Document:

Consulting Agreement between Photronics, Inc. and Contantine S. Macricostas

 EXHIBIT 10.1 
  
 

 
  
 July 11, 2005 
  
 Mr. Constantine S. Macricostas 
 5509 Pennock Point Road 
 Jupiter, FL 33458 
  
 RE: Consulting Agreement 
  
 Dear Deno: 
  
 This letter confirms that Photronics, Inc. (the “Company”) has agreed to continue to retain you as a Consultant in accordance with the terms of this letter. This Agreement is extended to you because of your
importance as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and our desire to retain your counsel after your retirement. 
  
 Accordingly, you shall continue to be retained, and you agree to serve, as a consultant. In order to retire from the Company, you must be at least 55
years of age and have been employed by the Company for at least 20 years, which criteria you have satisfied. The consulting relationship shall continue for a period of seven (7) years after the date of this letter (the “Consulting
Period”). 
  
 1) Consulting Services 
  
 You shall provide consulting services to the Company in any area of your
expertise upon request by a duly authorized officer of the Company, and such services shall be provided at such times, locations (provided that travel to any location not reasonably proximate to either Brookfield, Connecticut or your then current
residence shall be at the expense of the Company) and by such means as reasonably required by the Company. You shall make yourself available to provide such services for up to ten (10) hours per month throughout the Consulting Period. 
  
 2) Compensation 
  
 As compensation for your services during the Consulting Period, the Company agrees to provide you with consulting fees and
benefits under the terms specified below: 
  

	 	a)	 Fees: In consideration for your consulting services, the Company will pay you consulting fees in the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand 

	 	 
dollars ($250,000) per year (“Consulting Fees”). The Company shall pay you the Consulting Fees in equal monthly payments of twenty thousand, eight
hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents ($20,833.33) throughout the Consulting Period. 

  

	 	b)	Taxes and Withholding: As a Consultant, you will comply with all applicable State and Federal laws governing self-employed individuals, including obligations such as
quarterly payment of estimated taxes, social security, disability and other contributions based on the fees paid to you by the Company under this Agreement. The Company will not withhold or make payments for State or Federal income tax or Social
Security, make employment insurance or disability insurance contributions, or obtain workers’ compensation insurance on your behalf. You hereby indemnify and defend the Company against any and all such taxes or contributions.

  

	 	c)	Health Insurance: To the extent permitted by law and by the Company’s group health insurance policies, during the Consulting Period you and your spouse will continue to
be covered by the Company’s health insurance benefits until January 1, 2006. Thereafter, the Company will provide you with supplemental health coverage, provided that the premiums payable by the Company shall not exceed $10,000 per year. If
premiums exceed that amount, then you may wish to reimburse the Company for such excess if you wish to continue such coverage. 

  
 3) Limitations on Authority 
  
 You shall have no responsibilities as a Consultant to the Company other than as provided for above, and you shall not represent or purport to represent
the Company in any manner whatsoever to any third party unless authorized by the Company in writing to do so. 
  
 4) Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation 
  
 You hereby agree that during the Consulting Period, you will not, without first obtaining the Company’s prior written approval, directly or indirectly engage or prepare to engage in any activities in competition
with the Company or accept employment, provide services to, or establish a business relationship with a business or individual engaged in or preparing to engage in competition with the Company. You are free to engage in other work or business
activities during the Consulting Period so long as they are not competitive with the Company. For purposes of this paragraph the holding of less than one percent (1%) of the outstanding voting securities of any firm or business organization in
competition with the Company shall not constitute activities or services precluded by this paragraph. You also agree that through the end of the Consulting Period and for one (1) year thereafter, you will not, either directly or through others,

  

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solicit or attempt to solicit any employee or other personnel of the Company to terminate his or her relationship with the Company or to become an employee,
consultant or independent contractor to or for any other person or entity. Further, you agree not to disparage the Company in any manner likely to be harmful to the Company’s business reputation, or the personal or business reputation of the
Company’s directors, shareholders or employees. You agree that the Consulting Fees adequately compensate you for the restrictions of this paragraph. 
  
 5) Expenses 
  
 You are responsible to pay, without reimbursement, all reasonable and ordinary expenses you incur on behalf of the Company in order to fulfill your
obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company requests the Consultant to incur travel, entertainment or other expenses in connection with duties that extend beyond the ordinary course of the Consultant’s
duties under this Agreement, then the Company and the Consultant shall discuss and agree in advance on the amount of such extraordinary expenses for which the Consultant will be reimbursed, and such extraordinary expenses will not be credited
against the Consulting Fee otherwise payable under this Agreement. 
  
 6)
Office Space 
  
 During the term of this Agreement,
Company shall provide Consultant with office space suitable for Consultant to perform the Consulting Services, at the Company’s offices in Brookfield, CT. Such office space shall be in proximity to the Company’s offices for its executive
officers. 
  
 7) Purchase of Automobile 
  
 Commencing February, 2003, Consultant has had use of a 2003 BMW 540i
automobile owned by Company. On or after February 2007, Consultant shall have the right to purchase such automobile from the Company for book value. 
  
 8) Liquidated Damages/Specific Performance 
  

	 	a)	You agree that it would be impracticable or extremely difficult to ascertain the amount of actual damages caused by breach of paragraph (4), Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation, of
this Agreement. Therefore, you agree that, in the event of such a breach, the Company will be entitled to withhold further payments of all Consulting Fees, recover all Consulting Fees already paid to you, and obtain such injunctive and other relief
as appropriate. 

  

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You further agree that this liquidated damage provision represents reasonable compensation for the loss which would be incurred by the Company because of any
such breach. 

  

	 	b)	In the event you claim that the Company is in breach of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedies available to you, you shall be entitled to obtain specific performance of
this Agreement. 

  

	 	c)	In the event either party litigates enforcement of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and pre-judgment interest on
amounts due but not paid. Interest shall be at a rate equal to two percent (2%) above the prime rate announced by the Company’s primary lender. 

  
 None of your interests under this letter, or any right to receive any payments or distribution hereunder, shall be subject
in any manner to sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, garnishment or other alienation or encumbrance of any kind, nor may such interest or right to receive a payment or distribution be taken, voluntarily or involuntarily, for the
satisfaction of the obligations or debts of, or other claims against you, including claims for alimony, support, separate maintenance and claims in bankruptcy proceedings. 
  
 If the foregoing accurately sets forth our Agreement, please so indicate by signing in the space provided below. 

 

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	PHOTRONICS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Edwin L. Lewis

	Title:	 	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

  

	
	 Agreed to and accepted by:

	
	 /s/ Constantine S. Macricostas

	 Constantine S. Macricostas

  

 4Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2005

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

PEOPLE’S CHOICE HOME LOAN SECURITIES 
 TRUST SERIES 2005-3, 
  
 Issuer, 

 
 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL 
 ASSOCIATION, 
  
 Securities Administrator, 
  
 and 
  
 HSBC BANK USA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
  
 Indenture Trustee 

 

  
 INDENTURE 
  
 Dated as of July 1, 2005 
  

  
 MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES 
  

  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
		
	 ARTICLE I        DEFINITIONS
	  	2
			
	 Section 1.01.
	  	Definitions	  	2
	 Section 1.02.
	  	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act	  	2
	 Section 1.03.
	  	Rules of Construction	  	2
		
	 ARTICLE II        ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF NOTES
	  	3
			
	 Section 2.01.
	  	Form	  	3
	 Section 2.02.
	  	Execution, Authentication and Delivery	  	3
		
	 ARTICLE III        COVENANTS
	  	5
			
	 Section 3.01.
	  	Maintenance of Payment Account	  	5
	 Section 3.02.
	  	Maintenance of Office or Agency	  	5
	 Section 3.03.
	  	Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust; Paying Agent	  	5
	 Section 3.04.
	  	Existence	  	7
	 Section 3.05.
	  	Payment of Principal and Interest	  	7
	 Section 3.06.
	  	Protection of Trust Estate	  	12
	 Section 3.07.
	  	Opinions as to Trust Estate	  	13
	 Section 3.08.
	  	Performance of Obligations	  	13
	 Section 3.09.
	  	Negative Covenants	  	14
	 Section 3.10.
	  	Annual Statement as to Compliance	  	14
	 Section 3.11.
	  	[Reserved]	  	14
	 Section 3.12.
	  	Representations and Warranties Concerning the Mortgage Loans	  	14
	 Section 3.13.
	  	Amendments to Sale and Servicing Agreement	  	15
	 Section 3.14.
	  	Master Servicer and Securities Administrator as Agent and Bailee of the Indenture Trustee	  	15
	 Section 3.15.
	  	Investment Company Act	  	15
	 Section 3.16.
	  	Issuer May Consolidate, etc.	  	16
	 Section 3.17.
	  	Successor or Transferee	  	17
	 Section 3.18.
	  	No Other Business	  	17
	 Section 3.19.
	  	No Borrowing	  	18
	 Section 3.20.
	  	Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities	  	18
	 Section 3.21.
	  	Capital Expenditures	  	18
	 Section 3.22.
	  	Determination of Note Rate	  	18
	 Section 3.23.
	  	Restricted Payments	  	18
	 Section 3.24.
	  	Notice of Events of Default	  	18
	 Section 3.25.
	  	Further Instruments and Acts	  	18
	 Section 3.26.
	  	Certain Representations Regarding the Trust Estate	  	19
	 Section 3.27.
	  	Allocation of Realized Losses	  	20
	 Section 3.28.
	  	Special Derivative Contracts	  	20
		
	 ARTICLE IV        THE NOTES; SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
	  	21
			
	 Section 4.01.
	  	The Notes	  	21
	 Section 4.02.
	  	Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Appointment of Note Registrar and Certificate Registrar	  	21
	 Section 4.03.
	  	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes	  	22

  

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	 Section 4.04.
	  	Persons Deemed Owners	  	23
	 Section 4.05.
	  	Cancellation	  	23
	 Section 4.06.
	  	Book-Entry Notes	  	24
	 Section 4.07.
	  	Notices to Depository	  	25
	 Section 4.08.
	  	Definitive Notes	  	25
	 Section 4.09.
	  	Tax Treatment	  	25
	 Section 4.10.
	  	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	  	26
	 Section 4.11.
	  	Application of Trust Money	  	27
	 Section 4.12.
	  	[Reserved]	  	27
	 Section 4.13.
	  	Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent	  	27
	 Section 4.14.
	  	Temporary Notes	  	27
	 Section 4.15.
	  	Representation Regarding ERISA	  	28
		
	 ARTICLE V        DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	  	29
			
	 Section 5.01.
	  	Events of Default	  	29
	 Section 5.02.
	  	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	  	29
	 Section 5.03.
	  	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee	  	30
	 Section 5.04.
	  	Remedies; Priorities	  	31
	 Section 5.05.
	  	Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate	  	34
	 Section 5.06.
	  	Limitation of Suits	  	34
	 Section 5.07.
	  	Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest	  	35
	 Section 5.08.
	  	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	  	35
	 Section 5.09.
	  	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	  	35
	 Section 5.10.
	  	Delay or Omission Not a Waiver	  	35
	 Section 5.11.
	  	Control By Noteholders	  	35
	 Section 5.12.
	  	Waiver of Past Defaults	  	36
	 Section 5.13.
	  	Undertaking for Costs	  	36
	 Section 5.14.
	  	Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws	  	36
	 Section 5.15.
	  	Sale of Trust Estate	  	36
	 Section 5.16.
	  	Action on Notes	  	38
	 Section 5.17.
	  	Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations	  	38
		
	 ARTICLE VI        THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR
	  	40
			
	 Section 6.01.
	  	Duties of Indenture Trustee and Securities Administrator	  	40
	 Section 6.02.
	  	Rights of Indenture Trustee and Securities Administrator	  	41
	 Section 6.03.
	  	Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee	  	44
	 Section 6.04.
	  	Indenture Trustee’s and Securities Administrator’s Disclaimers	  	44
	 Section 6.05.
	  	Notice of Event of Default	  	44
	 Section 6.06.
	  	Reports by Securities Administrator to Holders and Tax Administration	  	44
	 Section 6.07.
	  	Compensation	  	44
	 Section 6.08.
	  	Replacement of Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator	  	46
	 Section 6.09.
	  	Successor Indenture Trustee and Securities Administrator by Merger	  	47
	 Section 6.10.
	  	Appointment of Co-Indenture Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee	  	47
	 Section 6.11.
	  	Eligibility; Disqualification	  	48

  

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	 Section 6.12.
	  	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer	  	49
	 Section 6.13.
	  	Representations and Warranties	  	49
	 Section 6.14.
	  	Directions to Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator	  	49
	 Section 6.15.
	  	The Agents	  	49
	 Section 6.16.
	  	Other Basic Documents	  	50
		
	 ARTICLE VII        NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
	  	51
			
	 Section 7.01.
	  	Issuer To Furnish Securities Administrator Names and Addresses of Noteholders	  	51
	 Section 7.02.
	  	Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders	  	51
	 Section 7.03.
	  	Statements to Noteholders	  	51
		
	 ARTICLE VIII        ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES
	  	55
			
	 Section 8.01.
	  	Collection of Money	  	55
	 Section 8.02.
	  	[Reserved]	  	55
	 Section 8.03.
	  	Officer’s Certificate	  	55
	 Section 8.04.
	  	Termination Upon Distribution to Noteholders	  	55
	 Section 8.05.
	  	Release of Trust Estate	  	55
	 Section 8.06.
	  	Surrender of Notes Upon Final Payment	  	56
	 Section 8.07.
	  	Optional Redemption of the Notes	  	56
	 Section 8.08.
	  	Swap Agreement	  	57
	 Section 8.09.
	  	Rights of Swap Provider	  	57
	 Section 8.10.
	  	Corridor Agreement	  	57
		
	 ARTICLE IX        SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	  	58
			
	 Section 9.01.
	  	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders	  	58
	 Section 9.02.
	  	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders	  	59
	 Section 9.03.
	  	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	  	61
	 Section 9.04.
	  	Effect of Supplemental Indenture	  	61
	 Section 9.05.
	  	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	  	61
	 Section 9.06.
	  	Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures	  	61
		
	 ARTICLE X         MISCELLANEOUS
	  	62
			
	 Section 10.01.
	  	Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc.	  	62
	 Section 10.02.
	  	Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee	  	63
	 Section 10.03.
	  	Acts of Noteholders	  	64
	 Section 10.04.
	  	Notices etc., to Indenture Trustee, Securities Administrator, Issuer and Rating Agencies	  	64
	 Section 10.05.
	  	Notices to Noteholders; Waiver	  	65
	 Section 10.06.
	  	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	  	66
	 Section 10.07.
	  	Effect of Headings	  	66
	 Section 10.08.
	  	Successors and Assigns	  	66
	 Section 10.09.
	  	Separability	  	66
	 Section 10.10.
	  	[Reserved]	  	66
	 Section 10.11.
	  	Legal Holidays	  	66
	 Section 10.12.
	  	GOVERNING LAW	  	66
	 Section 10.13.
	  	Counterparts	  	67

  

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	 Section 10.14.
	  	Recording of Indenture	  	67
	 Section 10.15.
	  	Issuer Obligation	  	67
	 Section 10.16.
	  	No Petition	  	67
	 Section 10.17.
	  	Inspection	  	67
	 Section 10.18.
	  	Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee	  	68

  
 EXHIBITS 
  

					
	 Exhibit A-1
	  	-	  	Form of Class [    ]A[    ] Notes
	 Exhibit A-2
	  	-	  	Form of Class M[    ] Notes
	 Exhibit B
	  	-	  	Schedule of Notional Amounts of the Swap Agreement

  

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 RECONCILIATION AND TIE
BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 AND 
 INDENTURE PROVISIONS* 
  

			
	 Trust Indenture
    Act Section

	  	Indenture Section

	310(a)(1)	  	6.11
	(a)(2)	  	6.11
	(a)(3)	  	6.10
	(a)(4)	  	Not Applicable
	(a)(5)	  	6.11
	(b)	  	6.08, 6.11
	(c)	  	Not Applicable
	311(a)	  	6.12
	(b)	  	6.12
	(c)	  	Not Applicable
	312(a)	  	7.01, 7.02(a)
	(b)	  	7.02(b)
	(c)	  	7.02(c)
	313(a)	  	Not Applicable
	(b)	  	Not Applicable
	(c)	  	Not Applicable
	(d)	  	Not Applicable
	314(a)	  	3.10
	(b)	  	3.07
	(c)(1)	  	8.05(c), 10.01(a)
	(c)(2)	  	8.05(c), 10.01(a)
	(c)(3)	  	Not Applicable
	(d)(1)	  	8.05(c), 10.01(b)
	(d)(2)	  	8.05(c), 10.01(b)
	(d)(3)	  	8.05(c), 10.01(b)
	(e)	  	10.01(a)
	315(a)	  	6.01(b)
	(b)	  	6.05
	(c)	  	6.01(a)
	(d)	  	6.01(c)
	(d)(1)	  	6.01(c)
	(d)(2)	  	6.01(c)
	(d)(3)	  	6.01(c)
	(e)	  	5.13
	316(a)(1)(A)	  	5.11
	316(a)(1)(B)	  	5.12
	316(a)(2)	  	Not Applicable
	316(b)	  	5.07
	317(a)(1)	  	5.04
	317(a)(2)	  	5.03(d)
	317(b)	  	3.03(a)(i)
	318(a)	  	10.07

	*	This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the within indenture. 

