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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                           DATED AS OF MARCH 18, 2003

                                      AMONG

                              THE CHUBB CORPORATION

                                       AND

                      MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                                  INCORPORATED,

                         DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

                              GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,

                                       AND

                            SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.

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                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                  This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is made
and entered into this 18th day of March, 2003, among The Chubb Corporation, a
New Jersey corporation (the "Company"), and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., and
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers").

                  This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
dated March 14, 2003, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (the
"Purchase Agreement"), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial
Purchasers of (i) an aggregate of $225 million principal amount of the Company's
3.95% Notes due 2008 (the "Notes due 2008") and (ii) an aggregate of $275
million principal amount of the Company's 5.20% Notes due 2013 (the "Notes due
2013" and, together with the Notes due 2008, the "Securities"). In order to
induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company
has agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect
transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution
of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

                  In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

                  1. Definitions.

                  As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined
terms shall have the following meanings:

                  "1933 Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
from time to time.

                  "1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.

                  "Closing Date" shall mean the Closing Time as defined in the
Purchase Agreement.

                  "Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and
shall also include the Company's successors.

                  "Depositary" shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any
other depositary appointed by the Company, provided that such depositary must
have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York.

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                  "Exchange Offer" shall mean the exchange offer by the Company
of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1
hereof.

                  "Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under
the 1933 Act effected pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.

                  "Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange
offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another
appropriate form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and
all documents incorporated by reference therein.

                  "Exchange Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.1 hereof.

                  "Exchange Securities" shall mean (i) the 3.95% Notes due 2008
and (ii) the 5.20% Notes due 2013, issued by the Company under the Indenture
containing terms identical to the Securities in all material respects (except
for references to certain interest rate provisions, restrictions on transfers
and restrictive legends), to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

                  "Holder" shall mean an Initial Purchaser, for so long as it
owns any Registrable Securities, and each of its successors, assigns and direct
and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities
under the Indenture and each Participating Broker-Dealer that holds Exchange
Securities for so long as such Participating Broker-Dealer is required to
deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with
any resale of such Exchange Securities.

                  "Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the
Securities, dated as of October 25, 1989, between the Company and Bank One Trust
Company, N.A., successor in interest to the First National Bank of Chicago, as
trustee, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 18,
2003 between the Company and the Trustee, as the same may be amended, further
supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.

                  "Initial Purchaser" or "Initial Purchasers" shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble.

                  "Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding (as defined in the Indenture)
Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required
hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or any affiliate of the
Company shall be disregarded in determining whether such consent or approval was
given by the Holders of such required percentage amount.

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                  "NASD" shall mean the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.

                  "Participating Broker-Dealer" shall mean any of Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., Goldman,
Sachs & Co. and Salomon Smith Barney and any other broker-dealer which makes a
market in the Securities and exchanges Registrable Securities in the Exchange
Offer for Exchange Securities.

                  "Person" shall mean an individual, partnership (general or
limited), corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated
organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

                  "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a
Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such
prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including
any such prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement,
and by all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated
by reference therein.

                  "Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.

                  "Registrable Securities" shall mean the Securities; provided
that Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration
Statement with respect to such Securities shall have been declared effective
under the 1933 Act and such Securities shall have been exchanged or disposed of
pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such Securities have been sold to
the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not
Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act, or are eligible for sale pursuant to 144(k),
(iii) such Securities shall have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) the Exchange
Offer is consummated (except in the case of Securities purchased from the
Company and continued to be held by the Initial Purchasers).

                  "Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses
incident to performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement,
including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or the NASD
registration and filing fees, including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of
any "qualified independent underwriter" (and its counsel) that is required to be
retained by any holder of Registrable Securities in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the NASD, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws and compliance with the
rules of the NASD (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
any underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of
the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities and any filings with the
NASD), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing,
word processing, printing and

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distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or
supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements
and other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this
Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and of the independent public accountants of the
Company, including the expenses of any special audits or "cold comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance and compliance, (vi) the fees and
expenses of the Trustee, and any escrow agent or custodian, (vii) the reasonable
fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Exchange
Offer, including the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel to the Initial
Purchasers in connection therewith, (viii) the reasonable fees and disbursements
of Davis Polk & Wardwell, special counsel representing the Holders of
Registrable Securities and (ix) any fees and disbursements of the underwriters
customarily required to be paid by issuers or sellers of securities and the fees
and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with
any Registration Statement, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions
and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable
Securities by a Holder.

                  "Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement
of the Company which covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and all amendments and
supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all
exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

                  "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor agency or government body performing the functions currently performed
by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

                  "Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected
pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

                  "Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf"
registration statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2
of this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Securities on an
appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may
be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the
Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated
by reference therein.

                  "Trustee" shall mean the trustee with respect to the
Securities under the Indenture.

                  2. Registration Under the 1933 Act.

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                  2.1 Exchange Offer. The Company shall, for the benefit of the
Holders, (A) use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and, not later than 180
days following the Closing Date, file with the SEC an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the 1933 Act with respect to
a proposed Exchange Offer and the issuance and delivery to the Holders, in
exchange for the Registrable Securities, of a like principal amount of Exchange
Securities, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the 1933 Act within 240
days of the Closing Date, (C) use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective until the closing of the
Exchange Offer and (D) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange
Offer to be consummated not later than 270 days following the Closing Date. The
Exchange Securities will be issued under the Indenture. Upon the effectiveness
of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to promptly commence the Exchange Offer, it being the
objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder eligible and electing to
exchange Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such
Holder (a) is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405
under the 1933 Act, (b) is not a broker-dealer tendering Registrable Securities
acquired directly from the Company for its own account, (c) acquired the
Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and (d) has
no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in the Exchange
Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Securities) to transfer such
Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or
restrictions under the 1933 Act and under state securities or blue sky laws.

                  In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

                           (a) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus
forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an
appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

                           (b) use reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange
Offer open for acceptance for a period of not less than 20 business days after
the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or longer if required by
applicable law) (such period referred to herein as the "Exchange Period");

                           (c) utilize the services of the Depositary for the
Exchange Offer;

                           (d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable
Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), on the last business
day of the Exchange Period, by sending to the institution specified in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission
or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of
Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, and a

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statement that such Holder is withdrawing such Holder's election to have such
Securities exchanged;

                           (e) notify each Holder that any Registrable Security
not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest, but will
not retain any rights under this Agreement (except in the case of the Initial
Purchasers and Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and

                           (f) otherwise comply in all material respects with
all applicable laws relating to the Exchange Offer.

                  The Exchange Securities shall be issued under (i) the
Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to the
Indenture and which, in either case, has been qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), or is exempt from such
qualification and shall provide that the Exchange Securities shall not be
subject to the transfer restrictions imposed on Registrable Securities bearing
the Restricted Legend (as defined in the Indenture). The Indenture or such
indenture shall provide that each series of Securities and any Exchange
Securities issued in exchange therefor shall vote and consent together on all
matters as one class and shall be treated as one series of debt securities under
the Indenture.

                  As soon as reasonably practicable after the close of the
Exchange Offer, the Company shall:

                           (i) accept for exchange all Registrable Securities
                  duly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the
                  Exchange Offer in accordance with the terms of the Exchange
                  Offer Registration Statement and the letter of transmittal
                  which shall be an exhibit thereto;

                           (ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all
                  Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange; and

                           (iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and
                  deliver Exchange Securities to each Holder of Registrable
                  Securities so accepted for exchange in a principal amount
                  equal to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities of
                  such Holder so accepted for exchange.

                  Interest on each Exchange Security will accrue from the last
date on which interest was paid on the Registrable Securities surrendered in
exchange therefor (unless issued after a record date for an interest payment and
prior to the related interest payment date, in which case interest shall accrue
from such interest payment date) or, if no interest has been paid on the
Registrable Securities, from the date of original issuance of the series of
Registrable Securities surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Security. The

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Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than (i) that the
Exchange Offer or the making of any exchange by a Holder, does not violate
applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, (ii)
the due tendering of Registrable Securities in accordance with the Exchange
Offer, (iii) that each Holder of Registrable Securities exchanged in the
Exchange Offer shall have represented that all Exchange Securities to be
received by it shall be acquired in the ordinary course of its business and that
at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer it shall have no
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution
(within the meaning of the 1933 Act) of the Exchange Securities and shall have
made such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable
SEC rules, regulations or interpretations to render the use of Form S-4 or other
appropriate form under the 1933 Act available and (iv) that no action or
proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by or before
any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer which, in the
Company's judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the
Company to proceed with the Exchange Offer. The Company shall inform the Initial
Purchasers of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer
is made, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders
and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange
Offer.

                  2.2 Shelf Registration. (i) If, because of any changes in law,
SEC rules or regulations or applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of
the SEC, the Company is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer as
contemplated by Section 2.1 hereof, (ii) if for any other reason the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective within 240 days following
the original issue of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 270 days after the original issue of the Registrable
Securities, (iii) upon the request of any of the Initial Purchasers with respect
to Securities not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities and held by
it following consummation of the Exchange Offer or (iv) if a Holder (other than
an Initial Purchaser) is prohibited by law or SEC policy to participate in the
Exchange Offer or does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities pursuant
to the Exchange Offer, then in case of each of clauses (i) through (iv) the
Company shall:

                           (a) Use its reasonable best efforts to file with the
                  SEC, and thereafter shall use its reasonable best efforts to
                  cause to be declared effective as promptly as practicable but
                  no later than the later of 330 days after the issue date of
                  the Registrable Securities or 60 days after the date that such
                  filing obligation arises, a Shelf Registration Statement
                  relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities
                  by the Holders from time to time in accordance with the
                  methods of distribution elected by the Majority Holders
                  participating in the Shelf Registration and set forth in such
                  Shelf Registration Statement.

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                           (b) Use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf
                  Registration Statement continuously effective in order to
                  permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by
                  Holders for a period of two years (one year in the case of a
                  Shelf Registration Statement requested by an Initial
                  Purchaser) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is
                  declared effective by the SEC, or for such shorter period that
                  will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by the
                  Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the
                  Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding or
                  otherwise to be Registrable Securities (the "Effectiveness
                  Period"); provided that the Effectiveness Period in respect of
                  the Shelf Registration Statement shall be extended to the
                  extent required to permit dealers to comply with the
                  applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under
                  the 1933 Act and as otherwise provided herein.

                           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
                  suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement
                  by written notice to the Holders for a period not to exceed an
                  aggregate of 45 days in any 90-day period (each such period, a
                  "Suspension Period") if:

                                    (x) an event occurs and is continuing as a
                           result of which the Shelf Registration Statement
                           would, in the Company's reasonable judgment, contain
                           an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
                           state a material fact required to be stated therein
                           or necessary to make the statements therein not
                           misleading; and

                                    (y) the Company reasonably determines that
                           the disclosure of such event at such time would have
                           a material adverse effect on the business of the
                           Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

                  provided that Suspension Periods shall not exceed an aggregate
                  of 90 days in any 365-day period and the Effectiveness Period
                  in respect of the Shelf Registration Statement shall be
                  extended by the aggregate number of days in all Suspension
                  Periods.

                           (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, use
                  its reasonable best efforts to ensure that (i) any Shelf
                  Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any
                  Prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto
                  complies in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the
                  rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration
                  Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes
                  effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
                  omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
                  necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and
                  (iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Shelf Registration

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                  Statement, and any supplement to such Prospectus (as amended
                  or supplemented from time to time), does not include an untrue
                  statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
                  necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the
                  circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in
                  any such case, other than with respect to information included
                  therein in reliance upon or in conformity with written
                  information furnished to the Company by any Holder
                  specifically for user therein).

                  The Company shall not permit any securities other than
Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement. The
Company further agrees, if necessary, to supplement or amend the Shelf
Registration Statement, as required by Section 3(b) below, and to furnish to the
Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment
promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

                  2.3 Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses
in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2. Each Holder
shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any,
relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

                  2.4. Effectiveness. (a) The Company will be deemed not have
used its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become, or
to remain, effective during the requisite period if the Company voluntarily
takes any action that would, or omits to take any action which omission would,
result in any such Registration Statement not being declared effective or in the
Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to exchange or
offer and sell such Registrable Securities during that period as and to the
extent contemplated hereby, unless such action is required by applicable law.

                  (b) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 2.1 hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.2
hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared
effective by the SEC; provided that if, after it has been declared effective,
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by
any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other
governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement will be deemed not to
have become effective during the period of such interference, until the offering
of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally
resume.

                  2.5 Interest. The Indenture executed in connection with the
Securities will provide that in the event that either (a) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the 180th
calendar day following the date of original issue of the Securities, (b) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement has not

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been declared effective on or prior to the 240th calendar day following the date
of original issue of the Securities or (c) (1) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated on or prior to the 270th calendar day following the date of the
original issue of the securities or (2) a Shelf Registration Statement is not
declared effective, on or prior to the later of the 330th calendar day following
the date of original issue of the Securities or the 60th calendar day after the
date that an obligation to file a Shelf Registration Statement arises (each such
event referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above and the event giving rise to
the payment of Additional Interest in the next succeeding paragraph, a
"Registration Default"), the interest rate borne by the Securities shall be
increased ("Additional Interest") by one-quarter of one percent per annum upon
the occurrence of each Registration Default, which rate will increase by
one-quarter of one percent each 90-day period that such Additional Interest
continues to accrue under any such circumstance, provided that the maximum
aggregate increase in the interest rate will in no event exceed one half of one
percent (0.5%) per annum. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults the
accrual of Additional Interest will cease and the interest rate will revert to
the original rate.

                  If the Shelf Registration Statement is unusable by the Holders
for any reason, other than a Suspension Period, then the interest rate borne by
the Securities will be increased by 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of
the Securities for the first 90 days that such Shelf Registration Statement
ceases to be usable, which rate shall be increased by an additional 0.25% per
annum of the principal amount of the Securities at the beginning of each
subsequent 90 days, provided that the maximum aggregate increase in the interest
rate will in no event exceed half of one percent (0.5%) per annum. Any amounts
payable under this paragraph shall also be deemed "Additional Interest" for
purposes of this Agreement and the event giving rise to the payment of
Additional Interest under this paragraph shall constitute an additional
Registration Default for purposes of this Agreement. Upon the Shelf Registration
Statement once again becoming usable, the interest rate borne by the Securities
will be reduced to the original interest rate if the Company is otherwise in
compliance with this Agreement at such time. Additional Interest shall be
computed based on the actual number of days elapsed in each 90-day period in
which the Shelf Registration Statement is unusable.

                  The Company shall notify the Trustee within three business
days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which
Additional Interest is required to be paid (an "Event Date"). Additional
Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit
of the Holders of Registrable Securities, on or before the applicable semiannual
interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the
Additional Interest then due. The Additional Interest due shall be payable on
each interest payment date to the record Holder of Securities entitled to
receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the
Indenture. Each

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obligation to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and
including the day following the applicable Event Date.

                  3. Registration Procedures.

                  In connection with the obligations of the Company with respect
to Registration Statements pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof, the Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to:

                  (a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement,
within the relevant time period specified in Section 2, on the appropriate form
under the 1933 Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Company, (ii) shall,
in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the
Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof, (iii) shall comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and
include or incorporate by reference all financial statements required by the SEC
to be filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein, and (iv) shall
comply in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-T under
the 1933 Act, and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

                  (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary
under applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
applicable period; and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required
prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
(or any similar provision then in force) under the 1933 Act and comply in all
material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder applicable to them with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by each Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution by the selling Holders thereof (including sales by any
Participating Broker-Dealer);

                  (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each
Holder of Registrable Securities, at least five business days prior to filing,
that a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities
is being filed and advising such Holders that the distribution of Registrable
Securities will be made in accordance with the method selected by the Majority
Holders participating in the Shelf Registration; (ii) furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of
Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each
Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or
supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may
reasonably request, including financial statements and schedules and, if the
Holder so requests, all exhibits in order to facilitate the public sale or other
disposition of the Registrable Securities; and (iii) hereby consent to the use
of the Prospectus or any

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amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

                  (d) register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all
applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions as any
Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement and each
underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities shall
reasonably request by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared
effective by the SEC, and do any and all other acts and things which may be
reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Holder and underwriter to
consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable
Securities owned by such Holder; provided, that the Company shall not be
required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in
any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
this Section 3(d), or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general
service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject;

                  (e) notify promptly each Holder of Registrable Securities
under a Shelf Registration or any Participating Broker-Dealer who has notified
the Company that it is utilizing the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as
provided in paragraph (f) below and, if requested by such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer, confirm such advice in writing promptly (i) when a
Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective
amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the
SEC or any state securities authority for post-effective amendments and
supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional
information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the
issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, if,
between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any
sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in any underwriting agreement, securities
sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to the offering
cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (v) of the happening of
any event or the discovery of any facts during the period a Shelf Registration
Statement is effective which makes any statement made in such Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which
requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus
in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (vi) of the receipt by
the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities, as the
case may be, for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of
any proceeding for such purpose and (vii) of any determination by the Company
that a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement would be
appropriate;

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                  (f) (A) in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement (i) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section
entitled "Plan of Distribution" which section shall be reasonably acceptable to
Merrill Lynch on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers, and which shall
contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff
of the SEC with respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any
broker-dealer that holds Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as
a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that will
be the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of
Exchange Securities to be received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer,
whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff
of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of Merrill
Lynch on behalf of the Participating Broker-Dealers and its counsel, represent
the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC, including a statement that any
such broker-dealer who receives Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities
pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be deemed a statutory underwriter and must
deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with
any resale of such Exchange Securities, (ii) furnish to each Participating
Broker-Dealer who has delivered to the Company the notice referred to in Section
3(e), without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus included in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Broker-Dealer may
reasonably request, (iii) hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus forming
part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
thereto, by any Person subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
SEC, including all Participating Broker-Dealers, in connection with the sale or
transfer of the Exchange Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto, and (iv) include in the transmittal letter or similar
documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in
the Exchange Offer (x) the following provision:

                "If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding Registrable
                Securities acquired for its own account as a result of
                market-making activities or other trading activities, it will
                deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in
                connection with any resale of Exchange Securities received in
                respect of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange
                Offer;" and

(y) a statement to the effect that by a broker-dealer making the acknowledgment
described in clause (x) and by delivering a Prospectus in connection with the
exchange of Registrable Securities, the broker-dealer will not be deemed to
admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act; and

                           (B) in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Company agrees, upon request of the Initial

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Purchasers, to deliver to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Participating
Broker-Dealers upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement (i) an opinion of counsel or opinions of counsel substantially to the
effect of Exhibit A hereto, (ii) officers' certificates substantially in the
form customarily delivered in a public offering of debt securities and (iii) a
comfort letter or comfort letters in customary form to the extent permitted by
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (or if such a comfort letter is not permitted, an agreed upon
procedures letter in customary form) from the Company's independent certified
public accountants (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public
accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the
Company for which financial statements are, or are required to be, included in
the Registration Statement), using reasonable best efforts to ensure that such
comfort letter is, or comfort letters are, at least as broad in scope and
coverage as the comfort letter delivered to the Initial Purchasers in connection
with the initial sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers;

                  (g) (i) in the case of an Exchange Offer, furnish counsel for
the Initial Purchasers and (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish
counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any comment letters
received from the SEC or any other request by the SEC or any state securities
authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement and
Prospectus or for additional information;

                  (h) use reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the
earliest possible moment;

                  (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each
Holder of Registrable Securities, and each underwriter, if any, without charge,
at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules
(without documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto,
unless requested);

                  (j) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the
selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and
not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Registrable Securities to
be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and
registered in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, may
reasonably request at least three business days prior to the closing of any sale
of Registrable Securities;

                  (k) in the case of a Shelf Registration, subject to the
Company's suspending the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement as
provided in 2.2(b) hereof, upon the occurrence of any event or the discovery of
any facts, each as contemplated by Sections 3(e)(v) and 3(e)(vi) hereof, use its
reasonable best efforts to

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prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or
file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of the Registrable Securities or Participating Broker-Dealers, such
Prospectus will not contain at the time of such delivery any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading or will remain so qualified. At such time as such public
disclosure is otherwise made or the Company determines that such disclosure is
not necessary, in each case to correct any misstatement of a material fact or to
include any omitted material fact, the Company agrees promptly to notify each
Holder of such determination and to furnish each Holder such number of copies of
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, as such Holder may reasonably
request;

                (l) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior
to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a
Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any
document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement
or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies
of such document to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders; and make
representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders
of Registrable Securities, or the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders,
available for discussion of such document;

                (m) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or
Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of
a Registration Statement, and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for
the Exchange Securities, or the Registrable Securities, as the case may be, in a
form eligible for deposit with the Depositary;

                (n) (i) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA in
connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable
Securities, as the case may be, (ii) cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders
to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to
be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA and (iii) execute, and
use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be
required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents required to
be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely
manner;

                (o) in the case of a Shelf Registration, if requested by the
Majority Holders, enter into customary agreements (including underwriting
agreements) and take all other customary and appropriate actions in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and in
such connection whether or not an

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underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an
underwritten registration:

                           (i) make such representations and warranties to the
                Holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if
                any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by
                issuers to underwriters in similar underwritten offerings as may
                be reasonably requested by them;

                          (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (which
                counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be
                reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters, if any,
                and the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
                Registrable Securities being sold) addressed to each selling
                Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering the matters
                customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of securities
                or underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be
                reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;

                         (iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters (or if a comfort
                letter is not permitted, an agreed upon procedures letter in
                customary form) from the Company's independent certified public
                accountants (and, if necessary, any other independent certified
                public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any
                business acquired by the Company for which financial statements
                are, or are required to be, included in the Registration
                Statement) addressed to the underwriters, if any, and use
                reasonable efforts to have such letter addressed to the selling
                Holders of Registrable Securities (to the extent consistent with
                Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 of the American Institute
                of Certified Public Accounts), such letters to be in customary
                form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in
                "cold comfort" letters to underwriters in connection with
                similar underwritten offerings;

                           (iv) enter into a securities sales agreement with the
                Holders and an agent of the Holders providing for, among other
                things, the appointment of such agent for the selling Holders
                for the purpose of soliciting purchases of Registrable
                Securities, which agreement shall be in form, substance and
                scope customary for similar offerings;

                           (v) if an underwriting agreement is entered into,
                cause the same to set forth indemnification provisions and
                procedures with respect to the underwriters and all other
                parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section or, at the
                request of any underwriters, in the form

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                customarily provided to such underwriters in similar types of
                transactions; and

                          (vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be
                reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in similar
                offerings to the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
                the Registrable Securities being sold and the managing
                underwriters, if any.

The above shall be done (i) at the effectiveness of such Registration Statement
(and each post-effective amendment thereto, which, for the avoidance of doubt,
does not include the filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to the 1934
Act), but only if there exists at the time of effectiveness an underwriter with
respect to the Securities within the meaning of Section 11 of the 1933 Act that
is proposing to make a contemporaneous offer of Registrable Securities and (ii)
at a maximum of two closings under any underwriting or similar agreement as and
to the extent required thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall enter into a securities sales agreement pursuant to a request by the
Majority Holders under clause (o)(iv) above at the time specified in such
request if such agreement does not require the Company to take the actions
specified under clauses (o)(i) - (o)(iii) and (o)(vi) above."

                (p) in the case of a Shelf Registration or if a Prospectus is
required to be delivered by any Participating Broker-Dealer in the case of an
Exchange Offer, make available for inspection by representatives of the Holders
of the Registrable Securities, any underwriters participating in any disposition
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, any Participating Broker-Dealer and
any counsel or accountant retained by any of the foregoing, all financial and
other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company
reasonably requested by any such persons, and cause the respective officers,
directors, employees, and any other agents of the Company to supply all
information reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter,
special counsel or accountant in connection with a Registration Statement, and
make such representatives of the Company available for discussion of such
documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers;

                (q) (i) in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to an Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus,
provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel to the
Holders of Registrable Securities and make such changes in any such document
prior to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers or counsel to the Holders
of Registrable Securities may reasonably request and, except as otherwise
required by applicable law, not file any such document in a form to which the
Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable

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Securities and counsel to the Holders of Registrable Securities shall not have
previously been advised and furnished a copy of or to which the Initial
Purchasers on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities or counsel to the
Holders of Registrable Securities shall reasonably object, and make the
representatives of the Company available for discussion of such documents as
shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers; and

                           (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a
reasonable time prior to filing any Shelf Registration Statement, any Prospectus
forming a part thereof, any amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to such Prospectus, provide copies of such document to
the Holders of Registrable Securities, to the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for
the Holders and to the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering
of Registrable Securities, if any, make such changes in any such document prior
to the filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers, the counsel to the Holders or
the underwriter or underwriters reasonably request and not file any such
document in a form to which the Majority Holders, the Initial Purchasers on
behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities, counsel for the Holders of
Registrable Securities or any underwriter shall not have previously been advised
and furnished a copy of or to which the Majority Holders, the Initial Purchasers
of behalf of the Holders of Registrable Securities, counsel to the Holders of
Registrable Securities or any underwriter shall reasonably object, and make the
representatives of the Company available for discussion of such document as
shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities, the
Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, counsel for the Holders of
Registrable Securities or any underwriter.

                (r) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration to
be rated by the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Majority
Holders; or if requested by the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten
offering of Registrable Securities, if any;

                (s) otherwise comply in all material respects with all
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its security
holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering at
least 12 months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933
Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

                (t) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with
the NASD and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, in the performance of any due
diligence investigation by any underwriter and its counsel (including any
"qualified independent underwriter" that is required to be retained in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD); and

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                (u) upon consummation of the Exchange Offer obtain a customary
opinion of counsel to the Company addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of
all Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Exchange Offer or
Private Exchange, and which includes an opinion that (i) the Company has duly
authorized, executed and delivered the Exchange Securities and the related
indenture, and (ii) each of the Exchange Securities and related indenture
constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its respective terms (with customary
exceptions).

                In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may
(as a condition to such Holder's participation in the Shelf Registration)
require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such
information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of
such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably
request in writing.

                In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder
agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any
event or the discovery of any facts, each of the kind described in Section
3(e)(v) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder's
receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by
Section 3(k) hereof or such holder is advised in writing by the Company that the
use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional
or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If
so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at its
expense) all copies in such Holder's possession, other than permanent file
copies then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

                In the event that the Company fails to effect the Exchange Offer
or file any Shelf Registration Statement and maintain the effectiveness of any
Shelf Registration Statement as provided herein, and, until the earlier of such
failure has been cured or the outstanding securities cease to be Registrable
Securities, the Company shall not file any Registration Statement on a form upon
which the Registrable Securities could have been registered.

                If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf
Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the
underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers that will manage such
offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of such Registrable Securities
included in such offering and shall be acceptable to the Company. No Holder of
Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten registration
hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Registrable
Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved

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by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes
and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.

                Upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, each
Holder shall notify the Company at least three business days prior to any
intended distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement. Each Holder agrees to hold any communication by the
Company in response to such a notice of sale in confidence.

                4. Indemnification; Contribution.

               (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial
Purchasers, each Holder, each Participating Broker-Dealer, each Person who
participates as an underwriter (any such Person being an "Underwriter") and each
Person, if any, who controls any Holder or Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

                         (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage
        and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement
        or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
        Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) pursuant
        to which Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities were registered
        under the 1933 Act, including all documents incorporated therein by
        reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material
        fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
        therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or
        alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus
        (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged
        omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the
        statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
        were made, not misleading;

                         (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage
        and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate
        amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
        proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
        or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
        omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided
        that (subject to Section 4(d) below) any such settlement is effected
        with the written consent of the Company; and

                         (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as
        incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by any
        indemnified party), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or
        defending against any litigation,

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        or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body,
        commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
        untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or
        omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under
        subparagraph (i) or (ii) above;

provided, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Holder or
Underwriter expressly for use in a Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

                (b) Each Holder severally, but not jointly, agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, the Initial Purchasers, each Underwriter and the
other selling Holders, and each of their respective directors and officers, and
each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Initial Purchasers, any
Underwriter or any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 4(a)
hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or
alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Shelf Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus included therein (or any amendment
or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in the
Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, that no such Holder shall be
liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received
by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement.

                (c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as
reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action or proceeding
commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but
failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying
party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced
as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. An
indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such
action; provided, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with
the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party.
In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate
from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one
action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written

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consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry
of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any
claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be
sought under this Section 4 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual
or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i)
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does
not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

                  (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 4 is
for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the
aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Holders and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims,
damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

         The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Holders and
the Initial Purchasers on the other hand shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Company, the Holders or the Initial Purchasers
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

         The Company, the Holders and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated
as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
Section 4. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section
4 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4, no Initial Purchaser
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Securities sold by it were offered exceeds the amount
of any damages which

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such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

         No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

         For purposes of this Section 4, each Person, if any, who controls an
Initial Purchaser or Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Initial Purchaser or Holder, and each director of the Company, and each Person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as
the Company. The Initial Purchasers' respective obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the principal amount of
Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A to the
Purchase Agreement and not joint.

                  5. Miscellaneous.

                  5.1 Rule 144 and Rule 144A. For so long as Registrable
Securities remain outstanding and the Company is subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15 of the 1934 Act, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the
1933 Act and Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder. If the Company ceases to be so
required to file such reports, the Company will, upon the request of any Holder
of Registrable Securities (a) make publicly available such information as is
necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, (b) deliver
such information to a prospective purchaser as is necessary to permit sales
pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and it will take such further action as
any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, and (c) take such
further action that is reasonable in the circumstances, to the extent required
from time to time to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable Securities
without registration under the 1933 Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by (i) Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be amended from
time to time, (ii) Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time, or (iii) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted
by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the
Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements.

                  5.2 No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered
into and the Company will not after the date of this Agreement enter into any
agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of
Registrable Securities in this

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Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted
to the Holders hereunder do not and will not for the term of this Agreement in
any way conflict with the rights granted to the holders of the Company's other
issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

                  5.3 Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders
of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement,
waiver or departure.

                  5.4 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to
the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 5.4, which address initially is the address set forth in the Purchase
Agreement with respect to the Initial Purchasers; and (b) if to the Company,
initially at the Company's address set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and
thereafter at such other address of which notice is given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 5.4.

                  All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; two
business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient's
facsimile machine operator, if telecopied; and on the next business day if
timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

                  Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications
shall be concurrently delivered by the person giving the same to the Trustee
under the Indenture, at the address specified in such Indenture.

                  5.5 Successor and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each
of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an
express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be
deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.
If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities
shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and
holding such Registrable Securities such person shall be conclusively deemed to
have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of
this Agreement,

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including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if
applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such person shall be entitled to receive
the benefits hereof.

                  5.6 Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder of Registrable
Securities shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder
between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other
hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent
it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights
hereunder.

                  5.7. Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies
available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Company acknowledges
that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Sections
2.1 through 2.4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial
Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it
would not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that,
in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may
obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company's
obligations under Sections 2.1 through 2.4 hereof.

                  5.8. Restriction on Resales. Until the expiration of two years
after the original issuance of the Securities, the Company will not, and will
cause any of its "affiliates" (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under
the 1933 Act) controlled by the Company not to, resell any Securities which are
"restricted securities" (as such term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3) under the
1933 Act), whether as beneficial owner or otherwise (except as agent acting as a
securities broker on behalf of and for the accounting customers in the ordinary
course of business in unsolicited brokers transactions), that have been
reacquired by any of them and shall immediately upon any purchase of any such
Securities submit such Securities to the Trustee for cancellation.

                  5.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

                  5.10 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.

                  5.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO
THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THEREOF.

                  5.12 Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or

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unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision
in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall
not be affected or impaired thereby.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.

                                        THE CHUBB CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ John D. Finnegan
                                              Name:  John D. Finnegan
                                              Title:    Chief Executive Officer

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\

Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
            INCORPORATED
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.

BY:  MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                 INCORPORATED

By: /s/ Joesph E. Consolino
    -----------------------

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                           FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL

                  1. The Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (other than the financial statements, notes or schedules thereto and
other financial data and supplemental schedules included or incorporated by
reference therein or omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion), comply as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the applicable rules and regulations
promulgated under the 1933 Act.

         Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that
the Registration Statement (except for financial statements and schedules and
other financial data included therein as to which we make no statement)
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading or that the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
(except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included
therein, as to which such counsel need make no statement), at the time the
Prospectus was issued or at the time any such amended or supplemented Prospectus
was issued, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.

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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC.
                                    Depositor

                                       and

                WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                     Trustee

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

                                 TRUST AGREEMENT

                           Dated as of August 1, 2003

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

                     MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST
                               SERIES MLCC 2003-E

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                Page
<S>                                                                                                             <C>
ARTICLE I             DEFINITIONS.............................................................................   18

         Section 1.01          Definitions....................................................................   18

         Section 1.02          Calculations Respecting Mortgage Loans.........................................   53

ARTICLE II            DECLARATION OF TRUST; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES..........................................   53

         Section 2.01          Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of Mortgage Loans...........   53

         Section 2.02          Acceptance of Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of Documentation for Trust Fund....   55

         Section 2.03          Representations and Warranties of the Depositor................................   56

         Section 2.04          Discovery of Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans..............   58

         Section 2.05          Grant Clause...................................................................   61

         Section 2.06          Representation and Warranty of the Seller......................................   62

ARTICLE III           THE CERTIFICATES........................................................................   63

         Section 3.01          The Certificates...............................................................   63

         Section 3.02          Registration...................................................................   63

         Section 3.03          Transfer and Exchange of Certificates..........................................   64

         Section 3.04          Cancellation of Certificates...................................................   67

         Section 3.05          Replacement of Certificates....................................................   67

         Section 3.06          Persons Deemed Owners..........................................................   68

         Section 3.07          Temporary Certificates.........................................................   68

         Section 3.08          Appointment of Paying Agent....................................................   69

         Section 3.09          Book-Entry Certificates........................................................   69

ARTICLE IV            ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND........................................................   70

         Section 4.01          Custodial Accounts; Distribution Account.......................................   70

         Section 4.02          Reports to Trustee and Certificateholders......................................   71

ARTICLE V             DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES................................................   74

         Section 5.01          Distributions Generally........................................................   74

         Section 5.02          Distributions from the Distribution Account....................................   75

         Section 5.03          Allocation of Losses...........................................................   79

         Section 5.04          Advances.......................................................................   79
</TABLE>

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<S>                                                                                                              <C>
         Section 5.05          [RESERVED].....................................................................   80

         Section 5.06          [RESERVED].....................................................................   80

ARTICLE VI            CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE; EVENTS OF DEFAULT...............................................   80

         Section 6.01          Duties of Trustee..............................................................   80

         Section 6.02          Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee..........................................   82

         Section 6.03          Trustee Not Liable for Certificates............................................   83

         Section 6.04          Trustee May Own Certificates...................................................   84

         Section 6.05          Eligibility Requirements for Trustee...........................................   84

         Section 6.06          Resignation and Removal of Trustee.............................................   84

         Section 6.07          Successor Trustee..............................................................   85

         Section 6.08          Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.............................................   86

         Section 6.09          Appointment of Co-Trustee, Separate Trustee or Custodian.......................   86

         Section 6.10          Authenticating Agents..........................................................   87

         Section 6.11          Indemnification of Trustee.....................................................   88

         Section 6.12          Fees and Expenses of the Trustee...............................................   89

         Section 6.13          Collection of Monies...........................................................   89

         Section 6.14          Events of Default; Trustee To Act; Appointment of Successor....................   89

         Section 6.15          Additional Remedies of Trustee Upon Event of Default...........................   91

         Section 6.16          Waiver of Defaults.............................................................   91

         Section 6.17          Notification to Holders........................................................   91

         Section 6.18          Directions by Certificateholders and Duties of Trustee During Event of Default.   92

         Section 6.19          Preparation of Tax Returns and Other Reports...................................   92

         Section 6.20          Annual Certificate by Trustee..................................................   93

ARTICLE VII           PURCHASE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND TERMINATION OF THE TRUST FUND............................   93

         Section 7.01          Purchase of Mortgage Loans; Termination of Trust Fund Upon
                               Purchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans..................................   94

         Section 7.02          Procedure Upon Redemption or Termination of Trust Fund.........................   94

         Section 7.03          Additional Trust Fund Termination Requirements.................................   95

         Section 7.04          [RESERVED].....................................................................   96

ARTICLE VIII          RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS............................................................   96

         Section 8.01          Limitation on Rights of Holders................................................   96
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                             <C>
         Section 8.02          Access to List of Holders......................................................   97

         Section 8.03          Acts of Holders of Certificates................................................   97

ARTICLE IX            [RESERVED]..............................................................................   98

ARTICLE X             REMIC ADMINISTRATION....................................................................   98

         Section 10.01         REMIC Administration...........................................................   98

         Section 10.02         Prohibited Transactions and Activities.........................................  102

         Section 10.03         Indemnification with Respect to Prohibited Transactions or
                               Loss of REMIC Status...........................................................  102

         Section 10.04         REO Property...................................................................  103

ARTICLE XI            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS................................................................  103

         Section 11.01         Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment........................................  103

         Section 11.02         Entire Agreement...............................................................  104

         Section 11.03         Amendment......................................................................  104

         Section 11.04         Voting Rights..................................................................  105

         Section 11.05         Provision of Information.......................................................  105

         Section 11.06         Governing Law..................................................................  106

         Section 11.07         Notices........................................................................  106

         Section 11.08         Severability of Provisions.....................................................  106

         Section 11.09         Indulgences; No Waivers........................................................  106

         Section 11.10         Headings Not To Affect Interpretation..........................................  107

         Section 11.11         Benefits of Agreement..........................................................  107

         Section 11.12         Special Notices to the Rating Agencies.........................................  107

         Section 11.13         Conflicts......................................................................  108

         Section 11.14         Counterparts...................................................................  108

         Section 11.15         No Petitions...................................................................  108
</TABLE>

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ATTACHMENTS

<TABLE>
<S>                        <C>
Exhibit A                  Forms of Certificates

Exhibit B                  Form of Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit (Transferee)

Exhibit C                  Form of Residual Certificate Transfer Affidavit (Transferor)

Exhibit D                  Mortgage Loan Servicing Agreement

Exhibit E                  Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

Exhibit F                  List of Limited Purpose Surety Bonds

Exhibit G                  Form of Rule 144A Transfer Certificate

Exhibit H                  Form of Purchaser's Letter for Institutional Accredited Investors

Exhibit I                  Form of ERISA Transfer Affidavit

Exhibit J                  Form of Letter of Representations with the Depository Trust Company

Exhibit K                  Form of Initial Certification

Exhibit L                  Form of Final Certification

Exhibit M                  List of Servicing Officers

Exhibit N                  Form of Request for Release

Exhibit O                  Custody Agreement (without Exhibits)

Exhibit P                  Amendment No. 1 to Custodial Agreement (without Exhibits)

Exhibit Q                  Officer's Certificate - Trustee

Schedule A                 Mortgage Loan Schedule

Schedule B                 Mortgage Loan Representations and Warranties of the Originator
</TABLE>

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         This TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 2003 (the "Agreement"), by
and among MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as
depositor (the "Depositor"), and WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), and acknowledged by MERRILL LYNCH
CREDIT CORPORATION a Delaware corporation, as originator (the "Originator"), for
purposes of Section 2.04.

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

         The Depositor has acquired the Mortgage Loans originated by the
Originator from Sequoia Residential Funding Inc., which acquired the Mortgage
Loans from the Seller and at the Closing Date is the owner of the Mortgage Loans
and the other property being conveyed by the Depositor to the Trustee hereunder
for inclusion in the Trust Fund. On the Closing Date, the Depositor will acquire
the Certificates from the Trustee as consideration for the Depositor's transfer
to the Trust Fund of the Mortgage Loans and the other property constituting the
Trust Fund. The Depositor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Agreement to provide for the conveyance to the Trustee of the Mortgage Loans and
the other property constituting the Trust Fund. All covenants and agreements
made by the Originator in the Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement and in
this Agreement and by the Depositor and the Trustee herein with respect to the
Mortgage Loans and the other property constituting the Trust Fund are for the
benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Certificates. The Depositor and
the Trustee are entering into this Agreement, and the Trustee is accepting the
Trust Fund created hereby, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged.

         As provided herein, the Trustee shall elect that the Trust Fund be
treated for federal income tax purposes as comprising five real estate mortgage
investment conduits (each a "REMIC" or, in the alternative, "REMIC 1," "REMIC
2," "REMIC 3," "REMIC 4" and the "Upper Tier REMIC," respectively) in a tiered
structure. The Certificates, other than the Class A-R Certificate, shall
represent ownership of regular interests in the Upper Tier REMIC. For federal
income tax purposes, in addition to representing ownership of a REMIC regular
interest, (i) each of the Class A-1 Certificates represents the right to receive
payments in respect of interest accruals on the Class A-1 Certificates at rates
in excess of the Pool 1 Adjusted Net WAC, including all payments in respect of
Basis Risk Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls, (ii) each of the Class
A-2 Certificates represents the right to receive payments in respect of interest
accruals on the Class A-2 Certificates at rates in excess of the Pool 2 Adjusted
Net WAC, including all payments in respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls and Unpaid
Basis Risk Shortfalls, and (iii) each of the Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3
Certificates represents the right to receive payments in respect of Basis Risk
Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls as provided in Section 5.06. For
federal income tax purposes, (i) each Class X-A-1 Certificate will represent two
REMIC regular interests, the rights to receive certain non-REMIC payments from
the holders of the Class X-A-2 Certificates and the obligation to make certain
non-REMIC payments to the holders of the Class A-1 and Class A-2 Certificates,
(ii) each Class X-A-2 Certificate will represent two REMIC regular interests and
the obligation to make certain non-REMIC payments to the holders of the Class
A-1, Class A-2 and Class X-A-1 Certificates and (iii) each Class X-B Certificate
will represent three REMIC regular interests and the obligation to make certain
payments to the holders of the Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates
in

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respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls. The Class
A-R Certificate represents the sole class of residual interest in each of REMIC
1, REMIC 2, REMIC 3, REMIC 4 and the Upper Tier REMIC.

         The Upper Tier REMIC shall hold as its assets the several classes of
uncertificated REMIC 4 Regular Interests and the uncertificated REMIC 3 IO
Classes. REMIC 4 shall hold as its assets the several classes of uncertificated
REMIC 3 Regular Interests other than the REMIC 3 IO Classes. REMIC 3 shall hold
as its assets the several classes of uncertificated REMIC 2 Regular Interests.
REMIC 2 shall hold as its assets the several uncertificated classes of REMIC 1
Regular Interests. REMIC 1 shall hold as its assets the property of the Trust
Fund other than the REMIC 1 Interests, the REMIC 2 Interests, the REMIC 3
Interests and the REMIC 4 Interests.

         Each Upper Tier REMIC Regular Interest is hereby designated as a
regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.
Each REMIC 4 Regular Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in
REMIC 4 for purposes of the REMIC provisions. Each REMIC 3 Regular Interest is
hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 3 for purposes of the REMIC
provisions. Each REMIC 2 Regular Interest is hereby designated as a regular
interest in REMIC 2 for purposes of the REMIC provisions. Each REMIC 1 Regular
Interest is hereby designated as a regular interest in REMIC 1 for purposes of
the REMIC Provisions.

         The Class LT1-R Interest is hereby designated as the sole class of
residual interest in REMIC 1 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The Class
LT2-R Interest is hereby designated as the sole class of residual interest in
REMIC 2 for purposes of the REMIC provisions. The Class LT3-R Interest is hereby
designated as the sole class of residual interest in REMIC 3 for purposes of the
REMIC Provisions. The Class LT4-R Interest is hereby designated as the sole
class of residual interest in REMIC 4 for purposes of the REMIC Provisions. The
Class A-R Certificate, other than the portion thereof representing the right to
receive payments in respect of the Class LT1-R Interest, the Class LT2-R
Interest, the Class LT3-R Interest or the Class LT4-R Interest, is hereby
designated as the sole class of residual interest in the Upper Tier REMIC for
purposes of the REMIC provisions and will also represent the Class LT1-R
Interest, the LT2-R Interest, the Class LT3-R Interest and the Class LT4-R
Interest.

THE REMIC 1 INTERESTS

         The following table sets forth (or describes) the class designation,
interest rate, initial principal amount, and related pool of Mortgage Loans for
each class of REMIC 1 Interests:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           Interest   Related Mortgage Pool or
Class Designation       Principal Amount     Rate             Pools
-----------------       ----------------     ----             -----
<S>                    <C>                 <C>        <C>
LT11A                  $    263,395.5469     (2)           Pool 1
LT11B                  $  8,496,446.5469     (3)           Pool 1
LT12A                  $     47,989.4018     (2)           Pool 2
LT12B                  $  1,547,989.4018     (4)           Pool 2
LT1Z                   $994,087,773.9726     (2)           Pool 1 and Pool 2
LT1-R                  (1)                   (1)           N/A
</TABLE>

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--------

     (1) The Class LT1-R Interest represents the sole class of residual interest
         in REMIC 1 and has neither a principal amount nor an interest rate. The
         Class LT1-R Interest shall be represented by the Class A-R Certificate.

     (2) The Class LT11A Interest, the Class LT12A Interest and the Class LT1Z
         Interest shall have an interest rate for each Distribution Date (and
         the related accrual period) equal to the Net WAC.

     (3) The Class LT11B Interest shall have an interest rate for any
         Distribution Date (and the related accrual period) equal to the Pool 1
         Net WAC.

     (4) The Class LT12B Interest shall have an interest rate for any
         Distribution Date (and the related accrual period) equal to the Pool 2
         Net WAC.

         On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall first pay or charge as an
expense of REMIC 1 all expenses of the Trust for such Distribution Date.

