effect that such action shall not cause such REO Property to fail to
qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of
the Code at any time that it is held by the Trust Fund, and (B) the Master
Servicer has received written notice from the Trustee that it has received
written consent from the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld) that the specific action may be taken.

                  The Master Servicer may contract with any Independent
Contractor for the operation and management of any REO Property, provided that:

                  (i) the terms and conditions of any such contract shall not be
         inconsistent herewith;

                  (ii) any such contract shall require, or shall be administered
         to require, that the Independent Contractor pay all costs and expenses
         incurred in connection with the operation and management of such REO
         Property, including those listed above and remit all related revenues
         (net of such costs and expenses) to the Master Servicer as soon as
         practicable, but in no event later than thirty days following the
         receipt thereof by such Independent Contractor;

                  (iii) none of the provisions of this Section 3.13(c) relating
         to any such contract or to actions taken through any such Independent
         Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the Master Servicer of any of its
         duties and obligations to the Trustee on behalf of the
         Certificateholders with respect to the operation and management of any
         such REO Property; and

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                  (iv) the Master Servicer shall be obligated with respect
         thereto to the same extent as if it alone were performing all duties
         and obligations in connection with the operation and management of such
         REO Property.

                  The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any
agreement with any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to
its duties and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Master Servicer
by such Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
limit or modify such indemnification. The Master Servicer shall be solely liable
for all fees owed by it to any such Independent Contractor, irrespective of
whether the Master Servicer's compensation pursuant to Section 3.18 is
sufficient to pay such fees. The Master Servicer shall not engage an Independent
Contractor to engage in any activities that the Master Servicer would not be
permitted to engage in itself in accordance with the other provisions of this
Agreement (including the Loss Mitigation Action Plan).

                  (d) In addition to the withdrawals permitted under Section
3.13(c), the Master Servicer may from time to time make withdrawals from the REO
Account for any REO Property: (i) to pay itself or any Sub-Servicer unpaid
Servicing Fees in respect of the related Mortgage Loan; and (ii) to reimburse
itself or any Sub-Servicer for unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Advances made
in respect of such REO Property or the related Mortgage Loan. On the Master
Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from each REO
Account maintained by it and deposit into the Distribution Account in accordance
with Section 3.04(g)(ii), for distribution on the related Distribution Date in
accordance with Section 4.01, the income from the related REO Property received
during the prior calendar month, net of any withdrawals made pursuant to Section
3.13(c) or this Section 3.13(d).

                  (e) Subject to the time constraints set forth in Section
3.13(a), (including the constraint that the Master Servicer hold and manage each
REO Property "solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition") each REO
disposition shall be carried out by the Master Servicer at such price and upon
such terms and conditions as shall be in conformity with the requirements of the
Loss Mitigation Action Plan and as shall be normal and usual in its general
servicing activities for similar properties.

                  (f) The proceeds from the REO Disposition, net of any amount
required by law to be remitted to the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan
and net of any payment or reimbursement to the Master Servicer or any
Sub-Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Distribution Account
in accordance with Section 3.04(g)(ii) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date in
the month following the receipt thereof for distribution on the related
Distribution Date in accordance with Section 4.01. Any REO Disposition shall be
for cash only (unless changes in the REMIC Provisions made subsequent to the
Startup Day allow a sale for other consideration).

                  SECTION 3.14. [Reserved].

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                  SECTION 3.15. Reports of Foreclosure and Abandonment of
                                Mortgaged Properties.

                  The Master Servicer shall file information returns with
respect to the receipt of mortgage interest received in a trade or business,
reports of foreclosures and abandonments of any Mortgaged Property and
cancellation of indebtedness income with respect to any Mortgaged Property as
required by Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code, respectively. Such
reports shall be in form and substance sufficient to meet the reporting
requirements imposed by such Sections 6050H, 6050J and 6050P of the Code.

                  SECTION 3.16. Optional Purchase of Defaulted Mortgage Loans.

                  (a)(i) The NIMS Insurer may, at its option, purchase a
Mortgage Loan which has become 90 or more days delinquent or for which the
Master Servicer has accepted a deed in lieu of foreclosure. Prior to purchase
pursuant to this Section 3.16(a)(i), the Master Servicer shall be required to
continue to make Advances pursuant to Section 4.03. The NIMS Insurer shall not
use any procedure in selecting Mortgage Loans to be repurchased which is
materially adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders. The NIMS Insurer
shall purchase such delinquent Mortgage Loan at a price equal to the Purchase
Price of such Mortgage Loan. Any such purchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to
this Section 3.16(a)(i) shall be accomplished by remittance to the Master
Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account of the amount of the Purchase
Price. The Trustee shall effectuate the conveyance of such delinquent Mortgage
Loan to the NIMS Insurer to the extent necessary, as requested, and the Trustee
shall promptly deliver all documentation to the NIMS Insurer.

                  (ii) During the first full calender month (but excluding the
last Business Day thereof) following a Mortgage Loan or related REO Property
becoming 90 days or more delinquent, the Master Servicer shall have the option,
but not the obligation to purchase from the Trust Fund any such Mortgage Loan or
related REO Property that is then still 90 days or more delinquent, which the
Master Servicer determines in good faith shall otherwise become subject to
foreclosure proceedings (evidence of such determination to be delivered in
writing to the Trustee prior to purchase), at a price equal to the Purchase
Price. The Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan or related REO Property
purchased hereunder shall be deposited in the Collection Account, and the
Trustee, upon written certification of such deposit, shall release or cause to
be released to the Master Servicer the related Mortgage File and the Trustee
shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each
case without recourse, as the Master Servicer shall furnish and as shall be
necessary to vest in the Master Servicer title to any Mortgage Loan or related
REO Property released pursuant hereto.

                  (b) If with respect to any delinquent Mortgage Loan or related
REO Property, the option of the Master Servicer set forth in the preceding
paragraph shall have arisen but the Master Servicer shall have failed to
exercise such option on or before the Business Day preceding the last Business
Day of the calender month following the calender month during which such
Mortgage Loan or related REO Property first became 90 days or more delinquent,
then such option shall automatically expire; provided, however, that if any such
Mortgage Loan or related REO Property shall cease to be 90 days or more
delinquent but then subsequently shall again become 90 days or

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more delinquent, then the Master Servicer shall be entitled to another
repurchase option with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property as provided
in the preceding paragraph.

                  SECTION 3.17. Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files.

                  (a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, or the
receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full shall be
escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer shall
promptly notify the Trustee and any related Custodian by a certification in the
form of Exhibit E or such other form supplied by the Master Servicer provided
that it does not differ from the substantive content of Exhibit E, (which
certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received
or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be
deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(b) have been or
shall be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it
of the Mortgage File. Upon receipt of such certification and request, the
Trustee or such Custodian, as the case may be, shall promptly release (and in no
event more than three (3) Business Days thereafter) the related Mortgage File to
the Master Servicer. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of
satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Collection
Account or the Distribution Account.

                  (b) From time to time and as appropriate for the servicing or
foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, including, for this purpose, collection under
any insurance policy relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Trustee and any related
Custodian shall, upon request of the Master Servicer and delivery to the Trustee
or such Custodian, as the case may be, of a Request for Release in the form of
Exhibit E or such other form supplied by the Master Servicer provided that it
does not differ from the substantive content of Exhibit E, release the related
Mortgage File to the Master Servicer, and the Trustee shall, at the direction of
the Master Servicer, execute such documents as shall be necessary to the
prosecution of any such proceedings and the Master Servicer shall retain such
Mortgage File in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Such Request
for Release shall obligate the Master Servicer to return each and every document
previously requested from the Mortgage File to the Trustee or to such Custodian
when the need therefor by the Master Servicer no longer exists, unless the
Mortgage Loan has been liquidated and the Liquidation Proceeds relating to the
Mortgage Loan have been deposited in the Collection Account or the Mortgage File
or such document has been delivered to an attorney, or to a public trustee or
other public official as required by law, for purposes of initiating or pursuing
legal action or other proceedings for the foreclosure of the Mortgaged Property
either judicially or non-judicially, and the Master Servicer has delivered to
the Trustee a certificate of a Servicing Officer certifying as to the name and
address of the Person to which such Mortgage File or such document was delivered
and the purpose or purposes of such delivery. Upon receipt of a certificate of a
Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgage Loan was liquidated and that all
amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation that are
required to be deposited into the Collection Account have been so deposited, or
that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, upon request, a copy of the
Request for Release shall be released by the Trustee or such Custodian to the
Master Servicer.

                  (c) Upon written certification of a Servicing Officer, the
Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer any court pleadings,
requests for trustee's sale or other documents reasonably necessary to the
foreclosure or trustee's sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any

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legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage
Note or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other
remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise
available at law or in equity. Each such certification shall include a request
that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and a statement as
to the reason such documents or pleadings are required and that the execution
and delivery thereof by the Trustee shall not invalidate or otherwise affect the
lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion
of the foreclosure or trustee's sale.

                  (d) The Trustee and the Master Servicer may mutually agree on
policies and procedures (commercially reasonable in nature) to allow the
submission of any and all requests for the release of a Mortgage File
electronically with a digital signature or other identifier to designate the
Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer requesting such collateral.

                  SECTION 3.18. Servicing Compensation.

                  As compensation for the activities of the Master Servicer
hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with
respect to each Mortgage Loan payable solely from payments of interest in
respect of such Mortgage Loan, subject to Section 4.03(e). In addition, the
Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees out of
Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds to the extent permitted by Section
3.05(a)(ii), out of general funds in the Collection Account to the extent
permitted by Section 3.05(a) and out of amounts derived from the operation and
sale of an REO Property to the extent permitted by Section 3.13. The right to
receive the Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in
connection with the transfer of all of the Master Servicer's responsibilities
and obligations under this Agreement.

                  Additional servicing compensation in the form of assumption
fees, late payment charges, insufficient funds fees, reconveyance fees and other
similar fees and charges (other than Prepayment Charges) shall be retained by
the Master Servicer only to the extent such fees or charges are received by the
Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to Section
3.05(a)(vi) to withdraw from the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.04(h)
to withdraw from any Escrow Account and pursuant to Section 3.13(b) to withdraw
from any REO Account, as additional servicing compensation, interest or other
income earned on deposits therein, subject to Section 3.06. The Master Servicer
shall be required to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its
servicing activities hereunder (including premiums for the insurance required by
Section 3.08, Section 3.09 and Section 3.10, to the extent such premiums are not
paid by the related Mortgagors or by a Sub-Servicer, servicing compensation of
each Sub-Servicer, and to the extent provided in Section 8.05, the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) and shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor
except as specifically provided herein.

                  SECTION 3.19. Statement as to Compliance.

                  The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor and each Rating Agency on or
before March 15th of each calendar year commencing in 2005, an Officers'
Certificate, in a form similar to Exhibit M attached hereto agreeable to the
parties hereto, stating, as to each signatory thereof, that (i) a review of the
activities of the Master Servicer during the preceding calendar year and of
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has been made under such officers' supervision and (ii) to the best of such
officers' knowledge, based on such review, the Master Servicer has fulfilled all
of its obligations under this Agreement throughout such year, or, if there has
been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such
default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Copies of any
such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to
any Person identified to the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a
Certificate, upon the request and at the expense of the requesting party,
provided that such statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.

                  SECTION 3.20. Independent Public Accountants' Servicing
                                Report.

                  Not later than March 15th of each calendar year commencing in
2005, the Master Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally recognized
firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish to the Master
Servicer a report stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of representation
regarding certain matters from the management of the Master Servicer which
includes an assertion that the Master Servicer has complied with certain minimum
residential mortgage loan servicing standards, identified in the Uniform Single
Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers
Association of America, with respect to the servicing of residential mortgage
loans during the most recently completed calendar year and (ii) on the basis of
an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards established
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, such representation
is fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other
qualifications that may be appropriate. In rendering its report such firm may
rely, as to matters relating to the direct servicing of residential mortgage
loans by Sub- Servicers, upon comparable reports of firms of independent
certified public accountants rendered on the basis of examinations conducted in
accordance with the same standards (rendered within one year of such report)
with respect to those Sub-Servicers. Immediately upon receipt of such report,
the Master Servicer shall furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and each Rating Agency. Copies of such
statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon request
at the Master Servicer's expense, provided that such statement is delivered by
the Master Servicer to the Trustee. In the event such firm of independent
certified public accountants requires the Trustee to agree to the procedures
performed by such firm, the Master Servicer shall direct the Trustee in writing
to so agree; it being understood and agreed that the Trustee shall deliver such
letter of agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Master
Servicer, and the Trustee has not made any independent inquiry or investigation
as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency,
validity or correctness of such procedures.

                  SECTION 3.21. Access to Certain Documentation.

                  The Master Servicer shall provide to the Office of Thrift
Supervision, the FDIC, and any other federal or state banking or insurance
regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any Certificateholder or
Certificate Owner, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans
required by applicable laws and regulations. Such access shall be afforded
without charge, but only upon reasonable request and during normal business
hours at the offices of the Master Servicer designated by it. In addition,
access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans shall be provided to
any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer and to any Person identified to the Master Servicer as a
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a Certificate, upon reasonable request during normal business hours at the
offices of the Master Servicer designated by it at the expense of the Person
requesting such access. In each case, access to any documentation regarding the
Mortgage Loans may be conditioned upon the requesting party's acknowledgment in
writing of a confidentiality agreement regarding any information that is
required to remain confidential under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999.

                  SECTION 3.22. [Reserved].

                  SECTION 3.23. Advance Facility.

                  (a) The Master Servicer and/or the Trustee on behalf of the
Trust Fund, in either case, with the consent of the NIMS Insurer and the Master
Servicer in the case of the Trustee, is hereby authorized to enter into a
facility (an "Advance 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 Advance Facility pursuant
to this Section 3.23, 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 Advance Facility. To the extent that an
Advancing Person funds any Advance or any Servicing Advance and provides the
Trustee with notice acknowledged by the Master Servicer that such Advancing
Person is entitled to reimbursement directly from the Trustee pursuant to the
terms of the Advance Facility, such Advancing Person shall be entitled to
receive reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement for such amount to the extent
provided in Section 3.23(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 Advance 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
Advance Facility. The Trustee shall have no duty or liability with respect to
any calculation of any reimbursement to be paid to an Advancing Person and shall
be entitled to rely without independent investigation on the Advancing Person's
notice provided pursuant to this Section 3.23. 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 Sub-Servicer pursuant to Section 6.06 hereof and shall not be deemed to be
a Sub-Servicer under this Agreement. If the terms of a facility proposed to be
entered into with an Advancing Person by the Trust Fund would not materially and
adversely affect the interests of any Certificateholder, then the NIMS Insurer
shall not withhold its consent to the Trust Fund's entering such facility.

                  (b) If, pursuant to the terms of the Advance Facility, an
Advancing Person is entitled to reimbursement directly from the Trustee, then
the Master Servicer shall not reimburse itself therefor under Section
3.05(a)(ii), Section 3.05(a)(iii), Section 3.05(a)(v) or Section 3.05(a)(vii)
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 3.04(g) to the extent of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account
on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date. The Trustee is hereby authorized
to pay to the Advancing Person reimbursements for Advances and Servicing
Advances from the Distribution Account, to the extent permitted under the terms
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Facility, 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 3.05(a)(ii), Section 3.05(a)(iii) or Section 3.05(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 to
in writing delivered to the Trustee.

                  (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) In the event the Master Servicer is terminated pursuant to
Section 7.01, the Advancing Person shall succeed to the terminated Master
Servicer's right of reimbursement set forth in Section 7.02(c) to the extent of
such Advancing Person's financing of Advances or Servicing Advances hereunder
then remaining unreimbursed.

                  (e) Any amendment to this Section 3.23 or to any other
provision of this Agreement that may be necessary or appropriate to effect the
terms of an Advance Facility as described generally in this Section 3.23,
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 NIMS Insurer and written
confirmation from each Rating Agency that the amendment shall not result in the
reduction or withdrawal of the then-current ratings of any outstanding Class of
Certificates (and with respect to the Insured Certificates, without regard to
the Certificate Insurance Policy) or any other notes secured by collateral which
includes all or a portion of the Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates
and/or the Residual Certificates, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                         PAYMENTS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

                  SECTION 4.01. Distributions.

                  (a)(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 Certificates (in respect
of the Class R-I Interest), as the case may be:

                  (i) first, to Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA,
         REMIC Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I
         Regular Interest I- LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3, REMIC I
         Regular Interest I-LTM4, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ and REMIC I
         Regular Interest I-LTP, PRO RATA, in an amount equal to (A) the
         Uncertificated Interest for such Distribution Date, plus (B) any
         amounts in respect thereof remaining unpaid from previous Distribution
         Dates. Amounts payable as Uncertificated Interest in respect of REMIC I
         Regular Interest I-LTZZ shall be reduced and deferred when the REMIC I
         Overcollateralized Amount is less than the REMIC I
         Overcollateralization Target Amount, by the lesser of (x) the amount of
         such difference and (y) the Maximum I-LTZZ Uncertificated Interest
         Deferral Amount and such amount will be payable to the Holders of REMIC
         Regular Interest I-LTA, REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTM1, REMIC I
         Regular Interest I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 and REMIC I
         Regular Interest I-LTM4 in the same proportion as the
         Overcollateralization Increase Amount is allocated to the Corresponding
         Certificates and the Uncertificated Principal Balance of the REMIC I
         Regular Interest I-LTZZ shall be increased by such amount;

                  (ii) [reserved];

                  (iii) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interests, in an
         amount equal to the remainder of the Available Funds 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 I-LTAA
                  and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP, 98.00% of such remainder
                  (other than amounts payable under clause (iv) below), until
                  the Uncertificated Balance of such REMIC I Regular Interest is
                  reduced to zero, provided, however, that REMIC I Regular
                  Interest I-LTP shall not be reduced until the Distribution
                  Date immediately following the expiration of the latest
                  Prepayment Charge as identified on the Prepayment Charge
                  Schedule or any Distribution Date thereafter, at which point
                  such amount shall be distributed to REMIC I Regular Interest
                  I-LTP, until $100 has been distributed pursuant to this
                  clause;

                           (b) to the Holders of REMIC Regular Interest I-LTA,
                  REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM1, REMIC I Regular Interest
                  I-LTM2, REMIC I Regular Interest I- LTM3 and REMIC I Regular
                  Interest I-LTM4, 1.00% of such remainder (other than

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                  amounts payable under clause (iv) below), in the same
                  proportion as principal payments are allocated to the
                  Corresponding Certificates, until the Uncertificated Balances
                  of such REMIC I Regular Interests are reduced to zero;

                           (c) to the Holders of REMIC I Regular Interest
                  I-LTZZ, 1.00% of such remainder (other than amounts payable
                  under clause (iv) below), until the Uncertificated Balance of
                  such REMIC I Regular Interest is reduced to zero; and

                           (d) any remaining amount to the Holders of the Class
                  R Certificates (in respect of the Class R-I Interest);

provided, however, that (i) 98.00% and (ii) 2.00% of any principal payments that
are attributable to an Overcollateralization Reduction Amount shall be allocated
to Holders of (i) REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTP, in that order and (ii) REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ, respectively;
provided that REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTP shall not be reduced until the
Distribution Date immediately following the expiration of the latest Prepayment
Charge as identified on the Prepayment Charge Schedule or any Distribution Date
thereafter, at which point such amount shall be distributed to REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTP, until $100 has been distributed pursuant to this clause; and

                  (iv) [reserved].

Notwithstanding the priorities and amounts of distribution of funds pursuant to
this Section 4.01(a)(1), actual distributions of Available Funds shall be made
only in accordance with Section 4.01(a)(2), (3) and (4).

                  (2) On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from
the Distribution Account an amount equal to the Interest Remittance Amount and
distribute the following amounts, in the following order of priority:

                  (i) to the Certificate Insurer, the Premium Amount for such
         Distribution Date;

                  (ii) to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, the Senior
         Interest Distribution Amount related to such Certificates; and

                  (iii) to the Certificate Insurer, any Reimbursement Amounts
         owing to the Certificate Insurer and any other amounts owing to the
         Certificate Insurer under the Insurance Agreement with respect to the
         Insured Certificates .

                  (iv) sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and
Class M-4 Certificates, in that order, in an amount equal to the Interest
Distribution Amount for each such Class.

                  (3) On each Distribution Date (a) prior to the Stepdown Date
or (b) on which a Trigger Event is in effect, the Principal Distribution Amount
shall be distributed in the following order of priority:

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                  (i) to the Holders of the Class A Certificates, until the
         Certificate Principal Balance of such class has been reduced to zero;

                  (ii) to the Certificate Insurer, the amount owing to the
         Certificate Insurer under the Insurance Agreement for reimbursement for
         prior draws made on the Certificate Insurance Policy in respect of the
         Insured Certificates and any other amounts owing to the Certificate
         Insurer under the Insurance Agreement with respect to the Insured
         Certificates, to the extent not paid pursuant to Section
         4.01(a)(2)(iii) above.

                  (iii)    sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3
                           and Class M-4 Certificates, in that order, until the
                           Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has
                           been reduced to zero.

                  (II) On each Distribution Date (a) on or after the Stepdown
Date and (b) on which a Trigger Event is not in effect, the Principal
Distribution Amount shall be distributed in the following order of priority:

                  (i) to the holders of the Class A Certificates, the Class A
         Principal Distribution Amount, until the Certificate Principal Balance
         of such class has been reduced to zero;

                  (ii) to the Certificate Insurer, the amount owing to the
         Certificate Insurer under the Insurance Agreement for reimbursement for
         prior draws made on the Certificate Insurance Policy in respect of the
         Insured Certificates and any other amounts owing to the Certificate
         Insurer under the Insurance Agreement with respect to the Insured
         Certificates, to the extent not paid pursuant to Section
         4.01(a)(2)(iii) above.

                  (iii) to the Mezzanine Certificates in the following order of
         priority:

                  (a) to the Holders of the Class M-1 Certificates, the Class
         M-1 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
         Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;

                  (b) to the Holders of the Class M-2 Certificates, the Class
         M-2 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
         Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;

                  (c) to the Holders of the Class M-3 Certificates, the Class
         M-3 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
         Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and

                  (d) to the Holders of the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class
         M-4 Principal Distribution Amount until the Certificate Principal
         Balance thereof has been reduced to zero.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Distribution Date on which the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Subordinate Certificates has been
reduced to zero, the distributions in respect of principal on the Class A
Certificates shall be made concurrently to the holders of the Class A
Certificates, on a PRO RATA basis based on the Certificate Principal Balance of
each such Class, until the Certificate Principal Balance of each such Class has
been reduced to zero.

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                  (4) On each Distribution Date, the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow
shall be distributed as follows:

                  (i) to the Holders of the Class or Classes of Certificates
         then entitled to receive distributions in respect of principal, in an
         amount equal to the Overcollateralization Increase Amount, applied as
         part of the Principal Distribution Amount, to reduce the Certificate
         Principal Balance of such Certificates until the aggregate Certificate
         Principal Balance of such Certificates is reduced to zero;

                  (ii) sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and
         Class M-4 Certificates, in that order, in each case up to the Interest
         Carry Forward Amount related to each such Class of Certificates for
         such Distribution Date;

                  (iii) sequentially to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and
         Class M-4 Certificates, in that order, in each case up to the related
         Allocated Realized Loss Amount related to each such Class of
         Certificates for such Distribution Date;

                  (iv) to the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the amount
         required by Section 4.10(b), after taking into account amounts received
         under the Cap Contract;

                  (v) to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates the related
         Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and the
         Overcollateralization Reduction Amount for such Distribution Date; and

                  (vi) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, any remaining
         amounts; provided that if such Distribution Date is the Distribution
         Date immediately following the expiration of the latest Prepayment
         Charge term as identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule or any
         Distribution Date thereafter, then any such remaining amounts shall be
         distributed first, to the Holders of the Class P Certificates, until
         the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and
         second, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

                  (b) On each Distribution Date, after making the distributions
of the Available Funds as set forth above, the Trustee shall FIRST, withdraw
from the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account all net income from the
investment of funds in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account and distribute
such amount to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates, and SECOND, withdraw
from the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, to the extent of amounts
remaining on deposit therein, the amount of any Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount
for such Distribution Date and distribute such amount as follows:

         FIRST, to the Class A Certificates, the related Cap Amount for such
Distribution Date, up to a maximum amount equal to the related Net WAC Carryover
Amount;

         SECOND, sequentially, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class
M-4 Certificates, in that order, the related Cap Amount for such Distribution
Date, in each case up to a maximum amount equal to the related Net WAC Carryover
Amount;

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         THIRD, to the Class A Certificates, the related Net WAC Carryover
Amount remaining unpaid pursuant to clause FIRST above, up to a maximum amount
equal to the related Net WAC Carryover Amount; and

         FOURTH, sequentially, to the Class M-1, Class M-2, Class M-3 and Class
M-4 Certificates, in that order, the related Net WAC Carryover Amount remaining
unpaid pursuant to clause SECOND above.

                  On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw any
amounts then on deposit in the Distribution Account that represent Prepayment
Charges collected by the Master Servicer, Prepayment Charges payable by the
Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii)(A) and Master Servicer
Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts payable by the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 2.03(b)(ii)(B), subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), in each case to the
extent not related to Principal Prepayments occurring after the related
Prepayment Period, and the Trustee shall distribute such amounts to the Holders
of the Class P Certificates. Such distributions shall not be applied to reduce
the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class P Certificates.

                  Following the foregoing distributions, an amount equal to the
amount of Subsequent Recoveries deposited into the Collection Account pursuant
to Section 3.04 shall be applied to increase the Certificate Principal Balance
of the Class of Certificates with the Highest Priority up to the amount of such
Realized Losses previously allocated to that Class of Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.04. An amount equal to the amount of any remaining Subsequent
Recoveries shall be applied to increase the Certificate Principal Balance of the
Class of Certificates with the next Highest Priority, up to the amount of such
Realized Losses previously allocated to that Class of Certificates pursuant to
Section 4.04. Holders of such Certificates will not be entitled to any
distribution in respect of interest on the amount of such increases for any
Interest Accrual Period preceding the Distribution Date on which such increase
occurs. Any such increases shall be applied to the Certificate Principal Balance
of each Certificate of such Class in accordance with its respective Percentage
Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subsequent Recoveries shall not result
in an increase to the Certificate Principal Balance of any Class A Certificate
for which a Class A Certificate Deficiency Amount was paid and included an
Allocated Realized Loss Amount.

                  (c) All distributions made with respect to each Class of
Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated PRO RATA among the
outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage
Interests. Payments in respect of each Class of Certificates on each
Distribution Date shall be made to the Holders of the respective Class of record
on the related Record Date (except as otherwise provided in Section 4.01(e) or
Section 9.01 respecting the final distribution on such Class), based on the
aggregate Percentage Interest represented by their respective Certificates, and
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of
any such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities
therefor, if such Holder shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least
five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date, or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register. The final
distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon
presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Trustee
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12 or such other location
specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

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                  Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate
shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be
responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its
Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each
Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to
the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating
brokerage firm (a "brokerage firm" or "indirect participating firm") for which
it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds
to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the
Certificate Registrar, the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall have any
responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or
applicable law.

                  (d) The rights of the Certificateholders to receive
distributions in respect of the Certificates, and all interests of the
Certificateholders in such distributions, shall be as set forth in this
Agreement. Neither the Holders of any Class of Certificates nor the Trustee nor
the Master Servicer shall in any way be responsible or liable to the Holders of
any other Class of Certificates in respect of amounts properly previously
distributed on the Certificates.

                  (e) [reserved].

                  (f) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever the
Trustee expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of
Certificates shall be made on the next Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, no
later than five (5) days after the related Determination Date, mail to each
Holder on such date of such Class of Certificates and the Certificate Insurer a
notice to the effect that:

                  (i) the Trustee expects that the final distribution with
         respect to such Class of Certificates shall be made on such
         Distribution Date, but only upon presentation and surrender of such
         Certificates at the office of the Trustee therein specified or its
         agent, and

                  (ii) no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and
         after the end of the related Interest Accrual Period.

                  Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of
Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of
such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set
aside and held in trust by the Trustee and credited to the account of the
appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which
notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(e) shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such
notice, the Trustee shall mail a second notice to the remaining non- tendering
Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to
receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after
the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, the Trustee shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final
notice to remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of
their Certificates but shall continue to hold any remaining funds for the
benefit of non-tendering Certificateholders. The costs and expenses of
maintaining the funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall
be paid out of the assets remaining in such trust fund. If within one year after
the final notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for
cancellation, any amounts which were paid by the Certificate Insurer under the
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Insurer and the Trustee shall pay to the Representative all remaining amounts,
and all rights of non- tendering Certificateholders in or to such amounts shall
thereupon cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder
on any amount held in trust by the Trustee as a result of such
Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment
thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(e).

                  (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) in no
event shall the Certificate Principal Balance of a Class A Certificate or a
Mezzanine Certificate be reduced more than once in respect of any particular
amount both (a) allocated to such Certificate in respect of Realized Losses
pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b) distributed to the Holder of such Certificate
in reduction of the Certificate Principal Balance thereof pursuant to this
Section 4.01 from Net Monthly Excess Cashflow and (ii) in no event shall the
Uncertificated Balance of a REMIC I Regular Interest be reduced more than once
in respect of any particular amount both (a) allocated to such REMIC I Regular
Interest in respect of Realized Losses pursuant to Section 4.04 and (b)
distributed on such REMIC I Regular Interest in reduction of the Uncertificated
Balance thereof pursuant to this Section 4.01.

                  SECTION 4.02. Statements to Certificateholders.