  

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 This Indenture, dated as of
July 1, 2005, is entered into among People’s Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3, a Delaware statutory trust, as issuer (the “Issuer”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as securities administrator (the
“Securities Administrator”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, a national banking association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). 
  
 WITNESSETH THAT: 
  
 Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Issuer’s
People’s Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-3 (the “Notes”). 
  
 GRANTING CLAUSE 
  
 The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and the Swap Provider, all
of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to, whether now existing or hereafter created by (a) the Mortgage Loans, Substitute Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof and all rights under the Mortgage Loan Documents; (b) all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Custodial Account, excluding any investment income from such funds; (c) all funds on deposit from time to time in the Payment Account, excluding any investment income from such funds; (d) any REO Property; (e) the
Required Insurance Policies and any amounts paid or payable by the insurer under any Insurance Policy (to the extent the mortgagee has a claim thereto); (f) all rights under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, as assigned to the Issuer, to the
extent provided in Subsection 2.03(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; (g) the rights of the Issuer under the Swap Agreement and all payments received under the Swap Agreement; (h) the rights of the Issuer under the Corridor Agreement and all
payments received under the Corridor Agreement; and (i) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under, and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever
in respect of, any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under, and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts,
accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every kind, and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property that, at any time, constitute all or part of or are
included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Trust Estate” or the “Collateral”). 
  
 The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally
and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trust under this Indenture in accordance
with the provisions hereof, and each of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator agree to perform their respective duties as Indenture Trustee and Securities Administrator as required herein. 
  

 ARTICLE I 
  

DEFINITIONS 
  
 Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise
requires, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Definitions attached hereto as Appendix A, which is incorporated by reference herein. All other capitalized terms used herein shall have
the meanings specified herein. 
  
 Section 1.02. Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act (the “TIA”), the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in
this Indenture have the following meanings: 
  
 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “indenture securities” means the Notes. 
  
 “indenture security holder” means a Noteholder. 
  
 “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture. 
  
 “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities. 
  
 All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by reference in the TIA to another statute or defined by Commission rules have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions. 
  
 Section 1.03. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires: 
  
 (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it; 
  
 (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; 
  
 (iii) “or” is not exclusive; 
  
 (iv) “including” means “including without limitation”; 
  
 (v) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular; and 
  
 (vi) any agreement, instrument or statute defined or
referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments)
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. 
  

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 ARTICLE II 

 
 ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF NOTES 
  
 Section 2.01. Form. The Class A Notes and Class M Notes, together with
the Securities Administrator’s certificate of authentication, shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to this Indenture, respectively, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as are required or permitted by this Indenture. 
  
 The Notes
shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel engraved borders). 
  
 The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to this Indenture are part of the terms of this Indenture. 
  
 Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall
be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile. 
  
 Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes. 
  
 The Securities Administrator shall, upon Issuer Request, authenticate and
deliver the Class 1A1, Class 1A2, Class 1A3, Class 2A1, Class 2A2, Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6, Class M7, Class M8, Class M9, Class M10 and Class M11 Notes for original issue in an aggregate initial principal amount of
$1,091,207,000. The Class 1A1 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $207,831,000, the Class 1A2 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $212,766,000, the Class 1A3 Notes shall be issued in an
aggregate initial principal amount of $28,708,000, the Class 2A1 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $334,878,000, the Class 2A2 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $83,720,000, the Class
M1 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $42,749,000, the Class M2 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $40,498,000, the Class M3 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount
of $22,499,000, the Class M4 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $21,374,000, the Class M5 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $19,124,000, the Class M6 Notes shall be issued in an
aggregate initial principal amount of $18,562,000, the Class M7 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $16,312,000, the Class M8 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $15,187,000, the Class M9
Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $14,062,000, the Class M10 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal amount of $11,250,000 and the Class M11 Notes shall be issued in an aggregate initial principal
amount of $1,687,000. 
  
 Each of the Notes shall be dated the
date of its authentication. The Class 1A1, Class 1A2, Class 1A3, Class 2A1 and Class 2A2 Notes shall be issuable as registered Notes and the 

  

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Notes shall be issuable in the minimum initial Note Principal Balances of $25,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. The Class M Notes shall
be issuable as registered Notes and the Notes shall be issuable in the minimum initial Note Principal Balances of $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. 
  
 No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Securities Administrator by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 
  

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 ARTICLE III

  
 COVENANTS 
  
 Section 3.01. Maintenance of Payment Account. The Securities
Administrator shall maintain the Payment Account established pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with the requirements of such Section. The Securities Administrator shall make all payments of principal of and
interest on the Notes (subject to Section 3.03) as provided in Section 3.05 herein from monies on deposit in the Payment Account. 
  
 Section 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where, subject to satisfaction of conditions set forth
herein, Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Securities Administrator
to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Securities Administrator with the address thereof, such surrenders may be made at the Corporate
Trust Office and notices and demands may be made or delivered to the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Securities Administrator as its agent to receive all such surrenders, notices and demands. 
  
 Section 3.03. Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust; Paying Agent.
(a) As provided in Section 3.01, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Payment Account pursuant to Section 3.05 shall be made on behalf of the Issuer by the Securities
Administrator or by the Paying Agent, based on information provided by the Securities Administrator to the Paying Agent and no amounts so withdrawn from the Payment Account for payments of Notes shall be paid over to the Issuer except as provided in
this Section 3.03. The Securities Administrator shall calculate the amount to be distributed to each Class and, based on such amounts, the Securities Administrator shall determine the amount to be distributed to each Noteholder. All of the
Securities Administrator’s calculations of payments shall be based solely on information provided to the Securities Administrator by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Neither the Securities
Administrator nor the Indenture Trustee shall be required to confirm, verify or recompute any such information but shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such information. The Issuer hereby appoints the Securities Administrator as its initial
Paying Agent. 
  
 The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent, other
than the Securities Administrator, to execute and deliver to the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee (and if the
Securities Administrator or the Indenture Trustee acts as Paying Agent it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section 3.03, that such Paying Agent shall: 
  
 (i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided; 
  

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 (ii) give the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by
the Issuer of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes; 
  
 (iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of either the Securities Administrator or the
Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the Securities Administrator all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; 
  
 (iv) immediately resign as Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Securities Administrator all sums held by it in trust for the payment of
Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards, if any, that the Issuer requires the Paying Agent to meet, pursuant to any documentation under which the Issuer appointed such Paying Agent; 
  
 (v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to
the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith; and 
  
 (vi) not commence a bankruptcy proceeding against the Issuer
in connection with this Indenture. 
  
 The Issuer may, at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer Request, direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Securities Administrator all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to
be held by the Securities Administrator upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Securities Administrator such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money. 
  
 Subject to applicable
laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Securities Administrator or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for one year after such amount has become due and
payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to the Issuer; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the
Issuer), and all liability of the Securities Administrator or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Securities Administrator or such Paying Agent, before being required to make
any such repayment, shall at the expense and direction of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper published in the English language, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein that
shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Issuer. The Securities Administrator may also adopt and employ, at the expense and direction of the Issuer,
any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in
monies due and payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Securities Administrator or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such Holder). 
  

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 Section 3.04. Existence. The Issuer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises
as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes, organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States of America, in which case the Issuer shall keep in
full effect its existence, rights and franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the
validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Mortgage Loans and each other instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate. 
  
 Section 3.05. Payment of Principal and Interest. (a) On each Payment Date from amounts on deposit in the Payment Account, the Securities
Administrator shall pay to the Persons specified below the Interest Funds for such Payment Date. 
  
 (b) On each Payment Date, the Interest Funds shall be distributed in the following order of priority, in each case to the extent of the Interest Funds
remaining for such Payment Date: 
  
 (i) to pay
the Servicing Fee (which includes the Subservicing Fee) to the extent not retained by or already paid to the Servicer or the Subservicer, respectively; 
  
 (ii) to the Swap Provider, any Net Swap Payment or any Swap Termination Payment (not triggered by a Swap Provider Trigger Event) owed to
the Swap Provider pursuant to the Swap Agreement, provided that such payment may be made on an earlier date if required by the Swap Agreement; 
  
 (iii) concurrently, to the holders of the Class A Notes, pro rata, based on the entitlement of each such Class, the related Accrued
Note Interest for such Classes for such Payment Date; 
  
 (iv) to the holders of the Class M1 Notes, the related Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (v) to the holders of the Class M2 Notes, the related Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (vi) to the holders of the Class M3 Notes, the related
Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (vii) to the holders of the Class M4 Notes, the related Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (viii) to the holders of the Class M5 Notes, the related Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (ix) to the holders of the Class M6 Notes, the related
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 (x) to the holders of the Class M7 Notes, the related Accrued Note Interest for such
Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (xi) to the
holders of the Class M8 Notes, the related Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (xii) to the holders of the Class M9 Notes, the related Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (xiii) to the holders of the Class M10 Notes, the related
Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; 
  
 (xiv) to the holders of the Class M11 Notes, the related Accrued Note Interest for such Class for such Payment Date; and 
  
 (xv) any remainder as part of the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow to be allocated as described under section (e) below. 
  
 (c) On each Payment Date, (x) prior to the Stepdown Date, or (y) on which a
Trigger Event is in effect, Principal Funds shall be paid in the following order of priority: 
  
 (i) to the Swap Provider, any Net Swap Payments or any Swap Termination Payment (not triggered by a Swap Provider Trigger Event) remaining
unpaid after all payments made pursuant to section (b) above have been made, on such Payment Date, provided that such payment may be made on an earlier date if required by the Swap Agreement; 
  
 (ii) the related Class A Principal Allocation Fraction of
the Principal Payment Amount shall be allocated concurrently as follows: 
  
 (A) sequentially, to the Class 1A1, Class 1A2 and Class 1A3 Notes, in that order, until the Note Principal Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero; provided that if on any Payment Date the
Principal Deficiency Amount exceeds the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Class M Notes, all payments pursuant to this clause will be made concurrently, on a pro rata basis, to the Class 1A1, Class 1A2 and Class 1A3 Notes; 

 
 (B) concurrently, on a pro rata basis, to the Class 2A1 Notes and
Class 2A2 Notes until the Note Principal Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero, provided, however, that if a Group 2 Sequential Trigger Event is in effect, principal will be allocated to the Class 2A1 Notes and Class 2A2 Notes
sequentially, in that order, until the Note Principal Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero; 
  
 provided, however, that after the aggregate Note Principal Balance of either the Class 1A Notes or Class 2A Notes has been reduced to zero, amounts
otherwise distributable to such retired Notes pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be distributed to the Class A Notes of the unrelated group, in the manner and order of priority set forth in clause (ii)(A) or (B) above, 

  

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as applicable, until the aggregate Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (iii) sequentially, to the Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6, Class M7, Class M8,
Class M9, Class M10 and Class M11 Notes, in that order, until the Note Principal Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero; and 
  
 (iv) any remainder as part of the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow to be allocated as described under section (e) below. 
  
 (d) On each Payment Date (x) on or after the Stepdown Date and (y) on which
a Trigger Event is not in effect, Principal Funds shall be paid in the following order of priority: 
  
 (i) to the Swap Provider, any Net Swap Payments or any Swap Termination Payment (not triggered by a Swap Provider Trigger Event) remaining
unpaid after all payments made pursuant to section (b) above have been made, on such Payment Date; provided that such payment may be made on an earlier date if required by the Swap Agreement; 
  
 (ii) the related Class A Principal Allocation Fraction of
the Senior Principal Payment Amount shall be allocated concurrently as follows: 
  
 (A) sequentially, to the Class 1A1, Class 1A2 and Class 1A3 Notes, in that order, until the Note Principal Balances of such Classes are reduced to zero; provided that if on any Payment Date the Principal
Deficiency Amount exceeds the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Class M Notes, all payments pursuant to this clause will be made concurrently, on a pro rata basis, to the Class 1A1, Class 1A2 and Class 1A3 Notes; 
  
 (B) concurrently on a pro rata basis, to the Class 2A1 Notes and
Class 2A2 Notes, until the Note Principal Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero; 
  
 provided, however, that after the aggregate Note Principal Balance of either the Class 1A Notes or Class 2A Notes has been reduced to zero, amounts otherwise distributable to such retired Notes pursuant to this
clause (ii) shall be distributed to the Class A Notes of the unrelated group, in the manner and order of priority set forth in clauses (ii)(A) and (B) above, as applicable, until the aggregate Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;

  
 (iii) to the Class M1 Notes, the Class M1
Principal Payment Amount until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (iv) to the Class M2 Notes, the Class M2 Principal Payment Amount until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;

  
 (v) to the Class M3 Notes, the Class M3
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 (vi) to the Class M4 Notes, the Class M4 Principal Payment Amount until the Note
Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (vii) to the Class M5 Notes, the Class M5 Principal Payment Amount until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (viii) to the Class M6 Notes, the Class M6 Principal Payment Amount until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;

  
 (ix) to the Class M7 Notes, the Class M7
Principal Payment Amount until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (x) to the Class M8 Notes, the Class M8 Principal Payment Amount until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;

  
 (xi) to the Class M9 Notes, the Class M9
Principal Payment Amount until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; 
  
 (xii) to the Class M10 Notes, the Class M10 Principal Payment Amount until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero;

  
 (xiii) to the Class M11 Notes, the Class M11
Principal Payment Amount, until the Note Principal Balance thereof has been reduced to zero; and 
  
 (xiv) any remainder as part of the Net Monthly Excess Cashflow to be allocated as described under section (e) below. 
  
 (e) On each Payment Date, any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow shall be paid as
follows: 
  
 (i) to pay the Indenture Trustee
unreimbursed Extraordinary Expenses in excess of the limitation contained in the definition of “Extraordinary Expenses” set forth in Appendix A to this Indenture, and to pay the Owner Trustee, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the
Securities Administrator any amounts due or expenses, costs and liabilities incurred by or reimbursable to them pursuant to the Indenture, the Servicing Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Swap Agreement and the
Custodial Agreement in excess of the limitations set forth in Section 4.05(a)(x) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; 
  
 (ii) to the Notes, an amount equal to any Extra Principal Payment Amount, payable as part of the Principal Payment Amount in the same
manner and order of priority as described under sections (c) or (d) above, as applicable; 
  
 (iii) concurrently, on a pro rata basis, based on the amount of any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts, to the Class A
Notes, in an amount equal to any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount for such Class or Classes; 
  

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 (iv) sequentially, to the Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6,
Class M7, Class M8, Class M9, Class M10 and Class M11 Notes, in that order, in an amount equal to any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount for such Class or Classes; 
  
 (v) sequentially, to the Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6, Class M7, Class M8,
Class M9, Class M10 and Class M11 Notes, in that order, in an amount equal to any Deferred Interest for such Class or Classes; 
  
 (vi) to the Swap Provider, any unpaid Swap Termination Payment triggered by a Swap Provider Trigger Event pursuant to the Swap Agreement;

  
 (vii) any amount payable by the Trust for the
purchase of a substitute Swap Agreement, as provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement; and 
  
 (viii) any remaining amounts shall be distributed to the Certificate Paying Agent, as designee of the Issuer, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Owner Trust Certificates. 
  
 Any
amounts received under the Corridor Agreement shall be applied to make payments described in clauses (iii), (iv) and (viii) above, in that order, before the allocation of any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow to pay such amounts. 
  
 (f) [Reserved]. 
  
 (g) [Reserved]. 
  
 (h) [Reserved]. 
  
 (i) Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Note 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 Note 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 Note Owners that
it represents. None of the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Depositor, the Securities Administrator or the Master Servicer shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Indenture. 

 
 (j) Any installment of interest or principal, if any, payable on any Note
that is punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable Payment Date shall, if such Holder shall have so requested at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date, be paid to each Holder of record on the preceding
Record Date by wire transfer to an account specified in writing by such Holder as of the preceding Record Date or in all other cases or if no such instructions have been delivered to the Securities Administrator, by check to such Noteholder mailed
to such Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register in the amount required to be distributed to such Holder on such Payment Date pursuant to such Holder’s Notes; provided, however, that the Securities Administrator
shall not pay to such Holders any amount required to be withheld from a payment to such Holder by the Code. 
  