Principal distributions shall be deemed to be made on the REMIC 1 Interests
first, so as to keep the uncertificated principal balance of each REMIC 1
Interest ending with the designation "A" equal to 1% of the excess of (x) the
aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool
over (y) the aggregate class principal amounts of the Certificates in the
Certificate Group related to such Mortgage Pool (except that if 1% of any such
excess is greater than the principal amount of the corresponding REMIC 1
Interest ending with the designation "A", the least amount of principal shall be
distributed to such REMIC 1 Interests such that the REMIC 1 Subordinated Balance
Ratio is maintained); second, to each REMIC 1 Interest ending with the
designation "B" so as to keep the uncertificated principal balance of each such
REMIC 1 Interest equal to 1% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans in the related Mortgage Pool and finally, all remaining principal amounts
shall be distributed in respect of the Class LT1Z Interest. Realized Losses with
respect to principal shall be allocated among the REMIC 1 Interests first, so as
to keep the uncertificated principal balance of each REMIC 1 Interest ending
with the designation "A" equal to 1% of the excess of (x) the aggregate
Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool over (y)
the aggregate class principal amounts of the Certificates in the Certificate
Group related to such Mortgage Pool (except that if 1% of any such excess is
greater than the principal amount of the corresponding REMIC 1 Interest ending
with the designation "A", the least amount of losses shall be allocated to such
REMIC 1 Interests such that the REMIC 1 Subordinated Balance Ratio is
maintained); second, to each REMIC 1 Interest ending with the designation "B" so
as to keep the uncertificated principal balance of each such REMIC 1 Interest
equal to 1% of the aggregate Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the
related Mortgage Pool and finally, all remaining Realized Losses with respect to
principal shall be distributed in respect of the Class LT1Z Interest.

         All computations with respect to the REMIC 1 Interests shall be
computed to eight decimal places.

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THE REMIC 2 INTERESTS

         The following table sets forth (or describes) the class designation,
interest rate, and initial principal amount for each class of REMIC 2 Interests:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      Interest
Class Designation             Principal Amount           Rate
-----------------             ----------------        --------
<S>                           <C>                      <C>
LT21A1                         $ 29,960,054.44            (2)
LT21A2                         $ 28,903,607.06            (2)
LT21A3                         $ 27,884,412.00            (2)
LT21A4                         $ 26,901,155.65            (2)
LT21A5                         $ 25,952,570.76            (2)
LT21A6                         $ 25,037,434.72            (2)
LT21A7                         $ 24,154,568.11            (2)
LT21A8                         $ 23,302,833.00            (2)
LT21A9                         $ 22,481,131.67            (2)
LT21A10                        $ 21,688,405.06            (2)
LT21A11                        $ 20,923,631.46            (2)
LT21A12                        $ 20,185,825.21            (2)
LT21A13                        $ 19,474,035.39            (2)
LT21A14                        $ 18,787,344.59            (2)
LT21A15                        $ 18,124,867.80            (2)
LT21A16                        $ 17,485,751.17            (2)
LT21A17                        $ 16,869,170.99            (2)
LT21A18                        $ 16,274,332.57            (2)
LT21A19                        $ 15,700,469.27            (2)
LT21A20                        $ 15,146,841.45            (2)
LT21A21                        $ 14,148,353.27            (2)
LT21A22                        $ 13,641,268.44            (2)
LT21A23                        $ 13,152,208.74            (2)
LT21A24                        $ 12,680,535.99            (2)
LT21A25                        $ 12,225,634.61            (2)
LT21A26                        $ 11,786,910.76            (2)
LT21A27                        $ 11,363,791.56            (2)
LT21A28                        $ 10,955,724.40            (2)
LT21A29                        $ 10,562,176.20            (2)
LT21A30                        $ 10,182,632.68            (2)
LT21A31                        $  9,816,597.79            (2)
LT21A32                        $  9,463,592.96            (2)
LT21A33                        $  9,123,156.58            (2)
LT21A34                        $  8,794,843.30            (2)
LT21A35                        $  8,478,223.58            (2)
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>                        <C>
LT21A36                        $  8,172,883.01            (2)
LT21A37                        $  7,529,063.74            (2)
LT21A38                        $  7,263,574.91            (2)
LT21A39                        $  7,007,447.73            (2)
LT21A40                        $  6,760,352.05            (2)
LT21A41                        $  6,521,969.43            (2)
LT21A42                        $  6,291,992.64            (2)
LT21A43                        $  6,070,125.24            (2)
LT21A44                        $  5,856,081.32            (2)
LT21A45                        $  5,649,584.97            (2)
LT21A46                        $  5,450,370.07            (2)
LT21A47                        $  5,258,179.86            (2)
LT21A48                        $143,859,281.80            (2)
LT21AR                         $        100.00            (2)
LT22A1                         $  5,458,499.21            (3)
LT22A2                         $  5,266,022.35            (3)
LT22A3                         $  5,080,332.58            (3)
LT22A4                         $  4,901,190.59            (3)
LT22A5                         $  4,728,365.47            (3)
LT22A6                         $  4,561,634.49            (3)
LT22A7                         $  4,400,782.75            (3)
LT22A8                         $  4,245,602.95            (3)
LT22A9                         $  4,095,895.08            (3)
LT22A10                        $  3,951,466.18            (3)
LT22A11                        $  3,812,130.11            (3)
LT22A12                        $  3,677,707.30            (3)
LT22A13                        $  3,548,024.49            (3)
LT22A14                        $  3,422,914.53            (3)
LT22A15                        $  3,302,216.18            (3)
LT22A16                        $  3,185,773.88            (3)
LT22A17                        $  3,073,437.55            (3)
LT22A18                        $  2,965,062.42            (3)
LT22A19                        $  2,860,508.79            (3)
LT22A20                        $  2,759,641.92            (3)
LT22A21                        $  2,577,724.79            (3)
LT22A22                        $  2,485,337.71            (3)
LT22A23                        $  2,396,234.66            (3)
LT22A24                        $  2,310,299.40            (3)
LT22A25                        $  2,227,419.74            (3)
LT22A26                        $  2,147,487.52            (3)
LT22A27                        $  2,070,398.35            (3)
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                            <C>                        <C>
LT22A28                        $  1,996,051.55            (3)
LT22A29                        $  1,924,349.99            (3)
LT22A30                        $  1,855,199.98            (3)
LT22A31                        $  1,788,511.14            (3)
LT22A32                        $  1,724,196.29            (3)
LT22A33                        $  1,662,171.31            (3)
LT22A34                        $  1,602,355.07            (3)
LT22A35                        $  1,544,669.32            (3)
LT22A36                        $  1,489,038.53            (3)
LT22A37                        $  1,371,739.44            (3)
LT22A38                        $  1,323,369.36            (3)
LT22A39                        $  1,276,704.88            (3)
LT22A40                        $  1,231,685.89            (3)
LT22A41                        $  1,188,254.35            (3)
LT22A42                        $  1,146,354.29            (3)
LT22A43                        $  1,105,931.70            (3)
LT22A44                        $  1,066,934.48            (3)
LT22A45                        $  1,029,312.38            (3)
LT22A46                        $    993,016.91            (3)
LT22A47                        $    958,001.29            (3)
LT22A48                        $ 26,210,040.86            (3)
LT2B                           $ 31,138,494.87            (4)
LT2-R                          (1)                        (1)
</TABLE>

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(1) The Class LT2-R interest represents the sole class of residual interest
    in REMIC 2 and has neither a principal amount nor an interest rate. The
    Class LT2-R Interest shall be represented by the Class A-R Certificate.

(2) The interest rate for each of the Class LT21A1 Interest through the
    Class LT21A48 Interest and the Class LT21AR Interest for any
    Distribution Date (and the related Accrual Period) is a per annum rate
    equal to the Pool 1 Net WAC.

(3) The interest rate for each of the Class LT22A1 Interest through the
    Class LT22A48 Interest for any Distribution Date (and the related
    Accrual Period) is a per annum rate equal to the Pool 2 Net WAC.

(4) The interest rate for the Class LT2B Interest for any Distribution Date
    (and the related Accrual Period) is a per annum rate equal to the
    Subordinate Net WAC, which is the numerical equivalent of the weighted
    average of the interest rates on the Class LT11A Interest and the Class
    LT12A (treating, for purposes of computing this weighted average, the
    Class LT11A Interest as subject to a cap and a floor equal to the
    interest rate on the Class LT11B Interest and the Class LT12A Interest
    as subject to a cap and a floor equal to the interest rate on the Class
    LT12B Interest).

         On each Distribution Date principal payments will be deemed made and
Realized Losses with respect to principal will be allocated among the REMIC 2
Regular Interests as follows: (i) an amount equal to the total principal
distributed in respect of the Class B-1, Class B-

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2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates will be treated as
having been distributed in respect of the Class LT2B Interest in reduction of
its principal amount (treating the initial Class Principal Amount of the Class
B-6 Certificates, for purposes of this clause (i), as being $3,516,294.87 and
treating the first $0.87 of payments to the Class A-R Certificate under Section
5.02(a)(vi) from principal payments on the Mortgage Loans as paid in respect of
the Class B-6 Certificates), (ii) the amount of all Realized Losses in respect
of principal allocated to the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class
B-5 and Class B-6 Certificates will be allocated to the Class LT2B Interest in
reduction of its principal amount (treating the initial Class Principal Amount
of the Class B-6 Certificates, for purposes of this clause (ii), as being
$3,516,294.87 and disregarding Section 5.03(c) hereof), (iii) an amount equal to
the total principal distributed in respect of the Class A-R Certificates will be
treated as having been distributed in respect of the Class LT21AR Interest in
reduction of its principal amount, (iv) the amount of all Realized Losses in
respect of principal allocated to the Class A-R Certificates will be allocated
to the Class LT21AR Interest in reduction of its principal amount, (v) an amount
equal to the total principal distributed in respect of the Class A-1
Certificates will be treated as having been distributed in the aggregate in
respect of the Class LT21A1 Interest through the Class LT21A48 Interest in
reduction of their principal amount, (vi) the amount of all Realized Losses in
respect of principal allocated to the Class A-1 Certificates will be allocated
in the aggregate to the Class LT21A1 Interest through the Class LT21A48 Interest
in reduction of their principal amount, (vii) an amount equal to the total
principal distributed in respect of the Class A-2 Certificates will be treated
as having been distributed in the aggregate in respect of the Class LT22A1
Interest through the Class LT22A48 Interest in reduction of their principal
amount and (viii) the amount of all Realized Losses in respect of principal
allocated to the Class A-2 Certificates will be allocated in the aggregate to
the Class LT22A1 Interest through the Class LT22A48 Interest in reduction of
their principal amount. All principal deemed paid and Realized Losses allocated
to the Class LT21A1 Interest through the Class LT21A48 Interest shall be deemed
paid or allocated first to the Class LT21A1 Interest until its principal balance
has been reduced to zero and to such other REMIC 2 Regular Interests in
numerical order until the principal balance of each in turn has been reduced to
zero. All principal deemed paid and Realized Losses allocated to the Class
LT22A1 Interest through the Class LT22A48 Interest shall be deemed paid or
allocated first to the Class LT22A1 Interest until its principal balance has
been reduced to zero and to such other REMIC 2 Regular Interests in numerical
order until the principal balance of each in turn has been reduced to zero.

THE REMIC 3 INTERESTS

         The following table sets forth (or describes) the class designation,
interest rate and initial principal amount for each class of REMIC 3 Interests:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                               Corresponding
   Class                                              Interest                                REMIC 2 Regular
Designation                      Principal Amount       Rate          Change Date                Interest
------------                     ----------------       ----          -----------             ---------------
<S>                              <C>                  <C>            <C>                      <C>
LT31A1                           $ 29,960,054.44         (3)         September 2003                 N/A
LT31A2                           $ 28,903,607.06         (3)         October 2003                   N/A
LT31A3                           $ 27,884,412.00         (3)         November 2003                  N/A
LT31A4                           $ 26,901,155.65         (3)         December 2003                  N/A
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>                  <C>            <C>                      <C>
LT31A5                           $ 25,952,570.76         (3)         January 2004                   N/A
LT31A6                           $ 25,037,434.72         (3)         February 2004                  N/A
LT31A7                           $ 24,154,568.11         (3)         March 2004                     N/A
LT31A8                           $ 23,302,833.00         (3)         April 2004                     N/A
LT31A9                           $ 22,481,131.67         (3)         May 2004                       N/A
LT31A10                          $ 21,688,405.06         (3)         June 2004                      N/A
LT31A11                          $ 20,923,631.46         (3)         July 2004                      N/A
LT31A12                          $ 20,185,825.21         (3)         August 2004                    N/A
LT31A13                          $ 19,474,035.39         (3)         September 2004                 N/A
LT31A14                          $ 18,787,344.59         (3)         October 2004                   N/A
LT31A15                          $ 18,124,867.80         (3)         November 2004                  N/A
LT31A16                          $ 17,485,751.17         (3)         December 2004                  N/A
LT31A17                          $ 16,869,170.99         (3)         January 2005                   N/A
LT31A18                          $ 16,274,332.57         (3)         February 2005                  N/A
LT31A19                          $ 15,700,469.27         (3)         March 2005                     N/A
LT31A20                          $ 15,146,841.45         (3)         April 2005                     N/A
LT31A21                          $ 14,148,353.27         (3)         May 2005                       N/A
LT31A22                          $ 13,641,268.44         (3)         June 2005                      N/A
LT31A23                          $ 13,152,208.74         (3)         July 2005                      N/A
LT31A24                          $ 12,680,535.99         (3)         August 2005                    N/A
LT31A25                          $ 12,225,634.61         (3)         September 2005                 N/A
LT31A26                          $ 11,786,910.76         (3)         October 2005                   N/A
LT31A27                          $ 11,363,791.56         (3)         November 2005                  N/A
LT31A28                          $ 10,955,724.40         (3)         December 2005                  N/A
LT31A29                          $ 10,562,176.20         (3)         January 2006                   N/A
LT31A30                          $ 10,182,632.68         (3)         February 2006                  N/A
LT31A31                          $  9,816,597.79         (3)         March 2006                     N/A
LT31A32                          $  9,463,592.96         (3)         April 2006                     N/A
LT31A33                          $  9,123,156.58         (3)         May 2006                       N/A
LT31A34                          $  8,794,843.30         (3)         June 2006                      N/A
LT31A35                          $  8,478,223.58         (3)         July 2006                      N/A
LT31A36                          $  8,172,883.01         (3)         August 2006                    N/A
LT31A37                          $  7,529,063.74         (3)         September 2006                 N/A
LT31A38                          $  7,263,574.91         (3)         October 2006                   N/A
LT31A39                          $  7,007,447.73         (3)         November 2006                  N/A
LT31A40                          $  6,760,352.05         (3)         December 2006                  N/A
LT31A41                          $  6,521,969.43         (3)         January 2007                   N/A
LT31A42                          $  6,291,992.64         (3)         February 2007                  N/A
LT31A43                          $  6,070,125.24         (3)         March 2007                     N/A
LT31A44                          $  5,856,081.32         (3)         April 2007                     N/A
LT31A45                          $  5,649,584.97         (3)         May 2007                       N/A
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>                  <C>            <C>                      <C>
LT31A46                          $  5,450,370.07         (3)         June 2007                      N/A
LT31A47                          $  5,258,179.86         (3)         July 2007                      N/A
LT31A48                          $143,859,281.80         (3)         August 2007                    N/A
LT31IO1                           (1)                    (4)         September 2003                LT21A1
LT31IO2                           (1)                    (4)         October 2003                  LT21A2
LT31IO3                           (1)                    (4)         November 2003                 LT21A3
LT31IO4                           (1)                    (4)         December 2003                 LT21A4
LT31IO5                           (1)                    (4)         January 2004                  LT21A5
LT31IO6                           (1)                    (4)         February 2004                 LT21A6
LT31IO7                           (1)                    (4)         March 2004                    LT21A7
LT31IO8                           (1)                    (4)         April 2004                    LT21A8
LT31IO9                           (1)                    (4)         May 2004                      LT21A9
LT31IO10                          (1)                    (4)         June 2004                    LT21A10
LT31IO11                          (1)                    (4)         July 2004                    LT21A11
LT31IO12                          (1)                    (4)         August 2004                  LT21A12
LT31IO13                          (1)                    (4)         September 2004               LT21A13
LT31IO14                          (1)                    (4)         October 2004                 LT21A14
LT31IO15                          (1)                    (4)         November 2004                LT21A15
LT31IO16                          (1)                    (4)         December 2004                LT21A16
LT31IO17                          (1)                    (4)         January 2005                 LT21A17
LT31IO18                          (1)                    (4)         February 2005                LT21A18
LT31IO19                          (1)                    (4)         March 2005                   LT21A19
LT31IO20                          (1)                    (4)         April 2005                   LT21A20
LT31IO21                          (1)                    (4)         May 2005                     LT21A21
LT31IO22                          (1)                    (4)         June 2005                    LT21A22
LT31IO23                          (1)                    (4)         July 2005                    LT21A23
LT31IO24                          (1)                    (4)         August 2005                  LT21A24
LT31IO25                          (1)                    (4)         September 2005               LT21A25
LT31IO26                          (1)                    (4)         October 2005                 LT21A26
LT31IO27                          (1)                    (4)         November 2005                LT21A27
LT31IO28                          (1)                    (4)         December 2005                LT21A28
LT31IO29                          (1)                    (4)         January 2006                 LT21A29
LT31IO30                          (1)                    (4)         February 2006                LT21A30
LT31IO31                          (1)                    (4)         March 2006                   LT21A31
LT31IO32                          (1)                    (4)         April 2006                   LT21A32
LT31IO33                          (1)                    (4)         May 2006                     LT21A33
LT31IO34                          (1)                    (4)         June 2006                    LT21A34
LT31IO35                          (1)                    (4)         July 2006                    LT21A35
LT31IO36                          (1)                    (4)         August 2006                  LT21A36
LT31IO37                          (1)                    (4)         September 2006               LT21A37
LT31IO38                          (1)                    (4)         October 2006                 LT21A38
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>                  <C>            <C>                      <C>
LT31IO39                          (1)                    (4)         November 2006                LT21A39
LT31IO40                          (1)                    (4)         December 2006                LT21A40
LT31IO41                          (1)                    (4)         January 2007                 LT21A41
LT31IO42                          (1)                    (4)         February 2007                LT21A42
LT31IO43                          (1)                    (4)         March 2007                   LT21A43
LT31IO44                          (1)                    (4)         April 2007                   LT21A44
LT31IO45                          (1)                    (4)         May 2007                     LT21A45
LT31IO46                          (1)                    (4)         June 2007                    LT21A46
LT31IO47                          (1)                    (4)         July 2007                    LT21A47
LT31IO48                          (1)                    (4)         August 2007                  LT21A48
LT31AR                           $        100.00         (5)         N/A                            N/A
LT32A1                           $  5,458,499.21         (6)         September 2003                 N/A
LT32A2                           $  5,266,022.35         (6)         October 2003                   N/A
LT32A3                           $  5,080,332.58         (6)         November 2003                  N/A
LT32A4                           $  4,901,190.59         (6)         December 2003                  N/A
LT32A5                           $  4,728,365.47         (6)         January 2004                   N/A
LT32A6                           $  4,561,634.49         (6)         February 2004                  N/A
LT32A7                           $  4,400,782.75         (6)         March 2004                     N/A
LT32A8                           $  4,245,602.95         (6)         April 2004                     N/A
LT32A9                           $  4,095,895.08         (6)         May 2004                       N/A
LT32A10                          $  3,951,466.18         (6)         June 2004                      N/A
LT32A11                          $  3,812,130.11         (6)         July 2004                      N/A
LT32A12                          $  3,677,707.30         (6)         August 2004                    N/A
LT32A13                          $  3,548,024.49         (6)         September 2004                 N/A
LT32A14                          $  3,422,914.53         (6)         October 2004                   N/A
LT32A15                          $  3,302,216.18         (6)         November 2004                  N/A
LT32A16                          $  3,185,773.88         (6)         December 2004                  N/A
LT32A17                          $  3,073,437.55         (6)         January 2005                   N/A
LT32A18                          $  2,965,062.42         (6)         February 2005                  N/A
LT32A19                          $  2,860,508.79         (6)         March 2005                     N/A
LT32A20                          $  2,759,641.92         (6)         April 2005                     N/A
LT32A21                          $  2,577,724.79         (6)         May 2005                       N/A
LT32A22                          $  2,485,337.71         (6)         June 2005                      N/A
LT32A23                          $  2,396,234.66         (6)         July 2005                      N/A
LT32A24                          $  2,310,299.40         (6)         August 2005                    N/A
LT32A25                          $  2,227,419.74         (6)         September 2005                 N/A
LT32A26                          $  2,147,487.52         (6)         October 2005                   N/A
LT32A27                          $  2,070,398.35         (6)         November 2005                  N/A
LT32A28                          $  1,996,051.55         (6)         December 2005                  N/A
LT32A29                          $  1,924,349.99         (6)         January 2006                   N/A
LT32A30                          $  1,855,199.98         (6)         February 2006                  N/A
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>                  <C>            <C>                      <C>
LT32A31                          $  1,788,511.14         (6)         March 2006                     N/A
LT32A32                          $  1,724,196.29         (6)         April 2006                     N/A
LT32A33                          $  1,662,171.31         (6)         May 2006                       N/A
LT32A34                          $  1,602,355.07         (6)         June 2006                      N/A
LT32A35                          $  1,544,669.32         (6)         July 2006                      N/A
LT32A36                          $  1,489,038.53         (6)         August 2006                    N/A
LT32A37                          $  1,371,739.44         (6)         September 2006                 N/A
LT32A38                          $  1,323,369.36         (6)         October 2006                   N/A
LT32A39                          $  1,276,704.88         (6)         November 2006                  N/A
LT32A40                          $  1,231,685.89         (6)         December 2006                  N/A
LT32A41                          $  1,188,254.35         (6)         January 2007                   N/A
LT32A42                          $  1,146,354.29         (6)         February 2007                  N/A
LT32A43                          $  1,105,931.70         (6)         March 2007                     N/A
LT32A44                          $  1,066,934.48         (6)         April 2007                     N/A
LT32A45                          $  1,029,312.38         (6)         May 2007                       N/A
LT32A46                          $    993,016.91         (6)         June 2007                      N/A
LT32A47                          $    958,001.29         (6)         July 2007                      N/A
LT32A48                          $ 26,210,040.86         (6)         August 2007                    N/A
LT32IO1                           (1)                    (7)         September 2003                LT22A1
LT32IO2                           (1)                    (7)         October 2003                  LT22A2
LT32IO3                           (1)                    (7)         November 2003                 LT22A3
LT32IO4                           (1)                    (7)         December 2003                 LT22A4
LT32IO5                           (1)                    (7)         January 2004                  LT22A5
LT32IO6                           (1)                    (7)         February 2004                 LT22A6
LT32IO7                           (1)                    (7)         March 2004                    LT22A7
LT32IO8                           (1)                    (7)         April 2004                    LT22A8
LT32IO9                           (1)                    (7)         May 2004                      LT22A9
LT32IO10                          (1)                    (7)         June 2004                    LT22A10
LT32IO11                          (1)                    (7)         July 2004                    LT22A11
LT32IO12                          (1)                    (7)         August 2004                  LT22A12
LT32IO13                          (1)                    (7)         September 2004               LT22A13
LT32IO14                          (1)                    (7)         October 2004                 LT22A14
LT32IO15                          (1)                    (7)         November 2004                LT22A15
LT32IO16                          (1)                    (7)         December 2004                LT22A16
LT32IO17                          (1)                    (7)         January 2005                 LT22A17
LT32IO18                          (1)                    (7)         February 2005                LT22A18
LT32IO19                          (1)                    (7)         March 2005                   LT22A19
LT32IO20                          (1)                    (7)         April 2005                   LT22A20
LT32IO21                          (1)                    (7)         May 2005                     LT22A21
LT32IO22                          (1)                    (7)         June 2005                    LT22A22
LT32IO23                          (1)                    (7)         July 2005                    LT22A23
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                              <C>                  <C>            <C>                      <C>
LT32IO24                          (1)                    (7)         August 2005                  LT22A24
LT32IO25                          (1)                    (7)         September 2005               LT22A25
LT32IO26                          (1)                    (7)         October 2005                 LT22A26
LT32IO27                          (1)                    (7)         November 2005                LT22A27
LT32IO28                          (1)                    (7)         December 2005                LT22A28
LT32IO29                          (1)                    (7)         January 2006                 LT22A29
LT32IO30                          (1)                    (7)         February 2006                LT22A30
LT32IO31                          (1)                    (7)         March 2006                   LT22A31
LT32IO32                          (1)                    (7)         April 2006                   LT22A32
LT32IO33                          (1)                    (7)         May 2006                     LT22A33
LT32IO34                          (1)                    (7)         June 2006                    LT22A34
LT32IO35                          (1)                    (7)         July 2006                    LT22A35
LT32IO36                          (1)                    (7)         August 2006                  LT22A36
LT32IO37                          (1)                    (7)         September 2006               LT22A37
LT32IO38                          (1)                    (7)         October 2006                 LT22A38
LT32IO39                          (1)                    (7)         November 2006                LT22A39
LT32IO40                          (1)                    (7)         December 2006                LT22A40
LT32IO41                          (1)                    (7)         January 2007                 LT22A41
LT32IO42                          (1)                    (7)         February 2007                LT22A42
LT32IO43                          (1)                    (7)         March 2007                   LT22A43
LT32IO44                          (1)                    (7)         April 2007                   LT22A44
LT32IO45                          (1)                    (7)         May 2007                     LT22A45
LT32IO46                          (1)                    (7)         June 2007                    LT22A46
LT32IO47                          (1)                    (7)         July 2007                    LT22A47
LT32IO48                          (1)                    (7)         August 2007                  LT22A48
LT3B1                            $ 10,546,700.00         (8)         N/A                            N/A
LT3B2                            $  8,035,500.00         (8)         N/A                            N/A
LT3B3                            $  4,520,000.00         (8)         N/A                            N/A
LT3B4                            $  2,511,100.00         (8)         N/A                            N/A
LT3B5                            $  2,008,900.00         (8)         N/A                            N/A
LT3B6                            $  3,516,294.87         (8)         N/A                            N/A
LT3-R                             (2)                    (3)         N/A                            N/A
</TABLE>

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(1) Each of the REMIC 3 IO Classes shall be an "interest-only" interest
    that has no principal balance. The notional balance of each of the
    Class LT31IO1 Interest through the Class LT31IO48 Interest and each of
    the Class LT32IO1 Interest through the Class LT32IO48 Interest as of
    any Distribution Date on or prior to the applicable Change Date for
    such Class shall equal the principal balance of the Corresponding REMIC
    2 Regular Interest immediately prior to such Distribution Date and for
    subsequent Distribution Dates shall equal $0.

(2) The Class LT3-R interest represents the sole class of residual interest
    in REMIC 3 and has neither a principal amount nor an interest rate. The
    Class LT3-R Interest shall be represented by the Class A-R Certificate.

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<PAGE>

     (3) For Distribution Dates on or prior to the applicable Change Date, the
         interest rate on each of the Class LT31A1 Interest through the Class
         LT31A48 Interest shall be the Pool 1 Net WAC minus 100 basis points,
         subject to a floor of 0%, and for subsequent Distribution Dates shall
         be the Pool 1 Net WAC.

     (4) For each Distribution Date, the interest rate on each of the Class
         LT31IO1 Interest through the Class LT31IO48 Interest shall equal the
         lesser of (i) 1.00% and (ii) the Pool 1 Net WAC.

     (5) For each Distribution Date, the interest rate on the Class LT31AR
         Interest shall equal the Pool 1 Net WAC.

     (6) For Distribution Dates on or prior to the applicable Change Date, the
         interest rate on each of the Class LT32A1 Interest through the Class
         LT32A48 Interest shall be the Pool 2 Net WAC minus 100 basis points,
         subject to a floor of 0%, and for subsequent Distribution Dates shall
         be the Pool 2 Net WAC.

     (7) For each Distribution Date, the interest rate on each of the Class
         LT32IO1 Interest through the Class LT32IO48 Interest shall equal the
         lesser of (i) 1.00% and (ii) the Pool 2 Net WAC.

     (8) For each Distribution Date, the interest rate on each of the Class
         LT3B1 Interest, Class LT3B2 Interest, Class LT3B3 Interest, Class LT3B4
         Interest, Class LT3B5 Interest and Class LT3B6 Interest shall equal the
         Subordinate Net WAC

         On each Distribution Date principal payments will be deemed made and
Realized Losses with respect to principal will be allocated among the REMIC 3
Regular Interests as follows: (i) an amount equal to the principal distributed
in respect of the Class B-1 Certificates, Class B-2 Certificates, Class B-3
Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class B-5 Certificates and Class B-6
Certificates will be treated as having been distributed in respect of the Class
LT3B1 Interest, the Class LT3B2 Interest, the Class LT3B3 Interest, the Class
LT3B4 Interest, the Class LT3B5 Interest and the Class LT3B6 Interest,
respectively, in reduction of their principal amounts (treating the initial
Class Principal Amount of the Class B-6 Certificates, for purposes of this
clause (i), as being $3,516,294.87 and treating the first $0.87 distributed to
the A-R under Section 5.02(a)(vi) from principal payments on the Mortgage Loans
as distributed to the Class B-6 Certificates), (ii) the amount of all Realized
Losses in respect of principal allocated to the Class B-1 Certificates, Class
B-2 Certificates, Class B-3 Certificates, Class B-4 Certificates, Class B-5
Certificates and Class B-6 Certificates will be allocated to the Class LT3B1
Interest, Class LT3B2 Interest, Class LT3B3 Interest, Class LT3B4 Interest,
Class LT3B5 Interest and Class LT3B6 Interest, respectively, in reduction of
their principal amounts (treating the initial Class Principal Amount of the
Class B-6 Certificates, for purposes of this clause (ii), as being $3,516,294.87
and disregarding Section 5.03(c) hereof), (iii) an amount equal to the total
principal distributed in respect of the Class A-R Certificates will be treated
as having been distributed in respect of the Class LT31AR Interest in reduction
of its principal amount, (iv) the amount of all Realized Losses in respect of
principal allocated to the Class A-R Certificates will be allocated to the Class
LT31AR Interest in reduction of its principal amount, (v) an amount equal to the
total principal distributed in respect of the Class A-1 Certificates will be
treated as having been distributed in the aggregate in respect of the Class
LT31A1 Interest through the Class LT31A48 Interest in reduction of their
principal amount, (vi) the amount of all Realized Losses in respect of principal
allocated to the Class A-1 Certificates will be allocated in the aggregate to
the Class LT31A1 Interest through the Class LT31A48 Interest in reduction of
their principal amount, (vii) an amount equal to the total principal distributed
in respect of the Class A-2 Certificates will be treated as having been
distributed in the aggregate in respect of the Class LT32A1 Interest through the
Class LT32A48 Interest in reduction of their principal amount and (viii) the
amount of all Realized Losses in respect of principal allocated to the Class A-2

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Certificates will be allocated in the aggregate to the Class LT32A1 Interest
through the Class LT32A48 Interest in reduction of their principal amount. All
principal deemed paid and Realized Losses allocated to the Class LT31A1 Interest
through the Class LT31A48 Interest shall be deemed paid or allocated first to
the Class LT31A1 Interest until its principal balance has been reduced to zero
and to such other REMIC 3 Regular Interests in numerical order until the
principal balance of each in turn has been reduced to zero. All principal deemed
paid and Realized Losses allocated to the Class LT32A1 Interest through the
Class LT32A48 Interest shall be deemed paid or allocated first to the Class
LT32A1 Interest until its principal balance has been reduced to zero and to such
other REMIC 3 Regular Interests in numerical order until the principal balance
of each in turn has been reduced to zero.

THE REMIC 4 INTERESTS

         The following table sets forth (or describes) the class designation,
interest rate, initial principal amount, and corresponding class of certificates
or components for each class of REMIC 4 Interests:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        Interest        Corresponding Class of
Class Designation                Principal Amount        Rate               Certificates
-----------------                ----------------        ----               ------------
<S>                              <C>                    <C>             <C>
LT4A1                            $823,305,000.00          (2)                 Class A-1
LT4A2                            $150,000,000.00          (3)                 Class A-2
LT4B1                            $ 10,546,700.00          (4)                 Class B-1
LT4B2                            $  8,035,500.00          (4)                 Class B-2
LT4B3                            $  4,520,000.00          (4)                 Class B-3
LT4B4                            $  2,511,100.00          (4)                 Class B-4
LT4B5                            $  2,008,900.00          (4)                 Class B-5
LT4B6                            $  3,516,294.87          (4)                 Class B-6
LT4AR                            $        100.00          (5)                 Class A-R
LT4-R                                  (1)                (1)                     N/A
</TABLE>

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(1) The Class LT4-R Interest represents the sole class of residual interest
    in REMIC 4 and has neither a principal amount nor an interest rate. The
    Class LT4-R Interest shall be represented by the Class A-R Certificate.

(2) The Class LT4A1 Interest shall have an interest rate for each
    Distribution Date (and the related accrual period) equal to the
    weighted average of the interest rates on the Class LT31A1 Interest
    through the Class LT31A48 Interest, weighted on the basis of their
    principal amounts immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

(3) The Class LT4A2 Interest shall have an interest rate for each
    Distribution Date (and the related accrual period) equal to the
    weighted average of the interest rates on the Class LT32A1 Interest
    through the Class LT32A48 Interest, weighted on the basis of their
    principal amounts immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

(4) Each of the Class LT4B1 Interest, the Class LT4B2 Interest, the Class
    LT4B3 Interest, the Class LT4B4 Interest, the Class LT4B5 Interest and
    the Class LT4B6 Interest shall have an interest rate for each
    Distribution Date (and the related accrual period) equal to the
    Subordinate Net WAC.

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     (4) The Class LT4AR Interest shall have an interest rate for each
         Distribution Date (and the related accrual period) equal to the Pool 1
         Net WAC.

         Principal payments shall be deemed made and Realized Losses with
respect to principal shall be allocated among the REMIC 4 Interests in the same
manner as such payments are made or such Realized Losses are allocated among the
Corresponding Classes of Certificates (treating the initial Class Principal
Amount of the Class B-6 Certificates, for purposes of this sentence, as being
$3,516,294.87, treating the first $0.87 of distributions to the Class A-R
Certificate under Section 5.02(a)(vi) from principal payments on the Mortgage
Loans as distributed to the Class B-6 Certificates and disregarding Section
5.03(c)).

THE CERTIFICATES

         The following table sets forth (or describes) the Class designation,
Certificate Interest Rate, initial Class Principal Amount (or initial Class
Notional Amount), and minimum denomination for each Class of Certificates
comprising interests in the Trust Fund created hereunder.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                       Related Class or
                     Classes of interests                       Initial Class              Minimum
   Class              in the Upper Tier     Certificate      Principal Amount or      Denominations or
Designation                 REMIC          Interest Rate    Class Notional Amount    Percentage Interest
-----------                 -----          -------------    ---------------------    -------------------
<S>                  <C>                   <C>              <C>                      <C>
Class A-1                 Upper Tier           (1)                                      $  25,000.00
                         REMIC Class
                         A-1 Interest                          $  823,305,000

Class A-2                 Upper Tier           (2)                                      $  25,000.00
                         REMIC Class
                         A-2 Interest                          $  150,000,000

Class X-A-1              Pool 1 REMIC          (3)                                      $  25,000.00
                             NAS
                        Component and
                         Pool 2 REMIC
                             NAS
                          Component                                (3)

Class X-A-2              Pool 1 REMIC          (4)                                      $  25,000.00
                          Companion
                        Component and
                         Pool 2 REMIC
                          Companion
                          Component                                (4)

Class X-B                 Component            (5)                                      $  25,000.00
                             XB1,
                          Component
                           XB2 and
                          Component
                             XB3                                    (5)
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>                   <C>              <C>                      <C>
Class A-R                 Class A-R            (6)             $          100                100%
Class B-1                 Upper Tier           (7)                                      $  25,000.00
                         REMIC Class
                         B-1 Interest                          $   10,546,700
Class B-2                 Upper Tier           (8)                                      $  25,000.00
                         REMIC Class
                         B-2 Interest                          $    8,035,500
Class B-3                 Upper Tier           (9)                                      $  25,000.00
                         REMIC Class
                         B-3 Interest                          $    4,520,000
Class B-4                 Class B-4            (10)            $    2,511,100           $ 100,000.00
Class B-5                 Class B-5            (10)            $    2,008,900           $ 100,000.00
Class B-6                 Class B-6            (10)            $    3,516,294           $ 100,000.00
</TABLE>

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(1)      The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
         (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class A-1 Certificates will be
         the least of (i) LIBOR plus 0.31%; (ii) the Pool 1 Net WAC and (iii)
         11.75%; provided, however, if the Mortgage Loans and related property
         are not purchased pursuant to Section 7.01(b) on the Initial Optional
         Purchase Date, then with respect to each subsequent Distribution Date
         the per annum rate calculated pursuant to clause (i) above with respect
         to the Class A-1 Certificates will be LIBOR plus 0.62%.

(2)      The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
         (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class A-2 Certificates will be
         the least of (i) LIBOR plus 0.33%; (ii) the Pool 2 Net WAC and (iii)
         11.75%; provided, however, if the Mortgage Loans and related property
         are not purchased pursuant to Section 7.01(b) on the Initial Optional
         Purchase Date, then with respect to each subsequent Distribution Date
         the per annum rate calculated pursuant to clause (i) above with respect
         to the Class A-2 Certificates will be LIBOR plus 0.66%.

(3)      The Class X-A-1 Certificates consist of two components, the Pool 1 NAS
         Component and the Pool 2 NAS Component. On any Distribution Date, the
         Class X-A-1 will have a Class Notional Amount equal to the sum of the
         Component Notional Amount of the Pool 1 NAS Component and the Pool 2
         NAS Component. The Class X-A-1 Certificates are entitled to receive on
         each Distribution Date the sum of the amount of interest accrued on the
         Pool 1 NAS Component and the Pool 2 NAS Component.

(4)      The Class X-A-2 Certificates consist of two components, the Pool 1
         Companion Component and the Pool 2 Companion Component. On any
         Distribution Date the Class Notional Amount of the Class X-A-2
         Certificates will be equal to sum of the Certificate Principal Amount
         of the Class A-1 and A-2 Certificates immediately prior to such
         Distribution Date. The Class X-A-2 Certificates are entitled to receive
         on each Distribution Date, the sum of the amount of interest accrued on
         the Pool 1 Companion Component and the Pool 2 Companion Component.

(5)      The Class X-B Certificates will represent a 100% interest in each of
         Component XB1, Component XB2 and Component XB3. See the definitions of
         "Component XB1," "Component XB2" and Component XB3" for the interest
         rates and notional balance of these Components.

(6)      The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
         (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class A-R Certificate will
         equal the Pool 1 Net WAC.

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(7)      The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
         (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class B-1 Certificates will be
         the least of (i) LIBOR plus 0.60%; (ii) the Subordinate Net WAC and
         (iii) 11.75%; provided, however, if the Mortgage Loans and related
         property are not purchased pursuant to Section 7.01(b) on the Initial
         Optional Purchase Date, then with respect to each subsequent
         Distribution Date the per annum rate calculated pursuant to clause (i)
         above with respect to the Class B-1 Certificates will be LIBOR plus
         0.90%.

(8)      The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
         (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class B-2 Certificates will be
         the least of (i) LIBOR plus 1.50%; (ii) the Subordinate Net WAC and
         (iii) 11.75%; provided, however, if the Mortgage Loans and related
         property are not purchased pursuant to Section 7.01(b) on the Initial
         Optional Purchase Date, then with respect to each subsequent
         Distribution Date the per annum rate calculated pursuant to clause (i)
         above with respect to the Class B-2 Certificates will be LIBOR plus
         2.25%.

(9)      The Certificate Interest Rate with respect to any Distribution Date
         (and the related Accrual Period) for the Class B-3 Certificates will be
         the least of (i) LIBOR plus 1.50%; (ii) the Subordinate Net WAC and
         (iii) 11.75%; provided, however, if the Mortgage Loans and related
         property are not purchased pursuant to Section 7.01(b) on the Initial
         Optional Purchase Date, then with respect to each subsequent
         Distribution Date the per annum rate calculated pursuant to clause (i)
         above with respect to the Class B-3 Certificates will be LIBOR plus
         2.25%.

(10)     The Certificate Interest Rates with respect to any Distribution Date
         (and the related Accrual Period) for the, Class B-4, Class B-5 and
         Class B-6 Certificates will be equal to the Subordinate Net WAC.

         As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate Scheduled
Principal Balance of $1,004,443,594.87.

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

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

         Section 1.01      Definitions.

         The following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires,
shall have the following meanings:

         Accountant: A Person engaged in the practice of accounting who (except
when this Agreement provides that an Accountant must be Independent) may be
employed by or affiliated with the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor.

         Accrual Period: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of
LIBOR Certificates, the period commencing on the 25th day of the month preceding
the month in which the Distribution Date occurs and ending on the 24th day of
the month in which the Distribution Date occurs; provided, however, that the
first Accrual Period with respect to the LIBOR Certificates shall be the period
beginning on the Closing Date and ending on September 24, 2003. The Accrual
Period applicable to the Components, the Class A-R, Class B-4, Class B-5, Class
B-6 Certificates and each Class of Lower Tier REMIC Interests shall be the
calendar

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month immediately preceding the month in which the related Distribution Date
occurs. Interest shall accrue on all Classes of Certificates, all Components and
on all Lower Tier REMIC Interests on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months.

         Acknowledgements: The Assignment, Assumption and Recognition
Agreements, each dated August 28, 2003, among the Seller, Sequoia Residential
Funding, Inc., the Depositor, the Trustee and the Originator or the Servicer
assigning rights under the Purchase Agreement and the Servicing Agreements from
the Seller to Sequoia Residential Funding, Inc., and from Sequoia Residential
Funding, Inc. to the Depositor, and from the Depositor to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificateholders.

         Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         Additional Collateral: With respect to any Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loan, the meaning assigned thereto in the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.

         Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan: Each Mortgage Loan identified as
such in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

         Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement: The Additional Collateral
Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2002, among Cendant, the Seller and
Redwood Trust, Inc., as amended to date and modified by the related
Acknowledgements, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D.

         Adjustment Date: As to any Mortgage Loan, the date on which the related
Mortgage Rate adjusts in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

         Advance: With respect to a Mortgage Loan, the payments required to be
made by the Trustee solely in its capacity as successor Servicer or the Servicer
with respect to any Distribution Date pursuant to this Agreement or the
Portfolio Servicing Agreement, as applicable, the amount of any such payment
being equal to the aggregate of the payments of principal and interest (net of
the applicable Servicing Fee and net of any net income in the case of any REO
Property) on the Mortgage Loans that were due on the related Due Date and not
received as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, less the
aggregate amount of any such delinquent payment that either the Trustee or the
Servicer has determined would constitute Nonrecoverable Advances if advanced.

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

         Aggregate Senior Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate of
the Class Principal Amounts of the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-R
Certificates and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal
Balance, but in no event greater than 100%.

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         Aggregate Stated Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate of the Stated Principal Balances for all Mortgage Loans (and when such
term is used with respect to a particular Mortgage Pool, the aggregate of the
Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool) which
were outstanding on the Due Date in the month preceding the month of such
Distribution Date.

         Aggregate Subordinate Percentage: As to any Distribution Date, the
difference between 100% and the Aggregate Senior Percentage for such
Distribution Date, but in no event less than zero.

         Aggregate Voting Interests: The aggregate of the Voting Interests of
all the Certificates under this Agreement.

         Agreement: This Trust Agreement and all amendments and supplements
hereto.

         Allocable Share: With respect to each Class of Subordinate Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Class Principal Amount of such Class and the
denominator of which is the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of each
Class of Subordinate Certificates.

         Applicable Credit Support Percentage: As to any Class of Subordinate
Certificates and any Distribution Date, the sum of the Class Subordination
Percentages of such Class and the aggregate Class Subordination Percentage of
all other Classes of Subordinate Certificates having higher numerical Class
designations than such Class.

         Apportioned Principal Balance: As to any Distribution Date and each
Class of Subordinate Certificates and any Mortgage Pool, the Class Principal
Amount thereof multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
applicable Pool Subordinate Amount (i.e., the Pool 1 Subordinate Amount or the
Pool 2 Subordinate Amount, as the case may require), and the denominator of
which is the sum of such Pool Subordinate Amounts on such date.

         Appraised Value: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Appraised Value
of the related Mortgaged Property shall be: (i) with respect to a Mortgage Loan
other than a Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the lesser of (a) the value of the
Mortgaged Property based upon the appraisal made at the time of the origination
of such Mortgage Loan and (b) the sales price of the Mortgaged Property at the
time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan; and (ii) with respect to a
Refinancing Mortgage Loan, the value of the Mortgaged Property based upon the
appraisal made at the time of the origination of such Refinancing Mortgage Loan.

         Assignment of Mortgage: An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of
transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, sufficient under the laws
of the jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect
the sale of the Mortgage to the Trustee, which assignment, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments
covering the Mortgage Loans secured by Mortgaged Properties located in the same
jurisdiction, if permitted by law; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not
be responsible for determining whether any such assignment is in recordable
form.

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         Authenticating Agent: The Trustee or any authenticating agent appointed
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.10 until any successor authenticating agent
for the Certificates is named, and thereafter "Authenticating Agent" shall mean
any such successor.

         Authorized Officer: Any Person who may execute an Officer's Certificate
on behalf of the Depositor.