                  On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall prepare and make
available to each Holder of the Regular Certificates, the Certificate Insurer
and the NIMS Insurer, a statement as to the distributions made on such
Distribution Date setting forth:

                  (i) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution
         Date to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable to
         principal, and the amount of distribution made on such Distribution
         Date to the Holders of the Class P Certificates allocable to Prepayment
         Charges or Master Servicer Prepayment Charge Payment Amounts;

                  (ii) the amount of the distribution made on such Distribution
         Date to the Holders of the Certificates of each Class allocable to
         interest;

                  (iii) the aggregate Servicing Fee received by the Master
         Servicer during the related Due Period and such other customary
         information as the Trustee deems necessary or desirable, or which a
         Certificateholder reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders to
         prepare their tax returns;

                  (iv) the aggregate amount of Advances for such Distribution
         Date;

                  (v) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
         Loans and any REO Properties as of the close of business on such
         Distribution Date;

                  (vi) the number, aggregate Stated Principal Balance, weighted
         average remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate
         of the Mortgage Loans as of the related Due Date;

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                  (vii) the number and aggregate unpaid Stated Principal Balance
         of Mortgage Loans (a) delinquent 30-59 days, (b) delinquent 60-89 days,
         (c) delinquent 90 or more days in each case, as of the last day of the
         preceding calendar month, (d) as to which foreclosure proceedings have
         been commenced and (e) with respect to which the related Mortgagor has
         filed for protection under applicable bankruptcy laws, with respect to
         whom bankruptcy proceedings are pending or with respect to whom
         bankruptcy protection is in force;

                  (viii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became an REO
         Property during the preceding calendar month, the loan number of such
         Mortgage Loan, the unpaid Stated Principal Balance and the Stated
         Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date it became an REO
         Property;

                  (ix) the book value and the Stated Principal Balance of any
         REO Property as of the close of business on the last Business Day of
         the calendar month preceding the Distribution Date;

                  (x) the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during
         the related Prepayment Period;

                  (xi) the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred during
         the related Prepayment Period (or, in the case of Bankruptcy Losses
         allocable to interest, during the related Due Period), separately
         identifying whether such Realized Losses constituted Bankruptcy Losses
         and the aggregate amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Closing
         Date and the aggregate amount of Subsequent Recoveries received during
         the related Due Period and the aggregate amount of Subsequent
         Recoveries received since the Closing Date;

                  (xii) the aggregate amount of Extraordinary Trust Fund
         Expenses withdrawn from the Collection Account or the Distribution
         Account for such Distribution Date;

                  (xiii) the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of each
         Class of Certificates, after giving effect to the distributions, and
         allocations of Realized Losses, made on such Distribution Date,
         separately identifying any reduction thereof due to allocations of
         Realized Losses;

                  (xiv) the Certificate Factor for each such Class of
         Certificates applicable to such Distribution Date;

                  (xv) the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of the Class
         A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
         Certificates for such Distribution Date and the Interest Carry Forward
         Amount, if any, with respect to the Class A Certificates and the
         Mezzanine Certificates on such Distribution Date, and in the case of
         the Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
         Certificates, separately identifying any reduction thereof due to
         allocations of Realized Losses, Prepayment Interest Shortfalls and
         Relief Act Interest Shortfalls;

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                  (xvi) the aggregate amount of any Prepayment Interest
         Shortfall for such Distribution Date, to the extent not covered by
         payments by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 4.03(e) or
         allocated to the Class CE Certificates;

                  (xvii) the aggregate amount of Relief Act Interest Shortfalls
         for such Distribution Date;

                  (xviii) the Overcollateralization Target Amount and the Credit
         Enhancement Percentage for such Distribution Date;

                  (xix) the Overcollateralization Increase Amount, if any, for
         such Distribution Date;

                  (xx) the Overcollateralization Reduction Amount, if any, for
         such Distribution Date;

                  (xxi) with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which
         foreclosure proceedings have been concluded, the loan number and unpaid
         Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the date of such
         conclusion of foreclosure proceedings;

                  (xxii) with respect to Mortgage Loans as to which a Final
         Liquidation has occurred, the number of Mortgage Loans, the unpaid
         Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans as of the date of such
         Final Liquidation and the amount of proceeds (including Liquidation
         Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds) collected in respect of such Mortgage
         Loans;

                  (xxiii) the respective Pass-Through Rates applicable to the
         Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates and the Class CE
         Certificates for such Distribution Date and the Pass-Through Rate
         applicable to the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates
         for the immediately succeeding Distribution Date;

                  (xxiv) the amount on deposit in the Net WAC Rate Carryover
         Reserve Account as of the Determination Date;

                  (xxv) whether a Trigger Event is in effect;

         (xxvi) the Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount for the Class A Certificates
and the Mezzanine Certificates, if any, for such Distribution Date and the
amount remaining unpaid after reimbursements therefor on such Distribution Date
and any amounts received under the Cap Contract;

         (xxvii) the Class A Certificate Deficiency Amount and the Policy
         Payment for such Distribution Date; and

         (xxviii) the amount of the Reimbursement Amount for such Distribution
         Date and the amount received by the Certificate Insurer in respect
         thereof on such Distribution Date.

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                  The Trustee shall make such statement (and, at its option, any
additional files containing the same information in an alternative format)
available each month to Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer, the NIMS
Insurer, the Master Servicer and the Rating Agencies via the Trustee's internet
website. The Trustee's internet website shall initially be located at
https://www.corporatetrust.db.com and assistance in using the website can be
obtained by calling the Trustee's investor relations desk at 1-800-735-7777.
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 investor
relations desk and indicating such. The Trustee shall have the right to change
the way such statements are distributed in order to make such distribution more
convenient and/or more accessible to the above parties and the Trustee shall
provide timely and adequate notification to all above parties regarding any such
changes.

                  In the case of information furnished pursuant to subclauses
(i) through (iii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount per
Single Certificate of the relevant Class.

                  Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall furnish to the Certificate Insurer, the NIMS
Insurer and each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Holder of
a Regular Certificate a statement containing the information set forth in
subclauses (i) through (iii) above, aggregated for such calendar year or
applicable portion thereof during which such person was a Certificateholder.
Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the
extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the
Trustee pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time are in
force.

                  Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each
calendar year, the Trustee shall furnish to the NIMS Insurer and each Person who
at any time during the calendar year was a Holder of a Residual Certificate a
statement setting forth the amount, if any, actually distributed with respect to
the Residual Certificates, as appropriate, aggregated for such calendar year or
applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Certificateholder.
Such obligation of the Trustee shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the
extent that substantially comparable information shall be prepared by the
Trustee and furnished to such Holders pursuant to the rules and regulations of
the Code as are in force from time to time.

                  The Trustee shall, upon request, furnish to each
Certificateholder, the Certificate Owner, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS
Insurer, during the term of this Agreement, such periodic, special, or other
reports or information, whether or not provided for herein, as shall be
reasonable with respect to the Certificateholder, or otherwise with respect to
the purposes of this Agreement, all such reports or information to be provided
at the expense of the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in accordance with
such reasonable and explicit instructions and directions as the
Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may provide. For purposes of this Section
4.02, the Trustee's duties are limited to the extent that the Trustee receives
timely reports as required from the Master Servicer.

                  On each Distribution Date the Trustee shall provide Bloomberg
Financial Markets, L.P. ("Bloomberg") CUSIP level factors for each Class of
Certificates as of such Distribution Date, using a format and media mutually
acceptable to the Trustee and Bloomberg.

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                  SECTION 4.03. Remittance Reports and Other Reports to the
                                Trustee; Advances; Payments in Respect of
                                Prepayment Interest Shortfalls.

                  (a) On the Master Servicer Reporting Date, the Master Servicer
shall deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer by
telecopy (or by such other means as the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the
Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer may agree from time to time) a
Remittance Report with respect to the related Distribution Date. Such Remittance
Report shall include (i) the amount of Advances to be made by the Master
Servicer in respect of the related Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of
Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Advances, and the aggregate
amount of Nonrecoverable Advances in respect of such Distribution Date and (ii)
such other information with respect to the Mortgage Loans as the Trustee may
reasonably require to perform the calculations necessary to make the
distributions contemplated by Section 4.01 and to prepare the statements to
Certificateholders contemplated by Section 4.02. The Trustee shall not be
responsible to recompute, recalculate or verify any information provided to it
by the Master Servicer.

                  Not later than fifteen days after each Distribution Date, the
Master Servicer shall forward to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate
Insurer and the Depositor a statement prepared by the Master Servicer setting
forth the status of the Collection Account as of the close of business on such
Distribution Date and showing, for the period covered by such statement, the
aggregate amount of deposits into and withdrawals from the Collection Account of
each category of deposit specified in Section 3.04(b) and each category of
withdrawal specified in Section 3.05. Such statement may be in the form of the
then current Fannie Mae Monthly Accounting Report for its Guaranteed Mortgage
Pass-Through Program with appropriate additions and changes, and shall also
include information as to the aggregate of the outstanding Stated Principal
Balances of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the last day of the calendar month
immediately preceding such Distribution Date. Copies of such statement shall be
provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder and to any Person identified to
the Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, upon request at the
expense of the requesting party, provided such statement is delivered by the
Master Servicer to the Trustee.

                  (b) The amount of Advances to be made by the Master Servicer
for any Distribution Date shall equal, subject to Section 4.03(d), the sum of
(i) the aggregate amount of Monthly Payments (with each interest portion thereof
net of the related Servicing Fee), due on the related Due Date in respect of the
Mortgage Loans, which Monthly Payments were delinquent as of the close of
business on the related Determination Date and (ii) with respect to each REO
Property, which REO Property was acquired during or prior to the related
Prepayment Period and as to which such REO Property an REO Disposition did not
occur during the related Prepayment Period, an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of the Monthly Payments (with each interest portion thereof net of the
related Servicing Fee) that would have been due on the related Due Date in
respect of the related Mortgage Loans, over the net income from such REO
Property transferred to the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.13 for
distribution on such Distribution Date.

                  On or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on the Master Servicer
Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall remit in immediately available funds
to the Trustee for deposit in the

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Distribution Account an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Advances, if
any, to be made in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the
related Distribution Date either (i) from its own funds or (ii) from the
Collection Account, to the extent of funds held therein for future distribution
(in which case, it shall cause to be made an appropriate entry in the records of
Collection Account that amounts held for future distribution have been, as
permitted by this Section 4.03, used by the Master Servicer in discharge of any
such Advance) or (iii) in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii)
aggregating the total amount of Advances to be made by the Master Servicer with
respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. Any amounts held for future
distribution used by the Master Servicer to make a Advance as permitted in the
preceding sentence or withdrawn by the Master Servicer as permitted in Section
3.05(a)(vii) in reimbursement of Advances previously made shall be appropriately
reflected in the Master Servicer's records and replaced by the Master Servicer
by deposit in the Collection Account on or before any future Master Servicer
Remittance Date to the extent that the Available Funds for the related
Distribution Date (determined without regard to Advances to be made on the
Master Servicer Remittance Date) shall be less than the total amount that would
be distributed to the Classes of Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01 on
such Distribution Date if such amounts held for future distributions had not
been so used to make Advances. The Trustee shall provide notice to the Master
Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer by telecopy by the close
of business on any Master Servicer Remittance Date in the event that the amount
remitted by the Master Servicer to the Trustee on such date is less than the
Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer for the related Distribution
Date.

                  (c) The obligation of the Master Servicer to make such
Advances is mandatory, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement but
subject to (d) below, and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property,
shall continue until a Final Recovery Determination in connection therewith or
the removal thereof from REMIC I pursuant to any applicable provision of this
Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section.

                  (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no
Advance or Servicing Advance shall be required to be made hereunder by the
Master Servicer if such Advance or Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute
a Nonrecoverable Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The determination
by the Master Servicer that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or a
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or that any proposed Advance or Servicing
Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance or Nonrecoverable
Servicing Advance, respectively, shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate
of the Master Servicer delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the
NIMS Insurer.

                  (e) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee for
deposit into the Distribution Account on or before 3:00 p.m. New York time on
the Master Servicer Remittance Date from its own funds an amount ("Compensating
Interest") equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate of the Prepayment Interest
Shortfalls for the related Distribution Date resulting solely from Principal
Prepayments during the related Prepayment Period and (ii) the amount of its
aggregate Servicing Fee for the most recently ended calendar month. The Master
Servicer shall not have the right to reimbursement for any amounts remitted to
the Trustee in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls. Such amounts so
remitted shall be included in the Available Funds and distributed therewith on
the next Distribution Date. The Master Servicer shall not be obligated to pay
any amounts with respect to Relief Act Interest Shortfalls.

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                  SECTION 4.04. Allocation of Realized Losses.

                  (a) On or before each Determination Date, the Master Servicer
shall determine as to each Mortgage Loan and REO Property: (i) the total amount
of Realized Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Final Recovery
Determinations made during the related Prepayment Period; (ii) whether and the
extent to which such Realized Losses constituted Bankruptcy Losses and (iii) the
respective portions of such Realized Losses allocable to interest and allocable
to principal. On or before each Determination Date, the Master Servicer shall
also determine as to each Mortgage Loan: (A) the total amount of Realized
Losses, if any, incurred in connection with any Deficient Valuations made during
the related Prepayment Period and (B) the total amount of Realized Losses, if
any, incurred in connection with Debt Service Reductions in respect of Monthly
Payments due during the related Due Period. The information described in the two
preceding sentences that is to be supplied by the Master Servicer shall be
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee and the
Certificate Insurer by the Master Servicer on the Master Servicer Reporting Date
immediately following the end of (x) in the case of Bankruptcy Losses allocable
to interest, the Due Period during which any such Realized Loss was incurred,
and (y) in the case of all other Realized Losses, the Prepayment Period during
which any such Realized Loss was incurred.

                  (b) All Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be
allocated by the Trustee on each Distribution Date as follows: first, to reduce
the Accrued Certificate Interest on the Class CE Certificates (after reduction
thereof for the interest shortfalls allocated thereto as provided in Section
1.02) on such Distribution Date; second, to the Class CE Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; third, to the
Class M-4 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance of such Class
has been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Class M-3 Certificates, until the
Certificate Principal Balances thereof has been reduced to zero; fifth, to the
Class M-2 Certificates, until the Certificate Principal Balance thereof has been
reduced to zero and sixth, to the Class M-1 Certificates, until the Certificate
Principal Balance thereof 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.

                  Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Mezzanine Certificate
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 Certificate shall be made by reducing the amount otherwise payable in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(4)(VI). No allocations of any
Realized Losses shall be made to the Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
A or Class P Certificates.

                  (c)(i) The Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans 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 Interest payable to the REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC
I Regular Interest I-LTZZ up to an aggregate amount equal to the REMIC II
Interest Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%, respectively; second, to the
Uncertificated Balances of the REMIC

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I Regular Interest I-LTAA and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ up to an aggregate
amount equal to the REMIC II Principal Loss Allocation Amount, 98% and 2%,
respectively; third, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM4 and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ,
98%, 1.00% and 1.00%, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I
Regular Interest I-LTM4 have been reduced to zero; fourth, to the Uncertificated
Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 and
REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ, 98%, 1.00%, and 1%, respectively, until the
Uncertificated Balance of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTM3 have been reduced to
zero; fifth, to the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA,
REMIC I Regular Interest II-LTM2, and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ, 98%, 1%
and 1%, respectively, respectively, until the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I
Regular Interest II-LTM2 have been reduced to zero; and sixth, to the
Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTAA, REMIC I Regular
Interest I-LTM1, and REMIC I Regular Interest I-LTZZ, 98%, 1% and 1%,
respectively, until the Uncertificated Balances of REMIC I Regular Interest
I-LTM1 have been reduced to zero.

                  (ii) [reserved].

                  SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Withholding Requirements.

                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting
payments to Certificateholders of interest or original issue discount that the
Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of
Certificateholders shall not be required for such withholding. In the event the
Trustee does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount
payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder pursuant to federal
withholding requirements, the Trustee shall indicate the amount withheld to such
Certificateholders.

                  SECTION 4.06. Commission Reporting.

                  (a) The Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor
in connection with the Trust's satisfying the reporting requirements under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Trustee
shall prepare on behalf of the Trust any Forms 8-K and 10-K customary for
similar securities as required by the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations
of the Commission thereunder, and the Depositor shall sign (or shall cause
another entity acceptable to the Commission to sign) and the Trustee shall file
(via the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System) such forms
on behalf of the Depositor (or such other entity). The Depositor hereby grants
to the Trustee a limited power of attorney to execute any Form 8-K and file each
such document on behalf of the Depositor. Such power of attorney shall continue
until 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.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor, and not the
Trustee, shall be responsible for executing each Form 10-K filed on behalf of
the Trust.

                  (b) Each Form 8-K shall be filed by the Trustee within 15 days
after each Distribution Date, with a copy of the statement to the
Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an exhibit thereto. Prior to
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Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission), the Trustee shall
file a Form 10- K, in substance as required by applicable law or applicable
Commission staff's interpretations. Such Form 10-K shall include as exhibits the
Master Servicer's annual statement of compliance described under Section 3.19
and the accountant's report described under Section 3.20, in each case to the
extent they have been timely delivered to the Trustee. If they are not so timely
delivered, the Trustee shall file an amended Form 10-K including such documents
as exhibits reasonably promptly after they are delivered to the Trustee. The
Trustee shall have no liability with respect to any failure to properly prepare
or file such periodic reports resulting from or relating to the Trustee's
inability or failure to obtain any information not resulting from its own
negligence or willful misconduct. The Form 10-K shall also include a
certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-1 (the "Certification"),
which shall be signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in charge of
securitization.

                  (c) In addition, the Trustee shall sign a certification (in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit J-2) for the benefit of the Depositor and
its officers, directors and Affiliates regarding certain aspects of items 1
through 3 of the Certification (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not
undertake an analysis of the accountant's report attached as an exhibit to the
Form 10-K). The Trustee's certification shall be delivered to the Depositor by
no later than March 18th of each year (or if such day is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day) and the Depositor shall deliver the
Certification to the Trustee for filing no later than March 20th of each year
(or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).

                  In addition, 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 4.06 or the
Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.
The Depositor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and its officers,
directors and Affiliates from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines,
forfeitures, reasonable and necessary legal fees and related costs, judgments
and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach of the
Depositor's obligations under this Section 4.06 or the Depositor's negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. If the indemnification
provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the
Depositor or the Trustee, as applicable, then the other party, in connection
with a breach of its respective obligations under this Section 4.06 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 party
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 of the Depositor
on the one hand and the Trustee on the other.

                  (d) Upon any filing with the Commission, the Trustee shall
promptly deliver to the Depositor a copy of any executed report, statement or
information.

                  (e) Prior to January 30 of the first year in which the Trustee
is able to do so under applicable law, the Trustee shall file a Form 15
Suspension Notification with respect to the Trust.

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                  (f) To the extent that, following the Closing Date, the
Depositor certifies that reports and certifications differing from those
required under this Section 4.06 comply with the reporting requirements under
the Exchange Act, the Trustee hereby agrees that it shall reasonably cooperate
to amend the provisions of this Section 4.06 (in accordance with Section 11.01)
in order to comply with such amended reporting requirements and such amendment
of this Section 4.06. Any such amendment may result in the reduction of the
reports filed by the Depositor under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment
pursuant to this Section that adversely affects its obligations and immunities
under this Agreement.

                  SECTION 4.07. [Reserved].

                  SECTION 4.08. [Reserved].

                  SECTION 4.09. [Reserved].

                  SECTION 4.10 Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account.

                  (a) No later than the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
establish and maintain with itself, as agent for the Trustee, a separate,
segregated trust account titled, "Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account,
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for the registered
holders of Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2004-W4." On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deposit, or cause to
be deposited, into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account $1,000. In
addition, the amount in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account shall include
any payments received by the Trustee under the Cap Contract and deposited into
the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account for the benefit of the Holders of the
Offered Certificates.

                  (b) On each Distribution Date as to which there is a Net WAC
Rate Carryover Amount payable to the Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine
Certificates, the Trustee has been directed by the Class CE Certificateholders
to, and therefore shall, deposit into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account
the amount of such Net WAC Rate Carryover Amount, rather than distributing such
amounts to the Class CE Certificateholders. On each such Distribution Date, the
Trustee shall hold all such amounts for the benefit of the Holders of the Class
A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates, and shall distribute such amounts
to the Holders of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates in the
amounts and priorities set forth in Section 4.01(b). If no Net WAC Rate
Carryover Amounts are payable on a Distribution Date, the Trustee shall deposit
into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account on behalf of the Class CE
Certificateholders, from amounts otherwise distributable to the Class CE
Certificateholders, an amount such that when added to other amounts already on
deposit in the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account, the aggregate amount on
deposit therein is equal to $1,000.

                  (c) For federal and state income tax purposes, the Class CE
Certificateholders shall be deemed to be the owners of the Net WAC Rate
Carryover Reserve Account and all amounts deposited into the Net WAC Rate
Carryover Reserve Account (other than the initial deposit therein of $1,000)
shall be treated as amounts distributed by REMIC II to the Holders of the Class
CE Interest and by REMIC III to the Holders of the Class CE Certificates. Upon
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Trust, or the payment in full of the Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine
Certificates, all amounts remaining on deposit in the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account shall be released by the Trust and distributed to the Class CE
Certificateholders or their designees. The Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve
Account shall be part of the Trust but not part of any REMIC and any payments to
the Holders of the Class A Certificates or the Mezzanine Certificates of Net WAC
Rate Carryover Amounts shall not be payments with respect to a "regular
interest" in a REMIC within the meaning of Code Section 860(G)(a)(1).

                  (d) By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder hereby agrees to direct the Trustee, and the Trustee hereby is
directed, to deposit into the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account the amounts
described above on each Distribution Date as to which there is any Net WAC Rate
Carryover Amount rather than distributing such amounts to the Class CE
Certificateholders. By accepting a Class CE Certificate, each Class CE
Certificateholder further agrees that such direction is given for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged by
such acceptance.

                  (e) At the written direction of the Holders of a majority in
Percentage Interest in the Class CE Certificates, the Trustee shall direct any
depository institution maintaining the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account to
invest the funds in such account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing
interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no
later than the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such funds
are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a
Person other than the Trustee or an Affiliate manages or advises such
investment, and (ii) no later than the date on which such funds are required to
be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the Trustee or an
Affiliate manages or advises such investment. If no investment direction of the
Holders of a majority in Percentage Interest in the Class CE Certificates with
respect to the Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account is received by the
Trustee, the Trustee shall invest the funds in the Deutsche Bank Institutional
Cash Management Fund 541 so long as it is a Permitted Investment. Interest
earned on such investment shall be deposited into the Net WAC Rate Carryover
Reserve Account.

                  (f) For federal tax return and information reporting, the
right of the Holders of the Mezzanine Certificates to receive payments from the
Net WAC Rate Carryover Reserve Account in respect of any Net Wac Rate Carryover
Amount may be obtained from the Trustee upon request. Such information will be
provided to the Trustee by the Underwriter on or prior to the Closing Date.

                  SECTION 4.11 The Certificate Insurance Policy.

         (a) The Trustee shall establish a separate non-interest bearing trust
account which shall be an Eligible Account for the benefit of Holders of the
Class A Certificates and the Certificate Insurer referred to herein as the
"Policy Payment Account" over which the Trustee shall have exclusive control and
sole right of withdrawal. The Trustee shall deposit upon receipt any amount paid
under the Certificate Insurance Policy in the Policy Payment Account and
distribute such amount only for purposes of payment to the Class A Certificates
of the Policy Payment for which a claim was made and such amount may not be
applied to satisfy any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Master Servicer,
the Trustee or the Trust Fund or to pay any other Class of Certificates. Amounts
paid under the Certificate Insurance Policy, to the extent needed to pay any
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Certificate Deficiency Amount, shall be transferred to the Distribution Account
on the related Distribution Date, and the portion thereof representing the Class
A Certificate Deficiency Amount shall be disbursed by the Trustee to the Class A
Certificateholders, in each case as if it were a distribution to the Holders of
such Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01. It shall not be necessary for such
payments to be made by checks or wire transfers separate from the checks or wire
transfers used to pay other distributions to the Class A Certificateholders, as
applicable, with other funds available to make such payment. However, the amount
of any payment of principal or of interest on the Class A Certificates to be
paid from funds transferred from the Policy Payment Account shall be noted as
provided in paragraph (d) below and in the statement to be furnished to Holders
of such Class of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02. Funds held in the Policy
Payment Account shall not be invested. Any funds remaining in the Policy Payment
Account on the first Business Day following a Distribution Date shall be
returned to the Certificate Insurer pursuant to the written instructions of the
Certificate Insurer by the end of such Business Day.

         (b) If the Trustee has determined that a Class A Certificate Deficiency
Amount is required to be paid under the Certificate Insurance Policy with
respect to such Distribution Date, it shall deliver a Notice of Claim (in the
form attached as EXHIBIT A to the Certificate Insurance Policy) to the
Certificate Insurer no later than noon, New York, New York time on the second
Business Day preceding such Distribution Date and shall provide a copy thereof
to the Master Servicer at or prior to the time such Notice of Claim is received
by the Certificate Insurer. The Notice of Claim shall constitute a claim
therefor pursuant to the Certificate Insurance Policy.

         (c) If the Trustee receives a certified copy of an order of the
appropriate court (an "Order") that any prior distribution made on the Insured
Certificates constitutes an Avoided Payment, the Trustee shall so notify the
Certificate Insurer, shall comply with the provisions of the Certificate
Insurance Policy to obtain payment by the Certificate Insurer of such Avoided
Payment and shall, at the time it provides notice to the Certificate Insurer,
notify each holder of the affected Insured Certificates by mail that (i) subject
to the terms of the Certificate Insurance Policy, the Certificate Insurer will
disburse the Avoided Payment directly to the receiver, conservator, debtor-in-
possession or trustee in bankruptcy named in the Order on the fourth Business
Day following such Certificateholder's making timely delivery to the Trustee of
(a) a certificate of such Certificateholder that such Order has been entered and
is not subject to any stay, (b) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the
Certificate Insurer that such Order is final and is not subject to appeal and
(c) an assignment duly executed and delivered by such Certificateholder, in such
from as is reasonably required by the Certificate Insurer and provided to such
Certificateholder by the Certificate Insurer, irrevocably assigning to the
Certificate Insurer all rights and claims of such Certificateholder relating to
or arising under the affected Insured Certificates against the debtor that made
a payment of such Avoided Payment, or otherwise with respect to such payment,
provided that if such documents are received after 10:00 a.m., New York time, on
such Business Day, they will be deemed to be received on the following Business
Day, and (ii) if any such Avoided Payment is recovered from such
Certificateholder pursuant to such Order, such Certificateholder will be
entitled to payment pursuant to the Certificate Insurance Policy. A copy of the
Certificate Insurance Policy shall be made available to each affected
Certificateholder through the Trustee, and the Trustee shall furnish to the
Certificate Insurer or its fiscal agent, if any, a copy of its records
evidencing the payments that have been made by the Trustee and subsequently
recovered from Certificateholders and the dates on which such payments were
made.

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         (d) The Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of the amount
of interest and principal paid in respect of any Class A Certificates from
moneys received under the Certificate Insurance Policy. The Certificate Insurer
shall have the right to inspect such records at reasonable times during normal
business hours upon two Business Day's prior notice to the Trustee.

         (e) The Holders of the Insured Certificates are not entitled to
institute proceedings directly against the Certificate Insurer. Each Holder of
the Insured Certificates, by its purchase of Insured Certificates hereby agrees
that the Certificate Insurer may at any time during the continuation of any
proceeding relating to an Avoided Payment, direct all matters relating to such
Avoided Payment on their behalf, including, without limitation, the direction of
any appeal of any order relating to such preference claim and the posting of any
surety, supersedeas or performance bond pending any such appeal.

         (f) Any payments to the Certificate Insurer shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the following Federal Reserve Account
(unless and until the Certificate Insurer notifies the Trustee of a change in
such account information in wriring):

         Fleet Bank, N.A.
         777 Main Street
         Hartford, CT 06115-2001
         ABA Number: 011900571
         For the Account of: XL Capital Assurance Inc.
         1221 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor
         New York, NY 10020-1001
         Account #: 942-783-5841
         Reference: Policy Number CA00867A-ARSI 2004-W4

         (g) The Trustee shall, upon retirement of the Class A Certificates,
furnish to the Certificate Insurer a notice of such retirement, and, after
retirement of the Class A Certificates and the expiration of the term of the
Certificate Insurance Policy, surrender the Certificate Insurance Policy to the
Certificate Insurer for cancellation.

         (h) The Trustee shall hold the Certificate Insurance Policy in trust as
agent for the Holders of the Class A Certificates for the purpose of making
claims thereon and distributing the proceeds thereof. Neither the Certificate
Insurance Policy nor the amounts paid on the Certificate Insurance Policy shall
constitute part of the Trust Fund created by this Agreement. Each Holder of
Class A Certificates, by accepting its Class A Certificates, appoints the
Trustee as attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making claims on the Certificate
Insurance Policy.

                  SECTION 4.12 Effect of Payments by the Certificate Insurer;
                               Subrogation.

         Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment with
respect to principal of or interest on the Class A Certificates which is made
with moneys received pursuant to the terms of the Certificate Insurance Policy
shall not be considered payment of the Class A Certificates from the Trust Fund.
The Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acknowledge, and each Holder
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its acceptance of a Class A Certificate agrees, that without the need for any
further action on the part of the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor, the Master
Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar (a) to the extent the
Certificate Insurer makes payments, directly or indirectly, on account of
principal of or interest on the Class A Certificates to the Holders of such
Class of Certificates, the Certificate Insurer shall be fully subrogated to, and
each such Certificateholder, the Master Servicer and the Trustee hereby delegate
and assign to the Certificate Insurer, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
the rights of such Holders to receive such principal and interest (in the manner
set forth in the Insurance Agreement) from the Trust Fund, and (b) the
Certificate Insurer shall be paid such amounts from the sources and in the
manner provided herein for the payment of such amounts and as provided in this
Agreement until full reimbursement of all Insured Payments (together with
interest thereon at the Late Payment Rate from the date paid by the Certificate
Insurer until the date of reimbursement thereof). 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 without limiting the rights or
affecting the interests of the Holders of the Insured Certificates as otherwise
set forth herein.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                                THE CERTIFICATES

                  SECTION 5.01. The Certificates.

                  (a) The Certificates in the aggregate shall represent the
entire beneficial ownership interest in the Mortgage Loans and all other assets
included in REMIC I. At the Closing Date, the aggregate Certificate Principal
Balance of the Certificates shall equal the aggregate Stated Principal Balance
of the Mortgage Loans.

                  The Certificates shall be substantially in the forms annexed
hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-9. The Certificates of each Class shall be
issuable in registered form only, in denominations of authorized Percentage
Interests as described in the definition thereof. Each Certificate shall share
ratably in all rights of the related Class.

                  Upon original issue, the Certificates shall be executed and
delivered by the Trustee and the Trustee shall cause the Certificates to be
authenticated by the Certificate Registrar to or upon the order of the
Depositor. The Certificates shall be executed and attested by manual or
facsimile signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized signatory.
Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were
at any time the proper officers of the Trustee shall bind the Trustee
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be
entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid for any purpose, unless
there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided herein executed by the Certificate Registrar by manual
signature, and such certificate of authentication shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their
authentication.

                  (b) The Class A Certificates and the Mezzanine Certificates
shall initially be issued as one or more Certificates held by the Book-Entry
Custodian or, if appointed to hold such Certificates as provided below, the
Depository and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and,
except as provided below, registration of such Certificates may not be
transferred by the Trustee except to another Depository that agrees to hold such
Certificates for the respective Certificate Owners with Ownership Interests
therein. The Certificate Owners shall hold their respective Ownership Interests
in and to such Certificates through the book-entry facilities of the Depository
and, except as provided below, shall not be entitled to definitive, fully
registered Certificates ("Definitive Certificates") in respect of such Ownership
Interests. All transfers by Certificate Owners of their respective Ownership
Interests in the Book-Entry Certificates shall be made in accordance with the
procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm
representing such Certificate Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only
transfer the Ownership Interests in the 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. The Trustee is hereby
initially appointed as the Book-Entry Custodian and hereby agrees to act as such
in accordance herewith and in accordance with the agreement that it has with the
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as such. The Book-Entry Custodian may, and if it is no longer qualified to act
as such, the Book- Entry Custodian shall, appoint, by a written instrument
delivered to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee (if the Trustee is
not the Book-Entry Custodian) and any other transfer agent (including the
Depository or any successor Depository) to act as Book-Entry Custodian under
such conditions as the predecessor Book-Entry Custodian and the Depository or
any successor Depository may prescribe, provided that the predecessor Book-Entry
Custodian shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities by
reason of any such appointment of other than the Depository. If the Trustee
resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, if it so elects, the
Depository shall immediately succeed to its predecessor's duties as Book-Entry
Custodian. The Depositor shall have the right to inspect, and to obtain copies
of, any Certificates held as Book-Entry Certificates by the Book-Entry
Custodian.