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 (k) The principal of each Note shall be due and payable in full on the Final Scheduled Payment Date for
such Note as provided in the forms of Note set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to this Indenture. All principal payments on the Notes shall be made to the Noteholders entitled thereto in accordance with the Percentage Interests represented by such
Notes. Upon notice to the Securities Administrator by the Issuer, the Securities Administrator shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Final Scheduled Payment Date or other
final Payment Date (including any final Payment Date resulting from any redemption pursuant to Section 8.07 hereof). Such notice shall to the extent practicable be mailed no later than five Business Days prior to such Final Scheduled Payment Date or
other final Payment Date and shall specify that payment of the principal amount and any interest due with respect to such Note at the Final Scheduled Payment Date or other final Payment Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
such Note and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for such final payment. No interest shall accrue on the Notes on or after the Final Scheduled Payment Date or any such other final Payment Date. 
  
 Section 3.06. Protection of Trust Estate. (a) The Issuer shall, from
time to time, prepare, execute and deliver all such supplements and amendments hereto and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments and shall take such other action necessary or
advisable to: 
  
 (i) maintain or preserve the
lien and security interest (and the priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof; 
  
 (ii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by this Indenture; 
  
 (iii) cause the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee to enforce
any of the rights to the Mortgage Loans; or 
  
 (iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in the Trust Estate against the claims of all persons and parties. 
  
 (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not remove or permit the Custodian to remove
any portion of the Trust Estate that consists of money or is evidenced by an instrument, certificate or other writing from the jurisdiction in which it was held at the date of the most recent Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 3.07
hereof (or from the jurisdiction in which it was held as described in the Opinion of Counsel delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.07(a) hereof, or if no Opinion of Counsel has yet been delivered pursuant to Section 3.07(b) hereof,
unless the Indenture Trustee shall have first received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the lien and security interest created by this Indenture with respect to such property shall continue to be maintained after giving effect to such action
or actions). 
  
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pursuant to this Section 3.06 upon the Issuer’s preparation thereof and delivery to the Indenture Trustee with appropriate instructions. 
  
 Section 3.07. Opinions as to Trust Estate. (a) On the Closing Date,
the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such actions have been taken with respect to the filing of any financing statements, as are necessary
to perfect and make effective the lien and security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral and reciting the details of such action or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such actions are necessary to make such lien and
security interest effective. 
  
 (b) On or before April
15th in each calendar year, beginning in 2006, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel, at the expense of the Issuer, either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such actions have been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any
other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the Indenture Trustee’s lien and security interest in the Collateral and reciting the
details of such actions or stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such actions are necessary to maintain such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this
Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that shall, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the lien and
security interest in the Collateral until December 31st of the following calendar year. 
  
 Section 3.08. Performance of Obligations. (a) The Issuer shall
punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the Basic Documents and in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate. 
  
 (b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in performing its duties under this Indenture, and any
performance of such duties by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. 
  
 (c) The Issuer shall not take any action or permit any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any
of such Person’s covenants or obligations under any of the documents relating to the Mortgage Loans or under any instrument included in the Trust Estate, or which would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or
discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any of the documents relating to the Mortgage Loans or any such instrument, except such actions as the Master Servicer, the Servicer or the Subservicer is expressly permitted to take under
the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Servicing Agreement. The Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, may (but is not obligated to) exercise the rights of the Issuer to direct the actions of the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sale
and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (d) The Issuer may retain an
administrator and may enter into contracts with other Persons for the performance of the Issuer’s obligations hereunder, and performance of such obligations by such Persons shall be deemed to be performance of such obligations by the Issuer.

  

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 Section 3.09. Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not:

  
 (a) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, sell,
transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of the Trust Estate; 
  
 (b) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code) or assert any claim against any present or former
Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Trust Estate; 
  
 (c) (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended, hypothecated,
subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Notes under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim,
security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof or (iii)
permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a valid first-priority security interest in the Trust Estate; 
  
 (d) waive or impair, or fail to assert rights under, the Mortgage Loans, or impair or cause to be impaired the Issuer’s interest in the Mortgage
Loans, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or in any Basic Document, if any such action would materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or 
  
 (e) take any other action or fail to take any action that would jeopardize the status of the Holder of the Ownership
Certificate as a REIT or Qualified REIT Subsidiary under the Code or result in an imposition of tax on the Issuer. 
  
 Section 3.10. Annual Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, by March 30th of each year, commencing with the calendar year 2006, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such Officer’s
Certificate, that: 
  
 (a) a review of the activities of the
Issuer during the previous calendar year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under such Authorized Officer’s supervision; and 
  
 (b) to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in its compliance with any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and status thereof. 
  
 Section 3.11. [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 3.12. Representations and Warranties Concerning the Mortgage
Loans. The Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, has the benefit of the representations and warranties made by the Seller in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement concerning the Seller and the Mortgage Loans to the same extent as
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made directly to the Indenture Trustee. If a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge of any breach of any representation or
warranty made by the Seller in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly notify the Seller of such finding and the Seller’s obligation to cure such defect or repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage
Loan. 
  
 Section 3.13. Amendments to Sale and Servicing
Agreement. The Issuer covenants with the Indenture Trustee that it shall not enter into any amendment or supplement to the Sale and Servicing Agreement except in accordance with Section 7.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 Section 3.14. Master Servicer and Securities Administrator as Agent and
Bailee of the Indenture Trustee. (a) Solely for purposes of perfection under Section 9-305 of the UCC or other similar applicable law, rule or regulation of the state in which such property is held by the Master Servicer, the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee hereby acknowledge that the Securities Administrator is acting as bailee of the Indenture Trustee in holding amounts on deposit in the Payment Account, and that the Master Servicer is acting as its bailee in holding any Mortgage
Loan Documents released to the Master Servicer and any other items constituting a part of the Trust Estate that from time to time come into the possession of the Master Servicer. It is intended that, by the Securities Administrator’s and the
Master Servicer’s acceptance of such bailee arrangements, the Indenture Trustee, as a secured party of the Mortgage Loans, shall be deemed to have possession of such Mortgage Loan Documents, such monies and such other items for purposes of
Section 9-305 of the UCC of the state in which such property is held by the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to such documents, monies or items while in possession of the Master
Servicer or the Securities Administrator, and the Master Servicer or the Securities Administrator shall not otherwise be deemed to be the agent of the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (b) Solely for purposes of perfection under Section 9-305 of the UCC or other similar applicable law, rule or regulation of
the state in which such property is held by the Servicer or the Subservicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee hereby acknowledge that the Servicer or Subservicer is acting as bailee of the Indenture Trustee in holding amounts on deposit in the
Custodial Account, as well as its bailee in holding any Mortgage Loan Documents released to the Servicer or the Subservicer, and any other items constituting a part of the Trust Estate that from time to time come into the possession of the Servicer
or the Subservicer. It is intended that, by the Servicer’s and the Subservicer’s acceptance of such bailee arrangements, the Indenture Trustee, as a secured party of the Mortgage Loans, shall be deemed to have possession of such Mortgage
Loan Documents, such monies and such other items for purposes of Section 9-305 of the UCC of the state in which such property is held by the Servicer or the Subservicer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to such documents,
monies or items while in possession of the Servicer or the Subservicer, and the Servicer or the Subservicer shall not otherwise be deemed to be the agent of the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 Section 3.15. Investment Company Act. The Issuer shall not become an “investment company” or be under the
“control” of an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (or any successor or amendatory statute), and the rules and regulations thereunder (taking into account not only the
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“investment company” but also any available exceptions to such general definition); provided, however, that the Issuer shall be in
compliance with this Section 3.15 if it shall have obtained an order exempting it from regulation as an “investment company” so long as it is in compliance with the conditions imposed in such order. 
  
 Section 3.16. Issuer May Consolidate, etc. (a) The Issuer shall not
consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless: 
  
 (i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state, a part thereof or the
District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and
interest on all Notes and all other amounts payable to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator, the payment to the Certificate Paying Agent of all amounts due to the Certificateholders, and the performance or observance of every
agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein; 
  
 (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 
  
 (iii) each of the Rating Agencies shall have notified the
Issuer that such transaction shall not cause the rating of the Notes to be reduced, suspended or withdrawn or to be considered by such Rating Agency to be below investment grade; 
  
 (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered a copy thereof to the
Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction shall not (A) result in a “significant modification” of the Notes under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1001-3 or adversely affect the status of the Notes as indebtedness for federal
income tax purposes and (B) cause the Trust to be subject to an entity-level tax for federal income tax purposes; 
  
 (v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and

  
 (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for or relating
to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act) and that such supplemental indenture is enforceable against the Issuer. 
  
 (b) The Issuer shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets, including those included in the Trust Estate,
to any Person, unless: 
  
 (i) the Person that
acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Issuer, the conveyance or transfer of which is hereby restricted, shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
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executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest
on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that all
right, title and interest so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of the Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture, expressly agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee against and from any loss, liability or expense arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and (E) expressly agree by means of such supplemental indenture that such Person (or if a group of Persons,
then one specified Person) shall make all filings with the Commission (and any other appropriate Person) required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Notes; 
  
 (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing; 
  
 (iii) each of the Rating
Agencies shall have notified the Issuer that such transaction shall not cause the ratings of the Notes to be reduced, suspended or withdrawn; 
  
 (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered a copy thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that such transaction shall not (A) result in a “significant modification” of the Notes under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1001-3, or adversely affect the status of the Notes as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes, and (B) cause
the Trust to be subject to an entity-level tax for federal income tax purposes; 
  
 (v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and

  
 (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act). 
  
 Section 3.17. Successor or Transferee. (a) Upon any consolidation or merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.16(a), the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the
Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been named as the Issuer herein. 
  
 (b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of the
Issuer pursuant to Section 3.16(b), the Issuer shall be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes immediately upon the delivery of written notice to
the Indenture Trustee of such conveyance or transfer. 
  
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the Notes and Certificates in the manner contemplated by this Indenture and the Basic Documents and all activities incidental thereto. 
  
 Section 3.19. No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any indebtedness except for the Notes under this Indenture. 
  
 Section 3.20. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except as contemplated by this Indenture or the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall
not make any loan or advance or credit to, or guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise
become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock, obligations, assets or securities of, or any other
interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person. 
  
 Section 3.21. Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make any expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets (either realty or personalty). 
  
 Section 3.22. Determination of Note Rate. On each Interest
Determination Date, the Securities Administrator shall determine One-Month LIBOR and the related Note Rate for each Class of Notes for the following Accrual Period. The establishment of One-Month LIBOR on each Interest Determination Date by the
Securities Administrator and the Securities Administrator’s calculation of the rate of interest applicable to each Class of Notes for the related Accrual Period shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding. 
  
 Section 3.23. Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not, directly or
indirectly, (a) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or otherwise
with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security in or of the Issuer, (b) redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or (c) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for
any such purpose; provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, distributions and payments to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer
and the Servicer as contemplated by, and to the extent funds are available for such purpose under this Indenture, and the Basic Documents. The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, make payments to or distributions from the Payment Account
except in accordance with this Indenture and the Basic Documents. 
  
 Section 3.24. Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer shall give the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Event of Default hereunder and under the Trust Agreement.

  
 Section 3.25. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon
request of the Indenture Trustee (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee is not obligated to make such request), the Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper
to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture. 
  

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 Section 3.26. Certain Representations Regarding the Trust Estate. 
  
 (a) With respect to that portion of the Collateral described in clauses (a)
through (h) of the definition of Trust Estate, the Issuer represents to the Indenture Trustee that: 
  
 (i) This Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the
Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other liens and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer. 
  
 (ii) In each case, within the meaning of the applicable UCC: (A) the Collateral described in clauses (a) through (c) constitute
“deposit accounts” or “instruments,” as applicable; (B) the Collateral described in clause (d) constitutes “real property;” (C) the Collateral described in clauses (f) through (h) constitute “general
intangibles.” 
  
 (iii) The Issuer owns and
has good and marketable title to the Collateral, free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person. 
  
 (iv) The Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the Indenture Trustee to become the account holder of the Collateral. 

 
 (v) Other than the security interest granted to the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral. 
  
 (vi) The Collateral is not in the name of any Person other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. The
Issuer has not consented, with respect to the bank maintaining any Collateral, to compliance with instructions of any Person other than the Indenture Trustee. 
  

(b) With respect to any Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, the Issuer has not authorized the filing of—and is not
aware of—any financing statements against the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering such Collateral, other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or that has
been terminated. The Issuer is not aware of any judgment- or tax-lien filings against the Issuer. 
  
 (c) The Issuer has caused or shall have caused, within ten days of the date hereof, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper
filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in all Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder in which a security interest may be perfected by filing. Any financing
statement that is filed in connection with this Section 3.26 shall contain a statement that a purchase or security interest in any collateral described therein shall violate the rights of the secured party named in such financing statement.

  
 (d) The foregoing representations may not be waived and shall
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 Section 3.27. Allocation of Realized Losses. (a) Prior to each Payment Date, the Master Servicer
shall determine, based solely on information provided to it by the Servicer, the total amount of Realized Losses that occurred during the related Prepayment Period. 
  
 (b) Any Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on any Payment Date (i) first, to Net Monthly Excess
Cashflow, through an increased distribution of the Extra Principal Payment Amount for that Payment Date as provided in Section 3.05 hereof; and (ii) second, in reduction of the Overcollateralized Amount, until reduced to zero. 
  
 Section 3.28. Special Derivative Contracts. 
  
 (a) At the direction of the Seller, the Indenture Trustee shall, on behalf of
the Trust Estate, enter into Special Derivative Contracts for the benefit of the Owner Trust Certificates. Any acquisition of a Special Derivative Contract shall be accompanied by (i) an appropriate amendment to this Indenture, (ii) any Opinion of
Counsel required by Section 10.01 and (iii) the consent of each Holder of an Owner Trust Certificate to the acquisition of such Special Derivative Contract. 
  
 (b) All collections, proceeds and other amounts in respect of the Special Derivative Contracts payable by the Special Derivative Counterparty shall be
distributed to the Owner Trust Certificates on the Payment Date following receipt thereof by the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (c) Any Special Derivative Contract that provides for any payment obligation on the part of the Trust Estate must (i) be without recourse to the assets of
the Trust Estate, (ii) contain a non-petition covenant provision from the Special Derivative Counterparty, (iii) limit payment dates thereunder to Payment Dates and (iv) contain a provision limiting any cash payments due to the Special Derivative
Counterparty on any day under such Special Derivative Contract solely to funds available therefor in the Payment Account available to make payments to the Holders of the Owner Trust Certificates on such Payment Date. 
  
 (d) Each Special Derivative Contract must (i) provide for the direct payment
of any amounts by the Special Derivative Counterparty thereunder to the Payment Account at least one Business Day prior to the related Payment Date, (ii) contain an assignment of all of the Trust Estate’s rights (but none of its obligations)
under such Special Derivative Contract to the Indenture Trustee on behalf the Owner Trust Certificateholders and shall include an express consent to the Special Derivative Counterparty to such assignment, (iii) provide that, in the event of the
occurrence of an Event of Default, such Special Derivative Contract shall terminate upon the direction of a 50.01% or greater Percentage Interest of the Owner Trust Certificates and (iv) prohibit the Special Derivative Counterparty from
“setting-off’ or “netting” other obligations of the Trust Estate and its Affiliates against such Special Derivative Counterparty’s payment obligations thereunder. 
  

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 ARTICLE IV 

 
 THE NOTES; SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

  
 Section 4.01. The Notes. Each Class of Notes
shall be registered in the name of a nominee designated by the Depository. Beneficial Owners shall hold interests in the Notes through the book-entry facilities of the Depository in minimum initial Note Principal Balances of $25,000 and integral
multiples of $1 in excess thereof with respect to the Class 1A1, Class 1A2, Class 1A3, Class 2A1 and Class 2A2 Notes and in minimum initial Note Principal Balances of $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof with respect to the
Class M Notes. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee and Securities
Administrator may, for all purposes (including the making of payments due on the Notes), deal with the Depository as the authorized representative of the Beneficial Owners with respect to the Notes for the purposes of exercising the rights of
Holders of the Notes hereunder. Except as provided in the next succeeding paragraph of this Section 4.01, the rights of Beneficial Owners with respect to the Notes shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Beneficial
Owners and the Depository and Depository Participants. Except as provided in Section 4.08 hereof, Beneficial Owners shall not be entitled to definitive certificates for the Notes as to which they are the Beneficial Owners. Requests and directions
from, and votes of, the Depository as Holder of the Notes shall not be deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Beneficial Owners. The Securities Administrator may establish a reasonable record date in connection with
solicitations of consents from or voting by Noteholders and give notice to the Depository of such record date. Without the consent of the Issuer and the Securities Administrator, no Note may be transferred by the Depository except to a successor
Depository that agrees to hold such Note for the account of the Beneficial Owners. 
  