         Available Distribution Amount: With respect to any Distribution Date
and each Mortgage Pool, the total amount of all cash received by the Trustee on
the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool from the Servicer or otherwise through
the Distribution Account Deposit Date for deposit into the Distribution Account
in respect of such Distribution Date, including (1) all scheduled installments
of interest (net of the related Servicing Fee) and principal collected on the
related Mortgage Loans and due during the Due Period related to such
Distribution Date, together with any Advances in respect thereof, (2) all
Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and the proceeds of any Additional
Collateral from the related Mortgage Loans, in each case for such Distribution
Date, (3) all partial or full Principal Prepayments, together with any accrued
interest thereon, identified as having been received from the related Mortgage
Loans during the related Prepayment Period, (4) any amounts received from the
Servicer in respect of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to the
related Mortgage Loans; and (5) the aggregate Purchase Price of all Defective
Mortgage Loans and Converted Mortgage Loans (if any) in such Mortgage Pool
purchased from the Trust Fund during the related Prepayment Period, minus:

                      (A) all related fees, charges and amounts payable or
                      reimbursable to the Trustee under this Agreement, to the
                      extent that, if paid by the Trust Fund, such fees, charges
                      or other amounts would constitute "unanticipated expenses"
                      (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
                      1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)) of any of the REMICs provided for
                      herein and up to an aggregate maximum amount equal to the
                      product of (i) the applicable Pool Percentage and (ii)
                      $300,000 annually such aggregate maximum amount not to
                      include any Servicing Transfer Costs, or to the Servicer
                      under the Servicing Agreement;

                      (B) in the case of (2), (3), (4) and (5) above, any
                      related unreimbursed expenses incurred by the Servicer in
                      connection with a liquidation or foreclosure and any
                      unreimbursed Advances or Servicing Advances due to the
                      Servicer (or, pursuant to Section 5.04, the Trustee);

                      (C) any related unreimbursed Nonrecoverable Advances due
                      to the Servicer (or, pursuant to Section 5.04, the
                      Trustee); and

                      (D) in the case of (1) through (4) above, any related
                      amounts collected which are determined to be attributable
                      to a subsequent Due Period or Prepayment Period.

         Bankruptcy: As to any Person, the making of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, the filing of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy,
adjudication as a bankrupt or insolvent, the entry of an order for relief in a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, the seeking of reorganization,

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arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar
relief, or seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment of a
trustee, receiver or liquidator, dissolution, or termination, as the case may
be, of such Person pursuant to the provisions of either the Bankruptcy Code or
any other similar state laws.

         Bankruptcy Code: The United States Bankruptcy Code of 1986, as amended.

         Basis Risk Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Class of LIBOR Certificates, the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of Current
Interest that would have been payable on such Class for such Distribution Date
if the Certificate Interest Rate for such Class as set forth in the Preliminary
Statement hereto were determined without regard to clause (ii) in the definition
thereof, over (ii) the actual Current Interest payable on such Class for such
Distribution Date.

         BBA:  The British Banker's Association.

         Book-Entry Certificates: Beneficial interests in Certificates
designated as "Book-Entry Certificates" in this Agreement, ownership and
transfers of which shall be evidenced or made through book entries by a Clearing
Agency as described in Section 3.09; provided, that after the occurrence of a
Book-Entry Termination whereupon book-entry registration and transfer are no
longer permitted and Definitive Certificates are to be issued to Certificate
Owners, such Book-Entry Certificates shall no longer be "Book-Entry
Certificates." As of the Closing Date, the following Classes of Certificates
constitute Book-Entry Certificates: the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class X-A-1, Class
X-A-2, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3 and Class X-B.

         Book-Entry Termination: The occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities with respect to the Book Entry Certificates, and the Depositor
is unable to locate a qualified successor; or (ii) the Depositor at its option
advises the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar in writing that it elects to
terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency.

         Business Day: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a
day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or, if other than New
York, the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, or
the States of Maryland or Minnesota, are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.

         Cendant: Cendant Mortgage Corporation or its successors in interest.

         Certificate: Any one of the certificates signed by the Trustee and
authenticated by the Authenticating Agent in substantially the forms attached
hereto as Exhibit A.

         Certificate Group: Each of the Group 1 Certificates and the Group 2
Certificates.

         Certificate Interest Rate: With respect to each Class of Certificates
and any Distribution Date, the applicable per annum rate described in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.

         Certificate Owner: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person
who is the owner of such Book-Entry Certificate, as reflected on the books of
the Clearing Agency, or on

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the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly
or as an indirect participant, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).

         Certificate Principal Amount: With respect to any Certificate (other
than a Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2 or Class X-B Certificate), at the time of
determination, the maximum specified dollar amount of principal to which the
Holder thereof is then entitled hereunder, such amount being equal to the
initial principal amount set forth on the face of such Certificate, less (i) the
amount of all principal distributions previously made with respect to such
Certificate; (ii) all Realized Losses allocated to such Certificate; and (iii)
in the case of a Subordinate Certificate, any Subordinate Certificate Writedown
Amount allocated to such Certificates. For purposes of Article V hereof, unless
specifically provided to the contrary, Certificate Principal Amounts shall be
determined as of the close of business of the immediately preceding Distribution
Date, after giving effect to all distributions made on such date.

         Certificate Register and Certificate Registrar: The register maintained
and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.02.

         Certificateholder: The meaning provided in the definition of "Holder."

         Change Date: With respect to each REMIC 3 Regular Interest and REMIC 4
Regular Interest, the calendar month appearing opposite such Lower Tier REMIC
Interest as described in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

         Civil Relief Act: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940,
as amended.

         Class: Collectively, Certificates bearing the same class designation.
In the case of the REMIC 1, REMIC 2, REMIC 3, REMIC 4 and the Upper Tier REMIC,
the term "Class" refers to all REMIC Interests having the same alphanumeric
designation.

         Class A-R Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate executed by the
Trustee, and authenticated and delivered by the Authenticating Agent,
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, and evidencing the
ownership of the Class LT1-R Interest, the Class LT2-R Interest, the Class LT3-R
Interest, the Class LT4-R Interest and the residual interest in the Upper Tier
REMIC.

         Class Notional Amount: With respect to the Class X-A-1 or Class X-A-2
Certificates, the applicable class notional amount calculated as provided in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.

         Class Principal Amount: With respect to each Class of Certificates
(other than a Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2 or Class X-B Certificate) the aggregate
of the Certificate Principal Amounts of all Certificates of such Class at the
date of determination.

         Class Subordination Percentage: With respect to each Class of
Subordinate Certificates, for each Distribution Date, the percentage obtained by
dividing the Class Principal Amount of such Class immediately prior to such
Distribution Date by the sum of the Class Principal Amounts of all Classes of
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

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         Clearing Agency: An organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As
of the Closing Date, the Clearing Agency shall be The Depository Trust Company.

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

         Closing Date: August 28, 2003.

         Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be
further amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and
applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in
temporary or final form.

         Compensating Interest Payment: As to any Distribution Date, the lesser
of (1) the Servicing Fee for such date and (2) any Prepayment Interest Shortfall
for such date.

         Component Interest Rate: With respect to the Pool 1 NAS Component,
1.00% per annum subject to a cap equal to the Pool 1 Net WAC. With respect to
the Pool 1 Companion Component, the interest rate specified in the definition of
Pool 1 Companion Component. With respect to the Pool 2 NAS Component, 1.00% per
annum subject to a cap equal to the Pool 2 Net WAC. With respect to the Pool 2
Companion Component, the interest rate specified in the definition of Pool 2
Companion Component. With respect to Component XB1 and any Distribution Date,
the interest rate specified in the definition of Component XB1. With respect to
Component XB2 and any Distribution Date, the interest rate specified in the
definition of Component XB2. With respect to Component XB3 and any Distribution
Date, the interest rate specified in the definition of Component XB3.

         Component Notional Amount: With respect to Component XB1 and any
Distribution Date, the notional amount specified in the definition of Component
XB1. With respect to Component XB2 and any Distribution Date, the notional
amount specified in the definition of Component XB2. With respect to Component
XB3 and any Distribution Date, the notional amount specified in the definition
of Component XB3. With respect to the Pool 1 NAS Component and any Distribution
Date, the Pool 1 NAS Notional Principal Amount. With respect to the Pool 2 NAS
Component and any Distribution Date, the Pool 2 NAS Notional Principal Amount.
With respect to the Pool 1 Companion Component and any Distribution Date, the
Pool 1 Companion Notional Principal Amount. With respect to the Pool 2 Companion
Component and any Distribution Date, the Pool 2 Companion Notional Principal
Amount.

         Component XB1: A regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC having a
notional amount equal to the Class Principal Amount of the Class B-1
Certificates immediately before the related Distribution Date and having an
interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) equal to the excess of the Subordinate Net WAC over the Certificate
Interest Rate on the Class B-1 Certificates.

         Component XB2: A regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC having a
notional amount equal to the Class Principal Amount of the Class B-2
Certificates immediately before the related Distribution Date and having an
interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the

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related Accrual Period) equal to the excess of the Subordinate Net WAC over the
Certificate Interest Rate on the Class B-2 Certificates.

         Component XB3: A regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC having a
notional amount equal to the Class Principal Amount of the Class B-3
Certificates immediately before the related Distribution Date and having an
interest rate with respect to any Distribution Date (and the related Accrual
Period) equal to the excess of the Subordinate Net WAC over the Certificate
Interest Rate on the Class B-3 Certificates.

         Components: Each of the Pool 1 NAS Component, the Pool 1 Companion
Component, the Pool 2 NAS Component, the Pool 2 Companion Component, Component
XB1, Component XB2 and Component XB3.

         Cooperative Corporation: The entity that holds title (fee or an
acceptable leasehold estate) to the real property and improvements constituting
the Cooperative Property and which governs the Cooperative Property, which
Cooperative Corporation must qualify as a Cooperative Housing Corporation under
Section 216 of the Code.

         Cooperative Loan: Any Mortgage Loan secured by Cooperative Shares and a
Proprietary Lease.

         Cooperative Property: The real property and improvements owned by the
Cooperative Corporation, that includes the allocation of individual dwelling
units to the holders of the shares of the Cooperative Corporation.

         Cooperative Shares: Shares issued by a Cooperative Corporation.

         Corporate Trust Office: With respect to the presentment of Certificates
for registration of transfer, exchange or final payment, Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, 6th Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55479, Attention: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC
2003-E and for all other purposes, Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention:
Client Manager - MLCC 2003-E, or such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Certificateholders.

         Corresponding Classes of Certificates or Components: With respect to
each Lower Tier REMIC Interest, the Class or Classes of Certificates or
Components appearing opposite such Lower Tier REMIC Interest as described in the
Preliminary Statement hereto.

         Corresponding REMIC 2 Regular Interest: With respect to each REMIC 3
Regular Interest, the REMIC 2 Regular Interest appearing opposite such REMIC 3
Regular Interest as described in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

         Credit Support Depletion Date: The first Distribution Date, if any, on
which the aggregate Certificate Principal Amounts of the Subordinate
Certificates have been reduced to zero.

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         Current Interest: With respect to each Class of Certificates and each
Component on each Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of interest accrued at
the applicable Certificate Interest Rate or Component Interest Rate during the
related Accrual Period on the Class Principal Amount or Component Notional
Amount of such Class or Component; provided, however, that on any Distribution
Date the Current Interest for the Pool NAS Component and Pool Companion
Component related to a particular Mortgage Pool is subject to the Current
Interest Restriction.

         Current Interest Restriction: As to any Distribution Date, the
aggregate Current Interest for a Pool NAS Component and related Pool Companion
Component for such Distribution Date cannot exceed the excess of (i) the Current
Interest that would have accrued on the related Class A Certificates (other than
the Class A-R Certificates) for such Distribution Date had the Certificate
Interest Rate for such class of Class A Certificates been equal to the related
Pool Net WAC over (ii) the actual Current Interest on such class of Class A
Certificates for such Distribution Date. The determinations required by clauses
(i) and (ii) shall be made as though the first Accrual Period with respect to
the Class A Certificates began on August 25, 2003.

         Custodial Accounts: Each custodial account (other than an Escrow
Account) established and maintained by the Servicer pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement.

         Custody Agreement: The Custodial Agreement, dated as of December 15,
2000, between Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
N.A., as custodian, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 16, 2002
a copy of which (excluding all exhibits thereto) is attached hereto as Exhibit
O.

         Cut-off Date: August 1, 2003.

         Cut-off Date Balance: With respect to the Mortgage Loans in the Trust
Fund on the Closing Date, the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of the
Cut-off Date.

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

         Defective Mortgage Loan: The meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

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

         Definitive Certificate: A Certificate of any Class issued in
definitive, fully registered, certificated form.

         Deleted Mortgage Loan: As defined in Section 2.04(a).

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         Delinquent: Any Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Scheduled
Payment due on a Due Date is not received.

         Depositor: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, having its principal place of business at 250 Vesey Street, 4 World
Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10080, or its successors in
interest.

         Determination Date: With respect to each Distribution Date, the 15th
day of the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, or, if such 15th day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.

         Disqualified Organization: A "disqualified organization" as defined in
Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code.

         Distribution Account: The separate Eligible Account created and
maintained by the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 in the name of the Trustee
for the benefit of the Certificateholders and designated "Wells Fargo Bank
Minnesota, National Association, in trust for registered holders of Merrill
Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates." Funds in the Distribution Account (exclusive of any earnings on
investments made with funds deposited in the Distribution Account) shall be held
in trust for the Trustee and the Certificateholders for the uses and purposes
set forth in this Agreement.

         Distribution Account Deposit Date: The 18th day of each calendar month
after the initial issuance of the Certificates or, if such 18th day is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, commencing in September
2003.

         Distribution Date: The 25th day of each month or, if such 25th day is
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing in September
2003.

         Due Date: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the date on which a
Scheduled Payment is due under the related Mortgage Note as indicated in the
Mortgage Note.

         Due Period: As to any Distribution Date, the period beginning on the
second day of the month preceding the month of such Distribution Date, and
ending on the first day of the month of such Distribution Date.

         Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio: A fraction, expressed as a percentage,
the numerator of which is the original Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loan, less the amount of Additional Collateral required to secure such Mortgage
Loan at the time of origination, if any, and the denominator of which is the
Appraised Value of the related Mortgage Property at such date.

         Eligible Account: Any of (i) an account or accounts maintained with a
federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company the
short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or, in the case of a depository
institution or trust company that is the principal subsidiary of a holding
company, the debt obligations of such holding company) have the highest
short-term ratings of each Rating Agency at the time any amounts are held on
deposit therein, or (ii) an

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account or accounts in a depository institution or trust company in which such
accounts are insured by the FDIC or the SAIF (to the limits established by the
FDIC or the SAIF) and the uninsured deposits in which accounts are otherwise
secured such that, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the
Trustee and to each Rating Agency, the Certificateholders have a claim with
respect to the funds in such account or a perfected first priority security
interest against any collateral (which shall be limited to Permitted
Investments) securing such funds that is superior to claims of any other
depositors or creditors of the depository institution or trust company in which
such account is maintained, or (iii) a trust account or accounts maintained with
the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or
trust company, acting in its fiduciary capacity or (iv) any other account
acceptable to each Rating Agency. Eligible Accounts may bear interest, and may
include, if otherwise qualified under this definition, accounts maintained with
the Trustee, any Paying Agent, or the Servicer.

         ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and as it may be further amended from time to time, any successor statutes
thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Labor regulations issued pursuant
thereto in temporary or final form.

         ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting: A best efforts or firm commitment
underwriting or private placement that meets the requirements of an
Underwriter's Exemption.

         ERISA-Restricted Certificate: The Class A-R, Class B-4, Class B-5 or
Class B-6 Certificates.

         Escrow Account: As defined in the Servicing Agreement.

         Event of Default: The failure of the Servicer to perform any of its
obligations under the Servicing Agreement.

         Fannie Mae: The entity formerly known as the Federal National Mortgage
Association, a federally chartered and privately owned corporation organized and
existing under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, or any
successor thereto.

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

         FHLMC: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a corporate
instrumentality of the United States created and existing under Title III of the
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970, as amended, or any successor thereto.

         Final Certification: As referred to in Section 2.02(c), the form of
which is set forth at Exhibit L.

         Fitch Ratings: Fitch, Inc., or any successor in interest.

         Global Securities: The global certificates representing the Book-Entry
Certificates.

         Group 1: All of the Group 1 Certificates.

         Group 1 Certificate: Any Class A-1 or Class A-R Certificate.

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         Group 2: All of the Group 2 Certificates.

         Group 2 Certificate: Any Class A-2 Certificate.

         Holder or Certificateholder: The registered owner of any Certificate as
recorded on the books of the Certificate Registrar except that, solely for the
purposes of taking any action or giving any consent pursuant to this Agreement,
any Certificate registered in the name of the Depositor, the Trustee or the
Servicer, or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding in
determining whether the requisite percentage necessary to effect any such
consent has been obtained, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such consent, only Certificates which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be disregarded.
The Trustee may request and conclusively rely on certifications by the Depositor
and the Servicer in determining whether any Certificates are registered to an
Affiliate of the Depositor or the Servicer.

         HUD: The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or
any successor thereto.

         Independent: When used with respect to any Accountants, a Person who is
"independent" within the meaning of Rule 2-01(b) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission's Regulation S-X. When used with respect to any other Person, a
Person who (a) is in fact independent of another specified Person and any
Affiliate of such other Person, (b) does not have any material direct financial
interest in such other Person or any Affiliate of such other Person, and (c) is
not connected with such other Person or any Affiliate of such other Person as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person
performing similar functions.

         Index: As to each Mortgage Loan, the index from time to time in effect
for adjustment of the Mortgage Rate as set forth as such on the related Mortgage
Note.

         Initial Certification: As referred to Section 2.02(a), the form of
which is set forth at Exhibit K.

         Initial LIBOR Rate: 1.11% with respect to the LIBOR Certificates other
than the Class A-2 Certificates, and 1.21% with respect to the Class A-2
Certificates.

         Initial Optional Purchase Date: The first Distribution Date following
the date on which the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance is less than 10.00% of
the Cut-off Date Balance.

         Insurance Policy: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any insurance
policy, including all names and endorsements thereto in effect, including any
replacement policy or policies for any Insurance Policies.

         Insurance Proceeds: Proceeds paid by any Insurance Policy (excluding
proceeds required to be applied to the restoration and repair of the related
Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor), in each case other than any
amount included in such Insurance Proceeds in respect of Insured Expenses and
(i) the proceeds from any Limited Purpose Surety Bond.

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

         Interest Distribution Amount: For each Class of Certificates or
Component, on any Distribution Date, the Current Interest for such Class or
Component, as reduced by such Class's or Component's share of Net Prepayment
Interest Shortfalls and Relief Act Reductions. Any such shortfalls and
reductions shall be allocated among (i) all Classes of Certificates (other than
the Interest Only Certificates) of the related Certificate Group from such
Mortgage Pool, (ii) the Pool 1 NAS Component, Pool 1 Companion Component, Pool 2
NAS Component or the Pool 2 Companion Component, as the case may be, and (iii)
the Subordinate Certificates proportionately on the basis of (1) in the case of
the Senior Certificates (other than the Class X Certificates), Current Interest
otherwise distributable thereon on such Distribution Date; (2) in the case of
the Pool NAS Component and the Pool Companion Component related to a Mortgage
Pool, Current Interest otherwise distributable in respect thereof on such
Distribution Date and (3) in the case of Subordinate Certificates, interest
accrued at the Net WAC of the applicable Mortgage Pool on their Apportioned
Principal Balance before taking into account any reductions in such amounts from
Net Interest Shortfalls for that Distribution Date.

         Interest-Only Certificates: Any of the Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2 and
Class X-B Certificates.

         Interest Shortfall: As to any Class of Certificates or Component and
any Distribution Date, (i) the amount by which the Interest Distribution Amount
(exclusive of any payments to such Class in respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls or
Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls) for such Class or Component on such Distribution
Date and all prior Distribution Dates exceeds (ii) amounts distributed in
respect thereof to such Class or Component on prior Distribution Dates (as
determined without reduction for amounts not paid to such Class or in respect of
such Component as a result of the provisos set forth in Sections 5.02(a)(i) and
5.02(b) hereof.

         Interest Transfer Amount: For any Distribution Date and for any
Undercollateralized Group, an amount equal to one month's interest on the
applicable Principal Transfer Amount at the weighted average Certificate
Interest Rate of the applicable Undercollateralized Group, plus any interest
accrued on such Undercollateralized Group remaining unpaid from prior
Distribution Dates.

         Intervening Assignments: The original intervening assignments of the
Mortgage, notices of transfer or equivalent instrument.

         Latest Possible Maturity Date: The Distribution Date in August 2028.

         LIBOR: With respect to the first Accrual Period, the Initial LIBOR
Rate. With respect to each subsequent Accrual Period, a per annum rate
determined on the LIBOR Determination Date in the following manner by the
Trustee on the basis of the "Interest Settlement Rate" set by the BBA for
one-month (or six-month with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates) United
States dollar deposits, as such rates appear on the Telerate Page 3750, as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) on such LIBOR Determination Date.

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         (a)      If on such a LIBOR Determination Date, the BBA's Interest
Settlement Rate does not appear on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m.
(London time), or if the Telerate Page 3750 is not available on such date, the
Trustee will obtain such rate from Reuters' "page LIBOR 01" or Bloomberg's page
"BBAM." If such rate is not published for such LIBOR Determination Date, LIBOR
for such date will be the most recently published Interest Settlement Rate. In
the event that the BBA no longer sets an Interest Settlement Rate, the Trustee
will designate an alternative index that has performed, or that the Trustee
expects to perform, in a manner substantially similar to the BBA's Interest
Settlement Rate. The Trustee will select a particular index as the alternative
index only if it receives an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion shall be an
expense reimbursed from the Distribution Account, that the selection of such
index will not cause any of the REMICs to lose their classification as REMICs
for federal income tax purposes.

         (b)      The establishment of LIBOR by the Trustee and the Trustee's
subsequent calculation of the Certificate Interest Rate applicable to the LIBOR
Certificates for the relevant Accrual Period, in the absence of manifest error,
will be final and binding.

         LIBOR Business Day: Any day on which banks in London, England and The
City of New York are open and conducting transactions in foreign currency and
exchange.

         LIBOR Certificate: Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class B-1, Class B-2 and
Class B-3 Certificate.

         LIBOR Determination Date: With respect to any LIBOR Certificates other
than the Class A-2 Certificates, the second LIBOR Business Day immediately
preceding the commencement of each Accrual Period and with respect to the Class
A-2 Certificates, the second LIBOR Business Day immediately preceding every
sixth Accrual Period beginning with the Accrual Period commencing during
February 2004.

         Limited Purpose Surety Bond: Any Limited Purpose Surety Bond listed in
Exhibit F.

         Liquidated Mortgage Loan: With respect to any Distribution Date, a
defaulted Mortgage Loan (including any REO Property) which was liquidated in the
calendar month preceding the month of such Distribution Date and as to which the
Servicer has certified (in accordance with the Servicing Agreement) that it has
received all amounts it expects to receive in connection with the liquidation of
such Mortgage Loan including the final disposition of an REO Property.

         Liquidation Proceeds: Amounts, including Insurance Proceeds, received
in connection with the partial or complete liquidation of defaulted Mortgage
Loans, whether through trustee's sale, foreclosure sale or otherwise or amounts
received in connection with any condemnation or partial release of a Mortgaged
Property and any other proceeds received in connection with an REO Property.

         Loan-To-Value Ratio: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and as to any
date of determination, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of
which is the principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan at such date of
determination and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related
Mortgaged Property.

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         Lower Tier REMIC Interests: Any of the REMIC 1 Interests, the REMIC 2
Interests, the REMIC 3 Interests or the REMIC 4 Interests.

         Lower Tier Regular Interests: Any of the REMIC 1 Regular Interests, the
REMIC 2 Regular Interests, the REMIC 3 Regular Interests or the REMIC 4 Regular
Interests.

         Margin: As to each Mortgage Loan, the percentage amount set forth on
the related Mortgage Note added to the Index in calculating the Mortgage Rate
thereon.

         Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement: The Master Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1998, between RWT Holdings, Inc. and
Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation, as amended to date and modified by the related
Acknowledgements, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit E.

         Material Defect: As defined in Section 2.02(b).

         Maximum Rate: As to any Mortgage Loan, the maximum rate set forth on
the related Mortgage Note at which interest can accrue on such Mortgage Loan.

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

         MERS Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan registered with MERS on the MERS
System.

         MERS System: The system of recording transfers of mortgages
electronically maintained by MERS.

         Moody's: Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or any successor in interest.

         Monthly Statement: The statement delivered to the Certificateholders
pursuant to Section 4.02.

         Mortgage: A mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument encumbering a
fee simple interest in real property securing a Mortgage Note, together with
improvements thereto.

         Mortgage Documents: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the mortgage
documents required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust
Agreement.

         Mortgage Loan: A Mortgage and the related notes or other evidences of
indebtedness secured by each such Mortgage conveyed, transferred, sold, assigned
to or deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 (including any
Replacement Loan and REO Property), including without limitation, each Mortgage
Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, as amended from time to time.

         Mortgage Loan Schedule: The schedule attached hereto as Schedule A,
which shall identify each Mortgage Loan, as such schedule may be amended by the
Depositor or the Servicer from time to time to reflect the addition of
Replacement Mortgage Loans to, or the

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deletion of Deleted Mortgage Loans from, the Trust Fund. Such schedule shall,
among other things (1) identify the designated Mortgage Pool in which such
Mortgage Loan is included and (2) separately identify One-Month LIBOR Loans,
Six-Month LIBOR Loans and Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans.

         Mortgage Loan Servicing Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Flow Purchase,
Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2002, between the Seller,
Cendant, Bishop's Gate Residential Mortgage Trust and Redwood Trust, Inc., as
amended to date and modified by the related Acknowledgements, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit D.

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

         Mortgage Pools: Each of Pool 1 and Pool 2.

         Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement,
dated as of August 1, 2003, by and among the Seller, Sequoia Residential Trust,
Inc. and the Depositor with respect to the sale and purchase of the Mortgage
Loans.

         Mortgage Rate: As to any Mortgage Loan, the annual rate of interest
borne by the related Mortgage Notes.

         Mortgaged Property: The underlying property, including any Additional
Collateral, securing a Mortgage Loan which, with respect to a Cooperative Loan,
is the related Cooperative Shares and Property Lease.

         Mortgagor: The obligor on a Mortgage Note.

         Net Liquidation Proceeds: With respect to any Liquidated Mortgage Loan
or any other disposition of related Mortgaged Property, the related Liquidation
Proceeds net of Advances, Servicer Advances, related Servicing Fees and any
other accrued and unpaid fees received and retained in connection with the
liquidation of such Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property.

         Net Mortgage Rate: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, the related Mortgage Rate as of the Due Date in the month
preceding the month of such Distribution Date reduced by the Servicing Fee Rate
for such Mortgage Loan.

         Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any Mortgage Loan
and any Distribution Date, the amount by which any Prepayment Interest Shortfall
for such date exceeds the amount payable by the Servicer in respect of such
shortfall.

         Net WAC: As to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Net
Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans as of the Due Date of the month preceding
the month of such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their outstanding
Stated Principal Balances (after giving effect to the Scheduled Payments due on
or before such Due Date and Principal Prepayments received prior to such Due
Date) at such time. When the term "Net WAC" is used herein with reference to
only the One-Month LIBOR Loans or only the Six-Month LIBOR Loans, such weighted
average shall be computed with reference solely to the Mortgage Loans in the
relevant group.

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         Non-Book-Entry Certificate: Any Certificate other than a Book-Entry
Certificate.

         Non-permitted Foreign Holder: As defined in Section 3.03(f).

         Nonrecoverable Advance: Any portion of an Advance or Servicer Advance
previously made or proposed to be made by the Servicer (as certified in an
Officer's Certificate of the Servicer) or by the Trustee pursuant to Section
5.04, which in the good faith judgment of such party, shall not be ultimately
recoverable by such party from the related Mortgagor, related Liquidation
Proceeds or otherwise.

         Non-U.S. Person: Any person other than a "United States person" within
the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

         Notional Amount: With respect to any Notional Certificate and any
Distribution Date, such Certificate's Percentage Interest of the Class Notional
Amount of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date.

         Notional Certificate: Any Class X-A-1 or Class X-A-2 Certificate.

         Offering Document: The Prospectus.

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

         Officer's Certificate of the Servicer: A certificate (i) signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Managing
Director, a Vice President (however denominated), an Assistant Vice President,
the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant
Secretaries of the Servicer, or (ii) if provided for herein, signed by a
Servicing Officer, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee.

         One-Month LIBOR Loan: Each Mortgage Loan bearing a Mortgage Rate that
adjusts in accordance with LIBOR for one-month U.S. dollar deposits.

         Opinion of Counsel: A written opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable
in form and substance to the Trustee and who may be in-house or outside counsel
to the Depositor or the Trustee but which must be Independent outside counsel
with respect to any such opinion of counsel concerning the transfer of any
Residual Certificate or concerning certain matters with respect to ERISA, or the
taxation, or the federal income tax status, of each REMIC.

         Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage: With respect to each
Class of Subordinate Certificates, the corresponding percentage set forth
opposite its Class designation:

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Class B-1 - 3.10%; Class B-2 - 2.05%; Class B-3 - 1.25%; Class B-4 - 0.80%;
Class B-5 - 0.55%; and Class B-6 - 0.35%.

         Original Subordinate Principal Amount: The aggregate of the initial
Class Principal Amounts of the Classes of Subordinated Certificates.

         Originator: Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

         Overcollateralized Group: On any Distribution Date, any Certificate
Group which is not an Undercollateralized Group.

         Parent Power(R)Guaranty and Security Agreement: With respect to any
Additional Collateral Loan, as defined in the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase
Agreement.

         Paying Agent: Any paying agent appointed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.08.

         Percentage Interest: With respect to any Certificate, its percentage
interest in the undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund
evidenced by all Certificates of the same Class as such Certificate. With
respect to any Certificate other than a Notional Certificate, a Class X-B
Certificate or the Class A-R Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced
thereby shall equal the initial Certificate Principal Amount thereof divided by
the initial Class Principal Amount of all Certificates of the same Class. With
respect to the Class A-R Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby
shall be as specified on the face thereof, or otherwise, be equal to 100%. With
respect to any Notional Certificate, the Percentage Interest evidenced thereby
shall equal its initial Notional Amount as set forth on the face thereof divided
by the initial Class Notional Amount of such Class. With respect to any Class
X-B Certificate, the Percentage Interest represented thereby shall equal the
initial aggregate Component Notional Amount of its Components divided by the
initial aggregate Component Notional Amount of all of the Components.

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

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

                  (ii)     general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by
         any state of the United States or the District of Columbia receiving
         the highest long-term debt rating of each Rating Agency, or such lower
         rating as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the
         ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as
         evidenced by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;

                  (iii)    commercial or finance company paper which is then
         receiving the highest commercial or finance company paper rating of
         each Rating Agency rating such paper, or such lower rating as shall not
         result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then assigned to
         the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a signed
         writing delivered by each Rating Agency;

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                  (iv)     certificates of deposit, demand or time deposits, or
         bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
         company incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any
         state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal
         and/or state banking authorities, provided that the commercial paper
         and/or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such depository
         institution or trust company (or in the case of the principal
         depository institution in a holding company system, the commercial
         paper or long-term unsecured debt obligations of such holding company,
         but only if Moody's is not the applicable Rating Agency) are then rated
         one of the two highest long-term and the highest short-term ratings of
         each Rating Agency for such securities, or such lower ratings as shall
         not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
         assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a
         signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;

                  (v)      guaranteed reinvestment agreements issued by any
         bank, insurance company or other corporation acceptable to the Rating
         Agencies at the time of the issuance of such agreements, as evidenced
         by a signed writing delivered by each Rating Agency;

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

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

                  (viii)   interests in any money market fund which at the date
         of acquisition of the interests in such fund and throughout the time
         such interests are held in such fund has the highest applicable rating
         by each Rating Agency rating such fund or such lower rating as shall
         not result in a change in the rating then assigned to the Certificates
         by each Rating Agency including funds for which the Trustee or any of
         its Affiliates is investment manager or adviser;

                  (ix)     short-term investment funds sponsored by any trust
         company or national banking association incorporated under the laws of
         the United States or any state thereof which on the date of acquisition
         has been rated by each applicable Rating Agency in their respective
         highest applicable rating category or such lower rating as shall not
         result in a change in the rating then specified stated maturity and
         bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to each Rating Agency
         as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings
         then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies; and

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                  (x)      such other investments having a specified stated
         maturity and bearing interest or sold at a discount acceptable to the
         Rating Agencies as shall not result in the downgrading or withdrawal of
         the ratings then assigned to the Certificates by the Rating Agencies;

provided, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment if (i) such
instrument evidences the right to receive interest only payments with respect to
the obligations underlying such instrument, (ii) such instrument would require
the Depositor to register as an investment company under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, or (iii) such instrument would not be a "permitted
investment" within the meaning of such term as provided for in Section
860G(a)(5) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

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

         Pool Companion Component: The Pool 1 Companion Component or Pool 2
Companion Component, as the context may require.

         Pool NAS Component. The Pool 1 NAS Component or Pool 2 NAS Component,
as the context may require.

         Pool Net WAC: The Pool 1 Net WAC or Pool 2 Net WAC, as the context may
require.

         Pool 1: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as being included in Pool 1.

         Pool 1 Adjusted Net WAC: For each Distribution Date, the interest rate
on the Class LT4A1 Interest.

         Pool 1 Companion Component: An interest-only Component represented by
the Class X-A-2 Certificates which has a notional amount on any Distribution
Date equal to the Pool 1 Companion Notional Principal Amount and bears interest
at a rate equal to the excess, if any, of the Pool 1 Adjusted Net WAC over the
Certificate Interest Rate on the Class A-1 Certificates.

         Pool 1 Companion Notional Principal Amount: For any Distribution Date,
the Certificate Principal Amount of the Class A-1 Certificates immediately prior
to such Distribution Date.

         Pool 1 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 1.

         Pool 1 NAS Component: An interest only Component represented by the
Class X-A-1 Certificates which has a notional amount equal to the Pool 1 NAS
Notional Principal Amount and, subject to the Current Interest Restriction,
bears interest at a rate equal on any Distribution Date to the lesser of (i)
1.00% or (ii) the Pool 1 Net WAC.

         Pool 1 NAS Notional Principal Amount: For each Distribution Date, the
lesser of (i) the outstanding Class Principal Amount of the Class A-1
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (ii) the amount
specified below for such Distribution Date:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                POOL 1 NAS
                                                 NOTIONAL
                                                PRINCIPAL
DISTRIBUTION DATE                                 AMOUNT
-----------------                                 ------
<S>                                          <C>
September 25, 2003                           823,305,000.00
October 25, 2003                             793,344,945.56
November 25, 2003                            764,441,338.50
December 25, 2003                            736,556,926.50
January 25, 2004                             709,655,770.85
February 25, 2004                            683,703,200.09
March 25, 2004                               658,665,765.37
April 25, 2004                               634,511,197.26
May 25, 2004                                 611,208,364.26
June 25, 2004                                588,727,232.59
July 25, 2004                                567,038,827.53
August 25, 2004                              546,115,196.07
September 25, 2004                           525,929,370.86
October 25, 2004                             506,455,335.47
November 25, 2004                            487,667,990.88
December 25, 2004                            469,543,123.08
January 25, 2005                             452,057,371.91
February 25, 2005                            435,188,200.92
March 25, 05                                 418,913,868.35
April 25, 2005                               403,213,399.08
May 25, 2005                                 388,066,557.63
June 25, 2005                                373,918,204.36
July 25, 2005                                360,276,935.92
August 25, 2005                              347,124,727.18
September 25, 2005                           334,444,191.19
October 25, 2005                             322,218,556.58
November 25, 2005                            310,431,645.82
December 25, 2005                            299,067,854.26
January 25, 2006                             288,112,129.86
February 25, 2006                            277,549,953.66
March 25, 2006                               267,367,320.98
April 25, 2006                               257,550,723.19
May 25, 2006                                 248,087,130.23
June 25, 2006                                238,963,973.65
July 25, 2006                                230,169,130.35
August 25, 2006                              221,690,906.77
September 25, 2006                           213,518,023.76
October 25, 2006                             205,988,960.02
November 25, 2006                            198,725,385.11
December 25, 2006                            191,717,937.38
January 25, 2007                             184,957,585.33
February 25, 2007                            178,435,615.90
March 25, 2007                               172,143,623.26
April 25, 2007                               166,073,498.02
May 25, 2007                                 160,217,416.70
June 25, 2007                                154,567,831.73
July 25, 2007                                149,117,461.66
August 25, 2007                              143,859,281.80
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>
September 25, 2007 and thereafter                      0.00
</TABLE>

         Pool 1 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 1 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.

         Pool 1 REMIC Companion Component: An uncertificated "interest-only"
regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that, on each Distribution Date, has a
notional principal amount equal to the Class Principal Amount of the Class A-1
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and bears interest at a
rate equal to the excess of the Pool 1 Adjusted Net WAC over the Certificate
Interest Rate on the Class A-1 Certificates on such Distribution Date. For
federal income tax purposes, the Pool 1 REMIC Companion Component is represented
by the Class X-A-2 Certificates.

         Pool 1 REMIC NAS Component: An uncertificated "interest-only" regular
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that is entitled to 100% of the amounts payable
in respect of the REMIC 3 Pool 1 IO Interests. For federal income tax purposes,
the Pool 1 REMIC NAS Component is represented by the Class X-A-1 Certificates.

         Pool 1 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of (a)
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Pool 1 Mortgage Loans and over
(b) the sum of the Class Principal Amounts of the Class A-1 and Class A-R
Certificates immediately before such Distribution Date.

         Pool 2: The aggregate of Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule as being included in Pool 2.

         Pool 2 Adjusted Net WAC: For each Distribution Date, the interest rate
on the Class LT4A2 Interest.

         Pool 2 Companion Component: An interest-only Component represented by
the Class X-A-1 Certificates which has a notional amount on any Distribution
Date equal to the Pool 2 Companion Notional Principal Amount and bears interest
at a rate equal to the excess, if any, of the Pool 2 Adjusted Net WAC over the
Certificate Interest Rate on the Class A-2 Certificates.

         Pool 2 Companion Notional Principal Amount: For any Distribution Date,
the Certificate Principal Amount of the Class A-2 Certificates immediately prior
to such Distribution Date.

         Pool 2 Mortgage Loans: Any Mortgage Loan in Pool 2.

         Pool 2 NAS Component: An interest only Component represented by the
Class X-A-1 Certificates which has a notional amount equal to the Pool 2 NAS
Notional Principal Amount and, subject to the Current Interest Restriction,
bears interest at a rate equal on any Distribution Date to the lesser of (i)
1.00% or (ii) the Pool 2 Net WAC.

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         Pool 2 NAS Notional Principal Amount: For each Distribution Date, the
lesser of (i) the outstanding Class Principal Amount of the Class A-2
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and (ii) the amount
specified below for such Distribution Date:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 POOL 2 NAS
                                                  NOTIONAL
                                                  PRINCIPAL
DISTRIBUTION DATE                                  AMOUNT
-----------------                                  ------
<S>                                            <C>
September 25, 2003                             150,000,000.00
October 25, 2003                               144,541,500.79
November 25, 2003                              139,275,478.44
December 25, 2003                              134,195,145.86
January 25, 2004                               129,293,955.27
February 25, 2004                              124,565,589.80
March 25, 2004                                 120,003,955.31
April 25, 2004                                 115,603,172.56
May 25, 2004                                   111,357,569.61
June 25, 2004                                  107,261,674.53
July 25, 2004                                  103,310,208.35
August 25, 2004                                 99,498,078.24
September 25, 2004                              95,820,370.94
October 25, 2004                                92,272,346.45
November 25, 2004                               88,849,431.92
December 25, 2004                               85,547,215.74
January 25, 2005                                82,361,441.86
February 25, 2005                               79,288,004.31
March 25, 05                                    76,322,941.89
April 25, 2005                                  73,462,433.10
May 25, 2005                                    70,702,791.18
June 25, 2005                                   68,125,066.39
July 25, 2005                                   65,639,728.68
August 25, 2005                                 63,243,494.02
September 25, 2005                              60,933,194.62
October 25, 2005                                58,705,774.88
November 25, 2005                               56,558,287.36
December 25, 2005                               54,487,889.01
January 25, 2006                                52,491,837.46
February 25, 2006                               50,567,487.47
March 25, 2006                                  48,712,287.49
April 25, 2006                                  46,923,776.35
May 25, 2006                                    45,199,580.06
June 25, 2006                                   43,537,408.75
July 25, 2006                                   41,935,053.68
August 25, 2006                                 40,390,384.36
September 25, 2006                              38,901,345.83
October 25, 2006                                37,529,606.39
November 25, 2006                               36,206,237.03
December 25, 2006                               34,929,532.15
January 25, 2007                                33,697,846.26
February 25, 2007                               32,509,591.91
March 25, 2007                                  31,363,237.62
April 25, 2007                                  30,257,305.92
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<S>                                             <C>
May 25, 2007                                    29,190,371.44
June 25, 2007                                   28,161,059.06
July 25, 2007                                   27,168,042.15
August 25, 2007                                 26,210,040.86
September 25, 2007 and thereafter                        0.00
</TABLE>

         Pool 2 Net WAC: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted
average of the Net Mortgage Rates of the Pool 2 Mortgage Loans as of the first
day of the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month of such
Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their Stated Principal Balances.

         Pool 2 REMIC Companion Component: An uncertificated "interest-only"
regular interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that, on each Distribution Date, has a
notional principal amount equal to the Class Principal Amount of the Class A-2
Certificates immediately prior to such Distribution Date and bears interest at a
rate equal to the excess of the Pool 2 Adjusted Net WAC over the Certificate
Interest Rate on the Class A-2 Certificates on such Distribution Date. For
federal income tax purposes, the Pool 2 REMIC Companion Component is represented
by the Class X-A-2 Certificates.

         Pool 2 REMIC NAS Component: An uncertificated "interest-only" regular
interest in the Upper Tier REMIC that is entitled to 100% of the amounts payable
in respect of the REMIC 3 Pool 2 IO Interests. For federal income tax purposes,
the Pool 2 REMIC NAS Component is represented by the Class X-A-1 Certificates.

         Pool 2 Subordinate Amount: For any Distribution Date, the excess of (a)
the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Pool 2 Mortgage Loans over (b) the
Class Principal Amount of the Class A-2 Certificates immediately before such
Distribution Date.

         Pool Percentage: With respect to each Mortgage Pool and any
Distribution Date, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which
is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Pool and the
denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of such Due
Date.

         Pool Subordinate Amount: Either of the Pool 1 Subordinate Amount or the
Pool 2 Subordinate Amount.

         Prepayment Interest Shortfall: With respect to any full or partial
Principal Prepayment of a Mortgage Loan, the excess, if any, of (i) one full
month's interest at the applicable Mortgage Rate on the outstanding principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Principal Prepayment
over (ii) the amount of interest actually received with respect to such Mortgage
Loan in connection with such Principal Prepayment.

         Prepayment Period: With respect to each Distribution Date, the calendar
month immediately preceding the month in which the Distribution Date occurs.

         Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy: Each policy of primary mortgage
guaranty insurance or any replacement policy therefor with respect to any
Mortgage Loan.

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         Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Mortgage Pool and
any Distribution Date, the sum of (a) each Scheduled Payment of principal
collected or advanced on the related Mortgage Loans (before taking into account
any Deficient Valuations or Debt Service Reductions) and due during the related
Due Period, (b) that portion of the Purchase Price representing principal of any
Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool purchased in accordance with Section 2.04
hereof and received during the related Prepayment Period, (c) the principal
portion of any related Substitution Amount received during the related
Prepayment Period, (d) the principal portion of all Insurance Proceeds received
during the related Prepayment Period with respect to Mortgage Loans in such
Mortgage Pool that are not yet Liquidated Mortgage Loans, (e) the principal
portion of all Net Liquidation Proceeds received during the related Prepayment
Period with respect to Liquidated Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool, (f) the
principal portion of the proceeds of any Additional Collateral with respect to
the Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool, (g) the principal portion of all
partial and full principal prepayments of Mortgage Loans in such Mortgage Pool
applied by the Servicer during the related Prepayment Period and (h) on the
Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund is to be terminated pursuant to
Article X hereof, that portion of the Redemption Price in respect of principal
for such Mortgage Pool.

         Principal Prepayment: Any Mortgagor payment of principal or other
recovery of principal on a Mortgage Loan that is recognized as having been
received or recovered in advance of its scheduled Due Date and applied to reduce
the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in accordance with the terms of the
Mortgage Note or the Servicing Agreement.

         Principal Prepayment In Full: Any Principal Prepayment of the entire
principal balance of the Mortgage Loans.

         Principal Transfer Amount: For any Distribution Date and for any
Undercollateralized Group, the excess, if any, of the aggregate Class Principal
Amount of such Undercollateralized Group immediately prior to such Distribution
Date over the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Pool
immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

         Proceeding: Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding.

         Proprietary Lease: With respect to any Cooperative Property, a lease or
occupancy agreement between a Cooperative Corporation and a holder of related
Cooperative Shares.

         Pro Rata Senior Percentage: With respect to each Distribution Date and
each Mortgage Pool, the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of
which is the aggregate Class Principal Amount of the Class or Classes of the
Related Certificate Group immediately prior to such Distribution Date and the
denominator of which is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the related
Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date.

         Prospectus: The prospectus supplement dated August 25, 2003, together
with the accompanying prospectus dated July 3, 2003, relating to the initial
sale of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-R, Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2, Class
X-B, Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates.

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         Purchase Price: With respect to any Mortgage Loan required or permitted
to be purchased by the Depositor pursuant to this Agreement, by the Servicer
pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, or by the Seller pursuant to the Master
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the
unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan on the date of such purchase, (ii)
accrued interest thereon at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate from the date
through which interest was last paid by the Mortgagor to the Due Date in the
month in which the Purchase Price is to be distributed to Certificateholders and
(iii) any unreimbursed costs, penalties and/or damages incurred by the Trust
Fund in connection with any violation relating to such Mortgage Loan of any
predatory or abusive lending law.