                  The Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor may for all
purposes (including the making of payments due on the Book-Entry Certificates)
deal with the Depository as the authorized representative of the Certificate
Owners with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates for the purposes of
exercising the rights of Certificateholders hereunder. The rights of Certificate
Owners with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Certificate Owners and the
Depository Participants and brokerage firms representing such Certificate
Owners. Multiple requests and directions from, and votes of, the Depository as
Holder of the Book-Entry Certificates with respect to any particular matter
shall not be deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to different
Certificate Owners. The Trustee may establish a reasonable record date in
connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by Certificateholders
and shall give notice to the Depository of such record date.

                  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, (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the Trustee in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depository
or (iii) after the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of Default, Certificate
Owners representing in the aggregate not less than 51% of the Ownership
Interests of the Book-Entry Certificates advise the Trustee through the
Depository, in writing, that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Depository is no longer in the best interests of the Certificate Owners, the
Trustee shall notify all Certificate Owners, through the Depository, of the
occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Certificates
to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Trustee of the
Book- Entry Certificates by the Book-Entry Custodian or the Depository, as
applicable, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for
registration of transfer, the Trustee shall issue the Definitive Certificates.
Such Definitive Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $25,000
($50,000 in the case of the Class M-4 Certificates), except that any beneficial
ownership that was represented by a Book-Entry Certificate in an amount less
than $25,000 immediately prior to the issuance of a Definitive Certificate shall
be issued in a minimum denomination equal to the amount represented by such
Book-Entry Certificate. None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in the delivery of such instructions and
may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Certificates all references herein
to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Depository shall be deemed
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respect to such Definitive Certificates, and the Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.

                  SECTION 5.02. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of
                                Certificates.

                  (a) The Trustee shall cause to be kept at one of the offices
or agencies to be appointed by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.12 a Certificate Register for the Certificates 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. The Trustee shall initially serve as Certificate Registrar
for the purpose of registering Certificates and transfers and exchanges of
Certificates as herein provided. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by a
written instrument delivered to the Master Servicer and the Depositor, any other
bank or trust company to act as Certificate Registrar under such conditions as
the predecessor Certificate Registrar may prescribe, provided that the
predecessor Certificate Registrar shall not be relieved of any of its duties or
responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Trustee shall
at any time not be the Certificate Registrar, the Trustee shall have and
maintain the right to inspect the Certificate Register or to obtain a copy
thereof at all reasonable times, and to rely conclusively upon a certificate of
the Certificate Registrar as to the information set forth in the Certificate
Register.

                  (b) No transfer of any Class M-4 Certificates, Class CE
Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate shall be made unless
that 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 a Class M-4 Certificates, Class CE
Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate is to be made without
registration or qualification (other than in connection with the initial
transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of the
Depositor), the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar shall each require receipt
of: (i) if such transfer is purportedly being made in reliance upon Rule 144A
under the 1933 Act, written certifications from the Certificateholder desiring
to effect the transfer and from such Certificateholder's prospective transferee,
substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit F-1; and (ii) in all other
cases, an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to it that such transfer may be made
without such registration (which Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of
the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, in its capacity as such, or the
Trust Fund), together with copies of the written certification(s) of the
Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer and/or such
Certificateholder's prospective transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is
based, if any. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or the Trustee
is obligated to register or qualify the Class M-4 Certificates, the Class CE
Certificates, the Class P Certificates or the Residual Certificates under the
1933 Act or any other securities laws or to take any action not otherwise
required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of such Certificates
without registration or qualification. If a transfer of an Ownership Interest in
the Class M-4 Certificates is to be made without registration under the 1933 Act
(other than in connection with the initial issuance thereof or a transfer
thereof by the Depositor or one of its Affiliates), then the Certificate
Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and upon
receipt, may conclusively rely upon) a certificate from the Certificateholder
desiring to effect such transfer and a certificate from such Certificateholder's
prospective transferee (which in the case of the Book-Entry Certificates, the
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the Certificateholder's prospective transferee will be deemed to have
represented such certification), to the effect that, among other things, the
transfer is being made to a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144A. Any
Certificateholder desiring to effect the transfer of a Class M-4 Certificate,
Class CE Certificate, a Class P Certificate or a Residual Certificate shall, and
does hereby agree to, indemnify the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar 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.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no certification or Opinion of
Counsel described in this Section 5.02(b) shall be required in connection with
the transfer, on the Closing Date, of any Class R Certificate by the Depositor
to an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(d) of the 1933 Act.

                  (c) No transfer of a Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate
or Residual Certificate or any interest therein shall be made to any Plan
subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or
indirectly, on behalf of any such Plan or any Person acquiring such Certificates
with "Plan Assets" of a Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor
regulation promulgated at 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101 ("Plan Assets"), as certified
by such transferee in the form of Exhibit G, unless the Trustee is provided with
an Opinion of Counsel for the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the Trust Fund and the Master Servicer and on
which they may rely, to the effect that the purchase and holding of such
Certificates is permissible under applicable law, shall not constitute or result
in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
and shall not subject the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund to any obligation or
liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code) in addition to those undertaken in this Agreement, which Opinion of
Counsel shall not be an expense of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the Trustee or the Trust Fund. Neither an
Opinion of Counsel nor any certification shall be required in connection with
the initial transfer of any such Certificate by the Depositor to an affiliate of
the Depositor (in which case, the Depositor or any affiliate thereof shall have
deemed to have represented that such affiliate is not a Plan or a Person
investing Plan Assets) and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely
upon a representation (which, upon the request of the Trustee, shall be a
written representation) from the Depositor of the status of such transferee as
an affiliate of the Depositor.

                  Each beneficial owner of a Mezzanine Certificates (other than
the Class M-4 Certificates) 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 acting, directly or
indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or with Plan Assets, (ii) it has acquired and is
holding such Mezzanine Certificates (other than the Class M-4 Certificates) in
reliance on the Underwriters' Exemption, and that it understands that there are
certain conditions to the availability of the Underwriters' Exemption, including
that the Mezzanine Certificates (other than the Class M-4 Certificates) must be
rated, at the time of purchase, not lower than "BBB-" (or its equivalent) by
Moody's, Fitch or S&P 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 PTCE 95-60, and
(3) the conditions in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied.

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                  Each beneficial owner of a Class M-4 Certificate or any
interest therein shall be deemed to have represented, by virtue of its
acquisition or holding of the Certificate or interest therein, that either (i)
it is not a Plan or acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of a Plan or with
Plan Assets or (ii) (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 PTCE 95-60, and (3) the conditions
in Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 have been satisfied.

                  If any Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate, Residual
Certificate or Mezzanine Certificate or any interest therein is acquired or held
in violation of the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the next
preceding permitted beneficial owner shall be treated as the beneficial owner of
that Certificate retroactive to the date of transfer to the purported beneficial
owner. Any purported beneficial owner whose acquisition or holding of any such
Certificate or interest therein was effected in violation of the provisions of
the preceding two paragraphs shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and
the Trust Fund from and against any and all liabilities, claims, costs or
expenses incurred by those parties as a result of that acquisition or holding.

                  (d)(i) Each Person who has or who acquires any Ownership
Interest in a Residual Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or
acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the
following provisions and to have irrevocably authorized the Certificate
Registrar or its designee under clause (iii)(A) below to deliver payments to a
Person other than such Person and to negotiate the terms of any mandatory sale
under clause (iii)(B) below and to execute all instruments of Transfer and to do
all other things necessary in connection with any such sale. The rights of each
Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate are expressly
subject to the following provisions:

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

                  (B) In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership
         Interest in a Residual Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall
         require delivery to it and shall not register the Transfer of any
         Residual Certificate until its receipt of an affidavit and agreement (a
         "Transfer Affidavit and Agreement"), in the form attached hereto as
         Exhibit F-2 from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance
         satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, representing and warranting,
         among other things, that such Transferee is a Permitted Transferee,
         that it is not acquiring its Ownership Interest in the Residual
         Certificate that is the subject of the proposed Transfer as a nominee,
         trustee or agent for any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee,
         that for so long as it retains its Ownership Interest in a Residual
         Certificate, it shall endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee, and
         that it has reviewed the provisions of this Section 5.02(d) and agrees
         to be bound by them.

                  (C) Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transfer Affidavit and
         Agreement by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if a
         Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar who is assigned to
         this transaction has actual knowledge that the proposed

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         Transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer of an Ownership
         Interest in a Residual Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be
         effected.

                  (D) Each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in
         a Residual Certificate shall agree (x) to require a Transfer Affidavit
         and Agreement from any other Person to whom such Person attempts to
         transfer its Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate and (y) not
         to transfer its Ownership Interest unless it provides a Transferor
         Affidavit (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2), to the
         Certificate Registrar stating that, among other things, it has no
         actual knowledge that such other Person is not a Permitted Transferee.

                  (E) Each Person holding or acquiring an Ownership Interest in
         a Residual Certificate, by purchasing an Ownership Interest in such
         Certificate, agrees to give the Certificate Registrar written notice
         that it is a "pass-through interest holder" within the meaning of
         temporary Treasury regulation Section 1.67-3T(a)(2)(i)(A) immediately
         upon acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate, if it
         is, or is holding an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate on
         behalf of, a "pass-through interest holder."

                  (ii) The Certificate Registrar shall register the Transfer of
any Residual Certificate only if it shall have received the Transfer Affidavit
and Agreement and all of such other documents as shall have been reasonably
required by the Certificate Registrar as a condition to such registration. In
addition, no Transfer of a Residual Certificate shall be made unless the
Certificate Registrar shall have received a representation letter from the
Transferee of such Certificate to the effect that such Transferee is a Permitted
Transferee.

                  (iii)(A) If any purported Transferee shall become a Holder of
a Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 5.02(d),
then the last preceding Permitted Transferee shall be restored, to the extent
permitted by law, to all rights as holder thereof retroactive to the date of
registration of such Transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Certificate
Registrar shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of
Transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section
5.02(d) or for making any payments due on such Certificate to the holder thereof
or for taking any other action with respect to such holder under the provisions
of this Agreement.

                  (B) If any purported Transferee shall become a holder of a
         Residual Certificate in violation of the restrictions in this Section
         5.02(d) and to the extent that the retroactive restoration of the
         rights of the holder of such Residual Certificate as described in
         clause (iii)(A) above shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then
         the Certificate Registrar shall have the right, without notice to the
         holder or any prior holder of such Residual Certificate, to sell such
         Residual Certificate to a purchaser selected by the Certificate
         Registrar on such terms as the Certificate Registrar may choose. Such
         purported Transferee shall promptly endorse and deliver each Residual
         Certificate in accordance with the instructions of the Certificate
         Registrar. Such purchaser may be the Certificate Registrar itself or
         any Affiliate of the Certificate Registrar. The proceeds of such sale,
         net of the commissions (which may include commissions payable to the
         Certificate Registrar or its Affiliates), expenses and taxes due, if
         any, shall be remitted by the Certificate Registrar to such purported
         Transferee. The

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         terms and conditions of any sale under this clause (iii)(B) shall be
         determined in the sole discretion of the Certificate Registrar, and the
         Certificate Registrar shall not be liable to any Person having an
         Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate as a result of its
         exercise of such discretion.

                  (iv) The Trustee shall make available to the Internal Revenue
Service and those Persons specified by the REMIC Provisions all information
necessary to compute any tax imposed (A) as a result of the Transfer of an
Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified
Organization, including the information described in Treasury regulations
sections 1.860D-1(b)(5) and 1.860E-2(a)(5) with respect to the "excess
inclusions" of such Residual Certificate and (B) as a result of any regulated
investment company, real estate investment trust, common trust fund,
partnership, trust, estate or organization described in Section 1381 of the Code
that holds an Ownership Interest in a Residual Certificate having as among its
record holders at any time any Person which is a Disqualified Organization.
Reasonable compensation for providing such information may be accepted by the
Trustee.

                  (v) The provisions of this Section 5.02(d) set forth prior to
this subsection (v) may be modified, added to or eliminated, provided that there
shall have been delivered to the Trustee at the expense of the party seeking to
modify, add to or eliminate any such provision the following:

                  (A) written notification from each Rating Agency to the effect
         that the modification, addition to or elimination of such provisions
         shall not cause such Rating Agency to downgrade its then-current
         ratings of any Class of Certificates; and

                  (B) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory
         to the Trustee, to the effect that such modification of, addition to or
         elimination of such provisions shall not cause any Trust REMIC to cease
         to qualify as a REMIC and shall not cause any Trust REMIC, as the case
         may be, to be subject to an entity-level tax caused by the Transfer of
         any Residual Certificate to a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee
         or (y) a Person other than the prospective transferee to be subject to
         a REMIC-tax caused by the Transfer of a Residual Certificate to a
         Person that is not a Permitted Transferee.

                  The Trustee shall forward to the NIMS Insurer and the
Certificate Insurer a copy of the items delivered to it pursuant to (A) and (B)
above.

                  (e) Subject to the preceding subsections, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Certificate at any office or agency of the
Trustee maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12, the Trustee shall
execute and the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated Transferee or Transferees, one or more new Certificates
of the same Class of a like aggregate Percentage Interest.

                  (f) At the option of the Holder thereof, any Certificate may
be exchanged for other Certificates of the same Class with authorized
denominations and a like aggregate Percentage Interest, upon surrender of such
Certificate to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Trustee maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 8.12. Whenever any Certificates are so
surrendered for exchange the Trustee, shall execute and cause the Certificate
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the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Every Certificate presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange
shall (if so required by the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. In addition, (i) with respect to each Class R
Certificate, the Holder thereof may exchange, in the manner described above, the
Class R Certificate for two separate Certificates, each representing such
Holder's respective Percentage Interest in the Class R-I Interest and the Class
R-II Interest, respectively, in each case that was evidenced by the Class R
Certificate being exchanged and (ii) with respect to each Class R-X Certificate,
the holder thereof may exchange, in the manner described above, such Class R-X
Certificate for two separate certificates, each representing such holder's
respective Percentage Interest in the Class R-III Interest and the Class R- IV
Interest, respectively, in each case that was evidenced by the Class R-X
Certificate being exchanged.

                  (g) No service charge to the Certificateholders 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.

                  (h) All Certificates surrendered for transfer and exchange
shall be canceled and destroyed by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with
its customary procedures.

                  (i) The Trustee shall cause the Certificate Registrar (unless
the Trustee is acting as Certificate Registrar) to provide notice to the Trustee
of each transfer of a Certificate and to provide the Trustee with an updated
copy of the Certificate Register on the first Business Day in March and August
of each year, commencing in August 2004.

                  (j) Any attempted or purported transfer of any Certificate in
violation of the provisions of Section 5.02(c) hereof shall be void ab initio
and such Certificate shall be considered to have been held continuously by the
prior permitted Holder.

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

                  If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar, or the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer and the Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of
actual knowledge by the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar that such
Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser or the Trustee shall
execute and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same Class and
of like denomination and Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section, 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
Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of
ownership in the applicable REMIC created

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hereunder, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.

                  SECTION 5.04. Persons Deemed Owners.

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of any
of them 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 4.01 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Depositor,
the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the NIMS Insurer,
the Certificate Insurer or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.

                  SECTION 5.05. Certain Available Information.

                  On or prior to the date of the first sale of any Class M-4
Certificates, Class CE Certificate, Class P Certificate or Residual Certificate
to an Independent third party, the Depositor shall provide to the Trustee ten
copies of any private placement memorandum or other disclosure document used by
the Depositor in connection with the offer and sale of the Class M-4
Certificates, Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates or the Residual
Certificates. In addition, if any such private placement memorandum or
disclosure document is revised, amended or supplemented at any time following
the delivery thereof to the Trustee, the Depositor promptly shall inform the
Trustee of such event and shall deliver to the Trustee ten copies of the private
placement memorandum or disclosure document, as revised, amended or
supplemented. The Trustee shall maintain at its Corporate Trust Office and shall
make available free of charge during normal business hours for review by any
Holder of a Certificate, Certificate Owner or any Person identified to the
Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Certificate, originals or copies of the
following items: (i) in the case of a Holder, Certificate Owner or prospective
transferee of a Class M-4 Certificate, a Class CE Certificate, a Class P
Certificate or a Residual Certificate, the private placement memorandum or other
disclosure document relating to such Certificates, if any, in the form most
recently provided to the Trustee; and (ii) in all cases, (A) this Agreement and
any amendments hereof entered into pursuant to Section 11.01, (B) all monthly
statements required to be delivered to Certificateholders of the relevant Class
pursuant to Section 4.02 since the Closing Date, and all other notices, reports,
statements and written communications delivered to the Certificateholders of the
relevant Class pursuant to this Agreement since the Closing Date, (C) all
certifications delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee since the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.01(h), (D) any and all Officers'
Certificates delivered to the Trustee by the Master Servicer since the Closing
Date to evidence the Master Servicer's determination that any Advance or
Servicing Advance was, or if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance or
Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, respectively, and (E) any and all Officers'
Certificates delivered to the Trustee by the Master Servicer since the Closing
Date pursuant to Section 4.04(a). Copies and mailing of any and all of the
foregoing items shall be available from the Trustee upon request at the expense
of the person requesting the same.

                  SECTION 5.06 Rights of the Certificate Insurer to Exercise
                               Rights of Class A Certificateholders.

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         (a) By accepting its Certificate, each Class A Certificateholder agrees
that, unless a Certificate Insurer Default exists, the Certificate Insurer shall
be deemed to be the Class A Certificateholders for all purposes (other than with
respect to the receipt of payment on such Classes of Certificates except
payments with respect to which the Certificate Insurer has subrogation rights as
set forth herein) and shall have the right to exercise all rights of such
Certificateholders under this Agreement and under the Class A Certificates
without any further consent of such Certificateholders.

         (b) All notices, statement reports, certificates or opinions required
by this Agreement to be sent to any Class A Certificateholder shall also be sent
to the Certificate Insurer.

         (c) (x) On the Distribution Date immediately after the expiration of
the Term of the Certificate Insurance Policy (as such term is defined in the
Certificate Insurance Policy) or (y) during the occurrence of a Certificate
Insurer Default (until such time as it has been cured), the rights, consents and
notifications granted to the Certificate Insurer in this Agreement shall be
extinguished.

                  SECTION 5.07 Certificate Insurer Default.

                  Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Agreement or in the
Certificates to the contrary, if (i) a Certificate Insurer Default exists and is
continuing or (ii) if and to the extent the Certificate Insurer has delivered
its written renunciation of all of its rights under this Agreement, all
provisions of this Agreement which (a) permit the Certificate Insurer to
exercise rights of the Class A Certificateholders, (b) restrict the ability of
the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer or the Trustee to act without the
consent or approval of the Certificate Insurer, (c) provide that a particular
act or thing must be acceptable to the Certificate Insurer, (d) permit the
Certificate Insurer to direct (or otherwise to require) the actions of the
Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Certificateholders, (e) provide that any
action or omission taken with the consent, approval or authorization of the
Certificate Insurer shall be authorized hereunder or shall not subject the party
taking or omitting to take such action to any liability hereunder or (f) have a
similar effect, shall be of no further force and effect and the Trustee shall
administer the Trust Fund and perform its obligations hereunder solely for the
benefit of the Holders of the Certificates. Nothing in the foregoing sentence,
nor any action taken pursuant thereto or in compliance therewith, shall be
deemed (x) to have released the Certificate Insurer from any obligation or
liability it may have to any party or to the Class A Certificateholders
hereunder, under any other agreement, instrument or document (including, without
limitation, the Certificate Insurance Policy) or under applicable law or (y) to
have terminated (1) the Certificate Insurer's right to receive Reimbursement
Amounts under this Agreement or the Insurance Agreement, (2) the Certificate
Insurer's right to receive reports and distributions as described in this
Agreement or (3) the requirement that the Certificate Insurer approve any
amendments to this Agreement that would adversely affect the aforementioned
rights. At such time as the Class A Certificates are no longer outstanding
hereunder, and no amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer hereunder with respect
to such Class of Certificates remain unpaid, the Certificate Insurer's rights
hereunder with respect to such Class of Certificates shall terminate.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                      THE DEPOSITOR AND THE MASTER SERVICER

                  SECTION 6.01. Liability of the Depositor and the Master
                                Servicer.

                  The Depositor and the Master Servicer each shall be liable in
accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed
by this Agreement and undertaken hereunder by the Depositor and the Master
Servicer herein.

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

                  Subject to the following paragraph, the Depositor shall keep
in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Subject to the following
paragraph, the Master Servicer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights
and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and its qualification as an approved conventional seller/servicer
for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in good standing. The Depositor and the Master
Servicer each shall 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 respective duties
under this Agreement.

                  The Depositor or the Master Servicer may be merged or
consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of
its assets to any Person, in which case any Person 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, as the case may
be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding; provided, however, that the successor or surviving Person to
the Master Servicer shall be qualified to service mortgage loans on behalf of
Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac; and provided further that the Rating Agencies'
ratings of the Class A Certificates (without regard to the Certificate Insurance
Policy) and the Mezzanine Certificates in effect immediately prior to such
merger or consolidation shall not be qualified, reduced or withdrawn as a result
thereof (as evidenced by a letter to such effect from the Rating Agencies).

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

                  None of the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate
Insurer, the Master Servicer or any of the directors, officers, employees or
agents of the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall be under any liability to
the Trust Fund or the Certificateholders for any action taken or for refraining
from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for
errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the
Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the Master Servicer or any
such person against any breach of warranties, representations or covenants made
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Servicer pursuant hereto, or against any liability which would otherwise be
imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the
performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and
duties hereunder. The Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the
Master Servicer or the Trustee and any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the Master Servicer or
the Trustee may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, PRIMA
FACIE, is properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters
arising hereunder.

                  The Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the
Master Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Depositor,
the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the Master Servicer shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund against any loss, liability or
expense incurred in connection with any legal action relating to this Agreement
or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense relating to any
specific Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans (except as any such loss, liability or
expense shall be otherwise reimbursable pursuant to this Agreement) or any loss,
liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or
negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless
disregard of obligations and duties hereunder. Neither the Depositor, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer nor the Master Servicer shall be under any
obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action unless such action
is related to its respective duties under this Agreement and, in its opinion,
does not involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that each of
the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Master Servicer
may in its discretion 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, unless the Depositor or the Master Servicer acts without the consent of
the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights (which
consent shall not be necessary in the case of litigation or other legal action
by either to enforce their respective rights or defend themselves hereunder),
the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting
therefrom (except any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or
by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties hereunder) shall be
expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund, and the Depositor, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be
reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account as and to the extent provided in
Section 3.05, any such right of reimbursement being prior to the rights of the
Certificateholders to receive any amount in the Collection Account.

                  SECTION 6.04. Limitation on Resignation of the Master
                                Servicer.

                  The Master Servicer shall not resign from the obligations and
duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that its duties
hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or (ii) with the
written consent of the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and
written confirmation from each Rating Agency (which confirmation shall be
furnished to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the
Trustee) that such resignation shall not cause such Rating Agency to reduce the
then current rating of the Class A Certificates (without regard to the
Certificate Insurance Policy) or the Mezzanine Certificates. Any such
determination pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence permitting the
resignation of the Master Servicer shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel
to such effect obtained at the expense of the Master Servicer and delivered to
the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer.

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No resignation of the Master Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee
or a successor servicer acceptable to the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate
Insurer shall have assumed the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties,
liabilities (other than those liabilities arising prior to the appointment of
such successor) and obligations under this Agreement.

                  Except as expressly provided herein, the Master Servicer shall
not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to
any other Person, nor delegate to or subcontract with, nor authorize or appoint
any other Person to perform any of the duties, covenants or obligations to be
performed by the Master Servicer hereunder. Further, the Master Servicer shall
not assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder
without the prior consent of the Certificate Insurer (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld). If, pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties of the
Master Servicer are transferred to a successor master servicer, the entire
amount of the Servicing Fee and other compensation payable to the Master
Servicer pursuant hereto shall thereafter be payable to such successor master
servicer.

                  SECTION 6.05. Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master
                                Servicer.

                  The Master Servicer shall afford (and any Sub-Servicing
Agreement shall provide that each Sub-Servicer shall afford) the Depositor, the
NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee, upon reasonable notice,
during normal business hours, access to all records maintained by the Master
Servicer (and any such Sub-Servicer) in respect of the Master Servicer's rights
and obligations hereunder and access to officers of the Master Servicer (and
those of any such Sub- Servicer) responsible for such obligations. Upon request,
the Master Servicer shall furnish to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee its (and any such Sub- Servicer's) most
recent financial statements and such other information relating to the Master
Servicer's capacity to perform its obligations under this Agreement that it
possesses. To the extent such information is not otherwise available to the
public, the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee
shall not disseminate any information obtained pursuant to the preceding two
sentences without the Master Servicer's (or any such Sub-Servicer's) written
consent, except as required pursuant to this Agreement or to the extent that it
is appropriate to do so (i) in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing
authorities or other governmental agencies, rating agencies or reinsurers or
(ii) pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, writ, injunction or
decree of any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the
Depositor, the Trustee or the Trust Fund, and in either case, the Depositor, the
NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall
use its best efforts to assure the confidentiality of any such disseminated
non-public information. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the
obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement and may, but is not
obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation
of the Master Servicer under this Agreement or exercise the rights of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be
relieved of any of its obligations under this Agreement by virtue of such
performance by the Depositor or its designee. The Depositor shall not have any
responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master
Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the performance of the Master
Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.

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                  SECTION 6.06. Sub-Servicing Agreements Between the Master
                                Servicer and Sub-Servicers.

                  (a) The Master Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing
Agreements (provided that such agreements would not result in a withdrawal or a
downgrading by any Rating Agency of the ratings on any Class of Certificates
(without regard to the Certificate Insurance Policy) and the NIMS Insurer and
the Certificate Insurer shall have consented to such Sub-Servicing Agreement)
with Sub- Servicers, for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans.

                  Each Sub-Servicer shall be (i) authorized to transact business
in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to
service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to enable
the Sub-Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Sub-
Servicing Agreement, (ii) an institution approved as a mortgage loan originator
by the Federal Housing Administration or an institution the deposit accounts in
which are insured by the FDIC and (iii) a Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae approved
mortgage servicer. Each Sub-Servicing Agreement must impose on the Sub-Servicer
requirements conforming to the provisions set forth in Section 6.11 and provide
for servicing of the Mortgage Loans consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
The Master Servicer shall examine each Sub-Servicing Agreement and shall be
familiar with the terms thereof. The terms of any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall
not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Master
Servicer and the Sub-Servicers may enter into and make amendments to the
Sub-Servicing Agreements or enter into different forms of Sub-Servicing
Agreements; provided, however, that any such amendments or different forms shall
be consistent with and not violate the provisions of this Agreement, and that no
such amendment or different form shall be made or entered into which could be
reasonably expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the
Certificateholders, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates entitled
to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. Any variation without the consent of the
Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights from the
provisions set forth in Section 6.11 relating to insurance or priority
requirements of Sub-Servicing Accounts, or credits and charges to the Sub-
Servicing Accounts or the timing and amount of remittances by the Sub-Servicers
to the Master Servicer, are conclusively deemed to be inconsistent with this
Agreement and therefore prohibited. The Master Servicer shall deliver to the
Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer copies of all
Sub-Servicing Agreements, and any amendments or modifications thereof, promptly
upon the Master Servicer's execution and delivery of such instruments.

                  (b) As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master
Servicer (except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this paragraph),
for the benefit of the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the
Certificateholders, shall enforce the obligations of each Sub-Servicer under the
related Sub-Servicing Agreement and of the Seller under the Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any obligation to make
advances in respect of delinquent payments as required by a Sub-Servicing
Agreement, or to purchase a Mortgage Loan on account of missing or defective
documentation or on account of a breach of a representation, warranty or
covenant, as described in Section 2.03(a). Such enforcement, including, without
limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Sub-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,

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and shall be reimbursed therefor only (i) from a general recovery resulting from
such enforcement, to the extent, if any, that such recovery exceeds all amounts
due in respect of the related Mortgage Loans or (ii) from a specific recovery of
costs, expenses or attorneys' fees against the party against whom such
enforcement is directed. Enforcement of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement
against the Seller shall be effected by the Master Servicer to the extent it is
not the Seller, and otherwise by the Trustee, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph.

                  SECTION 6.07. Successor Sub-Servicers.

                  The Master Servicer, with the consent of the NIMS Insurer,
shall be entitled to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement and the rights and
obligations of any Sub-Servicer pursuant to any Sub-Servicing Agreement in
accordance with the terms and conditions of such Sub-Servicing Agreement. In the
event of termination of any Sub-Servicer, all servicing obligations of such Sub-
Servicer shall be assumed simultaneously by the Master Servicer without any act
or deed on the part of such Sub-Servicer or the Master Servicer, and the Master
Servicer either shall service directly the related Mortgage Loans or shall enter
into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a successor Sub-Servicer which qualifies
under Section 6.06.

                  Any Sub-Servicing Agreement shall include the provision that
such agreement may be immediately terminated by the Trustee without fee, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in the event that the Master
Servicer shall, for any reason, no longer be the Master Servicer (including
termination due to a Master Servicer Event of Default).

                  SECTION 6.08. Liability of the Master Servicer.

                  Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of the
provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the
Master Servicer and a Sub-Servicer or reference to actions taken through a
Sub-Servicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and
primarily liable to the Trustee and the Certificateholders and the Certificate
Insurer for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.01 without diminution of such obligation or
liability by virtue of such Sub-Servicing Agreements or arrangements or by
virtue of indemnification from the Sub-Servicer and to the same extent and under
the same terms and conditions as if the Master Servicer alone were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to enter
into any agreement with a Sub-Servicer for indemnification of the Master
Servicer by such Sub-Servicer and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

                  SECTION 6.09. No Contractual Relationship Between
                                Sub-Servicers and the NIMS Insurer, the
                                Certificate Insurer, the Trustee or
                                Certificateholders.

                  Any Sub-Servicing Agreement that may be entered into and any
transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans involving a Sub-Servicer
in its capacity as such shall be deemed to be between the Sub-Servicer and the
Master Servicer alone, and the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the
Trustee and Certificateholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall
have no claims, rights, obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the
Sub-Servicer except as set

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forth in Section 6.10. The Master Servicer shall be solely liable for all fees
owed by it to any Sub- Servicer, irrespective of whether the Master Servicer's
compensation pursuant to this Agreement is sufficient to pay such fees.

                  SECTION 6.10. Assumption or Termination of Sub-Servicing
                                Agreements by Trustee.

                  In the event the Master Servicer shall for any reason no
longer be the master servicer (including termination due to a Master Servicer
Event of Default), the Trustee or its designee shall thereupon assume (or cause
its designee or the successor master servicer for the Trustee appointed pursuant
to Section 7.02 to assume) all of the rights and obligations of the Master
Servicer under each Sub-Servicing Agreement that the Master Servicer may have
entered into, unless the Trustee elects to terminate any Sub-Servicing Agreement
in accordance with its terms as provided in Section 6.07. Upon such assumption,
the Trustee, its designee or the successor servicer for the Trustee appointed
pursuant to Section 7.02 shall be deemed, subject to Section 6.07, to have
assumed all of the Master Servicer's interest therein and to have replaced the
Master Servicer as a party to each Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same extent as
if each Sub-Servicing Agreement had been assigned to the assuming party, except
that (i) the Master Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or
obligations under any Sub-Servicing Agreement and (ii) none of the Trustee, its
designee or any successor Master Servicer shall be deemed to have assumed any
liability or obligation of the Master Servicer that arose before it ceased to be
the Master Servicer.