 In the event the Depository Trust Company resigns or is removed as Depository, the Depositor may appoint a successor Depository. If no successor Depository has been appointed within 30 days of the effective date of
the Depository’s resignation or removal, each Beneficial Owner shall be entitled to certificates representing the Notes that it beneficially owns, in the manner prescribed in Section 4.08. 
  
 The Notes shall, on original issue, be executed on behalf of the Issuer by
the Owner Trustee, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee, authenticated by the Securities Administrator and delivered by the Securities Administrator to or upon the order of the Issuer. 
  
 Section 4.02. Registration of and Limitations on Transfer and Exchange of
Notes; Appointment of Note Registrar and Certificate Registrar. 
  
 (a) The Issuer shall cause to be kept, at the office of the Note Registrar (which shall be the office specified in Section 3.02), a Note Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Note Registrar shall
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 Subject to the restrictions and limitations set forth below, upon surrender for registration or transfer
of any Note at the office specified in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall execute and the Note Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes in authorized initial Note Principal
Balances evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interests. 
  
 Subject to the foregoing, at the option of the Noteholders, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of like tenor and in authorized initial Note Principal Balances evidencing the same Class and aggregate Percentage Interests upon surrender
of the Notes to be exchanged at the office specified in Section 3.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute and the Securities Administrator shall authenticate and deliver the Notes that the Noteholder making
the exchange is entitled to receive. Each Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Note Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Note Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing with such signature guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company. Notes delivered upon any such transfer or exchange
shall evidence the same obligations, and shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges, as the Notes surrendered. 
  
 No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Note Registrar shall require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes. 
  
 The Issuer hereby appoints the Securities Administrator as (a) Certificate Registrar to keep at the office of its designated agent, as specified in
Section 3.02, a Certificate Register pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Trust Agreement in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers
and exchanges thereof pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Trust Agreement and (b) Note Registrar under this Indenture. The Securities Administrator hereby accepts such appointments. 
  
 Any Retained Notes will be subject to same restrictions and consequences discussed in Section 2.07 and Section 3.04 (with
respect to transfers to a REIT or Qualified REIT Subsidiary) of the Trust Agreement that are applicable to the Certificates unless either (a) as of the date such Retained Notes are sold or otherwise transferred: (i) the owner of the Certificates is
(x) a REIT, (y) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or (z) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a Qualified REIT Subsidiary; (ii) no modifications have been made to the Basic Documents
as of the date of such sale or transfer; (iii) the rating of the Retained Notes as of the date of such sale or transfer is not lower than the rating for such Retained Note as of the Closing Date; and (iv) no adverse changes have been made to (or
that would adversely affect the application of) the legal authorities applicable to the Closing Date tax opinions or (b) a “will be debt” tax opinion is delivered with respect to such Retained Notes from a law firm generally recognized to
be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization. 
  
 Section 4.03. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (a) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Securities Administrator or the Securities Administrator receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
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Securities Administrator such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Securities Administrator that such Note has been acquired by a protected investor and provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, the Issuer
shall execute, and upon its request, the Securities Administrator shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided, however, that if any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Note—but not a mutilated Note—shall have become, or within seven days shall be, due and payable, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable
without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a protected investor of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement
Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, the Issuer and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement
Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected investor, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost
or expense incurred by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator in connection therewith. 
  
 Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 4.03, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Securities Administrator) connected therewith. 
  
 Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 4.03 in replacement of
any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. 
  
 The provisions of this Section 4.03 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes. 
  
 Section 4.04. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Securities Administrator, the Paying Agent and any agent of the Issuer or the Securities Administrator may treat
the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
such Note be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Paying Agent or any agent of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

  
 Section 4.05. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for
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the Securities Administrator. The Issuer may, at any time, deliver to the Securities Administrator for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder that the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Securities Administrator. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes cancelled
as provided in this Section 4.05, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the Securities Administrator in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy as in effect at the time
unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Request that they be destroyed or returned to it; provided, however, that such Issuer Request is timely and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Securities Administrator.

  
 Section 4.06. Book-Entry Notes. The Notes, upon
original issuance, shall be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Depository, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. The Notes shall initially be registered
on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the initial Depository, and no Beneficial Owner shall receive a Definitive Note representing such Beneficial Owner’s interest in such Note, except as provided in Section 4.08.
With respect to such Notes, unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the “Definitive Notes”) have been issued to Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 4.08: 
  
 (a) the provisions of this Section 4.06 shall be in full force and effect; 
  
 (b) the Note Registrar, the Indenture Trustee, the Paying Agent and the
Securities Administrator shall be entitled to deal with the Depository for all purposes of this Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole holder of
the Notes and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Owners of the Notes; 
  
 (c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 4.06 conflict with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section 4.06 shall control; 
  
 (d) the rights of Beneficial Owners shall be exercised only through the
Depository and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Owners of Notes and the Depository and/or the Depository Participants. Unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 4.08, the initial
Depository shall make book-entry transfers among the Depository Participants and receive and transmit payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to such Depository Participants; and 
  
 (e) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based
upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes evidencing a specified percentage of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes, the Depository shall be deemed to represent such percentage with respect to the Notes only to the extent that it has
received instructions to such effect from Beneficial Owners and/or Depository Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Securities
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 Section 4.07. Notices to Depository. Whenever a notice or other communication to the Note Holders
is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 4.08, the Indenture Trustee or Securities Administrator, as applicable, shall give all such notices and
communications specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes to the Depository, and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Owners. 
  
 Section 4.08. Definitive Notes. If (a) the Depositor advises the Securities Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or
able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes and the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor within 30 days or (b) the Depositor notifies the Indenture Trustee and the Depository of its intent to
terminate the book-entry system through the Depository and, upon receipt of notice of such intent from the Depository, the Beneficial Owners of the Book-Entry Notes agree to initiate such termination. Upon surrender to the Securities Administrator
of the typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Securities Administrator shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the
instructions of the Depository. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Securities Administrator shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such
instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Securities Administrator shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders. 
  
 In addition, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Note Owner materially adversely affected thereby may, at its option, request a
Definitive Note evidencing such Noteholder’s interest in the related Class of Notes. In order to make such request, such Noteholder shall, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, provide the Depository or the related Depository
Participant with instructions for the Securities Administrator to exchange or cause the exchange of the Noteholder’s interest in such Class of Notes for an equivalent interest in fully registered definitive form. Upon receipt by the Securities
Administrator of instructions from the Depository directing the Securities Administrator to effect such exchange (such instructions to contain information regarding the Class of Notes and the Note Principal Balance being exchanged, the Depository
Participant account to be debited with the decrease, the registered holder of and delivery instructions for the Definitive Note, and any other information reasonably required by the Securities Administrator), (x) the Securities Administrator shall
instruct the Depository to reduce the related Depository Participant’s account by the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Definitive Note, (y) the Securities Administrator shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in accordance with the
registration and delivery instructions provided by the Depository, a Definitive Note evidencing such Noteholder’s interest in such Class of Notes and (z) the Securities Administrator shall execute and authenticate a new Book-Entry Note
reflecting the reduction in the Note Principal Balance of such Class of Notes by the amount of the Definitive Notes. 
  
 Section 4.09. Tax Treatment. The Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes shall be issued with the intention that, for federal, state
and local income, single-business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes shall qualify as indebtedness. The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator (in accordance with Section 6.06 hereof), by entering into this Indenture, and
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acceptance of an interest in the applicable Book-Entry Note), agree to treat the Notes, for federal, state and local income, single-business and franchise
tax purposes, as indebtedness. The Issuer shall be a “U.S. person” (as that term is used in Section 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of United States Treasury Regulations) for United States federal income tax purposes. 
  
 Section 4.10. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (a) rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (b) substitution of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (c) rights of Noteholders to receive payments of
principal thereof and interest thereon, (d) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.06, 3.09, 3.17, 3.19 and 3.20, (e) the rights, obligations (to the extent applicable to the provisions of the Indenture remaining in effect) and immunities of the Indenture Trustee
and Securities Administrator hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee and Securities Administrator under Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Securities Administrator under Section 4.11), and (f) the rights of Noteholders as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them, and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes and shall release and deliver, or cause the Custodian to deliver, the Collateral to or upon the order of the Issuer, when: 
  
 (i) either: 
  
 (A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1) Notes
that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 4.03 hereof and (2) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and
thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the Securities Administrator for cancellation; or 
  
 (B) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Securities Administrator for cancellation 
  
 (1) have become due and payable, 
  
 (2) shall become due and payable at the Final Scheduled
Payment Date within one year, or 
  
 (3) have
been called for early redemption and the Trust has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.07 hereof, 
  
 and the Issuer, in the case of (B)(1) or (2) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Securities Administrator,
cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America (which shall mature prior to the date such amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
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due on the Final Scheduled Payment Date or other final Payment Date and has delivered to the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee a
verification report from a nationally recognized accounting firm certifying that the amounts deposited with the Securities Administrator are sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness of such Notes, or, in the case of (2)c. above, the
Issuer shall have complied with all requirements of Section 8.07 hereof, 
  
 (ii) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder; and 
  
 (iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each meeting the
applicable requirements of Section 10.01 hereof, stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with and, if the Opinion of Counsel relates to a deposit made
in connection with Section 4.10(i)(B)(2) above, stating that such deposit shall constitute an “in-substance defeasance” within the meaning of Revenue Ruling 85-42, 1985-1 C.B. 36, and in accordance therewith, the Issuer shall be the owner
of the assets deposited in trust for federal income tax purposes. 
  
 Section 4.11. Application of Trust Money. All monies deposited with the Securities Administrator pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, to the extent not otherwise applied to reimburse the Indenture
Trustee and the Securities Administrator for any amounts due and owing to such parties pursuant to this Indenture or any other amount excluded by definition from Interest Funds and Principal Funds for such Payment Date, in accordance with the
provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent or the Issuer, Certificate Paying Agent as designee of the Issuer, as the Securities Administrator may determine, to the Holders of Securities,
of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest or otherwise; but such monies need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required herein or by law. 
  
 Section 4.12. [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 4.13. Repayment of Monies Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Notes, all monies then held by any Person other than the Securities Administrator under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Securities Administrator to be held and applied
according to Section 3.05, and thereupon, such Person shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies. 
  
 Section 4.14. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of any Definitive Notes, the Issuer may execute and, upon its written direction, the
Securities Administrator may authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary Notes that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, photocopied or similarly produced, in any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the Definitive Notes in
lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes. 
  

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 If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer shall cause Definitive Notes to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of the Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the Corporate Trust Office of the Securities Administrator, without charge to
the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute, and the Securities Administrator shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange therefor, Definitive Notes of authorized
denominations and of like tenor, class and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, such temporary Notes shall, in all respects, be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes. 
  
 Section 4.15. Representation Regarding ERISA. 
  
 (a) By acquiring a Note or interest therein, each Holder of such Note or
Beneficial Owner of any such interest shall be deemed to represent that either (a) it is not acquiring the Note with Plan Assets or (b) (i) the acquisition, holding and transfer of such Note shall not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction
under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and (ii) the Notes are rated investment grade or better and such person believes that the Notes are properly treated as indebtedness without substantial equity features for purposes of the
Department of Labor regulation 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101, and such Holder agrees to so treat the Notes. Alternatively, regardless of the rating of the Notes, such person may provide the Securities Administrator and the Owner Trustee with an
Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Issuer, the Depositor, the Seller, any Underwriter, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, or the
Subservicer which opines that the acquisition, holding and transfer of such Note or interest therein is permissible under applicable law, shall not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
and shall not subject the Issuer, the Seller, the Depositor, any Underwriter, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or the Subservicer to any obligation in addition to those
undertaken in the Indenture and the other Basic Documents. 
  
 (b)
Any Retained Notes will be subject to same restrictions and consequences discussed in Section 3.04 (with respect to ERISA restrictions) of the Trust Agreement that are applicable to the Certificates unless either (a) as of the date such Retained
Notes are sold or otherwise transferred: (i) the owner of the Certificates is (x) a REIT, (y) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or (z) an entity that is disregarded for United States federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned by a REIT or a
Qualified REIT Subsidiary; (ii) no modifications have been made to the Basic Documents as of the date of such sale or transfer; (iii) the rating of the Retained Notes as of the date of such sale or transfer is not lower than the rating for such
Retained Note as of the Closing Date; and (iv) no adverse changes have been made to (or that would adversely affect the application of) the legal authorities applicable to the Closing Date tax opinions or (b) a “will be debt” tax opinion
with respect to such Retained Notes is delivered from a law firm generally recognized to be qualified to opine concerning the tax aspects of asset securitization. 
  

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 ARTICLE V 

 
 DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 
  
 Section 5.01. Events of Default. The Issuer shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee, within five days after learning of the occurrence of an Event of Default, written notice, in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, of any event that, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, would become an Event
of Default under clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of the definition of “Event of Default,” including the status thereof and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such Event of Default is received by a Responsible Officer and such notice references the Notes, the Trust Estate or this
Indenture. 
  
 Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the Indenture Trustee, at the written direction of the Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority of the aggregate Note
Principal Balance of the Notes, may declare the Notes to be immediately due and payable by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee, if such notice is given by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration, the unpaid Note
Principal Balance of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and payable. 
  
 At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity with respect to an Event of Default has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article V provided, Holders of the Notes representing not less than a majority of the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Notes, by written notice to the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, may, subject to Section 5.12, waive the related Event of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee or Securities Administrator
a sum sufficient to pay: 
  
 (a) all payments of principal of and
interest on the Notes and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon the Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; 
  
 (b) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel; and 
  
 (c) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12. 
  
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 Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.

  
 (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the
payment of any interest on any Note when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of five days, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any Note when the same
becomes due and payable, the Issuer shall, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate Note Principal Balances of the Notes, pay to the Securities Administrator, for the benefit of the
Holders of Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, with interest at the applicable Note Rate upon the overdue principal, and in addition thereto such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the
costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel. 
  
 (b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and
as trustee of an express trust, subject to the provisions of Section 10.16 hereof may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Issuer or other obligor upon the Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor the Notes, wherever situated, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable. 
  
 (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 10.16 hereof may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04 hereof, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by such appropriate Proceedings, as directed
in writing by Holders of a majority of the aggregate Note Principal Balances of the Notes, to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law. 
  
 (d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in
the Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person, or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon
the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, as directed in writing by Holders of a majority of the aggregate Note Principal Balances of the Notes, irrespective of whether the principal of
any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise: 
  
 (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
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Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings; 
  
 (ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a trustee, a
standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such Proceedings; 
  
 (iii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received
with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their behalf, and 
  
 (iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property; 
  
 and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make payments to the
Securities Administrator and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the
Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee.

  
 (e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person. 
  
 (f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the
Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for
the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, subject to Section 5.05 hereof. 
  
 (g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee
shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings. 
  