         Rapid Prepayment Conditions: As to any Distribution Date either of the
following conditions: if (1) the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage on such date
is less than 200% of the Aggregate Subordinate Percentage on the Closing Date or
(2) the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in any
Mortgage Pool delinquent 60 days or months, as a percentage of such Mortgage
Pool's Pool Subordinate Amount, is greater than or equal to 50%.

         Rating Agency: Each of Moody's, S&P and Fitch Ratings.

         Realized Loss: With respect to each Liquidated Mortgage Loan, an amount
(not less than zero or more than the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loan) as of the date of such liquidation, equal to (i) the Stated Principal
Balance of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan as of the date of such liquidation, plus
(ii) interest at the Net Mortgage Rate from the Due Date as to which interest
was last paid or advanced (and not reimbursed) to Certificateholders up to the
Due Date in the month in which Liquidation Proceeds are required to be
distributed on the Stated Principal Balance of such Liquidated Mortgage Loan
from time to time, minus (iii) the Net Liquidation Proceeds and the proceeds of
any Additional Collateral, if any, received during the month in which such
liquidation occurred, to the extent applied as recoveries of interest at the Net
Mortgage Rate and to principal of the Liquidated Mortgage Loan. With respect to
each Mortgage Loan which has become the subject of a Deficient Valuation, if the
principal amount due under the related Mortgage Note has been reduced, the
difference between the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan outstanding
immediately prior to such Deficient Valuation and the principal balance of the
Mortgage Loan as reduced by the Deficient Valuation.

         Record Date: As to any Distribution Date (i) with respect to the LIBOR
Certificates, the last Business Day preceding such Distribution Date (or the
Closing Date, in the case of the first Distribution Date) unless such
Certificates shall no longer be Book-Entry Certificates, in which case the
Record Date shall be the last Business Day of the month preceding the month of
such Distribution Date and (ii) in the case of all other Certificates (including
LIBOR Certificates that are subsequently reissued as Definitive Certificates),
the last Business Day of the month preceding the month of each Distribution
Date.

         Redemption Date: Any Distribution Date on which Certificates may be
redeemed.

         Redemption Price: An amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the Class
Principal Amount of the outstanding Certificates; (ii) interest on such amount
at the applicable Certificate Interest Rate through the related Accrual Period
(as increased by any Interest Shortfalls but excluding any Unpaid Basis Risk
Shortfalls); (iii) any cost and damages incurred by the Trust

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Fund (or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) in connection with the
violation of any anti-predatory or anti-abusive lending laws; and (iv) the
payment of all amounts (including, without limitation, all previously
unreimbursed Advances and Servicing Advances and accrued and unpaid Servicing
Fees) payable or reimbursable to the Servicer or Trustee.

         Refinancing Mortgage Loan: Any Mortgage Loan originated in connection
with the refinancing of an existing mortgage loan.

         Related Certificate Group: The Certificate Group related to a
particular Mortgage Pool as indicated by the same numerical designation (i.e.,
Group 1 Certificates are related to Pool 1 and Group 2 Certificates are related
to Pool 2).

         Related Class of Upper Tier REMIC Interest: With respect to any Class
of Certificates, the interest in the Upper Tier REMIC appearing opposite such
Class in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

         Relief Act Reductions: With respect to any Distribution Date and any
Mortgage Loan as to which there has been a reduction in the amount of interest
collectible thereon for the most recently ended calendar month as a result of
the application of the Civil Relief Act, the amount, if any, by which (i)
interest collectible on such Mortgage Loan for the most recently ended calendar
month is less than (ii) interest accrued thereon for such month pursuant to the
Mortgage Note.

         REMIC: Each pool of assets in the Trust Fund designated as a REMIC as
described in the Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC Components: Each of the Pool 1 REMIC NAS Component, the Pool 2
REMIC NAS Component, the Pool 1 REMIC Companion Component, the Pool 2 REMIC
Companion Component, Component XB1, Component XB2 and Component XB3.

         REMIC Interests: Any regular or residual interest in any of REMIC 1,
REMIC 2, REMIC 3, REMIC 4 or the Upper Tier REMIC, as described in the
Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC Provisions: The provisions of the federal income tax law relating
to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A
through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions,
and regulations, including proposed regulations and rulings, and administrative
pronouncements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from
time to time.

         REMIC 1: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC 1 Interest: Each class of interest in REMIC 1 as described in the
Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC 1 Regular Interest: Each of the REMIC 1 Interests other than the
Class LT1-R Interest.

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         REMIC 1 Subordinated Balance Ratio: The ratio among the uncertificated
principal balances of each of the REMIC 1 Interests ending with the designation
"A" that is equal to the ratio among, with respect to each such REMIC 1
Interest, the excess of (x) the aggregate Scheduled Principal Balance of the
Mortgage Loans in the related Mortgage Pool over (y) the aggregate class
principal amounts of the Certificates in the Certificate Group related to such
Mortgage Pool.

         REMIC 2: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC 2 Interest: Each class of interest in REMIC 2 as described in the
Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC 2 Regular Interest: Each of the REMIC 2 Interests other than the
Class LT2-R Interest.

         REMIC 3: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC 3 Interest: Each class of interest in REMIC 3 as described in the
Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC 3 IO Interests: Each class of interest in REMIC 3 that has the
letters "IO" in its class designation.

         REMIC 3 Pool 1 IO Interests: Each of the Class LT31IO1 Interest, Class
LT31IO2 Interest, Class LT31IO3 Interest, Class LT31IO4 Interest, Class LT31IO5
Interest, Class LT31IO6 Interest, Class LT31IO7 Interest, Class LT31IO8
Interest, Class LT31IO9 Interest, Class LT31IO10 Interest, Class LT31IO11
Interest, Class LT31IO12 Interest, Class LT31IO13 Interest, Class LT31IO14
Interest, Class LT31IO15 Interest, Class LT31IO16 Interest, Class LT31IO17
Interest, Class LT31IO18 Interest, Class LT31IO19 Interest, Class LT31IO20
Interest, Class LT31IO21 Interest, Class LT31IO22 Interest, Class LT31IO23
Interest, Class LT31IO24 Interest, Class LT31IO25 Interest, Class LT31IO26
Interest, Class LT31IO27 Interest, Class LT31IO28 Interest, Class LT31IO29
Interest, Class LT31IO30 Interest, Class LT31IO31 Interest, Class LT31IO32
Interest, Class LT31IO33 Interest, Class LT31IO34 Interest, Class LT31IO35
Interest, Class LT31IO36 Interest, Class LT31IO37 Interest, Class LT31IO38
Interest, Class LT31IO39 Interest, Class LT31IO40 Interest, Class LT31IO41
Interest, Class LT31IO42 Interest, Class LT31IO43 Interest, Class LT31IO44
Interest, Class LT31IO45 Interest, Class LT31IO46 Interest, Class LT31IO47
Interest and Class LT31IO48 Interest.

         REMIC 3 Pool 2 IO Interests: Each of the Class LT32IO1 Interest, Class
LT32IO2 Interest, Class LT32IO3 Interest, Class LT32IO4 Interest, Class LT32IO5
Interest, Class LT32IO6 Interest, Class LT32IO7 Interest, Class LT32IO8
Interest, Class LT32IO9 Interest, Class LT32IO10 Interest, Class LT32IO11
Interest, Class LT32IO12 Interest, Class LT32IO13 Interest, Class LT32IO14
Interest, Class LT32IO15 Interest, Class LT32IO16 Interest, Class LT32IO17
Interest, Class LT32IO18 Interest, Class LT32IO19 Interest, Class LT32IO20
Interest, Class LT32IO21 Interest, Class LT32IO22 Interest, Class LT32IO23
Interest, Class LT32IO24 Interest, Class LT32IO25 Interest, Class LT32IO26
Interest, Class LT32IO27 Interest, Class LT32IO28 Interest, Class LT32IO29
Interest, Class LT32IO30 Interest, Class

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LT32IO31 Interest, Class LT32IO32 Interest, Class LT32IO33 Interest, Class
LT32IO34 Interest, Class LT32IO35 Interest, Class LT32IO36 Interest, Class
LT32IO37 Interest, Class LT32IO38 Interest, Class LT32IO39 Interest, Class
LT32IO40 Interest, Class LT32IO41 Interest, Class LT32IO42 Interest, Class
LT32IO43 Interest, Class LT32IO44 Interest, Class LT32IO45 Interest, Class
LT32IO46 Interest, Class LT32IO47 Interest and Class LT32IO48 Interest.

         REMIC 3 Regular Interest: Each of the REMIC 3 Interests other than the
Class LT3-R Interest.

         REMIC 4:  As described in the Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC 4 Interest: Each class of interest in REMIC 4 as described in the
Preliminary Statement.

         REMIC 4 Regular Interest: Each of the REMIC 4 Interests other than the
Class LT4-R Interest.

         REO Property: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund through
foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure in connection with a defaulted
Mortgage Loan or otherwise treated as having been acquired pursuant to the REMIC
Provisions.

         Replacement Mortgage Loan: A mortgage loan substituted by the Seller
for a Deleted Mortgage Loan which must, on the date of such substitution, as
confirmed in a Request for Release, substantially in the form attached to the
Trust Agreement, (i) have a Stated Principal Balance, after deduction of the
principal portion of the Scheduled Payment due in the month of substitution, not
in excess of, and not more than 10% less than, the Stated Principal Balance of
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (ii) have a Maximum Rate not less than (and not more
than two percentage points greater than) the Maximum Rate of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (iii) have a gross margin not less than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan and, if Mortgage Loans equal to 1% or more of the balance of the
related Mortgage Pool as of the Cut-off Date have become Deleted Mortgage Loans,
not more than two percentage points more than that of the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(iv) have an Effective Loan-to-Value Ratio no higher than that of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan; (v) have Adjustment Dates that are no more or less frequent than
the Deleted Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a remaining term to maturity no greater
than (and not more than one year less than that of) the Deleted Mortgage Loan;
(vii) not permit conversion of the related Mortgage Rate to a permanent fixed
Mortgage Rate; (viii) not be a Cooperative Loan unless the Deleted Mortgage Loan
was a Cooperative Loan; (ix) have the same or better FICO credit score; (x) have
an initial interest adjustment date no earlier than five months before (and no
later than five months after) the initial adjustment date of the Deleted
Mortgage Loan, (xi) comply with each representation and warranty set forth in
Schedule B of this Agreement; and (xii) shall be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel that such Replacement Mortgage Loan would not adversely affect the REMIC
status of the Trust Estate or would not otherwise be prohibited by this
Indenture.

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         Request for Release: A request for release, substantially in the form
of Exhibit N attached hereto, properly completed and signed by a Servicing
Officer (or, if delivered on behalf of the Seller or Depositor, an Authorized
Officer thereof).

         Residual Certificate: The Class A-R Certificate.

         Residual Interest: The Residual Certificate, other than the portion
thereof representing the right to payments in respect of the Class LT1-R
Interest, the Class LT2-R Interest, the Class LT3-R Interest and the Class LT4-R
Interest.

         Responsible Officer: With respect to the Trustee, any officer in the
corporate trust department or similar group of the Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.

         Restricted Certificate: Any Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class B-6
Certificate.

         Restricted Global Security: As defined in Section 3.01(c).

         S&P: Standard & Poor's Rating Services, A Division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or any successor in interest.

         SAIF: The Saving's Association Insurance Fund, or any successor
thereto.

         Schedule of Exceptions: As defined in Section 2.02(a) of the Trust
Agreement.

         Scheduled Payment: The scheduled monthly payment on a Mortgage Loan due
on any Due Date allocable to principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan
which, unless otherwise specified in the Servicing Agreement, shall give effect
to any related Debt Service Reduction and any Deficient Valuation that affects
the amount of the monthly payment due on such Mortgage Loan.

         Seller: RWT Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         Senior Certificate: Any one of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class X-A-1,
Class X-A-2, Class X-B or Class A-R Certificates.

         Senior Percentage: Except as provided in this definition, for each
Mortgage Pool with respect to any Distribution Date before September 2013, 100%.
The Senior Percentage for each Mortgage Pool for any Distribution Date occurring
(i) before the Distribution Date in September 2013 but in or after September
2006 on which the Two Times Test is satisfied, or (ii) in or after September
2013, is the related Pro Rata Senior Percentage. If the Two Times Test is
satisfied with respect to any Distribution Date prior to the Distribution Date
in September 2006, the Senior Percentage for such Mortgage Pool is the Pro Rata
Senior Percentage plus 50% of an amount equal to 100% minus the related Pro Rata
Senior Percentage. With respect to any Distribution Date after the Senior
Termination Date, the Senior Percentage for such Mortgage Pool will equal zero.
If on any Distribution Date the allocation to the Senior Certificates of the

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related Certificate Group then entitled to distributions of principal of full
and partial principal prepayments and other amounts in the percentage required
above would reduce the sum of the Class Principal Amounts of those Certificates
to below zero, the Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date shall be limited
to the percentage necessary to reduce such Class Principal Amounts to zero.

         Senior Prepayment Percentage: With respect to any Distribution Date,
during the ten years beginning on the first Distribution Date, 100%. Except as
provided herein, the related Senior Prepayment Percentage for each Mortgage Pool
and any Distribution Date occurring on or after the tenth anniversary of the
first Distribution Date shall be as follows: (i) from September 2013 through
August 2014, the Senior Percentage plus 70% of the Subordinate Percentage for
that Distribution Date; (ii) from September 2014 through August 2015, the Senior
Percentage plus 60% of the Subordinate Percentage for that Distribution Date;
(iii) from September 2015 through August 2016, the Senior Percentage plus 40% of
the Subordinate Percentage for that Distribution Date; (iv) from September 2016
through August 2017, the related Senior Percentage plus 20% of the Subordinate
Percentage for that Distribution Date; and (v) from and after September 2017,
the Senior Percentage for that Distribution Date; provided, however, that there
shall be no reduction in the Senior Prepayment Percentage for a Mortgage Pool
unless both Step Down Conditions are satisfied; and provided, further, that if
on any such Distribution Date the Pro Rata Senior Percentage exceeds the initial
Pro Rata Senior Percentage, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for a Mortgage Pool
for that Distribution Date shall again equal 100%.

         Notwithstanding the above, if on any Distribution Date the Two Times
Test is satisfied, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for a Mortgage Pool shall
equal the related Senior Percentage for such Distribution Date. In addition, if
on any Distribution Date the allocation to the Senior Certificates of the
related Certificate Group then entitled to distributions of principal of full
and partial principal prepayments and other amounts in the percentage required
above would reduce the sum of the Class Principal Amounts of those Certificates
to below zero, the Senior Prepayment Percentage for a Mortgage Pool for such
Distribution Date shall be limited to the percentage necessary to reduce the
related Class Principal Amounts to zero.

         Senior Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any Mortgage Pool
and Distribution Date, the sum of:

                  (1)      the related Senior Percentage of all amounts
         described in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of "Principal
         Distribution Amount" for that Distribution Date;

                  (2)      with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the related
         Mortgage Pool which became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan during the
         related Prepayment Period, the lesser of

                           (x)      the related Senior Percentage of the Stated
                   Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan and

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                           (y)      the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of
                  the amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds allocable to
                  principal received with respect to that Mortgage Loan; and

                  (3)      the related Senior Prepayment Percentage of the
         amounts described in clause (g) of the definition of "Principal
         Distribution Amount".

         Senior Termination Date: For each Certificate Group, the Distribution
Date when the aggregate of the Class Certificate Principal Balances of that
Group has been reduced to zero.

         Servicer: Cendant and its successors and assigns.

         Servicer Advance: A "Servicing Advance" as defined in the Servicing
Agreement.

         Servicing Agreement: Collectively, the Mortgage Loan Servicing
Agreement and the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement.

         Servicing Fee: As to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, an
amount equal to the product of (a) one-twelfth of the Servicing Fee Rate and (b)
the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of
the related Due Period.

         Servicing Fee Rate: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any
Distribution Date, 0.25% per annum.

         Servicing Officer: Any officer of the Servicer involved in, or
responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans whose
name and facsimile signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished to
the Trustee by the Servicer on the Closing Date and attached hereto as Exhibit
M, as such list may from time to time be amended.

         Servicing Transfer Costs: As defined in Section 6.14(b).

         Six-Month LIBOR Loan: Each Mortgage Loan bearing a Mortgage Rate that
adjusts in accordance with LIBOR for six-month U.S. dollar deposits.

         Startup Day: The day designated as such pursuant to Section 10.01(b)
hereof.

         Stated Principal Balance: As to any Mortgage Loan and Due Date, the
unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Due Date as specified
in the amortization schedule at the time relating thereto (before any adjustment
to such amortization schedule by reason of any moratorium or similar waiver or
grace period) after giving effect to any previous partial Principal Prepayments
and Liquidation Proceeds allocable to principal (other than with respect to any
Liquidated Mortgage Loan) and to the payment of principal due on such Due Date
and irrespective of any delinquency in payment by the related Mortgagor.

         Step Down Conditions: As of the first Distribution Date as to which any
decrease in any Senior Prepayment Percentage applies, (i) the outstanding Stated
Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans 60 days or more Delinquent (including
Mortgage Loans in bankruptcy, REO and foreclosure) (averaged over the preceding
six month period), as a percentage of the

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aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts of the Classes of Subordinate
Certificates on such Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed 50% and (ii)
cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans do not exceed (a)
with respect to each Distribution Date from September 2013 through August 2014,
30% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount, (b) with respect to each
Distribution Date from September 2014 through August 2015, 35% of the Original
Subordinate Principal Amount, (c) with respect to each Distribution Date from
September 2015 through August 2016, 40% of the Original Subordinate Principal
Amount, (d) with respect to each Distribution Date from September 2016 through
August 2017, 45% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount and (e) with
respect to each Distribution Date from and after September 2017, 50% of the
Original Subordinate Principal Amount.

         Subordinate Certificate: Any of the Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3,
Class B-4, Class B-5 or Class B-6 Certificates.

         Subordinate Certificate Writedown Amount: The amount described in
Section 5.03(b)(iii).

         Subordinate Class Percentage: As to any Distribution Date and any Class
of Subordinate Certificates, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the
numerator of which is the Class Principal Amount of such Class on such date, and
the denominator of which is the aggregate Class Principal Amount of all Classes
of Subordinate Certificates on such date.

         Subordinate Net WAC: For any Distribution Date, the weighted average of
the Pool 1 Net WAC and the Pool 2 Net WAC, in each case weighted on the basis of
the Pool Subordinate Amounts for Pool 1 and Pool 2, respectively, immediately
prior to such Distribution Date.

         Subordinate Percentage: With respect to each Mortgage Pool and any
Distribution Date, the difference between 100% and the related Senior Percentage
for such Mortgage Pool for such Distribution Date.

         Subordinate Prepayment Percentage: With respect to any Distribution
Date and for any Mortgage Pool, the difference between 100% and the related
Senior Prepayment Percentage for such Mortgage Pool for that Distribution Date.

         Subordinate Principal Distribution Amount: With respect to any
Distribution Date and each Mortgage Pool, an amount equal to the sum of:

                           (1)      the related Subordinate Percentage of all
                  amounts described in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition
                  of "Principal Distribution Amount" for that Distribution Date;

                           (2)      with respect to each Mortgage Loan in the
                  related Mortgage Pool that became a Liquidated Mortgage Loan
                  during the related Prepayment Period the amount of the Net
                  Liquidation Proceeds allocated to principal received with
                  respect thereto remaining after application thereof pursuant
                  to clause (2) of the definition of "Senior Principal
                  Distribution Amount" for that Distribution Date, up to the
                  Subordinate Percentage of the Stated Principal Balance of such
                  Mortgage Loan; and

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                           (3)      the related Subordinate Prepayment
                  Percentage of all amounts described in clause (g) of the
                  definition of "Principal Distribution Amount" for that
                  Mortgage Pool and that Distribution Date;

                           minus the sum of:

                           any Principal Transfer Amount paid from the Available
                  Distribution Amount of the Related Certificate Group to an
                  Undercollateralized Group; and

                           the amount of principal distributions made to the
                  Senior Certificates pursuant to Section 5.02(h);

         Substitution Amount: As defined in the second paragraph of Section
2.04(b).

         Tax Matters Person: The "tax matters person" as specified in the REMIC
Provisions which shall initially be the Holder of the Class A-R Certificate.

         Telerate Page 3750: The display currently so designated as "Page 3750"
on the Bridge Telerate Service (or such other page selected by the Trustee as
may replace Page 3750 on that service for the purpose of displaying daily
comparable rates on prices).

         Terminator: As defined in Section 7.01(a) hereof.

         Trust Fund: The corpus of the trust created pursuant to this Agreement,
consisting of (i) the Mortgage Loans, including the right to all payments of
principal and interest received on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on and
after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled Payments due on or before such
date), and all such payments due after such date but received prior to such date
and intended by the related Mortgagors to be applied after such date; (ii) all
of the Depositor's right, title and interest in and to all amounts from time to
time credited to and the proceeds of the Distribution Account, any Custodial
Accounts or any Escrow Accounts established with respect to the Mortgage Loans;
(iii) all of the Depositor's rights under the Servicing Agreement, the Master
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (iv)
all of the Depositor's right, title or interest in REO Property and the proceeds
thereof; (v) all of the Depositor's rights under any Insurance Policies relating
to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash or other liquid assets, including
without limitation, all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and
condemnation awards; and(vii) the Depositor's security interest in any
collateral pledged to secure the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgaged
Properties and any Additional Collateral relating to the Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, any pledge, control and guaranty
agreements and the Limited Purpose Surety Bond and any proceeds of the
foregoing.

         Trustee: Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association and any
Person succeeding the Trustee hereunder, or if any successor trustee or any
co-trustee shall be appointed as herein provided, then such successor trustee
and such co-trustee, as the case may be.

         Trustee Mortgage Files: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the
Mortgage Documents to be retained in the custody and possession of the Trustee.

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         Two Times Test: As to any Distribution Date, (i) the Aggregate
Subordinate Percentage is at least two times the Aggregate Subordinate
Percentage as of the Closing Date; (ii) the aggregate of the Stated Principal
Balances of all Mortgage Loans Delinquent 60 days or more (including Mortgage
Loans in bankruptcy, REO and foreclosure) (averaged over the preceding six-month
period), as a percentage of the aggregate of the Class Principal Amount of the
Subordinate Certificates on such Distribution Date, does not equal or exceed
50%; and (iii) cumulative Realized Losses with respect to the Mortgage Loans do
not exceed 20% of the Original Subordinate Principal Amount.

         UCC: The Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the relevant
jurisdiction.

         Undercollateralized Group: With respect to any Distribution Date, and
any Certificate Group, the aggregate Class Principal Amount of such Certificate
Group is greater than the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage
Loans in the related Mortgage Pool immediately prior to such Distribution Date.

         Underwriters: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Bank
of America Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.

         Underwriter's Exemption: Prohibited Transaction Exemption ("PTE") 90-29
(Exemption Application No. D-8019, 55 Fed. Reg. 21459 (1990)) as amended, or any
substantially similar administrative exemption granted by the U.S. Department of
Labor to an Underwriter.

         Underwriting Agreement: The underwriting agreement, dated February 28,
2003 and the terms agreement, dated August 21, 2003, each between the Depositor
and the Underwriters, referred to collectively.

         Uniform Commercial Code: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
any applicable jurisdiction from time to time.

         Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfall: With respect to any Distribution Date and
any Class of LIBOR Certificates, the aggregate of all Basis Risk Shortfalls with
respect to such Certificate remaining unpaid from previous Distribution Dates,
plus interest accrued thereon at the applicable Certificate Interest Rate
determined without regard to clause (ii) of the definition therefor to the
extent not paid on prior Distribution Dates.

         Upper Tier REMIC: As described in the Preliminary Statement.

         Upper Tier REMIC Class A-1 Interest: An uncertificated interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC having the same characteristics as the Class A-1 Certificates,
but without the right to receive payments in respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls
and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls and with an interest rate cap equal to the Pool
1 Adjusted Net WAC.

         Upper Tier REMIC Class A-2 Interest: An uncertificated interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC having the same characteristics as the Class A-2 Certificates,
but without the right to receive payments in respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls
and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls and with an interest rate cap equal to the Pool
2 Adjusted Net WAC.

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         Upper Tier REMIC Class B-1 Interest: An uncertificated interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC having the same characteristics as the Class B-1 Certificates,
but without the right to receive payments in respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls
and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls.

         Upper Tier REMIC Class B-2 Interest: An uncertificated interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC having the same characteristics as the Class B-2 Certificates,
but without the right to receive payments in respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls
and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls.

         Upper Tier REMIC Class B-3 Interest: An uncertificated interest in the
Upper Tier REMIC having the same characteristics as the Class B-3 Certificates,
but without the right to receive payments in respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls
and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls.

         Upper Tier REMIC Regular Interest: Each of the REMIC Components, the
Upper Tier REMIC Class A-1 Interest, the Upper Tier REMIC Class A-2 Interest,
the Upper-Tier REMIC Class B-1 Interest, the Upper-Tier Class B-2 Interest, the
Upper Tier REMIC Class B-3 Interest, the Class B-4 Certificates, the Class B-5
Certificates and the Class B-6 Certificates.

         Voting Interests: The portion of the voting rights of all the
Certificates that is allocated to any Certificate for purposes of the voting
provisions of this Agreement. At all times during the term of this Agreement,
97.00% of all Voting Interests shall be allocated to the Class A-1, Class A-2,
Class A-R, Class B-1, Class B-2, Class B-3, Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6
Certificates. Voting Interests shall be allocated among such Certificates (other
than the Class A-R Certificates) based on the product of (i) 97.00% and (ii) the
fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the aggregate
Class Principal Amounts for each Class then outstanding and the denominator of
which is the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance outstanding, and the remainder
of such percentage of Voting Interests shall be allocated to the Class A-R
Certificates. At all times during the term of this Agreement, 3.00% of all
Voting Interests shall be allocated among the Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2, and
Class X-B Certificates, while they remain outstanding, in proportion to their
relative Class Notional Amounts. Voting Interests shall be allocated among the
Certificates within each such Class in proportion to their Certificate Principal
Amounts or Percentage Interests.

         Section 1.02 Calculations Respecting Mortgage Loans.

         Calculations required to be made pursuant to this Agreement with
respect to any Mortgage Loan in the Trust Fund shall be made based upon current
information as to the terms of the Mortgage Loans and reports of payments
received from the Mortgagor on such Mortgage Loans and payments to be made to
the Trustee as provided by the Servicer. The Trustee shall not be required to
recompute, verify or recalculate the information supplied to it by the Servicer.

                                   ARTICLE II

                              DECLARATION OF TRUST;
                            ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

         Section 2.01 Creation and Declaration of Trust Fund; Conveyance of
Mortgage Loans.

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         (a)      Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Depositor does hereby establish the Trust Fund and transfer,
assign, set over, deposit with and otherwise convey to the Trustee, without
recourse, subject to Sections 2.02 and 2.04, in trust, all the right, title and
interest of the Depositor in and to the Trust Fund. Such conveyance includes,
without limitation, (i) the Mortgage Loans, including the right to all payments
of principal and interest received on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans on
and after the Cut-off Date (other than Scheduled Payments due on or before such
date), and all such payments due after such date but received prior to such date
and intended by the related Mortgagors to be applied after such date; (ii) all
of the Depositor's right, title and interest in and to all amounts from time to
time credited to and the proceeds of the Distribution Account, any Custodial
Accounts or any Escrow Account established with respect to the Mortgage Loans;
(iii) all of the Depositor's rights under the Servicing Agreement, the Master
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (iv)
all of the Depositor's right, title or interest in REO Property and the proceeds
thereof; (v) all of the Depositor's rights under any Insurance Policies relating
to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) all proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash or other liquid assets,
including, without limitation, all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and
condemnation awards; and (vii) the Depositor's security interest in any
collateral pledged to secure the Mortgage Loans, including the Mortgaged
Properties and any Additional Collateral relating to the Additional Collateral
Mortgage Loans, including, but not limited to, any pledge, control and guaranty
agreements and the Limited Purpose Surety Bond and any proceeds of the
foregoing, to have and to hold, in trust; and the Trustee declares that, subject
to the review provided for in Section 2.02, it has received and shall hold the
Trust Fund, as trustee, in trust, for the benefit and use of the Holders of the
Certificates and for the purposes and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, and, concurrently with such receipt, has caused to be
executed, authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, in
exchange for the Trust Fund, Certificates in the authorized denominations
evidencing the entire ownership of the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, the Trust Fund shall not obtain title to or
beneficial ownership of any Additional Collateral as a result of or in lieu of
the disposition thereof or otherwise.

         The foregoing sale, transfer, assignment, set-over, deposit and
conveyance does not and is not intended to result in the creation or assumption
by the Trustee of any obligation of the Depositor, the Originator, the Seller or
any other Person in connection with the Mortgage Loans or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto except as specifically set forth therein.

         In connection with such transfer and assignment of the Mortgage Loans,
the Depositor shall deliver to, and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to
and deposited with, the Trustee, the documents or instruments described in
Section 2 of the Custody Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan; provided
that in Section 2a thereof, a lost note affidavit (including a copy of the
original Mortgage Note) may be delivered in lieu of the original Mortgage Note
(each a "Trustee Mortgage File") (the Custody Agreement to be deemed modified by
the foregoing) so transferred and assigned.

         (b)      The Depositor shall cause the Mortgage Notes with respect to
each Mortgage Loan to be completed either (A) in blank, without recourse, or (B)
endorsed to "Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee of the
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, without recourse" and the Depositor

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shall cause Assignments of Mortgage with respect to each Mortgage Loan other
than a Cooperative Mortgage Loan to be completed either (A) in blank or (B) to
"Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee of the Merrill
Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E, Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates," within 30 days of the Closing Date for purpose of their
recording; provided, however, that such Assignments of Mortgage need not be
recorded unless required in writing by the Rating Agencies; provided, further,
that with respect to each MERS Mortgage Loan where MERS is not the Mortgagee of
record, the original Assignment of Mortgage showing MERS as the assignee of the
Mortgage, with the evidence of recording thereon or copies thereof certified by
an officer of the Depositor to have been submitted for recordation, shall be
delivered to the Trustee.

         If any Mortgage has been recorded in the name of MERS or its designee,
no Assignment of Mortgage in favor of the Trustee will be required to be
prepared or delivered and instead, the Servicer shall take all actions as are
necessary to cause the Trustee to be shown as the owner of the related Mortgage
Loan on the records of MERS for the purpose of the system of recording transfer
of beneficial ownership of mortgages maintained by MERS.

         (c)      In instances where a title insurance policy is required to be
delivered to the Trustee and is not so delivered, the Depositor will provide a
copy of such title insurance policy to the Trustee, as promptly as practicable
after the execution and delivery hereof, but in any case within 270 days of the
Closing Date.

         (d)      For Mortgage Loans (if any) that have been prepaid in full
after the Cut-off Date and prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor, in lieu of
delivering the above Trustee Mortgage File, shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate which shall include a statement to the effect that all
amounts received in connection with such prepayment that are required to be
deposited in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 4.01 have been so
deposited. All original documents that are not delivered to the Trustee shall be
held by the Servicer in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders.

         Section 2.02 Acceptance of Trust Fund by Trustee; Review of
                      Documentation for Trust Fund.

         (a)      The Trustee, by execution and delivery hereof, acknowledges
receipt by it of the Trustee Mortgage Files pertaining to the Mortgage Loans
listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, subject to review thereof as provided
herein. Upon receipt by the Trustee of each Trustee Mortgage File, the Trustee
shall review each Trustee Mortgage File in accordance with the review procedures
set forth in Section 2 of Amendment No. 1 to the Custody Agreement.

         In making such verifications, the Trustee may rely conclusively on the
Mortgage Loan Schedule and the documents constituting the Trustee Mortgage File,
and the Trustee shall have no obligation to independently verify the validity,
enforceability, recordability, sufficiency, due authorization or genuineness of
any document in any Trustee Mortgage File or any Mortgage Loan hereunder, nor
the collectibility, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any Mortgage
Loan hereunder. The Trustee shall prepare an initial certification to be
delivered to the Depositor, the Seller and the Servicer on the Closing Date in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit K (the "Initial Certification") with respect
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paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified on the Schedule of
Exceptions attached to the Initial Certification (the "Schedule of Exceptions")
as not covered by such Initial Certification) listed on the Mortgage Loan
Schedule. If the Trustee determines from such verification that any discrepancy
or deficiency exists with respect to a Trustee Mortgage File, the Trustee shall
note such omission, discrepancy or deficiency on the Schedule of Exceptions
attached to the Initial Certification, and shall deliver a copy (which shall be
electronic, if requested) of the Schedule of Exceptions to the Depositor on the
Closing Date. During the life of the Mortgage Loans (while subject to this
Agreement), in the event the Trustee discovers any defect with respect to any
Trustee Mortgage File, the Trustee shall give written specification of such
defect to the Depositor. Except as specifically provided above, the Trustee
shall be under no duty to review, inspect or examine such documents to determine
that any of them are enforceable or appropriate for their prescribed purpose.

         (b)      If in the course of the review described in paragraph (a) of
this Section 2.02 the Trustee discovers any document or documents constituting a
part of a Trustee Mortgage File that is missing, does not appear regular on its
face (i.e., is mutilated, damaged, defaced, torn or otherwise physically
altered) or appears to be unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in the
Mortgage Loan Schedule (each, a "Material Defect"), the Trustee, upon
discovering such Material Defect shall promptly identify the Mortgage Loan to
which such Material Defect relates to the Depositor, the Seller and the
Servicer. Within 90 days of its receipt of such notice (but in no case prior to
the 270th day following the Closing Date), the Depositor shall be required to
cure such Material Defect (and, in such event, the Depositor shall provide the
Trustee with an Officer's Certificate confirming that such cure has been
effected). If the Servicer notifies the Depositor and the Trustee in writing
that (i) a loss has occurred and (ii) such loss relates to a Mortgage Loan for
which the Trustee previously identified a Material Defect or for which the
Servicer has identified a Material Defect and the Depositor has not cured such
Material Defect, then the Depositor shall repurchase such Mortgage Loan at the
Purchase Price therefore in the event that such loss would, if such Mortgage
Loan is not repurchased by the Depositor, constitute a Realized Loss and such
loss is attributable to the failure of the Depositor to have cured such Material
Defect. A loss shall be deemed to be attributable to the failure of the
Depositor to cure a Material Defect if, as determined by the Depositor, upon
mutual agreement with the Trustee each acting in good faith, absent such
Material Defect, such loss would not have been incurred. Within the two-year
period following the Closing Date, the Depositor may, in lieu of repurchasing a
Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 2.02(b), substitute for such Mortgage
Loan a Replacement Mortgage Loan subject to the provisions of Section 2.04.

         (c)      Within 270 days following the Closing Date, the Trustee shall
deliver to the Depositor, the Seller and the Servicer, a final certification
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit L (the "Final Certification")
evidencing the completeness of the Trustee Mortgage Files in its possession or
control, with any exceptions noted on the Scheduled of Exceptions attached to
the Final Certification.

         (d)      Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute an
assumption by the Trust Fund, the Trustee or the Certificateholders of any
unsatisfied duty, claim or other liability on any Mortgage Loan or to any
Mortgagor.

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         (e)      Upon execution of this Agreement, the Depositor hereby
delivers to the Trustee and the Trustee acknowledges receipt of the Servicing
Agreement and the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

         Section 2.03 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.

         The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholders as of the Closing Date or such other date as
is specified, that:

                  (i)      the Depositor is a corporation duly organized,
         validly existing and in good standing under the laws governing its
         creation and existence and has full corporate power and authority to
         own its property, to carry on its business as presently conducted, to
         enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to
         create the trust pursuant hereto;

                  (ii)     the execution and delivery by the Depositor of this
         Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
         on the part of the Depositor; neither the execution and delivery of
         this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein
         contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict
         with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of
         the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment,
         decree or order binding on the Depositor or its properties or the
         certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor;

                  (iii)    the execution, delivery and performance by the
         Depositor of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
         contemplated hereby do not require the consent or approval of, the
         giving of notice to, the registration with, or the taking of any other
         action in respect of, any state, federal or other governmental
         authority or agency, except such as has been obtained, given, effected
         or taken prior to the date hereof;

                  (iv)     this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
         by the Depositor and, assuming due authorization, execution and
         delivery by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of
         the Depositor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms
         except as such enforceability may be subject to (A) applicable
         bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws affecting the
         enforcement of the rights of creditors generally and (B) general
         principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is
         considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

                  (v)      there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending
         or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened or likely to be
         asserted against or affecting the Depositor, before or by any court,
         administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body (A) with respect
         to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (B) with
         respect to any other matter which in the judgment of the Depositor will
         be determined adversely to the Depositor and will if determined
         adversely to the Depositor materially and adversely affect it or its
         business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, or
         adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this
         Agreement;

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                  (vi)     immediately prior to the transfer and assignment of
         the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee, the Depositor was the sole owner of
         record and holder of each Mortgage Loan, and the Depositor had good and
         marketable title thereto, and had full right to transfer and sell each
         Mortgage Loan to the Trustee free and clear, subject only to (1) liens
         of current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable
         and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a condominium unit, any lien
         for common charges permitted by statute, (2) covenants, conditions and
         restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public
         record as of the date of recording of such Mortgage acceptable to
         mortgage lending institutions in the area in which the related
         Mortgaged Property is located and specifically referred to in the
         lender's title insurance policy or attorney's opinion of title and
         abstract of title delivered to the originator of such Mortgage Loan,
         and (3) such other matters to which like properties are commonly
         subject which do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially
         interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by
         the Mortgage, of any encumbrance, equity, participation interest, lien,
         pledge, charge, claim or security interest, and had full right and
         authority, subject to no interest or participation of, or agreement
         with, any other party, to sell and assign each Mortgage Loan pursuant
         to this Agreement;

                  (vii)    This Agreement creates a valid and continuing
         security interest (as defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code
         (the "UCC"), in the Mortgage Loans in favor of the Trustee, which
         security interest is prior to all other liens, and is enforceable as
         such against creditors of and purchasers from the Depositor;

                  (viii)   The Mortgage Loans constitute "instruments" within
         the meaning of the applicable UCC;

                  (ix)     Other than the security interest granted to the
         Trustee pursuant to this Agreement, the Depositor has not pledged,
         assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed
         any of the Mortgage Loans. The Depositor has not authorized the filing
         of and is not aware of any financing statement against the Depositor
         that includes a description of the collateral covering the Mortgage
         Loans other than a financing statement relating to the security
         interest granted to the Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated.
         The Depositor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against
         the Depositor;

                  (x)      None of the Mortgage Loans have any marks or
         notations indicating that such Mortgage Loans have been pledged,
         assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Trustee;

                  (xi)     The Depositor has received all consents and approvals
         required by the terms of the Mortgage Loans to convey the Mortgage
         Loans hereunder to the Trustee;

                  (xii)    Each Mortgage Loan is a "qualified mortgage" within
         the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (without regard to
         Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)) or any similar rule that
         provides that a defective obligation is a qualified mortgage for a
         temporary period;

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                  (xiii)   No Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at
         either (x) a single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the
         Mortgage Loan or (y) a single "variable rate" (within the meaning of
         Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the
         term of the Mortgage Loan;

                  (xiv)    No Mortgage is the subject of pending or final
         foreclosure proceedings; and

                  (xv)     As of the Closing Date, the Depositor would not
         initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any Mortgage Loan
         based on such Mortgage Loan's delinquency status prior to the next
         scheduled payment date for such Mortgage Loan.

         The foregoing representations made in this Section 2.03 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement and shall not be waived by any party hereto.

         Section 2.04 Discovery of Breach; Repurchase or Substitution of
Mortgage Loans.

         (a)      Pursuant to Sections 5(a) and 5(b) of the Master Mortgage Loan
Purchase Agreement, the Originator has made certain representations and
warranties as to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans (such representations
and warranties are set out in full in Schedule B of this Agreement) as of the
Closing Date and the conveyance thereof from the Originator to the Seller and
then to the Depositor, for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Certificateholders, and the Originator has agreed to comply with the provisions
of this Section 2.04 in respect of a breach of any of such representations and
warranties.

         It is understood and agreed that (i) the representations and warranties
of the Depositor set forth in Section 2.03 and (ii) the representations and
warranties of the Originator set forth in Sections 5(a) and 5(b) of the Master
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall survive delivery of the Trustee Mortgage
Files and the Assignment of Mortgage of each Mortgage Loan to the Trustee and
shall continue throughout the term of this Agreement. Upon discovery (i) by the
Depositor, the Seller, the Originator or the Trustee of a breach of any
representation or warranty made by Depositor under Section 2.03 which materially
adversely affects the value of a Mortgage Loan or the interest therein of the
Certificateholder (a "Defective Mortgage Loan") or (ii) by the Depositor, the
Originator or the Seller of the breach by the Originator of any representation
or warranty under the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in respect of any
Mortgage Loan, which breach results in the Mortgage Loan being a "Defective
Mortgage Loan" (each of such parties hereby agreeing to give written notice of
such breach to the Trustee and the other of such parties), the Trustee, or its
designee, shall promptly notify the Depositor in writing of such breach and
request that the Depositor cure or cause the cure of such breach within 90 days
from the date that the Depositor discovered or was notified of such breach, and
if the Depositor does not cure such breach in all material respects during such
period, the Trustee shall (i) in the case of an uncured breach under Section
2.03, cause the Depositor to repurchase such Defective Mortgage Loan at the
Purchase Price and (ii) in the case of an uncured breach by the Originator under
the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, cause the Depositor to enforce the
Originator's obligation under the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and
cause the Originator to repurchase that Defective Mortgage Loan from the Trust
Fund at the Purchase Price, in each case on or prior to the Determination Date
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such 90-day period (subject to Section 2.04(b) below); provided, however, that,
in connection with any such breach under clause (ii) above that could not
reasonably have been cured within such 90-day period, if the Originator shall
have commenced to cure such breach within such 90-day period, the Originator
shall be permitted to proceed thereafter diligently and expeditiously to cure
the same within an additional 90-day period. The Purchase Price for the
repurchased Defective Mortgage Loan shall be deposited in the related
Distribution Account, and the Trustee, or its designee, upon receipt of such
deposit and two copies of a Request for Release with respect to such Defective
Mortgage Loan, shall release to the Originator, the related Trustee Mortgage
File and shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment,
in each case without recourse, representation or warranties, as either party
shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in such party any
Defective Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto and the Trustee, or its
designee, shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Trustee
Mortgage File (it being understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility
for determining the sufficiency of such assignment for its intended purpose). In
lieu of repurchasing any such Defective Mortgage Loan as provided above, the
Originator may cause such Defective Mortgage Loan to be removed from the Trust
Fund (in which case it shall become a Deleted Mortgage Loan) and substitute one
or more Replacement Mortgage Loans in the manner and subject to the limitations
set forth in Section 2.04(b) below. It is understood and agreed that the
obligation of the Originator to cure or to repurchase (or to substitute for) any
Mortgage Loan as to which a breach has occurred and is continuing shall
constitute the sole remedy against the Originator respecting such breach
available to the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. With respect to
the representations and warranties described in Schedule B which are made to the
best of the Originator's knowledge, if it is discovered by any of the Depositor,
the Originator or the Trustee that the substance of such representation and
warranty is inaccurate and such inaccuracy materially and adversely affects the
value of the relate Mortgage Loan, then notwithstanding the Originator's lack of
knowledge with respect to the substance of such representation and warranty,
such inaccuracy shall be deemed a breach of the applicable representation or
warranty.

         (b)      Any substitution of Replacement Mortgage Loans for Deleted
Mortgage Loans made pursuant to Section 2.04(a) above must be effected prior to
the last Business Day that is within two years after the Closing Date. As to any
Deleted Mortgage Loan for which the Originator substitutes a Replacement
Mortgage Loan or Loans, such substitution shall be effected by delivering to the
Trustee for such Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans, the Mortgage Note, the
Mortgage, the Assignment to the Trustee, and such other documents and
agreements, with all necessary endorsements thereon, together with an Officers'
Certificate stating that each such Replacement Mortgage Loan satisfies the
definition thereof and specifying the Substitution Amount (as described below),
if any, in connection with such substitution. The Trustee shall acknowledge
receipt for such Replacement Mortgage Loan and, within 45 days thereafter, shall
review such Mortgage Documents as specified in this Agreement under Section
2.02(a) and deliver to the Depositor, with respect to such Replacement Mortgage
Loans, a certification substantially in the form of a revised Initial
Certification, with any exceptions noted thereon. Within one year of the date of
substitution, the Trustee shall deliver to the Depositor a certification
substantially in the form of a revised Final Certification, with respect to such
Replacement Mortgage Loans, with any exceptions noted thereon. Monthly Payments
due with respect to Replacement Mortgage Loans in the month of substitution
shall not be included as part of the Trust Fund and shall be retained by the
Originator. For the month of substitution, distributions to Certificateholders
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Deleted Mortgage in the Due Period preceding the month of substitution and the
Originator shall thereafter be entitled to retain all amounts subsequently
received in respect of such Deleted Mortgage Loan. Upon such substitution, such
Replacement Mortgage Loan shall constitute part of the Trust Fund and shall be
subject in all respects to the terms of this Agreement and the Master Mortgage
Loan Purchase Agreement, including all representations and warranties thereof
included in the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, in each case as of the
date of substitution.