                  The Master Servicer at its expense shall, upon request of the
Trustee, deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to
each Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans then being serviced and an
accounting of amounts collected and held by or on behalf of it, and otherwise
use its best efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-
Servicing Agreements to the assuming party.

                  SECTION 6.11. Sub-Servicing Accounts.

                  In those cases where a Sub-Servicer is servicing a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to a Sub- Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer shall be required
to establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the "Sub-Servicing
Account"). The Sub-Servicing Account shall be an Eligible Account. The
Sub-Servicer shall deposit in the clearing account (which account must be an
Eligible Account) in which it customarily deposits payments and collections on
mortgage loans in connection with its mortgage loan servicing activities on a
daily basis, and in no event more than one Business Day after the Sub-Servicer's
receipt thereof, all proceeds of Mortgage Loans received by the Sub-Servicer
less its servicing compensation to the extent permitted by the Sub-Servicing
Agreement, and shall thereafter deposit such amounts in the Sub-Servicing
Account, in no event more than two Business Days after the deposit of such funds
into the clearing account. The Sub- Servicer shall thereafter deposit such
proceeds in the Collection Account or remit such proceeds to the Master Servicer
for deposit in the Collection Account not later than two Business Days after the
deposit of such amounts in the Sub-Servicing Account. For purposes of this
Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received payments on the
Mortgage Loans when the Sub-Servicer receives such payments.

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                                   ARTICLE VII

                                     DEFAULT

                  SECTION 7.01. Master Servicer Events of Default.

                  "Master Servicer 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
         for distribution any payment (other than an Advance required to be made
         from its own funds on any Master Servicer Remittance Date pursuant to
         Section 4.03) required to be made under the terms of the Certificates
         and this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of one
         Business Day after the date upon which written notice of such failure,
         requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master
         Servicer by the Depositor or the Trustee (in which case notice shall be
         provided by telecopy), or to the Master Servicer, the Depositor and the
         Trustee by the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the Holders of
         Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights; or

                  (ii) any failure on the part of the Master Servicer duly to
         observe or perform in any material respect any of the covenants or
         agreements on the part of the Master Servicer contained in the
         Certificates or in this Agreement (or, if the Master Servicer is the
         Seller, the failure of the Seller to repurchase a Mortgage Loan as to
         which a breach has been established that requires a repurchase pursuant
         to the terms of Section 7 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement)
         which continues unremedied for a period of 45 days after the earlier of
         (i) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the
         same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer by
         the Depositor or the Trustee, or to the Master Servicer, the Depositor
         and the Trustee by the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or the
         Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights
         and (ii) actual knowledge of such failure by a Servicing Officer of the
         Master Servicer; or

                  (iii) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory
         authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case
         under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
         similar law or the appointment of a conservator or receiver or
         liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of
         assets and liabilities or similar proceeding, or for the winding-up or
         liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master
         Servicer and if such proceeding is being contested by the Master
         Servicer in good faith, such decree or order shall have remained in
         force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days or results in
         the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or
         appointment; or

                  (iv) the Master Servicer shall consent 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 of or relating to all or
         substantially all of its property; or

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                  (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 any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make
         an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend
         payment of its obligations; or

                  (vi) any failure by the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer
         Termination Test; or

                  (vii) any failure of the Master Servicer to make any Advance
         on any Master Servicer Remittance Date required to be made from its own
         funds pursuant to Section 4.03 which continues unremedied until 3:00
         p.m. New York time on the Business Day immediately following the Master
         Servicer Remittance Date.

                  If a Master Servicer Event of Default described in clauses (i)
through (vi) of this Section shall occur, then, and in each and every such case,
so long as such Master Servicer Event of Default shall not have been remedied,
the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer or the Trustee may with the consent of the
Certificate Insurer, and shall, at the direction of the Certificate Insurer, or
if a Certificate Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, at the written
direction of the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of Voting
Rights, or at the direction of the NIMS Insurer, the Trustee shall, by notice in
writing to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the Depositor,
terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer in its
capacity as Master Servicer under this Agreement, to the extent permitted by
law, and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof. If a Master
Servicer Event of Default described in clause (vii) hereof shall occur, the
Trustee shall, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer, the Certificate
Insurer and the Depositor, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the
Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this Agreement and in
and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof and the Trustee or a
successor Master Servicer appointed in accordance with Section 7.02, shall
immediately make such Advance and assume, pursuant to Section 7.02, the duties
of a successor Master Servicer. On or after the receipt by the Master Servicer
of such written notice, all authority and power of the Master Servicer under
this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a Holder
of any Certificate) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be
vested in the Trustee pursuant to and under this Section and, without
limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered, as attorney-in-fact
or otherwise, to execute and deliver on behalf of and at the expense of the
Master Servicer, 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, at its sole cost and expense, promptly
(and in any event no later than ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) to
provide the Trustee with all documents and records requested by it to enable it
to assume the Master Servicer's functions under this Agreement, and to cooperate
with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer's
responsibilities and rights under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the transfer within one Business Day to the Trustee for administration by it of
all cash amounts which at the time shall be or should have been credited by the
Master Servicer to the Collection Account held by or on behalf of the Master
Servicer, the Distribution Account or any REO Account or Servicing Account held
by or on behalf of the Master Servicer or thereafter be received with respect to
the Mortgage Loans or any REO Property serviced by the Master Servicer
(provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall continue to be entitled to
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under this Agreement on or prior to the date of such termination, whether in
respect of Advances or otherwise, and shall continue to be entitled to the
benefits of Section 6.03, notwithstanding any such termination, with respect to
events occurring prior to such termination). For purposes of this Section 7.01,
the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Master Servicer Event of
Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to and working in
the Trustee's Corporate Trust Office has actual knowledge thereof or unless
written notice is received by the Trustee of any such event and such notice
references the Certificates, REMIC I or this Agreement.

                  The Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Master
Servicer (or by the Trust Fund if the Master Servicer is unable to fulfill its
obligations hereunder) for all costs associated with the transfer of servicing
from the predecessor servicer, including without limitation, any costs or
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 to service the Mortgage Loans properly and
effectively.

                  SECTION 7.02. Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor.

                  (a) On and after the time the Master Servicer receives a
notice of termination, the Trustee shall be the successor in all respects to the
Master Servicer in its capacity as Master Servicer under this Agreement and the
transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to all the
responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto and arising thereafter
placed on the Master Servicer (except for any representations or warranties of
the Master Servicer under this Agreement, the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities contained in Section 2.03(c) and its obligation to deposit amounts
in respect of losses pursuant to Section 3.06) by the terms and provisions
hereof including, without limitation, the Master Servicer's obligations to make
Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; provided, however, that if the Trustee is
prohibited by law or regulation from obligating itself to make advances
regarding delinquent mortgage loans, then the Trustee shall not be obligated to
make Advances pursuant to Section 4.03; and provided further, that any failure
to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Master Servicer's
failure to provide information required by Section 7.01 shall not be considered
a default by the Trustee as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder;
provided, however, it is understood and acknowledged by the parties that there
shall be a period of transition (not to exceed 90 days) before the servicing
transfer is fully effected. As compensation therefor, effective from and after
the time the Master Servicer receives a notice of termination or immediately
upon assumption of the obligations to make Advances, the Trustee shall be
entitled to the Servicing Fee and all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans to
which the Master Servicer would have been entitled if it had continued to act
hereunder (other than amounts which were due or would become due to the Master
Servicer prior to its termination or resignation). Notwithstanding the above and
subject to the next paragraph, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so
act, or shall, if it is unable to so act or if it is prohibited by law from
making advances regarding delinquent mortgage loans, or if the Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the Voting Rights (with the consent of
the Certificate Insurer), the Certificate Insurer or the NIMS Insurer so request
in writing to the Trustee promptly appoint or petition a court of competent
jurisdiction to appoint, an established mortgage loan servicing institution
acceptable to each Rating Agency, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer
and having a net worth of not less than $15,000,000 as the successor to the
Master Servicer under this Agreement in the assumption of all or any part of the
responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer under this
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Insurer Default has occurred and is continuing, the Certificate Insurer shall
have the right to consent to any successor Master Servicer which the Trustee may
propose to appoint except with respect to a proposed successor to be appointed
by a court of competent jurisdiction. No appointment of a successor to the
Master Servicer under this Agreement shall be effective until the assumption by
the successor of all of the Master Servicer's responsibilities, duties and
liabilities hereunder. In connection with such appointment and assumption
described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of
such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall
agree; provided, however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that
permitted the Master Servicer as such hereunder. The Depositor, the Trustee and
such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall
be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Pending appointment of a
successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement, the Trustee shall act in
such capacity as hereinabove provided.

                  Upon removal or resignation of the Master Servicer, the
Trustee, with the cooperation of the Depositor, (x) shall solicit bids for a
successor Master Servicer as described below and (y) pending the appointment of
a successor Master Servicer as a result of soliciting such bids, shall serve as
Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans serviced by such predecessor Master
Servicer. The Trustee shall solicit, by public announcement, bids from housing
and home finance institutions, banks and mortgage servicing institutions meeting
the qualifications set forth above (including the Trustee or any affiliate
thereof) (including that such mortgage loan servicing institution shall be
acceptable to each Rating Agency, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer).
Such public announcement shall specify that the successor Master Servicer shall
be entitled to the servicing compensation agreed upon between the Trustee, the
successor Master Servicer and the Depositor; provided, however, that no such fee
shall exceed the Servicing Fee. Within thirty days after any such public
announcement, the Trustee, with the cooperation of the Depositor, shall
negotiate in good faith and effect the sale, transfer and assignment of the
servicing rights and responsibilities hereunder to the qualified party
submitting the highest satisfactory bid as to the price they shall pay to obtain
such servicing. The Trustee upon receipt of the purchase price shall pay such
purchase price to the Master Servicer being so removed, after deducting from any
sum received by the Trustee from the successor to the Master Servicer in respect
of such sale, transfer and assignment all costs and expenses of any public
announcement and of any sale, transfer and assignment of the servicing rights
and responsibilities reasonably incurred hereunder. After such deductions, the
remainder of such sum shall be paid by the Trustee to the Master Servicer at the
time of such sale.

                  (b) If the Master Servicer fails to remit to the Trustee for
distribution to the Certificateholders or the Certificate Insurer any payment
required to be made under the terms of the Certificates and this Agreement (for
purposes of this Section 7.02(b), a "Remittance") because the Master Servicer is
the subject of a proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code and the making of
such Remittance is prohibited by Section 362 of the federal Bankruptcy Code, the
Trustee shall upon notice of such prohibition, regardless of whether it has
received a notice of termination under Section 7.01, advance the amount of such
Remittance by depositing such amount in the Distribution Account on the related
Distribution Date. The Trustee shall be obligated to make such advance only if
(i) such advance, in the good faith judgment of the Trustee can reasonably be
expected to be ultimately recoverable from Stayed Funds and (ii) the Trustee is
not prohibited by law from making such advance or obligating itself to do so.
Upon remittance of the Stayed Funds to the Trustee or the deposit thereof in the
Distribution Account by the Master Servicer, a trustee in bankruptcy or a
federal bankruptcy court, the Trustee may recover the amount so advanced,
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withdrawing such amount from the Distribution Account; however, nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to affect the Trustee's rights to recover from the
Master Servicer's own funds interest on the amount of any such advance. If the
Trustee at any time makes an advance under this Subsection which it later
determines in its good faith judgment shall not be ultimately recoverable from
the Stayed Funds with respect to which such advance was made, the Trustee shall
be entitled to reimburse itself for such advance, without interest, by
withdrawing from the Distribution Account, out of amounts on deposit therein, an
amount equal to the portion of such advance attributable to the Stayed Funds.

                  (c) If the Master Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section
7.01, then the successor Master Servicer shall not be permitted to reimburse
itself directly for Advances or Servicing Advances under Section 3.05(a)(ii),
Section 3.05(a)(iii), Section 3.05(a)(v) or Section 3.05(a)(vii) if the Master
Servicer has not been fully reimbursed for its Advances and Servicing Advances,
but instead the successor Master Servicer shall include such amounts in the
applicable remittance to the Trustee made pursuant to Section 3.04(g) to the
extent of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account on the related Master
Servicer Remittance Date. The Trustee is hereby authorized to pay to the
terminated Master Servicer (or the related Advancing Person in accordance with
Section 3.23) and the successor Master Servicer, as applicable, reimbursements
for Advances and Servicing Advances from the Distribution Account to the same
extent each such Master Servicer would have been permitted to reimburse itself
for such Advances and/or Servicing Advances in accordance with Section
3.05(a)(ii), Section 3.05(a)(iii), Section 3.05(a)(v) or Section 3.05(a)(vii),
as the case may be. 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. At such time as the Master Servicer (or related
Advancing Person) has been reimbursed for all Advances and Servicing Advances
made by it, the successor Master Servicer shall no longer be required to remit
in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 7.02(c) and shall then be
permitted to reimburse itself directly for Advances and Servicing Advances in
accordance with Section 3.05(a)(ii), Section 3.05(a)(iii), Section 3.05(a)(v) or
Section 3.05(a)(vii).

                  SECTION 7.03. Notification to Certificateholders.

                  (a) Upon any termination of the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 7.01 above or any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 7.02 above, the Trustee shall give prompt written notice
thereof to Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer at
their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.

                  (b) Not later than the later of 60 days after the occurrence
of any event, which constitutes or which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a Master Servicer Event of Default or five days after a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such an
event, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate
Insurer and to all Holders of Certificates notice of each such occurrence,
unless such default or Master Servicer Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived.

                  SECTION 7.04. Waiver of Master Servicer Events of Default.

                  The Holders representing at least 66% of the Voting Rights
(with the consent of the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer) evidenced by
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default or Master Servicer Event of Default hereunder may waive such default or
Master Servicer Event of Default; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a default or Master
Servicer Event of Default under clause (i) or (vii) of Section 7.01 may be
waived only by all of the Holders of the Regular Certificates (with the consent
of the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer). Upon any such waiver of a
default or Master Servicer Event of Default, such default or Master Servicer
Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied
for every purpose hereunder. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Master Servicer Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon except to the extent expressly so waived.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                             CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

                  SECTION 8.01. Duties of Trustee.

                  The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer
Event of Default and after the curing of all Master Servicer Events of Default
which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. During a Master Servicer Event
of Default, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such person's own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee
enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty.

                  The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they
conform on their face to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such
instrument is found not to conform on its face to the requirements of this
Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee shall take such action as it deems
appropriate to have the instrument corrected, and if the instrument is not
corrected to its respective satisfaction, such dissatisfied party shall provide
notice thereof to the Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS
Insurer.

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

                  (i) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of
         Default, and after the curing of all such Master Servicer 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 such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
         Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
         Agreement against the Trustee and, 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
         that conform to the requirements of this Agreement;

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                  (ii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable 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; and

                  (iii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect
         to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good
         faith in accordance with the direction of the NIMS Insurer or the
         Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights
         relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
         any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power
         conferred upon it, under this Agreement.

                  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 it
to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the
obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement, 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.

                  SECTION 8.02. Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.

                  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

                  (i) The Trustee may request and rely upon and shall be
         protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
         Officers' Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
         certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
         consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably
         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 Opinion of
         Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
         respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
         good faith and in accordance with such Opinion of Counsel;

                  (iii) The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to
         exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or
         to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation
         hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the
         Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer or the NIMS Insurer,
         pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such
         Certificateholders, the Certificate Insurer or the NIMS Insurer, as
         applicable, shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
         reasonably satisfactory to it 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 a Master Servicer Event of Default (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 or use under the
         circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs;

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                  (iv) The Trustee shall not be personally 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) Prior to the occurrence of a Master Servicer Event of
         Default hereunder and after the curing of all Master Servicer Events of
         Default which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make
         any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
         certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
         consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless
         requested in writing to do so by the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate
         Insurer or the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the
         Voting Rights; provided, however, that if the payment within a
         reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities
         likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in
         the opinion of the Trustee not reasonably assured to the Trustee by
         such Certificateholders, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
         against such expense, or liability from such Certificateholders or the
         NIMS Insurer as a condition to taking any such action;

                  (vi) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
         hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
         through agents or attorneys; and

                  (vii) The Trustee shall not be personally liable for any loss
         resulting from the investment of funds held in the Collection Account,
         the Escrow Account or the REO Account made at the direction of the
         Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06.

                  (b) All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of
the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the
possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or
other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in the name of the Trustee for the
benefit of all the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of
this Agreement.

                  (c) The Trustee is hereby directed by the Depositor to execute
and deliver (i) the Cap Contract on behalf of the Trust Fund in the form
presented to it by the Depositor and (ii) the Insurance Agreement. Every
provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability
of or affording protection to the Trustee shall apply to the Trustee's execution
of the Cap Contract and the Insurance Agreement, and the performance of its
duties and satisfaction of its obligations thereunder.

                  SECTION 8.03. The Trustee Not Liable for Certificates or
                                Mortgage Loans.

                  The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates (other
than the signature of the Trustee, the authentication of the Certificate
Registrar on the Certificates, the acknowledgments of the Trustee contained in
Article II and the representations and warranties of the Trustee in Section
8.13) shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor and the Trustee assumes
no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations or
warranties as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement (other than as
specifically set forth with respect to such party in Section 8.13) or of the
Certificates (other than the signature of the Trustee and authentication of the
Certificate Registrar on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan or related
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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 or the Master Servicer in respect
of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account
by the Master Servicer, other than, subject to Section 8.01, any funds held by
or on behalf of the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.04.

                  SECTION 8.04. Trustee May Own Certificates.

                  The Trustee in its individual capacity or any other capacity
may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee.

                  SECTION 8.05. Trustee's Fees and Expenses.

                  (a) The Trustee shall withdraw from the Distribution Account
on each Distribution Date and pay to itself the Trustee Fee and, to the extent
that the funds therein are at any time insufficient for such purpose, the
Depositor shall pay such fees. The Trustee, or any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Trustee shall be indemnified by REMIC I and held harmless
against any loss, liability or expense (not including expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustee including the compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel, in the ordinary course of
the Trustee's performance in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement)
incurred by the Trustee in connection with any claim or legal action or any
pending or threatened claim or legal action arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement, other than any loss, liability or expense (i) resulting from a breach
of the Master Servicer's obligations and duties under this Agreement and the
Mortgage Loans (for which the Master Servicer shall indemnify pursuant to
Section 8.05(b)), (ii) that constitutes a specific liability of the Trustee
pursuant to Section 10.01(c) or (iii) any loss, liability or expense incurred by
reason of its willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of
its duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and
duties hereunder or as a result of a breach of its obligations under Article X
hereof. Any amounts payable to the Trustee, or any director, officer, employee
or agent of the Trustee in respect of the indemnification provided by this
paragraph (a), or pursuant to any other right of reimbursement from the Trust
Fund that the Trustee, or any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Trustee may have hereunder in its capacity as such, may be withdrawn by the
Trustee from the Distribution Account at any time.

                  (b) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trustee from,
and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense resulting from a
breach of the Master Servicer's obligations and duties under this Agreement.
Such indemnity shall survive the termination or discharge of this Agreement and
the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Any payment hereunder made by the
Master Servicer to the Trustee shall be from the Master Servicer's own funds,
without reimbursement from the Trust Fund therefor.

                  (c) The Master Servicer shall pay any annual rating agency
fees of the Rating Agencies for ongoing surveillance from its own funds without
right of reimbursement.

                  SECTION 8.06. Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.

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                  The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation or
an association (other than the Depositor, the Seller, the Master Servicer or any
Affiliate of the foregoing) organized and doing business under the laws of any
state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority. If such corporation or association publishes reports of conditions at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
conditions so published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07.

                  SECTION 8.07. Resignation and Removal of the 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 NIMS
Insurer, the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and
the Certificateholders. Upon receiving such notice of resignation of the
Trustee, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor trustee acceptable to
the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer by written instrument, in
duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and to
the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the
Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Master Servicer by the Depositor.

                  If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Depositor, the Certificate Insurer or the NIMS
Insurer, or if at any time the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
respective property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge
or control of the Trustee or of its respective property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the Depositor or
the NIMS Insurer may with the consent of the Certificate Insurer (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld) remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee acceptable to the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer by written
instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so
removed and to the successor trustee. A copy of such instrument shall be
delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master Servicer by the Depositor.

                  If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and
having accepted appointment within 25 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, then the Certificate Insurer may appoint a 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.

                  The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 51% of the
Voting Rights with the consent of the Certificate Insurer (or the NIMS Insurer
or the Certificate Insurer upon failure of the Trustee to perform its
obligations hereunder) may at any time remove the Trustee and appoint a
successor trustee acceptable to the NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer by
written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or
their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments
shall be delivered to the Depositor, one complete set to the

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Trustee so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of
such instrument shall be delivered to the Certificateholders and the Master
Servicer by the Depositor.

                  Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall not
become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as
provided in Section 8.08.

                  SECTION 8.08. Successor Trustee.

                  Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 8.07
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the NIMS Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer and to its predecessor trustee 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. The predecessor trustee
shall deliver to the successor trustee all Mortgage Files and related documents
and statements, as well as all moneys, held by it hereunder (other than any
Mortgage Files at the time held by a Custodian, which Custodian shall become the
agent of any successor trustee hereunder), and the Depositor and the predecessor
trustee 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 all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.

                  No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 and the appointment of such
successor trustee shall not result in a downgrading of any Class of Certificates
(without regard to the Certificate Insurance Policy) by either Rating Agency, as
evidenced by a letter from each Rating Agency.

                  Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of
such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as
shown in the Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice
within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the
successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the
Depositor.

                  SECTION 8.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.

                  Any corporation or association into which the Trustee may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any corporation or
association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the
Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association succeeding to the
business of the Trustee shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation or association shall be eligible under the provisions
of Section 8.06, 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 8.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.

                  Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for
the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any
part of REMIC I or property securing the same 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, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer to act as co-trustee
or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate
trustees, of all or any part of REMIC I, and to vest in such Person or Persons,
in such capacity, such title to REMIC I, or any part thereof, and, subject to
the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations,
rights and trusts as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary
or desirable. Any such co-trustee or separate trustee shall be subject to the
written approval of the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS
Insurer. If the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer
shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it
of a request so to do, or in case a Master Servicer Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such
appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to
meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06
hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the appointment of
co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08
hereof.

                  In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate
trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10 all rights, powers, duties and obligations
conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and
exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
jointly, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
any particular act or acts are to be performed by the Trustee (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
REMIC I 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.

                  Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trust 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 Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate
Insurer and the NIMS Insurer.

                  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 8.11. Appointment of Custodians.

                  The Trustee may, with the consent of the Depositor and the
Master Servicer appoint one or more Custodians to hold all or a portion of the
Mortgage Files as agent for the Trustee, by entering into a Custodial Agreement.
The appointment of any Custodian may at any time be terminated and a substitute
Custodian appointed therefor upon the reasonable request of the Master Servicer
to the Trustee, the consent to which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The
Trustee shall pay any and all fees and expenses of any Custodian in accordance
with each Custodial Agreement (provided that if expenses of the kind that would
be reimbursable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.05 if incurred by the
Trustee are incurred by the Custodian, the Trustee shall be entitled to
reimbursement under Section 8.05 for such kind of expenses to the extent the
Trustee has paid such expenses on behalf of the Custodian or for which the
Trustee has reimbursed the Custodian). The Trustee initially appoints the
Custodian as Custodian, and the Depositor and the Master Servicer consent to
such appointment. Subject to Article VIII hereof, the Trustee agrees to comply
with the terms of each Custodial Agreement and to enforce the terms and
provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of the
Certificateholders having an interest in any Mortgage File held by such
Custodian. Each Custodian shall be a depository institution approved by the
Certificate Insurer or trust company subject to supervision by federal or state
authority, shall have combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 and
shall be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any
Mortgage File. Each Custodial Agreement may be amended only as provided in
Section 11.01. In no event shall the appointment of any Custodian pursuant to a
Custodial Agreement diminish the obligations of the Trustee hereunder.

                  SECTION 8.12. Appointment of Office or Agency.

                  The Trustee shall designate an office or agency in the City of
New York where the Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange, and presented for final distribution, and where notices and demands
to or upon the Trustee in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be
delivered. As of the Closing Date, the Trustee designates the office of its
agent located c/o DTC Transfer Agent Services, 55 Water Street, Jeanette Park
Entrance, New York, NY 10041 for such purposes.

                  SECTION 8.13. Representations and Warranties of the Trustee.

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

                  (i) It is a national banking association duly organized,
         validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United
         States.

                  (ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it, and
         the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by it,
         will not violate its charter or bylaws or constitute a default (or an
         event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a
         default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or
         other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or
         any of its assets.

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                  (iii) It has the full power and authority to enter into and
         consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly
         authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
         and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

                  (iv) This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and
         delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and
         binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with the
         terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
         receivership, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the
         enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and (B) general principles
         of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
         proceeding in equity or at law.

                  (v) It is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery
         of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of
         this Agreement shall not constitute a violation of, any law, any order
         or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand
         of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority,
         which violation, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely
         to affect materially and adversely either the ability of it to perform
         its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition.

                  (vi) No litigation is pending or, to the best knowledge,
         threatened against it which would prohibit it from entering into this
         Agreement or, in its good faith reasonable judgment, is likely to
         materially and adversely affect either its ability to perform its
         obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   TERMINATION

                  SECTION 9.01 Termination Upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All
                               Mortgage Loans.

                  (a) Subject to Section 9.02, the respective obligations and
responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and
the Trustee (other than the obligations of the Master Servicer to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.05 and of the Master Servicer to provide for and the
Trustee to make payments in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC
II Regular Interests or the Classes of Certificates as hereinafter set forth)
shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders and the deposit of all
amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee and required hereunder to be so paid
or deposited on the Distribution Date coinciding with or following the earlier
to occur of (i) the purchase by the Terminator (as defined below) of all
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I and (ii) the final
payment or other liquidation (or any advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I; provided, however, that in
no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21
years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P.
Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James,
living on the date hereof. The purchase by the Terminator of all Mortgage Loans
and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I shall be at a price (the "Termination
Price") equal to greater of (A) the aggregate fair market value of all of the
assets of REMIC I and (B) the sum of the Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans (after giving effect to scheduled payments of principal due
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received or advanced, and unscheduled collections of principal received during
the related Prepayment Period) and the appraised fair market value of the REO
Properties plus accrued interest through the end of the calendar month preceding
the month of the final Distribution Date (in the case of fair market values
required to be determined under (A) or (B) above, as determined by the
Terminator, the Trustee and, if the Terminator is not the NIMS Insurer, the NIMS
Insurer, as of the close of business on the third Business Day next preceding
the date upon which notice of any such termination is furnished to
Certificateholders pursuant to the third paragraph of this Section 9.01);
provided, however, such option may only be exercised if the Termination Price is
sufficient to pay (i) any amounts owed to the Certificate Insurer under the
Insurance Agreement and (ii) all interest accrued on, as well as amounts
necessary to retire the note balance of, each class of notes issued pursuant to
the Indenture and any amounts owed to the NIMS Insurer at the time the option is
exercised. If a termination pursuant to this Section 9.01(a) or Section 9.01(b)
will result in a claim under the Certificate Insurance Policy or if any amount
owed to the Certificate Insurer will not be fully reimbursed after such
termination, the consent of the Certificate Insurer shall be required prior to
the Terminator exercising such option.

                  (b) The Master Servicer (or if the Master Servicer fails to
exercise such right, the NIMS Insurer) shall have the right (the party
exercising such right, the "Terminator"), to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans
and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to clause (i) of the
preceding paragraph no later than the Determination Date in the month
immediately preceding the Distribution Date on which the Certificates shall be
retired; provided, however, that the Terminator may elect to purchase all of the
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in REMIC I pursuant to clause (i)
above only (A) if the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at the time of such election
is less than 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
as of the Cut-off Date and (B) if the Terminator is the Master Servicer and is
an affiliate of the Seller, the Master Servicer shall have delivered to the
Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer a written certification
that the burdens of servicing the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties remaining in
REMIC I exceed the benefits of the Servicing Fees that would be realized by the
Master Servicer if it continued to service such assets on behalf of the Trust
Fund. By acceptance of the Residual Certificates, the Holders of the Residual
Certificates agree, in connection with any termination hereunder, to assign and
transfer any amounts in excess of par, and to the extent received in respect of
such termination, to pay any such amounts to the Holders of the Class CE
Certificates.

                  (c) Notice of the liquidation of the REMIC I Regular Interests
shall be given promptly by the Trustee by letter to Certificateholders mailed
(a) in the event such notice is given in connection with the purchase of the
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property by the Terminator, not earlier than the
15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the month
of the final distribution on the Certificates or (b) otherwise during the month
of such final distribution on or before the Determination Date in such month, in
each case specifying (i) the Distribution Date upon which the Trust Fund shall
terminate and final payment in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, the
REMIC II Regular Interests and the Certificates shall be made upon presentation
and surrender of the related Certificates at the office of the Trustee therein
designated, (ii) the amount of any such final payment, (iii) that no interest
shall accrue in respect of the REMIC I Regular Interests, the REMIC II Regular
Interests or the Certificates from and after the Interest Accrual Period
relating to the final Distribution Date therefor and (iv) that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments being
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and surrender of the Certificates at the office of the Trustee. The Trustee
shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is
given to Certificateholders. In the event such notice is given in connection
with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining
in REMIC I by the Terminator, the Terminator shall deliver to the Trustee for
deposit in the Distribution Account not later than the last Business Day
preceding the final Distribution Date on the Certificates an amount in
immediately available funds equal to the above-described purchase price. Upon
certification to the Trustee by a Servicing Officer of the making of such final
deposit, the Trustee shall promptly release or cause to be released to the
Terminator the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans, and the Trustee
shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments necessary to
effectuate such transfer.

                  (d) Upon presentation of the Certificates by the
Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall distribute
to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its Certificates the
amount otherwise distributable on such Distribution Date in accordance with
Section 4.01 in respect of the Certificates so presented and surrendered. Any
funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates being retired on
such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to
tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held in trust by
the Trustee and credited to the account of the appropriate non-tendering Holder
or Holders. On the final Distribution Date, the Trustee shall withdraw from
Available Funds to pay to the Certificate Insurer all amounts owed to the
Certificate Insurer pursuant to the priorities set forth in Section 4.01 of this
Agreement. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to
this Section 9.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six
months after the time specified in such notice, the Trustee shall mail a second
notice to the remaining non- tendering Certificateholders to surrender their
Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with
respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee
shall, directly or through an agent, mail a final notice to remaining related
non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The
costs and expenses of maintaining the funds in trust and of contacting such
Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets remaining in the trust funds.
If within one year after the final notice any such Certificates shall not have
been surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall pay any amounts paid by the
Certificate Insurer to the Certificate Insurer and to the Representative all
remaining amounts, and all rights of non-tendering Certificateholders in or to
such amounts shall thereupon cease. No interest shall accrue or be payable to
any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust by the Trustee as a result of
such Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final
payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01.

                  Immediately following the deposit of funds in trust hereunder
in respect of the Certificates, the Trust Fund shall terminate.

                  SECTION 9.02 Additional Termination Requirements.