 Section 5.04. Remedies; Priorities. (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and if an acceleration has been declared and
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hereof, the Indenture Trustee subject to the provisions of Section 10.16 hereof may, and shall, at the written direction of the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate Note Principal Balances of the Notes (subject to Section 6.02(k)) do one or more of the following (subject to Section 5.05 hereof): 
  
 (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the Notes
or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained and collect from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes monies adjudged due; 
  
 (ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the
complete or partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate; 
  
 (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and
remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes; and 
  
 (iv) sell the Trust Estate or any portion thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law; 
  
 provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise
liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default, unless (A) the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of the Holders of 100% of the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Notes, (B) the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to
the Holders of the Notes are sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes for principal and interest or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the Mortgage Loans shall not continue to provide sufficient funds
for the payment of principal of and interest on the applicable Notes as they would have become due if the Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains the consent of Holders of 66-2/3% of the aggregate Note
Principal Balance of the Notes. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to clause (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion (obtained at the expense of the Trust) of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an “Event of Default”
under the related Servicing Agreement has not occurred, any Sale of the Trust Estate shall be made subject to the continued servicing of the Mortgage Loans by the Servicer as provided in the related Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (b) If the Indenture Trustee or Securities Administrator collects any money
or property pursuant to this Article V, the Securities Administrator shall pay out the money or property in the following order: 
  
 FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator for amounts due under Section 6.07 hereof or the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, to the Master Servicer for amounts due under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the Servicer, for amounts due under the Servicing Agreement, to the Custodian for amounts due under Section 3.4 of the Custodial Agreement and to the Swap
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Termination Payment (other than a Swap Termination Payment triggered by a Swap Provider Trigger Event) due under the Swap Agreement; 
  
 SECOND: to the Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
Notes with respect to interest (not including any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts or Deferred Interest), first, concurrently to the Class 1A Noteholders and Class 2A Noteholders pro rata based on the entitlement of each such Class
to payments of interest, and second, sequentially, to the Class M1 Noteholders, Class M2 Noteholders, Class M3 Noteholders, Class M4 Noteholders, Class M5 Noteholders, Class M6 Noteholders, Class M7 Noteholders, Class M8 Noteholders, Class M9
Noteholders, Class M10 and Class M11 Noteholders, in that order, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for interest; 
  
 THIRD: (a) to the Holders of the Class A Notes, pro rata, until the Note Principal Balance of each Class of the Class A Notes is
reduced to zero, and (b) thereafter, to the Holders of each of the Class M1, Class M2, Class M3, Class M4, Class M5, Class M6, Class M7, Class M8, Class M9, Class M10 and Class M11 Notes, sequentially, in that order, until the Note Principal Balance
of each such Class is reduced to zero; 
  
 FOURTH: to the Noteholders, first, to the Class M1 Noteholders, second, to the Class M2 Noteholders, third, to the Class M3 Noteholders, fourth, to the Class M4 Noteholders, fifth, to the Class M5 Noteholders, sixth, to the Class M6
Noteholders, seventh, to the Class M7 Noteholders, eighth, to the Class M8 Noteholders, ninth, to the Class M9 Noteholders, tenth, to the Class M10 Noteholders, eleventh, to the Class M11 Noteholders, the amount of any related Deferred Interest not
previously paid; 
  
 FIFTH: to the Noteholders
for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes with respect to any related Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts, first, to the Class 1A Noteholders and Class 2A Noteholders, pro rata, based on the entitlement of each such Class to Basis Risk
Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts, second, to the Class M1 Noteholders, third, to the Class M2 Noteholders, fourth, to the Class M3 Noteholders, fifth, to the Class M4 Noteholders, sixth, to the Class M5 Noteholders, seventh, to the Class M6
Noteholders, eighth, to the Class M7 Noteholders, ninth, to the Class M8 Noteholders, tenth, to the Class M9 Noteholders, eleventh, to the Class M10 Noteholders, and twelfth, to the Class M11 Noteholders; 
  
 SIXTH: to the Swap Provider, any unpaid Swap Termination
Payment triggered by a Swap Provider Trigger Event; and 
  
 SEVENTH: to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Certificate Paying Agent on behalf of the Issuer or to any other person legally entitled thereto. 
  
 The Securities Administrator may fix a record date and Payment Date for any payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section
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 Section 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Trust Estate. If the Notes have been declared to be due
and payable under Section 5.02 following an Event of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee may elect to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate. It is the desire of the
parties hereto and the Noteholders that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and other obligations of the Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into account when
determining whether or not to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In determining whether to take and maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose. 
  
 Section 5.06. Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any Proceeding, judicial
or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless and subject to the provisions of Section 10.16 hereof: 
  
 (a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default; 
  
 (b) the Holders of not less
than 50.01% of the aggregate Note Principal Balances of the Notes have made a written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder; 
  
 (c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture Trustee indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with such request; 
  
 (d) the Indenture Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice of request and offer of indemnity, has failed to institute such Proceedings; and

  
 (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority of the Note Principal Balances of such Class of the Notes. 
  
 It is understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided.

  
 Subject to the last paragraph of Section 5.11 herein, in the
event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes, each representing less than a majority of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall
take such action as requested by the Holders representing the highest amount (in the aggregate) of Note Principal Balances notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture. 
  

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 Section 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders To Receive Principal and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest on, if any, such Note on or after the respective due dates
thereof expressed in such Note or in this Indenture and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 
  
 Section 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any
Proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case, the
Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter, all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee
and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been instituted. 
  
 Section 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or
remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
  
 Section 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to
the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by the Noteholders, as the case may be. 
  

Section 5.11. Control By Noteholders. The Holders of a majority of the aggregate Note Principal Balances of Notes shall have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee (subject to the Indenture Trustee’s right to
receive indemnity, as provided herein); provided that: 
  
 (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; 
  
 (b) subject to the express terms of Section 5.04 any direction to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be by Holders of Notes
representing not less than 100% of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes; and 
  
 (c) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction of the Holders of Notes representing a majority of the Note Principal Balances of
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 Notwithstanding the rights of Noteholders set forth in this Section 5.11, the Indenture Trustee need not take any action
that it deems unduly prejudicial to any Noteholder or that it determines might subject it to liability. 
  
 Section 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.02
hereof, the Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority of the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Notes may waive any past Event of Default and its consequences except an Event of Default (a) with respect to payment of principal of
or interest on any of the Notes or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders
of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 
  
 Upon any such waiver, any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been cured and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto. 
  
 Section 5.13. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Note and each Beneficial Owner of any interest therein by such Holder’s or Beneficial Owner’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for
the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit and that such court may, in its discretion, assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.13 shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more
than 10% of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes or (c) any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this
Indenture. 
  
 Section 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws. The Issuer covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or
at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it
shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. 
  
 Section 5.15. Sale of Trust Estate. (a) The power to effect any sale
or other disposition (a “Sale”) of any portion of the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof is expressly subject to the provisions of Section 5.05 hereof and this Section 5.15. The power to effect any such Sale shall not be
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amounts payable on the Notes and under this Indenture shall have been paid. The Indenture Trustee may from time to time postpone any public Sale by public
announcement made at the time and place of such Sale. The Indenture Trustee hereby expressly waives its right to any amount fixed by law as compensation for any Sale. 
  
 (b) The Indenture Trustee shall not, in any private Sale, sell the Trust Estate or any portion thereof, unless 

 
 (i) the Holders of all Notes consent to or direct the
Indenture Trustee to make such Sale, or 
  
 (ii)
the proceeds of such Sale would be not less than the entire amount which would be payable to the Noteholders under the Notes, in full payment thereof in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof, on the Payment Date next succeeding the date of such Sale,
or 
  
 (iii) the Indenture Trustee determines
that the conditions for retention of the Trust Estate set forth in Section 5.05 hereof cannot be satisfied (in making any such determination under clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 5.15(b), the Indenture Trustee may rely upon an opinion of an
Independent investment banking firm obtained and delivered as provided in Section 5.05 hereof) and the Holders of Notes representing at least 66-2/3% of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes consent to such Sale. 
  
 The purchase by the Indenture Trustee of all or any portion of the Trust Estate at a private
Sale shall not be deemed a Sale or other disposition thereof for purposes of this Section 5.15(b). 
  
 (c) Unless the Holders representing at least 66-2/3% of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes have otherwise consented or directed the Indenture
Trustee, at any public Sale of all or any portion of the Trust Estate at which a minimum bid equal to or greater than the amount described in paragraph (ii) of subsection (b) of this Section 5.15 has not been established by the Indenture Trustee and
no Person bids an amount equal to or greater than such amount, the Indenture Trustee, acting in its capacity as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, shall bid an amount (which shall include the Indenture Trustee’s right, in its
capacity as Indenture Trustee, to credit bid) at least $1.00 more than the highest other bid in order to preserve the Trust Estate on behalf of the Noteholders; provided that sufficient funds are in the Trust Estate to make such bid.

  
 (d) In connection with a Sale of all or any portion of the
Trust Estate, 
  
 (i) any Holder or Holders of
Notes may bid for and purchase the property offered for sale, and upon compliance with the terms of sale may hold, retain and possess and dispose of such property, without further accountability, and may, in paying the purchase money therefor,
deliver any Notes or claims for interest thereon in lieu of cash up to the amount which shall, upon distribution of the net proceeds of such sale, be payable thereon, and such Notes, in case the amounts so payable thereon shall be less than the
amount due thereon, shall be returned to the Holders thereof after being appropriately stamped to show such partial payment; 
  
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permitted by, applicable law in connection therewith, may purchase all or any portion of the Trust Estate in a private sale and, in lieu of paying cash
therefor, may make settlement for the purchase price by crediting the gross Sale price against the sum of (A) the amount that would be distributable to the Holders of the Notes and Holders of Certificates as a result of such sale on the Payment Date
next succeeding the date of such Sale and (B) the expenses of the Sale and of any Proceedings in connection therewith which are reimbursable to it, without being required to produce the Notes in order to complete any such Sale or in order for the
net Sale price to be credited against such Notes, and any property so acquired by the Indenture Trustee shall be held and dealt with by it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; 
  
 (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver an
appropriate instrument of conveyance, prepared by the Issuer and satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, transferring its interest in any portion of the Trust Estate in connection with a Sale thereof; 
  
 (iv) the Indenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed
the agent and attorney-in-fact of the Issuer to transfer and convey its interest in any portion of the Trust Estate in connection with a Sale thereof and to take all action necessary to effect such Sale; and 
  
 (v) no purchaser or transferee at such a Sale shall be bound
to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any monies. 
  
 Section 5.16. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be
affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of this Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the
recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money or property collected by the Indenture
Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be applied by the Securities Administrator upon receipt in accordance with Section 5.04(b) hereof. 
  
 Section 5.17. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations. (a) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so, the Issuer,
in its capacity as holder of the Mortgage Loans, shall take all such lawful action as the Indenture Trustee may request to cause the Issuer to compel or secure the performance and observance by the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Servicer and the
Subservicer as applicable, of each of their obligations to the Issuer under or in connection with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Servicing Agreement and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers
and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in connection with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, as
pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, including the transmission of notices of default on the part of the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Servicer and the Subservicer thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to
compel or secure performance by the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Servicer and the Subservicer of each of their obligations under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Servicing Agreement. 
  

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 (b) The Indenture Trustee, as pledgee of the Mortgage Loans, may, and at the direction (which direction
shall be in writing or by telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of a majority of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes (subject to Section 6.02(k)) shall, exercise all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims
of the Issuer against the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or the Subservicer under or in connection with the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, including the right or power to
take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by the Seller, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or the Subservicer, as the case may be, of each of their obligations to the Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice,
direction, approval, extension or waiver under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, and any right of the Issuer to take such action shall not be suspended.

  

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 ARTICLE VI 

 
 THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR

  
 Section 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee and
Securities Administrator. (a) If an Event of Default of which the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or has received written notice has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
  
 (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default of which the
Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge or has received written notice, in the case of the Indenture Trustee and, at any time, in the case of the Securities Administrator: 
  
 (i) the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator undertake to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the other Basic Documents to which it is a party, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture and the other Basic Documents against the Indenture Trustee or the
Securities Administrator; and 
  
 (ii) in the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator may each conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to
each of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall each examine the certificates and opinions to determine
whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture. 
  
 (c) The Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator may not be relieved from liability for each of its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

  
 (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect
of paragraph (b) of this Section 6.01; 
  
 (ii)
neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 
  
 (iii) neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it from Noteholders or from the Issuer, which
they are entitled to give under the Basic Documents. 
  
 (d) The
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 (e) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated from other trust funds except to
the extent required by law or the terms of this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement. 
  
 (f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator 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 it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
  
 (g) Every provision
of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA. 
  
 (h) The Indenture Trustee shall act in accordance with Sections 6.03 and 6.04
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall act as successor to the Master Servicer or appoint a successor Master Servicer in accordance with Section 6.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (i) In order to comply with its duties under the USA Patriot Act of 2001, the
Indenture Trustee shall obtain and verify certain information and documentation from the other parties to this Indenture including, but not limited to, each such party’s name, address and other identifying information. 
  
 Section 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee and Securities
Administrator. Except as provided in Section 6.01: 
  
 (a)
Each of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 
  
 (b)
Before the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable for any
action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. 
  
 (c) Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it
believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee’s or Securities Administrator’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. 
  
 (d) The Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator may each consult
with counsel, and the advice or Opinion of Counsel (which shall not be at the expense of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator) with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. 
  

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 (e) For the limited purpose of effecting any action to be undertaken by each of the Indenture Trustee and
the Securities Administrator, but not specifically as a duty of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator in the Indenture, each of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder, either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees appointed with due care and shall not be responsible for any willful misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, attorney, custodian
or nominee so appointed. 
  
 (f) The Indenture Trustee or its
Affiliates are permitted to receive additional compensation that could be deemed to be in the Indenture 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 to the Indenture Trustee (x) pursuant to Sections 5.04(b) or 6.07 hereunder or (y) out of Interest Funds or Principal Funds. 
  
 (g) Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Indenture Trustee or the Securities
Administrator be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. 
  
 (h) None of the Securities Administrator, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be responsible for the acts or omissions of the other, it being understood that this Indenture shall not be construed to render them partners, joint
venturers or agents of one another at any time. 
  
 (i) Neither
the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall in any
event require the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Master Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, except during such time, if
any, as the Indenture 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 the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (j) Except for those actions that the Indenture Trustee or the Securities
Administrator are required to take hereunder, neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any obligation or liability to take any action or to refrain from taking any action hereunder in the absence of written direction
as provided hereunder. 
  
 (k) Neither the Indenture Trustee nor
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litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless
such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, reasonable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or
thereby. Nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Indenture Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge (which has not been cured or
waived), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

  
 (l) Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless
requested in writing to do so by Holders of Notes representing not less than 25% of the Note Principal Balance of the Notes and provided that the payment within a reasonable time to the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as
applicable, of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, reasonably assured to the Indenture Trustee
or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such expense or
liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Noteholders requesting the investigation. 
  
 (m) Should the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator deem the nature of any action required on its part to be
unclear, the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, may require, prior to such action, that it be provided by the Depositor with reasonable further instructions. 
  
 (n) The right of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this
Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be accountable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of any such act. 
  
 (o) Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be
required to give any bond or surety with respect to the execution of the trust created hereby or the powers granted hereunder. 
  
 (p) Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall have any duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of
any condition requiring the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan by the Seller pursuant to this Indenture or the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, as applicable, or the eligibility of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Indenture. 
  
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written notice thereof (making reference to this Indenture or the Notes) is received by the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office. 
  
 Section 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. (a) The
Indenture Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee, subject to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. Any Note Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12 hereof. 
  
 (b) The Securities Administrator in its individual or any other capacity may
become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Securities Administrator, subject to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act. 
  
 Section 6.04. Indenture Trustee’s and Securities Administrator’s
Disclaimers. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities Administrator shall be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Notes or the other Basic Documents, neither shall be
accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and neither shall be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than,
with respect to the Securities Administrator only, the Securities Administrator ‘s certificate of authentication. 
  
 Section 6.05. Notice of Event of Default. Subject to Section 5.01, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly mail to each Noteholder notice of the Event
of Default after a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee obtains actual knowledge or written notice of such event, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived or cured. Except in the case of an Event of Default in payment of principal
of or interest on any Note, the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders. 
  
 Section 6.06. Reports by Securities Administrator to Holders and Tax
Administration. The Securities Administrator shall deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be required and such other customary information as the Securities Administrator may determine and/or to be required by the Internal Revenue
Service or by a federal or state law or rules or regulations to enable such holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns. 
  
 The Securities Administrator shall prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed), on behalf of the Owner Trustee, all tax returns (if any) and
information reports, tax elections and such annual or other reports of the Issuer as are necessary for preparation of tax returns and information reports as provided in Section 5.03 of the Trust Agreement, including without limitation Form 1099. All
tax returns and information reports shall be signed by the Owner Trustee as provided in Section 5.03 of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 Section 6.07. Compensation. An annual fee shall be paid to the Indenture Trustee by the Master Servicer pursuant to a separate agreement between
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entitled to recover from the Payment Account pursuant to Section 4.05(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
disbursements and advances and the expenses of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator, respectively, in connection with any breach of this Indenture or any claim or legal action (including any pending or threatened claim or legal
action) or otherwise incurred or made by the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, respectively, in the administration of the trusts hereunder or under any other Basic Document (including the reasonable compensation, expenses and
disbursements of its counsel) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its own negligence or intentional misconduct or which is the responsibility of the Noteholders as provided herein. Such compensation and reimbursement
obligation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust. Additionally, each of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred in the administration of the Basic
Documents (other than its ordinary out-of-pocket expenses incurred hereunder) or in connection with any claim or legal action relating to (a) the Basic Documents or (b) the Notes, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of its
own negligence or intentional misconduct or that is the responsibility of the Noteholders as provided herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator and any director, officer, employee or agent
of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall also be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) incurred in the administration of its
duties and responsibilities or the exercise of its rights under the Swap Agreement or in connection with any claim or legal action relating to the Swap Agreement that is the responsibility of the Noteholders as provided herein. Such indemnity and
agreement to hold harmless shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator, as applicable, hereunder. 
  