         For any month in which the Originator substitutes one or more
Replacement Mortgage Loans for one or more Deleted Mortgage Loans, the Trustee,
based upon information provided by the Servicer, shall determine the excess
(each, a "Substitution Amount"), if any, by which the aggregate Purchase Price
of all such Deleted Mortgage Loans exceeds the aggregate Stated Principal
Balance of the Replacement Mortgage Loans replacing such Deleted Mortgage Loans,
together with one month's interest on such excess amount at the applicable Net
Mortgage Rate. On the date of such substitution, the Originator shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to the Servicer for deposit in the Custodial Account an
amount equal to the related Substitution Amount, if any, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of the related Replacement Mortgage Loan or Loans and two copies of a
Request for Release with respect to the Deleted Mortgage Loan or Loans, shall
release to the Originator the related Trustee Mortgage File or Files and shall
execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case
without recourse, as the Originator shall deliver to it and as shall be
necessary to vest therein any Deleted Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto.

         In addition, the Originator shall obtain at its own expense and deliver
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such substitution
(either specifically or as a class of transactions) shall not cause (a) any
federal tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any
federal tax imposed on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(l) of the
Code or on "contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(l) of
the Code, or (b) any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at
any time that any Certificate is outstanding. If such Opinion of Counsel can not
be delivered, then such substitution may only be effected at such time as the
required Opinion of Counsel can be given.

         (c)      Upon discovery by the Originator, the Seller, the Depositor or
the Trustee that any Mortgage Loan does not constitute a "qualified mortgage"
within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, the party discovering such
fact shall within two Business Days give written notice thereof to the other
parties. In connection therewith, the Originator or Depositor, as applicable,
shall repurchase or, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.04(b),
substitute one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans for the affected Mortgage Loan
within 90 days of the earlier of discovery or receipt of such notice with
respect to such affected Mortgage Loan. Any such repurchase or substitution
shall be made in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.04(a) above, if made
by the Originator. The Trustee shall re-convey to the Originator the Mortgage
Loan to be released pursuant hereto in the same manner, and on the same terms
and conditions, as it would a Mortgage Loan repurchased for breach of a
representation or warranty.

         (d)      The Originator indemnifies and holds the Trust Fund, the
Trustee, the Depositor and each Certificateholder harmless against any and all
taxes, claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and
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expenses that the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Depositor and any
Certificateholder may sustain in connection with any actions of such party
relating to a repurchase of a Mortgage Loan other than in compliance with the
terms of this Section 2.04 and the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to
the extent that any such action causes (i) any federal or state tax to be
imposed on the Trust Fund, including without limitation, any federal tax imposed
on "prohibited transactions" under Section 860F(a)(1) of the Code or on
"contributions after the startup date" under Section 860G(d)(1) of the Code, or
(ii) any REMIC formed hereby to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificate is outstanding.

         Section 2.05 Grant Clause.

         (a)      It is intended that the conveyance of the Depositor's right,
title and interest in and to property constituting the Trust Fund pursuant to
this Agreement shall constitute, and shall be construed as, a sale of such
property and not a grant of a security interest to secure a loan. However, if
such conveyance is deemed to be in respect of a loan, it is intended that: (1)
the rights and obligations of the parties shall be established pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement; (2) the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of the Certificates a first priority security interest in
all of the Depositor's right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, the Trust Fund and all proceeds of any and all
property constituting the Trust Fund to secure payment of the Certificates; and
(3) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
If such conveyance is deemed to be in respect of a loan and the trust created by
this Agreement terminates prior to the satisfaction of the claims of any Person
holding any Certificate, the security interest created hereby shall continue in
full force and effect and the Trustee shall be deemed to be the collateral agent
for the benefit of such Person, and all proceeds shall be distributed as herein
provided.

         (b)      The Depositor shall, to the extent consistent with this
Agreement, take such reasonable actions as may be necessary to ensure that, if
this Agreement were deemed to create a security interest in the Mortgage Loans
and the other property described above, such security interest would be deemed
to be a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and
will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement. The Depositor
will, at its own expense, make all initial filings on or about the Closing Date
and shall forward a copy of such filing or filings to the Trustee. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Depositor shall prepare and
forward for filing, or shall cause to be forwarded for filing, at the expense of
the Depositor, all filings necessary to maintain the effectiveness of any
original filings necessary under the relevant UCC to perfect the Trustee's
security interest in or lien on the Mortgage Loans and the other property
described above, including without limitation (x) continuation statements, and
(y) such other statements as may be occasioned by (1) any change of name of
Seller, the Depositor or the Trustee, (2) any change of location of the place of
business or the chief executive office of the Seller or the Depositor, (3) any
transfer of any interest of the Depositor in any Mortgage Loan or (4) any change
under the relevant UCC or other applicable laws. The Depositor shall not
organize under the law of any jurisdiction other than the State under which each
is organized as of the Closing Date (whether changing its jurisdiction of
organization or organizing under an additional jurisdiction) without giving 30
days prior written notice of such action to its immediate and intermediate
transferee, including the Trustee. Before effecting such change, the Depositor
proposing to change its jurisdiction of organization shall prepare and file in
the appropriate filing office any financing statements or

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other statements necessary to continue the perfection of the interests of its
immediate and mediate transferees, including the Trustee, in the Mortgage Loans
and the other property described above. In connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Depositor authorizes its immediate or
mediate transferee to file in any filing office any initial financing
statements, any amendments to financing statements, any continuation statements,
or any other statements or filings described in this paragraph (b).

         Section 2.06 Representation and Warranty of the Seller. The Seller
hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Certificateholders as of the Closing Date that:

                  (i)      it purchased the Mortgage Loans from the Originator
         pursuant to the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and it is the
         owner, as of the Closing Date, of all right, title and interest in and
         to the Mortgage Loans; and

                  (ii)     on the Closing Date, it has sold the Mortgage Loans
         and has assigned its rights under the Master Mortgage Loan Purchase
         Agreement to Sequoia Residential Funding Inc.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                THE CERTIFICATES

         Section 3.01 The Certificates.

         (a)      The Certificates shall be issuable in registered form only and
shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code. The Book-Entry Certificates will be evidenced by one or more certificates,
beneficial ownership of which will be held in the dollar denominations in
Certificate Principal Amount, or Class Notional Amount, as applicable, or in the
Percentage Interests, specified herein. Each Class of Book-Entry Certificates
will be issued in the minimum denominations in Certificate Principal Amount (or
Class Notional Amount) specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto and in
integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof. Each Class of Non-Book-Entry
Certificates other than the Residual Certificates shall be issued in definitive,
fully registered form in the minimum denominations in Certificate Principal
Amount specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto and in integral multiples
of $1 in excess thereof. The Residual Certificates shall be issued as single
Certificates and maintained in definitive, fully registered form in a
denomination equal to 100% of the Percentage Interest of each such Class. The
Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2 and Class X-B Certificates shall each be issued as
single Certificates in a denomination equal to 100% of the Percentage Interest
of each such Class.

         (b)      The Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile
signature on behalf of the Trustee by an authorized officer. Each Certificate
shall, on original issue, be authenticated by the Trustee or an Authenticating
Agent upon the order of the Depositor upon receipt by the Trustee of the Trustee
Mortgage Files described in Section 2.01. No Certificate shall be entitled to
any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided for herein, executed by an authorized officer of the Trustee or of
an Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, and

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such certification upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication. At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Depositor may deliver Certificates executed by the Trustee to the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for authentication and the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver such Certificates as in this
Agreement provided and not otherwise.

         (c)      The Class B-4, Class B-5 and Class B-6 certificates offered
and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration under Rule 144A under
the Act shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent global
Certificates in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons with
the applicable legends set forth in Exhibit A added to the forms of such
Certificates (each, a "Restricted Global Security").

         Section 3.02 Registration.

         The Trustee is hereby appointed, and the Trustee hereby accepts its
appointment as, initial Certificate Registrar in respect of the Certificates and
shall maintain books for the registration and for the transfer of Certificates
(the "Certificate Register"). The Trustee may appoint a bank or trust company to
act as successor Certificate Registrar. A registration book shall be maintained
for the Certificates collectively. The Certificate Registrar may resign or be
discharged or removed and a new successor may be appointed in accordance with
the procedures and requirements set forth in Sections 6.06 and 6.07 hereof with
respect to the resignation, discharge or removal of the Trustee and the
appointment of a successor Trustee. The Certificate Registrar may appoint, by a
written instrument delivered to the Holders, any bank or trust company to act as
co-registrar under such conditions as the Certificate Registrar may prescribe;
provided, however, that the Certificate Registrar shall not be relieved of any
of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment.

         Section 3.03 Transfer and Exchange of Certificates.

         (a)      A Certificate (other than Book-Entry Certificates which shall
be subject to Section 3.09 hereof) may be transferred by the Holder thereof only
upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the
Certificate Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment duly
executed by such Holder or his duly authorized attorney in such form as shall be
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Upon the transfer of any Certificate
in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Trustee shall execute, and the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee, one or
more new Certificates of the same Class and evidencing, in the aggregate, the
same aggregate Certificate Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) as the
Certificate being transferred. No service charge shall be made to a
Certificateholder for any registration of transfer of Certificates, but the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration
of transfer of Certificates.

         (b)      A Certificate may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for any
number of new Certificates of the same Class, in authorized denominations,
representing in the aggregate the same Certificate Principal Amount (or Notional
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surrender of the Certificate to be exchanged at the office of the Certificate
Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly
executed by such Holder or his duly authorized attorney in such form as is
satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar. Certificates delivered upon any such
exchange will evidence the same obligations, and will be entitled to the same
rights and privileges, as the Certificates surrendered. No service charge shall
be made to a Certificateholder for any exchange of Certificates, but the
Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange of
Certificates. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the
Trustee shall execute, and the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, date and
deliver the Certificates which the Certificateholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.

         (c)      By acceptance of a Restricted Certificate, whether upon
original issuance or subsequent transfer, each Holder of such a Certificate
acknowledges the restrictions on the transfer of such Certificate set forth
thereon and agrees that it will transfer such a Certificate only as provided
herein.

         The following restrictions shall apply with respect to the transfer and
registration of transfer of a Restricted Certificate to a transferee that takes
delivery in the form of a Definitive Certificate:

                  (i)      The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer
         of a Restricted Certificate if the requested transfer is (x) to the
         Depositor or an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act)
         of the Depositor or (y) being made to a "qualified institutional buyer"
         (a "QIB") as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
         amended (the "Act") by a transferor that has provided the Certificate
         Registrar with a certificate in the form of Exhibit G hereto; and

                  (ii)     The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer
         of a Restricted Certificate if the requested transfer is being made to
         an "accredited investor" under Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under
         the Act, or to any Person all of the equity owners in which are such
         accredited investors, by a transferor who furnishes to the Certificate
         Registrar a letter of the transferee substantially in the form of
         Exhibit H hereto.

         (d)      No transfer of an ERISA-Restricted Certificate in the form of
a Definitive Certificate shall be made to any Person unless the Certificate
Registrar has received (A) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I
hereto from such transferee or (B) an Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the
Certificate Registrar to the effect that the purchase and holding of such a
Certificate will not constitute or result in the assets of the Trust Fund being
deemed to be "plan assets" subject to the prohibited transactions provisions of
ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or any provisions of applicable federal, state
or local law substantially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the
Code ("Similar Law"), and will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate
Registrar or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in
the Agreement; provided, however, that the Certificate Registrar will not
require such certificate or opinion in the event that, as a result of a change
of law or otherwise, counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar has
rendered an opinion to the effect that the purchase and holding of an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate by a plan or a Person that is purchasing or holding
such a Certificate with the assets of a plan will not constitute or result in a
prohibited transaction under

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ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law. The preparation and delivery of
the certificates and opinions referred to above shall not be an expense of the
Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel or certificate
shall be required for the initial issuance of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any purported transfer of an
ERISA-Restricted Certificate to or on behalf of an employee benefit plan subject
to Title I of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan
subject to Similar Law without the delivery to the Certificate Registrar of a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto or an Opinion of
Counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar as described above shall be
void and of no effect. The Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor
shall be under no liability to any Person for any registration of transfer of
any ERISA-Restricted Certificate that is in fact not permitted by this Section
3.03(d) or for the Paying Agent making any payments due on such Certificate to
the Holder thereof or taking any other action with respect to such Holder under
the provisions of this Agreement so long as the transfer was registered by the
Certificate Registrar in accordance with the foregoing requirements. The last
preceding Holder of such Certificate that is not a plan or a Person acting on
behalf of a plan shall be entitled to recover from any purported Holder of any
ERISA-Restricted Certificate that was in fact an employee benefit plan subject
to Title I of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code or a plan
subject to Similar Law or a Person acting on behalf of any such plan at the time
it became a Holder or, at such subsequent time as it became such a plan or
Person acting on behalf of such a plan, all payments made on such
ERISA-Restricted Certificate at and after either such time; provided that none
of the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar or the Trustee shall be responsible
for such recovery if they otherwise made a good faith effort to comply with this
Section 3.03(d).

         (e)      As a condition of the registration of transfer or exchange of
any Certificate, the Certificate Registrar may require the certified taxpayer
identification number of the owner of the Certificate and the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection
therewith; provided, however, that the Certificate Registrar shall have no
obligation to require such payment or to determine whether or not any such tax
or charge may be applicable. No service charge shall be made to the
Certificateholder for any registration, transfer or exchange of a Certificate.

         (f)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no
Residual Certificate or beneficial interest therein may be owned, pledged or
transferred, directly or indirectly, by or to (i) a Disqualified Organization or
(ii) an individual, corporation or partnership or other person unless, in the
case of clause (ii), such person is (A) not a Non-U.S. Person or (B) is a
Non-U.S. Person that holds a Residual Certificate in connection with the conduct
of a trade or business within the United States and has furnished the transferor
and the Certificate Registrar with an effective Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8ECI or successor form at the time and in the manner required by the Code (any
such person who is not covered by clause (A) or (B) above is referred to herein
as a "Non-permitted Foreign Holder").

         Prior to and as a condition of the registration of any transfer, sale
or other disposition of a Residual Certificate or a beneficial interest therein,
the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate
Registrar an affidavit in substantially the form attached hereto as

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Exhibit B representing and warranting, among other things, that such transferee
is neither a Disqualified Organization, an agent or nominee acting on behalf of
a Disqualified Organization, nor a Non-permitted Foreign Holder (any such
transferee, a "Permitted Transferee"), and the proposed transferor shall deliver
to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar an affidavit in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C. In addition, the Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may (but shall have no obligation to) require, prior to and as a
condition of any such transfer, the delivery by the proposed transferee of an
Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, that
such proposed transferee or, if the proposed transferee is an agent or nominee,
the proposed beneficial owner, is not a Disqualified Organization, agent or
nominee thereof, or a Non-permitted Foreign Holder. Notwithstanding the
registration in the Certificate Register of any transfer, sale, or other
disposition of a Residual Certificate to a Disqualified Organization, an agent
or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder, such registration shall be
deemed to be of no legal force or effect whatsoever and such Disqualified
Organization, agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder shall
not be deemed to be a Certificateholder for any purpose hereunder, including,
but not limited to, the receipt of distributions on such Residual Certificate.
The Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee shall be under no
liability to any Person for any registration or transfer of a Residual
Certificate to a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee thereof or
Non-permitted Foreign Holder or for the Paying Agent making any payments due on
such Residual Certificate to the Holder thereof or for taking any other action
with respect to such Holder under the provisions of the Agreement, so long as
the transfer was effected in accordance with this Section 3.03(f), unless the
Certificate Registrar shall have actual knowledge at the time of such transfer
or the time of such payment or other action that the transferee is a
Disqualified Organization, or an agent or nominee thereof, or Non-permitted
Foreign Holder. The Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to recover from any
Holder of a Residual Certificate that was a Disqualified Organization, agent or
nominee thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder at the time it became a Holder
or any subsequent time it became a Disqualified Organization, agent or nominee
thereof, or Non-permitted Foreign Holder, all payments made on such Residual
Certificate at and after either such times (and all costs and expenses,
including but not limited to attorneys' fees, incurred in connection therewith).
Any payment (not including any such costs and expenses) so recovered by the
Certificate Registrar shall be paid and delivered to the last preceding Holder
of such Residual Certificate.

         If any purported transferee shall become a registered Holder of a
Residual Certificate in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.03(f),
then upon receipt of written notice to the Trustee that the registration of
transfer of such Residual Certificate was not in fact permitted by this Section
3.03(f), such transfer shall be absolutely null and void and shall vest no
rights in the purported transferee and the last preceding Permitted Transferee
shall be restored to all rights as Holder thereof retroactive to the date of
such registration of transfer of such Residual Certificate. The Depositor, the
Certificate Registrar and the Trustee shall be under no liability to any Person
for any registration of transfer of a Residual Certificate that is in fact not
permitted by this Section 3.03(f), or for the Paying Agent making any payment
due on such Certificate to the registered Holder thereof or for taking any other
action with respect to such Holder under the provisions of this Agreement so
long as the transfer was registered upon receipt of the affidavit described in
the preceding paragraph of this Section 3.03(f).

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         (g)      Each Holder or Certificate Owner of a Restricted Certificate,
ERISA-Restricted Certificate or Residual Certificate, or an interest therein, by
such Holder's or Owner's acceptance thereof, shall be deemed for all purposes to
have consented to the provisions of this section.

         Section 3.04 Cancellation of Certificates.

         Any Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and retained in accordance with normal retention policies
with respect to cancelled certificates maintained by the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar.

         Section 3.05 Replacement of Certificates.

         If (i) any Certificate is mutilated and is surrendered to the Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar or (ii) the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Certificate, and there is delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Depositor, the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar that such destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate has been
acquired by a protected purchaser, the Trustee shall execute and the
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate
of like tenor and Certificate Principal Amount. Upon the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 3.05, the Trustee, the Depositor or the
Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee, the Depositor or
the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall constitute complete and indefeasible
evidence of ownership in the applicable Trust Fund, as if originally issued,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time.

         If after the delivery of such new Certificate, a protected purchaser of
the original Certificate in lieu of which such new Certificate was issued
presents for payment such original Certificate, the Depositor, the Certificate
Registrar and the Trustee or any agent shall be entitled to recover such new
Certificate from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking
therefrom, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon
the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage,
cost or expenses incurred by the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, the
Trustee or any agent in connection therewith.

         Section 3.06 Persons Deemed Owners.

         Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 with respect to Book-Entry
Certificates, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying
Agent and any agent of any of them shall treat the Person in whose name any
Certificate is registered upon the books of the Certificate Registrar as the
owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to
Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the
Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent nor any
agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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         Section 3.07 Temporary Certificates.

         (a)      Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, upon the
order of the Depositor, the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Certificates that are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Certificates in lieu
of which they are issued and with such variations as the authorized officers
executing such Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their execution of
such Certificates.

         (b)      If temporary Certificates are issued, the Depositor will cause
definitive Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Certificates, the temporary Certificates shall be
exchangeable for definitive Certificates upon surrender of the temporary
Certificates at the office or agency of the Certificate Registrar without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Certificates, the Trustee shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like aggregate Certificate
Principal Amount (or Notional Amount) of definitive Certificates of the same
Class in the authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Agreement as definitive Certificates of the same Class.

         Section 3.08 Appointment of Paying Agent.

         The Trustee may appoint a Paying Agent (which may be the Trustee) for
the purpose of making distributions to Certificateholders hereunder. The Trustee
shall cause any Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument
in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee that such Paying Agent
will hold all sums held by it for the payment to Certificateholders in an
Eligible Account (which shall be the Distribution Account) in trust for the
benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid
to the Certificateholders. All funds remitted by the Trustee to any such Paying
Agent for the purpose of making distributions shall be paid to
Certificateholders on each Distribution Date and any amounts not so paid shall
be returned on such Distribution Date to the Trustee. If the Paying Agent is not
the Trustee, the Trustee shall cause to be remitted to the Paying Agent on or
before the Business Day prior to each Distribution Date, by wire transfer in
immediately available funds, the funds to be distributed on such Distribution
Date. Any Paying Agent shall be either a bank or trust company or otherwise
authorized under law to exercise corporate trust powers.

         Section 3.09 Book-Entry Certificates.

         (a)      Each Class of Book-Entry Certificates, upon original issuance,
shall be issued in the form of one or more typewritten Certificates representing
the Book-Entry Certificates. The Book-Entry Certificates shall initially be
registered on the Certificate Register in the name of the nominee of the
Clearing Agency, and no Certificate Owner will receive a definitive certificate
representing such Certificate Owner's interest in the Book-Entry Certificates,
except as provided in Section 3.09(c). Unless Definitive Certificates have been
issued to Certificate Owners of Book-Entry Certificates pursuant to Section
3.09(c):

                  (i)      the provisions of this Section 3.09 shall be in full
         force and effect;

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                  (ii)     the Certificate Registrar, the Paying Agent and the
         Trustee shall deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes (including
         the making of distributions on the Book-Entry Certificates) as the
         authorized representatives of the Certificate Owners and the Clearing
         Agency and shall be responsible for crediting the amount of such
         distributions to the accounts of such Persons entitled thereto, in
         accordance with the Clearing Agency's normal procedures;

                  (iii)    to the extent that the provisions of this Section
         3.09 conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the
         provisions of this Section 3.09 shall control; and

                  (iv)     the rights of Certificate Owners shall be exercised
         only through the Clearing Agency and the Clearing Agency Participants
         and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between
         such Certificate Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing
         Agency Participants. Unless and until Definitive Certificates are
         issued pursuant to Section 3.09(c), the initial Clearing Agency will
         make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and
         receive and transmit distributions of principal of and interest on the
         Book-Entry Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants.

         (b)      Whenever notice or other communication to the
Certificateholders is required under this Agreement, unless and until Definitive
Certificates shall have been issued to Certificate Owners pursuant to Section
3.09(c), the Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to Holders of the Book-Entry Certificates to the Clearing
Agency.

         (c)      If (i) (A) the Clearing Agency or the Depositor advises the
Paying Agent in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to
discharge properly its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry
Certificates, and (B) the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor
satisfactory to the Depositor and the Paying Agent, (ii) the Depositor, at its
option, advises the Paying Agent in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after the occurrence of
an Event of Default, Certificate Owners representing beneficial interests
aggregating not less than 50% of the Class Principal Amount (or Class Notional
Amount) of a Class of Book-Entry Certificates advise the Paying Agent and the
Clearing Agency through the Clearing Agency Participants in writing that the
continuation of a book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in
the best interests of the Certificate Owners of a Class of Book-Entry
Certificates, the Certificate Registrar shall notify the Clearing Agency to
effect notification to all Certificate Owners, through the Clearing Agency, of
the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive
Certificates to Certificate Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the
Certificate Registrar of the Book-Entry Certificates by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions from the Clearing Agency for
registration, the Certificate Registrar shall issue the Definitive Certificates.
Neither the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the Trustee shall be liable
for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and
shall be protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Certificates all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to
be performed by the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to be imposed upon and
performed by the Certificate Registrar, to the extent applicable, with respect
to such Definitive Certificates and the Certificate Registrar shall

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recognize the holders of the Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificate Registrar, upon the
instruction of the Depositor, shall have the right to issue Definitive
Certificates on the Closing Date in connection with credit enhancement programs.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                        ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUST FUND

         Section 4.01 Custodial Accounts; Distribution Account.

         (a)      On or prior to the Closing Date, the Servicer shall establish
and maintain one or more Custodial Accounts, as provided in the Servicing
Agreement, into which all Scheduled Payments and unscheduled payments with
respect to the Mortgage Loans, net of any deductions or reimbursements permitted
under the Servicing Agreement, shall be deposited. Prior to 1:00 p.m. New York
City time on each Distribution Account Deposit Date, the Servicer shall remit to
the Trustee for deposit into the Distribution Account, all amounts so required
to be deposited into such account in accordance with the terms of the Servicing
Agreement.

         (b)      The Trustee, shall establish and maintain an Eligible Account
entitled "Distribution Account of Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors
Trust Series MLCC 2003-E Holders of Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates." The
Trustee shall, promptly upon receipt from the Servicer on each Distribution
Account Deposit Date, deposit into the Distribution Account and retain on
deposit until the related Distribution Date the following amounts:

                  (i)      the aggregate of collections with respect to the
         Mortgage Loans remitted by the Servicer from the Custodial Accounts in
         accordance with the Servicing Agreement, including the amount of any
         Advances or Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Mortgage
         Loans required to be paid by the Servicer; and

                  (ii)     any other amounts so required to be deposited in the
         Distribution Account in the related Due Period pursuant to this
         Agreement.

         (c)      In the event Servicer has remitted in error to the
Distribution Account any amount not required to be remitted in accordance with
the definition of Available Distribution Amount, it may at any time direct the
Trustee to withdraw such amount from the Distribution Account for repayment to
the Servicer, as applicable, by delivery of an Officer's Certificate of the
Servicer to the Trustee which describes the amount deposited in error.

         (d)      On each Distribution Date and Redemption Date, the Trustee
shall distribute the Available Distribution Amount to the Certificateholders and
any other parties entitled thereto in the amounts and priorities set forth in
Section 5.02. The Trustee may from time to time withdraw from the Distribution
Account and pay itself or the Servicer any amounts permitted to be paid or
reimbursed to such Person from funds in the Distribution Account pursuant to the
clauses (A) through (D) of the definition of Available Distribution Amount.

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         (e)      Funds in the Distribution Account may be invested in Permitted
Investments selected by the Trustee, which shall mature not later than one
Business Day prior to the Distribution Date (except that if such Permitted
Investment is an obligation of the Trustee or is managed or advised by the
Trustee or its affiliates, then such Permitted Investment shall mature not later
than such applicable Distribution Date) and any such Permitted Investment shall
not be sold or disposed of prior to its maturity. All such Permitted Investments
shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) or its
nominee. All income and gain realized from any Permitted Investment shall be for
the benefit of the Trustee and shall be subject to its withdrawal or order from
time to time, and shall not be part of the Trust Fund. The amount of any losses
incurred in respect of any such investments shall be deposited in such
Distribution Account by the Trustee out of its own funds, without any right of
reimbursement therefor, immediately as realized.

         Section 4.02 Reports to Trustee and Certificateholders.

         On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall have prepared and shall
make available to each Certificateholder and other interested parties a written
report setting forth the following information (on the basis of Mortgage Loan
level information obtained from the Servicer).

         (a)      the amount of the distributions, separately identified, with
respect to each Class of Certificates;

         (b)      the amount of the distributions set forth in the clause (a)
allocable to principal, separately identifying the aggregate amount of any
Principal Prepayments or other unscheduled recoveries of principal included in
that amount;

         (c)      the amount of the distributions set forth in the clause (a)
allocable to interest and how it was calculated;

         (d)      the amount of any unpaid Interest Shortfall, Basis Risk
Shortfall or Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfall (if applicable) and the related accrued
interest thereon, with respect to each Class of Certificates;

         (e)      the Class Principal Amount of each Class of Certificates after
giving effect to the distribution of principal on that Distribution Date;

         (f)      the Aggregated Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans
in each Mortgage Pool and the applicable Net WAC of the Mortgage Loans at the
end of the related Prepayment Period;

         (g)      the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in each
Mortgage Pool whose Mortgage Rates adjust on the basis of the One-Month LIBOR
index and the Six-Month LIBOR index at the end of the related Prepayment Period;

         (h)      the Pro Rata Senior Percentage, Senior Percentage and the
Subordinate Percentage for each Mortgage Pool for the following Distribution
Date;

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         (i)      the Senior Prepayment Percentage and Subordinate Prepayment
Percentage for each Mortgage Pool the following Distribution Date;

         (j)      in the aggregate and with respect to each Mortgage Pool, the
amount of Servicing Fee paid to or retained by the Servicer;

         (k)      in the aggregate and with respect to each Mortgage Pool, the
amount of Advances for the related Due Period;

         (l)      in the aggregate and with respect to each Mortgage Pool, the
number and Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans that were (A)
Delinquent (exclusive of Mortgage Loans in foreclosure) (1) 30 to 59 days, (2)
60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days, (B) in foreclosure and Delinquent (1) 30
to 59 days, (2) 60 to 89 days and (3) 90 or more days and (C) in bankruptcy as
of the close of business on the last day of the calendar month preceding that
Distribution Date;

         (m)      in the aggregate and with respect to each Mortgage Pool, for
any Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property was an REO property
during the preceding calendar month, the principal balance of that Mortgage Loan
as of the close of business on the last day of the related Due Period;

         (n)      in the aggregate and with respect to each Mortgage Pool, the
total number and principal balance of any REO properties as of the close of
business on the last day of the preceding Due Period;

         (o)      in the aggregate and with respect to each Mortgage Pool, the
amount of Realized Losses incurred during the preceding calendar month;

         (p)      in the aggregate and with respect to each Mortgage Pool, the
cumulative amount of Realized Losses incurred since the Closing Date;

         (q)      the Realized Losses, if any, allocated to each Class of
Certificates on that Distribution Date;

         (r)      the Certificate Interest Rate for each Class of Certificates
for that Distribution Date;

         (s)      the amount of any Principal Transfer Amounts or
Interest Transfer Amounts paid to an Undercollateralized Group or Principal
Transfer Amounts between Groups in the event of Rapid Prepayment Conditions; and

         (t)      for each Class of Certificates, the amounts accrued and paid
in respect of each deemed interest rate cap agreement under which such Class of
Certificates is deemed entitled to receive or deemed obligated to make payments
as provided for in Section 10.01 hereof.

         The Trustee shall make such reports available each month via its
website at http://www.ctslink.com. Assistance in using the website may be
obtained by calling the Trustee's customer service desk at (301) 815-6600.
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use the website are entitled to have a paper copy mailed to them via first class
mail by contacting the Trustee and indicating such. In preparing or furnishing
the foregoing information, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on
the accuracy of the information or data regarding the Mortgage Loans and the
related REO Properties that has been provided to the Trustee by the Servicer,
and the Trustee shall not be obligated to verify, recompute, reconcile or
recalculate any such information or data.

         Upon receipt by the Trustee of the reasonable advance written request
of any Certificateholder that is a savings and loan, bank or insurance company,
the Trustee, shall provide, or cause to be provided, (or, to the extent that
such information or documentation is not required to be provided by a Servicer
under the Servicing Agreement, shall use reasonable efforts to obtain such
information and documentation from the Servicer, and provide) to such
Certificateholders such reports and access to information and documentation
regarding the Mortgage Loans as such Certificateholders may reasonably deem
necessary to comply with applicable regulations of the Office of Thrift
Supervision or its successor or other regulatory authorities with respect to an
investment in the Certificates; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be
entitled to be reimbursed by such Certificateholders for the Trustee's actual
expenses incurred in providing such reports and access.

         The Trustee shall prepare and file with the Internal Revenue Service
("IRS"), on behalf of the Trust Fund, an application for an employer
identification number on IRS Form SS-4 or by any other acceptable method. The
Trustee shall also file a Form 8811 as required. The Trustee, upon receipt from
the IRS of the Notice of Taxpayer Identification Number Assigned, shall upon
request promptly forward a copy of such notice to the Trustee and the Depositor.
The Trustee shall furnish any other information that is required by the Code and
regulations thereunder to be made available to Certificateholders. The Depositor
shall cause the Servicer to provide the Trustee with such information as is
necessary for the Trustee to prepare such reports.

                                    ARTICLE V

                    DISTRIBUTIONS TO HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES

         Section 5.01 Distributions Generally.

         (a)      Subject to Section 7.01 respecting the final distribution on
the Certificates, on each Distribution Date the Trustee or the Paying Agent
shall make distributions in accordance with this Article V. Such distributions
shall be made by check mailed to each Certificateholder's address as it appears
on the Certificate Register of the Certificate Registrar or, upon written
request made to the Trustee at least five Business Days prior to the related
Record Date by any Certificateholder owning an aggregate initial Certificate
Principal Amount of at least $1,000,000, or in the case of a Class of
Interest-Only Certificates or Residual Certificate, a Percentage Interest of not
less than 100%, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account
specified in the request and at the expense of such Certificateholder; provided,
however, that the final distribution in respect of any Certificate shall be made
only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the Certificate
Registrar's Corporate Trust Office; provided, further, that the foregoing
provisions shall not apply to any Class of Certificates as long as such
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remains a Book-Entry Certificate in which case all payments made shall be made
through the Clearing Agency and its Clearing Agency Participants. Wire transfers
will be made at the expense of the Holder requesting such wire transfer by
deducting a wire transfer fee from the related distribution. Notwithstanding
such final payment of principal of any of the Certificates, each Residual
Certificate will remain outstanding until the termination of each REMIC and the
payment in full of all other amounts due with respect to the Residual
Certificates and at such time such final payment in retirement of any Residual
Certificate will be made only upon presentation and surrender of such
Certificate at the Certificate Registrar's Corporate Trust Office. If any
payment required to be made on the Certificates is to be made on a day that is
not a Business Day, then such payment will be made on the next succeeding
Business Day.

         (b)      All distributions or allocations made with respect to
Certificateholders within each Class on each Distribution Date shall be
allocated among the outstanding Certificates in such Class equally in proportion
to their respective initial Class Principal Amounts or initial Class Notional
Amounts (or Percentage Interests).

         Section 5.02 Distributions from the Distribution Account.

         (a)      Subject to Sections 5.02(h) and 5.02(i), on each Distribution
Date, the Available Distribution Amount for the related Mortgage Pool (in the
case of the Components of the Class X-A-1 and Class X-A-2 Certificates and the
Senior Certificates other than the Class X-B Certificates) and the Mortgage
Pools in the aggregate (in the case of the Subordinate Certificates and the
Class X-B Certificates) shall be withdrawn by the Trustee from the Distribution
Account and allocated among the classes of Senior Certificates and Subordinate
Certificates in the following order of priority:

         (i) Concurrently, to the payment of the Interest Distribution Amount
         and any accrued but unpaid Interest Shortfalls with respect to each
         class of Senior Certificates (other than the Class X Certificates) and
         the Components, with, subject to the proviso set forth below, (x) all
         amounts payable in respect of Component XB1, Component XB2 and
         Component XB3 being payable to the Class X-B Certificates, (y) all
         amounts payable in respect of the Pool 1 NAS Component and the Pool 2
         NAS Component being payable to the Class X-A-1 Certificates and (z) all
         amounts payable in respect of the Pool 1 Companion Component and the
         Pool 2 Companion Component being payable to the Class X-A-2
         Certificates; provided, however, that on each Distribution Date,
         amounts that would otherwise be payable to the Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2
         or Class X-B Certificates under this clause (a)(i) will (A) in the case
         of amounts otherwise payable to the Class X-A-1 or Class X-A-2
         Certificates in respect of the Pool 1 NAS Component or Pool 1 Companion
         Component, be paid to the Class A-1 Certificates to the extent of any
         Basis Risk Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls for the Class
         A-1 Certificates as of such Distribution Date, (B) in the case of
         amounts otherwise payable to the Class X-A-1 and Class X-A-2
         Certificates in respect of the Pool 2 NAS Component or Pool 2 Companion
         Component, be paid to the Class A-2 Certificates to the extent of any
         Basis Risk Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls for the Class
         A-2 Certificates as of such Distribution Date, (C) in the case of
         amounts otherwise payable to the Class X-B Certificates, be paid to the
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         2 and Class B-3 Certificates to the extent of any Basis Risk Shortfalls
         and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls for the Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class
         B-3 Certificates, respectively, as of such Distribution Date, (D) in
         the case of amounts otherwise payable to the Class X-A-2 Certificates
         in respect of the Pool 1 Companion Component, be paid to the Class
         X-A-1 Certificates in respect of the Pool 1 NAS Component to the extent
         of any previously unreimbursed amounts not distributed in respect of
         the Pool 1 NAS Component as a result of clause (A) above or as a result
         of the Current Interest Restriction and (E) in the case of amounts
         otherwise payable to the Class X-A-2 Certificates in respect of the
         Pool 2 Companion Component, be paid to the Class X-A-1 Certificates in
         respect of the Pool 2 NAS Component to the extent of any previously
         unreimbursed amounts not distributed in respect of the Pool 2 NAS
         Component as a result of clause (B) above or as a result of the Current
         Interest Restriction;

                  (ii)     Concurrently, to the Senior Certificates from the
         Available Distribution Amount remaining in the related Mortgage Pool
         after application of amounts pursuant to clause (i) above, as follows:

                           (a)      sequentially to the Class A-R and Class A-1
                  Certificates, in that order, the Senior Principal Distribution
                  Amount for Pool 1, until their respective Class Principal
                  Amounts have been reduced to zero; and

                           (b)      to the Class A-2 Certificates, the Senior
                  Principal Distribution Amount for Pool 2, until its Class
                  Principal Amounts has been reduced to zero:

                  (iii)    From the Available Distribution Amount from the
         Mortgage Pools in the aggregate remaining after the application of
         amounts pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the Class B-1, Class
         B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, sequentially, in that order, the
         Interest Distribution Amount and any Interest Shortfalls, in each case,
         for such Class on such date;

                  (iv)     From the Available Distribution Amount from the
         Mortgage Pools in the aggregate remaining after application of amounts
         pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) above, to the Class B-1, Class
         B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates, sequentially, in that order, such
         Class' Subordinate Class Percentage of the Subordinate Principal
         Distribution Amount for each Mortgage Pool, until its Class Principal
         Amount has been reduced to zero;

                  (v)      From the remaining Available Distribution Amount from
         the Mortgage Pools in the aggregate remaining after application of
         amounts pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) in the following order of
         priority:

                  (A)      to the Class B-4 Certificates, the payment of its
         Interest Distribution Amount and any outstanding Interest Shortfalls;

                  (B)      to the Class B-4 Certificates, such Class'
         Subordinate Class Percentage of the Subordinate Principal Distribution
         Amount for each Mortgage Pool, until its Class Principal Amount has
         been reduced to zero;

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                  (C)      to the Class B-5 Certificates, the payment of its
         Interest Distribution Amount and any outstanding Interest Shortfalls;

                  (D)      to the Class B-5 Certificates, such Class'
         Subordinate Class Percentage of the Subordinate Principal Distribution
         Amount for each Mortgage Pool, until its Class Principal Amount has
         been reduced to zero;

                  (E)      to the Class B-6 Certificates, the payment of its
         Interest Distribution Amount and any outstanding Interest Shortfalls;
         and

                  (F)      to the Class B-6 Certificates, such Class'
         Subordinate Class Percentage of the Subordinate Principal Distribution
         Amount for each Mortgage Pool, until its Class Principal Amount has
         been reduced to zero;

                  (vi)     To the Class A-R Certificate, any remaining amount of
         the Available Distribution Amount from the Mortgage Pools in the
         aggregate allocated as provided in Section 5.02(d).

Amounts paid to the Class A-1 Certificates on any Distribution Date pursuant to
the proviso in clause (a)(i)(A) above shall reduce amounts otherwise payable on
such Distribution Date in respect of the Pool 1 Companion Component before
reducing any amounts otherwise payable to the Pool 1 NAS Component. Amounts paid
to the Class A-2 Certificates on any Distribution Date pursuant to the proviso
in clause (a)(i)(B) above shall reduce amounts otherwise payable on such
Distribution Date in respect of the Pool 2 Companion Component before reducing
any amounts otherwise payable to the Pool 2 NAS Component. Amounts that would
have been distributed in respect of the Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2 and Class X-B
Certificates, but for the proviso set forth in clause (a)(i) above shall, except
for purposes of determining unreimbursed amounts under clauses (a)(i)(D) and (E)
above, be treated as having been distributed to the Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2 and
Class X-B Certificates, as the case may be, for purposes of determining
subsequent Interest Shortfalls with respect to the Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2 and
Class X-B Certificates.

         (b)      On each Distribution Date on and after the Credit Support
Depletion Date, the Available Distribution Amount for each Mortgage Pool shall
be distributed to the remaining Classes of Certificates of a Certificate Group
and in respect of the Class X-A-1 and Class X-A-2 Certificates, as the case may
be, on a pro rata basis, first, to pay the Interest Distribution amount and any
accrued but unpaid Interest Shortfalls; provided, however, that on each
Distribution Date with respect to the Class A-1 or Class A-2 Certificates (as
applicable) (x) the amount of the Interest Distribution Amount that would
otherwise be payable to the related Pool Companion Component or Pool NAS
Component (in that order) will be paid to the Class A-1 or Class A-2
Certificates (as applicable) to the extent of any Basis Risk Shortfalls for the
Class A-1 or Class A-2 Certificates (as applicable) and (y) the amount of the
Interest Distribution Amount that would otherwise be payable on the related Pool
Companion Component (after the application of clause (x) above) will be payable
to the related Pool NAS Component to the extent of any remaining unreimbursed
amounts otherwise payable to the related Pool NAS Component that were
distributed to the Class A-1 or Class A-2 Certificates (as applicable) in
respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls or that were not paid with respect to the
related Pool NAS Component as a result

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of the Current Interest Restriction; second, to pay the Senior Principal
Distribution Amount for such Mortgage Pool; and third, to the Class A-R
Certificate, any remaining Available Distribution Amount from such Mortgage
Pool.

Amounts paid to the Class A-1 Certificates on any Distribution Date pursuant to
the proviso in this clause (b) shall reduce amounts otherwise payable on such
Distribution Date in respect of the Pool 1 Companion Component before reducing
any amounts otherwise payable to the Pool 1 NAS Component. Amounts paid to the
Class A-2 Certificates on any Distribution Date pursuant to the proviso in this
clause (b) shall reduce amounts otherwise payable on such Distribution Date in
respect of the Pool 2 Companion Component before reducing any amounts otherwise
payable to the Pool 2 NAS Component. Amounts that would have been distributed in
respect of the Class X-A-1 or Class X-A-2 Certificates but for the proviso set
forth in this Section 5.02(b) shall, except for purposes of determining
unreimbursed amounts under clause (b)(y) above, be treated as having been
distributed to the Class X-A-1 or Class X-A-2 Certificates, as the case may be,
for purposes of determining subsequent Interest Shortfalls with respect to the
Class X-A-1 or Class X-A-2 Certificates.

         (c)      Notwithstanding the priority and allocation set forth in
Section 5.02(a)(iv) and Section 5.02(a)(v) above, if with respect to any Class
of Subordinate Certificates on any Distribution Date the sum of the related
Class Subordination Percentages of such Class and of all other Classes of
Subordinate Certificates which have a higher numerical Class designation than
such Class is less than the Original Applicable Credit Support Percentage for
such Class, no distribution of Principal Prepayments shall be made to any such
Classes and the amount of such Principal Prepayment otherwise distributable to
such Classes shall be distributed to any Classes of Subordinate Certificates
having lower numerical Class designations than such Class, pro rata, based on
the Class Principal Amounts of the respective Classes immediately prior to such
Distribution Date and shall be distributed in the sequential order provided in
Section 5.02(a)(iv) and Section 5.02(a)(v) above.

         (d)      Amounts distributed to the Residual Certificates pursuant to
subparagraph (a)(vi) of this Section 5.02 on any Distribution Date shall be
allocated among the REMIC residual interests represented thereby such that each
such interest is allocated the excess of funds available to the related REMIC
over required distributions to the regular interests in such REMIC on such
Distribution Date.

         (e)      For purposes of distributions provided in paragraph (a) of
this Section 5.02, each Mortgage Pool shall "relate" to the Senior Class or
Classes of the applicable Related Certificate Group.

         (f)      For purposes of distributions of interest in paragraph (a) of
this Section 5.02 such distributions to a Class of Certificates on any
Distribution Date shall be made first, in respect of Current Interest; and
second, in respect of Interest Shortfalls.

         (g)      Notwithstanding the priority of distributions set forth in
paragraph (a) of this Section 5.02, if on any Distribution Date prior to the
Credit Support Depletion (1) either one of the Rapid Prepayment Conditions is
satisfied on such date and (2) the Certificate Principal Amount of the Senior
Certificates relating to one of the Mortgage Pools has been reduced to

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zero, then that portion of the Available Distribution Amount for such Mortgage
Pool described in Section 5.02(a)(ii) that represents principal collections on
the Mortgage Loans shall be applied as an additional distribution to the
remaining Classes of Senior Certificates in reduction of, and in proportion to,
the Class Principal Amounts thereof; provided, however, that any such amounts
distributable to the Class A-R and Class A-1 Certificates shall be distributed
sequentially thereto in such order.

         (h)      If, on any Distribution Date, any Certificate Group would
constitute an Undercollateralized Group and the other Certificate Group
constitutes an Overcollateralized Group, then notwithstanding Section
5.02(a)(ii), the Available Distribution Amount for the Overcollateralized Group,
to the extent remaining following distributions of interest and principal to the
related Senior Certificates of that Certificate Group and to the Components of
the Class X-A-1 and Class X-A-2 Certificates related to the Undercollateralized
Group, shall be distributed up to the sum of the Interest Transfer Amount and
the Principal Transfer Amount for the Undercollateralized Group to the Senior
Certificates related to the Undercollateralized Group and to the Components of
the Class X-A-1 and Class X-A-2 Certificates related to the Undercollateralized
Group in payment of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, and then to such Senior
Certificates as principal, in the same order and priority as such Certificates
would receive other distributions of principal.

         Section 5.03 Allocation of Losses.

         (a)      On or prior to each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall
aggregate the information provided by each Servicer with respect to the total
amount of Realized Losses, with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related
Distribution Date.

         (b)      On each Distribution Date, the principal portion of Realized
Losses with respect to such Distribution Date shall be allocated as follows:

                  (i)      Realized Losses shall be allocated in the following
         order:

                           first, to the Classes of Subordinate Certificates in
                  reverse order of their respective numerical Class designations
                  (beginning with the Class of Subordinate Certificates with the
                  highest numerical Class designation) until the Class Principal
                  Amount of each such Class is reduced to zero; and

                           second, to each Class of Senior Certificates relating
                  to the Mortgage Pool which sustained such loss (allocated, in
                  the case of Pool among the related Senior Classes on a pro
                  rata basis), in each case, until the Class Principal Amount of
                  each Class of Senior Certificates is reduced to zero;

                  (ii)     Reserved.