                  (a) In the event that the Terminator purchases all the
Mortgage Loans and each REO Property or the final payment on or other
liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan or REO Property remaining in REMIC I
pursuant to Section 9.01, the Trust Fund shall be terminated in accordance with
the following additional requirements:

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                  (i) The Trustee shall specify the first day in the 90-day
         liquidation period in a statement attached to each Trust REMIC's final
         Tax Return pursuant to Treasury regulation Section 1.860F-1 and shall
         satisfy all 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 Terminator;

                  (ii) During 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 all of the assets of REMIC I to the Terminator for
         cash; and

                  (iii) At the time of the making of the final payment on the
         Certificates, the Trustee shall distribute or credit, or cause to be
         distributed or credited, to the Holders of the Residual Certificates
         all cash on hand in the Trust Fund (other than cash retained to meet
         claims), and the Trust Fund shall terminate at that time.

                  (b) At the expense of the applicable Terminator (or in the
event of termination under Section 9.01(a)(ii), at the expense of the Trustee),
the Trustee shall prepare or cause to be prepared the documentation required in
connection with the adoption of a plan of liquidation of each Trust REMIC
pursuant to this Section 9.02.

                  (c) By their acceptance of Certificates, the Holders thereof
hereby agree to authorize the Trustee to specify the 90-day liquidation period
for each Trust REMIC which authorization shall be binding upon all successor
Certificateholders.

                                    ARTICLE X

                                REMIC PROVISIONS

                  SECTION 10.01. REMIC Administration.

                  (a) The Trustee shall elect to treat each Trust REMIC as a
REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under applicable state law. Each such
election shall be made by the Trustee on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal
tax or information return or any appropriate state return for the taxable year
ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the Certificates are
issued, and copies of such forms and election shall be furnished to the
Certificate Insurer. For the purposes of the REMIC election in respect of REMIC
I, the REMIC I Regular Interests shall be designated as the Regular Interests in
REMIC I and the Class R-I Interest shall be designated as the Residual Interest
in REMIC I. The Class A Certificates, the Mezzanine Certificates, the Class CE
Interest and the Class P Interest shall be designated as the Regular Interests
in REMIC II and the Class R-II Interest shall be designated as the Residual
Interest in REMIC II. The CE Certificates shall be designated as the Regular
Interests in REMIC III and the Class R-III Interest shall be designated as the
Residual Interest in REMIC III. The P Certificates shall be designated as the
Regular Interests in REMIC IV and the Class R-IV Interest shall be designated as
the Residual Interest in REMIC IV. The Trustee shall not permit the creation of
any "interests" in any Trust REMIC (within the meaning of Section 860G of the
Code) other than the REMIC I Regular Interests, the Class CE Interest, the Class
P Interest and the interests represented by the Certificates.

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                  (b) The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day"
of each Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.

                  (c) The Trustee shall pay out of its own funds, without any
right of reimbursement, any and all expenses relating to any tax audit of the
Trust Fund caused by the Trustee (including, but not limited to, any
professional fees or any administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to
any Trust REMIC that involve the Internal Revenue Service or state tax
authorities), other than the expense of obtaining any tax related Opinion of
Counsel except as specified herein. The Trustee, as agent for each Trust REMIC's
tax matters person, shall (i) act on behalf of the Trust Fund in relation to any
tax matter or controversy involving any Trust REMIC and (ii) represent the Trust
Fund in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or
audit by any governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The holder of
the largest Percentage Interest of each Class of Residual Certificates shall be
designated, in the manner provided under Treasury regulations section
1.860F-4(d) and Treasury regulations section 301.6231(a)(7)-1, as the tax
matters person of the related REMIC created hereunder. By their acceptance
thereof, the holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Residual
Certificates hereby agrees to irrevocably appoint the Trustee or an Affiliate as
its agent to perform all of the duties of the tax matters person for the Trust
Fund.

                  (d) The Trustee shall prepare, sign and file all of the Tax
Returns in respect of each REMIC created hereunder and furnish copies to the
Certificate Insurer. The expenses of preparing and filing such returns shall be
borne by the Trustee without any right of reimbursement therefor. The Master
Servicer shall provide on a timely basis to the Trustee or its designee such
information with respect to the assets of the Trust Fund as is in its possession
and reasonably required by the Trustee to enable it to perform its obligations
under this Article.

                  (e) The Trustee shall perform on behalf of each Trust REMIC
all reporting and other tax compliance duties that are the responsibility of
such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC Provisions or other compliance guidance
issued by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local taxing authority.
Among its other duties, as required by the Code, the REMIC Provisions or other
such compliance guidance, the Trustee shall provide (i) to any Transferor of a
Residual Certificate such information as is necessary for the application of any
tax relating to the transfer of a Residual Certificate to any Person who is not
a Permitted Transferee, (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or
reports as are required by the Code or the REMIC Provisions including reports
relating to interest, original issue discount and market discount or premium
(using the Prepayment Assumption as required) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue
Service the name, title, address and telephone number of the person who shall
serve as the representative of each Trust REMIC. The Master Servicer shall
provide on a timely basis to the Trustee such information with respect to the
assets of the Trust Fund, including, without limitation, the Mortgage Loans, as
is in its possession and reasonably required by the Trustee to enable each of
them to perform their respective obligations under this subsection. In addition,
the Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee (and the
Trustee shall forward such information to the Certificate Insurer to the extent
received), within ten (10) days after the Closing Date, all information or data
that the Trustee reasonably determines to be relevant for tax purposes as to the
valuations and issue prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation,
the price, yield, prepayment assumption and projected cash flow of the
Certificates.

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                  (f) The Trustee shall take such action and shall cause each
REMIC created hereunder to take such action as shall be necessary to create or
maintain the status thereof as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions (and the
Master Servicer shall assist it, to the extent reasonably requested by it). The
Trustee shall not take any action, cause the Trust Fund to take any action or
fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC
Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the
status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) 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) (either such
event, an "Adverse REMIC Event") unless the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and
the NIMS Insurer have received an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee
and the Certificate Insurer (at the expense of the party seeking to take such
action but in no event at the expense of the Trustee) to the effect that the
contemplated action shall not, with respect to any Trust REMIC, endanger such
status or result in the imposition of such a tax, nor shall the Master Servicer
take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder) as to
which the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer has advised it
in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an
Adverse REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action. In addition, prior
to taking any action with respect to any Trust REMIC or the respective assets of
each, or causing any Trust REMIC to take any action, which is not contemplated
under the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall consult with the
Trustee, the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer or its designee, in writing,
with respect to whether such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur
with respect to any Trust REMIC, and the Master Servicer shall not take any such
action or cause any Trust REMIC to take any such action as to which the Trustee,
the Certificate Insurer or the NIMS Insurer has advised it in writing that an
Adverse REMIC Event could occur. The Trustee, the Certificate Insurer or the
NIMS Insurer may consult with counsel to make such written advice, and the cost
of same shall be borne by the party seeking to take the action not permitted by
this Agreement, but in no event shall such cost be an expense of the Trustee. At
all times as may be required by the Code, the Master Servicer on behalf of the
Trustee shall ensure that substantially all of the assets of any Trust REMIC
shall consist of "qualified mortgages" as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the
Code and "permitted investments" as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.

                  (g) In the event that any tax is imposed on "prohibited
transactions" of any REMIC created hereunder as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of
the Code, on the "net income from foreclosure property" of such REMIC as defined
in Section 860G(c) of the Code, on any contributions to any such REMIC after the
Startup Day therefor pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code, or any other tax
is imposed by the Code or any applicable provisions of state or local tax laws,
such tax shall be charged (i) to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 hereof,
if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the Trustee of any of its
obligations under this Article X, (ii) to the Master Servicer pursuant to
Section 10.03 hereof, if such tax arises out of or results from a breach by the
Master Servicer of any of its obligations under Article III or this Article X,
or otherwise (iii) against amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account and
shall be paid by withdrawal therefrom.

                  (h) On or before April 15th of each calendar year, commencing
April 15, 2005, the Trustee shall deliver to the Master Servicer, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and each Rating Agency a Certificate from a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee stating, without regard to any action taken
by any party other than the Trustee, the Trustee's compliance with this Article
X.

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                  (i) The Trustee shall, for federal income tax purposes,
maintain books and records with respect to each Trust REMIC on a calendar year
and on an accrual basis. The Trustee shall apply for an Employer Identification
Number for the Trust Fund from the Internal Revenue Service via a Form SS-4 or
such other form as is appropriate.

                  (j) Following the Startup Day, the Trustee shall not accept
any contributions of assets to any Trust REMIC other than in connection with any
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in accordance with Section 2.03
unless it shall have received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
inclusion of such assets in the Trust Fund shall not cause the related REMIC to
fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding or
subject such REMIC to any tax under the REMIC Provisions or other applicable
provisions of federal, state and local law or ordinances.

                  (k) Neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall enter
into any arrangement by which any Trust REMIC shall receive a fee or other
compensation for services nor permit any such REMIC to receive any income from
assets other than the Mortgage Pool which are deemed to constitute "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.

                  SECTION 10.02. Prohibited Transactions and Activities.

                  None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee
shall sell, dispose of or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in
connection with (i) the foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not
limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by deed in
lieu of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of REMIC I, (iii) the termination of
REMIC I pursuant to Article IX of this Agreement, (iv) a substitution pursuant
to Article II of this Agreement or (v) a purchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to
Article II or III of this Agreement), nor acquire any assets for any Trust REMIC
(other than REO Property acquired in respect of a defaulted Mortgage Loan), nor
sell or dispose of any investments in the Collection Account or the Distribution
Account for gain, nor accept any contributions to any Trust REMIC after the
Closing Date (other than a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan delivered in
accordance with Section 2.03), unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel,
addressed to the Trustee, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer (at the
expense of the party seeking to cause such sale, disposition, substitution,
acquisition or contribution but in no event at the expense of the Trustee) that
such sale, disposition, substitution, acquisition or contribution shall not (a)
affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) cause any Trust
REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions"
pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.

                  SECTION 10.03. Master Servicer and Trustee Indemnification.

                  (a) The Trustee agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund, the NIMS
Insurer, the Certificate Insurer, the Depositor and the Master Servicer 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,
caused solely by the Trustee's failure to act in accordance with its standard of
care set forth in this Article X or any state, local or franchise taxes imposed
upon the Trust as a result of the location of the Trustee.

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                  (b) The Master Servicer agrees to indemnify the Trust Fund,
the Certificate Insurer, the NIMS Insurer, the Depositor and the Trustee for any
taxes and costs including, without limitation, any reasonable attorneys' fees
imposed on or incurred by the Trust Fund, the Depositor or the Trustee, as a
result of a breach of the Master Servicer's covenants set forth in Article III
or this Article X or any state, local or franchise taxes imposed upon the Trust
as a result of the location of the Master Servicer or any subservicer.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

                  SECTION 11.01. Amendment.

                   This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended from
time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, if
applicable, the Custodian with the consent of the NIMS Insurer and with the
consent of the Certificate Insurer (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld) and without the consent of any of the Certificateholders, (i) to cure
any ambiguity or defect, (ii) to correct, modify or supplement any provisions
herein (including to give effect to the expectations of Certificateholders), or
in any Custodial Agreement, or (iii) to make any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Agreement, the Certificate Insurance
Policy or in any Custodial Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement or such Custodial Agreement, provided that such
action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder, as evidenced by either (i) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to
the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee to such effect or
(ii) confirmation from the Rating Agencies that such amendment shall not result
in the reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class of
Certificates (without regard to the Certificate Insurance Policy). No amendment
shall be deemed to adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Certificateholder who shall have consented thereto, and no Opinion of Counsel
shall be required to address the effect of any such amendment on any such
consenting Certificateholder.

                   This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended
from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer and
the Trustee with the consent of the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Agreement or any Custodial Agreement or of modifying in any manner the
rights of the Holders of Certificates; provided, however, that no such amendment
shall (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments
received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on any
Certificate without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate, (ii)
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of any
Class of Certificates (as evidenced by either (i) an Opinion of Counsel
delivered to the Trustee or (ii) written notice to the Depositor, the Servicer
and the Trustee from the Rating Agencies that such action shall not result in
the reduction or withdrawal of the rating of any outstanding Class of
Certificates (without regard to the Certificate Insurance Policy) with respect
to which it is a Rating Agency) in a manner other than as described in (i), or
(iii) modify the consents required by the immediately preceding clauses (i) and
(ii) without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates then outstanding.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for purposes of the
giving or withholding of consents pursuant to this Section 11.01, Certificates
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name of the Depositor or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate thereof shall be
entitled to Voting Rights with respect to matters affecting such Certificates.

                  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement,
neither the Trustee nor the NIMS Insurer shall consent to any amendment to this
Agreement unless it and the Certificate Insurer shall have first received an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to each such party to the effect that such
amendment shall not result in the imposition of any tax on any Trust REMIC
pursuant to the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as
a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding.

                  Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section
11.01, none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall enter
into any amendment of this Agreement that would significantly change the
permitted activities of the Trust Fund without the consent of the NIMS Insurer,
the Certificate Insurer and the holders of Certificates that represent more than
50.00% of the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of all Certificates.

                  Promptly after the execution of any such amendment the Trustee
shall furnish a copy of such amendment to each Certificateholder and the
Certificate Insurer.

                  It shall not be necessary for the consent of
Certificateholders under this Section 11.01 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.

                  The cost of any Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to
this Section 11.01 shall be borne by the Person seeking the related amendment,
but in no event shall such Opinion of Counsel be an expense of the Trustee.

                  The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to enter into any
amendment pursuant to this Section that affects its respective rights, duties
and immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

                  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 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 Master Servicer at the expense of the Certificateholders, but
only upon direction of the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests
of the Certificateholders.

                  For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this
Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be
executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.

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                  SECTION 11.03. 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 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 Fund, nor 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
expressly provided for 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 any of the
Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time
to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any
Certificateholder be under any liability to any third person by reason of any
action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

                  No Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any
provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless (i)
such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee and the Certificate
Insurer a written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as
hereinbefore provided, and (ii) the Holders of Certificates entitled to at least
25% of the Voting Rights shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in the name of the Trustee hereunder
and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may
require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or
thereby, and the Trustee, for 15 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such
action, suit or proceeding. It is understood and intended, and expressly
covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the
Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any
manner whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such
Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any
other such Holder, 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, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to
such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

                  SECTION 11.04. Governing Law.

                  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties
hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws excluding the choice
of laws provisions therein.

                  SECTION 11.05. Notices.

                  All directions, demands, requests, authorizations and notices
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
received if personally delivered at or mailed by first class mail, postage
prepaid, or by express delivery service, facsimile, electronic mail or delivered
in any other manner specified herein, to (a) in the case of the Depositor, 1100
Town &

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Country Road, Suite 1100, Orange, California 92868, Attention: Capital Markets
(telecopy number (714) 245-0198), or such other address or telecopy number as
may hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer, the
Certificate Insurer and the Trustee in writing by the Depositor, (b) in the case
of the Master Servicer, 1100 Town & Country Road, 11th Floor, Orange, California
92868, Attention: General Counsel (telecopy number: (714) 564-9639), or such
other address or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Trustee,
the NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Depositor in writing by the
Master Servicer, (c) in the case of the Trustee, Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, 1761 East St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, CA 92705-4934, Attention: Trust
Administration-AR0404 (telecopy number: (714) 247-6009), or such other address
or telecopy number as may hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer, the
NIMS Insurer, the Certificate Insurer and the Depositor in writing by the
Trustee, (d) in the case of the NIMS Insurer, such address furnished to the
Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Insurer and the Trustee in
writing by the NIMS Insurer and (e) in the case of the Certificate Insurer, XL
Capital Assurance, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
10020-1001, Attn: General Counsel, or such other address or telecopy number as
may hereafter be furnished to the Master Servicer, the NIMS Insurer, the Trustee
and the Depositor in writing by the Certificate Insurer. Any notice required or
permitted to be given to a Certificateholder shall be given by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at the address of such Holder 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. A copy of any notice required to
be telecopied hereunder also shall be mailed to the appropriate party in the
manner set forth above.

                  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. Notice to Rating Agencies, the Certificate
                                 Insurer and the NIMS Insurer.

                  The Trustee shall use its best efforts promptly to provide
notice to the Rating Agencies, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer with
respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

                  1. Any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

                  2. The occurrence of any Master Servicer Event of Default that
         has not been cured or waived;

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

                  4. The repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans pursuant
         to or as contemplated by Section 2.03;

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                  5. The final payment to the Holders of any Class of
         Certificates;

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

                  7. Any event that would result in the inability of the
         Trustee, were it to succeed as Master Servicer, to make advances
         regarding delinquent Mortgage Loans; and

                  8. The filing of any claim under the Master Servicer's blanket
         bond and errors and omissions insurance policy required by Section 3.09
         or the cancellation or material modification of coverage under any such
         instrument.

                  In addition, the Trustee shall promptly furnish to each Rating
Agency, the Certificate Insurer and the NIMS Insurer copies of each report to
Certificateholders described in Section 4.02 and the Master Servicer, as
required pursuant to Section 3.19 and Section 3.20, shall promptly furnish to
each Rating Agency and the Certificate Insurer copies of the following:

                  1. Each annual statement as to compliance described in Section
         3.19; and

                  2. Each annual independent public accountants' servicing
         report described in Section 3.20.

                  Any such notice pursuant to this Section 11.07 shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at
or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by express delivery service
to Moody's Investors Service, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007, to
Fitch Ratings, 1 State Street Plaza, New York, New York 10004 and to Standard &
Poor's, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 25 Broadway, New York,
New York 10004, or such other addresses as the Rating Agencies may designate in
writing to the parties hereto.

                  SECTION 11.08. Article and Section References.

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

                  SECTION 11.09. Grant of Security Interest.

                  It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to the Trustee be, and be
construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor and not a pledge of
the Mortgage Loans by the Depositor to secure a debt or other obligation of the
Depositor or the Seller. However, in the event that, notwithstanding the
aforementioned intent of the parties, the Mortgage Loans are held to be property
of the Depositor or the Seller, then, (a) it is the express intent of the
parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the
Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor
or the Seller and (b)(1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security
agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; (2) the conveyance
provided for in Section 2.01 hereof shall be deemed to be a grant by the Seller
and the Depositor to the Trustee of a security interest in all of the

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Seller's and the Depositor'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, including without limitation all amounts, other than investment
earnings, from time to time held or invested in the Collection Account and the
Distribution Account, whether in the form of cash, instruments, securities or
other property; (3) the obligations secured by such security agreement shall be
deemed to be all of the Depositor's obligations under this Agreement, including
the obligation to provide to the Certificateholders the benefits of this
Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loans and the Trust Fund; and (4)
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 Trustee for the purpose
of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. Accordingly, the
Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a security interest in the Mortgage Loans
and all other property described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence, for
the purpose of securing to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders the
performance by the Depositor of the obligations described in clause (3) of the
preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto intend the
conveyance pursuant to Section 2.01 and the transfer pursuant to the Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement to be a true, absolute and unconditional sale of the
Mortgage Loans and assets constituting the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the
Trustee.

                  SECTION 11.10 Third Party Rights.

                  The NIMS Insurer and the Certificate Insurer shall be
third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement to the same extent as if they were a
party hereto, and each shall have the right to enforce the provisions of this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, provisions herein
that refer to the "benefit" of Certificateholders or the "interests" of the
Certificateholders or actions "for the benefit of" Certificateholders also
include an implicit reference to the benefits or interests of the NIMS Insurer,
if any, and the Certificate Insurer with respect to the Class A Certificates and
to the extent a Certificate Insurer Default has not occurred and is continuing.

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

                                     ARGENT SECURITIES INC.,
                                      as Depositor

                                     By:     /s/ John P. Grazer
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   John P. Grazer
                                     Title:  CFO

                                     AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY,
                                      as Master Servicer

                                     By:      /s/ John P. Grazer
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   John P. Grazer
                                     Title:  EVP

                                     DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                     COMPANY,
                                      as Trustee

                                     By:     /s/ Valerie Delgado
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Valerie Delgado
                                     Title:  Associate

                                     By:     /s/ Ronaldo Reyes
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                     Name:   Ronaldo Reyes
                                     Title:  Assistant Vice President

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STATE OF          )
                  ) ss.:
COUNTY OF         )

                  On the ___ day of ___________ 2004, before me, a notary public
in and for said State, personally appeared ____________, known to me to be an
________________ of Argent 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 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 ___ day of __________ 2004, before me, a notary public
in and for said State, personally appeared __________________, known to me to be
a _________________ of Ameriquest Mortgage Company, 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          )
                  ) ss.:
COUNTY OF         )

                  On the ___ day of ________ 2004, before me, a notary public in
and for said State, personally appeared _________________, known to me to be an
____________________ of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, one of the
entities 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 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>

                                   EXHIBIT A-1

                           FORM OF CLASS A 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").

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                      <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class A                                  Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
                                                         Class A Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable                              $ 463,250,000.00

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                  Denomination:  $ 463,250,000.00
and Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                         Master Servicer:  Ameriquest Mortgage
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004                  Company

No. 1                                                    Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust
                                                         Company

                                                         Issue Date: March 9, 2004

                                                         CUSIP: 040104 GC 9
</TABLE>

         DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
         OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
         LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE.

                                      A-1-1

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                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

         THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
         ARGENT SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
         THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE
         UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                  This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class A Certificates as of
the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all
the Class A Certificates created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Argent Securities Inc.
(hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity
under the Agreement), the Master Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain
of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not
defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned 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 the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class A Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

                  All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

                  The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
be the lesser of (x) the related Formula Rate for such

                                      A-1-2

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Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date. For any Distribution Date and this Certificate, the Formula Rate is the
lesser of (a) One-Month LIBOR plus the Certificate Margin and (b) the Maximum
Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin with respect to this Certificate is 0.260% on
each Distribution Date through and including the Optional Termination Date and
0.520% thereafter.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset- Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

                  The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

                  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, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

                  The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

                  No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange of Certificates, but the Trustee may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other

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governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of Certificates.

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                  The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a
price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such
right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10% of the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans at the Cut- off
Date.

                  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.

                                      A-1-4

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: March  __, 2004

                                               DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                               COMPANY
                                               as Trustee

                                               By:__________________________
                                                      Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                               DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                               COMPANY
                                               as Certificate Registrar

                                               By:__________________________
                                                     Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

                                      A-1-6

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                            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 M-1 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").

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                      <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class M-1                                Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
                                                         Class M-1 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable                              $   7,500,000.00

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                  Denomination:  $   7,500,000.00
and Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                         Master Servicer:  Ameriquest Mortgage
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004                  Company

No. 1                                                    Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust
                                                         Company

                                                         Issue Date: March 9, 2004

                                                         CUSIP: 040104 GD 7
</TABLE>

         DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
         OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
         LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE.

         ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO
         MAKE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.02(c) OF
         THE AGREEMENT.

                                      A-2-1

<PAGE>

                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

         THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
         ARGENT SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
         THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE
         UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                  This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-1 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-1 Certificates created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Argent Securities
Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the
extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned 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 the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-1 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

                  All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

                  The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
be the lesser of (x) the related Formula Rate for such

                                      A-2-2

<PAGE>

Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution
Date. For any Distribution Date and this Certificate, the Formula Rate is the
lesser of (a) One-Month LIBOR plus the Certificate Margin and (b) the Maximum
Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin with respect to this Certificate is 1.600% each
Distribution Date through and including the Optional Termination Date and 2.400%
thereafter.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset- Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

                  The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

                  Any transferee of this Certificate shall be deemed to make the
representations set forth in Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.

                  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, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

                  The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

                                      A-2-3

<PAGE>

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

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                  The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a
price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such
right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10% of the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans at the Cut- off
Date.

                  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.

                                      A-2-4

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: March __, 2004

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY
                                                as Trustee

                                                By:__________________________
                                                      Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY
                                                as Certificate Registrar

                                                By:__________________________
                                                      Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

                                      A-2-6

<PAGE>

                            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-2-7

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-3

                          FORM OF CLASS M-2 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").

         THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES AND THE
         CLASS M-1 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND
         SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                      <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class M-2                                Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
                                                         Class M-2 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable                              $ 5,000,000.00

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                  Denomination:  $ 5,000,000.00
and Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                         Master Servicer:  Ameriquest Mortgage
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004                  Company

No. 1                                                    Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust
                                                         Company

                                                         Issue Date: March 9, 2004

                                                         CUSIP: 040104 GE 5
</TABLE>

         DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
         OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
         LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE.

         ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO
         MAKE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.02(c) OF
         THE AGREEMENT.

                                      A-3-1

<PAGE>

                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

         THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
         ARGENT SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
         THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE
         UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                  This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-2 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-2 Certificates created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Argent Securities
Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the
extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned 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 the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-2 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

                  All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

                                      A-3-2

<PAGE>

                  The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
be the lesser of (x) the related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y)
the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution
Date and this Certificate, the Formula Rate is the lesser of (a) One-Month LIBOR
plus the Certificate Margin and (b) the Maximum Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin
with respect to this Certificate is 1.750% each Distribution Date through and
including the Optional Termination Date and 2.625% thereafter.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset- Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

                  The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

                  Any transferee of this Certificate shall be deemed to make the
representations set forth in Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.

                  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, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

                  The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new

                                      A-3-3

<PAGE>

Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                  The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a
price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such
right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10% of the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans at the Cut- off
Date.

                  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.

                                      A-3-4

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: March __, 2004

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY
                                                as Trustee

                                                By:__________________________
                                                       Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY
                                                as Certificate Registrar

                                                By:__________________________
                                                      Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

                                      A-3-6

<PAGE>

                            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-3-7

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-4

                          FORM OF CLASS M-3 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").

         THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
         M-1 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED
         IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                    <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class M-3                              Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
                                                       Class M-3 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable                             $ 6,250,000.00

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                Denomination:  $ 6,250,000.00
and Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                       Master Servicer:  Ameriquest Mortgage Company
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004
                                                       Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
No. 1
                                                       Issue Date: March 9, 2004

                                                       CUSIP: 040104 GF 2
</TABLE>

         DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
         OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
         LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE.

         ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO
         MAKE THE REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.02(c) OF
         THE AGREEMENT.

                                      A-4-1

<PAGE>

                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

         THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
         ARGENT SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
         THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE
         UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                  This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-3 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-3 Certificates created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Argent Securities
Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor
entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of
certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the
extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned 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 the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-3 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

                  All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

                                      A-4-2

<PAGE>

         The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of interest payable
with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall be the lesser of
(x) the related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y) the Net WAC
Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution Date and this
Certificate, the Formula Rate is the lesser of (a) One-Month LIBOR plus the
Certificate Margin and (b) the Maximum Cap Rate. The Certificate Margin with
respect to this Certificate is 3.000% each Distribution Date through and
including the Optional Termination Date and 4.500% thereafter.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset- Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

                  The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

                  Any transferee of this Certificate shall be deemed to make the
representations set forth in Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.

                  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, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

                  The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new

                                      A-4-3

<PAGE>

Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

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

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                  The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a
price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such
right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10% of the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans at the Cut- off
Date.

                  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.

                                      A-4-4

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: March __, 2004

                                               DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                               COMPANY
                                               as Trustee

                                               By:__________________________
                                                     Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                               DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                               COMPANY
                                               as Certificate Registrar

                                               By:__________________________
                                                    Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

                                      A-4-6

<PAGE>

                            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-4-7

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-5

                           FORM CLASS M-4 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, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE").

         THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS
         M-1 CERTIFICATES, THE CLASS M-2 CERTIFICATES AND THE CLASS M-3
         CERTIFICATES TO THE EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING
         AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

         THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
         AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
         TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
         EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
         AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
         THE AGREEMENT.

         NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
         RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
         RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE
         CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
         DESCRIBED HEREIN.

                                      A-5-1

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                      <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class M-4                                Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
                                                         Class M-4 Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Pass-Through Rate: Variable                              $   5,750,000.00

Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                  Denomination: $  5,750,000.00
and Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                         Master Servicer: Ameriquest Mortgage
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004                  Company

No. 1                                                    Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust
                                                         Company

                                                         Issue Date: March 9, 2004

                                                         CUSIP: 040104 GG 0
</TABLE>

         DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
         OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
         LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE.

                                      A-5-2

<PAGE>

                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

         THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
         ARGENT SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
         THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE
         UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                  This certifies that Cede & Co. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this Certificate
by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class M-4 Certificates as
of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest evidenced by
all the Class M-4 Certificates in REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"), among Argent
Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term includes any
successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer and the Trustee, a
summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter.
To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings assigned 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 the acceptance hereof
assents and by which such Holder is bound.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class M-4 Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

                  All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

                                      A-5-3

<PAGE>

                  The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the calculation of
interest payable with respect to this Certificate on any Distribution Date shall
be the lesser of (x) the related Formula Rate for such Distribution Date and (y)
the Net WAC Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date. For any Distribution
Date and this Certificate, the Formula Rate is One-Month LIBOR plus the
Certificate Margin. The Certificate Margin for this Certificate is 2.000% in the
case of each Distribution Date through and including the Optional Termination
Date, or 3.000%, in the case of any Distribution Date thereafter.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset- Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof
equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

                  The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

                  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, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

                  The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

                                      A-5-4

<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 and the Certificate Registrar 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 F-1,
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. None of the Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar or 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 Certificate
Registrar 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 Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.

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

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                  The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a
price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right

                                      A-5-5

<PAGE>

will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such right cannot be
exercised until the Optional Termination Date.

                  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.

<PAGE>

                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: _______________, 2004

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL
                                                TRUST COMPANY
                                                as Trustee

                                                By:__________________________
                                                      Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL
                                                TRUST COMPANY
                                                as Certificate Registrar

                                                By:__________________________
                                                     Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

                                      A-5-8

<PAGE>

                            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-6-1

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-6

                          FORM OF CLASS CE 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").

         THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO THE CLASS A
         CERTIFICATES AND THE MEZZANINE CERTIFICATES TO THE
         EXTENT DESCRIBED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
         REFERRED TO HEREIN.

         THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
         AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
         TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
         EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
         AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
         THE AGREEMENT.

         NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
         RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
         RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE
         CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
         DESCRIBED HEREIN.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                         <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class CE                                    Aggregate Notional Amount of the Class CE
                                                            Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement and                 $499,999,918.50
Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                            Denomination:  $12,249,918.50
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004
                                                            Master Servicer:  Ameriquest Mortgage
No. 1                                                       Company

Issue Date: March 9, 2004                                   Trustee: Deutsche Bank National Trust
                                                            Company
</TABLE>

      DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
      CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
      OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
      THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS CERTIFICATE.

                                      A-6-2

<PAGE>

                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

      THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN ARGENT
      SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR
      RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING
      MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
      UNITED STATES.

         This certifies that Ameriquest Mortgage Company is the registered owner
of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination of this
Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class CE
Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership interest
evidenced by all the Class CE Certificates in REMIC III created pursuant to a
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the "Agreement"),
among Argent Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor," which term
includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master Servicer and the
Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set forth
hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein
have the meanings assigned 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 the acceptance
hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

         Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be made on
the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day, the
Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on the
First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class CE Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

         All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the Agreement
will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person entitled
thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at least
five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

         This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates
designated as Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series specified on
the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing a Percentage
Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal

                                      A-6-3

<PAGE>

to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the aggregate
Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified on the face
hereof.

         The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain collections
and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth
herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement, withdrawals from the
Collection Account and the Distribution Account may be made from time to time
for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes
including reimbursement of advances made, or certain expenses incurred, with
respect to the Mortgage Loans.

         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, the Trustee and the rights of the
Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the Master
Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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 in the Certificate
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in the Agreement, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same
Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate Percentage
Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

         The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only without
coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests specified
in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         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 and the Certificate Registrar 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 F-1,
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

                                      A-6-4

<PAGE>

Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective
transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor,
the Certificate Registrar or 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 Certificate
Registrar 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 Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of any
such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate shall be
made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.