 The Issuer’s payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee and Securities
Administrator pursuant to this Section 6.07 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the termination or resignation of the Indenture Trustee or Securities Administrator. When the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator incurs
expenses after the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee agrees to
fully perform its duties under this Indenture notwithstanding any failure on the part of the Issuer to make any payments, reimbursements or indemnifications to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.07 (subject to the second paragraph of
the definition of Extraordinary Expenses). 
  
 The obligations of
the Issuer set forth in this Section 6.07 are non-recourse obligations solely of the Issuer and shall be payable only from the Trust Estate with respect to the Notes (subject to the second paragraph of the definition of Extraordinary Expenses) and
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Trustee hereby agrees that it has no rights or claims against the Issuer directly and shall only look to the Trust Estate to satisfy the Issuer’s
obligations under this Section 6.07. The Indenture Trustee also hereby agrees not to file or join in filing any petition in bankruptcy or commence any similar proceeding in respect of the Issuer. 
  
 Section 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator. No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator pursuant to this Section 6.08. The Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. Any resignation or removal
of the Securities Administrator shall result in the automatic removal of the Master Servicer to the extent that Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, is both the Securities Administrator and Master Servicer. Holders of a majority of Note Principal
Balances of the Notes may remove either of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator by so notifying the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities
Administrator. The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, if: 
  
 (a) the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator fails to comply with Section 6.11 hereof; 
  
 (b) the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator is adjudged to be
bankrupt or insolvent; 
  
 (c) a receiver or other public officer
takes charge of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator or its property; or 
  
 (d) the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator otherwise becomes incapable of acting. 
  
 If the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Indenture Trustee or the
Securities Administrator for any reason (the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee or the retiring Securities Administrator), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator. 
  
 Each of a successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee or the retiring Securities Administrator, as applicable, and to the Issuer.
Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee or the retiring Securities Administrator shall become effective, and the successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator shall have all the rights, powers and
duties of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, as applicable, under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator shall each mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring
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Securities Administrator, as applicable, to the successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator. 
  
 If a successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator does
not take office within 60 days after the retiring Indenture Trustee or the retiring Securities Administrator, as applicable, resigns or is removed, the retiring Indenture Trustee or the retiring Securities Administrator, the Issuer or the Holders of
a majority of Note Principal Balances of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator. 
  
 Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities
Administrator pursuant to this Section, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee or the retiring Securities Administrator. 
  
 Section 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee and Securities Administrator by
Merger. If the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the
resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, without any further act, shall be the successor Indenture Trustee or successor Securities Administrator, as applicable; provided that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under Section 6.11 hereof. The Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall each provide the Rating Agencies with prior written notice of any such transaction. 
  
 If at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or
consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture and any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and if, at that time, any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any
predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee
shall have. 
  
 Section 6.10. Appointment of Co-Indenture
Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Estate may at the time be
located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate,
and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Trust Estate, or any part hereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 hereof. 
  

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 (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act
subject to the following provisions and conditions: 
  
 (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be
performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any such
jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Indenture Trustee; 
  
 (ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and 
  
 (iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the
resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee. 
  
 (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture 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 Indenture and the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its
instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of,
affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Indenture 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 Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee. 
  
 Section 6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
§ 310(a). The Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall each have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and it or its parent shall have a
long-term debt rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s, BBB or better by Standard & Poor’s and BBB by Fitch. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of
TIA § 310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such
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 Section 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The Indenture Trustee shall comply
with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated. 
  
 Section 6.13. Representations and Warranties. The Indenture Trustee
hereby represents that: 
  
 (a) The Indenture Trustee is duly
organized and validly existing as a national banking association in good standing under the laws of the United States with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business
is presently conducted; 
  
 (b) The Indenture Trustee has the
power and authority to execute and deliver this Indenture and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Indenture have been duly authorized by the Indenture Trustee by all necessary corporate action; 
  
 (c) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture and
the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of association or bylaws of the Indenture
Trustee or any material agreement or other instrument to which the Indenture Trustee is a party or by which it is bound which would adversely affect its performance under this Indenture; and 
  
 (d) There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Indenture
Trustee’s knowledge, threatened before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Indenture Trustee: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Indenture (ii) seeking to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the performance by the Indenture Trustee of its obligations under, or the
validity or enforceability of, this Indenture. 
  
 Section 6.14.
Directions to Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator. 
  
 (a) The Indenture Trustee is hereby directed (i) to accept the pledge of the Mortgage Loans and hold the assets of the Trust Estate in trust for the Noteholders and (ii) to take all other actions as shall be required
to be taken by it pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
  
 (b) The Securities Administrator is hereby directed (i) to authenticate and deliver the Notes substantially in the form prescribed by Exhibits A-1 and A-2
to this Indenture in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and (ii) to take all other actions as shall be required to be taken by the Securities Administrator pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

  
 Section 6.15. The Agents. The provisions of this
Indenture relating to the limitations of the Indenture Trustee’s liability and to its rights and protections shall inure also to the Securities Administrator, Paying Agent, Note Registrar and Certificate Registrar. 
  

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 Section 6.16. Other Basic Documents. Each of the Indenture Trustee and Securities Administrator is
hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and any other Basic Documents (other than this Indenture) naming it as a party. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Securities
Administrator shall be responsible for the sufficiency of the terms of any of the Basic Documents. In entering into and acting under the other Basic Documents, each of the Indenture Trustee and Securities Administrator shall be entitled to all of
the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections set forth in this Article VI. 
  

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 ARTICLE VII

  
 NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS

  
 Section 7.01. Issuer To Furnish Securities
Administrator Names and Addresses of Noteholders. The Issuer shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Securities Administrator (a) not more than five days after each Record Date, a list, in such form as the Securities Administrator may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the Securities Administrator may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Securities Administrator is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished
to the Securities Administrator. 
  
 Section 7.02. Preservation
of Information; Communications to Noteholders. (a) The Securities Administrator shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes contained in the most recent list furnished to the
Securities Administrator as provided in Section 7.01 hereof and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the Securities Administrator in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Securities Administrator may destroy any list furnished to it
as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
  
 (b) Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes. 
  
 (c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c). 
  
 Section 7.03. Statements to Noteholders. (a) With respect to each
Payment Date, the Securities Administrator shall make available to each Noteholder and each Certificateholder, the Swap Provider, the Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Certificate Paying Agent and each Rating Agency, a
statement setting forth the following information as to the Notes, to the extent applicable: 
  
 (i) the Note Principal Balance of each Class of Notes immediately prior to such Payment Date; 
  
 (ii) the Interest Funds, Principal Funds and Net Monthly
Excess Cashflow payable to each Class of Noteholders for such Payment Date, and the Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amount on each Class of Notes for such Payment Date; 
  
 (iii) the amount of such distribution to each Class of Notes applied to reduce the Note Principal Balance
thereof; 
  
 (iv) the amount of such distribution
to Holders of each Class of Notes allocable to interest and the aggregate amount of Accrued Note Interest with respect to each Class during the related Accrual Period; 
  

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 (v) the Note Rates for each Class of Notes with respect to such Payment Date; 

 
 (vi) the Note Principal Balance of each Class of Notes
immediately after such Payment Date; 
  
 (vii)
the amount for distribution to the Certificates; 
  
 (viii) the number and the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the related Due Period; 
  
 (ix) the amount of Scheduled Principal and Principal Prepayments, (including but separately identifying the principal amount of Principal
Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, the purchase price in connection with the purchase of Mortgage Loans, cash deposits in connection with substitutions of Mortgage Loans and Excess Liquidation Proceeds) and the number and principal balance of Mortgage
Loans purchased or substituted for during the relevant period and cumulatively since the Cut-off Date in the aggregate; 
  
 (x) the aggregate Note Principal Balance of each Class of Notes, after giving effect to the amounts distributed on such Payment Date,
separately identifying any reduction thereof due to Realized Losses other than pursuant to an actual distribution of principal and the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Notes after giving effect to the distribution of principal on such Payment
Date; 
  
 (xi) information regarding any Mortgage
Loan delinquencies as of the end of the related Prepayment Period, including the aggregate number and aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of Mortgage Loans (A) delinquent 30 to 59 days on a contractual basis, (B) delinquent 60 to 89 days on a
contractual basis, and (C) delinquent 90 or more days on a contractual basis, in each case as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the immediately preceding month; 
  
 (xii) the amount of payments from the Corridor Contract for such Payment Date; 
  
 (xiii) the Overcollateralization Increase Amount,
Overcollateralization Target Amount, the Overcollateralization Release Amount and Overcollateralized Amount, if any, in each case as of the related Payment Date; 
  
 (xiv) the amount of any Monthly Advances, Compensating Interest Payments and outstanding unreimbursed
advances by the Master Servicer or Servicer; 
  
 (xv) the aggregate Realized Losses with respect to the related Payment Date and cumulative Realized Losses since the Closing Date; 
  
 (xvi) with respect to each Mortgage Loan which incurred a Realized Loss during the related Prepayment Period, (A) the loan number, (B) the
Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Cut-off Date, (C) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the beginning of the related Due Period, (D) the Excess Liquidation Proceeds with 

  

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respect to such Mortgage Loan and (E) the amount of the Realized Loss with respect to such Mortgage Loan; 
  
 (xvii) the number and aggregate Stated Principal Balance of
Mortgage Loans repurchased by the Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement for the related Payment Date and cumulatively since the Closing Date; 
  

(xviii) the number and aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans as to which the Mortgaged Property was REO
Property as of the end of the related Due Period; 
  
 (xix) the book value (the sum of (A) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan, (B) accrued interest through the date of foreclosure and (C) foreclosure expenses) of any REO Property; provided that, in the event that
such information is not available to the Securities Administrator on the Payment Date, such information shall be furnished promptly after it becomes available; 
  

(xx) the Average Loss Severity Percentage; 
  
 (xxi) the number of Mortgage Loans in the foreclosure process as of the end of the related Due Period and the aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loans; 
  
 (xxii) the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls less any Compensating Interest paid by the Subservicer, the Servicer or Master Servicer to cover Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for such Payment Date; 
  
 (xxiii) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of Mortgage
Loans purchased by the Servicer or the Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.21 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement for the related Payment Date and cumulatively since the Closing Date; 
  
 (xxiv) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of defaulted Mortgage Loans sold by the Servicer or the
Subservicer pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Sections 4.03, 4.17 and 4.18 of the Servicing Agreement for the related Payment Date and cumulatively since the Closing Date; provided that, in the event that such
information is not available to the Securities Administrator on the Payment Date, such information shall be furnished promptly after it becomes available; and 
  

(xxv) the amount, if any, required to be paid under the Swap Agreement for such Payment Date. 
  
 In addition, by January 31st of each calendar year following any year during which the Notes are outstanding, the Securities Administrator shall furnish a report to each Noteholder of
record if so requested in writing at any time during each calendar year, as to the aggregate of amounts reported pursuant to (iii) and (iv) above with respect to the Notes for such calendar year. 
  

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 The Securities Administrator may conclusively rely upon the information provided by the Master Servicer
pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and by the Swap Provider under the Swap Agreement in its preparation of monthly statements to Noteholders. In addition, the Securities Administrator shall make available statements to
Certificateholders on each Payment Date in accordance with Section 5.04 of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 The Securities Administrator may make available each month, to any interested party, the monthly statement to Noteholders via the Securities
Administrator’s website initially located at “www.ctslink.com.” Assistance in using the website can be obtained by calling the Securities Administrator’s customer service desk at (301) 815-6600. Parties that are unable to use the
above distribution option are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first-class mail by calling the Securities Administrator’s customer service desk and indicating such. The Securities Administrator shall have the right to change the
way such reports are distributed in order to make such distribution more convenient and/or more accessible to the parties, and the Securities Administrator shall provide timely and adequate notification to all parties regarding any such change.

  

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 ARTICLE VIII

  
 ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

  
 Section 8.01. Collection of Money. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, the Securities Administrator may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other
property payable to or receivable by the Securities Administrator pursuant to this Indenture. The Securities Administrator shall apply all such money received by it as provided in this Indenture. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust Estate, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance,
including the institution and prosecution of appropriate Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed thereafter as provided in Article V.

  
 Section 8.02. [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 8.03. Officer’s Certificate. The Indenture Trustee shall
receive at least seven Business Days’ notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action pursuant to Section 8.05(a) hereof, accompanied by copies of any instruments to be executed, and the Indenture Trustee shall, except in the case of a
repurchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Sections 2.02 or 3.21 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, also require, as a condition to such action, an Officer’s Certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, stating the
legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of such action have been complied with. 
  
 Section 8.04. Termination Upon Distribution to Noteholders. This Indenture and the respective obligations and
responsibilities of the Issuer, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee created hereby shall terminate upon the distribution to Noteholders, the Certificate Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Securities
Administrator and the Indenture Trustee of all amounts required to be distributed pursuant to Article III; provided, however, that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the
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. 
  
 Section 8.05. Release of Trust Estate. (a) Subject to the payment of its fees, expenses and indemnities, the Indenture Trustee may, and when
required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments prepared by the Issuer to release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, including for the purposes of any repurchase by the Seller of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or any repurchase by the Servicer of a Mortgage
Loan pursuant to Section 3.21 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, any such conveyance shall be without recourse to the Indenture Trustee and without any obligation on its part to make any representations or warranties with
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Article VIII hereunder shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see
to the application of any monies. 
  
 (b) The Indenture Trustee
shall, at such time as (i) it is notified by the Securities Administrator that there are no Notes Outstanding and (ii) all sums due to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Indenture have been paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate
that secured the Notes from the lien of this Indenture. 
  
 (c)
The Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture pursuant to this Section 8.05 only upon receipt of a request from the Issuer which, except in the case of a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Sections 2.02 or 3.21
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, shall also be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all applicable requirements have been satisfied and upon receipt of such certificates required under Section
10.01(b). 
  
 Section 8.06. Surrender of Notes Upon Final
Payment. By acceptance of any Note, the Holder thereof agrees to surrender such Note to the Securities Administrator promptly, prior to such Noteholder’s receipt of the final payment thereon. 
  
 Section 8.07. Optional Redemption of the Notes. (a) The Majority
Certificateholder shall have the option to redeem the Notes in whole, but not in part, on any Payment Date on or after the Payment Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of the
aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. The aggregate redemption price for the Notes shall be equal to the unpaid Note Principal Balance of the Notes as of the Payment Date on which the proposed redemption
shall take place in accordance with the foregoing, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the applicable Note Rate through such Payment Date (including any Basis Risk Shortfall Carry-Forward Amounts), plus an amount sufficient to pay
in full all amounts owing to the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Securities Administrator pursuant to any Basic Document (which amounts shall be specified by such Person in writing upon request of the Issuer, the Master Servicer and
the Securities Administrator, as applicable) and amounts due and owing to the Swap Provider. 
  
 (b) In order to exercise the foregoing option, the Majority Certificateholder shall provide written notice of its exercise of such option to the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the
Swap Provider and the Master Servicer at least 15 days prior to its exercise. Following receipt of the notice, the Securities Administrator shall provide notice to the Noteholders of the final payment on the Notes. In addition, the Majority
Certificateholder shall, not less than one Business Day prior to the proposed Payment Date on which such redemption is to be made, deposit the aggregate redemption price specified in (a) above with the Securities Administrator, who shall deposit the
aggregate redemption price into the Payment Account and shall, on the Payment Date after receipt of the funds, apply such funds to make final payments of principal and interest on the Notes in accordance with Section 3.05 hereof and payment in full
to the Securities Administrator and the Master Servicer, and this Indenture shall be discharged subject to the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof. If for any reason the amount deposited by the Majority Certificateholder is not sufficient to make such
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Certificateholder with the Securities Administrator shall be immediately returned to the Majority Certificateholder in full and shall not be used for any
other purpose or be deemed to be part of the Trust Estate. 
  
 Section 8.08. Swap Agreement. On each Payment Date for which the Securities Administrator has received a payment under the Swap Agreement, the Securities Administrator shall pay such amounts pursuant to the priorities provided in
Section 3.05. On each Payment Date, the Securities Administrator shall pay in accordance with the monthly report furnished by it with respect to such Payment Date pursuant to Section 7.03 in the order of priority and to the extent specified in
Section 3.05 of this Agreement any payments made by the Swap Provider to the Securities Administrator on behalf of the Trust for such Payment Date with respect to the Swap Agreement. The Securities Administrator shall pay all Net Swap Payments due
to the Swap Provider from funds in the Payment Account on the date when such payments are due to be paid pursuant to the Swap Agreement. 
  