                  (iii)    The Class Principal Amount of the Class of
         Subordinate Certificates then outstanding with the highest numerical
         Class designation shall be reduced on each Distribution Date by the
         amount, if any, by which the aggregate of the Class Principal Amounts
         of all outstanding Classes of Certificates (after giving effect to the
         distribution

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         of principal and the allocation of Realized Losses, on such
         Distribution Date) exceeds the Aggregate Stated Principal Balance for
         the following Distribution Date.

                  (iv)     Any allocation of a loss pursuant to this section to
         a Class of Certificates shall be achieved by reducing the Class
         Principal Amount thereof by the amount of such loss.

          (c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of Section 5.03, the first
$.87 of Realized Losses shall not be allocated to any Class of Certificates.

         Section 5.04 Advances.

         If the Servicer fails to remit any Advance required to be made under
the Servicing Agreement, the Trustee solely in its capacity as successor
Servicer shall itself make, or shall cause the successor Servicer to make, such
Advance. If the Trustee solely in its capacity as successor Servicer determines
that an Advance is required, it shall on the Business Day preceding the related
Distribution Date immediately following such Determination Date remit from its
own funds (or funds advanced by the Servicer) for deposit in the Distribution
Account immediately available funds in an amount equal to such Advance. The
Trustee and the Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all Advances
made by it. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event the
Trustee (or successor servicer) determines in its reasonable judgment that an
Advance is non-recoverable, the Trustee (or successor servicer) shall be under
no obligation to make such Advance.

         Section 5.05 [RESERVED].

         Section 5.06 [RESERVED].

                                   ARTICLE VI

                    CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE; EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         Section 6.01 Duties of Trustee.

         (a)      The Trustee, except during the continuance of an Event of
Default undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement. Any permissive right of the Trustee
provided for in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty of the Trustee.
If an Event of Default has occurred and has not otherwise been cured or waived,
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Agreement and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a
prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such Person's own affairs.

         (b)      The Trustee, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates,
statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished
to the Trustee which are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, shall examine them to determine whether they are in
the form required by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall
not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any such resolution,
certificate,

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statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the
Servicer to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement,
and shall not be required to recalculate or verify any numerical information
furnished to the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement. Subject to the immediately
preceding sentence, if any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion,
report, document, order or other instrument is found not to conform to the form
required by this Agreement in a material manner the Trustee shall take such
action as it deems appropriate to cause the instrument to be corrected, and if
the instrument is not corrected to the Trustee's satisfaction, the Trustee will
provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders and will, at the expense of the
Trust Fund, which expense shall be reasonable given the scope and nature of the
required action, take such further action as directed by the Certificateholders.

         (c)      The Trustee shall not have any liability arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement, except for its negligence or willful misconduct.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee shall
not be liable for special, indirect or consequential losses or damages of any
kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits). No provision of
this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its
own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct; provided, however, that:

                  (i)      The Trustee shall not be personally liable with
         respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in
         good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates
         as provided in Section 6.18 hereof;

                  (ii)     For all purposes under this Agreement, the Trustee
         shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default (other than
         resulting from a failure by the Servicer (i) to remit funds (or to make
         Advances) or (ii) to furnish information to the Trustee when required
         to do so) unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
         knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in
         fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust
         Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Holders of the
         Certificates and this Agreement;

                  (iii)    No provision of this Agreement shall require the
         Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
         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 for believing that repayment of such funds or
         adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably
         assured to it; and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement
         shall in any event require the Trustee to perform, or be responsible
         for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the
         Servicer under the Servicing Agreement;

                  (iv)     The Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or
         omission of the Servicer, the Depositor, the Originator or the Seller.

         (d)      The Trustee shall have no duty hereunder with respect to any
complaint, claim, demand, notice or other document it may receive or which may
be alleged to have been delivered to or served upon it by the parties as a
consequence of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan hereunder; provided, however,
that the Trustee shall promptly remit to the Servicer upon receipt

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any such complaint, claim, demand, notice or other document (i) which is
delivered to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, (ii) of which a
Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, and (iii) which contains information
sufficient to permit the Trustee to make a determination that the real property
to which such document relates is a Mortgaged Property.

         (e)      The Trustee shall not be personally liable with respect to any
action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Certificateholders of any Class holding Certificates
which evidence, as to such Class, Percentage Interests aggregating not less than
25% as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee under this Agreement.

         (f)      The Trustee shall not be required to perform services under
this Agreement, or to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial
liability for the performance of any of its duties hereunder or the exercise of
any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for believing that the
timely payment of its fees and expenses or the repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event
require the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance
of, any of the obligations of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement except
during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be
vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Servicer in
accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement.

         (g)      The Trustee shall not be held liable by reason of any
insufficiency in the Distribution Account resulting from any investment loss on
any Permitted Investment included therein (except to the extent that the Trustee
is the obligor and has defaulted thereon).

         (h)      Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall not
have any duty (A) to see to any recording, filing, or depositing of this
Agreement or any agreement referred to herein or any financing statement or
continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the
maintenance of any such recording or filing or depositing or to any
re-recording, refiling or redepositing of any thereof, (B) to see to any
insurance, (C) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or
other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with
respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Trust Fund other than
from funds available in the Distribution Account, or (D) to confirm or verify
the contents of any reports or certificates of the Servicer delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to the Servicing Agreement believed by the Trustee to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

         (i)      The Trustee shall not be liable in its individual capacity for
an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or other
officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee, was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

         (j)      Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
Trustee shall not be liable for special, indirect or consequential losses or
damages of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits),
even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage
and regardless of the form of action.

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         Section 6.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee.

         Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01:

                  (i)      The Trustee may request, and may rely and shall be
         protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
         Officer's Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
         certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
         consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document believed by
         it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
         party or parties;

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

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

                  (iv)     Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
         continuing, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
         into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
         statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
         order, approval, bond or other paper or document (provided the same
         appears regular on its face), unless requested in writing to do so by
         the Holders of at least a majority in Class Principal Amount (or
         Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates; provided, however,
         that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the
         costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the
         making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not
         reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the
         terms of this Agreement, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity
         against such expense or liability or payment of such estimated expenses
         from the Certificateholders as a condition to proceeding. The
         reasonable expense thereof shall be paid by the party requesting such
         investigation and if not reimbursed by the requesting party shall be
         reimbursed to the Trustee by the Trust Fund;

                  (v)      The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
         hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
         through agents, custodians or attorneys, which agents, custodians or
         attorneys shall have any and all of the rights, powers, duties and
         obligations of the Trustee conferred on it by such appointment,
         provided that the Trustee shall continue to be responsible for its
         duties and obligations hereunder to the extent provided herein, and
         provided further that the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
         misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney
         appointed with due care by the Trustee;

                  (vi)     The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to
         exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or
         to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation
         hereto, in each case at the request, order or direction of any of the
         Certificateholders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless
         such

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         Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
         security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
         may be incurred therein or thereby;

                  (vii)    The right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary
         act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and
         the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or
         willful misconduct in the performance of such act; and

                  (viii)   The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or
         surety in respect of the execution of the Trust Fund created hereby or
         the powers granted hereunder.

         Section 6.03 Trustee Not Liable for Certificates.

         The Trustee make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Agreement or of the Certificates (other than the certificate of
authentication on the Certificates) or of any Mortgage Loan, or related document
save that the Trustee represents that, assuming due execution and delivery by
the other parties hereto, this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by it and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms except that such enforceability may be
subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors generally, and (B) general
principles of equity regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Depositor of funds paid to the Depositor in consideration
of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust Fund by the Depositor or
for the use or application of any funds deposited into the Distribution Account
or any other fund or account maintained with respect to the Certificates. The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the legality or validity of this Agreement
or the validity, priority, perfection or sufficiency of the security for the
Certificates issued or intended to be issued hereunder. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the Trustee shall have no responsibility for filing any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder or to record this Agreement.

         Section 6.04 Trustee May Own Certificates.

         The Trustee and any Affiliate or agent of the Trustee in its individual
or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates and may
transact banking and trust business with the other parties hereto and their
Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or such
agent.

         Section 6.05 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee.

         The Trustee hereunder shall at all times (i) be an institution insured
by the FDIC, (ii) a corporation or national banking association, organized and
doing business under the laws of any State or the United States of America,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authority and (iii) not be an Affiliate of the
Servicer. If such corporation or national banking association publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then, for the purposes of this
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corporation or national banking association shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.06.

         Section 6.06 Resignation and Removal of Trustee.

         (a)      The Trustee may at any time resign and be discharged from the
trust hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor and the
Servicer. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor will promptly
appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee, one copy to the successor trustee
and one copy to the Servicer. If no successor trustee shall have been so
appointed and shall have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.

         (b)      If at any time (i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.05 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Depositor, (ii) the Trustee shall become
incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver
of the Trustee of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall
take charge or control of the Trustee or of either of their property or affairs
for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, (iii) a tax is
imposed or threatened with respect to the Trust Fund by any state in which the
Trustee or the Trust Fund held by the Trustee is located, or (iv) the continued
use of the Trustee would result in a downgrading of the rating by any Rating
Agency of any Class of Certificates with a rating, then the Depositor shall
remove the Trustee and the Depositor shall appoint a successor trustee by
written instrument, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed, one copy each to the successor trustee and one copy to the
Servicer.

         (c)      The Holders of more than 50% of the Class Principal Amount (or
Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates may at any time upon 30 days'
written notice to the Trustee and to the Depositor remove the Trustee by such
written instrument, signed by such Holders or their attorney-in-fact duly
authorized, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Depositor and
one copy to the Trustee; the Depositor shall thereupon appoint a successor
trustee in accordance with this Section.

         (d)      Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, as provided
in Section 6.07.

         Section 6.07 Successor Trustee.

         (a)      Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.06
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor and to its predecessor
trustee, an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its
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hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee. The predecessor
trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all Trustee Mortgage Files and
documents and statements related to each Trustee Mortgage File held by it
hereunder, and shall duly assign, transfer, deliver and pay over to the
successor trustee the entire Trust Fund, together with all necessary instruments
of transfer and assignment or other documents properly executed necessary to
effect such transfer and such of the records or copies thereof maintained by the
predecessor trustee in the administration hereof as may be requested by the
successor trustee and shall thereupon be discharged from all duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement. In addition, the Depositor and the
predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver such other instruments and do such
other things as may reasonably be required to more fully and certainly vest and
confirm in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations.

         (b)      No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in
this Section unless at the time of such appointment such successor trustee shall
be eligible under the provisions of Section 6.05.

         (c)      Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as
provided in this Section, the predecessor trustee shall mail notice of the
succession of such trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their
addresses as shown in the Certificate Register and to any Rating Agency. The
expenses of such mailing shall be borne by the Depositor.

         Section 6.08 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.

         Any Person into which the Trustee may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Persons succeeding
to the business of the Trustee shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
provided that, in the case of the Trustee, such Person shall be eligible under
the provisions of Section 6.05.

         Section 6.09 Appointment of Co-Trustee, Separate Trustee or Custodian.

         (a)      Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, the
Trustee, the Depositor or the Certificateholders evidencing more than 50% of the
Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of every Class of Certificates
shall have the power from time to time to appoint one or more Persons, approved
by the Trustee, to act either as co-trustees jointly with the Trustee, or as
separate trustees, or as custodians, for the purpose of holding title to,
foreclosing or otherwise taking action with respect to any Mortgage Loan outside
the state where the Trustee has its principal place of business where such
separate trustee or co-trustee is necessary or advisable (or the Trustee has
been advised by the Servicer that such separate trustee or co-trustee is
necessary or advisable) under the laws of any state in which a property securing
a Mortgage Loan is located or for the purpose of otherwise conforming to any
legal requirement, restriction or condition in any state in which a property
securing a Mortgage Loan is located or in any state in which any portion of the
Trust Fund is located. The separate Trustees, co-trustees, or custodians so
appointed shall be trustees or custodians for the benefit of all the
Certificateholders and shall have such powers, rights and remedies as shall be
specified in the instrument of appointment; provided, however, that no such
appointment shall, or shall be deemed to,

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constitute the appointee an agent of the Trustee. The obligation of the Trustee
to make Advances pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof shall not be affected or
assigned by the appointment of a co-trustee.

         (b)      Every separate trustee, co-trustee, and custodian shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following
provisions and conditions:

                  (i)      all powers, duties, obligations and rights conferred
         upon the Trustee in respect of the receipt, custody and payment of
         moneys shall be exercised solely by the Trustee;

                  (ii)     all other rights, powers, duties and obligations
         conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed
         upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate
         trustee, co-trustee, or custodian jointly, except to the extent that
         under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts
         are to be performed the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
         perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties
         and obligations, including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or
         any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction, shall be exercised and
         performed by such separate trustee, co-trustee, or custodian;

                  (iii)    no trustee or custodian hereunder shall be personally
         liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee or
         custodian hereunder; and

                  (iv)     the Trustee may at any time, by an instrument in
         writing executed by it, with the concurrence of the Depositor, accept
         the resignation of or remove any separate trustee, co-trustee or
         custodian, so appointed by it or them, if such resignation or removal
         does not violate the other terms of this Agreement.

         (c)      Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee, co-trustee or custodian shall refer to this
Agreement 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 Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to
all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of
this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or
affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with
the Trustee and a copy given to the Servicer.

         (d)      Any separate trustee, co-trustee or custodian may, at any
time, constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and
authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in
respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate
trustee, co-trustee or custodian shall die, become incapable of acting, resign
or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall
vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without
the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

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         (e)      No separate trustee, co-trustee or custodian hereunder shall
be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under
Section 6.05 hereunder and no notice to Certificateholders of the appointment
shall be required under Section 6.07 hereof.

         (f)      The Trustee agrees to instruct the co-trustees, if any, to the
extent necessary to fulfill the Trustee's obligations hereunder.

         (g)      The Trust shall pay the reasonable compensation of the
co-trustees (which compensation shall not reduce any compensation payable to the
Trustee under such Section).

         Section 6.10 Authenticating Agents.

         (a)      The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee in authenticating
Certificates. If such an agent is so appointed by the Trustee, wherever
reference is made in this Agreement to the authentication of Certificates by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating
Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by
an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent must be a corporation
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any state, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000,
authorized under such laws to do a trust business and subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authorities.

         (b)      Any Person into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged
or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from
any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall
be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency business of any
Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.

         (c)      Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving at
least 30 days' advance written notice of resignation to the Trustee and the
Depositor. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and the Depositor. Upon receiving a notice of resignation
or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section
6.10, the Trustee may appoint a successor authenticating agent, shall give
written notice of such appointment to the Depositor and shall mail notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Certificates. Any successor authenticating
agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all
the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder,
with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent. No successor
authenticating agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of
this Section 6.10. No Authenticating Agent shall have responsibility or
liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Trustee.

         Section 6.11 Indemnification of Trustee.

         The Trustee and its respective directors, officers, employees and
agents shall be entitled to indemnification from the Depositor and the Trust
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indemnification under this Section 6.11 is limited by Section 4.01(d) for any
loss, liability or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys'
fees and disbursements (and, in connection with any custody agreement the
Trustee may enter pursuant to this Agreement, including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents or counsel),
incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of,
or in connection with, the acceptance or administration of the trusts created
hereunder or in connection with the performance of their duties hereunder
including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties
hereunder, provided that:

                  (i)      with respect to any such claim, the Trustee shall
         have given the Depositor written notice thereof promptly after the
         Trustee shall have knowledge thereof;

                  (ii)     while maintaining control over its own defense, the
         Trustee shall cooperate and consult fully with the Depositor in
         preparing such defense;

                  (iii)    notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
         Section 6.11, the Trust Fund shall not be liable for settlement of any
         such claim by the Trustee entered into without the prior consent of the
         Depositor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and

                  (iv)     the Trust's Fund's indemnification obligations
         hereunder shall be limited to losses, liability, costs or expenses,
         payments in respect of which by the Trust Fund would constitute
         "unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
         Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)).

         The provisions of this Section 6.11 shall survive any termination of
this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Trustee and shall be
construed to include, but not be limited to any loss, liability or expense under
any environmental law.

         Section 6.12 Fees and Expenses of the Trustee.

         As compensation for its services hereunder, the Trustee shall be
entitled to retain any and all investment earnings on amounts on deposit in the
Distribution Account pending the distribution of such funds to
Certificateholders on each Distribution Date (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust). Any expenses incurred by the Trustee shall be reimbursed in
accordance with Section 6.11.

         Section 6.13 Collection of Monies.

         Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Trustee
may demand payment or delivery of, and shall receive and collect, all money and
other property payable to or receivable by the Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement. The Trustee shall hold all such money and property received by it as
part of the Trust Fund and shall distribute it as provided in this Agreement.

         Section 6.14 Events of Default; Trustee To Act; Appointment of
Successor.

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         (a)      If an Event of Default described in the Servicing Agreement
shall occur and be continuing, then, in each and every case, subject to
applicable law, so long as any such Event of Default shall not have been
remedied within any period of time prescribed by the Servicing Agreement, the
Trustee, by notice in writing to the Servicer may, and shall, if so directed by
Certificateholders evidencing more than 50% of the Class Principal Amount (or
Class Notional Amount) of each Class of Certificates, terminate all of the
rights and obligations of the Servicer under the Servicing Agreement in
accordance with the terms of the Servicing Agreement. On or after the receipt by
the Servicer of such written notice, all authority and power of the Servicer,
whether with respect to the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be
vested in the Trustee; and the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to
execute and deliver, on behalf of the defaulting Servicer as attorney-in-fact or
otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish
all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such
notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or
assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents or otherwise.

         If any Event of Default shall occur, the Trustee, upon becoming aware
of the occurrence thereof, shall promptly notify the Depositor and each Rating
Agency of the nature and extent of such Event of Default.

         (b)      Within 90 days of the time the Servicer receives a notice of
termination from the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14(a), the Trustee, unless
another Servicer shall have been appointed, shall be the successor in all
respects to the Servicer in its capacity as such under the Servicing Agreement
and the transactions set forth or provided for therein and shall have all the
rights and powers and be subject to all the responsibilities, duties and
liabilities relating thereto and arising thereafter placed on the Servicer
thereunder, including the obligation to make Advances; provided, however, that
any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Servicer's
failure to provide information required by this Agreement or the Servicing
Agreement shall not be considered a default by the Trustee hereunder. In
addition, the Trustee shall have no responsibility for any act or omission of
the Servicer prior to the issuance of any notice of termination. The Trustee
shall have no liability relating to any representations and warranties of the
Servicer set forth in the Servicing Agreement. In the Trustee's capacity as such
successor, the Trustee shall have the same limitations on liability provided to
the Servicer in the Servicing Agreement. As compensation therefor, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive all compensation payable to the Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement.

         The Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Depositor and the
Trust Fund (pursuant to Section 6.11 but without regard to any annual limitation
thereunder), in the event that the Servicer does not reimburse the Trustee under
the Servicing Agreement, for all costs associated with the transfer of servicing
from the predecessor Servicer, including, without limitation, any costs or
expenses associated with the termination of the predecessor Servicer, the
appointment of a successor servicer, the complete transfer of all servicing data
and the completion, correction or manipulation of such servicing data as may be
required by the Trustee or any successor servicer to correct any errors or
insufficiencies in the servicing data or otherwise to enable the Trustee or
successor servicer to service the Mortgage Loans property and effectively (such
costs, "Servicing Transfer Costs").

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         (c)      Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be
unwilling to continue to so act, or shall, if it is unable to so act, petition a
court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, or, with the consent of the
Depositor, appoint on its own behalf any established housing and home finance
institution servicer, or servicing or mortgage servicing institution having a
net worth of not less than $15,000,000 and meeting such other standards for a
successor servicer as are set forth in the Servicing Agreement and reasonably
satisfactory to the Depositor, as the successor to the Servicer in the
assumption of all of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of a servicer,
like the Servicer. Any entity designated by the Trustee as a successor servicer
may be an Affiliate of the Trustee; provided, however, that, unless such
Affiliate meets the net worth requirements and other standards set forth herein
for a successor servicer, the Trustee, in its individual capacity shall agree,
at the time of such designation, to be and remain liable to the Trust Fund for
such Affiliate's actions and omissions in performing its duties under the
Servicing Agreement. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the
Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of
payments on Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided,
however, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted to the
Servicer under the Servicing Agreement. The Trustee and such successor shall
take such actions, consistent with this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement,
as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession and may make other
arrangements with respect to the servicing to be conducted hereunder which are
not inconsistent herewith and therewith. Neither the Trustee nor any other
successor servicer shall be deemed to be in default hereunder by reason of any
failure to make, or any delay in making, any distribution hereunder or any
portion thereof caused by (i) the failure of the Servicer to deliver, or any
delay in delivering, cash, documents or records to it, (ii) the failure of the
Servicer to cooperate as required by the Servicing Agreement, (iii) the failure
of the Servicer to deliver the Mortgage Loan data to the Trustee as required by
the Servicing Agreement or (iv) restrictions imposed by any regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over the Servicer.

         Section 6.15 Additional Remedies of Trustee Upon Event of Default.

         During the continuance of any Event of Default, so long as such Event
of Default shall not have been remedied, the Trustee, in addition to the rights
specified in Section 6.14, shall have the right, in its own name and as trustee
of the Trust Fund, to take all actions now or hereafter existing at law, in
equity or by statute to enforce its rights and remedies and to protect the
interests, and enforce the rights and remedies, of the Certificateholders
(including the institution and prosecution of all judicial, administrative and
other proceedings and the filings of proofs of claim and debt in connection
therewith). Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy
provided for by this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement shall be exclusive of
any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition
to any other remedy, and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy
shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any
Event of Default.

         Section 6.16 Waiver of Defaults.

         More than 50% of the Aggregate Voting Interests of Certificateholders
may waive any default or Event of Default by the Servicer in the performance of
its obligations hereunder, except that a default in the making of any required
deposit to the Distribution Account that would result in a failure of the
Trustee to make any required payment of principal of or interest

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on the Certificates may only be waived with the consent of 100% of the affected
Certificateholders. Upon any such waiver of a past default, such default shall
cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to
have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon
except to the extent expressly so waived.

         Section 6.17 Notification to Holders.

         Upon termination of the Servicer or appointment of a successor to the
Servicer, in each case as provided herein, the Trustee shall promptly mail
notice thereof by first class mail to the Certificateholders at their respective
addresses appearing on the Certificate Register. The Trustee shall also, within
45 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default known to the Trustee, give
written notice thereof to the Certificateholders, unless such Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived prior to the issuance of such notice and within
such 45-day period.

         Section 6.18 Directions by Certificateholders and Duties of Trustee
                      During Event of Default.

         Subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, during the
continuance of any Event of Default, Holders of Certificates evidencing not less
than 25% of the Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Agreement or the
Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be under no
obligation to pursue any such remedy, or to exercise any of the trusts or powers
vested in it by this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement (including, without
limitation, (i) the conducting or defending of any administrative action or
litigation hereunder or in relation hereto and (ii) the terminating of the
Servicer or any successor servicer from its rights and duties as servicer) at
the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, unless such
Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the cost, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred
therein or thereby; and, provided further, that, subject to the provisions of
Section 8.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee, in accordance with an Opinion of Counsel, determines
that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee in good faith determines that the action or proceeding so directed would
involve it in personal liability for which it is not indemnified to its
satisfaction or be unjustly prejudicial to the non-assenting Certificateholders.

         Section 6.19 Preparation of Tax Returns and Other Reports.

         (a)      The Trustee shall prepare or cause to be prepared on behalf of
the Trust Fund, based upon information calculated in accordance with this
Agreement pursuant to instructions given by the Depositor, and the Trustee shall
file federal tax returns, all in accordance with Article X hereof. The Trustee
shall prepare and file such state income tax returns and such other returns as
may be required by applicable law relating to the Trust Fund, and, if required
by state law, and shall file any other documents to the extent required by
applicable state tax law (to the extent such documents are in the Trustee's
possession). The Trustee shall forward copies to the Depositor of all such
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information within the control of the Trustee as the Depositor may reasonably
request in writing, and shall distribute to each Certificateholder such forms
and furnish such information within the control of the Trustee as are required
by the Code and the REMIC Provisions to be furnished to them, and will prepare
and distribute to Certificateholders Form 1099 (supplemental tax information)
(or otherwise furnish information within the control of the Trustee) to the
extent required by applicable law. The Trustee shall prepare and provide to such
Persons as may be required by applicable law all information returns required
with respect to payments made from the Basis Risk Reserve Fund.

         (b)      The Trustee shall prepare and file with the Internal Revenue
Service ("IRS"), on behalf of each of REMIC 1, REMIC 2, REMIC 3, REMIC 4 and the
Upper Tier REMIC, an application on IRS Form SS-4 or shall obtain a Taxpayer
Identification Number for each of REMIC 1, REMIC 2, REMIC 3, REMIC 4 and the
Upper Tier REMIC using another reasonable method. If the application is filed on
Form SS-4, the Trustee, upon receipt from the IRS of the Notice of Taxpayer
Identification Number Assigned for each REMIC, shall promptly forward copies of
such notices to the Depositor, upon request. The Trustee will file an IRS Form
8811.

         (c)      The Depositor shall prepare or cause to be prepared the
initial current report on Form 8-K. Thereafter, within 15 days after each
Distribution Date, the Trustee shall, in accordance with industry standards,
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") via the
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (EDGAR), a Form 8-K with a copy
of the statement to the Certificateholders for such Distribution Date as an
exhibit thereto. Prior to January 31, 2004, the Trustee shall, in accordance
with industry standards, file a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to
the Trust Fund, if applicable. Prior to March 31, 2004, the Trustee shall file a
Form 10-K executed by the Depositor, in substance conforming to industry
standards, with respect to the Trust Fund. The Depositor shall be responsible
for preparing all filings and certificates required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002. The Trustee agrees to promptly furnish to the Depositor, from time to time
upon request, such further information, reports, and financial statements within
its control related to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans as the Depositor
reasonably deems appropriate to prepare and file all necessary reports with the
Commission.

         Section 6.20 Annual Certificate by Trustee.

         (a)      By March 15th of each year for which a Form 10-K is to be
filed with a certification by the Depositor, an officer of the Trustee shall
execute and deliver an Officer's Certificate, signed by the senior officer in
charge of the Trustee or any officer to whom that officer reports, to the
Depositor for the benefit of such Depositor and its officers, directors and
affiliates, certifying as to the matters described in the Officer's Certificate
attached hereto as Exhibit P.

         (b)      The Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor
and its officers, directors, agents and affiliates from and against any losses,
damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs,
judgments and other costs and expenses arising out of or based upon a breach by
the Trustee or any of its officers, directors, agents or affiliates of its
obligations under this Section 6.20 any material misstatement or omission in the
Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the negligence, bad faith
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Trustee in connection therewith. If the indemnification provided for herein is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Depositor, then the Trustee
agrees that it shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Depositor
as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Depositor in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Trustee
on the one had and the Depositor on the other in connection with a breach of the
Trustee's obligations under this Section 6.20, any material misstatement or
omission in the Officer's Certificate required under this Section or the
Trustee's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                         PURCHASE OF MORTGAGE LOANS AND
                          TERMINATION OF THE TRUST FUND

         Section 7.01 Purchase of Mortgage Loans; Termination of Trust Fund
                       Upon Purchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans.

         (a)      The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustee
created hereby (other than the obligation of the Trustee to make payments to
Certificateholders as set forth in Section 7.02), shall terminate on the
earliest of (i) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan
remaining in the Trust Fund and the disposition of all REO Property, (ii) the
sale of the property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 7.01(b)
and (iii) the Latest Possible Maturity Date; provided, however, that in no event
shall the Trust Fund created hereby continue beyond the expiration of 21 years
from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the
late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James's, living on the
date hereof. Any termination of the Trust Fund shall be carried out in such a
manner so that the termination of each REMIC included therein shall qualify as a
"qualified liquidation" under the REMIC Provisions.

         (b)      On any Distribution Date occurring on or after the Initial
Optional Purchase Date, the majority Holder of the most subordinate Class of
Subordinate Certificates then outstanding (the "Terminator") has the option to
cause the Trust Fund to adopt a plan of complete liquidation pursuant to Section
7.03(a)(i) hereof to sell all of its property. If the Terminator elects to
exercise such option, it shall no later than 30 days prior to the Distribution
Date selected for purchase of the assets of the Trust Fund (the "Purchase Date")
deliver notices to the Trustee and the Depositor and either (i) deposit in the
Distribution Account the Redemption Price or (ii) state in such notice that the
Redemption Price shall be deposited in the Distribution Account not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time on the applicable Purchase Date. Upon exercise of
such option, the property of the Trust Fund shall be sold to the Terminator at a
price equal to the Redemption Price.

         (c)      The Servicer and the Trustee shall be reimbursed from the
Redemption Price for any Advances, Servicer Advances, accrual and unpaid
Servicing Fees or other amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loans that are
reimbursable to such parties under this Agreement or the Servicing Agreement.

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         Section 7.02 Procedure Upon Redemption or Termination of Trust Fund.

         (a)      Notice of any redemption termination pursuant to the
provisions of Section 7.01(b), specifying the Distribution Date upon which the
final distribution shall be made or the Redemption Date of the Certificates,
shall be given promptly by the Trustee by first class mail to Certificateholders
mailed in the case of a redemption of the Certificates, no less than the first
day of the month in which the Distribution Date selected for redemption of the
Certificates occurs or upon (x) the sale of all of the property of the Trust
Fund by the Trustee or in the case of a sale of assets of the Trust Fund, or (y)
upon the final payment or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan or REO
Property in the Trust Fund. Such notice shall specify (A) the Redemption Date,
Distribution Date upon which final distribution on the Certificates of all
amounts required to be distributed to Certificateholders pursuant to Section
5.02 will be made upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the
Certificate Registrar's Corporate Trust Office, and (B) that the Record Date
otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, distribution
being made only upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates at the
office or agency of the Trustee therein specified. The Trustee shall give such
notice to the Certificate Registrar at the time such notice is given to Holders
of the Certificates. Upon any such termination, the duties of the Trustee and
the Certificate Registrar with respect to the Certificates shall terminate and
the Trustee shall terminate the Distribution Account and any other account or
fund maintained with respect to the Certificates, subject to the Trustee's
obligation hereunder to hold all amounts payable to Certificateholders in trust
without interest pending such payment.

         (b)      In the event that all of the Holders do not surrender their
Certificates for cancellation within three months after the time specified in
the above-mentioned written notice, the Trustee shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
one year after the second notice any Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee may take appropriate steps to contact
the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of such Certificates, and
the cost thereof shall be paid out of the amounts distributable to such Holders.
If within two years after the second notice any Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Trustee shall, subject to applicable state law
relating to escheatment, hold all amounts distributable to such Holders for the
benefit of such Holders. No interest shall accrue on any amount held by the
Trustee and not distributed to a Certificateholder due to such
Certificateholder's failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for payment of the
final distribution thereon in accordance with this Section.

         (c)      Any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee, to the extent
that such expenses, if paid or reimbursed by the Trust Fund, would constitute
"unanticipated expenses" within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii), in connection with any redemption or termination or
liquidation of the Trust Fund shall be reimbursed from proceeds received from
the liquidation of the Trust Fund.

         Section 7.03 Additional Trust Fund Termination Requirements.

         (a)      Any termination of the Trust Fund shall be effected in
accordance with the following additional requirements, unless the Trustee seeks
(at the request of the party exercising the option to purchase all of the
Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 7.01(b)), and subsequently

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receives, an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of such requesting party),
addressed to the Trustee to the effect that the failure of the Trust Fund to
comply with the requirements of this Section 7.03 will not (I) result in the
imposition of taxes on any REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or (II) cause any
REMIC established hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any
Certificates are outstanding:

                  (i)      Within 89 days prior to the time of the making of the
         final payment on the Certificates, upon notification by the Depositor
         that it intends to exercise its option to cause the termination of the
         Trust Fund, the Trustee shall adopt a plan of complete liquidation of
         the Trust Fund on behalf of each REMIC, meeting the requirements of a
         qualified liquidation under the REMIC Provisions;

                  (ii)     Any sale of the assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to
         Section 7.02 shall be a sale for cash and shall occur at or after the
         time of adoption of such a plan of complete liquidation and prior to
         the time of making of the final payment on the Certificates;

                  (iii)    On the date specified for final payment of the
         Certificates, the Trustee shall make final distributions of principal
         and interest on the Certificates in accordance with Section 5.02 and,
         after payment of, or provision for any outstanding expenses, distribute
         or credit, or cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of
         the Residual Certificates all cash on hand after such final payment
         (other than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust Fund (and each
         REMIC) shall terminate at that time; and

                  (iv)     In no event may the final payment on the Certificates
         or the final distribution or credit to the Holders of the Residual
         Certificates be made after the 89th day from the date on which the plan
         of complete liquidation is adopted.

         (b)      By its acceptance of a Residual Certificate, each Holder
thereof hereby agrees to accept the plan of complete liquidation adopted by the
Trustee under this Section and to take such other action in connection therewith
as may be reasonably requested by the Trustee.

         Section 7.04 [RESERVED].

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                          RIGHTS OF CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

         Section 8.01 Limitation on Rights of Holders.

         (a)      The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not
operate to terminate this Agreement or this Trust Fund, nor entitle such
Certificateholder's legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or
take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of this
Trust Fund, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the
parties hereto or any of them. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no
Certificateholder, solely by virtue of its status as a Certificateholder, shall
have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the Trustee or the
operation and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties
hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the
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construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as
partners or members of an association, nor shall any Certificateholder be under
any liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties
to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

         (b)      No Certificateholder, solely by virtue of its status as
Certificateholder, shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in
equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, unless such
Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee a written notice of an Event
of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless
also the Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Class
Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or Percentage Interest) of
Certificates of each Class affected thereby shall have made written request upon
the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as
Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable
indemnity as it may require against the cost, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for sixty days after its receipt
of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused
to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and no direction inconsistent
with such written request has been given such Trustee during such sixty-day
period by such Certificateholders; it being understood and intended, and being
expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other
Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Agreement to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the
Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right
under this Agreement, except in the manner herein provided and for the benefit
of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions
of this Section, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be
entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

         Section 8.02      Access to List of Holders.

         (a)      If the Trustee is not acting as Certificate Registrar, the
Certificate Registrar will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee,
within fifteen days after receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a request by
the Trustee in writing, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders of each Class as
of the most recent Record Date.

         (b)      If three or more Holders or Certificate Owners (hereinafter
referred to as "Applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and such
application states that the Applicants desire to communicate with other Holders
with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and
is accompanied by a copy of the communication which such Applicants propose to
transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of
such application, afford such Applicants reasonable access during the normal
business hours of the Trustee to the most recent list of Certificateholders held
by the Trustee or shall, as an alternative, send, at the Applicants' expense,
the written communication proffered by the Applicants to all Certificateholders
at their addresses as they appear in the Certificate Register.

         (c)      Every Holder or Certificate Owner, if the Holder is a Clearing
Agency, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agrees with the Depositor, the
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Trustee that neither the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar nor the Trustee
shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as
to the names and addresses of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of
the source from which such information was derived.

         Section 8.03      Acts of Holders of Certificates.

         (a)      Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken
by Holders or Certificate Owners, if the Holder is a Clearing Agency, may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent 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 Trustee. Such
instrument or instruments (as the action embodies therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as an "Act" of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agents shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Trustee, if made in the manner provided
in this Section.

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

         (c)      The ownership of Certificates (whether or not such
Certificates shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or
other writing thereon made by anyone other than the Trustee) shall be proved by
the Certificate Register, and neither the Trustee nor the Depositor shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.

         (d)      Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Certificate shall bind
every future Holder of the same Certificate and the Holder of every Certificate
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Certificate.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   [RESERVED]

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                                   ARTICLE X

                              REMIC ADMINISTRATION

         Section 10.01     REMIC Administration.

         (a)      REMIC elections as set forth in the Preliminary Statement
shall be made on Forms 1066 or other appropriate federal tax or information
return for the taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which
the Certificates are issued. The regular interests and residual interest in each
REMIC shall be as designated in the Preliminary Statement and Section 1.01.

         (b)      The Closing Date is hereby designated as the "Startup Day" of
each REMIC within the meaning of section 860G(a)(9) of the Code. The latest
possible maturity date for purposes of Treasury Regulation 1.860G-1(a)(4) will
be the Latest Possible Maturity Date.

         (c)      The Trustee shall represent the Trust Fund in any
administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any
governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The Trustee shall pay any
and all tax related expenses (not including taxes) of each REMIC, including but
not limited to any professional fees or expenses related to audits or any
administrative or judicial proceedings with respect to such REMIC that involve
the Internal Revenue Service or state tax authorities, but only to the extent
that (i) such expenses are ordinary or routine expenses, including expenses of a
routine audit but not expenses of litigation (except as described in (ii)); or
(ii) such expenses or liabilities (including taxes and penalties) are
attributable to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee in
fulfilling its duties hereunder (including its duties as tax return preparer).
The Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement of expenses to the extent
provided in clause (i) above from the Distribution Account, provided, however,
the Trustee shall not be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in
connection with the preparation of tax returns and other reports as required by
Section 6.19 and this Section.

         (d)      The Trustee shall prepare, sign and file all of each REMIC's
federal and appropriate state tax and information returns as such REMIC's direct
representative. The expenses of preparing and filing such returns shall be borne
by the Trustee.

         (e)      The Trustee or its designee shall perform on behalf of each
REMIC all reporting and other tax compliance duties that are the responsibility
of such REMIC under the Code, the REMIC Provisions, or other compliance guidance
issued by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or local taxing authority.
Among its other duties, if required by the Code, the REMIC Provisions, or other
such guidance, the Trustee shall provide, upon receipt of additional reasonable
compensation, to the Treasury or other governmental authority such information
as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of a
Residual Certificate to any disqualified person or organization pursuant to
Treasury Regulation 1.860E-2(a)(5) and any person designated in Section
860E(e)(3) of the Code.

         (f)      The Trustee and the Holders of Certificates shall take any
action or cause any REMIC to take any action necessary to create or maintain the
status of any REMIC as a REMIC

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under the REMIC Provisions and shall assist each other as necessary to create or
maintain such status. Neither the Trustee nor the Holder of any Residual
Certificate shall knowingly take any action, cause any REMIC to take any action
or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC
Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the
status of any REMIC as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon
any REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on prohibited transactions as
defined in Code Section 860F(a)(2) and the tax on prohibited contributions set
forth on Section 860G(d) of the Code) (either such event, an "Adverse REMIC
Event") unless the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of
the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated
action will not endanger such status or result in the imposition of such a tax.
In addition, prior to taking any action with respect to any REMIC or the assets
therein, or causing any REMIC to take any action, which is not expressly
permitted under the terms of this Agreement, any Holder of a Residual
Certificate will consult with the Trustee, in writing, with respect to whether
such action could cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur with respect to any
REMIC, and no such Person shall take any such action or cause any REMIC to take
any such action as to which the Trustee has advised it in writing that an
Adverse REMIC Event could occur; provided, however, that if no Adverse REMIC
Event would occur but such action could result in the imposition of additional
taxes on the Residual Certificateholders, no such Person shall take any such
action, or cause any REMIC to take any such action without the written consent
of the Residual Certificateholders.

         (g)      Each Holder of a Residual Certificate shall pay when due any
and all taxes imposed on the related REMIC by federal or state governmental
authorities. To the extent that such taxes are not paid by a Residual
Certificateholder, the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall pay any remaining REMIC
taxes out of current or future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holder of
the Residual Certificate in any such REMIC or, if no such amounts are available,
out of other amounts held in the Collection Account, and shall reduce amounts
otherwise payable to holders of regular interests in any such REMIC, as the case
may be.

         (h)      The Trustee shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain
books and records with respect to each REMIC on a calendar year and on an
accrual basis.

         (i)      No additional contributions of assets shall be made to any
REMIC, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

         (j)      The Trustee shall not enter into any arrangement by which any
REMIC will receive a fee or other compensation for services.

         (k)

                  (i)      The Trustee shall treat the Class A-1 Certificates as
         representing ownership, through a grantor trust, of the Upper Tier
         REMIC Class A-1 Interest. The Trustee shall treat the rights of the
         Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates to receive distributions
         attributable to accruals of interest at rates in excess of the Pool 1
         Adjusted Net WAC, including all payments in respect of Basis Risk
         Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls, as interests in interest
         rate cap contracts written by the Holders of each of the Class X-A-1
         and Class X-A-2 Certificates (as holders of interests in the Pool 1

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         REMIC NAS Component or the Pool 1 REMIC Companion Component) in favor
         of the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates. Amounts otherwise payable
         with respect to the Pool 1 REMIC Companion Component will be treated as
         used to make payments in respect of the interest rate cap contracts
         written in favor of the holders of the Class A-1 Certificates before
         amounts payable with respect to the Pool 1 REMIC NAS Component are so
         treated.

                  (ii)     The Trustee shall treat the Class A-2 Certificates as
         representing ownership, through a grantor trust, of the Upper Tier
         REMIC Class A-2 Interest. The Trustee shall treat the rights of the
         Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates to receive distributions
         attributable to accruals of interest at rates in excess of the Pool 2
         Adjusted Net WAC, including all payments in respect of Basis Risk
         Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls, as interests in interest
         rate cap contracts written by the Holders of each of the Class X-A-1
         and Class X-A-2 Certificates (as holders of interests in the Pool 2
         REMIC NAS Component or the Pool 2 REMIC Companion Component) in favor
         of the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates. Amounts otherwise payable
         with respect to the Pool 2 REMIC Companion Component will be treated as
         used to make payments in respect of the interest rate cap contracts
         written in favor of the holders of the Class A-2 Certificates before
         amounts payable with respect to the Pool 2 REMIC NAS Component are so
         treated.

                  (iii)    The Trustee shall treat the Class X-A-1 Certificates
         as representing, through separate grantor trusts, the Pool 1 REMIC NAS
         Component and the Pool 2 REMIC NAS Component. The Trustee shall treat
         the Class X-A-2 Certificates as representing, through separate grantor
         trusts, the Pool 1 REMIC Companion Component and the Pool 2 REMIC
         Companion Component. The Trustee will treat all amounts distributed in
         respect of the Pool 1 NAS Component that either (x) reverse the effect
         of the provisos of Section 5.02(a)(i) or 5.02(b) on the amount of prior
         distributions in respect of the Pool 1 NAS Component or (y) reverse the
         effect of the Current Interest Restriction as amounts paid under an
         interest rate cap agreement written by the holders of the Class X-A-2
         Certificates in favor of the holders of the Class X-A-1 Certificates.
         The Trustee will treat all amounts distributed in respect of the Pool 2
         NAS Component that either (x) reverse the effect of the provisos of
         Section 5.02(a)(i) or 5.02(b) on the amount of prior distributions in
         respect of the Pool 2 NAS Component or (y) reverse the effect of the
         Current Interest Restriction as amounts paid under an interest rate cap
         agreement written by the holders of the Class X-A-2 Certificates in
         favor of the holders of the Class X-A-1 Certificates.

                  (iv)     The Trustee shall treat each of the Class B-1, B-2
         and Class B-3 Certificates as representing ownership, through grantor
         trusts, of the Upper Tier REMIC Class B-1 Interest, Upper Tier REMIC
         Class B-2 Interest and Upper Tier REMIC Class B-3 Interest,
         respectively. The Trustee shall treat the rights of the Holders of the
         Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 Certificates to receive payments in
         respect of Basis Risk Shortfalls and Unpaid Basis Risk Shortfalls as
         interests in cap contracts written by the Holders of the Class X-B
         Certificate in favor of the Holders of the Class B-1, Class B-2 and
         Class B-3 Certificates.

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                  (v)      For purposes of determining the issue prices of the
         REMIC regular interests or portions thereof represented by the
         Certificates, the interest rate cap contracts described in this Section
         10.01(k) shall be assumed to have a zero value unless and until
         required otherwise by an applicable taxing authority.

                  (vi)     Each holder or beneficial owner of a Class A-1, Class
         A-2, Class X-A-1, Class X-A-2, Class X-B, Class B-1, Class B-2 or Class
         B-3 Certificate agrees, by its acceptance of such Certificate or a
         beneficial interest therein, to treat, for tax purposes, such
         Certificate in a manner consistent with the treatment described in this
         Section 10.01(k).

                  (vii)    For federal income tax purposes, the Trustee shall
         treat distributions from the Trust Fund as occurring as required by the
         terms of the Upper Tier REMIC Interests, with any difference between
         such and actual distributions being treated as resulting from payments
         in respect of the interest rate cap agreements described in this
         Section 10.01(k).

         (l)      The Class A-R Holder shall act as "tax matters person" with
respect to each REMIC and irrevocably appoints the Trustee to act as its agent
in such roles.

         (m)      Neither the Trustee nor the Depositor, as assignees under the
Servicing Agreement, shall provide any consent pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement or knowingly take any action under such Servicing Agreement that would
conflict with or violate the provisions of this Article X.

         Section 10.02     Prohibited Transactions and Activities.

         Neither the Depositor nor the Trustee shall sell, dispose of, or
substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans, except in a disposition pursuant to
(i) the foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, (ii) the bankruptcy of the Trust Fund,
(iii) the termination of each REMIC pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement,
(iv) a substitution pursuant to Article II of this Agreement or (v) a repurchase
of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II of this Agreement, nor acquire any
assets for any REMIC, nor sell or dispose of any investments in the Distribution
Account for gain, nor accept any contributions to any REMIC after the Closing
Date, unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party
causing such sale, disposition, or substitution) that such disposition,
acquisition, substitution, or acceptance will not (a) affect adversely the
status of any such REMIC as a REMIC or of the interests therein other than the
Residual Certificate as the regular interests therein, (b) affect the
distribution of interest or principal on the Certificates, (c) result in the
encumbrance of the assets transferred or assigned to the Trust Fund (except
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or (d) cause any such REMIC to be
subject to any tax including a tax on prohibited transactions or prohibited
contributions pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.