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

         The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee or
the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any such agent shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.

         The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund created
thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all amounts
held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the Agreement
following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation (or any
advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in REMIC I,
and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a price
determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage Loans
and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such
right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10% of the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans at the Cut- off
Date.

         The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of the
Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

         Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Certificate Registrar, 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: March __, 2004

                                             DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                             COMPANY
                                             as Trustee

                                             By:__________________________
                                                    Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

         This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Agreement.

                                             DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                             COMPANY
                                             as Certificate Registrar

                                             By:__________________________
                                                  Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

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<PAGE>

                            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-6-8

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT 7

                           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").

         THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
         AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
         TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
         EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
         AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
         THE AGREEMENT.

         NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
         RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
         RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE
         CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
         DESCRIBED HEREIN.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                      <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class P                                  Aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the
                                                         Class P Certificates as of the Issue Date:
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                  $100.00
and Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                         Denomination:  $100.00
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004
                                                         Master Servicer:  Ameriquest Mortgage
No. 1                                                    Company

                                                         Trustee:  Deutsche Bank National Trust
                                                         Company

                                                         Issue Date: March 9, 2004
</TABLE>

         DISTRIBUTIONS IN REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE MONTHLY AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE
         OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL BALANCE HEREOF AT ANY TIME MAY BE
         LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ABOVE AS THE DENOMINATION OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE.

                                      A-7-1

<PAGE>

                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

         THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
         ARGENT SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
         THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE
         UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                  This certifies that Ameriquest Mortgage Company is the
registered owner of a Percentage Interest (obtained by dividing the denomination
of this Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class
P Certificates as of the Issue Date) in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Class P Certificates in REMIC IV created pursuant
to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Argent Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned 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 the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class P Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

                  All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset- Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face

<PAGE>

hereof equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof.

                  The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

                  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, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

                  The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

                  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 and the Certificate Registrar 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 F-1,
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

<PAGE>

such Opinion of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar or 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 Certificate
Registrar 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 Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.

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

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                  The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a
price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such
right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10% of the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans at the Cut- off
Date.

                  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: March __, 2004

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY
                                                as Trustee

                                                By:__________________________
                                                      Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY
                                                as Certificate Registrar

                                                By:__________________________
                                                     Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

                                      A-7-6

<PAGE>

                            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-7-7

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A-8

                           FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE

         THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON- UNITED
         STATES PERSON.

         SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
         "RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
         ("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
         AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").

         THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
         AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
         TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
         EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
         AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
         THE AGREEMENT.

         ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
         PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
         AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

         NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
         RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
         RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE
         CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
         DESCRIBED HEREIN.

         ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
         MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
         TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
         POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
         FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
         THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT 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, (3) ANY
         ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
         PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE

                                      A-8-1

<PAGE>

         FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A
         "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
         ORGANIZATION AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE
         ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES
         CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
         THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE
         CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF 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 HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
         CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF
         SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
         HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED
         FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                      <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class R                                  Aggregate Percentage Interest of the Class R
                                                         Certificates as of the Issue Date: 100.00%
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                  Percentage Interest
and Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                         Denomination: 100% Percentage Interest
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004
                                                         Master Servicer:  Ameriquest Mortgage
No. 1                                                    Company

                                                         Trustee:  Deutsche Bank National Trust
                                                         Company

                                                         Issue Date: March 9, 2004
</TABLE>

                                      A-8-2

<PAGE>

                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

         THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
         ARGENT SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
         THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE
         UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                  This certifies that Ameriquest Mortgage Company is the
registered owner of a Percentage Interest specified above in that certain
beneficial ownership interest evidenced by all the Class R Certificates in REMIC
I and REMIC II created pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as
specified above (the "Agreement"), among Argent Securities Inc. (hereinafter
called the "Depositor," which term includes any successor entity under the
Agreement), the Master Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the
pertinent provisions of which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined
herein, the capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned 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 the acceptance hereof assents and by which such
Holder is bound.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class R Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

                  All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset- Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face

                                      A-8-3

<PAGE>

hereof equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof.

                  The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

                  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, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

                  The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

                  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 and the Certificate Registrar 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 F-1,
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

                                      A-8-4

<PAGE>

Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective
transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor,
the Certificate Registrar or 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 Certificate
Registrar 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 Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.

                  Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R Certificates have been designated as residual
interests in three REMICs, (B) it will include in its income a pro rata share of
the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R Certificates. Notwithstanding the registration
in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other disposition of this
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or middleman) 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, including, but not limited to,
the receipt of distributions in respect of this Certificate.

                  The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof,
shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the
Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of
the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
Fund to cease to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the
REMIC.

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

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

                                      A-8-5

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                  The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a
price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such
right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10% of the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans at the Cut- off
Date.

                  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: March __, 2004

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY
                                                as Trustee

                                                By:__________________________
                                                     Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY
                                                as Certificate Registrar

                                                By:__________________________
                                                     Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

<PAGE>

                            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-9

                          FORM OF CLASS R-X CERTIFICATE

         THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO A NON- UNITED
         STATES PERSON.

         SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE IS A
         "RESIDUAL INTEREST" IN A "REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT"
         ("REMIC"), AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G
         AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (THE "CODE").

         THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
         AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS IT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT
         TO SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE
         EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LAW
         AND IS TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF
         THE AGREEMENT.

         ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS
         CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
         PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5.02 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING
         AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

         NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER
         RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT (EACH A "PLAN") SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE
         RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR THE
         CODE WILL BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES
         DESCRIBED HEREIN.

         ANY RESALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE
         MADE ONLY IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE PROVIDES (I) AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE
         TRUSTEE THAT (A) SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT (1) THE UNITED STATES OR ANY
         POSSESSION THEREOF, ANY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, ANY
         FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, OR ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, (2) ANY ORGANIZATION (OTHER
         THAN A COOPERATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 521 OF THE CODE) THAT 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, (3) ANY
         ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1381(A)(2)(C) OF THE CODE (ANY SUCH
         PERSON DESCRIBED IN THE

<PAGE>

         FOREGOING CLAUSES (1), (2) OR (3) SHALL HEREINAFTER BE REFERRED TO AS A
         "DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION") OR (4) AN AGENT OF A DISQUALIFIED
         ORGANIZATION AND (B) NO PURPOSE OF SUCH TRANSFER IS TO IMPEDE THE
         ASSESSMENT OR COLLECTION OF TAX, AND (II) SUCH TRANSFEREE SATISFIES
         CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
         THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE
         CERTIFICATE REGISTER OF 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 HEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE
         CONSENTED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND THE PROVISIONS OF
         SECTION 5.02(D) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
         HEREIN. ANY PERSON THAT IS A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION IS PROHIBITED
         FROM ACQUIRING BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS CERTIFICATE.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                                                      <C>
Series 2004-W4, Class R-X                                Aggregate Percentage Interest of the Class R-X
                                                         Certificates as of the Issue Date: 100.00%
Date of Pooling and Servicing Agreement                  Percentage Interest
and Cut-off Date: March 1, 2004
                                                         Denomination: 100% Percentage Interest
First Distribution Date: April 26, 2004
                                                         Master Servicer:  Ameriquest Mortgage
No. 1                                                    Company

                                                         Trustee:  Deutsche Bank National Trust
                                                         Company

                                                         Issue Date: March 9, 2004
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                      ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATE

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund (the "Trust Fund")
consisting primarily of a pool of conventional one- to four-family
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate first lien mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans")
formed and sold by

                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

         THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN
         ARGENT SECURITIES INC., THE MASTER SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF
         THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE
         UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE GUARANTEED BY ANY AGENCY OR
         INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

                  This certifies that MKM I Corp. is the registered owner of a
Percentage Interest specified above in that certain beneficial ownership
interest evidenced by all the Class R-X Certificates in REMIC IV created
pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as specified above (the
"Agreement"), among Argent Securities Inc. (hereinafter called the "Depositor,"
which term includes any successor entity under the Agreement), the Master
Servicer and the Trustee, a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of
which is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned 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 the
acceptance hereof assents and by which such Holder is bound.

                  Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, distributions will be
made on the 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following (a "Distribution Date"), commencing on
the First Distribution Date specified above, to the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered on the Record Date, in an amount equal to the product
of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate and the amount required
to be distributed to the Holders of Class R-X Certificates on such Distribution
Date pursuant to the Agreement.

                  All distributions to the Holder of this Certificate under the
Agreement will be made or caused to be made by or on behalf of the Trustee by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of the Person
entitled thereto if such Person shall have so notified the Trustee in writing at
least five Business Days prior to the Record Date immediately prior to such
Distribution Date or otherwise by check mailed by first class mail to the
address of the Person entitled thereto, as such name and address shall appear on
the Certificate Register. 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 as provided in
the Agreement.

                  This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of
Certificates designated as Asset- Backed Pass-Through Certificates of the Series
specified on the face hereof (herein called the "Certificates") and representing
a Percentage Interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face

<PAGE>

hereof equal to the denomination specified on the face hereof divided by the
aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of the Class of Certificates specified
on the face hereof.

                  The Certificates are limited in right of payment to certain
collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Agreement. As provided in the
Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account and the Distribution Account
may be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to
Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of advances made, or
certain expenses incurred, with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

                  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, the Trustee and the rights of
the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time by the Depositor, the
Master Servicer and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of Certificates
entitled to at least 66% of the Voting Rights. 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 exchange herefor 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
in the Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration
of transfer at the offices or agencies appointed by the Trustee as provided in
the Agreement, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form
below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

                  The Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only
without coupons in Classes and denominations representing Percentage Interests
specified in the Agreement. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of the same Class in authorized denominations evidencing the same
aggregate Percentage Interest, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

                  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 and the Certificate Registrar 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 F-1,
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

                                     A-12-4

<PAGE>

Certificate desiring to effect the transfer and/or such Holder's prospective
transferee upon which such Opinion of Counsel is based. None of the Depositor,
the Certificate Registrar or 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 Certificate
Registrar 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 Certificate to a Plan subject to ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, any Person acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of any such Plan or any Person using "Plan Assets" to acquire this Certificate
shall be made except in accordance with Section 5.02(c) of the Agreement.

                  Prior to registration of any transfer, sale or other
disposition of this Certificate, the proposed transferee shall provide to the
Trustee (i) an affidavit to the effect that such transferee is any Person other
than a Disqualified Organization or the agent (including a broker, nominee or
middleman) of a Disqualified Organization, and (ii) a certificate that
acknowledges that (A) the Class R-X Certificates have been designated as
residual interests in two REMICs, (B) it will include in its income a pro rata
share of the net income of the Trust Fund and that such income may be an "excess
inclusion," as defined in the Code, that, with certain exceptions, cannot be
offset by other losses or benefits from any tax exemption, and (C) it expects to
have the financial means to satisfy all of its tax obligations including those
relating to holding the Class R-X Certificates. Notwithstanding the registration
in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale or other disposition of this
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization or an agent (including a broker,
nominee or middleman) 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, including, but not limited to,
the receipt of distributions in respect of this Certificate.

                  The Holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof,
shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of Section 5.02 of the
Agreement and to any amendment of the Agreement deemed necessary by counsel of
the Depositor to ensure that the transfer of this Certificate to any Person
other than a Permitted Transferee or any other Person will not cause the Trust
Fund to cease to qualify as a REMIC or cause the imposition of a tax upon the
REMIC.

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

                  The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the
Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar 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, the Certificate Registrar nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

<PAGE>

                  The obligations created by the Agreement and the Trust Fund
created thereby shall terminate upon payment to the Certificateholders of all
amounts held by the Trustee and required to be paid to them pursuant to the
Agreement following the earlier of (i) the final payment or other liquidation
(or any advance with respect thereto) of the last Mortgage Loan remaining in
REMIC I, and (ii) the purchase by the party designated in the Agreement at a
price determined as provided in the Agreement from REMIC I of all the Mortgage
Loans and all property acquired in respect of such Mortgage Loans. The Agreement
permits, but does not require, the party designated in the Agreement to purchase
from REMIC I all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any
Mortgage Loan at a price determined as provided in the Agreement. The exercise
of such right will effect early retirement of the Certificates; however, such
right to purchase is subject to the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans at the time of purchase being less than 10% of the sum of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Initial Mortgage Loans at the Cut- off
Date.

                  The recitals contained herein shall be taken as statements of
the Depositor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Certificate Registrar, by manual signature, this Certificate
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any
purpose.

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

Dated: March __, 2004

                                                  DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                  COMPANY
                                                  as Trustee

                                                  By:__________________________
                                                        Authorized Officer

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                  This is one of the Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Agreement.

                                                   DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                   COMPANY
                                                   as Certificate Registrar

                                                   By:_________________________
                                                        Authorized Signatory

<PAGE>

                                  ABBREVIATIONS

                  The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on
the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                        <C>                                <C>                       <C>
         TEN COM -         as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -             CUSTODIAN
                                                                                          -----------------
                                                                                        (Cust)   (Minor)
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                 under Uniform Gifts to
                                                                                        Minors Act
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right if                                _________________
                           survivorship and not as tenants                                    (State)
                           in common
</TABLE>

                  Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the
above list.

                                   ASSIGNMENT

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name, address including postal zip code, and Taxpayer
Identification Number of assignee)

a Percentage Interest equal to____% evidenced by the within Asset-Backed Pass-
Through Certificate and hereby authorize(s) the registration of transfer 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 Percentage Interest 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

<PAGE>

                            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 B

                           FORM OF LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT

Loan #: ____________
Borrower: _____________

                                                LOST NOTE AFFIDAVIT

                  I, as ____________________ of ______________________, a
_______________ corporation am authorized to make this Affidavit on behalf of
_____________________ (the "Seller"). In connection with the administration of
the Mortgage Loans held by ____________________, a _________________ corporation
as Seller on behalf of Argent Securities Inc. (the "Purchaser"),
_____________________ (the "Deponent"), being duly sworn, deposes and says that:

         1.       The Seller's address is:           _____________________
                                                     _____________________
                                                     _____________________

         2.       The Seller previously delivered to the Purchaser a signed
                  Initial Certification with respect to such Mortgage and/or
                  Assignment of Mortgage;

         3.       Such Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage was assigned
                  or sold to the Purchaser by ________________________, a
                  ____________ corporation pursuant to the terms and provisions
                  of a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated as of __________
                  ___, _____;

         4.       Such Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage is not
                  outstanding pursuant to a request for release of Documents;

         5.       Aforesaid Mortgage Note and/or Assignment of Mortgage (the
"Original") has been lost;

         6.       Deponent has made or caused to be made a diligent search for
                  the Original and has been unable to find or recover same;

         7.       The Seller was the Seller of the Original at the time of the
                  loss; and

         8.       Deponent agrees that, if said Original should ever come into
                  Seller's possession, custody or power, Seller will immediately
                  and without consideration surrender the Original to the
                  Purchaser.

         9.       Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of (i) the Note,
                  endorsed in blank by the Mortgagee and (ii) the Mortgage or
                  Deed of Trust (strike one) which secures the Note, which
                  Mortgage or Deed of Trust is recorded in the county where the
                  property is located.

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         10.      Deponent hereby agrees that the Seller (a) shall indemnify and
                  hold harmless the Purchaser, its successors and assigns,
                  against any loss, liability or damage, including reasonable
                  attorney's fees, resulting from the unavailability of any
                  Notes, including but not limited to any loss, liability or
                  damage arising from (i) any false statement contained in this
                  Affidavit, (ii) any claim of any party that has already
                  purchased a mortgage loan evidenced by the Lost Note or any
                  interest in such mortgage loan, (iii) any claim of any
                  borrower with respect to the existence of terms of a mortgage
                  loan evidenced by the Lost Note on the related property to the
                  fact that the mortgage loan is not evidenced by an original
                  note and (iv) the issuance of a new instrument in lieu thereof
                  (items (i) through (iv) above hereinafter referred to as the
                  "Losses") and (b) if required by any Rating Agency in
                  connection with placing such Lost Note into a Pass-Through
                  Transfer, shall obtain a surety from an insurer acceptable to
                  the applicable Rating Agency to cover any Losses with respect
                  to such Lost Note.

         11.      This Affidavit is intended to be relied upon by the Purchaser,
                  its successors and assigns. _____________________, a
                  ______________ corporation represents and warrants that it has
                  the authority to perform its obligations under this Affidavit
                  of Lost Note.

Executed this ____ day, of ___________ ______.

                                                   SELLER

                                                   By:______________________
                                                   Name:
                                                   Title:

                  On this _____ day of ________, _____, before me appeared
_________________ to me personally known, who being duly sworn did say that he
is the _____________________ of ____________________ a ______________
corporation and that said Affidavit of Lost Note was signed and sealed on behalf
of such corporation and said acknowledged this instrument to be the free act and
deed of said corporation.

                                                   Signature:

                                                   [Seal]

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                                   EXHIBIT C-1

                     FORM OF TRUSTEE'S INITIAL CERTIFICATION

                                                      [Date]

Argent Securities Inc.
1100 Town & Country Road, Suite 1100
Orange, California 92868

Ameriquest Mortgage Company
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868

                  Re:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1,
                           2004, among Argent Securities Inc., as depositor,
                           Ameriquest Mortgage Company, as master servicer and
                           Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee,
                           Asset-Backed Pass- Through Certificates, Series
                           2004-W4
                           ----------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  Pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2004, among Argent Securities Inc. as Depositor,
Ameriquest Mortgage Company, as master servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company as trustee, we hereby acknowledge that as to each Mortgage Loan listed
in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any
Mortgage Loan specifically identified in the exception report annexed thereto as
not being covered by such certification), (i) all documents constituting part of
such Mortgage File (other than such documents described in Section 2.01(v))
required to be delivered to it pursuant to this Agreement are in its possession,
(ii) such documents have been reviewed by it or such Custodian and are not
mutilated, torn or defaced unless initialed by the related borrower and relate
to such Mortgage Loan, (iii) based on its or the Custodian's examination and
only as to the foregoing, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan
Schedule that corresponds to items (1) through (3), (6), (9), (10), (13), (15)
and (19) of the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" accurately reflects
information set forth in the Mortgage File.

                  The Trustee has made no independent examination of any
documents contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically
required in the above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee
makes no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency,
recordability, enforceability or genuineness of any of the documents contained
in the Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, perfection, priority,
effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.

                  The Trustee was under no duty or obligation (i) to inspect,
review or examine any such documents, instruments, certificates or other papers
to determine whether they are genuine, enforceable, or appropriate for the
represented purpose or whether they have actually been recorded

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or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face or (ii) to
determine whether any Mortgage File should include any of the documents
specified in clause (v) of Section 2.01.

                  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                              DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                              COMPANY, as Trustee

                                              By:______________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

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                                   EXHIBIT C-2

                      FORM OF TRUSTEE'S FINAL CERTIFICATION

                                                       [Date]

Argent Securities Inc.
1100 Town & Country Road, Suite 1100
Orange, California 92868

Ameriquest Mortgage Company
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868

                  Re:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1,
                           2004, among Argent Securities Inc., as depositor,
                           Ameriquest Mortgage Company, as master servicer and
                           Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee,
                           Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
                           2004-W4
                           ----------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  In accordance with Section 2.02 of the above-captioned Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Trustee, hereby certifies that as
to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any
Mortgage Loan paid in full or listed on the attachment hereto), it or a
Custodian on its behalf has received each of the documents listed in Section
2.01.

                  The Trustee has made no independent examination of any
documents contained in each Mortgage File beyond the review specifically
required in the above-referenced Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Trustee
makes no representations as to: (i) the validity, legality, sufficiency,
recordability, enforceability or genuineness of any of the documents contained
in the Mortgage File of any of the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage
Loan Schedule, or (ii) the collectability, insurability, perfection, priority,
effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage Loan.

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

                                               DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                               COMPANY, as Trustee

                                               By:_____________________________
                                               Name:
                                               Title:

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                                   EXHIBIT C-3

                   FORM OF TRUSTEE'S RECEIPT OF MORTGAGE NOTE

                                                     [Date]

Argent Securities Inc.
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868

Ameriquest Mortgage Company
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868

                  Re:      Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1,
                           2004, among Argent Securities Inc., as depositor,
                           Ameriquest Mortgage Company, as master servicer and
                           Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee,
                           Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series
                           2004-W4
                           -----------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  Pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2004, among Argent Securities Inc. as depositor,
Ameriquest Mortgage Company as master servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company as trustee, we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the original Mortgage
Note for each Mortgage Loan with any exceptions thereto listed on Exhibit 1.

                  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                                DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                                COMPANY, as Trustee

                                                By:____________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

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                                                     EXHIBIT D

                                     FORM OF MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

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                        MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                  This is a Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement"),
dated as of March 4, 2004, between Ameriquest Mortgage Company, a Delaware
corporation (the "Seller") and Argent Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Purchaser").

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

                  The Seller intends to sell the Mortgage Loans (as hereinafter
defined) to the Purchaser on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement. The Purchaser shall deposit the Mortgage Loans into a
mortgage pool constituting the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund will be evidenced by a
single series of asset-backed pass-through certificates designated as Series
2004-W4 (the "Certificates"). The Certificates will consist of nine classes of
certificates. The Class CE Certificates, the Class P Certificates and the
Residual Certificates (collectively, the "Non-Offered Certificates") will be
delivered to the Seller or its designee as partial consideration for the
Mortgage Loans as further described below.

                  The Certificates will be issued pursuant to a Pooling and
Servicing Agreement relating to the Series 2004-W4 Certificates, dated as of
March 1, 2004 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Purchaser as
depositor (in such capacity, the "Depositor"), the Seller as master servicer
(the "Master Servicer") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee (in
such capacity, the "Trustee"). Pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
the Depositor will assign all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Mortgage Loans, together with its rights under this Agreement, to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

                  The parties hereto agree as follows:

                  SECTION 1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE. The Seller hereby sells, and
the Purchaser hereby purchases, on March 9, 2004 (the "Closing Date"), certain
adjustable-rate and fixed-rate conventional, one- to four-family, residential
mortgage loans (the "Mortgage Loans"), having an aggregate principal balance as
of the close of business on March 1, 2004 (the "Cut-off Date") of
$500,000,018.50 after giving effect to all payments due on the Mortgage Loans on
or before the Cut- off Date (the "Closing Balance"), whether or not received,
including the right to any Prepayment Charges collected after the Cut-off Date
from the Mortgagors in connection with any Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage
Loans. Any payments (including Prepayment Charges) collected on or before the
Cut-off Date, including all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on
or before the Cut-off Date and collected after the Cut-off Date, shall belong to
the Seller. In addition to the sale of the Mortgage Loans, the Seller will cause
the Cap Contracts to be transferred to the Purchaser.

                  SECTION 2. MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE AND PREPAYMENT CHARGE
SCHEDULE. The Purchaser and the Seller have agreed upon which of the mortgage
loans owned by the Seller are to be purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement, and the Seller shall prepare or cause to

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be prepared on or prior to the Closing Date a final schedule (the "Closing
Schedule") describing such Mortgage Loans and setting forth all of the Mortgage
Loans to be purchased under this Agreement. The Closing Schedule shall conform
to the requirements set forth in this Agreement and to the definition of
"Mortgage Loan Schedule" under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Closing
Schedule shall be used as the Mortgage Loan Schedule under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement. The Seller shall also prepare or cause to be prepared on or
prior to the Closing Date a final schedule (the "Prepayment Charge Schedule")
setting forth each Mortgage Loan containing a Prepayment Charge and conforming
to the definition of Prepayment Charge Schedule under the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.

                  SECTION 3. CONSIDERATION.

                  In consideration for the Mortgage Loans that will be purchased
hereunder, the Purchaser shall, as described in Section 8, (i) pay to or upon
the order of the Seller in immediately available funds an amount equal to the
net sale proceeds of the Class A Certificates, the Class M-1 Certificates, the
Class M-2 Certificates, the Class M-3 Certificates and the Class M-4
Certificates and (ii) deliver to the Seller, or its designee, the Non-Offered
Certificates.

                  SECTION 4. TRANSFER OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS.

                           (a) POSSESSION OF MORTGAGE FILES. The Seller does
hereby sell to the Purchaser, without recourse but subject to the terms of this
Agreement, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Mortgage
Loans, including the related Prepayment Charges collected after the Cut-off
Date. The contents of each Mortgage File not delivered to the Purchaser or to
any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing
Date are and shall be held in trust by the Seller for the benefit of the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser. Upon the
sale and contribution of the Mortgage Loans, the ownership of each Mortgage
Note, the related Mortgage and the other contents of the related Mortgage File
is vested in the Purchaser and the ownership of all records and documents with
respect to the related Mortgage Loan prepared by or that come into the
possession of the Seller on or after the Closing Date shall immediately vest in
the Purchaser and shall be delivered immediately to the Purchaser or as
otherwise directed by the Purchaser.

                           (b) DELIVERY OF MORTGAGE LOAN DOCUMENTS. The Seller
will, on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser each of the
following documents for each Mortgage Loan:

                  (i) the original Mortgage Note, endorsed in blank, without
         recourse, or in the following form: "Pay to the order of Deutsche Bank
         National Trust Company, as Trustee under the applicable agreement,
         without recourse," with all prior and intervening endorsements showing
         a complete chain of endorsement from the originator to the Person so
         endorsing to the Trustee, or with respect to any lost Mortgage Note, an
         original Lost Note

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                                       -3-

         Affidavit; provided however, that such substitutions of Lost Note
         Affidavits for original Mortgage Notes may occur only with respect to
         Mortgage Loans, the aggregate Cut-off Date Principal Balance of which
         is less than or equal to 2.00% of the Pool Balance as of the Cut-off
         Date;

                  (ii) the original Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon,
and a copy, certified by the appropriate recording office, of the recorded power
of attorney, if the Mortgage was executed pursuant to a power of attorney, with
evidence of recording thereon;

                  (iii) an original Assignment of the Mortgage assigned in
blank, without recourse;

                  (iv) the original recorded intervening Assignment or
Assignments of the Mortgage showing a complete chain of assignment from the
originator to the Person assigning the Mortgage to the Trustee as contemplated
by the immediately preceding clause (iii) or the original unrecorded intervening
Assignments;

                  (v) the original or copies of each assumption, modification,
written assurance or substitution agreement, if any; and

                  (vi) the original lenders's title insurance policy or an
attorney's opinion of title or similar guarantee of title acceptable to mortgage
lenders generally in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located,
together with all endorsements or riders which were issued with or subsequent to
the issuance of such policy, insuring the priority of the Mortgage as a first
lien on the Mortgaged Property represented therein as a fee interest vested in
the Mortgagor, or in the event such original title policy is unavailable, a
written commitment or uniform binder or preliminary report of title issued by
the title insurance or escrow company.

         If any document referred to in Section 4(b)(ii), 4(b)(iii) or 4(b)(iv)
above has been submitted for recording but either (x) has not been returned from
the applicable public recording office or (y) has been lost or such public
recording office has retained the original of such document, the obligations of
the Seller hereunder shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon (1) delivery by
or on behalf of the Seller promptly upon receipt thereof to the Purchaser or any
assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser of either the original or a
copy of such document certified by the Seller in the case of (x) above or the
public recording office in the case of (y) above to be a true and complete copy
of the recorded original thereof and (2) if such delivered copy is certified by
the Seller then in addition thereto delivery promptly upon receipt thereof of
either the original or a copy of such document certified by the public recording
office to be a true and complete copy of the original. In the event that the
original lender's title insurance policy has not yet been issued, the Seller
shall deliver to the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser a written commitment or interim binder or preliminary report of title
issued by the title insurance or escrow company. Promptly upon receipt by the
Seller of any such original title insurance policy the Seller shall deliver such
to the Purchaser or any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser.

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                                       -4-

                  The Seller shall promptly (and in no event later than thirty
(30) Business Days, subject to extension upon mutual agreement between the
Seller and the Trustee, following the later of (i) the Closing Date, (ii) the
date on which the Seller receives the Assignment from the Trustee and (iii) the
date of receipt by the Seller of the recording information for a Mortgage)
submit or cause to be submitted for recording, at no expense to the Trust Fund
or the Trustee, in the appropriate public office for real property records, each
Assignment referred to in (iii) and (iv) above and shall execute each original
Assignment referred to in (iii) in the following form: "Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as Trustee under the applicable agreement without recourse". In
the event that any such Assignment is lost or returned unrecorded because of a
defect therein, the Seller shall promptly prepare or cause to be prepared a
substitute Assignment or cure or cause to be cured such defect, as the case may
be, and thereafter cause each such Assignment to be duly recorded.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, for administrative convenience
and facilitation of servicing and to reduce closing costs, the Assignments of
Mortgage shall not be required to be submitted for recording (except with
respect to any Mortgage Loan located in Maryland) unless such failure to record
would result in a withdrawal or a downgrading by any Rating Agency of the rating
on any Class of Certificates (without regard to the Policy); provided further,
however, each Assignment of Mortgage shall be submitted for recording by the
Seller in the manner described above, at no expense to the Trust Fund or the
Trustee, upon the earliest to occur of: (i) reasonable direction by Holders of
Certificates entitled to at least 25% of the Voting Rights or the NIMS Insurer,
(ii) a failure of the Master Servicer Termination Test as set forth in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (iii) the occurrence of the bankruptcy or
insolvency of the Seller, (iv) the occurrence of a servicing transfer as
described in Section 7.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (v) if the
Seller is not the Master Servicer and with respect to any one assignment or
Mortgage, the occurrence of a bankruptcy, insolvency or foreclosure relating to
the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage.

                  Each original document relating to any Mortgage Loan which is
not delivered to the Purchaser or its assignee, transferee or designee, if held
by the Seller, shall be so held for the benefit of the Purchaser or its
assignee, transferee or designee.

                           (c) ACCEPTANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS. The documents
delivered pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof shall be reviewed by the Purchaser or
any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser at any time before or
after the Closing Date (and with respect to each document permitted to be
delivered after the Closing Date within seven days of its delivery) to ascertain
that all required documents have been executed and received and that such
documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

                           (d) RESERVED.

                           (e) TRANSFER OF INTEREST IN AGREEMENTS. The Purchaser
has the right to assign its interest under this Agreement, in whole or in part,
to the Trustee, as may be required to

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effect the purposes of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent
of the Seller, and the assignee shall succeed to the rights and obligations
hereunder of the Purchaser. Any expense reasonably incurred by or on behalf of
the Purchaser or the Trustee in connection with enforcing any obligations of the
Seller under this Agreement will be promptly reimbursed by the Seller.

                           (f) EXAMINATION OF MORTGAGE FILES. Prior to the
Closing Date, the Seller shall either (i) deliver in escrow to the Purchaser or
to any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser, for examination, the
Mortgage File pertaining to each Mortgage Loan or (ii) make such Mortgage Files
available to the Purchaser or to any assignee, transferee or designee of the
Purchaser for examination at the Trustee's offices in Santa Ana, California.
Such examination may be made by the Purchaser, and its respective designees,
upon reasonable notice to the Seller and the Trustee during normal business
hours before the Closing Date and within 60 days after the Closing Date. If any
such person makes such examination prior to the Closing Date and identifies any
Mortgage Loans that do not conform to the requirements of the Purchaser as
described in this Agreement, such Mortgage Loans shall be deleted from the
Closing Schedule. The Purchaser may, at its option and without notice to the
Seller, purchase all or part of the Mortgage Loans without conducting any
partial or complete examination. The fact that the Purchaser or any person has
conducted or has failed to conduct any partial or complete examination of the
Mortgage Files shall not affect the rights of the Purchaser or any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser to demand repurchase or other relief as
provided herein or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                  SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
                             SELLER.