 Section 8.09. Rights of Swap Provider. The Swap Provider shall be deemed a third-party beneficiary of this Indenture to the same extent as if it
were a party hereto and shall have the right to enforce all obligations of the parties to this Indenture to the Swap Provider, which obligations include but are not limited to the obligation of the Securities Administrator (a) to pay to the Swap
Provider, pursuant to the priorities provided in Section 3.05, any Net Swap Payment required pursuant to the Swap Agreement and any Swap Termination Payment required pursuant to the Swap Agreement, (b) to establish and maintain the Payment Account,
to make such deposits thereto, investments therein and payments therefrom as are required pursuant to Section 3.01. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, the Swap Provider shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity. 
  
 Section 8.10. Corridor
Agreement. On each Payment Date for which the Securities Administrator has received a payment under the Corridor Agreement, the Securities Administrator shall apply such amounts to make payments pursuant to clauses (iii), (iv) and (viii) of
Section 3.05(e), in that order, and in each case prior to the application of any Net Monthly Excess Cashflow pursuant to such clauses. 
  

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 ARTICLE IX 

 
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
  
 Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with prior notice to the Rating Agency, the Issuer, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Request in the case of the Securities Administrator and
the Indenture Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator, for any of the following purposes: 
  
 (i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey
and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien of this Indenture additional property; 
  
 (ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the applicable provisions hereof, of another person to
the Issuer and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein and in the Notes contained; 
  
 (iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Issuer; 
  
 (iv) to convey,
transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Indenture Trustee; 
  
 (v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture that may be inconsistent with
any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture; 
  
 (vi) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; provided that such action shall not materially and adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of the Notes; 
  
 (vii)
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI hereof; or 
  
 (viii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the qualification of
this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA; 
  
 provided, however, that no such indenture supplements shall be entered into unless the Indenture Trustee and the Securities
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such indenture supplement against the Issuer and to the effect that (i) such indenture supplement is authorized or permitted hereunder and shall not
materially and adversely affect the Holders of the Notes and (ii) entering into such indenture supplement shall not (a) result in a “significant modification” of the Notes under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1001-3 or adversely affect the
status of the Notes as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes or (b) cause the Trust to be subject to an entity level tax for federal income tax purposes; and provided further that no indenture supplement shall be entered into without
the prior written consent of the Swap Counterparty if such indenture supplement would materially adversely affect the rights or obligations of the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement or this Indenture. 
  
 The Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator are hereby authorized
to join in the execution of any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained. 
  
 (b) The Issuer, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Request in the case of the Securities Administrator
and the Indenture Trustee, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes and prior notice to the Rating Agency, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that such action as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, (i) is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture, (ii) shall not adversely affect, in any material respect, the interests of any Noteholder and (iii) shall not cause the Issuer to be subject to an entity-level tax for federal income tax purposes; and
provided however that no indenture supplement shall be entered into without the prior written consent of the Swap Counterparty if such indenture supplement would materially adversely affect the rights or obligations of the Swap Counterparty
under the Swap Agreement or this Indenture. 
  
 Section 9.02.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Noteholders. The Issuer, the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Request in the case of the Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, also may,
with prior notice to the Rating Agency and, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Note Principal Balance of Notes affected thereby, by Act (as defined in Section 10.03 hereof) of such Holders delivered to the Issuer, the
Securities Administrator and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby: 
  
 (a) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of or interest
on any Note, reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest rate thereon, change the provisions of this Indenture relating to the application of collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Trust Estate to payment of principal of or
interest on the Notes, change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the

  

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application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V, to the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the respective due dates
thereof; 
  
 (b) reduce the percentage of the Note Principal
Balances of the Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; 
  
 (c) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the definition of the term “Outstanding” or modify or alter the exception in the definition of the term “Holder”; 
  
 (d) reduce the percentage of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes
required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof; 
  
 (e) modify any provision of this Section 9.02 except to increase any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain additional provisions of this
Indenture or the Basic Documents cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby; 
  
 (f) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of interest or principal due
on any Note on any Payment Date (including the calculation of any of the individual components of such calculation); or 
  
 (g) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the Trust Estate or,
except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein, terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security provided by the lien of this Indenture; 
  
 and provided, further, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of
Counsel, adversely affect the status of the Notes as indebtedness for federal income tax purposes or cause the Issuer to be subject to an entity-level tax; and provided further that no indenture supplement shall be entered into without the
prior written consent of the Swap Counterparty if such indenture supplement would materially adversely affect the rights or obligations of the Swap Counterparty under the Swap Agreement or this Indenture. 
  
 Any such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interest of any Holder (other than a Holder who shall consent to such supplemental indenture) as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (provided by, and at the expense of, the Person requesting such supplemental indenture) delivered to the Indenture
Trustee and the Securities Administrator. 
  
 It shall not be
necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. 
  
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shall mail to the Holders of the Notes to which such amendment or supplemental indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of
such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Securities Administrator to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 
  
 Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator shall be entitled to
receive, and subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel, not at the expense of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator each may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Indenture Trustee’s or the
Securities Administrator’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 
  
 Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture
shall be and shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of the
Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions
of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. 
  
 Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall then be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. 
  
 Section 9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Securities Administrator shall, bear a notation in form approved by the Securities Administrator as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Issuer or the Securities Administrator shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Securities Administrator and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and
authenticated and delivered by the Securities Administrator in exchange for Outstanding Notes. 
  

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 ARTICLE X 

 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 Section 10.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions, etc. (a) Upon any
application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator (i) an
Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished provided they are substantially to the same effect. 
  
 Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: 
  
 (A) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or
condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
  
 (B) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
  
 (C) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory, such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; 
  
 (D) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with; and 
  
 (E) if the signatory of such certificate or opinion is required to be
Independent, the statement required by the definition of the term “Independent Certificate”. 
  
 (b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the release of
any property or securities subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any obligation imposed in Section 10.01(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying
or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days prior to such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or securities to be so deposited and a report from a nationally recognized
accounting firm verifying such value. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.01(b) does not apply to the substitution of a Substitute Mortgage Loan for any Deleted Mortgage Loan, any repurchase of Mortgage Loans or as otherwise set forth in
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 (ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (b)(i) above, the Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate from a nationally recognized
accounting firm as to the same matters, if the fair value of the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of the then current fiscal year of the Issuer, as
set forth in the certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and this clause (ii), is 10% or more of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes, but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any securities so deposited, if the
fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes. 
  
 (iii) Whenever any property or securities are to be released from the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer
shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90 days prior to such release) of the property or securities proposed to
be released and stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed release shall not impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof. 
  
 (iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
certifying or stating the opinion of any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or
securities and of all other property or securities released from the lien of this Indenture since the commencement of the then-current calendar year, as set forth in the certificates required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals 10% or
more of the Note Principal Balances of the Notes, but such certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related Officer’s Certificate is less than $25,000
or less than one percent of the then Note Principal Balances of the Notes. 
  
 Section 10.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 
  
 Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Seller or the Issuer,
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counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous. 
  
 Where any Person is required to make, give or
execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
  
 Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate
or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of the Issuer’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and
accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the
Issuer to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion
contained in any such document as provided in Article VI. 
  
 Section 10.03. Acts of Noteholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or
more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to the Indenture Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01 hereof) conclusive in favor of
the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 10.03 hereof. 
  
 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems
sufficient. 
  
 (c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the
Note Registrar. 
  
 (d) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be
done by the Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note. 
  
 Section 10.04. Notices etc., to Indenture Trustee, Securities Administrator, Issuer and Rating Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture shall be in writing and if such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or act of Noteholders is to be
made upon, given or furnished to or filed with: 
  
 (a) the
Indenture Trustee, by any Noteholder or by the Issuer, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and made, given, furnished or filed to or with the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office. The Indenture Trustee shall
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 (b) the Securities Administrator, by any Noteholder or by the Issuer, shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Securities Administrator at Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, P.O. Box 98, Columbia, Maryland 21046 (or, in the case of overnight deliveries, 9062 Old Annapolis
Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045) (Attention: Corporate Trust Services – People’s Choice 2005-3), facsimile no.: (410) 715-2380, or such other address as may hereafter be furnished by the Securities Administrator to the other parties hereto
in writing. The Securities Administrator shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Issuer; 
  
 (c) the Issuer, by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed first-class,
postage prepaid, to the Issuer addressed to: People’s Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3, in care of Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate
Trust Administration, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer. The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by it from the Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee. 
  
 (d) Notices required to be given to a Rating Agency by the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator or the Owner Trustee shall be in writing, mailed first-class, postage prepaid, to, in the case of Standard & Poor’s, the following address: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, 55
Water Street, 41st Floor, New York, New York, 10041, Attention: Asset-Backed Surveillance Department; in the case of
Moody’s, the following address: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., 99 Church Street, New York, New York, 10007; in the case of Fitch, Fitch, Inc., One State Street Plaza, New York, New York, 10004, Attention: ABS Monitoring Department; or at
such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties by the applicable Rating Agency. 
  
 Section 10.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to each Noteholder affected by such event, at such Person’s address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the
latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular
Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given regardless of whether such notice is in fact
actually received. 
  
 Where this Indenture provides for notice in
any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed 

  

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with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver. 

 
 In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result
of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall
be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. 
  
 Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created
hereunder and shall not under any circumstance constitute an Event of Default. 
  
 Section 10.06. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. 
  
 The provisions of TIA §§ 310 through 317 that impose duties on any Person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether
or not physically contained herein. 
  
 Section 10.07. Effect
of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
  
 Section 10.08. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and agents. 
  
 Section 10.09. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
  
 Section 10.10. [Reserved]. 
  
 Section 10.11. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after any such nominal date. 
  
 Section 10.12.
GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW, WHICH SHALL APPLY HERETO). 
  

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 Section 10.13. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
  
 Section 10.14. Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to
be effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel at its expense (which may be counsel to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such
recording is necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. 
  
 Section 10.15. Issuer Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly
or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or
therewith, against (a) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (b) any owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (c) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner
Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of this
Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits of, the terms and provisions of Article VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement. 
  
 Section 10.16. No Petition. The Indenture Trustee and the Securities
Administrator, by entering into this Indenture, each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, and each Certificateholder, by accepting a Certificate, hereby covenant and agree that they shall not at any time, prior to one year from the date of termination
hereof, institute against the Depositor or the Issuer, or join in any institution against the Depositor or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any United
States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the Basic Documents; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Indenture Trustee from filing
proofs of claim in any proceeding. 
  
 Section 10.17.
Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, at its expense, on reasonable prior notice, it shall permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator, during the Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine all the
books of account, records, reports and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom, to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified public accountants and to discuss the Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts
with the Issuer’s officers, employees, and Independent certified public accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Indenture Trustee shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such
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disclosure may be required by law, regulation, judicial process or made to the Indenture Trustee’s auditors, regulators, attorneys or other governmental
authorities and except to the extent that the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Administrator may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder. 
  
 Section 10.18. Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties that
(a) this document is executed and delivered by Wilmington Trust Company, not individually or personally, but solely as Owner Trustee, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it, pursuant to the Trust Agreement, (b) each
of the representations, undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Trust is made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings and agreements by Wilmington Trust Company but is made and intended for the purpose for
binding only the Trust, (c) nothing herein contained shall be construed as creating any liability on Wilmington Trust Company, individually or personally, to perform any covenant either expressed or implied contained herein, all such liability, if
any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and by any person claiming by, through or under the parties hereto, and (d) under no circumstances shall Wilmington Trust Company be personally liable for the payment of any indebtedness or expenses
of the Trust or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Trust under this Agreement or any other Mortgage Loan Documents; provided, however, that this provision
shall in no way limit or restrict the liabilities of Wilmington Trust Company under the Basic Documents to which it is a party. 
  

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

			
	PEOPLE’S CHOICE HOME LOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES 2005-3, as Issuer
	
	By: Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee
		
	By:	 	 
		
	 Name:
	 	 
		
	 Title:
	 	 
	
	HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Indenture Trustee
		
	By:	 	 
		
	 Name:
	 	 
		
	 Title:
	 	 
	
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Securities Administrator
		
	By:	 	 
		
	 Name:
	 	 
		
	 Title:
	 	 

  

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

  
 On this 30th day of
June 2005, before me personally appeared                      to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say, that s/he is a Vice
President of the Indenture Trustee, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; and that he signed his name thereto by like order. 
  

	
	Notary Public
	
	 
	 NOTARY PUBLIC

  
 [NOTARIAL SEAL] 
  

					
	STATE OF DELAWARE	  	)	  	 
	 	  	)	  	ss:
	COUNTY OF NEWCASTLE	  	)	  	 

  
 On this 30th day of
June 2005, before me personally appeared                                  to me
known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say, that s/he is a
                                 of the Owner Trustee, one of the entities
described in and which executed the above instrument; and that she signed her name thereto by like order. 
  

	
	Notary Public
	
	 
	 NOTARY PUBLIC

  
 [NOTARIAL SEAL] 
  

					
	STATE OF MARYLAND	  	)	  	 
	 	  	)	  	ss:
	COUNTY OF HOWARD	  	)	  	 

  
 On this 30th day of
June 2005 before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared
                                , known to me to be an
                                 of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the
entity that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of said entity, and acknowledged to me that such entity executed the within instrument. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal
the day and year in this certificate first above written. 
  

	
	
	 
	 Notary Public

  
 [NOTARIAL SEAL] 
  

  
 EXHIBIT A-1 
  
 FORM OF CLASS A-[        ]
NOTES 
  
 UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
  
 THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY INTEREST HEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT TO ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 4.15 OF THE INDENTURE.

  
 THIS NOTE IS A NON-RECOURSE OBLIGATION OF THE ISSUER, AND IS LIMITED IN RIGHT
OF PAYMENT TO AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUST AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. THE ISSUER IS NOT OTHERWISE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE. 
  
 PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE OVER TIME AS SET FORTH HEREIN ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. 
  

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 PEOPLE’S CHOICE HOME
LOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES 2005-3 
 MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES 
 CLASS A-[        ] 
  

			
	 AGGREGATE NOTE PRINCIPAL
 BALANCE:
$[            ]
	  	 NOTE INTEREST
 RATE: Adjustable
Rate

		
	 INITIAL NOTE PRINCIPAL
 BALANCE OF THIS NOTE:
$[            ]
	  	NOTE NO. [        ]
		
	PERCENTAGE INTEREST: 100%	  	CUSIP NO. [            ]

  
 People’s Choice
Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3 (the “Issuer”), a Delaware statutory trust, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of
($                            ) in monthly installments on the twenty-fifth day of each month or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day (each a “Payment Date”), commencing in July 2005 and ending on or before the Payment Date occurring in July 2035 (the “Final Scheduled Payment Date”) and to pay
interest on the Note Principal Balance of this Note (this “Note”) outstanding from time to time as provided below. 
  
 This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Issuer’s Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-3 (the “Notes”), issued under an Indenture
dated as of July 1, 2005 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as indenture trustee
(the “Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of
the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered. All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture. 
  
 Payments of principal and interest on this Note
shall be made on each Payment Date to the Noteholder of record as of the related Record Date. The “Note Principal Balance” of a Note as of any date of determination is equal to the initial Note Principal Balance thereof, reduced by the
aggregate of all amounts previously paid with respect to such Note on account of principal and the aggregate amount of cumulative Realized Losses allocated to such Note on all prior Payment Dates. 
  
 The principal of, and interest on, this Note are due and payable as described
in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be equal to this
Note’s pro rata share of the aggregate payments on all Class A-[        ] Notes as described above, and shall be applied as between interest and principal as provided in the Indenture.

  

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 All principal and interest accrued on the Notes, if not previously paid, shall become finally due and
payable at the Final Scheduled Payment Date. 
  
 The Notes are
subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, by the Majority Certificateholder on any Payment Date on or after the Payment Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the end of the prior Due Period is less
than or equal to 10% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. 
  
 The Issuer shall not be liable upon the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes except to the extent of amounts available from the Trust Estate which
constitutes security for the payment of the Notes. The assets included in the Trust Estate shall be the sole source of payments on the Class A-[        ] Notes, and each Holder hereof, by its acceptance
of this Note, agrees that (i) such Note shall be limited in right of payment to amounts available from the Trust Estate as provided in the Indenture and (ii) such Holder shall have no recourse to the Issuer, the Securities Administrator, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or any of their respective affiliates, or to the assets of any of the foregoing entities, except the assets of the Issuer pledged to secure the Class
A-[        ] Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the rights conveyed by the Issuer under the Indenture. 
  