         Section 10.03     Indemnification with Respect to Prohibited
                           Transactions or Loss of REMIC Status.

         In the event that a REMIC fails to qualify as a REMIC, loses its status
as a REMIC, or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a result of a prohibited
transaction or prohibited contribution under the REMIC Provisions due to the
negligent performance by the Trustee of its duties and obligations set forth
herein, the Trustee shall indemnify the Certificateholders of the related

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Residual Certificate against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses ("Losses") resulting from such negligence; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall not be liable for any such Losses attributable to the action or
inaction of the Depositor or the Holder of the Residual Certificate, nor for any
such Losses resulting from misinformation provided by any of the foregoing
parties on which the Trustee has relied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however,
in no event shall the Trustee have any liability (1) for any action or omission
that is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or
which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, the Master
Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the Servicing Agreement, (2) for any Losses
other than arising out of malfeasance, willful misconduct or negligent
performance by the Trustee of its duties and obligations set forth herein, and
(3) for any special or consequential damages to Certificateholders of the
related Residual Certificate (in addition to payment of principal and interest
on the Certificates).

         Section 10.04     REO Property.

         (a)      Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trustee, shall not, except to the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement,
knowingly permit any Servicer to, rent, lease, or otherwise earn income on
behalf of any REMIC with respect to any REO Property which might cause such REO
Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of
section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by any REMIC of any
"income from non-permitted assets" within the meaning of section 860F(a)(2) of
the Code or any "net income from foreclosure property" which is subject to tax
under the REMIC Provisions unless the Servicer has provided to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel concluding that, under the REMIC Provisions, such action
would not adversely affect the status of any REMIC as a REMIC and any income
generated for any REMIC by the REO Property would not result in the imposition
of a tax upon such REMIC.

         (b)      The Depositor shall cause the Servicer (to the extent provided
in the Servicing Agreement) to make reasonable efforts to sell any REO Property
for its fair market value. In any event, however, the Depositor shall, or shall
cause the Servicer (to the extent provided in the Servicing Agreement) to,
dispose of any REO Property within three years of its acquisition by the Trust
Fund unless the Depositor or the Servicer (on behalf of the Trust Fund) has
received a grant of extension from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect
that, under the REMIC Provisions and any relevant proposed legislation and under
applicable state law, the REMIC may hold REO Property for a longer period
without adversely affecting the REMIC status of such REMIC or causing the
imposition of a Federal or state tax upon such REMIC. If such an extension has
been received, then the Depositor, acting on behalf of the Trustee hereunder,
shall, or shall cause the Servicer to, continue to attempt to sell the REO
Property for its fair market value for such period longer than three years as
such extension permits (the "Extended Period"). If such an extension has not
been received and the Depositor or the Servicer, acting on behalf of the Trust
Fund hereunder, is unable to sell the REO Property within 33 months after its
acquisition by the Trust Fund or if such an extension, has been received and the
Depositor or the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property within the period
ending three months before the close of the Extended Period, the Depositor shall
cause the Servicer, before the end of the three year period or the Extended
Period, as applicable, to (i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to the
REO Property's fair market value or (ii) auction the REO Property to the highest

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bidder (which may be the Servicer) in an auction reasonably designed to produce
a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year period or the Extended
Period, as the case may be.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         Section 11.01     Binding Nature of Agreement; Assignment.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

         Section 11.02     Entire Agreement.

         This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all
prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and
conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with
respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and
supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with
any of the terms hereof.

         Section 11.03     Amendment.

         (a)      This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Depositor and the Trustee, without notice to or the consent of any of the
Holders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or mistake, (ii) to cause the provisions
herein to conform to or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements
made with respect to the Certificates, the Trust Fund or this Agreement in any
Offering Document, or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
inconsistent with any other provisions herein or with the provisions of the
Servicing Agreement, (iii) to add any other provisions with respect to matters
or questions arising under this Agreement, (iv) to modify alter, amend, add to
or rescind any of the terms or provisions contained in this Agreement or (v) to
add, delete, or amend any provisions to the extent necessary or desirable to
comply with any requirements imposed by the Code and the REMIC Provisions. No
such amendment effected pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, as evidenced
by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect the status of any REMIC created
pursuant to this Agreement, nor shall such amendment effected pursuant to
clauses (iii) or (iv) of such sentence adversely affect in any material respect
the interests of any Holder unless such Holder has consented thereto. Prior to
entering into any amendment without the consent of Holders pursuant to this
paragraph, the Trustee shall be provided with an Opinion of Counsel (at the
expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that such
amendment is permitted under this Section. Any such amendment shall be deemed
not to adversely affect in any material respect any Holder, if the Trustee
receives written confirmation from each Rating Agency that such amendment will
not cause such Rating Agency to reduce the then current rating assigned to the
Certificates.

         (b)      This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the
Depositor and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than
66-2/3% of the Class Principal Amount (or Percentage Interest) of each Class of
Certificates affected thereby for the purpose of adding

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any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall be made unless the Trustee
receives an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting the
change, that such change will not adversely affect the status of any REMIC as a
REMIC or cause a tax to be imposed on such REMIC; and provided further, that no
such amendment may (i) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing
of, payments received on Mortgage Loans which are required to be distributed on
any Certificate, without the consent of the Holder of such Certificate or (ii)
reduce the aforesaid percentages of Class Principal Amount or Class Notional
Amount (or Percentage Interest) of Certificates of each Class, the Holders of
which are required to consent to any such amendment without the consent of the
Holders of 100% of the Class Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or
Percentage Interest) of each Class of Certificates affected thereby. For
purposes of this paragraph, references to "Holder" or "Holders" shall be deemed
to include, in the case of any Class of Book-Entry Certificates, the related
Certificate Owners.

         (c)      Promptly after the execution of any such amendment, the
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to
each Holder, the Depositor and the Rating Agencies.

         (d)      It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders under
this Section 11.03 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but
it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The
manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the
execution thereof by Holders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as
the Trustee may prescribe.

         (e)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Servicing
Agreement, the Trustee shall not consent to any amendment of the Servicing
Agreement except pursuant to the standards provided in this Section with respect
to amendment of this Agreement.

         (f)      Neither the Seller not the Trustee shall consent to the
assignment by the Servicer of the Servicer's rights and obligations under the
Servicing Agreement without the prior written consent of the Depositor, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

         Section 11.04     Voting Rights.

         Except to the extent that the consent of all affected
Certificateholders is required pursuant to this Agreement, with respect to any
provision of this Agreement requiring the consent of Certificateholders
representing specified percentages of aggregate outstanding Certificate
Principal Amount or Class Notional Amount (or Percentage Interest), Certificates
owned by the Depositor, the Trustee, the Servicer or any Affiliates thereof are
not to be counted so long as such Certificates are owned by the Depositor, the
Trustee, the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof.

         Section 11.05     Provision of Information.

         (a)      For so long as any of the Certificates of any Series or Class
are "restricted securities" within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act,
each of the Depositor and the Trustee agree to cooperate with each other to
provide to any Certificateholders and to any prospective purchaser of
Certificates designated by such holder, upon the request of such holder

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or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided to such holder
or prospective purchaser to satisfy the condition set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Act. Any reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Trustee in
providing such information shall be reimbursed by the Depositor.

         (b)      The Trustee shall provide to any person to whom a Prospectus
was delivered, upon the request of such person specifying the document or
documents requested, (i) a copy (excluding exhibits) of any report on Form 8-K
or Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Section 9.23(b) and (ii) a copy of any other document incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Trustee
in providing copies of such documents shall be reimbursed by the Depositor.

         (c)      On each Distribution Date, the Trustee shall deliver or cause
to be delivered by first class mail or make available on its website to the
Depositor, Attention: Contract Finance, a copy of the report delivered to
Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.02.

         Section 11.06     Governing Law.

         THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

         Section 11.07     Notices.

         All requests, demands, notices, authorizations, directions, consents,
waivers and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given when received by (a) in the case of the Depositor, Merrill
Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., 250 Vesey Street, 4 World Financial Center, 10th
Floor, New York, New York, 10080, telecopy number (212) 449-9015, Attention:
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E, (b) in the case of
the Originator, Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation, 250 Vesey Street, 4 World
Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York, New York, 10080, telecopy number (212)
449-9015, Attention: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E,
(c) in the case of the Seller, Redwood Holdings Inc., One Belvedere Place, Suite
300, Mill Valley, California 94941 and (d) with respect to the Trustee or the
Certificate Registrar, P.O. Box 98, Columbia, Maryland 21046, Attention: Client
Manager - MLMI Trust Series MLCC 2003-E, with a copy to it at its respective
Corporate Trust Office, or as to each party such other address as may hereafter
be furnished by such party to the other parties in writing. All demands, notices
and communications to a party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given when delivered to such party at the relevant address,
facsimile number or electronic mail address set forth above or at such other
address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as such party may designate
from time to time by written notice in accordance with this Section 11.07.

         Section 11.08     Severability of Provisions.

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         If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall
in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

Section 11.09     Indulgences; No Waivers.

         Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise
any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy,
power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any
other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right,
remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a
waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other
occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed
by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.

         Section 11.10     Headings Not To Affect Interpretation.

         The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only, and they shall not be used in the interpretation hereof.

         Section 11.11     Benefits of Agreement.

         Nothing in this Agreement or in the Certificates, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties to this Agreement and their
successors hereunder and the Holders of the Certificates, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, power, remedy or claim under this Agreement, except to
the extent specified in Section 11.15.

         Section 11.12     Special Notices to the Rating Agencies.

         (a)      The Depositor shall give prompt notice to the Rating Agencies
of the occurrence of any of the following events of which it has notice:

                  (i)      any amendment to this Agreement pursuant to Section
         11.03;

                  (ii)     the occurrence of any Event of Default;

                  (iii)    any notice of termination given to the Servicer
         pursuant to Section 6.14 or any resignation of the Servicer pursuant to
         the Servicing Agreement;

                  (iv)     the appointment of any successor to the Servicer
         pursuant to Section 6.14; and

                  (v)      the making of a final payment pursuant to Section
         7.02.

         (b)      All notices to the Rating Agencies provided for this Section
shall be in writing and sent by first class mail, telecopy or overnight courier,
as follows:

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         If to Moody's, to:

         Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
         99 Church Street
         New York, New York 10007
         Attention: ABS Monitoring

         If to S&P, to:

         Standard & Poor's Ratings Service,
           a Division of The McGraw-Hill
           Companies, Inc.
         55 Water Street
         New York, New York 10041
         Attention: Residential Mortgages

         If to Fitch Ratings, to:

         Fitch, Inc.
         One State Street Plaza
         30th Floor
         New York, New York 10004
         Attention: Surveillance Group

         (c) The Trustee shall provide or make available to the Rating Agencies
reports prepared pursuant to Section 4.02. In addition, the Trustee shall, at
the expense of the Trust Fund, make available to each Rating Agency such
information as such Rating Agency may reasonably request regarding the
Certificates or the Trust Fund, to the extent that such information is
reasonably available to the Trustee.

         Section 11.13     Conflicts.

         To the extent that the terms of this Agreement conflict with the terms
of the Servicing Agreement, the Servicing Agreement shall govern.

         Section 11.14     Counterparts.

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

         Section 11.15     No Petitions.

         The Trustee, by entering into this Agreement, hereby covenants and
agrees that it shall not at any time institute against the Depositor, or join in
any institution against the Depositor 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 this Agreement or any of the documents entered into
by the Depositor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be
signed hereto by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the
day and year first above written.

                                               MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS,
                                               INC., as Depositor

                                               By:______________________________
                                                  Name: Matthew Whalen
                                                  Title: President

                                               WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA,
                                               NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                               as Trustee

                                               By:______________________________
                                                  Name: Amy Doyle
                                                  Title: Vice President
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Solely for purposes of Section 2.04,
accepted and agreed to by:

MERRILL LYNCH CREDIT CORPORATION

By:____________________________
   Name: Kathy Ciaffa
   Title: Vice President

Solely for purposes of Section 2.06,
accepted and agreed to by:

RWT HOLDINGS, INC.

By:____________________________
   Name:
   Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              FORMS OF CERTIFICATES

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

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                                    EXHIBIT B

          FORM OF RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT (TRANSFEREE)

STATE OF                   )
                           )  ss.:
COUNTY OF                  )

         [NAME OF OFFICER], _________________ being first duly sworn, deposes
         and says:

         1.       That he [she] is [title of officer] ________________________
                  of [name of Purchaser]
                  _________________________________________ (the "Purchaser"), a
                  _______________________ [description of type of entity] duly
                  organized and existing under the laws of the [State of
                  __________] [United States], on behalf of which he [she] makes
                  this affidavit.

         2.       That the Purchaser's Taxpayer Identification Number is [ ].

         3.       That the Purchaser is not a "disqualified organization" within
                  the meaning of Section 860E(e)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code
                  of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and will not be a
                  "disqualified organization" as of [date of transfer], and that
                  the Purchaser is not acquiring a Residual Certificate (as
                  defined in the Agreement) for the account of, or as agent
                  (including a broker, nominee, or other middleman) for, any
                  person or entity from which it has not received an affidavit
                  substantially in the form of this affidavit. For these
                  purposes, a "disqualified organization" means the United
                  States, any state or political subdivision thereof, any
                  foreign government, any international organization, any agency
                  or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an
                  instrumentality if all of its activities are subject to tax
                  and a majority of its board of directors is not selected by
                  such governmental entity), any cooperative organization
                  furnishing electric energy or providing telephone service to
                  persons in rural areas as described in Code Section
                  1381(a)(2)(C), any "electing large partnership" within the
                  meaning of Section 775 of the Code, or any organization (other
                  than a farmers' cooperative described in Code Section 521)
                  that is exempt from federal income tax unless such
                  organization is subject to the tax on unrelated business
                  income imposed by Code Section 511.

         4.       That the Purchaser either (x) is not, and on
                  __________________ [date of transfer] will not be, an employee
                  benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement
                  Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section
                  4975 of the Code or any provisions of federal, state or local
                  law substantially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA
                  or the Code ("Similar Law"), the trustee of any such plan or a
                  person acting on behalf of any such plan or investing the
                  assets of any such plan to acquire a Residual Certificate; or
                  (y) herewith delivers to the Certificate Registrar an opinion
                  of counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, and upon
                  which the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to

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                  rely, to the effect that the purchase and holding of such
                  Residual Certificate by the Investor will not result in the
                  assets of the Trust Fund being deemed to be plan assets and
                  subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or
                  the Code or Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee or
                  the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those
                  undertaken by such entities in the Trust Agreement, which
                  opinion of counsel shall not be an expense of the Trust Fund,
                  the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or the Depositor.

         5.       That the Purchaser hereby acknowledges that under the terms of
                  the Trust Agreement dated as of August 1, 2003 (the
                  "Agreement"), by and between Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
                  Inc., as Depositor and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
                  Association, as Trustee with respect to Merrill Lynch Mortgage
                  Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E Mortgage Pass-Through
                  Certificates, no transfer of the Residual Certificates shall
                  be permitted to be made to any person unless the Certificate
                  Registrar and Trustee have received a certificate from such
                  transferee containing the representations in paragraphs 3 and
                  4 hereof.

         6.       That the Purchaser does not hold REMIC residual securities as
                  nominee to facilitate the clearance and settlement of such
                  securities through electronic book-entry changes in accounts
                  of participating organizations (such entity, a "Book-Entry
                  Nominee").

         7.       That the Purchaser does not have the intention to impede the
                  assessment or collection of any federal, state or local taxes
                  legally required to be paid with respect to such Residual
                  Certificate.

         8.       That the Purchaser will not transfer a Residual Certificate to
                  any person or entity (i) as to which the Purchaser has actual
                  knowledge that the requirements set forth in paragraph 3,
                  paragraph 6 or paragraph 10 hereof are not satisfied or that
                  the Purchaser has reason to believe does not satisfy the
                  requirements set forth in paragraph 7 hereof, and (ii) without
                  obtaining from the prospective Purchaser an affidavit
                  substantially in this form and providing to the Trustee and
                  the Certificate Registrar a written statement substantially in
                  the form of Exhibit C to the Agreement.

         9.       That the Purchaser understands that, as the holder of a
                  Residual Certificate, the Purchaser may incur tax liabilities
                  in excess of any cash flows generated by the interest and that
                  it intends to pay taxes associated with holding such Residual
                  Certificate as they become due.

         10.      That the Purchaser (i) is not a Non-U.S. Person or (ii) is a
                  Non-U.S. Person that holds a Residual Certificate in
                  connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the
                  United States and has furnished the transferor, the Trustee
                  and the Certificate Registrar with an effective Internal
                  Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (Certificate of Foreign Person's
                  Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income Effectively
                  Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the
                  United States) or successor form at the time and in the manner
                  required by the

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                  Code. "Non-U.S. Person" means an individual, corporation,
                  partnership or other person other than (i) a citizen or
                  resident of the United States; (ii) a corporation, partnership
                  or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of
                  the United States or any state thereof, including for this
                  purpose, the District of Columbia; (iii) an estate that is
                  subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of the source of
                  its income; (iv) a trust if a court within the United States
                  is able to exercise primary supervision over the
                  administration of the trust and one or more United States
                  trustees have authority to control all substantial decisions
                  of the trust; and, (v) to the extent provided in Treasury
                  regulations, certain trusts in existence on June August 20,
                  1996 that are treated as United States persons prior to such
                  date and elect to continue to be treated as United States
                  persons.

         11.      The Purchaser will not cause income from the Residual
                  Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent
                  establishment or fixed base (within the meaning of an
                  applicable income tax treaty) of the Purchaser or another U.S.
                  taxpayer.

         12.      That the Purchaser agrees to such amendments of the Trust
                  Agreement as may be required to further effectuate the
                  restrictions on transfer of any Residual Certificate to such a
                  "disqualified organization," an agent thereof, a Book-Entry
                  Nominee, or a person that does not satisfy the requirements of
                  paragraph 7 and paragraph 10 hereof.

         13.      That the Purchaser consents to the designation of the Trustee
                  to act as agent for the "tax matters person" of each REMIC
                  created by the Trust Fund pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

         14.      That the Purchaser agrees to be bound by Section 3.03(f) of
                  the Agreement.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to authority of its Board of Directors, by its
[title of officer] this _____ day of __________, 20__.

                                           _____________________________________
                                           [name of Purchaser]

                                           By:______________________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

         Personally appeared before me the above-named [name of officer]
________________, known or proved to me to be the same person who executed the
foregoing instrument and to be the [title of officer] _________________ of the
Purchaser, and acknowledged to me that he [she] executed the same as his [her]
free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Purchaser.

         Subscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of __________ 20__.

NOTARY PUBLIC
______________________________

COUNTY OF_____________________

STATE OF______________________

My commission expires the _____ day of __________ 20__.

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                                    EXHIBIT C

              RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT (TRANSFEROR)

                                                     ___________________________
                                                                  Date

Re:      Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E
         Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

         _______________________ (the "Transferor") has reviewed the attached
affidavit of _____________________________ (the "Transferee"), and has no actual
knowledge that such affidavit is not true and has no reason to believe that the
information contained in paragraph 7 thereof is not true, and has no reason to
believe that the Transferee has the intention to impede the assessment or
collection of any federal, state or local taxes legally required to be paid with
respect to a Residual Certificate. In addition, the Transferor has conducted a
reasonable investigation at the time of the transfer and found that the
Transferee had historically paid its debts as they came due and found no
significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not continue to pay
its debts as they become due.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     Name:
                                                     Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                        MORTGAGE LOAN SERVICING AGREEMENT

                        See Exhibit 99.11, filed herewith

                                      D-1

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                                    EXHIBIT E

                     MASTER MORTGAGE LOAN PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                        See Exhibit 99.1, filed herewith

                                      E-1

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                                    EXHIBIT F

                      LIST OF LIMITED PURPOSE SURETY BONDS

         Ambac Assurance Corporation Surety Bond No. AB0039BE, issued February
26, 1996, for Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation.

                                      F-1

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                                    EXHIBIT G

                     FORM OF RULE 144A TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

Re:      Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E
         Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

         Reference is hereby made to the Trust Agreement, dated as of August 1,
2003 (the "Trust Agreement"), by and between Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
Inc., as Depositor and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as
Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Trust Agreement.

         This letter relates to $__________ initial Certificate Balance of Class
Certificates which are held in the form of Definitive Certificates registered in
the name of (the "Transferor"). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such
Definitive Certificates for Definitive Certificates of such Class registered in
the name of [insert name of transferee].

         In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates,
the Transferor hereby certifies that such Certificates are being transferred in
accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in the Trust Agreement
and the Certificates and (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a purchaser
that the Transferor reasonably believes is a "qualified institutional buyer"
within the meaning of Rule 144A purchasing for its own account or for the
account of a "qualified institutional buyer," which purchaser is aware that the
sale to it is being made in reliance upon Rule 144A, in a transaction meeting
the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities
laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.

         This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your
benefit and the benefit of the Underwriters and the Depositor.

                                          _____________________________________
                                          [Name of Transferor]

                                          By:__________________________________
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

Dated: ___________, ____

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                                    EXHIBIT H

                         FORM OF PURCHASER'S LETTER FOR
                        INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR

                                                            Date

Dear Sirs:

         In connection with our proposed purchase of $______________ principal
amount of Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates (the "Privately Offered Certificates") of Merrill
Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. (the "Depositor"), we confirm that:

(1)      We understand that the Privately Offered Certificates have not been,
         and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
         amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be sold except as permitted
         in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of
         any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we
         should sell any Privately Offered Certificates within two years of the
         later of the date of original issuance of the Privately Offered
         Certificates or the last day on which such Privately Offered
         Certificates are owned by the Depositor or any affiliate of the
         Depositor we will do so only (A) to the Depositor, (B) to "qualified
         institutional buyers" (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
         Securities Act) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act
         ("QIBs"), (C) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by
         Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (D) to an institutional
         "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
         (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that is not a QIB (an
         "Institutional Accredited Investor") which, prior to such transfer,
         delivers to the Certificate Registrar under the Trust Agreement, dated
         as of August 1, 2003, by and between Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors,
         Inc., as Depositor and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
         Association, as Trustee, a signed letter in the form of this letter;
         and we further agree, in the capacities stated above, to provide to any
         person purchasing any of the Privately Offered Certificates from us a
         notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Privately Offered
         Certificates are restricted as stated herein.

(2)      We understand that, in connection with any proposed resale of any
         Privately Offered Certificates to an Institutional Accredited Investor,
         we will be required to furnish to the Certificate Registrar a
         certification from such transferee in the form hereof to confirm that
         the proposed sale is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
         transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
         Securities Act. We further understand that the Privately Offered
         Certificates purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing
         effect.

(3)      We are acquiring the Privately Offered Certificates for investment
         purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection
         with, any distribution in violation of the

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         Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and
         business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
         our investment in the Privately Offered Certificates, and we and any
         account for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk
         of such investment.

(4)      We are an Institutional Accredited Investor and we are acquiring the
         Privately Offered Certificates purchased by us for our own account or
         for one or more accounts (each of which is an Institutional Accredited
         Investor) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.

(5)      We have received such information as we deem necessary in order to make
         our investment decision.

(6)      If we are acquiring ERISA-Restricted Certificates, we understand that
         in accordance with ERISA, the Code and the Exemption, no Plan and no
         person acting on behalf of such a Plan may acquire such Certificate
         except in accordance with Section 3.03(d) of the Trust Agreement.

         Terms used in this letter which are not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement.

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         You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in
any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the
matters covered hereby.

                                              Very truly yours,

                                              __________________________________
                                              [Purchaser]

                                              By:_______________________________
                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT I

                        FORM OF ERISA TRANSFER AFFIDAVIT

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

         The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says as follows:

                  1. The undersigned is the ______________________ of
         ______________ (the "Investor"), a [corporation duly organized] and
         existing under the laws of __________, on behalf of which he makes this
         affidavit.

                  2. The Investor either (x) is not, and on ___________ [date of
         transfer] will not be, an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of
         the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
         ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
         amended (the "Code") or any provisions of applicable federal, state or
         local law substantially similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or
         the Code ("Similar Law"), the trustee of any such plan or a person
         acting on behalf of any such plan or investing the assets of any such
         plan; (y) if the Certificate (other than the Class A-R Certificate) has
         been the subject of an ERISA-Qualifying Underwriting, is an insurance
         company that is purchasing the Certificate with funds contained in an
         "insurance company general account" as defined in Section V(e) of
         Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTCE") 95-60 and the purchase
         and holding of the Certificate are covered under Sections I and III of
         PTCE 95-60; or (z) herewith delivers to the Certificate Registrar an
         opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, and upon
         which the Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to rely, to the
         effect that the purchase and holding of such Certificate by the
         Investor will not result in the assets of the Trust Fund being deemed
         to be plan assets and subject to the prohibited transaction provisions
         of ERISA or the Code or Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee
         or the Depositor to any obligation in addition to those undertaken by
         such entities in the Trust Agreement, which opinion of counsel shall
         not be an expense of the Trust Fund, the Trustee, the Certificate
         Registrar or the Depositor.

                  3. The Investor hereby acknowledges that under the terms of
         the Trust Agreement dated as of August 1, 2003 (the "Agreement"), by
         and between Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as Depositor and
         Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee, no
         transfer of the ERISA-Restricted Certificates shall be permitted to be
         made to any person unless the Certificate Registrar has received a
         certificate from such transferee in the form hereof.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has caused this instrument to be
executed on its behalf, pursuant to proper authority, by its duly authorized
officer, duly attested, this ____ day of _______________ 20___.

                                                 ______________________________
                                                 [Investor]

                                                 By:____________________________
                                                      Name:
                                                      Title:

ATTEST:

___________________________

STATE OF                   )
                           )  ss.:
COUNTY OF                  )

                  Personally appeared before me the above-named
         ________________, known or proved to me to be the same person who
         executed the foregoing instrument and to be the ____________________ of
         the Investor, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free
         act and deed and the free act and deed of the Investor.

                  Subscribed and sworn before me this _____ day of _________
         20___.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                  NOTARY PUBLIC

                                                  My commission expires the ____
                                                  day of __________, 20___.
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                                    EXHIBIT J

                        FORM OF LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS
                        WITH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

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                                    EXHIBIT K

                              INITIAL CERTIFICATION
            MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST SERIES MLCC 2003-E

                                                              ____________, 2003

To:      Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
         250 Vesey Street
         4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
         New York, New York 10080

         Cendant Mortgage Corporation
         3000 Leadenhall Road
         Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054

         RWT Holdings, Inc.
         591 Redwood Highway, Suite 3140
         Mill Valley, CA 94941

         Reference is made to the Trust Agreement between Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors, Inc. (the "Depositor") and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, as Trustee
(the "Trustee"), dated as of August 1, 2003 (the "Trust Agreement"), pursuant to
which the Depositor has delivered to the Trustee, with respect to each Mortgage
Loan set forth on Schedule A hereto (the "Mortgage Loan Schedule"), the
documents set forth in Section 2.01 of the Trust Agreement.

         With respect to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule
and except as otherwise noted on the Schedule of Exceptions set forth on
Schedule B hereto, the Trustee confirms that (1) the Trustee has received all of
the documents required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01
of the Trust Agreement, (2) the Trustee has reviewed each Trustee's Mortgage
File in accordance with Section 2.02(a) of the Trust Agreement, and the
documents contained in each Trustee's Mortgage File conform to the requirements
set forth in such Section 2.02(a), and (3) the Trustee has physical possession
of the documents in each Trustee's Mortgage File. The Trustee has not
independently verified the validity, enforceability, sufficiency, recordability,
due authorization or genuineness or any document in any Trustee's Mortgage File
or any related Mortgage Loan, nor the collectibility, insurability,
effectiveness or suitability of any related Mortgage Loan.

         All terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meaning ascribed to such term in the Trust Agreement.

                                         WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A.,
                                         as Trustee

                                               By:______________________________
                                               Name:____________________________
                                               Title:___________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT L

                           FORM OF FINAL CERTIFICATION

                                                             _____________, 2003

To:      Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
         250 Vesey Street
         4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
         New York, New York 10080

         Cendant Mortgage Corporation
         3000 Leadenhall Road
         Mt. Laurel, New Jersey 08054

         RWT Holdings, Inc.
         591 Redwood Highway, Suite 3140
         Mill Valley, CA 94941

         Reference is made to the Trust Agreement between Merrill Lynch Mortgage
Investors, Inc. (the "Depositor") and Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), dated as of August 1, 2003 (the "Trust
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Depositor has delivered to the Trustee, with
respect to each Mortgage Loan set forth on Schedule A hereto (the "Mortgage Loan
Schedule"), the documents set forth in Section 2.01 of the Trust Agreement.

         With respect to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule
and except as otherwise noted on the Schedule of Exceptions set forth on
Schedule B hereto, the Trustee confirms that (1) the Trustee has received all of
the documents required to be delivered to the Custodian pursuant to Section 2.01
of the Trust Agreement, (2) the Trustee has reviewed each Trustee's Mortgage
File in accordance with Section 2 of Amendment No. 1 to the Custody Agreement,
and the documents contained in each Trustee's Mortgage File conform to the
requirements set forth in such Section 2, and (3) the Trustee has physical
possession of the documents in each Trustee's Mortgage File. The Trustee has not
independently verified the validity, enforceability, sufficiency, recordability,
due authorization or genuineness or any document in any Trustee's Mortgage File
or any related Mortgage Loan, nor the collectibility, insurability,
effectiveness or suitability of any related Mortgage Loan.

         All terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meaning ascribed to such term in the Trust Agreement.

                                              WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A.,
                                              as Trustee

                                              By:_______________________________
                                              Name:_____________________________
                                              Title:____________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT M

                           LIST OF SERVICING OFFICERS

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

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                                    EXHIBIT N

                               REQUEST FOR RELEASE

To:      Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota,
         National Association
         1031 10th Avenue S.E.
         Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
         (Attention: Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E)

                  Re:      Trust Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2003 by and
                           between Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. and
                           Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as
                           Trustee

         In connection with the administration of the pool of Mortgage Loans
held by you as Trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders, we request the
release of the (Trustee's Mortgage File/[specify documents]) for the Mortgage
Loan described below, for the reason indicated.

File/document to be sent to:
         [Company]
         [Address]
         [Attn:]
         [Telephone Number ____]

Mortgagor's Name, Address & Zip Code:

Mortgage Loan Number:

Reason for Requesting Documents (check one)

______ 1.         Mortgage Loan Paid in Full
                  ([Seller/Depositor] [Servicer], hereby certifies that all
                  amounts received in connection therewith have been credited to
                  the Custodial Account or the Distribution Account, as
                  applicable.)

______ 2.         Mortgage Loan in Foreclosure

______ 3.         Mortgage Loan Repurchased or Substituted For
                  ([Seller/Depositor] [Servicer], hereby certifies that any
                  applicable repurchase price or substitution shortfall amount
                  has been credited to the Custodial Account or the Distribution
                  Account, as applicable.)

______ 4.         Mortgage Loan Liquidated
                  ([Seller/Depositor] [Servicer], hereby certifies that all
                  proceeds of foreclosure, insurance or other liquidation have
                  been finally received and credited to the Custodial Account or
                  the Distribution Account, as applicable.)

______ 5.         Other (explain)_______________________________________________

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         If box 1, 2 or 3 above is checked, and if all or part of the Trustee's
Mortgage File was previously released to us, please release to us our previous
receipt on file with you, as well as any additional documents in your possession
relating to the above specified Mortgage Loan.

         If box 4 or 5 above is checked, upon our return of all of the above
documents to you as Trustee, please acknowledge your receipt by signing in the
space indicated below, and returning this form.

                                              [SELLER/DEPOSITOR]
                                              [SERVICER]

                                              By:_______________________________
                                              Date:_____________________________

Documents returned to Trustee:

___________________________,
as Trustee

By:_______________________________
Date:_____________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT O

                               CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

                  THIS CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT dated as of December 15, 2000 (this
"Agreement"), between MERRILL LYNCH CREDIT CORPORATION ("MLCC") having an
address at 4802 Deer Lake Drive East, Jacksonville, Florida 32246 and WELLS
FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A. ("Custodian"), having an address at Sixth and
Marquette, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479- 0031.

                              PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

                  MLCC may, from time to time, purchase certain Mortgage Loans
from third party sellers pursuant to the terms and conditions of certain
mortgage loan purchase agreements entered into between MLCC and such third
parties (each, a "Purchase Agreement"). MLCC desires that the Custodian act as
custodian with respect to the documents for the Mortgage Loans delivered from
time to time to the Custodian hereunder, and the Custodian desires to act as
custodian with respect to the documents for the Mortgage Loans.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:

         1.       Definitions.

         "Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan": Each Mortgage Loan that is
either a Mortgage 100sm Loan or Parent Power(R) Mortgage Loan as to which the
Additional Collateral is provided. For purposes hereof, the term "Additional
Collateral" shall mean (i) with respect to any Mortgage 100sm Loan, the
marketable securities subject to a security interest pursuant to the related
Mortgage 100sm Pledge Agreement, or (ii) with respect to any Parent Power(R)
Mortgage Loan, the related Parent Power(R) Agreement.

         "Agreement": This Custodial Agreement and all amendments and
attachments hereto and supplements hereof.

         "Assignment": An assignment of the Mortgage, notice of transfer or
equivalent instrument in recordable form, sufficient under the laws of the
jurisdiction wherein the related Mortgaged Property is located to give record
notice of the sale or transfer of the Mortgage Loan.

         "Business Day": Any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a
day on which banking or savings associations in the State of New Jersey or the
State of Minnesota are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.

         "Closing Date": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the date upon which
the MLCC completes the purchase of such Mortgage Loan.

         "Custodian": Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., or its successor in
interest or assigns.

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         "Custodian's Mortgage File": As to each Mortgage Loan, all Mortgage
Loan documents delivered to the Custodian pursuant hereto and held by the
Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan.

         "Custody Receipt": An Initial Custody Receipt and/or a Final Custody
Receipt.

         "Cut-off Date": With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the first day of
the month in which the related Delivery Date occurs or such other date specified
by the Registered Holder.

         "Delivery Date": The date on which MLCC delivers or causes to be
delivered to the Custodian the Mortgage Loans listed on the related Mortgage
Loan Schedule.

         "Exception Report": The Exception Report prepared by the Custodian as
part of the Initial Custody Receipt and as updated thereafter.

         "Final Custody Receipt": A final custody receipt as to each Mortgage
Loan, which final custody receipt is delivered to MLCC, or its successor in
interest or assigns, by the Custodian in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Two.

         "First Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan that is secured by a first lien
on the Mortgaged Property securing the related Mortgage Note.

         "Gross Margin": With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the
fixed number of basis points set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule that is
added to the Index on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date in accordance with the
terms of the related Mortgage Note to determine the Mortgage Interest Rate for
such Mortgage Loan, subject to any applicable Periodic Rate Cap or Lifetime Rate
Cap.

         "Index": With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, a rate per
annum to which the Gross Margin is added on each Interest Rate Adjustment Date
to determine the new Mortgage Interest Rate for such Mortgage Loan.

         "Initial Custody Receipt": An initial custody receipt as to each
Mortgage Loan, which initial custody receipt is delivered to MLCC, or its
successor in interest or assigns, by the Custodian in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit One.

         "Interest Rate Adjustment Date": With respect to each adjustable rate
Mortgage Loan, the date on which the Mortgage Interest Rate is adjusted in
accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Note.

         "Lifetime Rate Cap": With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage
Loan, the maximum Mortgage Interest Rate that may be borne thereby, as set forth
in the related Mortgage Note.

         "Loan-to-Value Ratio": With respect to any First Mortgage Loan, as of
any date of determination, the ratio on such date of the outstanding principal
balance of such Mortgage Loan to the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged
Property.

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         "Mortgage": The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a
first or second lien on real property securing the Mortgage Note.

         "Mortgage Interest Rate": The annual rate at which interest accrues on
any Mortgage Loan and with respect to any adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, as such
annual rate may be adjusted on any Interest Rate Adjustment Date and subject to
the limitations on such interest rate imposed by any Lifetime Rate Cap or any
Periodic Rate Cap.

         "Mortgage Loan": An individual Mortgage Loan, including but not limited
to all documents included in the Custodian's Mortgage File, monthly payments,
principal prepayments, proceeds from REO dispositions and any and all rights,
benefits, proceeds and obligations arising therefrom or in connection therewith,
and which is the subject of this Agreement.

         "Mortgage Loan Schedule": The list of Mortgage Loans purchased by MLCC
from a third party seller from time to time that are subject to this Agreement
which list shall set forth the following information with respect to each
Mortgage Loan:

                  (i)      the loan number;

                  (ii)     the Mortgagor's name, social security number, and
                           FICO score;

                  (iii)    the street address of the Mortgaged Property,
                           including city, state and zip code, if available;

                  (iv)     the Mortgage Interest Rate at origination and, in the
                           case of an adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the
                           Mortgage Interest Rate in effect as of the related
                           Cut-off Date, which rate may vary from that reflected
                           in the Mortgage and Note;

                  (v)      for each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the first
                           Interest Rate Adjustment Date;

                  (vi)     for each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the Gross
                           Margin;

                  (vii)    for each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the Lifetime
                           Rate Cap, if applicable;

                  (viii)   for each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the Periodic
                           Rate Cap, if applicable;

                  (ix)     the original term to maturity and remaining term to
                           maturity;

                  (x)      the original principal balance;

                  (xi)     the first payment due date;

                  (xii)    the maturity date;

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                  (xiii)   the monthly payment in effect as of the related
                           Cut-off Date;

                  (xiv)    the principal balance as of the related Cut-off Date;

                  (xv)     as to any First Mortgage Loan the Loan-to-Value Ratio
                           at origination;

                  (xvi)    a code indicating whether the Mortgaged Property is
                           occupied by the Mortgagor;

                  (xvii)   a code indicating the type of Residential Dwelling;

                  (xviii)  a code indicating the purpose of the Mortgage Loan;

                  (xix)    a code indicating the Mortgage Loan documentation
                           type (i.e. limited documentation, full documentation,
                           easy documentation, etc.); and

                  (xx)     for each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, a code
                           indicating the type of Index.

         "Mortgage Note": The note evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor
secured by a Mortgage.

         "Mortgaged Property": The underlying real property securing repayment
of a Mortgage Note, consisting of a fee simple estate in a single parcel of real
property improved by a Residential Dwelling.

         "Mortgagor": The obligor on a Mortgage Note, the owner of the Mortgaged
Property and the grantor or mortgagor named in the related Mortgage and such
grantor's or mortgagor's successor in title to the Mortgaged Property.

         "Opinion of Counsel": A document signed by an attorney, explaining the
attorney's understanding of the law as applicable to a state of facts submitted
for the purpose of an opinion.

         "Periodic Rate Cap": With respect to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan
as to which the related Mortgage Loan Schedule indicates the existence of a
Periodic Rate Cap, the provision of the related Mortgage Note that provides for
a maximum amount by which the Mortgage Interest Rate may increase (or, if so
indicated on such Mortgage Loan Schedule, decrease) on an Interest Rate
Adjustment Date above (or below) the Mortgage Interest Rate in effect
immediately prior to such Interest Rate Adjustment Date.

         "Pledge Agreement": Any Mortgage 100 Pledge Agreement, Parent Power
Guaranty and Security Agreement for Securities Account, or Parent Power Guaranty
Agreement for Real Estate related to an Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan.

         "Registered Holder": MLCC, its successors in interest or assigns, in
whole or in part, as the case may be.

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         "Residential Dwelling": Any one of the following: (i) a detached
one-family dwelling, (ii) a detached two- to four-family dwelling, (iii) a
one-family dwelling unit in a Fannie Mae-eligible condominium project, or (iv) a
detached one-family dwelling in a planned unit development, none of which is a
co-operative.

         "Second Mortgage Loan": A Mortgage Loan that is secured by a second
lien on the Mortgaged Property securing the related Mortgage Note.

         2.       Delivery of Mortgage Loan Schedule and Custodian's Mortgage
                  File.

         MLCC may, from time to time, deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Custodian a Mortgage Loan Schedule and the following documents for each Mortgage
Loan listed on such Mortgage Loan Schedule, to be held by the Custodian for the
benefit of the Registered Holder, as the owner thereof:

                  (a) The original Mortgage Note endorsed, "Pay to the order of
                  ___________, without recourse" and signed in the name of the
                  name of last endorsee, by an authorized officer of the last
                  endorsee. If the Mortgage Loan was acquired by the last
                  endorsee in a merger or other type of acquisition, the
                  endorsement must be by "[name of last endorsee], successor [by
                  merger to or in interest to, as applicable] [name of
                  predecessor]"; and if the Mortgage Loan was acquired or
                  originated by the last endorsee while doing business under
                  another name, the endorsement must be by "[name of last
                  endorsee], successor in interest to [previous name]." The
                  Mortgage Note shall include all intervening endorsements
                  showing a complete chain of title from the originator to the
                  last endorsee.

                  (b) The original recorded Mortgage, with evidence of recording
                  thereon, or, if the original Mortgage has not yet been
                  returned from the recording office, a copy of the original
                  Mortgage certified by the previous owner to be a true copy of
                  the original of the Mortgage which has been delivered for
                  recording in the appropriate recording office of the
                  jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located.

                  (c) The original Assignment of each Mortgage, executed in
                  blank by either MLCC or its Servicer. If the Mortgage Loan was
                  acquired by the last endorsee in a merger or other type of
                  acquisition, the assignment must be by "[name of last
                  assignee], successor [by merger to or in interest to, as
                  applicable] [name of predecessor]"; and if the Mortgage Loan
                  was acquired or originated by the last endorsee while doing
                  business under another name, the assignment must be by "[name
                  of last assignee], successor in interest to [previous name]."

                  (d) The original policy of title insurance (or a preliminary
                  title report if the original title insurance policy has not
                  been received from the title insurance company).

                  (e) Originals of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage,
                  with evidence of recording thereon or, if the original
                  intervening assignment has not yet been returned from the
                  recording office, a copy of such assignment certified by the
                  Seller to be a true copy of the original of the assignment
                  which has been delivered for recording in

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                  the appropriate recording office of the jurisdiction in which
                  the Mortgaged Property is located.

                  (f) With respect to a Mortgage Loan that, according to the
                  Mortgage Loan Schedule is covered by a primary mortgage
                  insurance policy, the original or a copy of primary mortgage
                  insurance certificate, if any.

                  (g) If indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, originals of
                  all assumption and modification agreements, if any, with
                  originals or copies of the underlying instruments being
                  modified.

                  (h) With respect to each Additional Collateral Mortgage Loan,

                                    1.       Copy of the related Mortgage 100
                                             Pledge Agreement for Securities
                                             Account or the Parent Power
                                             Guaranty and Security Agreement for
                                             Securities Account or the Parent
                                             Power Guaranty Agreement for Real
                                             Estate, as the case may be;

                                    2.       copy of the UCC-1 (applicable for
                                             South Carolina and Rhode Island
                                             only);

                                    3.       an original form UCC-3, if
                                             applicable;

                                    4.       For loans originated by a
                                             correspondent lender, an original
                                             assignment of security interest of
                                             the related Mortgage 100 Pledge
                                             Agreement or Parent Power
                                             Agreement, as the case may be.

                           (i)      With respect to each Cooperative Loan:

                                    1.       the original proprietary lease;

                                    2.       the original recognition agreement;

                                    3.       the original security agreement;

                                    4.       the original or copy of the
                                             assignment of proprietary lease;

                                    5.       the original cooperative stock
                                             certificate and stock power
                                             executed by borrower in blank;

                                    6.       the original UCC-1 Financing
                                             Statements; and

                                    7.       the original UCC-3 Financing
                                             Statements.

                           (j)      Power of Attorney, if applicable.

         From time to time, MLCC shall forward or cause to be forwarded to the
Custodian additional documents, original or otherwise, evidencing an assumption
or modification of a Mortgage Loan which documents shall become part of the
Custodian's Mortgage File.

         3.       Obligations of the Custodian.

         (a)      With respect to each Custodian's Mortgage File, the Custodian
is exclusively the custodian for the Registered Holder from and after the
related Delivery Date. The Custodian shall hold all documents constituting the
Custodian's Mortgage File received by it for the exclusive use and benefit of
the Registered Holder, and shall make disposition thereof only in accordance
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Custodian shall segregate and maintain continuous custody of all documents
constituting the Custodian's Mortgage File received by it in secure and
fire-resistant facilities in accordance with customary standards for such
custody. The Custodian represents and warrants that it will verify the receipt
of required documents, the accuracy of certain information, and indicate
discrepancies pursuant to the custody receipt requirements herein. The Custodian
makes no representations or warranties as to, and shall not be responsible to,
verify: (i) the validity, legality, enforceability, sufficiency, recordability,
due authorization or genuineness of any of the documents contained in each
Custodian's Mortgage File or any of the Mortgage Loans or (ii) the
collectability, insurability, effectiveness or suitability of any such Mortgage
Loan. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to impose on the
Custodian any obligation of a third party seller under this Agreement or a
Purchase Agreement under any circumstances.

         (b)      The Custodian shall, at its own expense, maintain at all times
during the existence of this Agreement and keep in full force and effect a
fidelity bond, errors and omissions insurance, theft and documents insurance and
forgery insurance in amounts and with standard coverage as is customary for
insurance typically maintained by institutions that act as custodians. The
minimum coverage under any such bond and insurance policies shall be at least
equal to the corresponding amounts required by the Government National Mortgage
Association, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac either of the Custodian or in their
respective Seller/Servicing Guides. A certificate of an authorized officer for
the Custodian shall be furnished to the Registered Holder upon request as
evidence of its compliance with any such requirement.