                  The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as
of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and covenants, that:

                  (i) The Seller is a corporation duly organized, 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 the ability of the
Master Servicer to enforce each Mortgage Loan and to service the Mortgage Loans
in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

                  (ii) The Seller had the full corporate power and authority to
hold and sell each Mortgage Loan and 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 has duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement; this Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Seller; and this Agreement, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Purchaser, constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the
Seller in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (a) the

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enforceability thereof 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 the equitable defenses and to the discretion
of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought;

                  (iii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Seller, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller under the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the consummation of any other of the transactions herein
contemplated, and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms hereof are in
the ordinary course of business of the Seller and will not (A) result in a
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 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 a party to, bound by, or in breach or violation of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument, or subject to or in violation of any
statute, order or regulation of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over it, which materially and
adversely affects or, to the Seller's knowledge, would in the future materially
and adversely affect, (x) the ability of the Seller to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or (y) the business, operations, financial condition,
properties or assets of the Seller taken as a whole;

                  (iv) 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
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or if any such
consent, approval, authorization or order is required, the Seller has obtained
the same;

                  (v) The Seller is an approved originator/servicer for Fannie
Mae or Freddie Mac in good standing and is a HUD approved mortgagee pursuant to
Section 203 and Section 211 of the National Housing Act; and

                  (vi) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus
Supplement, no litigation is pending against the Seller that would materially
and adversely affect the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement
or the ability of the Seller to service the Mortgage Loans or the Seller to
perform any of its other obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms
hereof.

                  SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
                             RELATING TO THE MORTGAGE LOANS.

                  The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser,
with respect to the Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date or as of such date
specifically provided herein:

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                           (i) The information set forth on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule with respect to each Mortgage Loan is true and correct in all material
respects;

                           (ii) [Reserved];

                           (iii) No material error, omission, misrepresentation,
negligence, fraud or similar occurrence with respect to any Mortgage Loan has
taken place on the part of any person, including without limitation, the
Mortgagor, any appraiser, any builder or developer, or any other party involved
in the origination of the Mortgage Loan or in the application of any insurance
in relation to such Mortgage Loan;

                           (iv) All payments due prior to the Cut-off Date have
been made and none of the Mortgage Loans will have been contractually delinquent
for more than one calendar month more than once since the origination thereof;

                           (v) Each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first
lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all improvements thereon, subject only
to (a) the lien of nondelinquent current real property taxes and assessments,
(b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other
matters of public record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage, such
exceptions appearing of record being acceptable to mortgage lending institutions
generally or specifically reflected in the appraisal made in connection with the
origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and (c) other matters to which like
properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage;

                           (vi) Immediately prior to the sale of the Mortgage
Loans to the Purchaser, the Seller had good title to, and was the sole legal and
beneficial owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance or security interest and has full right and authority, subject to no
interest or participation of, or agreement with, any other party to sell and
assign the same;

                           (vii) There is no delinquent tax or assessment lien
against any Mortgaged Property;

                           (viii) 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 of or interest on such Mortgage Note, nor
will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage, or
the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage unenforceable, in
whole or in part, or subject to any valid right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury and no such valid right
of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense has been asserted with respect
thereto;

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                           (ix) There are no mechanics' liens or claims for
work, labor or material rendered to the Mortgaged Property affecting any
Mortgaged Property which are or may be a lien prior to, or equal with, the lien
of the related Mortgage, except those which are insured against by the title
insurance policy referred to in (xiii) below;

                           (x) Subject to the Escrow Withhold referred to in
(xx) below, each Mortgaged Property is free of material damage and is in good
repair;

                           (xi) Each Mortgage Loan at origination complied in
all material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws and
regulations, including, without limitation, usury, equal credit opportunity,
real estate settlement procedures, truth-in-lending, disclosure laws and all
applicable predatory and abusive lending laws, and consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not involve the violation of any such
laws;

                           (xii) Neither the Seller nor any prior holder of any
Mortgage has modified, impaired or waived the Mortgage in any material respect
(except that a Mortgage Loan may have been modified by a written instrument
which has been recorded, if necessary, to protect the interests of the Purchaser
and which has been delivered to the Trustee); satisfied, canceled or
subordinated such Mortgage in whole or in part; released the related Mortgaged
Property in whole or in part from the lien of such Mortgage; or executed any
instrument of release, cancellation, modification or satisfaction with respect
thereto;

                           (xiii) A lender's policy of title insurance together
with a condominium endorsement, extended coverage endorsement, and an adjustable
rate mortgage endorsement (each as applicable) in an amount at least equal to
the Cut-off Date principal balance of each such Mortgage Loan or a commitment
(binder) to issue the same was effective on the date of the origination of each
Mortgage Loan, each such policy is valid and remains in full force and effect,
the transfer of the related Mortgage Loan to the Purchaser will not affect the
validity or enforceability of such policy and each such policy was issued by a
title insurer qualified to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged
Property is located and in a form acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, which
policy insures the Seller and successor owners of indebtedness secured by the
insured Mortgage, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage; no claims have
been made under such lender's title insurance policy and no prior holder of the
related Mortgage, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything
which would impair the coverage of such lender's title insurance policy;

                           (xiv) Each Mortgage Loan was originated by the Seller
in accordance with the underwriting standards (or, if generated by an entity
other than the Seller, in accordance with the underwriting standards set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement or, if generated on behalf of the Seller by a
person other than the Seller, is subject to the same underwriting standards and
procedures used by the Seller in originating mortgage loans directly) or by a
savings and loan association, savings bank, commercial bank, credit union,
insurance company or similar institution which is supervised

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and examined by a federal or state authority (including a mortgage broker), or
by a mortgagee approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
pursuant to Sections 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act;

                           (xv) With respect to each Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
Loan, on each adjustment date, the Mortgage Rate will be adjusted to equal the
Index plus the Gross Margin, rounded to the nearest 0.125%, subject to the
Periodic Rate Cap, the Maximum Mortgage Rate and the Minimum Mortgage Rate. The
related Mortgage Note is payable on the first day of each month in
self-amortizing monthly installments of principal and interest, with interest
payable in arrears, and requires a monthly payment which is sufficient to fully
amortize the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan over its
remaining term and to pay interest at the applicable Mortgage Rate. No Mortgage
Loan is subject to negative amortization;

                           (xvi) All of the improvements which were included for
the purpose of determining the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property lie
wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of such property,
and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the Mortgaged
Property, except those, if any, which are insured against by the lender's title
insurance policy referred to in (xiii) above.

                           (xvii) All inspections, licenses and certificates
required to be made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of the
Mortgaged Property including but not limited to certificates of occupancy, have
been made or obtained from the appropriate authorities and the Mortgaged
Property is lawfully occupied under applicable law except as may otherwise be
insured against by the lender's title insurance policy referred to in (xiii)
above.

                           (xviii) All parties which have had any interest in
the Mortgage, whether as mortgagee, assignee, pledgee or otherwise, are (or,
during the period in which they held and disposed of such interest, were) in
compliance with any and all applicable licensing requirements of the laws of the
state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located;

                           (xix) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are
genuine, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker
thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms and with applicable laws. All
parties to the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had legal capacity to execute the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage and each Mortgage Note and Mortgage have been
duly and properly executed by such parties;

                           (xx) The proceeds of each Mortgage Loan have been
fully disbursed, there is no requirement for future advances thereunder and any
and all requirements as to completion of any on-site or off-site improvements
and as to disbursements of any escrow funds therefor have been complied with,
except any Mortgaged Property or Mortgage Loan subject to an Escrow Withhold as
defined in the Originator's underwriting guidelines. All costs, fees and
expenses incurred in making, closing or recording the Mortgage Loans were paid;

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                           (xxi) The related Mortgage contains customary and
enforceable provisions which render the rights and remedies of the holder
thereof adequate for the realization against the Mortgaged Property of the
benefits of the security, including, (i) in the case of a Mortgage designated as
a deed of trust, by trustee's sale, and (ii) otherwise by judicial foreclosure.
There is no homestead or other exemption available to the Mortgagor which would
materially interfere with the right to sell the Mortgaged Property at a
trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the Mortgage;

                           (xxii) With respect to each Mortgage constituting a
deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such,
has been properly designated and currently so serves and is named in such
Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become payable by the Purchaser to
the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a trustee's sale
after default by the Mortgagor;

                           (xxiii) There exist no deficiencies with respect to
escrow deposits and payments, if such are required, for which customary
arrangements for repayment thereof have not been made, and no escrow deposits or
payments of other charges or payments due the Seller have been capitalized under
the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note;

                           (xxiv) The origination, collection and servicing
practices used by the Seller with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been in all
material respects legal, proper, reasonable and customary in the subprime
mortgage origination and servicing business and each of the Mortgage Loans have
been serviced by the Seller since origination;

                           (xxv) There is no pledged account or other security
other than real estate securing the Mortgagor's obligations;

                           (xxvi) No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation
feature, or other contingent interest feature;

                           (xxvii) The improvements upon each Mortgaged Property
are covered by a valid, binding and existing hazard insurance policy that is in
full force and effect with a generally acceptable carrier that provides for fire
extended coverage and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the
Mortgaged Property is located representing coverage not less than the lesser of
the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan or the minimum
amount required to compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis.
All individual insurance policies and flood policies referred to in clause
(xxviii) below contain a standard mortgagee clause naming the Seller or the
original mortgagee, and its successors in interest, as mortgagee, and the Seller
has received no notice that any premiums due and payable thereon have not been
paid; the Mortgage obligates the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such
insurance, including flood insurance, at the Mortgagor's cost and expense, and
upon the Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the Mortgage to
obtain and maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor's cost and expense and to
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reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor, except as may be limited or
restricted by applicable law;

                           (xxviii) If the Mortgaged Property is in an area
identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards, a valid and binding flood insurance policy that is
in full force and effect in a form meeting the requirements of the current
guidelines of the Flood Insurance Administration is in effect with respect to
such Mortgaged Property with a generally acceptable carrier in an amount
representing coverage not less than the least of (A) the original outstanding
principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) the minimum amount required to
compensate for damage or loss on a replacement cost basis or (C) the maximum
amount of insurance that is available under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973;

                           (xxix) There is no default, breach, violation or
event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the related Mortgage Note;
and the Seller has not waived any default, breach, violation or event of
acceleration;

                           (xxx) Each Mortgaged Property is improved by a one-
to four-family residential dwelling, including condominium units and dwelling
units in planned unit developments, which does not include (a) cooperatives or
(b) mobile homes and manufactured homes (as defined in the Fannie Mae
Seller-Servicer's Guide), except when the appraisal indicates that (i) the
mobile or manufactured home was built under the Federal Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standards of 1976 or (ii) otherwise assumes the
characteristics of site-built housing and meets local building codes, is readily
marketable, has been permanently affixed to the site, is not in a mobile home
"park," and is treated as real property under the applicable state law. With
respect to any Mortgage Loan that is secured by a leasehold estate, (a) the
lease is valid, in full force and effect; (b) all rents and other payments due
under the lease have been paid; (c) the lessee is not in default under any
provision of the lease; (d) the term of the lease exceeds the maturity date of
the related Mortgage Loan by at least five years and (e) the Mortgagee under the
Mortgage Loan is given notice and an opportunity to cure any defaults under the
lease;

                           (xxxi) There is no obligation on the part of the
Seller or any other party under the terms of the Mortgage or related Mortgage
Note to make payments in lieu of or in addition to those made by the Mortgagor;

                           (xxxii) Any future advances made prior to the Cut-off
Date have been consolidated with the outstanding principal amount secured by the
Mortgage, and the secured principal amount, as consolidated, bears a single
interest rate and single repayment term reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
The consolidated principal amount does not exceed the original principal amount
of the Mortgage Loan;

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                           (xxxiii) Each Mortgage Loan was either underwritten
in accordance with the Seller's underwriting guidelines as set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement or in accordance with the underwriting guidelines as set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement;

                           (xxxiv) The Mortgage File contains an appraisal which
was performed by an appraiser who satisfied, and which was conducted in
accordance with, all of the applicable requirements of the Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended;

                           (xxxv) None of the Mortgage Loans is a graduated
payment mortgage loan, nor is any Mortgage Loan subject to a temporary buydown
or similar arrangement;

                           (xxxvi) No Mortgagor has currently requested any
relief under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act or similar state laws;

                           (xxxvii) The Mortgage Loans comply in all material
respects with the description set forth under the heading "The Mortgage Pool"
and Annex III in the Depositor's Prospectus Supplement, dated March 4, 2004 (the
"Prospectus Supplement");

                           (xxxviii) The Mortgage contains an enforceable
provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of
the Mortgage Loan in the event that the Mortgaged Property is sold or
transferred without the prior written consent of the mortgagee thereunder,
except as may be limited by applicable law;

                           (xxxix) The information set forth in the Prepayment
Charge Schedule attached as Schedule 2 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
(including the prepayment charge summary attached thereto) is complete, true and
correct in all material respects at the date or dates respecting which such
information is furnished and each Prepayment Charge is permissible and
enforceable in accordance with its terms upon the full and voluntary prepayment
by the Mortgagor under applicable law and complied in all material respects with
applicable local, state and federal laws (except to the extent that (i) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
receivership and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and
(ii) the collectability thereof may be limited due to acceleration in connection
with a foreclosure or other involuntary payoff);

                           (xl) Each Mortgage Loan is an obligation that is
principally secured by real property for purposes of the REMIC Provisions of the
Code;

                           (xli) The Mortgage Loans are not subject to the
requirements of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 ("HOEPA")
and no Mortgage Loan is subject to, or in violation of, any applicable state or
local law, ordinance or regulation similar to HOEPA.

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                           (xlii) (a) No Mortgage Loan is a High Cost Loan as
defined by HOEPA or any other applicable predatory or abusive lending laws and
(b) no mortgage loan in the Trust is a "high cost home", "covered" (excluding
home loans defined as "covered home loans" pursuant to the New Jersey Home
Ownership Security Act of 2002), "high risk home" or "predatory" loan under any
other applicable state, federal or local law (or a similarly classified loan
using different terminology under a law imposing heightened regulatory scrutiny
or additional legal liability for resident mortgage loans having high interest
rates, points and/or fees);

                           (xliii) No subprime Mortgage Loan originated on or
after October 1, 2002 underlying the Certificates will impose a Prepayment
Charge for a term in excess of three years. Any Mortgage Loans originated prior
to such date, and any non-subprime loans, will not impose a Prepayment Charge
for a term in excess of five years;

                           (xliv) No Mortgage Loan that is secured by property
located in the State of Georgia is either a "Covered Loan" or "High Cost Home
Loan" within the meaning of the Georgia Fair Lending Act, as amended (the
"Georgia Act");

                           (xlv) The Mortgage Loans in the rated pools are not
High-Cost Home Loans under the New Jersey Home Ownership Security Act of 2002
(the "New Jersey Act") effective November 27, 2003;

                           (xlvi) No Mortgage Loan in the transaction originated
in the City of Oakland is subject to the City of Oakland California Ordinance
12361 as a home loan;

                           (xlvii) No Mortgage Loan, except as identified in
detail to the Rating Agencies, is a Section 10 mortgage under the Oklahoma Home
Ownership and Equity Protection Act (Oklahoma House Bill 1574);

                           (xlviii) No Mortgage Loan is a "High-Cost Home Loan"
as defined in the New Mexico Home Loan Protection Act, effective January 1,
2004;

                           (xlix) The Master Servicer for each Mortgage Loan
underlying the Certificates has fully furnished, in accordance with the Fair
Credit Reporting Act and its implementing regulations, accurate and complete
information (e.g., favorable and unfavorable) on its borrower credit files to
Equifax, Experian and Trans Union Credit Information Company or their successors
(the "Credit Repositories") on a monthly basis;

                           (l) There is no Mortgage Loan in the Trust that was
originated on or after October 1, 2002 and before March 7, 2003, which is
secured by property located in the State of Georgia;

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                           (li) No Mortgage Loan is a " High-Risk Home Loan" as
defined in the Illinois High Risk Home Loan Act 93-561, effective January 1,
2004;

                           (lii) The Prepayment Charges included in the
transaction are enforceable and originated in compliance with all applicable
federal, state and local law;

                           (liii) No proceeds from any Mortgage Loan underlying
the Security were used to finance single-premium credit insurance policies;

                           (liv) No Mortgage Loan is a "High-Cost Home Loan" as
defined under Kentucky State Statute KRS 360.100, effective as of June 25, 2003;

                           (lv) No Mortgage Loan is a "High-Cost Home Loan" as
defined under the Arkansas Home Loan Protection Act, effective as of July 14,
2003;

                           (lvi) No Mortgage Loan is a "High-Cost Home Loan" as
defined under the Maine House Bill 383 L.D. 494, effective September 13, 2003;

                           (lvii) No Mortgage Loan in the transaction originated
in the City of Los Angeles is subject to the City of Los Angeles California
Ordinance 175008 as a home loan;

                           (lviii) No Mortgage Loan is a "Nevada Home Loan" as
defined under the Nevada Assembly Bill No. 284, effective as of October 1, 2003,
and the Nevada Home Loans comply with all applicable laws;

                           (lix) As of the Closing Date, no Mortgage Loan is the
subject of foreclosure proceedings and no obligor on any of the Mortgage Loans
has filed for bankruptcy protection or is a debtor under proceedings under the
federal Bankruptcy Code and there is no proceeding pending or to the Seller's
knowledge, threatened, for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged
Property, nor is such a proceeding currently occurring;

                           (lx) There are no violations of any local, state or
federal environmental law, rule or regulation with respect to any Mortgaged
Property and there is no pending action or proceeding directly involving a
Mortgaged Property in which compliance with any environmental law, rule or
regulation is in issue, and nothing further remains to be done to satisfy in
full all requirements of each such law, rule or regulation that is a
prerequisite to the use and enjoyment of such Mortgaged Property; and

                           (lxi) None of the Mortgage Loans are cash-out
refinance land contracts.

                  SECTION  7. REPURCHASE OBLIGATION FOR DEFECTIVE DOCUMENTATION
                              AND FOR BREACH OF REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY.

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                  (a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 6
shall not be impaired by any review and examination of loan files or other
documents evidencing or relating to the Mortgage Loans or any failure on the
part of the Purchaser to review or examine such documents and shall inure to the
benefit of any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser, including the
Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

                  Upon discovery by the Seller, the Purchaser or any assignee,
transferee or designee of the Purchaser of any materially defective document in,
or that any material document was not transferred by the Seller (as listed on
the Trustee's Preliminary Exception Report), as part of, any Mortgage File or of
a breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 or
Section 6 that materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan
or the interest therein of the Purchaser or the Purchaser's assignee, transferee
or designee (it being understood that with respect to the representations and
warranties set forth in (xli), (xlii), (xliii), (xliv), (xlix), (l) and (liii)
of Section 6 herein, a breach of any such representation or warranty shall in
and of itself be deemed to materially adversely affect the interest therein of
the Purchaser and the Purchaser's assignee, transferee or designee), the party
discovering the breach shall give prompt written notice to the other. Within
ninety (90) days of its discovery or its receipt of notice of any such missing
documentation which was not transferred to the Purchaser as described above or
materially defective documentation or any such breach of a representation and
warranty (it being understood that with respect to the representations and
warranties set forth in (xli), (xlii), (xliii), (xliv), (xlix), (l) and (liii)
of Section 6 herein, a breach of any such representation or warranty shall in
and of itself be deemed to materially adversely affect the interest therein of
the Purchaser and the Purchaser's assignee, transferee or designee), the Seller
promptly shall deliver such missing document or cure such defect or breach in
all material respects, or in the event the Seller cannot deliver such missing
document or such defect or breach cannot be cured, the Seller shall, within 90
days of its discovery or receipt of notice, either (i) repurchase the affected
Mortgage Loan at a price equal to the Purchase Price or (ii) pursuant to the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, cause the removal of such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans. In the event that any Mortgage Loan is subject to a
breach of the representation and warranty in Section 6(xxxix) resulting in the
Master Servicer's inability to collect all or part of the Prepayment Charge from
the Mortgagor, in lieu of repurchase, the Seller shall be obligated to remit to
the Master Servicer (for deposit in the Collection Account) any shortfall in the
Prepayment Charge collected upon the Mortgagor's voluntary Principal Prepayment.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 90 days of the earlier
of discovery by the Seller or receipt of notice by the Seller of the breach of
the representation of the Seller set forth in Section 6(xxxix) above which
materially and adversely affects the interests of the Holders of the Class P
Certificates in any Prepayment Charge, the Seller shall pay the amount of the
scheduled Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P
Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account, net of any
amount previously collected by the Master Servicer and paid by the Master
Servicer, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, in respect
of such Prepayment Charge.

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                  The Seller shall amend the Closing Schedule to reflect the
withdrawal of such Mortgage Loan from the terms of this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the addition, if any, of a Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loan. The Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser such amended
Closing Schedule and shall deliver such other documents as are required by this
Agreement or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement within five (5) days of any
such amendment. Any repurchase pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall be
accomplished by deposit in the Collection Account of the amount of the Purchase
Price in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Any repurchase or substitution required by this Section shall be made in a
manner consistent with Section 2.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                  In addition, upon discovery by the Seller, the Purchaser, or
any assignee, transferee or designee of the Purchaser that any Mortgage Loan
does not constitute a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of Section
860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering the breach shall give prompt
written notice within five Business Days to the others. Within ninety (90) days
of its discovery or its receipt of notice, the Seller promptly shall either (i)
repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the Purchase Price (as such term is
defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) or (ii) pursuant to the
provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, cause the removal of such
Mortgage Loan from the Trust Fund and substitute one or more Qualified
Substitute Mortgage Loans.

                  (b) It is understood and agreed that the obligations of the
Seller set forth in this Section 7 to cure, remit a Prepayment Charge shortfall,
repurchase or substitute for a defective Mortgage Loan constitute the sole
remedies of the Purchaser against the Seller respecting a missing or defective
material document or a breach of the representations and warranties contained in
Section 5 or Section 6.

                  SECTION 8. CLOSING; PAYMENT FOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS. The
closing of the purchase and sale of the Mortgage Loans shall be held at the New
York City office of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP at 10:00 AM New York City time
on the Closing Date.

                  The closing shall be subject to each of the following
conditions:

                  (a)      All of the representations and warranties of the
                           Seller under this Agreement shall be true and correct
                           in all material respects as of the date as of which
                           they are made and no event shall have occurred which,
                           with notice or the passage of time, would constitute
                           a default under this Agreement;

                  (b)      The Purchaser shall have received, or the attorneys
                           of the Purchaser shall have received in escrow (to be
                           released from escrow at the time of closing), all
                           Closing Documents as specified in Section 9 of this
                           Agreement, in such forms as are agreed upon and
                           acceptable to the Purchaser, duly executed by

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                           all signatories other than the Purchaser as required
                           pursuant to the respective terms thereof;

                  (c)      The Seller shall have delivered or caused to be
                           delivered and released to the Purchaser or to its
                           designee, all documents (including without
                           limitation, the Mortgage Loans) required to be so
                           delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.01
                           of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

                  (d)      All other terms and conditions of this Agreement
                           shall have been complied with.

                  Subject to the foregoing conditions, the Purchaser shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller on the Closing Date, against
delivery and release by the Seller to the Trustee of all documents required
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the consideration for the
Mortgage Loans as specified in Section 3 of this Agreement, by delivery to the
Seller of the purchase price.

                  SECTION 9. CLOSING DOCUMENTS. Without limiting the generality
of Section 8 hereof, the closing shall be subject to delivery of each of the
following documents:

                  (a)      (i) An Officers' Certificate of the Seller and Master
                           Servicer, dated the Closing Date, in form
                           satisfactory to and upon which the Purchaser and the
                           Underwriter may rely, and attached thereto copies of
                           the certificate of incorporation, by-laws and
                           certificate of good standing of the Seller and Master
                           Servicer under the laws of Delaware and stating that
                           the information contained in the Prospectus
                           Supplement, relating to the Mortgage Loans, the
                           Seller and Master Servicer, and its loan portfolio,
                           is true and accurate in all material respects and
                           does not contain any untrue statement of a material
                           fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
                           stated therein or necessary to make the statements
                           therein, in light of the circumstances under which
                           they were made, not misleading and (ii) if the Class
                           M-4, Class CE Certificates or Class P Certificates
                           are offered on the Closing Date pursuant to a Private
                           Placement Memorandum, the Seller and the Master
                           Servicer shall deliver an Officer's Certificate
                           stating that the same information contained in such
                           Private Placement Memorandum is true and accurate in
                           all material respects;

                  (b)      An Officers' Certificate of the Seller, dated the
                           Closing Date, in form satisfactory to and upon which
                           the Purchaser and the Underwriter may rely, with
                           respect to certain facts regarding the sale of the
                           Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser;

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                  (c)      An Opinion of Counsel of the Seller and Master
                           Servicer, dated the Closing Date, in form
                           satisfactory to and addressed to the Purchaser, the
                           Certificate Insurer and the Underwriter;

                  (d)      Such opinions of counsel from the Purchaser's or
                           Seller's counsel as the Rating Agencies may request
                           in connection with the sale of the Mortgage Loans by
                           the Seller to the Purchaser or the Seller's execution
                           and delivery of, or performance under, this Agreement
                           and upon which the Underwriter and the Certificate
                           Insurer may rely;

                  (e)      A letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, certified public
                           accountants, dated the date hereof and to the effect
                           that they have performed certain specified procedures
                           as a result of which they determined that certain
                           information of an accounting, financial or
                           statistical nature set forth in (i) the Prospectus
                           Supplement, under the captions "Summary of Prospectus
                           Supplement", "Risk Factors", "The Mortgage Pool",
                           "Yield on the Certificates", "Description of the
                           Certificates", "Pooling and Servicing Agreement--The
                           Seller and Master Servicer", Annex II and Annex III
                           and (ii) the Private Placement Memorandum, under the
                           caption "Yield and Prepayment Considerations" agrees
                           with the records of the Seller and the Master
                           Servicer;

                  (f)      The Seller and Master Servicer shall deliver for
                           inclusion in the Prospectus Supplement under the
                           captions "The Mortgage Pool--Underwriting Standards
                           of the Originators" and "Pooling and Servicing
                           Agreement--The Seller and the Master Servicer" or for
                           inclusion in other offering material such publicly
                           available information regarding its financial
                           condition and its mortgage loan delinquency,
                           foreclosure and loss experience, underwriting
                           standards, lending activities and loan sales,
                           production, and servicing and collection practices,
                           and any similar nonpublic, unaudited financial
                           information; and

                  (g)      Such further information, certificates, opinions and
                           documents as the Purchaser or the Underwriter may
                           reasonably request.

                  SECTION 10. COSTS. The Seller shall pay (or shall reimburse
the Purchaser or any other Person to the extent that the Purchaser or such other
Person shall pay) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
transfer and delivery of the Mortgage Loans, including without limitation,
assignment of mortgage recording costs and/or fees for title policy endorsements
and continuations, the fees and expenses of the Seller's in-house accountants
and in-house attorneys, the costs and expenses incurred in connection with
producing the Seller's loan loss, foreclosure and delinquency experience, and
the costs and expenses incurred in connection with obtaining the documents
referred to in Sections 9(d) and 9(e) to the extent such costs and expenses were
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previously paid by the Seller. The Seller shall pay (or shall reimburse the
Purchaser or any other Person to the extent that the Purchaser or such other
Person shall pay) the costs and expenses of printing (or otherwise reproducing)
and delivering this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the
Certificates, the prospectus, the prospectus supplement, and the private
placement memorandum relating to the Certificates and other related documents,
the initial fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee relating to the issuance of
the initial certification of the Trustee under Section 2.02 of the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement, the fees and expenses of the Seller's counsel in connection
with the preparation of all documents relating to the securitization of the
Mortgage Loans, the filing fee charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission
for registration of the Certificates, the cost of outside special counsel that
may be required for the Purchaser, the cost of obtaining the documents referred
to in Section 9(g) and the fees charged by any rating agency to rate the
Certificates. All other costs and expenses in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder shall be borne by the party incurring such expense.

                  SECTION 11. [Reserved].

                  SECTION 12. [Reserved].

                  SECTION 13. MANDATORY DELIVERY; GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.
The sale and delivery on the Closing Date of the Mortgage Loans described on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement is mandatory. It is specifically understood and agreed that each
Mortgage Loan is unique and identifiable on the date hereof and that an award of
money damages would be insufficient to compensate the Purchaser for the losses
and damages incurred by the Purchaser in the event of the Seller's failure to
deliver the Mortgage Loans on or before the Closing Date. The Seller hereby
grants to the Purchaser a lien on and a continuing security interest in the
Seller's interest in each Mortgage Loan and each document and instrument
evidencing each such Mortgage Loan to secure the performance by the Seller of
its obligation hereunder, and the Seller agrees that it holds such Mortgage
Loans in custody for the Purchaser, subject to the Purchaser's (i) right, prior
to the Closing Date, to reject any Mortgage Loan to the extent permitted by this
Agreement, and (ii) obligation to deliver or cause to be delivered the
consideration for the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8 hereof. Any Mortgage
Loans rejected by the Purchaser shall concurrently therewith be released from
the security interest created hereby. The Seller agrees that, upon acceptance of
the Mortgage Loans by the Purchaser or its designee and delivery of payment to
the Seller, that its security interest in the Mortgage Loans shall be released.
All rights and remedies of the Purchaser under this Agreement are distinct from,
and cumulative with, any other rights or remedies under this Agreement or
afforded by law or equity and all such rights and remedies may be exercised
concurrently, independently or successively.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the Closing Date, each of the
conditions set forth in Section 8 hereof shall have been satisfied and the
Purchaser shall not have paid or caused to be paid the purchase price, or any
such condition shall not have been waived or satisfied and the Purchaser
determines not to pay or cause to be paid the purchase price, the Purchaser
shall immediately effect

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the redelivery of the Mortgage Loans, if delivery to the Purchaser has occurred
and the security interest created by this Section 13 shall be deemed to have
been released.

                  SECTION 14. NOTICES. All demands, notices and communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered to or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, or
transmitted by telex or telegraph and confirmed by a similar mailed writing, if
to the Purchaser, addressed to the Purchaser at 1100 Town & Country Road, Suite
1100, Orange, California 92868, Facsimile: (714) 564-9639, Attention: General
Counsel, or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the Seller in
writing by the Purchaser; if to the Seller, addressed to the Seller at 1100 Town
& Country Road, Suite 1100, Orange, California 92868, Facsimile: (714) 564-9639,
Attention: General Counsel, or to such other address as the Seller may designate
in writing to the Purchaser.

                  SECTION 15. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. Any part, provision,
representation or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or which is
held to be void or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof. Any part, provision, representation or warranty of this Agreement which
is prohibited or unenforceable or is held to be void or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction as to any Mortgage Loan shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted
by applicable law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which prohibits
or renders void or unenforceable any provision hereof.

                  SECTION 16. AGREEMENT OF PARTIES. The Seller and the Purchaser
agree to execute and deliver such instruments and take such actions as either of
the others may, from time to time, reasonably request in order to effectuate the
purpose and to carry out the terms of this Agreement and the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.