 Any payment of principal or interest payable on this Note which is punctually paid on the applicable Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name such Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date by check mailed to such person’s address as it appears in the Note Register on such Record Date, except for the final installment of principal and
interest payable with respect to such Note, which shall be payable as provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon written request with appropriate instructions by the Holder of this Note delivered to the Securities Administrator at least
five Business Days prior to the Record Date, any payment of principal or interest, other than the final installment of principal or interest, shall be made by wire transfer to an account in the United States designated by such Holder. All scheduled
reductions in the principal amount of a Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) effected by payments of principal made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all Holders of this Note and of any note issued upon the registration of transfer
thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, whether or not such payment is noted on such Note. The final payment of this Note shall be payable upon presentation and surrender thereof on or after the Payment Date thereof at the office
designated by the Securities Administrator or the office or agency of the Issuer maintained by it for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Indenture. 
  
 Subject to the foregoing provisions, each Note delivered under the Indenture, upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other
Note shall carry the right to unpaid principal and interest that were carried by such other Note. 
  
 If an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture shall occur and be continuing with respect to the Notes, the Notes may become or be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. If any such acceleration of maturity occurs prior to the payment of the entire unpaid Note Principal Balance of the Notes, the amount payable to the Holder of this Note shall be
equal to the sum of the unpaid Note Principal Balance of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon as described in the Indenture. The Indenture 

  

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provides that, notwithstanding the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes, under certain circumstances specified therein, all amounts collected as
proceeds of the Trust Estate securing the Notes or otherwise shall continue to be applied to payments of principal of and interest on the Notes as if they had not been declared due and payable. 
  
 The Holder of this Note or Beneficial Owner of any interest herein is deemed
to represent that either (1) it is not acquiring the Note with Plan Assets or (2) (A) the acquisition, holding and transfer of a Note shall not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code
and (B) the Notes are rated investment grade or better and such person believes that the Notes are properly treated as indebtedness without substantial equity features for purposes of the DOL Regulations, and agrees to so treat the Notes.
Alternatively, regardless of the rating of the Notes, such person may provide the Securities Administrator and the Owner Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Issuer, the Seller, any
Underwriter, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Servicer, the Subservicer or any successor servicer which opines that the acquisition, holding and transfer of such Note or interest
therein is permissible under applicable law, shall not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and shall not subject the Issuer, the Seller, the Depositor, any Underwriter, the Owner
Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Servicer or the Subservicer to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Indenture. 
  
 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be
registered on the Note Register of the Issuer. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of, or presentation of a written instrument of transfer for, this Note at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, accompanied
by proper instruments of assignment in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate initial Note Principal Balance, shall be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. 
  
 Prior to the due presentment for registration of
transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator and any agent of the Issuer, the Securities Administrator or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner of such
Note (i) on the applicable Record Date for the purpose of making payments and interest of such Note, and (ii) on any other date for all other purposes whatsoever, as the owner hereof, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the
Securities Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent of the Issuer, the Securities Administrator or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights
and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Issuer and the Holders of a majority of all Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders
of Notes representing specified percentages of the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the Notes on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive any past Default under the Indenture and its consequences. Any such waiver by the Holder, at the
time of the giving thereof, of this Note (or any one or more predecessor Notes) shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the 

  

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registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon such Note. The
Indenture also permits the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of the Holders of the Notes issued thereunder. 
  
 Initially, the Notes shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as
nominee of DTC, acting in its capacity as the Depository for the Notes. The Notes shall be delivered by the clearing agency in denominations as provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth. The Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate initial Note Principal Balance of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering same. 
  

Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
  
 AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE INDENTURE CREATING THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED
THEREIN. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee. 
  
 Dated: June ___, 2005 
  

			
	PEOPLE’S CHOICE HOME LOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES 2005-3
	
	BY: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	 Authorized Signatory

  
 SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 
  
 This is one of the Class
A-[    ] Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  

			
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Securities Administrator
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	 Authorized Signatory

  

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 ABBREVIATIONS

  
 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription
on the face of the Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 
  

							
	 TEN COM
	  	—	  	as tenants in common
			
	 TEN ENT
	  	—	  	as tenants by the entireties
			
	 JT TEN
	  	—	  	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
			
	 UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
	  	—	  	__________ Custodian
			
	 	  	 	  	________________________________________________________
	 	  	 	  	         (Cust)
	  	(Minor)
			
	 	  	 	  	under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act
			
	 	  	 	  	__________________________________________
	 	  	 	  	 (State)

  
 Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 
  

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 ASSIGNMENT 

 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto 
  
 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF 
 ASSIGNEE: 
  

	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code, of assignee)

  
                                       
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                    
 the within Note and all rights
thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
                                       
  attorney to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  

			
	 Dated:
                    
	  	                                      
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                   
	
	 Signature Guaranteed by                                 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                 

  
 NOTICE: The
signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or by
a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable. 
  

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 EXHIBIT A-2 
  
 FORM OF CLASS M-[_] NOTES 
  
 THIS NOTE IS SUBORDINATED IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO THE CLASS A NOTES [AND CLASS M-_ NOTES] AS
DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 
  
 UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
  
 THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY INTEREST HEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT TO ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 4.15 OF THE INDENTURE.

  
 THIS NOTE IS A NON-RECOURSE OBLIGATION OF THE ISSUER, AND IS LIMITED IN RIGHT
OF PAYMENT TO AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FROM THE TRUST ESTATE AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO BELOW. THE ISSUER IS NOT OTHERWISE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE. 
  
 PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE IS PAYABLE OVER TIME AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THIS NOTE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS
THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF. 
  

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 PEOPLE’S CHOICE HOME
LOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES 2005-3 
 MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES 
 CLASS M-[_] 
  

			
	 AGGREGATE NOTE PRINCIPAL
 BALANCE:
$[                    ]
	 	 NOTE INTEREST
 RATE: Adjustable
Rate

		
	 INITIAL NOTE PRINCIPAL
 BALANCE OF THIS NOTE:
$[                    ]
	 	NOTE NO. [    ]
		
	PERCENTAGE INTEREST: 100%	 	CUSIP NO. [                    ]

  
 People’s Choice
Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3 (the “Issuer”), a Delaware statutory trust, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the principal sum of
                                        
             ($                    ) in monthly installments on the
twenty-fifth day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day (each a “Payment Date”), commencing in July 2005 and ending on or before the Payment Date occurring in July 2035 (the “Final
Scheduled Payment Date”) and to pay interest on the Note Principal Balance of this Note (this “Note”) outstanding from time to time as provided below. 
  
 This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Issuer’s Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-3 (the
“Notes”), issued under an Indenture dated as of July 1, 2005 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as securities administrator (the “Securities Administrator”), and HSBC Bank USA,
National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee,” which term includes any successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered. All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
  
 Payments of principal and interest on this Note shall be made on each Payment Date to the Noteholder of record as of the related Record Date. The “Note Principal Balance” of a Note as of any date of determination is equal to the
initial Note Principal Balance thereof, reduced by the aggregate of all amounts previously paid with respect to such Note on account of principal and the aggregate amount of cumulative Realized Losses allocated to such Note on all prior Payment
Dates. 
  
 The principal of, and interest on, this Note are due
and payable as described in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the Issuer with respect to this Note shall be
equal to this Note’s pro rata share of the aggregate payments on all Class M-[_] Notes as described above, and shall be applied as between interest and principal as provided in the Indenture. 
  

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 All principal and interest accrued on the Notes, if not previously paid, shall become finally due and
payable at the Final Scheduled Payment Date. 
  
 The Notes are
subject to redemption in whole, but not in part, by the Majority Certificateholder on any Payment Date on or after the Payment Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans is less than or equal to 10% of aggregate
Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. 
  
 The Issuer shall not be liable upon the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes except to the extent of amounts available from the Trust Estate which constitutes security for the payment of the Notes. The assets included in the Trust Estate
shall be the sole source of payments on the Class M-[_] Notes, and each Holder hereof, by its acceptance of this Note, agrees that (i) such Note shall be limited in right of payment to amounts available from the Trust Estate as provided in the
Indenture and (ii) such Holder shall have no recourse to the Issuer, the Securities Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or any of their respective affiliates, or to the assets of
any of the foregoing entities, except the assets of the Issuer pledged to secure the Class M-[_] Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the rights conveyed by the Issuer under the Indenture. 
  
 Any payment of principal or interest payable on this Note which is punctually paid on the applicable Payment Date shall be
paid to the Person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date by check mailed to such person’s address as it appears in the Note Register on such Record Date, except for the final
installment of principal and interest payable with respect to such Note, which shall be payable as provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon written request with appropriate instructions by the Holder of this Note delivered to the
Securities Administrator at least five Business Days prior to the Record Date, any payment of principal or interest, other than the final installment of principal or interest, shall be made by wire transfer to an account in the United States
designated by such Holder. All scheduled reductions in the principal amount of a Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) effected by payments of principal made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all Holders of this Note and of any note issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, whether or not such payment is noted on such Note. The final payment of this Note shall be payable upon presentation and surrender thereof on or after the Payment
Date thereof at the office designated by the Securities Administrator or the office or agency of the Issuer maintained by it for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Indenture. 
  
 Subject to the foregoing provisions, each Note delivered under the Indenture, upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the right to unpaid principal and interest that were carried by such other Note. 
  
 If an Event of Default as defined in the Indenture shall occur and be continuing with respect to the Notes, the Notes may become or be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. If any such acceleration of maturity occurs prior to the payment of the entire unpaid Note Principal Balance of the Notes, the amount payable to the Holder of this Note shall be
equal to the sum of the unpaid Note Principal Balance of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon as described in the Indenture. The Indenture provides that, notwithstanding the acceleration of the maturity of the Notes, under
certain 

  

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circumstances specified therein, all amounts collected as proceeds of the Trust Estate securing the Notes or otherwise shall continue to be applied to
payments of principal of and interest on the Notes as if they had not been declared due and payable. 
  
 The Holder of this Note or Beneficial Owner of any interest herein is deemed to represent that either (1) it is not acquiring the Note with Plan Assets or
(2) (A) the acquisition, holding and transfer of a Note shall not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and (B) the Notes are rated investment grade or better and such person believes
that the Notes are properly treated as indebtedness without substantial equity features for purposes of the DOL Regulations, and agrees to so treat the Notes. Alternatively, regardless of the rating of the Notes, such person may provide the
Securities Administrator and the Owner Trustee with an Opinion of Counsel, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Issuer, the Seller, any Underwriter, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the
Master Servicer, the Servicer or any successor servicer which opines that the acquisition, holding and transfer of such Note or interest therein is permissible under applicable law, shall not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited
transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and shall not subject the Issuer, the Seller, the Depositor, any Underwriter, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Servicer or any successor servicer to any obligation
in addition to those undertaken in the Indenture. 
  
 As provided
in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Note Register of the Issuer. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of, or presentation of a written instrument of
transfer for, this Note at the office or agency designated by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture, accompanied by proper instruments of assignment in form satisfactory to the Securities Administrator, one or more new Notes of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate initial Note Principal Balance, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
  
 Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator and any agent of
the Issuer, the Securities Administrator or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner of such Note (i) on the applicable Record Date for the purpose of making payments and interest of such Note,
and (ii) on any other date for all other purposes whatsoever, as the owner hereof, whether or not this Note be overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Securities Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or any such agent of the Issuer, the Securities
Administrator or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
  
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture
at any time by the Issuer and the Holders of a majority of all Notes at the time outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of Notes representing specified percentages of the aggregate Note Principal Balance of the
Notes on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive any past Default under the Indenture and its consequences. Any such waiver by the Holder, at the time of the giving thereof, of this Note (or any one or more predecessor Notes) shall bind the
Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of 

  

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such consent or waiver is made upon such Note. The Indenture also permits the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Securities Administrator to amend or
waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of the Holders of the Notes issued thereunder. 
  
 Initially, the Notes shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC, acting in its capacity as the Depository for the Notes. The
Notes shall be delivered by the clearing agency in denominations as provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth. The Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate initial Note Principal Balance of Notes of different
authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering same. 
  
 Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Securities Administrator by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

  
 AS PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE INDENTURE
CREATING THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED THEREIN. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee. 
  
 Dated: June ___, 2005 
  

			
	PEOPLE’S CHOICE HOME LOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES 2005-3
	
	BY: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	 Authorized Signatory

  
 SECURITIES
ADMINISTRATOR’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 
  
 This is one of the Class
M-[_] Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  
 WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Securities Administrator 
  

			
		
	By:	 	 
	 	 	 Authorized Signatory

  

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 ABBREVIATIONS

  
 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription
on the face of the Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 
  

							
	 TEN COM
	  	—	  	as tenants in common
			
	 TEN ENT
	  	—	  	as tenants by the entireties
			
	 JT TEN
	  	—	  	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
			
	 UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
	  	—	  	__________ Custodian
			
	 	  	 	  	________________________________________________________
	 	  	 	  	         (Cust)
	  	(Minor)
			
	 	  	 	  	under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act
			
	 	  	 	  	__________________________________________
	 	  	 	  	 (State)

  
 Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 
  

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 ASSIGNMENT 

 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto 
  
 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF 
 ASSIGNEE: 
  

	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code, of assignee)

  
                                       
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                    
 the within Note and all rights
thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
                                        
attorney to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  

			
	 Dated:
                    
	  	                                      
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                   
	
	 Signature Guaranteed by                                 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                 

  
 NOTICE: The
signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or by
a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable. 
  

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 EXHIBIT B 
  
 SCHEDULE OF NOTIONAL AMOUNTS OF THE SWAP AGREEMENT 
  

											
	Period

	 	Payment Date

	 	Notional
Amount ($)

	 	Period

	 	Payment Date

	 	Notional
Amount ($)

	1	 	July 2005	 	0.00	 	31	 	January 2008	 	140,384,084.99
	2	 	August 2005	 	0.00	 	32	 	February 2008	 	130,505,479.18
	3	 	September 2005	 	0.00	 	33	 	March 2008	 	122,412,982.09
	4	 	October 2005	 	0.00	 	34	 	April 2008	 	114,718,386.21
	5	 	November 2005	 	0.00	 	35	 	May 2008	 	107,402,160.19
	6	 	December 2005	 	1,007,515,448.69	 	36	 	June 2008	 	100,445,730.01
	7	 	January 2006	 	982,294,455.09	 	37	 	July 2008	 	93,831,792.02
	8	 	February 2006	 	954,427,751.03	 	38	 	August 2008	 	93,831,792.02
	9	 	March 2006	 	924,039,506.17	 	39	 	September 2008	 	93,831,792.02
	10	 	April 2006	 	891,276,784.88	 	40	 	October 2008	 	93,831,792.02
	11	 	May 2006	 	856,308,929.93	 	41	 	November 2008	 	93,831,792.02
	12	 	June 2006	 	819,347,678.63	 	42	 	December 2008	 	93,137,433.42
	13	 	July 2006	 	783,925,085.22	 	43	 	January 2009	 	88,544,015.90
	14	 	August 2006	 	749,976,940.69	 	44	 	February 2009	 	83,924,842.90
	15	 	September 2006	 	717,441,721.62	 	45	 	March 2009	 	79,507,368.90
	16	 	October 2006	 	686,260,477.67	 	46	 	April 2009	 	75,307,325.73
	17	 	November 2006	 	656,376,723.69	 	47	 	May 2009	 	71,314,031.21
	18	 	December 2006	 	627,736,336.45	 	48	 	June 2009	 	67,517,327.16
	19	 	January 2007	 	600,287,455.66	 	49	 	July 2009	 	63,907,553.71
	20	 	February 2007	 	573,980,389.13	 	50	 	August 2009	 	60,475,524.89
	21	 	March 2007	 	548,767,522.00	 	51	 	September 2009	 	57,212,505.42
	22	 	April 2007	 	524,603,229.65	 	52	 	October 2009	 	54,110,188.60
	23	 	May 2007	 	501,443,794.35	 	53	 	November 2009	 	51,160,675.35
	24	 	June 2007	 	423,772,546.66	 	54	 	December 2009	 	48,356,454.22
	25	 	July 2007	 	278,477,884.26	 	55	 	January 2010	 	45,690,382.37
	26	 	August 2007	 	239,140,899.41	 	56	 	February 2010	 	43,155,667.56
	27	 	September 2007	 	209,230,192.25	 	57	 	March 2010	 	40,745,850.89
	28	 	October 2007	 	185,905,694.80	 	58	 	April 2010	 	38,454,790.56
	29	 	November 2007	 	167,384,209.40	 	59	 	May 2010	 	36,276,646.22
	30	 	December 2007	 	152,482,779.27	 	60	 	June 2010	 	34,205,864.30

  

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