         4.       Custody Receipts.

         (a)      Initial Custody Receipt. The Custodian shall review the
documents delivered to it on each Delivery Date and shall deliver to MLCC as
initial Registered Holder within two (2) Business Days following the Delivery
Date, or within a mutually agreed upon time between the Bank and the Custodian,
but prior to the Closing Date, an Initial Custody Receipt with respect to the
Mortgage Loans, in which the Custodian shall certify that such Mortgage Loans
are held for MLCC (as Registered Holder) and that, as to each Mortgage Loan
listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full
or any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such certification as not
covered by such certification), (a) all documents described in Paragraphs 2(a)
through 2(e) and to the extent provided in the Custodian's Mortgage Files
Paragraphs 2(f) through 2(j), if applicable, of this Agreement are in its
possession and (b) each Mortgage Note has been endorsed and each Assignment has
been executed as provided in Paragraph 2 hereof. If the Custodian determines
from such verification that any discrepancy or deficiency exists with respect to
a Custodian's Mortgage File, the Custodian shall note such discrepancy on the
schedule of exceptions attached to the Initial Custody Receipt as Schedule B
thereto (the "Exception Report").

         The Custodian shall also note on the Exception Report, with respect to
each Mortgage Loan, whether a certified copy of the related Mortgage was
delivered to the Custodian in lieu of the original of such Mortgage, whether a
certified copy of an intervening assignment of the related Mortgage was
delivered to the Custodian in lieu of the original of such assignment, and
whether a preliminary title report with respect to such Mortgage Loan was
delivered to the Custodian in lieu of the original policy of title insurance.

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         On the first Business Day of each calendar month following delivery of
the Initial Custody Receipt until the month in which the Final Custody Receipt
is to be delivered pursuant to Subsection (b) below, the Custodian shall deliver
to the Registered Holder of the Initial Custody Receipt, an updated Exception
Report, revised to reflect any changes with respect to the status of the
exceptions noted for the related Mortgage Loans.

         (b)      Final Custody Receipt. Not later than sixty (60) days
following the date of each delivery of an Initial Custody Receipt, the Custodian
shall deliver to the Registered Holder of the Initial Custody Receipt the Final
Custody Receipt, with respect to the Mortgage Loans related to such Initial
Custody Receipt, in which the Custodian shall certify to the Registered Holder
that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the related Mortgage Loan Schedule
(other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or any Mortgage Loan specifically
identified in such certification as not covered by such certification), (a) all
documents described in Paragraphs 2(a) through 2(e), and to the extent provided
in the Custodian's Mortgage Files Paragraphs 2(f) through 2(j), if applicable,
of this Agreement are in its possession, (b) such documents have been reviewed
by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such Mortgage Loan, (c)
based on its examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information
set forth in items (i), (ii), (iii) excluding the zip code requirement, (iv),
(vi), (vii), (viii) and (x) of the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule"
respecting such Mortgage Loan is correct, and which as to items (iv), (vi),
(viii), and (x) for adjustable rate Mortgage Loans may reflect interest rates or
amounts that as of the Cutoff Date vary from those provided in the Mortgage Loan
Documents and (d) each Mortgage Note has been endorsed and each Assignment has
been executed as provided in Paragraph 2 hereof. If the Custodian determines
from such verification that any discrepancy or deficiency exists with respect to
a Custodian's Mortgage File, the Custodian shall note such discrepancy on the
Exception Report attached to the Final Custody Receipt as Schedule B thereto.
The Custodian shall also note on such Exception Report, with respect to each
Mortgage Loan, whether a certified copy of the related Mortgage was delivered to
the Custodian in lieu of the original of such Mortgage, whether a certified copy
of an intervening assignment of the related Mortgage was delivered to the
Custodian in lieu of the original of such assignment, and whether a preliminary
title report with respect to such Mortgage Loan was delivered to the Custodian
in lieu of the original policy of title insurance. Except as specifically
provided above, the Custodian shall be under no duty to review, inspect or
examine such documents to determine that any of them are enforceable or
appropriate for their prescribed purpose. Upon delivery of the Final Custody
Receipt to the Registered Holder of the Initial Custody Receipt, the Initial
Custody Receipt shall be of no further force or effect.

         (c)      Within five (5) days of receipt of written directions, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit Six, from the Registered Holder with respect to
all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder, and upon
the prior tender by such Registered Holder of the applicable Initial and/or
Final Custody Receipt(s), as applicable, the Custodian shall deliver all or any
portion of the Custodian's Mortgage Files held by it to the Registered Holder,
or to such other party as the Registered Holder may direct, as provided in
Paragraph 19, at the place indicated in any such written direction from the
Registered Holder and shall deliver to the Registered Holder a new Initial or
Final Custody Receipt, as applicable, with respect to the Custodian's Mortgage
Files retained by the Custodian. The Registered Holder may require the Custodian
to complete the endorsements on any Mortgage Notes in its possession and to
complete the Assignment of Mortgages prepared by the Servicer in blank, within a
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period of time. The cost of this shall be reimbursed by the Registered Holder. A
list of authorized signatures for such written directions has been furnished to
the Custodian by the Registered Holder pursuant to Paragraph 20 hereof. Upon the
Custodian's receipt of such written notification from the Registered Holder that
the Registered Holder has sold any or all of the Mortgage Loans, which
notification shall be accompanied by the Initial and/or Final Custody
Receipt(s), as applicable that relate to such Mortgage Loans, the Custodian
shall change its records to reflect that such purchaser is the owner of such
Mortgage Loans and shall immediately, upon the direction of such Registered
Holder, either deliver the related Custodian's Mortgage Files to such purchaser
at the expense of such purchaser or issue an Initial or Final Custody Receipt in
the name of such purchaser. Such purchaser, as a Registered Holder, shall be
required to simultaneously furnish to the Custodian a list of authorized
signatures for written directions pursuant to Paragraph 20 hereof. The Custodian
shall then deliver to the Registered Holder a new Initial and/or Final Custody
Receipt, as applicable reflecting all Mortgage Loans with respect to which the
Custodian still holds the related Custodian's Mortgage Files on behalf of the
Registered Holder. The Registered Holder and the Custodian agree herein that any
purchaser of any or all of the Mortgage Loans shall succeed to the rights and
obligations of the Registered Holder under this Agreement with respect to such
Mortgage Loans upon receipt of the related Initial and/or Final Custody Receipt,
as applicable subject to the provisions of Paragraph 15 hereof.

         5.       Fees and Expenses of the Custodian.

         It is understood that the Custodian will charge such fees for its
services under this Agreement as are set forth in a separate agreement between
the Custodian and MLCC, the payment of which, together with the Custodian's
expenses in connection herewith, shall be solely the obligation of the
Registered Holder with respect to the related Mortgage Loans.

         6.       Removal of the Custodian.

         Any Registered Holder with respect to all or a portion of the Mortgage
Loans owned by such Registered Holder, with or without cause, may, upon thirty
(30) days' written notice to the Custodian, remove and discharge or any
successor Custodian thereafter appointed, as to such portion or all of the
Mortgage Loans the Custodian, from the performance of its duties under this
Agreement. In the event of any such removal, upon tender of the Custody Receipts
and satisfaction of any outstanding fees and expenses of the Custodian, the
Custodian shall promptly transfer to such Registered Holder or to a successor
Custodian appointed by such Registered Holder at the expense of such Registered
Holder, as directed by such Registered Holder in writing, all Custodian's
Mortgage Files related to the Mortgage Loans as to which the Custodian is being
terminated.

         7.       Examination of the Custodian's Mortgage File.

         Upon reasonable prior written notice to the Custodian, but not less
than two (2) Business Day, any Registered Holder with respect to all or a
portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder and its agents,
accountants, attorneys, auditors, prospective purchasers, and third-party
contractors authorized by such Registered Holder will be permitted, during
normal business hours, to examine the Custodian's Mortgage Files, documents,
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papers in the possession of or under the control of the Custodian relating to
any or all of the Mortgage Loans for which the Custodian holds the related
Custodian's Mortgage File for such Registered Holder at the expense of the
inspecting party.

         8.       Counterparts.

         For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Agreement as
herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed
simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute and be
one and the same instrument.

         9.       Periodic Statements.

         Upon the request of any Registered Holder at any other time with at
least two (2) Business Days' notice to the Custodian, the Custodian shall
provide to the Registered Holder with respect to all or a portion of the
Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder, a list of all of the Mortgage
Loans for which the Custodian holds a Custodian's Mortgage File pursuant to this
Agreement. Such list may be in the form of a copy of the Mortgage Loan Schedule
with manual deletions to denote specifically any Mortgage Loans paid off,
liquidated or repurchased or otherwise released by the Custodian since the date
of this Agreement.

         10.      Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State where MLCC is headquartered, and the obligations, rights and remedies of
the parties hereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

         11.      Copies of Mortgage Documents.

         Upon the request of the Registered Holder with respect to all or a
portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder, and at the cost
and expense of such party, the Custodian shall provide such Registered Holder
with copies or originals as provided in Section 21 hereof, of the Mortgage
Notes, Mortgages, Assignments and other documents to the extent that such
documents are part of the Custodian's Mortgage File relating to one or more of
the Mortgage Loans.

         12.      No Adverse Interest of Custodian.

         By execution of this Agreement, the Custodian represents, warrants and
covenants that it currently does not hold, and during the existence of this
Agreement shall not hold, any adverse interest, by way of security or otherwise,
in any Mortgage Loan.

         13.      Termination By Custodian.

         The Custodian may terminate its obligations under this Agreement upon
at least sixty (60) days' notice to the Registered Holder with respect to all or
a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder. The Custodian
shall then be responsible for all costs associated with such termination,
including costs associated with the transfer of the Custodial

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Files. If, in the event of such termination, the Registered Holder shall appoint
a successor Custodian within such sixty day period, then upon such appointment
and tender of the related Custody Receipts, the Custodian shall promptly
transfer to such successor Custodian, as directed by the Registered Holder with
respect to all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered
Holder, all of the Custodian's Mortgage Files being administered under this
Agreement and shall either complete the Assignments and endorse the Mortgage
Notes as directed by the Registered Holder or allow the Registered Holder or its
agents or attorneys, access to the Custodian's Mortgage Files for such purpose.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Registered Holder fails to appoint a
Custodian within such sixty day period, the Custodian may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Custodian.

         14.      Termination of Agreement.

         This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the final
payment or other liquidation (or advance with respect thereto) of the last
Mortgage Loan, (b) the disposition of all property acquired upon foreclosure or
by deed in lieu of foreclosure of the last Mortgage Loan, or (c) the delivery by
the Custodian of the last Custodian's Mortgage File pursuant to the direction of
the Registered Holder hereunder. In such event the Registered Holder with
respect to all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered
Holder shall so notify the Custodian and tender all Custody Receipts, and
thereafter all documents remaining in the Custodian's Mortgage Files shall be
forwarded to the Registered Holder.

         15.      Assignment of Agreement.

         The Registered Holder with respect to all or a portion of the Mortgage
Loans owned by such Registered Holder shall have the right to assign, in whole
or in part, its interests under this Agreement with respect to some or all of
the Mortgage Loans, and to designate any person or exercise any rights of the
Registered Holder hereunder, and such assignee or designee shall accede to the
rights and obligations hereunder of the Registered Holder with respect to such
Mortgage Loans. All references to the Registered Holder shall be deemed to
include its assignee or designee. In connection with any such assignment, the
Registered Holder with respect to all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned
by such Registered Holder may require that arrangements reasonably satisfactory
to it be made for the exchange of previously executed and outstanding Custody
Receipt(s) for a Custody Receipt representing such assignment. The Custodian may
not assign its interests or delegate its duties under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of the Registered Holder. In the event of any such
assignment or delegation, the Registered Holder shall not be responsible for any
fees of the successor Custodian in excess of the fees formerly paid by the
Registered Holder to the Custodian.

         16.      Notice.

         (a)      All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be sent to the other party at the address shown on the first
page hereof, or such other address as may hereafter be furnished to the other
party by written notice given to the other party hereto in a notice complying
with the terms and provisions of this Section 16 or on an Exhibit Six notice
provided pursuant to Section 4(c).

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         (b)      Any such demand, notice or communication hereunder shall be
deemed conclusively to have been given if personally delivered at or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, and return receipt requested or transmitted by
telex, telegraph or facsimile transmission and by a similar writing to the other
party at its address as described in Subclause (a).

         17.      Indemnification.

         (a)      Neither the Custodian nor any of its directors, officers,
agents or employees, shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it or them hereunder or in connection herewith in good faith and believed by
it or them to be within the purview of this Agreement, except for its or their
own negligence, lack of good faith or willful misconduct.

         (b)      The Registered Holder and the Custodian agree to indemnify and
hold each other and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees
harmless against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind or nature whatsoever, including reasonable attorney's fees, that may be
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against it or them in any action taken or
not taken by it or them hereunder. This indemnification shall include, but not
be limited to, the claims of third parties arising from or related to this
Agreement or the Mortgage Loans. This indemnification applies if such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses, disbursements, or claims were imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the party seeking indemnification because of the breach of the
obligations, negligence, lack of good faith or willful misconduct of the other
party or any of its directors, officers, agents or employees. The foregoing
indemnification shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Custodian.

         (c)      In the event that the Custodian fails to produce a Mortgage
Note, Assignment of Mortgage or any other document related to a Mortgage Loan
that was in its possession pursuant to Section 2 within four (4) Business Days
after required or requested by the Registered Holder or its Servicer (a
"Custodial Delivery Failure"), and provided that (i) Custodian previously
delivered to the Registered Holder an Initial Custody Receipt which did not list
such document as an exception; (ii) such document is not outstanding pursuant to
a request for release in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Five; and (iii) such
document was held by the Custodian on behalf of the Registered Holder, then the
Custodian shall: (a) with respect to any missing Mortgage Note, promptly deliver
to the Registered Holder upon request, a Lost Note Affidavit in the form of
Exhibit Seven hereto and (b) with respect to any missing document related to
such Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to a missing Mortgage Note, (1)
indemnify the Registered Holder, and its successor in interest, in accordance
with the succeeding paragraph and, (2) obtain and maintain an insurance bond in
the name of the Registered Holder, and its successors in interest and assigns,
insuring against any losses associated with the loss of such document, in an
amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage
Loan or such lesser amount requested by the Registered Holder, at the Registered
Holder's sole option, at any time the long term obligations of the Custodian are
rated below the second highest rating category of Moody's Investors Service,
Inc. or Standard and Poor's Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.

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         (d)      The Custodian agrees to indemnify and hold the Registered
Holder, and its designees, harmless against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, including reasonable
attorney's fees, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against it or
them in any way relating to or arising out of a Custodial Delivery Failure, as
defined herein, or the Custodian's negligence, lack of good faith or willful
misconduct. The forgoing indemnification shall survive any termination or
assignment of this Agreement.

         18.      Reliance of Custodian.

         In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Custodian, the Custodian
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any request, instructions, certificate,
opinion or other document furnished to the Custodian, reasonably believed by
Custodian to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party
or parties and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement. No
representations, warranties, covenants or obligations of the Custodian shall be
implied with respect to this Agreement or the Custodian's services hereunder.

         19.      Transmission of Custodian's Mortgage File.

         Written instructions as to the method of shipment and shipper(s)
Custodian is directed to utilize in connection with transmission of mortgage
files and loan documents in the performance of the Custodian's duties hereunder
shall be delivered by the Registered Holder (the "Requesting Party") with
respect to all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered
Holder to the Custodian prior to any shipment of any mortgage files and loan
documents hereunder. The Registered Holder will arrange for the provision of
such services at its sole cost and expense (or, at Custodian's option, reimburse
Custodian for all costs and expenses incurred by Custodian consistent with such
instructions) and will maintain such insurance against loss or damage to
mortgage files and loan documents as the Requesting Party deems appropriate.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Paragraph 17 above, it is
expressly agreed that in no event shall the Custodian have any liability for any
losses or damages to any person, including, without limitation, the Requesting
Party, arising out of actions of the Custodian consistent with instructions of
the Requesting Party. In the absence of any written instructions with respect to
the transmission of the Custodian's Mortgage Files, the parties hereby agree
that the Custodian may utilize any nationally recognized overnight courier
service and shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Registered Holder.

         20.      Authorized Representative.

         Unless the Registered Holder shall have given the Custodian written
notice to the contrary, each individual designated as an authorized
representative of the Registered Holder with respect to all or a portion of the
Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder, and the Custodian, respectively
(an "Authorized Representative"), is authorized to give and receive notices,
requests and instructions and to deliver certificates and documents in
connection with this Agreement on behalf of the Registered Holder with respect
to all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder, or
the Custodian, as the case may be, and the specimen signature for each such
Authorized Representative of MLCC as the initial Registered

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Holder and each such Authorized Representative of the Custodian initially
authorized hereunder is set forth on Exhibit Three and Exhibit Four hereof,
respectively. Any subsequent Registered Holder of the Mortgage Loans shall
provide the Custodian specimen signatures for each Authorized Representative of
such Registered Holder. From time to time, the Registered Holder and the
Custodian may, by delivering to the other party a revised exhibit, change the
information previously given pursuant to this Paragraph, but each of the parties
hereto shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the then current exhibit until
receipt of a superseding exhibit.

         21.      Release of Custodian's File for Servicing.

         Upon written request by the Registered Holder or its Servicer with
respect to all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered
Holder, pursuant to the form attached hereto as Exhibit Five, the Custodian
shall use its best efforts to promptly, and in no event no later than two (2)
Business Days after receipt of such written request completed in accordance with
this Agreement, release to the Registered Holder or its Servicer for the
servicing or foreclosure of any of the Mortgage Loans the related Custodian's
Mortgage File. All Custodian's Mortgage Files so released to the Registered
Holder's Servicer shall be held by such Servicer in trust for the benefit of the
Registered Holder in accordance with the provisions of a servicing agreement
entered into between the Registered Holder and such Servicer. The Registered
Holder or its Servicer shall return to the Custodian the Custodian's Mortgage
File that has been released to the Registered Holder or its Servicer, when the
Registered Holder's or its Servicer's need therefor in connection with such
servicing or foreclosure no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loan shall be
liquidated, in which case, upon receipt of a certification to this effect from
the Registered Holder or its Servicer to the Custodian in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit Five, and the Custodian shall thereupon reflect any such
liquidation on the list of Mortgage Loans maintained by it pursuant to Paragraph
9 of this Agreement.

         Custodian shall not release more than 5% of the number of Mortgage
Loans at any time without additional written consent from Registered Holder.
This limitation shall not apply to the release of Custodial Files upon payment
in full.

         22.      Release of Custodian's Mortgage File for Payment.

         Upon the repurchase or substitution of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to a
Purchase Agreement or the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan, which shall be
evidenced by the Custodian's receipt of a request for release, receipt and
certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit Five (which certification
shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received in connection
with such payment or repurchase have been credited to the account of the
Registered Holder), the Custodian shall use its best efforts promptly and in no
event later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of the written request
therefor completed in accordance with this Agreement, release the related
Custodian's Mortgage File to the Registered Holder or, at the request of the
Registered Holder, its Servicer, such repurchase thereupon to be noted on the
list maintained by the Custodian pursuant to Paragraph 9 of this Agreement.

         23.      Reproduction of Documents.

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         This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without
limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be
executed, and (b) certificates and other information previously or hereafter
furnished, may be reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm,
microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process. The parties agree
that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original
itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original
is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by a party in the
regular course of business, and that any enlargement, facsimile or further
reproduction of such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.

         24.      Severability.

         If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of
this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, the invalidity
of any such covenant, agreement, provision or term of this Agreement shall in no
way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this
Agreement; provided, however, that if the invalidity of any covenant, agreement
or provision shall deprive any party of the economic benefit intended to be
conferred by this Agreement, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to
develop a structure the economic effect of which is as nearly as possible the
same as the economic effect of this Agreement.

         25.      Amendment; Exhibits.

         This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto
only by a written agreement signed by the parties hereto. The exhibits to this
Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof and are an integral
part of this Agreement.

         26.      Captions.

         Section headings are used herein for convenience only and do not limit
or expand the scope of the provisions herein.

         27.      Representations and Warranties of Custodian.

         Custodian represents and warrants to and covenants with MLCC as
follows:

         (a)      Custodian is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
                  and in good standing under the laws of Minnesota.

         (b)      Custodian has full corporate power to execute, deliver and
                  perform the obligations under this Agreement. MLCC may rely on
                  the actions of Custodian without further inquiry. No
                  additional consent, authorization, or regulatory filing is
                  required in order for Custodian to legally perform its
                  obligations.

         (c)      This agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
                  obligation of Custodian, enforceable against Custodian in
                  accordance with the terms herein except as limited by
                  bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or other similar laws
                  affecting generally the enforcement of creditor's rights.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Custodian and MLCC have caused this Agreement
to be executed as of the date and year first written above.

                                             WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A.
                                             ("Custodian")

                                             By:________________________________
                                             Name:______________________________
                                             Title:_____________________________

                                             MERRILL LYNCH CREDIT CORPORATION
                                             ("MLCC")

                                             By:________________________________
                                             Name:______________________________
                                             Title:_____________________________

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                                    EXHIBIT P

                       AMENDMENT NO. 1 CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT

                  Amendment No. 1, dated as of January 16, 2002 (this
"Amendment"), between Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation ("MLCC") and Wells Fargo
Bank Minnesota, N.A. (the "Custodian"), to the Custodial Agreement, dated as of
December 15, 2000 (the "Custodial Agreement").

                                    RECITALS

                  WHEREAS, MLCC may from time to time, purchase certain Mortgage
Loans from third party sellers pursuant to the terms and condition of certain
mortgage loan purchase agreements entered into between MLCC and such parties
(each, a "Purchase Agreement");

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian
has agreed to take possession of mortgage notes evidencing Mortgage Loans and
certain other Mortgage Loan Documents delivered from time to time pursuant to
the Custodial Agreement;

                  WHEREAS, MLCC and the Custodian have agreed, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Amendment, that the Custodial Agreement be amended
to reflect the replacement of individual certifications with a Master Trust
Receipt; and

                  Accordingly, MLCC and Custodian hereby agree, in consideration
of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the
Custodial Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

SECTION 1         Definitions:

(a)      Section 1 of the Custodial Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
         definitions of "Custody Receipt", "Final Custody Receipt" and "Initial
         Custody Receipt."

(b)      Section 1 of the Custodial Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
         following definition into its proper alphabetical order:

                  "Trust Receipt": A trust receipt in the form annexed hereto as
                  Exhibit One delivered to MLCC by the Custodian covering all of
                  the Mortgage Loans subject to this Custodial Agreement from
                  time to time, as reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule and
                  Exception Report attached thereto in accordance with Section
                  4(b).

(c)      Section 1 of the Custodial Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
         definition of " Exception Report" and replacing it in its entirety as
         follows:

                  "Exception Report": The Exception Report prepared by the
                  Custodian as an annex to the Trust Receipt which lists all
                  exceptions with respect to the Mortgage Loan Schedule and
                  attached thereto as Schedule B, as updated from time to time
                  in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

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SECTION 1.        Trust Receipt. Section 4 is hereby deleted in its entirety and
         replaced in its entirety with the following:

(a)      The Custodian shall review the documents delivered to it on each
         Delivery Date and shall deliver to Registered Holder within the time
         frames outlined in exhibit B to this amendment, but prior to Closing
         Date, a Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report with respect to the
         Mortgage Loans, and the delivery of each Mortgage Loan Schedule and
         Exception Report by the Custodian hereunder shall be the Custodian's
         certification that such Mortgage Loans are held for MLCC (as Registered
         Holder) and that, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the related
         Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or
         any Mortgage Loan specifically identified in such certification as not
         covered by the Exception Report), (a) all documents described in
         Paragraphs 2(a) through 2(e) and to the extent provided in the
         Custodian's Mortgage Files Paragraphs 2(f) through 2(j), if applicable,
         of this Agreement are in its possession, (b) such documents have
         reviewed by it and appear regular on their face and relate to such
         Mortgage Loan, (c) based on its examination and only as to the
         foregoing documents, the information set forth in terms (i), (ii),
         (iii) excluding the zip code requirement, (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii) and
         (x) of the definition of "Mortgage Loan Schedule" respecting such
         Mortgage Loan is correct, and which as to items (iv) (vi), (viii) and
         (x) for adjustable rate Mortgage Loan Documents and (d) each Mortgage
         Note has been endorsed and each Assignment has been executed as
         provided in Paragraph 2 hereof. The Custodian shall determine whether
         any discrepancy or deficiency exists with respect to a Custodian's
         Mortgage File and shall note such discrepancy on the Exception Report.
         The Custodian shall also note on such Exception Report, with respect to
         each Mortgage Loan, whether a certified copy of the related Mortgage
         was delivered to the Custodian in lieu of the original of such
         Mortgage, whether a certified copy of an intervening assignment of the
         related Mortgage was delivered to the Custodian in lieu of the original
         of such assignment, and whether a preliminary title report with respect
         to such Mortgage Loan was delivered to the Custodian in lieu of the
         original policy of title insurance. Except as specifically provided
         above, the Custodian shall be under no duty to review, inspect or
         examine such documents to determine that any of them are enforceable or
         appropriate for their prescribed purpose.

(b)      On the date of this Amendment, the Custodian shall deliver to MLCC, a
         Trust Receipt with a Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report
         attached thereto reflecting all Mortgage Loans subject to the Custodial
         Agreement as of such date.

(c)      Each Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report delivered by the
         Custodian to MLCC shall supersede and cancel the Mortgage Loan Schedule
         and Exception Report previously delivered by the Custodian to MLCC
         hereunder, and shall replace the then existing Mortgage Loan Schedule
         and Exception Report to be attached to the Trust Receipt.
         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, in the event
         that the Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report attached to the
         Trust Receipt is different from the most recently delivered Mortgage
         Loan Schedule and Exception Report, then the most recently delivered
         Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report shall control and be
         binding upon the parties hereto.

(d)      The Custodian shall deliver to MLCC, electronically a Mortgage Loan
         Schedule and Exception Report reflecting any additional Mortgage Loans
         received and reviewed in accordance with the procedures set forth in
         Section 2(a) hereof.

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(e)      Within five (5) days of receipt of written directions, in the form
         attached hereto as Exhibit Six, from the Registered Holder with respect
         to all or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered
         Holder, the Custodian shall deliver all or any portion of the
         Custodian's Mortgage Files held by it to Registered Holder, or to such
         other party as the Registered Party may direct, as provided in
         Paragraph 19, at the place indicated in any such written direction from
         the Registered Holder and shall deliver to the Registered Holder a new
         Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report, with respect to the
         Custodian's Mortgage Files retained by the Custodian. The Registered
         Holder may require the Custodian to complete the endorsements on any
         Mortgage Notes in its possession and to complete the Assignment of
         Mortgages prepared by the Servicer in blank, within a reasonable period
         of time. The cost of this shall be reimbursed by the Registered Holder.
         A list of authorized signatures for such written directions has been
         furnished to the Custodian by the Registered Holder pursuant to
         Paragraph 20 hereof. Upon the Custodian's receipt of such written
         notification from the Registered Holder that the Registered Holder has
         sold any or all of the Mortgage Loans, which notification shall be
         accompanied by a Mortgage Loan Schedule identifying such Mortgage
         Loans, the Custodian shall change its records to reflect that such
         purchaser is the owner of such Mortgage Loans and shall immediately,
         upon the direction of such Registered Holder, either deliver the
         related Custodian's Mortgage Files to such purchaser at the expense of
         such purchaser or issue a Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report
         in the name of such purchaser. Such purchaser, as a Registered Holder,
         shall be required to simultaneously furnish to the Custodian a list of
         authorized signatures for written directions pursuant to Paragraph 20
         hereof. The Custodian shall then deliver to the Registered Holder a new
         Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report, reflecting all Mortgage
         Loans with respect to which the Custodian still holds the related
         Custodian's Mortgage Files on behalf of the Registered Holder. The
         Registered Holder and the Custodian agree herein that any purchaser of
         any or all of the Mortgage Loans shall succeed to the rights and
         obligations of the Registered Holder under this Agreement with respect
         to such Mortgage Loans upon receipt of its own Trust Receipt and
         Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report, as further specified in
         Paragraph 15 hereof.

SECTION 2.        Termination of Agreement. Section 14 of the Custodial
         Agreement is hereby amended by deleting "Custody Receipts" from the
         sixth line of the paragraph and replacing it with "Mortgage Loan
         Schedule and Exception Report."

SECTION 3.        Assignment of Agreement. Section 15 of the Custodial Agreement
         is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced in its entirety with the
         following:

                  "The Registered Holder with respect to all or a portion of the
Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder shall have the right to assign,
in whole or in part, its interests under this Agreement with respect to some or
all of the Mortgage Loans, and to designate any person (such person, an
"Assignee") or exercise any rights of the Registered Holder hereunder, and such
assignee or designee shall accede to the rights and obligations hereunder of the
Registered Holder with respect to such Mortgage Loans. All references to the
Registered Holder shall be deemed to include its assignee or designee. In
connection with any such assignment, the Registered Holder with respect to all
or a portion of the Mortgage Loans owned by such Registered Holder, the
Custodian shall issue (a) a Trust Receipt in the form of Exhibit One hereto with
a Mortgage Loan Schedule and Exception Report with respect to the Mortgage Loans

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subject to such assignment to the Assignee and (b) an updated Mortgage Loan
Schedule and Exception Report to the assigning Registered Holder with respect to
the Mortgage Loans which the Custodian holds for the Registered Holder. The
Custodian may not assign its interest or delegate its duties under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of the Registered Holder. In the
event of any such assignment or delegation, the Registered Holder shall not be
responsible for any fees of the successor Custodian in excess of the fees
formerly paid by the Registered Holder to the Custodian."

SECTION 4.        Indemnification. Section 17 of the Custodial Agreement is
         hereby amended by deleting "an Initial Custody Receipt" from the fifth
         line of subsection (c) and replacing it with "a Mortgage Loan Schedule
         and Exception Report."

SECTION 5.        Exhibits. The Exhibits of the Custodial Agreement are hereby
         amended by deleting "Exhibit One" and "Exhibit Two" and adding The Form
         of Trust Receipt attached as Exhibit A to this Amendment as Exhibit One
         to the Custodial Agreement.

SECTION 6.        Delivered Documents. On the date hereof, MLCC shall have
         received the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory
         to the MLCC in form and substance:

(a)      Amendment. This Amendment No. 1, executed and delivered by a duly
         authorized officer of MLCC and the Custodian; and

(b)      Other Documents. Such other documents as the Purchaser or counsel to
         the Purchaser may reasonably request.

SECTION 7.        Limited Effect. Except as expressly amended and modified by
         this Amendment, the Custodial Agreement shall continue to be, and shall
         remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 8.        Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by each of the
         parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which
         shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute
         one and the same instrument.

SECTION 9.        GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
         CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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

                                     WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A.
                                     ("CUSTODIAN")

                                     By:
                                         -----------------------------------
                                         Name: Sarah J. Kerr
                                         Title: Assistant Vice President

                                     MERRILL LYNCH CREDIT CORPORATION ("MLCC")

                                     By: ___________________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT Q

                         OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE - TRUSTEE

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
250 Vesey Street
4 World Financial Center, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10080

Re:      Trust Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of August 1, 2003 between
         Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., as depositor and Wells Fargo
         Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee - Merrill Lynch
         Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLCC 2003-E Mortgage Loan Pass-Through
         Certificates

         I, [identify the certifying individual], a [title] of the Trustee
         hereby certify to the Depositor, and its officers, directors and
         affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon
         this certification, that:

1.       I have reviewed the Monthly Statements delivered pursuant to Section
         4.02 the Agreement since the last Officer's Certificate executed
         pursuant to Section 6.20 of the Agreement [or in the case of the first
         certification, since the Cut-off Date] (the "Trustee Information").

2.       Based on my knowledge, the information in the Monthly Statements ,
         taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material
         fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
         made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
         made, not misleading as of the date hereof;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the Monthly Statements required to be prepared
         by the Trustee under the Agreement has been prepared and provided in
         accordance with the Agreement; and

4.       I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee
         under the Agreement and the Trustee has, as of the date hereof
         fulfilled its obligations under the Agreement and there are no
         significant deficiencies relating to the Trustee's compliance with this
         Agreement.

Date:

                                        Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
                                        Association, as Trustee

                                        By: ____________________________
                                        Name: __________________________
                                        Title:__________________________

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                             MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

                             [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                                  Schedule A-1

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                                   SCHEDULE B

                  MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
                                OF THE ORIGINATOR

         The Originator hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as to
each Mortgage Loan, as of the Closing Date as follows:

         (a) The information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule is true and
correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date;

         (b) As of the related Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan is not delinquent
in payment more than 30 days and the Mortgage Loan has not been dishonored;
there are no material defaults under the terms of the Mortgage Loan; the
Originator has not advanced funds, or induced, solicited or knowingly received
any advance of funds from a party other than the owner of the Mortgaged Property
subject to the Mortgage, directly or indirectly, for the payment of any amount
required by the Mortgage Loan;

         (c) To the best of the Originator's knowledge, with respect to those
Mortgage Loans as to which the Mortgagors are required to deposit funds into an
escrow account for payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums and similar
items as they become due, there are no delinquent taxes, ground rents, water
charges, sewer rents, assessments or other outstanding charges which constitute
a lien on the related Mortgaged Property, and all escrow deposits have been
collected, are under the control of the Servicer, and have been applied to the
payment of such items in a timely fashion, in accordance with such Mortgage. No
escrow deposits or escrow payments or other charges or payments due the Servicer
have been capitalized under the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note. With respect
to those Mortgage Loans for which escrow deposits are not required, to the best
of the Originator's knowledge, there are no delinquent taxes or other
outstanding charges affecting the related Mortgaged Property which constitute a
lien on the related Mortgaged Property;

         (d) The terms of the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage have not been
impaired, waived, altered or modified in any respect, except by written
instruments contained in the Mortgage File, approved, if necessary, by the
insurer under any Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy and recorded in all places
necessary to maintain the first priority of the lien, the substance of which
waiver, alteration or modification is reflected on the Mortgage Loan Schedule.
No Mortgagor has been released, in whole or in part, except in connection with
an assumption agreement which assumption agreement is part of the Mortgage File
and the terms of which are reflected in the Mortgage Loan Schedule;

         (e) Neither the Mortgage Note nor the Mortgage is subject to any right
of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury,
nor will the operation of any of the terms of the Mortgage Note and the
Mortgage, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Mortgage
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission,
set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury and to the best
of the Originator's knowledge, no such right of rescission, set-off,
counterclaim or defense has been asserted by any Person with respect thereto;

                                  Schedule B-1

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         (f) All buildings upon the Mortgaged Property are required to be
insured by a generally acceptable insurer against loss by fire, hazards of
extended coverage and such other hazards as are customarily included in extended
coverage in the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, pursuant to
standard hazard insurance policies in an amount which is equal to the lesser of
(A) the replacement cost of the improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or (B)
the principal balance owing on such Mortgage Loan. To the best knowledge of the
Originator, all such standard hazard policies are in effect. On the date of
origination, such standard hazard policies contained a standard mortgagee clause
naming the Originator or the Originator of the Mortgage Loan and their
respective successors in interest as mortgagee and, to the best knowledge of the
Originator, such clause is still in effect and, to the best of the Originator's
knowledge, all premiums due thereon have been paid. If the Mortgaged Property is
located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
having special flood hazards under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1994, as
amended, such Mortgaged Property is covered by flood insurance in the amount
required under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1994. The Mortgage obligates
the Mortgagor thereunder to maintain all such insurance at Mortgagor's cost and
expense, and on the Mortgagor's failure to do so, authorizes the holder of the
Mortgage to maintain such insurance at Mortgagor's cost and expense and to seek
reimbursement therefor from the Mortgagor;

         (g) To the best of the Originator's knowledge, at the time of
origination of such Mortgage Loan and thereafter, all requirements of any
federal, state or local law including, without limitation, usury,
truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures, consumer credit protection,
equal credit opportunity or disclosure laws required to be complied with by the
Originator as the Originator of the Mortgage Loan and applicable to the Mortgage
Loan have been complied with in all material respects;

         (h) The Mortgage has not been satisfied as of the Closing Date,
canceled or subordinated, in whole, or rescinded, and the Mortgaged Property has
not been released from the lien of the Mortgage, in whole or in part (except for
a release that does not materially impair the security of the Mortgage Loan or a
release the effect of which is reflected in the Loan-to-Value Ratio for the
Mortgage Loan as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule), nor to the best of
the Originator's knowledge has any instrument been executed that would effect
any such release, cancellation, subordination or rescission;

         (i) Ownership of the Mortgaged Property is held in fee simple or a
leasehold estate. With respect to Mortgage Loans that are secured by a leasehold
estate, (i) the lease is valid, in full force and effect, and conforms to all of
FNMA's requirements for leasehold estates; (ii) all rents and other payments due
under the lease have been paid; (iii) the lessee is not in default under any
provision of the lease; (iv) the term of the lease exceeds the maturity date of
the related Mortgage Loan by at least five (5) years; and (v) the terms of the
lease provide a Mortgagee with an opportunity to cure any defaults. Except as
permitted by the fourth sentence of this paragraph (i), the Mortgage is a valid,
subsisting and enforceable first lien on the Mortgaged Property, including all
buildings on the Mortgaged Property and all installations and mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems affixed to such
buildings, and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with
respect to the foregoing securing the Mortgage Note's original principal
balance. The Mortgage and the Mortgage Note do not contain any evidence on their
face of any security interest or other interest or right thereto.

                                  Schedule B-2

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Such lien is free and clear of all adverse claims, liens and encumbrances having
priority over the first lien of the Mortgage subject only to (1) the lien of
non-delinquent current real property taxes and assessments not yet due and
payable, (2) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements
and other matters of the public record as of the date of recording which are
acceptable to mortgage lending institutions generally, or which are specifically
referred to in the lender's title insurance policy delivered to the Originator
of the Mortgage Loan and either (A) which are referred to or otherwise
considered in the appraisal made for the Originator of the Mortgage Loan, or (B)
which do not in the aggregate adversely affect the appraised value of the
Mortgaged Property as set forth in such appraisal, and (3) other matters to
which like properties are commonly subject which do not in the aggregate
materially interfere with the benefits of the security intended to be provided
by the Mortgage or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the related
Mortgaged Property. Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent
document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan
establishes and creates a valid, subsisting and enforceable first lien and first
priority security interest on the property described therein. With respect to
each Co-op Loan, the security instruments create a valid, enforceable and
subsisting first priority security interest in the Co-op Lease and Co-op Stock
securing the related Mortgage Note subject to only to (a) the lien of the
related cooperative for unpaid assessments representing the Mortgagor's pro rata
share of payments for a blanket mortgage, if any, current and future real
property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance fees and other assessments to
which like collateral is commonly subject, and (b) other matters to which the
collateral is commonly subject which do not materially interfere with the
benefits of the security intended to be provided; provided, however, that the
related Co-op Loan may be subordinated or otherwise subject to the lien of a
Mortgage on the cooperative building;

         (j) The Mortgage Note is not subject to a third party's security
interest or other rights or interest therein;

         (k) The Mortgage Note and the related Mortgage are genuine and each is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the maker thereof, enforceable in
accordance with its terms subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of
general application affecting the rights of creditors. All parties to the
Mortgage Note and the Mortgage had the legal capacity to enter into the Mortgage
Loan and to execute and deliver the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage. The Mortgage
Note and the Mortgage have been duly and properly executed by such parties. The
proceeds of the Mortgage Loan have been fully disbursed and there is no
requirement for future advances thereunder, and any and all requirements as to
completion of any on-site or off-site improvements and as to disbursements of
any escrow funds therefor have been complied with;

         (l) Originator has good title to, and the full right to transfer and
sell, the Mortgage Loan free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge,
charge, claim or security interest, including, to the best knowledge of the
Originator, any lien, claim or other interest arising by operation of law;

         (m) To the best of the Originator's knowledge, each Mortgage Loan is
covered by an ALTA lender's title insurance policy or other generally acceptable
form of policy or insurance acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC, issued by a title
insurer acceptable to FNMA or FHLMC and qualified to do business in the
jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located, insuring (subject to the
exceptions contained in paragraph (ix)(1) (2) and (3) above) the Originator, its

                                  Schedule B-3

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successors and assigns, as to the first priority lien of the Mortgage in the
original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. To the best of the Originator's
knowledge, the Originator is the sole insured of such lender's title insurance
policy, such title insurance policy has been duly and validly endorsed to the
Purchaser or the assignment to the Purchaser of the Originator's interest
therein does not require the consent of or notification to the insurer and such
lender's title insurance policy is in full force and effect and will be in full
force and effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. To the best of the Originator's knowledge, no claims have been made
under such lender's title insurance policy, and no prior holder of the related
Mortgage has done, by act or omission, anything which would impair the coverage
of such lender's title insurance policy;

         (n) To the best of the Originator's knowledge, there is no default,
breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the Mortgage or the
related Mortgage Note and no event which, with the passage of time or with
notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a
default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration, except for any
Mortgage Loan payment which is not late by more than 30 days, and the Originator
has not waived any default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration;

         (o) To the best of the Originator's knowledge, there are no mechanics'
or similar liens or claims which have been filed for work, labor or material
(and, to the best of the Originator's knowledge, no rights are outstanding that
under law could give rise to such lien) affecting the related Mortgaged Property
which are or may be liens prior to, or equal or coordinate with, the lien of the
related Mortgage;

         (p) To the best of the Originator's knowledge, all improvements subject
to the Mortgage, lay wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines
of the Mortgaged Property (and wholly within the project with respect to a
condominium unit) and no improvements on adjoining properties encroach upon the
Mortgaged Property except those which are insured against by the title insurance
policy referred to in paragraph (xiii) above and all improvements on the
property comply with all applicable zoning and subdivision laws and ordinances;

         (q) To the best of the Originator's knowledge, each Mortgage Loan was
originated by the Originator or by a savings association, a savings bank, a
commercial bank or similar banking institution that is supervised and examined
by a Federal or state banking authority, a mortgagee approved by the Secretary
of HUD pursuant to Section 203 and 211 of the National Housing Act, or a FNMA-
or FHLMC-approved seller. To the best of the Originator's knowledge, each
Mortgage Loan was underwritten generally in accordance with the Underwriting
Standards as in effect at the time of origination. To the best of the
Originator's knowledge, the Mortgage contains the usual and customary provision
of the Originator at the time of origination for the acceleration of the payment
of the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan if the related Mortgaged
Property is sold without the prior consent of the mortgagee thereunder;

         (r) The Mortgaged Property at origination or acquisition was and, to
the best of the Originator's knowledge, currently is free of material damage and
waste and at origination there was, and to the best of the Originator's
knowledge there currently is, no proceeding pending for the total or partial
condemnation thereof;

                                  Schedule B-4

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         (s) The related Mortgage contains customary and enforceable provisions
such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the
realization against the Mortgaged Property of the benefits of the security
provided thereby, including, (1) in the case of a Mortgage designated as a deed
of trust, by trustee's sale or judicial foreclosure, and (2) otherwise by
judicial foreclosure. The Originator has no knowledge of any homestead or other
exemption available to the Mortgagor which would interfere with the right to
sell the Mortgaged Property at a trustee's sale or the right to foreclose the
Mortgage;

         (t) To the best of the Originator's knowledge, if the Mortgage
constitutes a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified if required under
applicable law to act as such, has been properly designated and currently so
serves and is named in the Mortgage, and no fees or expenses are or will become
payable to the trustee under the deed of trust, except in connection with a
trustee's sale or attempted sale after default by the Mortgagor;

         (u) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, there is either (i) an
automated property valuation report or (ii) an appraisal on a FNMA-approved form
(or a narrative residential appraisal) of the related Mortgaged Property that
conforms to the applicable requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform
Recovery and Enforcement Act and that was signed prior to the approval of such
Mortgage Loan application by a qualified appraiser, appointed by the Originator
or the Originator of such Mortgage Loan, as appropriate, who has no interest,
direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or in any loan made on the
security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or
disapproval of such Mortgage Loan;

         (v) No Mortgage Loan contains "subsidized buydown" or "graduated
payment" features;

         (w) The Mortgaged Property is a single-family (one- to four-unit)
dwelling residence erected thereon, or an individual condominium unit in a
condominium, or a Co-operative Apartment or an individual unit in a planned unit
development or in a de minimis planned unit development as defined by FNMA. No
such residence is a mobile home or a manufactured dwelling which is not
permanently attached to the land;

         (x) No Mortgage Loan provides for negative amortization;

         (y) No Mortgage Loan had an original term in excess of thirty (30)
years;

         (z) [RESERVED]

         (aa) Each Mortgage Loan is a "qualified mortgage" within the meaning of
Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (without regard to Treasury Regulations Section
1.860G-2(f) or any similar rule that provides that a defective obligation is a
qualified mortgage for a temporary period);

         (bb) No Mortgage Loan provides for interest other than at either (x) a
single fixed rate in effect throughout the term of the Mortgage Loan or (y) a
single "variable rate" (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.860G-1(a)(3)) in effect throughout the term of the Mortgage Loan.

         (cc) No Mortgage Loan is the subject of pending or final foreclosure
proceedings.

                                  Schedule B-5

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         (dd) Based on delinquencies in payment on the Mortgage Loans, the
Originator would not initiate foreclosure proceedings with respect to any of the
Mortgage Loans prior to the next scheduled payment date on such Mortgage Loan.

         (ee) Each Mortgage Note is comprised of one original promissory note
and each such promissory note constitutes an "instrument" for purposes of
section 9-102(a)(65) of the UCC.

         (ff) No Mortgage Loan is covered by the Home Ownership and Equity
Protection Act of 1994 ("HOEPA") and no Mortgage Loan is "high cost" as defined
by any applicable federal, state or local predatory or abusive lending law. Any
breach of this representation shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect
the value of the Mortgage Loan and shall require a repurchase of the affected
Mortgage Loan.

         (gg) Each Mortgage Loan at the time it was made complied in all
material respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but
not limited to, all applicable predatory or abusive lending laws.

                                  Schedule B-6

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