                  SECTION 17. SURVIVAL. The Seller agrees that the
representations, warranties and agreements made by it herein and in any
certificate or other instrument delivered pursuant hereto shall be deemed to be
relied upon by the Purchaser, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or
hereafter made by the Purchaser or on its behalf, and that the representations,
warranties and agreements made by the Seller herein or in any such certificate
or other instrument shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Mortgage
Loans and shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding any
restrictive or qualified endorsement on the Mortgage Notes and notwithstanding
subsequent termination of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or
the Trust Fund.

                  SECTION 18. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS,
DUTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS (EXCLUDING THE CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISIONS) AND DECISIONS OF THE

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STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

                  SECTION 19. MISCELLANEOUS. 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. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or
termination is sought. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. Each
of the NIMS Insurer, if any, and the Certificate Insurer, shall be a third party
beneficiary hereof and may enforce the terms hereof as if a party hereto.

                  It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
conveyance of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser as provided in
Section 4 hereof be, and be construed as, a sale of the Mortgage Loans by the
Seller to the Purchaser and not as a pledge of the Mortgage Loans by the Seller
to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other obligation of the Seller. However, in
the event that, notwithstanding the aforementioned intent of the parties, the
Mortgage Loans are held to be property of the Seller, then, (a) it is the
express intent of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the
Mortgage Loans by the Seller to the Purchaser to secure a debt or other
obligation of the Seller and (b) (1) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a
security agreement within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code; (2) the conveyance provided for in Section 4 hereof
shall be deemed to be a grant by the Seller to the Purchaser of a security
interest in all of the 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, including without limitation all amounts, other than investment
earnings, from time to time held or invested in the Collection Account whether
in the form of cash, instruments, securities or other property; (3) the
possession by the Purchaser or its agent of Mortgage Notes, the related
Mortgages and such other items of property that constitute instruments, money,
negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be "possession" for
purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New York Uniform
Commercial Code; and (4) 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 Section 4(d)
hereof shall also be deemed to be an assignment of any security interest created
hereby. The Seller and the Purchaser shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if this
Agreement were deemed to

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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 this Agreement and the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Purchaser have caused
their names to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.

                                             AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY

                                             By:_______________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                             ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

                                             By:_______________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT E

                        REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS

         To:      Deutsche Bank National Trust Company,
                  1761 East St. Andrew Place
                  Santa Ana, CA 92705-4934
                  Attn: Trust Administration - [____]

Re:               Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2004
                  among Argent Securities Inc., as depositor, Ameriquest
                  Mortgage Company, as master servicer, and Deutsche Bank
                  National Trust Company, as trustee
                  ----------------------------------------------------------

                  In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Loans
                  held by you as Trustee pursuant to the above-captioned Trustee
                  Agreement, we request the release, and hereby acknowledge
                  receipt, of the Trustee's Mortgage File for the Mortgage Loan
                  described below, for the reason indicated.

Mortgage Loan Number:
--------------------

Mortgagor Name. Address & Zip Code:
----------------------------------

Reason for Requesting Documents (check one):
--------------------------------------------

         1.  Mortgage Paid in Full

         2.  Foreclosure

         3.  Substitution

         4.  Other Liquidation (Repurchases, etc.)

         5.  Nonliquidation                          Reason:

Address to which Trustee should deliver
the Trustee's Mortgage File:

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By:
                  (authorized signer)

Issuer:
Address:
Date:

Trustee
-------

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

         Please acknowledge the execution of the above request by your signature
and date below:

         Signature                                   Date

         Documents returned to Trustee:

         Trustee                                     Date

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                                   EXHIBIT F-1

                    FORM OF TRANSFEROR REPRESENTATION LETTER

                                                           [DATED]

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
1761 East St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, California 92705-4934

                  Re:      Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through
                           Certificates, Series 2004-W4, Class [CE] [P] [R]
                           [R-X], [representing a _____% Percentage Interest]
                           [with an aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of
                           _____] [with a Notional Amount of ______]
                           ----------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  In connection with the transfer by ________________ (the
"Transferor") to ________________ (the "Transferee") of the captioned mortgage
pass-through certificates (the "Certificates"), the Transferor hereby certifies
as follows:

                  Neither the Transferor 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, (e) has taken any other action, that (in the case of each of
subclauses (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the
Certificates under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), or
would render the disposition of any Certificate a violation of Section 5 of the
1933 Act or any state securities law or would require registration or
qualification pursuant thereto. The Transferor will not act, nor has it
authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in any manner set forth in
the foregoing sentence with respect to any Certificate. The Transferor will not
sell or otherwise transfer any of the Certificates, except in compliance with
the provisions of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
March 1, 2004, among Argent Securities Inc. as Depositor, Ameriquest Mortgage
Company as Master Servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee
(the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), pursuant to which Pooling and Servicing
Agreement the Certificates were issued.

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                  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

                                             Very truly yours,

                                             [Transferor]

                                             By:______________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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                    FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER

                                                          [Date]

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
1761 East St. Andrew Place
Santa Ana, California 92705-4934

                  Re:      Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through
                           Certificates, Series 2004-W4, Class [CE] [P] [R]
                           [R-X], [representing a % Percentage Interest] [with
                           an aggregate Certificate Principal Balance of _____]
                           [with a Notional Amount of ______]
                           ----------------------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  In connection with the purchase from ______________________
(the "Transferor") on the date hereof of the captioned trust certificates (the
"Certificates"), _______________ (the "Transferee") hereby certifies as follows:

                  1. The Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that
         term is defined in Rule 144A ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of
         1933 (the "1933 Act") and has completed either of the forms of
         certification to that effect attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2. The
         Transferee is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
         Rule 144A. The Transferee is acquiring the Certificates for its own
         account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer, and
         understands that such Certificate may be resold, pledged or transferred
         only (i) to a person reasonably believed to be a qualified
         institutional buyer that purchases for its own account or for the
         account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that
         the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A,
         or (ii) pursuant to another exemption from registration under the 1933
         Act.

                  2. The Transferee has been furnished with all information
         regarding (a) the Certificates and distributions thereon, (b) the
         nature, performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, (c) the
         Pooling and Servicing Agreement referred to below, and (d) any credit
         enhancement mechanism associated with the Certificates, that it has
         requested.

                  All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2004, among Argent Securities Inc. as Depositor,
Ameriquest Mortgage Company as Master Servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company as Trustee, pursuant to which the Certificates were issued.

                                            [TRANSFEREE]

                                            By: ______________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

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                                                          ANNEX 1 TO EXHIBIT F-1
                                                          ----------------------

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
            --------------------------------------------------------

          [For Transferees Other Than Registered Investment Companies]

                  The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as
Trustee, with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificates (the
"Certificates") described in the Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates and to which this certification is an Annex:

                  1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President or other executive officer of the
entity purchasing the Certificates (the "Transferee").

                  2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the
Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because (i) the Transferee
owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis $______________________ in
securities (except for the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such amount being calculated in
accordance with Rule 144A) and (ii) the Transferee satisfies the criteria in the
category marked below.

         ___      Corporation, Etc. The Transferee is a corporation (other than
                  a bank, savings and loan association or similar institution),
                  Massachusetts or similar business trust, partnership, or any
                  organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
                  Revenue Code of 1986.

         ___      Bank. The Transferee (a) is a national bank or banking
                  institution organized under the laws of any State, territory
                  or the District of Columbia, the business of which is
                  substantially confined to banking and is supervised by the
                  State or territorial banking commission or similar official or
                  is a foreign bank or equivalent institution, and (b) has an
                  audited net worth of at least $25,000,000 as demonstrated in
                  its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
                  attached hereto.

         ___      Savings and Loan. The Transferee (a) is a savings and loan
                  association, building and loan association, cooperative bank,
                  homestead association or similar institution, which is
                  supervised and examined by a State or Federal authority having
                  supervision over any such institutions or is a foreign savings
                  and loan association or equivalent institution and (b) has an
                  audited net worth of at least 1Transferee must own and/or
                  invest on a discretionary basis at least $100,000,000 in
                  securities unless Transferee is a dealer, and, in that case,
                  Transferee must own and/or invest on a discretionary basis at
                  least $10,000,000 in securities. $25,000,000 as demonstrated
                  in its latest annual financial statements, a copy of which is
                  attached hereto.

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         ___      Broker-Dealer. The Transferee is a dealer registered pursuant
                  to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         ___      Insurance Company. The Transferee is an insurance company
                  whose primary and predominant business activity is the writing
                  of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by
                  insurance companies and which is subject to supervision by the
                  insurance commissioner or a similar official or agency of a
                  State, territory or the District of Columbia.

         ___      State or Local Plan. The Transferee is a plan established and
                  maintained by a State, its political subdivisions, or any
                  agency or instrumentality of the State or its political
                  subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees.

         ___      ERISA Plan. The Transferee is an employee benefit plan within
                  the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
                  Security Act of 1974.

         ___      Investment Advisor. The Transferee is an investment advisor
                  registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

                  3. The term "Securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee, (ii) securities
that are part of an unsold allotment to or subscription by the Transferee, if
the Transferee is a dealer, (iii) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. or
any instrumentality thereof, (iv) bank deposit notes and certificates of
deposit, (v) loan participations, (vi) repurchase agreements, (vii) securities
owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and (viii) currency, interest rate
and commodity swaps.

                  4. For purposes of determining the aggregate amount of
securities owned and/or invested on a discretionary basis by the Transferee, the
Transferee used the cost of such securities to the Transferee and did not
include any of the securities referred to in the preceding paragraph. Further,
in determining such aggregate amount, the Transferee may have included
securities owned by subsidiaries of the Transferee, but only if such
subsidiaries are consolidated with the Transferee in its financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and if the
investments of such subsidiaries are managed under the Transferee's direction.
However, such securities were not included if the Transferee is a
majority-owned, consolidated subsidiary of another enterprise and the Transferee
is not itself a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                  5. The Transferee acknowledges that it is familiar with Rule
144A and understands that the Transferor and other parties related to the
Certificates are relying and will continue to rely on the statements made herein
because one or more sales to the Transferee may be in reliance on Rule 144A.

         _____     _____     Will the Transferee be purchasing the Certificates
         Yes      No         only for the Transferee's own account?

                  6. If the answer to the foregoing question is "no", the
Transferee agrees that, in connection with any purchase of securities sold to
the Transferee for the account of a third party

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(including any separate account) in reliance on Rule 144A, the Transferee will
only purchase for the account of a third party that at the time is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A. In addition, the
Transferee agrees that the Transferee will not purchase securities for a third
party unless the Transferee has obtained a current representation letter from
such third party or taken other appropriate steps contemplated by Rule 144A to
conclude that such third party independently meets the definition of "qualified
institutional buyer" set forth in Rule 144A.

                  7. The Transferee will notify each of the parties to which
this certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions
herein. Until such notice is given, the Transferee's purchase of the
Certificates will constitute a reaffirmation of this certification as of the
date of such purchase. In addition, if the Transferee is a bank or savings and
loan as provided above, the Transferee agrees that it will furnish to such
parties updated annual financial statements promptly after they become
available.

Dated:

                                            Print Name of Transferee

                                            By:______________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

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                                                          ANNEX 2 TO EXHIBIT F-1
                                                          ----------------------

            QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS UNDER SEC RULE 144A
            --------------------------------------------------------

           [For Transferees That Are Registered Investment Companies]

                  The undersigned hereby certifies as follows to [name of
Transferor] (the "Transferor") and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as
Trustee, with respect to the mortgage pass-through certificates (the
"Certificates") described in the Transferee Certificate to which this
certification relates and to which this certification is an Annex:

                  1. As indicated below, the undersigned is the President, Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President of the entity purchasing the
Certificates (the "Transferee") or, if the Transferee is a "qualified
institutional buyer" as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("Rule 144A") because the Transferee is part of a Family of
Investment Companies (as defined below), is such an officer of the investment
adviser (the "Adviser").

                  2. In connection with purchases by the Transferee, the
Transferee is a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A because
(i) the Transferee is an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, and (ii) as marked below, the Transferee alone, or the
Transferee's Family of Investment Companies, owned at least $100,000,000 in
securities (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year. For purposes of determining the
amount of securities owned by the Transferee or the Transferee's Family of
Investment Companies, the cost of such securities was used.

         ____     The Transferee owned $___________________ in securities (other
                  than the excluded securities referred to below) as of the end
                  of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such amount being
                  calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).

         ____     The Transferee is part of a Family of Investment Companies
                  which owned in the aggregate $______________ in securities
                  (other than the excluded securities referred to below) as of
                  the end of the Transferee's most recent fiscal year (such
                  amount being calculated in accordance with Rule 144A).

                  3. The term "Family of Investment Companies" as used herein
means two or more registered investment companies (or series thereof) that have
the same investment adviser or investment advisers that are affiliated (by
virtue of being majority owned subsidiaries of the same parent or because one
investment adviser is a majority owned subsidiary of the other).

                  4. The term "Securities" as used herein does not include (i)
securities of issuers that are affiliated with the Transferee or are part of the
Transferee's Family of Investment Companies, (ii) securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. or any instrumentality thereof, (iii) bank deposit notes
and certificates of deposit, (iv) loan participations, (v) repurchase
agreements, (vi) securities owned but subject to a repurchase agreement and
(vii) currency, interest rate and commodity swaps.

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                  5. The Transferee is familiar with Rule 144A and understands
that the parties to which this certification is being made are relying and will
continue to rely on the statements made herein because one or more sales to the
Transferee will be in reliance on Rule 144A. In addition, the Transferee will
only purchase for the Transferee's own account.

                  6. The undersigned will notify the parties to which this
certification is made of any changes in the information and conclusions herein.
Until such notice, the Transferee's purchase of the Certificates will constitute
a reaffirmation of this certification by the undersigned as of the date of such
purchase.

Dated:

                                          Print Name of Transferee or Advisor

                                          By:      ____________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:

                                          IF AN ADVISER:

                                          _____________________________________
                                          Print Name of Transferee

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                    FORM OF TRANSFEREE REPRESENTATION LETTER

         The undersigned hereby certifies on behalf of the purchaser named below
(the "Purchaser") as follows:

                  1. I am an executive officer of the Purchaser.

                  2. The Purchaser is a "qualified institutional buyer", as
         defined in Rule 144A, ("Rule 144A") under the Securities Act of 1933,
         as amended.

                  3. As of the date specified below (which is not earlier than
         the last day of the Purchaser's most recent fiscal year), the amount of
         "securities", computed for purposes of Rule 144A, owned and invested on
         a discretionary basis by the Purchaser was in excess of $100,000,000.

Name of Purchaser      ________________________________________________________

By:      (Signature)   ________________________________________________________

Name of Signatory      ________________________________________________________

Title    ______________________________________________________________________

Date of this certificate   ____________________________________________________

Date of information provided in paragraph 3   _________________________________

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                                   EXHIBIT F-2

                    FORM OF TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT AND AGREEMENT

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

                  ____________________________, being duly sworn, deposes,
represents and warrants as follows:

                  1. I am a ______________________ of
____________________________ (the "Owner") a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of ______________, the record owner of Argent Securities
Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-W4, Class [R][R-X]
(the "Residual Certificates"), on behalf of whom I make this affidavit and
agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective
meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to
which the Residual Certificates were issued.

                  2. The Owner (i) is and will be a "Permitted Transferee" as of
____________________, 2004 and (ii) is acquiring the Residual Certificates for
its own account or for the account of another Owner from which it has received
an affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit. A "Permitted
Transferee" is any person other than a "disqualified organization" or a
possession of the United States. For this purpose, a "disqualified organization"
means the United States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any agency
or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality all of
the activities of which are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a majority of whose board of directors is not selected by
any such governmental entity) or any foreign government, international
organization or any agency or instrumentality of such foreign government or
organization, any rural electric or telephone cooperative, or any organization
(other than certain farmers' cooperatives) that is generally exempt from federal
income tax unless such organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business
taxable income.

                  3. The Owner is aware (i) of the tax that would be imposed on
transfers of the Residual Certificates to disqualified organizations under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that applies to all transfers of the Residual
Certificates after March 31, 1988; (ii) that such tax would be on the transferor
or, if such transfer is through an agent (which person includes a broker,
nominee or middleman) for a non-Permitted Transferee, on the agent; (iii) that
the person otherwise liable for the tax shall be relieved of liability for the
tax if the transferee furnishes to such person an affidavit that the transferee
is a Permitted Transferee and, at the time of transfer, such person does not
have actual knowledge that the affidavit is false; and (iv) that each of the
Residual Certificates may be a "noneconomic residual interest" within the
meaning of proposed Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code and that the
transferor of a "noneconomic residual interest" will remain liable for any taxes
due with respect to the income on such residual interest, unless no significant
purpose of the transfer is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.

                  4. The Owner is aware of the tax imposed on a "pass-through
entity" holding the Residual Certificates if, at any time during the taxable
year of the pass-through entity, a non-

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Permitted Transferee is the record holder of an interest in such entity. (For
this purpose, a "pass- through entity" includes a regulated investment company,
a real estate investment trust or common trust fund, a partnership, trust or
estate, and certain cooperatives.)

                  5. The Owner is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not
register the transfer of any Class R Certificate unless the transferee, or the
transferee's agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things,
an affidavit in substantially the same form as this affidavit. The Owner
expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or
believes that any of the representations contained in such affidavit and
agreement are false.

                  6. The Owner consents to any additional restrictions or
arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute
a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Residual Certificates will only be
owned, directly or indirectly, by an Owner that is a Permitted Transferee.

                  7. The Owner's taxpayer identification number is ____________.

                  8. The Owner has reviewed the restrictions set forth on the
face of the Residual Certificates and the provisions of Section 5.02(d) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement under which the Residual Certificates were
issued (in particular, clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B) of Section 5.02(d) which
authorize the Trustee to deliver payments to a person other than the Owner and
negotiate a mandatory sale by the Trustee in the event that the Owner holds such
Certificate in violation of Section 5.02(d)); and that the Owner expressly
agrees to be bound by and to comply with such restrictions and provisions.

                  9. The Owner is not acquiring and will not transfer the
Residual Certificates in order to impede the assessment or collection of any
tax.

                  10. The Owner anticipates that it will, so long as it holds
the Residual Certificates, have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the
holder of such Residual Certificates, and hereby represents to and for the
benefit of the person from whom it acquired the Residual Certificates that the
Owner intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Residual Certificates as
they become due, fully understanding that it may incur tax liabilities in excess
of any cash flows generated by the Residual Certificates.

                  11. The Owner has no present knowledge that it may become
insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding for so long as it holds the
Residual Certificates.

                  12. The Owner has no present knowledge or expectation that it
will be unable to pay any United States taxes owed by it so long as any of the
Certificates remain outstanding.

                  13. The Owner is not acquiring the Residual Certificates with
the intent to transfer the Residual Certificates to any person or entity that
will not have sufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by the holder of such
Residual Certificates, or that may become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy
proceeding, for so long as the Residual Certificates remain outstanding.

<PAGE>

                  14. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it
makes of the Residual Certificates, obtain from its transferee the
representations required by Section 5.02(d) of the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement under which the Class R Certificate were issued and will not
consummate any such transfer if it knows, or knows facts that should lead it to
believe, that any such representations are false.

                  15. The Owner will, in connection with any transfer that it
makes of the Residual Certificates, deliver to the Certificate Registrar an
affidavit, which represents and warrants that it is not transferring the
Residual Certificates to impede the assessment or collection of any tax and that
it has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee: (i) has insufficient
assets to pay any taxes owed by such transferee as holder of the Residual
Certificates; (ii) may become insolvent or subject to a bankruptcy proceeding
for so long as the Residual Certificates remains outstanding; and (iii) is not a
"Permitted Transferee".

                  16. The Owner is a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation or partnership (or other entity treated as a corporation or
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
(except, in the case of a partnership or entity treated as a partnership, to the
extent provided in regulations), an estate the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source or a trust other
than a "foreign trust" described in section 7701(a)(31) of the Code.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
__________, 200__.

                                             [OWNER]

                                             By:______________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:  [Vice] President

ATTEST:

By:      ______________________________
Name:
Title:   [Assistant] Secretary

                  Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be a [Vice] President of the Owner, 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 Owner.

                  Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of __________,
200__.

                                             __________________________________
                                                      Notary Public

                                             County of ________________________
                                             State of _________________________

                                             My Commission expires:

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                          FORM OF TRANSFEROR AFFIDAVIT

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

                  _______________________________________, being duly sworn,
deposes, represents and warrants _____________________________ as follows:

                  1. I am a ____________________ of (the "Owner"), a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of ______________, on behalf of whom
I make this affidavit.

                  2. The Owner is not transferring the Class [R][R-X] (the
"Residual Certificates") to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.

                  3. The Owner has no actual knowledge that the Person that is
the proposed transferee (the "Purchaser") of the Residual Certificates: (i) has
insufficient assets to pay any taxes owed by such proposed transferee as holder
of the Residual Certificates; (ii) may become insolvent or subject to a
bankruptcy proceeding for so long as the Residual Certificates remain
outstanding and (iii) is not a Permitted Transferee.

                  4. The Owner understands that the Purchaser has delivered to
the Certificate Registrar a transfer affidavit and agreement in the form
attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit F-2. The Owner does
not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

                  5. At the time of transfer, the Owner has conducted a
reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Purchaser as
contemplated by Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E- 1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result
of that investigation, the Owner has determined that the Purchaser has
historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant
evidence to indicate that the Purchaser will not continue to pay its debts as
they become due in the future. The Owner understands that the transfer of a
Residual Certificate may not be respected for United States income tax purposes
(and the Owner may continue to be liable for United States income taxes
associated therewith) unless the Owner has conducted such an investigation.

                  6. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to the authority of its Board of Directors, by
its [Vice] President, attested by its [Assistant] Secretary, this ____ day of
___________, 200__.

                                                 [OWNER]

                                                 By:___________________________
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:   [Vice] President

ATTEST:

By:      ______________________________
Name:
Title:   [Assistant] Secretary

                  Personally appeared before me the above-named , known or
proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to
be a [Vice] President of the Owner, 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 Owner.

                  Subscribed and sworn before me this ____ day of __________,
200__.

                                             __________________________________
                                                      Notary Public

                                             County of ________________________
                                             State of _________________________

                                             My Commission expires:

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                                    EXHIBIT G

            FORM OF CERTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ERISA AND THE CODE

                                           _____________, 200__

Argent Securities Inc.                     Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
1100 Town & Country Road                   1761 East St. Andrew Place
Orange, California 92868                   Santa Ana, California 92705-4934
Ameriquest Mortgage Company
1100 Town & Country Road
Orange, California 92868

                  Re:      Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through
                           Certificates, Series 2004-W4, Class CE, P, R and R-X
                           ----------------------------------------------------

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  __________________________________ (the "Transferee") intends
to acquire from _____________________ (the "Transferor") [$____________ Initial
Certificate Principal Balance] [$____________ initial Notional Amount] [_____%
Percentage Interest] of Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2004-W4, Class ___ (the "Certificates"), issued pursuant to
a Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement") dated
as of March 1, 2004 among Argent Securities Inc. as depositor (the "Depositor"),
Ameriquest Mortgage Company as master servicer (the "Master Servicer") and
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned
thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies,
represents and warrants to, and covenants with the Depositor, the Trustee and
the Master Servicer that the following statements in either (1) or (2) are
accurate:

                  The Certificates (i) are not being acquired by, and will not
be transferred to, any employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(3)
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or
other retirement arrangement, including individual retirement accounts and
annuities, Keogh plans and bank collective investment funds and insurance
company general or separate accounts in which such plans, accounts or
arrangements are invested, that is subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") (any of the foregoing, a
"Plan"), (ii) are not being acquired with "plan assets" of a Plan within the
meaning of the Department of Labor ("DOL") regulation, 29 C.F.R. ss. 2510.3-101,
and (iii) will not be transferred to any entity that is deemed to be investing
in plan assets within the meaning of the DOL regulation at 29
C.F.R.ss.2510.3-101.

                                             Very truly yours,

                                             By: ______________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT H

                              FORM OF CAP CONTRACTS

                            [Available Upon Request]

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                    EXHIBIT I

                           LOSS MITIGATION ACTION PLAN

DEFAULT MITIGATION ACTION                              SUPPORTING STANDARDS
-------------------------                              --------------------
<S>                                                    <C>
Forbearance Workout                                    Borrower  documents a temporary financial
Defer any of the following:                            hardship resulting in request for a forbearance
1.accrued interest                                     Borrower documents financial ability to pay
2.past due principal                                   under the proposed forbearance terms
3.escrow advances                                      Borrower expresses a willingness to perform.
4.corporate advances                                   Current monthly payments  are scheduled to  be
5.ancillary fees                                       made prior to late charge date during the
6.any combination of the above                         forbearance term
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loan Modification Workout                              Borrower documents a  non-temporary financial
Any of the following:                                  hardship resulting in the request for  a loan
1.waive accrued interest                               modification
2.waive past due principal                             Borrower documents financial ability to pay
3.waive corporate advances                             under the proposed loan modification terms
4.waive ancillary fees                                 Borrower does not have the ability to pay under
5.reduce principal                                     the original loan terms
6.reduce interest rate                                 Borrower expresses a willingness to perform
7.any combination of the above items                   No waiver of escrow advances (taxes and
8.any combination with the Forbearance                 insurance) is allowed
items
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Short Sale Disposal                                    Sale to a third party
Waive or negotiate a reduced amount of                 Independent appraisal supports sale price
any of the following:                                  No cash to seller (borrower), excluding costs
1.accrued interest                                     necessary to close
2.principal                                            Borrower does not have the ability and/or
3.escrow advances                                      willingness to pay
4.corporate advances                                   Borrower no longer wants property
5.ancillary fees
6.prepayment charges
7.any combination of the above items
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Short pay-off Disposal                                 Refinance by independent third party Lender
Waive or negotiate a reduced amount of                 Independent appraisal supports new loan amount
any of the following:                                  New loan is no cash out (i.e. no cash to borrower
1.accrued interest                                     excluding costs necessary to close)
2.principal                                            Borrower  has expressed his/her unwillingness to
3.escrow advances                                      pay
4.corporate advances                                   Anticipated refinance time frame is less than
5.ancillary fees                                       anticipated foreclosure time frame
6.prepayment charges
7.any combination of the above items
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

DEFAULT MITIGATION ACTION                              SUPPORTING STANDARDS
-------------------------                              --------------------
<S>                                                    <C>
Deed-in-lieu Disposal                                  Borrower has already  or will abandon the
                                                       property or is willing to vacate the property (in a
                                                       broom sweep condition) on a mutually agreeable
                                                       date
                                                       Borrower does not have the ability and/or
                                                       willingness to pay
                                                       Independent appraisal confirms property  has a
                                                       value
                                                       Title is clean
                                                       Property appears to be resalable based on
                                                       condition and value shown in independent
                                                       appraisal
                                                       Property does not appear to have any
                                                       environmental or hazardous conditions (or such
                                                       conditions appear to be curable)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foreclosure Disposal                                   Borrower has already  or will abandon the
                                                       property (which may be by an eviction
                                                       proceeding or mutual agreement)
                                                       Borrower does not have the ability and/or
                                                       willingness to pay
                                                       Independent appraisal confirms property has a
                                                       value
                                                       Property appears to be resalable based on
                                                       condition and value shown in independent
                                                       appraisal
                                                       Property does not appear to have any
                                                       environmental or hazardous conditions (or such
                                                       conditions appear to be curable)
</TABLE>

         Workouts in the form of either a Forbearance or Loan Modification
require that the Borrower document the existence of a financial hardship leading
to the payment delinquency and document the ability to make the payments
required under the proposed Forbearance or Loan Modification. If the Borrower
fails to meet both of these conditions or the Borrower is uncooperative, a
Disposal Loss Mitigation Action will be employed to liquidate the delinquent
loan, assuming the Borrower does not otherwise cure the existing default. Each
of the Default Mitigation Actions and Supporting Standards may not be applicable
to each and every loan subject to a default in its monthly payments and in those
cases where a Default Mitigation Action or Supporting Standard may be
applicable, each is subject to amendment and/or waiver on an individual basis
pursuant to applicable federal, state and local laws, decisional authorities,
court orders, instructions of regulatory and/or other governmental authorities,
the advice of legal counsel, instructions from the Trustee and changes in the
loan servicing standards.

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT J-1

       FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED BY THE DEPOSITOR WITH FORM 10-K

                  Re:      Argent Securities Inc., Series 2004-W4
                           Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-W4
                           -----------------------------------------

                  I, ________________, the senior officer of Argent Securities
Inc. (the "Registrant") in charge of securitizations, certify that:

                  l. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all
reports on Form 8-K containing distribution and servicing reports filed in
respect of periods included in the year covered by this annual report, of
Registrant;

                  2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports,
taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading as of
the last day of the period covered by this annual report;

                  3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution information and the
servicing information required to be provided to the Trustee by the Master
Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is included in these reports;

                  4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by
the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon the
review required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and except as
disclosed in the report, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

                  5. I have disclosed to the Registrant's certified public
accountants all significant deficiencies relating to the Master Servicer's
compliance with the minimum servicing standards in accordance with a review
conducted in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage
Bankers or similar standard as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

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

                  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated March 1,
2004 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Registrant as depositor,
Ameriquest Mortgage Company as master servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company as trustee.

                                       ARGENT SECURITIES INC.

                                       By:____________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:
                                       Date:

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT J-2

                            FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE
                      PROVIDED TO DEPOSITOR BY THE TRUSTEE

                  Re:      Argent Securities Inc., Series 2004-W4 Asset-Backed
                           Certificates, Series 2004-W4
                           ----------------------------

                  I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of Deutsche
Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, hereby certify to Argent Securities
Inc. (the "Depositor"), and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the
knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

                  1. I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year [___], and all reports on Form 8-K containing distribution reports
filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by that annual report,
of the Depositor relating to the above-referenced trust;

                  2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these
distribution reports prepared by the Trustee, taken as a whole, does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading as of the last day of the period
covered by that annual report; and

                  3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution information
required to be provided by the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
is included in these distribution reports.

                  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated March 1,
2004 (the "Pooling and Servicing Agreement"), among the Registrant as depositor,
Ameriquest Mortgage Company as master servicer and Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company as trustee.

                                        DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
                                        COMPANY, as Trustee

                                        By:__________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:
Date:

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT K

                                   [Reserved]

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT L

                                   [Reserved]

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT M

             ANNUAL STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.19

                             Argent Securities Inc.
             Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-W4

                  I, _____________________, hereby certify that I am a duly
appointed __________________________ of Ameriquest Mortgage Company (the "Master
Servicer"), and further certify as follows:

                  1. This certification is being made pursuant to the terms of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2004 (the
"Agreement"), among Argent Securities Inc., as depositor, the Master Servicer
and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee.

                  2. I have reviewed the activities of the Master Servicer
during the preceding year and the Master Servicer's performance under the
Agreement and to the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Master
Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Agreement throughout the
year.

                  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in the Agreements.

Dated: _________________

<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate as of __________________.

                                         By:  _____________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                  I, _________________________, a (an) __________________ of the
Master Servicer, hereby certify that _________________ is a duly elected,
qualified, and acting _______________________ of the Master Servicer and that
the signature appearing above is his/her genuine signature.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Certificate as of ______________________.

                                         By:  ______________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE 1

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

                                 Filed By Paper

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE 2

                           PREPAYMENT CHARGE SCHEDULE

                             Available Upon Request

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